# Paraphrase of the Psalms - Author: [Apollinaris of Laodicea](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/apollinaris-of-laodicea/) - Latin title: *Metaphrasis Psalmorum* - Date: uncertain (fourth to sixth century) (disputed) - Source: J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca 33 (Paris: Migne, 1857), cols. 1313–1538 (OCR by the Internet Archive; lines extracted for this site) - Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator - Editions and translations: Arthur Ludwich, ed., Apolinarii Metaphrasis Psalmorum (Leipzig: Teubner, 1912) (cited only; not reproduced) - Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/ - Passages: 149 ## Psalm 1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-1 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A hexameter paraphrase of Psalm 1: the man who keeps God’s ordinance flourishes, while the wicked are scattered like dust. ### Greek text Δαυὶδ προφήτου καὶ βασιλέως οὐ πεπόρευται δυσσεδέων ἐνὶ βουλῇ, ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἔχεν ἠϊθέῳ κραδίην συμφράδμονα θεσμῷ, Θεσπέσιον νύκτας τε καὶ ἤματα θεσμὸν ἀείδων. Ἕσσεται οἷάπερ ἔρνος ἐφ᾽ ὑδρηλοῖσι χελεύθοις, Πάντα οἱ ἰθύνοιτο κατὰ χρέος ὅσσα ᾿Αλλὰ κόνει ἴχελοι, τήν ῥα χθονὸς ὥλεσ᾽ ἀήτης. Τοὔνεκεν εἰς κρίσιν οὐδέποτ᾽ ἀνστήσονται ἀλεῖται, Οὐδ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀμαρτίνοο! πινυτῶν βουλῇσι δικαίων. Θὔνεχεν εὐαγέων βασιλεὺς πάτον οἷδε δικαίων· Τοὔνεκα δυστήνων γενεὴ προθέλυμνος ὀλεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) Of David, prophet and king. … has not walked in the counsel of the impious, but has kept his heart from youth in accord with the ordinance, singing the divine ordinance nights and days. He will be like a sapling by watery paths; all things will be directed for him as is due, whatever … But [the impious are] like dust, which the wind has scattered from the earth. Therefore the wicked will never rise up in judgment, nor sinners in the counsels of the wise and righteous. For the King knows the path of the pious righteous; therefore the race of the wretched will perish root and all. ### Scripture references - Ps 1:1–6: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The Metaphrase of the Psalms, a paraphrase of the whole Psalter in Homeric hexameters, has traditionally been ascribed to Apollinaris of Laodicea (d. ca. 390), but the attribution is disputed: many scholars date it to the mid-fifth century and assign it to an unknown author. It follows the Septuagint, and the refs of this work use the Septuagint psalm numbers (so Ps 9 here = Pss 9–10 in English Bibles, Ps 10 = Ps 11, and so on). Each hexameter is rendered as prose, line by line; the paraphrase’s own wording is kept. Its epic vocabulary is rendered consistently: Ἄναξ “the Lord”, Βασιλεύς “the King”, Μάκαρ “Blessed One”, Ἐσσήν “King”. The text is taken from Migne’s PG 33 (archive.org OCR), in which many lines are lost or broken; these are marked “…”, and short supplied words are in brackets. Neither a public-domain nor an FOTC English translation exists; the translation was re-read against the Greek. - The opening words (“Blessed is the man who …”) are lost in the scan; “Of David, prophet and king” is the paraphrase’s heading. