1. [Verse 1] The Psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom.1 The words of this Psalm: I have fallen asleep and have taken my rest, and I have risen up, because the Lord will uphold me,2 lead us to believe that we must apply them to the Person of Christ. For they are more in keeping with our Lord’s passion and resurrection than with the account which history gives of David’s flight before the face of his own rebel son. And since it is written of Christ’s disciples: