Cassiodorus (A.D. c. 485 - 585) in Cassiodorus: Explanation of the Psalms, Vol. 3 from the Ancient Christian Writers series, vol 53 of the series, p. 326 (P. G. Walsh, trans.):
Arise, O Lord, into thy resting-place: thou and the ark which thou hast sanctified. Once the prophet realized that the Lord Christ's promises previously mentioned had been fulfilled, he cried out to the Lord: Arise into thy resting-place, for he did not wish any debt to remain unpaid. He sought to make clear the outcome of events in the dispensation of the attained truth: in other words, that Christ should rise again from the world below into the enduring blessedness of His divinity. Observe that he added thy resting-place; for Your own majesty bestowed it on You, since You reign with the Father in equal power and everlasting glory. He did not wish you to think that the Head could abandon the members, so he added: Thou and the ark which thou has sanctified, in other words, "the Church which You have deigned to sanctify by making it Your members." He did not specify the ark of Noah, or the art of the covenant, though both of these appeared to represent a type of the Church; instead he designated her in a special way when he added: Which though hast sanctified. Now observe what follows.
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