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 1 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1). ## Psalm 2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-2 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 2: the nations rage against the Lord and his Christ, but God declares his Son and calls the kings to serve him. ### Greek text ·Επιγραφῆς ὁ Ψαλμὸς εὑρέθη δίχα, Ἡνωμένος δὲ τοῖς παρʼ Ἑδραίοις στίχοις· Ἐπεὶ παρʼ αὐτοῖς τίεται ταύτης δίχα. Καὶ γαίης βασιλῆες Πιαμδασιλῆος ἑοῦ τε κατὰ Χριστοῖο Θεοῖο; Θεὸς οὐρανόθεν δ᾽ ἐγελοίασε τούσδε, ὁοπίυγ- Καὶ χόλον ἀμπνείων πραπίδων σύμπαντας ἀτάξει ᾿Αγγέλλων Βασιλῆος ἐφετμὴν οὐρανίοιο· Υἱὸς ἐμοῖο, Πατὴρ Θεὸς ηὔδα πρὸς μὲ, ε πέλει:ς Ἤματι προσφάτῳ αὑτός σ᾽ εὐξοχίησα γενέσθαι. ΔΑίσσεό μευ, λάχος ὄφρα λάδῃς σὺ, διδόντος ἔθνη Καί κε χατασχείῃν σου πείρατα πάνθ᾽ ὑπὸ μήνην. Σιδη ρᾷ δ᾽ ἑνὶ ῥάθδῳ τούσδε γε Καὶ χεραμῖος σκεύη ἠῦτε Τῆμος δ᾽ οἱ βασιλῆες ἐφημερίων, συνίητε Παιδεύθητε, καὶ οἱ χρατέοντες ὑπ᾽ οὐρανὸν ἄκρης· Καί οἱ ἀγάλλεσθε τρομερῇ φρενὶ τέρψιν ἑλόντες. οὖν σοφίης, ἵνα μὴ δ᾽ ἅμα πάντας ἀποῤῥαίσειε χελεύθου. Εὗτε θοῶς φλογόεντα νόον βαρύθυμον ἐγείρῃ, Πάντες ἅμ᾽ δλθιοί εἰσι πεποιθότες αἰὲν ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν. ### English translation (Claude) This psalm was found without a title, but it is joined to the verses [of the first] among the Hebrews, since among them it is reckoned without one. And the kings of the earth … against their great King and against God’s Christ? … God laughed at them from heaven … and, breathing anger from his heart, he will confound them all … proclaiming the decree of the heavenly King: “You are my Son,” God the Father said to me; “on a new day I myself caused you to be born. Ask of me, so that you may receive as your lot, as I give it, the nations, and may hold all the ends of the earth under the moon. With a rod of iron [you will shepherd] them … and like a potter’s vessels …” Then, you kings of mortals, understand; be instructed, you who hold power under the height of heaven; … and rejoice in him with trembling mind, taking delight. [Lay hold] then of wisdom, lest he dash you all together from the road, when he swiftly rouses his fiery, wrathful mind. All are blessed together who always trust in him. ### Scripture references - Ps 2:1–12: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The opening iambic lines comment on the psalm’s lack of a title: among the Hebrews it was joined to Psalm 1. Verses 1–2 and part of 5–6, 9 and 11–12 are partly lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 2 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/2). ## Psalm 3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-3 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 3: David, fleeing Absalom, trusts the Lord who answers him and sustains him in sleep. