"The first psalm speaks literally concerning Christ thus:
1. Blessed is the man. He is the only blessed One and the only Man from whose fullness they have all received (John 1:16) that they might be blessed and men and everything that follows in this psalm. He is “the firstborn among many brethren” (Rom. 8:29), “the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Cor. 15:20), so that He might also be the firstfruits of those who are awake, namely, in the Spirit. For it is also written in the roll of this book concerning Him, to do the will of God (Ps. 40:8). He is a “man” in a threefold sense: first, because He is a man of manly virtue; second, because He is not a boy to be educated but is manly in grace; third, because He has a bride. This is the Man whom a woman has embraced, because as a bridegroom He went forth not only after but also from His chamber (cf. Ps. 19:6), having His own bride from the beginning."
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