“Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.”
The reference to bringing people into a net and laying burdens on loins articulates the specific hardships and constraints that are experienced as part of divine testing. The net and burden imagery suggests entrapment and weight; the experience of restriction and difficulty. This verse continues the acknowledgment of suffering as part of the divine-human relationship.
Church Fathers on Psalms 66:11
1. This Psalm has on the title the inscription, “For the end, a song of a Psalm of Resurrection.” When ye hear “for the end,” whenever the Psalms are repeated, understand it “for Christ:” the Apostle saying, “For the end of the law is Christ, for righteousness to every one believing.” Romans 10:4 In what manner therefore here Resurrection is sung, you will hear, and whose Resurrection it is, as far as Himself deigns to give and disclose. For the Resurrection we Christians…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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