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου λυγρὸν τρίτατον μέιος, ἡνίκα φευγων Υἱὸν ᾿Αζεσσαιλόγειον,, ξὴνʼ κοίρανος Οὔτινά μοι ψυχῇ θεόθεν βάζοντες ἀρωγήν; Κῦδος ἐμὸν γεγονὼς, κεφαλὴν ὑπὲρ αὐχένα τεύχων. βαποῖο. Ο Κικλήσκω βοόων, ὁ δ᾽ ἀπ᾿ οὔρεος ἔχλυεν ἀγνοῦ. Αὐτὸς ἐκοιμήθην, κατὰ δ᾽ ἔσχε με νήδυμος ὕπνος, ἐὰν δ᾽ ἔστιν, ὅτ᾽ ἐμῆς Βασιλεὺς ἀνθέξεται ἀλκῆς. μυριάδας λαῶν πεφοδημένος εἴην, Ὅττι σύ μευ σύμπαντας ἕλες χενεαύχενας ἐχθρούς. Σοῖο φάος, Βασιλεῦ, σέο τ᾽ εὐλογίην πόρε λαῷ. ### English translation (Claude) The mournful third song of David, when, fleeing from his son Absalom, … the lord … [Many say] to my soul that there is no help for it from God? [But you are my helper,] having become my glory, lifting my head above my neck … I call out crying, and he heard me from his holy mountain. I myself lay down, and sweet sleep held me … [and I rose,] since the King will uphold my strength … [I will not be afraid] though I be terrified by myriads of peoples, because you have struck all my vainglorious enemies. … Your light, O King, and your blessing, grant to the people. ### Scripture references - Ps 3:1–8: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Many lines of verses 1–2 and 5–8 are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 3 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/3). ## Psalm 4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-4 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 4: a prayer to be heard, a warning against loving vanity, and peaceful sleep in the Lord’s light. ### Greek text ἐκ μελέων Δαυΐδου ψαιϊμὸς ἐτύχθη. Ὁ Ἴλαθι, καί μευ, Ἄναξ, ἐπιχέχλυθι εὐχωλάων. ʼΑνέρες, ἐς τί τόσον τρέφετε βαρυπήμονα θυμόν; Ἑς τί φίλην ματίην, καὶ ψεύδεα πάντα τίθεσθε ; Αὐτὸς ἐπουράνιός μευ Αναξ βοόωντος ἀκούσοι Ἐλπὶς ὁμοῦ καὶ θῦμα δίκης Βατιλῖια γεραίροι. Πολλοί φασι· Τίς ἍΑμμι τε τέχμαρ τὸ χρύσεον σέο φέγγος ὁπωπῆς, κραδίῃ δωρήσαο πᾶσαν ἐμεῖο, Εἰς ἕν ἐν εἰρήνῃ χαταλέξομαι ὕπνον Οὔνεκ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐλπωρῇ με. Μάκαρ, καὶ μοῦνον ἐρείδεις. ### English translation (Claude) … this psalm was made from the songs of David. Be gracious, O Lord, and hear my prayers. Men, how long do you nourish a grievous spirit? How long do you set your love on vanity and on all falsehoods? The heavenly Lord himself will hear me as I cry … Let hope and the sacrifice of righteousness honour the King. Many say, “Who [will show us good things]?” … On us [is set] the golden sign, the light of your face … you gave to my heart all … In peace I will lie down at once and sleep, because you, Blessed One, alone establish me in hope. ### Scripture references - Ps 4:1–8: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Several lines (verses 4–5, 6–7) are lost or broken in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 4 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/4). ## Psalm 5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-5 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 5: a morning prayer to the God who hates deceit, asking guidance and protection for the righteous. ### Greek text ζῆ ὕσης πέμπτον εἰς τέ. ἐν π κα δον δ βτς τπο ανὼ Αὐδῆς μευ ξύνες ὦκα, ἀρὴν δ᾽ ἐπιδέρκεο φωνῆς. Αὐτὸς ἄναξ Θεὸς, αὐτὸς ἐγὼ δέ σε λίσσομαι αἰεί. Ἡμετέρης ἠῶθεν Αναξ ἐπακούσεται Οὔνεχεν ἀμπλαχίην ἐθέλων Θεὸς οὔποτ᾽ ἐτύχθης· Οὐδέ τις ἐνναέτης παρὰ σοὶ χαχομήχανος ἔσται, Ἐχθαίροι δολόεντα καὶ ἀνδροφόνον Θεὸς ἄνδρα. