Chapter 55 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [1-3] God’s salvation is freely extended to his people and to all nations; through him will the benefits assured to David be renewed; cf ⇒ Isaiah 12:3; ⇒ John 7:37.
2 [13] Thornbush . . . nettles: suggestive of the desert and therefore symbolic of suffering and hardship; cypress, myrtle: suggestive of fertile land and therefore symbolic of joy and strength.