Mercy, Hope And Salvation

Ego autem in misericordia tua speravi. Exsultabit cor meum in salutari tuo. Quamvis desiderio magno raperetur, patientia suae tamen momenta declaravit, dicens: quia etsi adhuc contingat propria vota differri, ipse tamen, superna misericordia suffragante, in spe ejus possit firmissimus inveniri, sicut Apostolus dicit: Spes autem non confundit. In tua enim misericordia dicit, quoniam qui aliter putat, omnem spem suae credulitatis evacuat. O virtus fidei, et firmitas magna credentis! Gaudebat ad praesentis absentiam, et interior homo Dei salutare jam conspexerat, quem adhuc exterior carnalibus oculis cernere cupiebat. Cassiodorus, Expositio In Psalterium, Psalmus XII Source: Migne PG 70.102c-d

I have hoped in your mercy. My heart shall exult in your salvation. 1 Although seized by great desire, he declared the importance of patience, because even if the fulfillment of his prayer is delayed, yet with the support of heavenly mercy he is found firm in his hope, as the Apostle says, 'For hope shall not be confounded.' 2 He says 'in your mercy,' because he who thinks otherwise, loses all the hope of his belief. O virtue of faith and great strength of the believer! He rejoiced in present absence while the interior man looked on the salvation of God, which yet he desired to see with the exterior eyes of flesh. Cassiodorus, Commentary On The Psalms, Psalm 12 1 Ps 12.7 2 Rom 5.5