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σέο δῶμα τεῷ μετελεύσομαι οἴκτῳ, δὲ σέθεν καθαρὸν προσπτύξομαι ἐρόν. Σεῖό με ἡγήσαιτο δικαιοσύνη, χάριν ἐχθρῶν. Ἡμετέρην ἴθυνον ἐπ᾽ ὄμματι σοῖσιν ἀταρπόν. Οὐ γὰρ ἀληθείην ποτ᾽ ἐπὶ στόματος φορέουσι. λαὶ γλῶσσαι δολεροῖσιν ἀεὶ μεμελήατο μύθοις. Καί κε κατὰ πληθὺν σφετέρων χάριν ἀμπλαχιάων Σοὶ μὲν ἐπευχόμενοι, Βασιλεῦ, χεχαροίατο πάντες. Κεῖνοι μὲν χεχάροιντο, σὺ δ᾽ οἰχήσειας ἐν αὐτοῖς. τεὸν οὔνομα καυχήσονται, Ὅττι δικαιοσύνης ὑποφήτορα φῶτα ### English translation (Claude) [This is the] fifth [psalm] … Hear my voice quickly, and look upon the prayer of my voice. You yourself are Lord God, and I always beseech you. In the morning the Lord will hear our … because you have never been a God who wishes transgression; nor will any evil-devising dweller be with you. God hates the deceitful and murderous man. But I will come to your house by your compassion, and … I will embrace your pure holy [temple]. Let your righteousness lead me, because of my enemies; direct our path before your eyes. For they never carry truth upon their mouth … their tongues are always busied with deceitful words … And according to the multitude of their transgressions [cast them out] … But let all who pray to you, O King, rejoice. Let them rejoice, and may you dwell among them … they will boast in your name, because [you bless] the man who proclaims righteousness … ### Scripture references - Ps 5:1–12: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading is garbled in the scan; several lines are lost. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 5 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/5). ## Psalm 6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-6 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 6: a sick man’s plea for mercy, sure at the end that God has heard his weeping. ### Greek text Ἀλλ᾽ ὀλιγηπελίην, Βασιλεῦ, ἐλέησον ἐμεῖο· Ἕσσο μοι ἰητῆρ, ταράχου δέ μευ ὀστέα παῦσον, Καὶ ψύχην, ἢ πολλὸν Αὔσον ἐμὸν, μεταθεὶς πρότερον κότον, ἧτορ ἀνάγκης· Τίς γὰρ ἐπιμνήσαιτο σέθεν, θανάτοιο πεδηθείς ; Τίς δὲ τοι εἰν ἀΐδαο βοὴν εὔφημον ἀείσαι ; Αἰεΐ μευ κατὰ νύκτα σαόφρονα λέκτρα λοεύσω, Γηραλέος γενόμην μετὰ δυσμενέεσσιν ἐμοῖσιν. Τυὰ πιὸ ἀεάπεαδὶ ᾿υδε Οὕνεκα μεῦ χλαυθμοῖο βοῆς ἐμὸς ἔχλυεν Ἐσσήν· Νωιτέρην ὑπέδεκτο Θεὸς πανυπέρτατος εὐχήν. Αἷσχος δυσμενέεσσιν ἐμοῖς τάραχός τε τετύχθω - ### English translation (Claude) … But pity my feebleness, O King; be my healer, and stop the trembling of my bones, and my soul, which … Save my … setting aside your former wrath, … my heart from necessity. For who, bound by death, would remember you? And who in Hades would sing you a song of praise? Every night I will wash my chaste bed … I grew old among my enemies. … because my King has heard the sound of my weeping; God most high has received our prayer. Let shame and confusion be on my enemies. ### Scripture references - Ps 6:1–10: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading and verse 1, and verse 8a (“Depart from me, all workers of iniquity”), are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 6 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/6). ## Psalm 7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-7 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 7: David, slandered by Chusi, protests