1477. That my soul may live because of thee. That this signifies that thus the celestial could be saved, is evident from the signification of the “soul,” as being the celestial; for this is the soul itself, because the very life itself. Hence it is evident what is signified by the words “that my soul may live because of thee.” It will be evident from what follows, that celestial or Divine things were not so adjoined to the Lord that they made one essence, until He endured temptations, and thus expelled the evil heredity from the mother. Here and in the following verses it is described how meanwhile the celestial itself suffered no violence, but was saved.