St. John Chrysostom, Commentary on the Psalms, Vol. 2, Robert Charles Hill, trans., p. 206:
Ascend to your resting place, O Lord, you and the ark of your sanctification (v. 8). A different version, "of your strength;" another, "of your power." Both versions are right: holiness was given from there, and the writings contained in it were productive of holiness and strength. He put it well, therefore: God gave evidence of great power by means of it, once, twice, many times, as for example when it was captured by the people of Ashdod, when the idols were cast down, when it struck its captors, when on its return it stopped the plague, and he gave evidence of his might through other portents he worked in the same place. Now, what is the meaning of Ascend to your resting place? Put a stop to our wandering and the carrying of the ark, and give it rest at long last.
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