his innocence and asks God the righteous judge to turn the wicked man’s pit upon himself. ### Greek text Χουσὶ πάρος Δαυΐδον ἐξύδρισεν· αὐτὰρ ὅ μεμἜμπω γξὲ μὴν βασιλῆος ἔδ᾽ ἔπλετο ξδδομος Ἐκ πάντων, λίτομαί σε, διωκόντων με Μήποτ᾽ ἐφαρπάξεις λέων ἐμὸν οἷά τις ἦτορ, ᾿ἈΑλλ᾽ εἰ τοῖον ἔρεξα τόπερ σέο μῆνιν ἐγείρει, Ἔργμασιν εἰ στυγεροῖσι φέρω κάτα χεῖρας ἀθέσμους, Εἴγε κακῶν ῥεχτῆρα κακῶς ἔπρηξα καὶ αὐτός· Καί μευ ἕλοι ψυχὴν ἐλόων μέτα δηίος ἀνὴρ, Καί μευ ἐπιστείθοι βίοτον χθονὶ ποσσὶν ἑοῖσ:, Καὶ κλέος ἀμφιθόητον ἐμὸν Αὐτὸς, ΓΑναξ, λαοῖσι δικασπόλος ἔσσεαι αἰεί. Εὐδιχίης κατὰ θεσμὸν ἐμῆς, Βασιλεῦ, μὲ δικάζοις, Καὶ φρενὸς ἡμετέρης ἀγαθῆς ἐπιείχελα τεύχοις. τέλος ἔσται, ἐπιθύνοις δὲ δίκαιον. Νεφροὺς καὶ κρύφια κραδίης μυχὰ μοῦνος ἐλέγχοις, Πάντοτε ῥυόμενος μερόπων ἰθύφρονα φῦλα. Αἰὲν Ἄναξ ὅσιός τε Καὶ σθένει κρατερὸς καὶ ἀνεξίκακον λάχε θυμὸν, ἑκάστοτε μῆνιν ἐγείρειν. Παύσασθε, πρὶν ἄορ Καὶ τόξον τανύσειεν· ἑτοιμότατον γὰρ ἐτύχθη· Ὅπλα γὰρ οὐλομένου θανάτου τέχτηνεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ· Τοῖσι δὲ χαρφομένοις εἰργάσατο πικρὰ Δέρχεο νῦν ὠδῖνος ἑῆς ἀθεμίστιον ἔργον· μὲν μόχθον, τέκε δ᾽ Χάσμα μέγ᾽ ὀξώρυξε, κακῇ δ᾽ ἔσχαψε μενοινῇ· ἢ ᾿Αλλ᾽ εἰς ὄνπερ ἔτευξε πέσοι χαχοεργέα βόθρον· Καὶ οἱ ὑπὲρ κορυφῆς Εὐδιχίης Βασιλῆος ἐπάξιον αἶνον ἀείσω· Οὔνομα δʼ ᾿ὙΨίστου λιγυρῇ φόρμιγγι βοήσω, ### English translation (Claude) Once Chusi insulted David; but he … the seventh [song] of the king … From all who pursue me, I beseech you, [save me], lest someone seize my heart like a lion. But if I did such a thing as rouses your wrath, if I lay lawless hands on hateful deeds, if I myself did evil to one who did evil, then let a hostile man pursue and take my soul, and trample my life to the ground with his feet, and [lay] my resounding glory … You yourself, Lord, will always be judge for the peoples. Judge me, O King, according to the ordinance of my justice, and make things fitting for my good mind … let … have an end, and may you direct the righteous. You alone test the kidneys and the hidden recesses of the heart, always rescuing the upright races of mortals. The Lord is always holy and …, strong in might, and has a patient spirit, [not] rousing wrath on every occasion. Cease, before [he whets his] sword and stretches his bow; for it has been made most ready. For he has fashioned against him the weapons of destructive death; for those who are burning he has worked bitter [arrows]. Look now at the lawless work of his travail: [he conceived] toil and bore … He dug out a great pit and hollowed it with evil intent; but may the evildoer fall into the very pit he made, and upon his head … I will sing praise worthy of the King’s justice; I will cry out the name of the Most High with the clear-toned lyre. ### Scripture references - Ps 7:1–17: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - “Chusi” is the Cushite of the Septuagint title (Hushai in 2 Sam 15–17). Several lines are broken in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 7 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/7). ## Psalm 8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-8 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 8: God’s name is glorious, and frail man is set over the works of his hands. