(5) Rise up, O Lord, to your rest (v. 8). They call worship according
to the Law God’s rising up—not that
he is in need of it or finds satisfaction in it, but he welcomes the piety of
the offerers. They also beg that his grace be manifested again, and the former
glory be given to the Temple. You and the
ark of your sanctification. Since
in the Holy of Holies the ark stood with the tables of the Law inside, and the
mercy seat was situated alongside, and through the latter some indications of
the divine manifestation were given to the high priest, he was right to make
mention of the ark: the God who made heaven and earth, according to the saying
of blessed Paul, does not dwell in temples made by [human] hands. The wise
Solomon also prayed this way, “If the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not
sufficient for you.” The very God of all also said this, “The Heaven is my
throne and the earth my footstool: what sort of house will you build for me? or
what is my resting place?” (Theodoret of Cyrus, Commentary on the
Psalms: Psalms 73-150 [trans. Robert C. Hill; The Fathers of the Church
102; Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2001], 307-8)