St. Athanasius the Great. Commentaries on the Psalms. St. Athanasius the Great COMMENTARIES ON PSALMS 74 (1). In the end, that thou shalt not corrupt, a psalm to Asaph. CONTENT. In this psalm, the person of the Apostles is introduced, who advise people to put an end to wickedness, and present to them a terrible and Divine judgment. (2). O God, Thou shalt know Thee... Let us sing all Thy miracles.
In the Lord's hand is the chalice, into which, as it were, the Lord squeezes both the good and the evil fruits of each person, and mixing the good with the evil, fills the cup with it. And then, those who do not tremble, i.e. , sins, continue to drink, i.e., they drink the cup, i.e ., they get drunk on their own evil deeds. And likewise the Saints will drink the cup of life in the kingdom of heaven with the Lord Jesus, according to the word of the Lord Himself: "When I drink with you in the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 26:29). (10).
And I will rejoice for ever, I will sing to the God of Jacob. When I partake of the chalice of life, then I will rejoice from it. (11). And I will break all the horns of sinners. If, in the humiliation of the Saints, the horn of sinners is lifted up on high; then, it is evident that, at the exaltation of the Saints, the horns of sinners will be broken. Who are these sinners, if not the evil demons who oppose the people of God? And the horn of the righteous shall be lifted up. A horn is a kingdom or dominion.
Therefore, he says, when the righteous, after the overthrow of the evil powers, will receive strength; then, then, precisely then, the wondrous works of God will be revealed. That is why at the beginning of the psalm the Prophet said: "Let us sing all Thy wonders, when the time comes" (2-3).