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου 1ηναῖος ὅδ᾽ ὄγδοος ὕμνος ἐτύχθη. Ὡς ἄρα τοι θηητὸν ἐπὶ χθονὸς οὔνομ᾽ ἐτύχθη ! Καί το: ἀριπρεπὲς εὖχος ὑπέδραμεν οὐρανὸν αὐτόν. Ἐκ στόματος βρεφέων ὅθεν ἤνυσας αἶνον ἑτοῖμον, Πευχεδανῶν, ἄχραντε Πάτερ, σέθεν ἕνεκεν ἐχθρῶν· Ὄφρα κεν ἐχθρὸν ὁμοῦ χαθέλοις, καὶ οδνὼν, ὀλέζ εὑρὺν, ὃν ἔδρασε δάχτυλα σεῖο, ὕλστρα τε καὶ μήνην, οἷς πυθμένα θέχαο χειρί, Τὶς γὰρ ἔην ἄνθρωπος, ἐπεὶ μιμνήσχεαι αὐτοῦ ; Ἢ πάϊς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι οἱ καὶ ἐπίσκοπός ἐσσι : Μείονά μιν ποίησας ἐπουρανίων στρατιάων· Ἕργα τεῶν ἔστησας ἐπιθύνειν παλαμάων. ᾿Αγρονόμους τε βόας, καὶ εἰροπόχων γένος οἰῶν, Αἰθέριά τε πετεινὰ, καὶ ἰχθυόεντα γένεῦλα, Ὡς ἄρα τοι θηητὸν ἐπὶ χθονὸς οὔνομ᾽ ἐτύχθη ἴ ### English translation (Claude) This eighth hymn of David is for the winepresses. How wonderful is your name on earth! And your glorious boast ran up to heaven itself. Out of the mouth of infants you therefore made praise ready, O undefiled Father, for the sake of your bitter enemies, so that you might destroy together the enemy and … [I will see your heavens,] the wide …, which your fingers made, the stars and the moon, whose foundation you laid with your hand. For what was man, that you remember him? Or the son of man, that you are his overseer? You made him less than the heavenly hosts …; you set him to direct the works of your hands …: the field-ranging oxen and the race of fleecy sheep, the birds of the air and the fishy brood. How wonderful is your name on earth! ### Scripture references - Ps 8:1–9: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - “For the winepresses” renders the Septuagint title. Some lines are broken in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 8 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/8). ## Psalm 9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-9 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 9 of the Septuagint (Psalms 9–10 in English Bibles): praise of the righteous judge, a portrait of the arrogant wicked man, and a plea that God arise for the poor. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου κρυφίων, χάριν υἱέος ἄφθιτος ὕμνος. ᾿Αλήκτῳ κραδίῃ, Βατιλεῦ, τεὸν αἶνον ἀείσω· ᾿Ἐν σοὶ εὐφροσύνην ἐρατὴν καὶ χάρμα τελέτσω. Οὔνομα δ᾽ ὕψιστον χιθάρῃ σέθεν Οὔνεκά μευ κατὰ θεσμὸν ἐτίσαο λωδητῆρας. Σὺν πολλῷ δ᾽ ὁμάδῳ μνηλῆιον ὥλετο πάντη ᾿ Αὐτὰρ ἐπουράνιος Βασιλεὺς μάλα πάντοτε μιμνει. στήριξεν ἐὴν πανυπέρτατον Ὅφρα διαχρίνειε δίκῃ χλυτὰ πείρατα γαίης, Καὶ σφετέροις λαοῖσι δίκην ἰθεῖαν ὁρέξοι. ᾿Αθάνατος Θεός ἐστι, Ἐλπὸς ἔφυς πάντεσσιν, ὅσοι μάθον οὔνομα σεῖο· σφέων ἐμνήσθη φθιμένων, διζήμενος αἷμα, Οὐδὲ βοῆς δειλῶν Αὐτὸς ἀνυψώων με καὶ ἐκ θανάτοιο Πάντα πύλαις Σιῶνος ὅπως τεὸν αἶνον ἀείσω. Τεύχων εὐθυδίχης Βασιλεὺς ἀρίδηλος ετυχθη· Ἄμφ᾽ ἔργοις παλάμης σφετέρης πεπέδηται ἁλιτρός. Εἰς ἀΐδην παλίνορσοι ἀποτρέψειαν ἀλεῖται, Ἕθνεα πάντα Θεοῖο λελησμένα αἰὲν ἐόντος. Οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἀδρανέων σταθεῖ παραμείδεται ἐλπίς. Ἔγρεο, μηδὲ βίῃ κρατέων ἄνθρωπος ἀνάσσοι. Φῦλα διαχρίνοιτο τεῶν κατ᾽ ἐναντίον ὄσσων. Στῆσον, ἼΛναξ, ἀγαθὸν θεσμογράφον ἄλλον ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς. Ἔθνεά τοι γενεῆς βροτέης ἴστωσαν ἐόντα. Ἵμερον εὖ μάλα πάντες Καὶ μύθοις ἀθέμιστον᾽ Οὐδὲ Θεὸν βλεφάροισιν Σχέψατο γὰρ πραπίδεσσι μένειν χαχότητι πεποιθώς, Ῥιγίστοιο δόλου καὶ ἀρῆς στόμα τοῖο βέδυσται, Γλῶσσαν ἀεὶ δολόεσσαν ἔχει Ὡς δ᾽ ὁλοὸς ξυλόχοισι λέων κακὰ μήδεα πέμπει Θᾶσσον ὅπως ἐλεεινὸν Βουλῆς ἁρπαλέης ἵνα μιν μέλπηθρα τελέσσῃ, ᾿Αλλὰ πέσοι χεχυφὼς πρὶν Αναξ χλήζοιτο πενιχρῶν, Εἶπε γὰρ ἀρχαίων ἀμνήμονα μῆτιν Ἄνακτος, Καί οἱ ἀπεστράφθαι πάνδερχέα πάμπαν μοι, Βασιλεῦ, παλάμην δ᾽ ὕψιστον Μηδὲ βοῆς μογερῶν ἐπιλήθεο Τίπτε καχοῤῥέχτης ἐρέθει Θεὸν αἰὲν ἐόντα : Εἶπε γὰρ ἐν στήθεσσιν, ὅτ᾽ οὐκέτι δίζεται Ἐσσὴήν Εἰσοράᾳς, ὅτι μόχθον ὁμοῦ καὶ θυμὸν ἀέξεις, Ἰσχανόων παλάμῃσιν ἑλεῖν ἀέχοντας ἀνάγκῃ. Μὴ γάρ σοι προλέλοιπεν Αναξ ἀχρήμονα φῶτα, Φωτὸς, Αναξ, χρυεροῖο βραχίονα λεπτὰ χεάσσαις Οὐδὲ τέλος καχίης γε τεῆς διζήμενος εὕροι. ᾿Αλλὰ Θεὸς μετὰ πᾶσι διηνεχέως βασιλεύοι· Τῶν δέ γ᾽ ἑτοιμότατον κραδίης πόθον οὔασιν ἔγνω·Ὄφρα κεν ὀρφανιχηῖσι καὶ ᾿Ανθρώπων ἵνα μή τις ἔχῃ μεγαλαυχέα γῆρυν. ### English translation (Claude) An immortal hymn of David, concerning the hidden things, for the son. With unceasing heart, O King, I will sing your praise; in you I will bring to completion lovely gladness and joy; with the lyre [I will sing] your highest name … because you have requited my destroyers according to the ordinance. With a great din their memorial perished everywhere; but the heavenly King remains always, altogether. … he established his throne most high, so that he might judge the famous ends of the earth with justice and hold out straight judgment to his peoples. God is immortal …; you have become the hope of all who learned your name. … he remembered them when they had died, seeking out their blood; nor [did he forget] the cry of the wretched … raising me up even from death, so that in the gates of Zion I may sing all your praise. The King has become manifest, doing upright justice; the sinner has been fettered in the works of his own hand. Let the wicked be turned back into Hades, all the nations that have forgotten God who always is. Nor will the hope of the weak ever pass by. Arise, and let not man rule, prevailing by force; let the races be judged before your eyes. Set, O Lord, another good lawgiver over them; let the nations know that they are of mortal race. … desire … all … and lawless in words; nor [has he] God before his eyes … For he considered in his heart that he would remain, trusting in evil; his mouth is crammed with chilling deceit and cursing; he always has a deceitful tongue … As a deadly lion in the thickets sends out evil plans … swiftly, so that [he may seize] the pitiable … of his rapacious counsel, so that the snares may finish him … But may he fall, having crouched down, before the Lord is called upon by the poor. For he spoke a thought forgetful of the Lord of old, and that he has turned away his all-seeing [face] altogether … [Arise] for me, O King, [lift] your hand on high; do not forget the cry of the toiling. Why does the evildoer always provoke God who always is? For he said in his heart that the King no longer seeks. You see, because you increase both toil and anger, holding [them] in your hands to take those who are unwilling by necessity. For the Lord has not abandoned the needy man … O Lord, break into small pieces the arm of the dreadful man; nor would anyone, seeking, find an end of his wickedness. But God will reign for ever among all; and he has known with his ears the most ready longing of their heart, so that [he may judge] for the orphans and …, so that no one among human beings may have a boastful voice. ### Scripture references - Ps 9:1–20 (9:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 10:1–18 (9:22-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Septuagint Psalm 9 joins Psalms 9 and 10 of the Hebrew and English Bible; the paraphrase covers both. Where the scan reads “of your wickedness” the sense requires “his”; translated by sense. Many lines are broken in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 9 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/9). ## Psalm 10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-10 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 10 of the Septuagint (Psalm 11): the righteous man trusts the Lord, who watches from heaven and rains fire on the wicked. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου δέκατος ποιυάρητος πέλει αἶνος. Πῶς ἐρέει τις ἐμεῖο Θεῷ περιθαρσέα θυμὸν, καθελόντες ἅπερ τεχτήναο, Ποιμήν. ᾿Αλλὰ τί τοῖον ἔρεξε Θεῷ μεμελημένος ἀνήρ: Οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα λαχὼν Φῶτα μέτ᾽ ἀχτέανον πανεπίσκοπον ὄμμα τιταίνων· Καὶ βλεφάροις βροτεης γενεῆς διζήμενος ἔργα, Αὐτὸς ΓΑναξ ἀγαθόν τε καὶ οὐλοὸν ἄνδρα διχάξει. Ὃς δ᾽ ἄδικον φιλέει, ψυχῆς ἔθεν ἐχθρὸς ἐτύχθη. Πῦρ, θεῖόν τε ὁμοῦ, καὶ ἀμειδέος ἄσθμα θυέλλης, Ὅττι δίκαιος·Αναξ, μάλα τ᾽ εὐδιχίην ἀγαπάξει· καί οἱ ἀεὶ ἰθεῖαν ὁδὸν ### English translation (Claude) This is David’s tenth praise, much prayed for. How will anyone say to me, whose spirit is very confident in God, … since they destroyed what you fashioned, O Shepherd? But what has the man cared for by God done? [The Lord], who has the starry heaven for his lot …, stretching out his all-surveying eye toward the poor man, and seeking out with his eyelids the works of the mortal race — the Lord himself will judge the good and the destructive man. He who loves injustice has become the enemy of his own soul. Fire and brimstone together, and the blast of a joyless storm, … because the Lord is righteous and greatly loves justice; and to him always the straight road … ### Scripture references - Ps 11:1–7 (10:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Several lines (verses 1–3 and the end) are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 10 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/10). ## Psalm 11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-11 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 11 of the Septuagint (Psalm 12): when the godly fail and deceit prevails, the Lord’s pure words promise help. ### Greek text Μοῦνε σάω μ᾽· ὅσιον γάρ τ᾽ ἄδην ἔφθιτο φῦλον· Ἔργα δ᾽ ἀληθείας μεροπηίδος ὥλετο ῥίζης. Χεΐλεσιν ἐφθέγξαντο, δόλους φρεσὶ μητιόωντες. Κσὶ μεγαλαυχέα γλῶσσαν ὑπερφιάλων Καί σφισιν ὠίσαντο φέρειν ἐπὶ χείλεσιν ἔργα, Τίς βροτὸς ἐξ ὑμέων βασιλεὺς ἄχραντος ἐτύχθη; Αὐτὸς ἀναστήσεσθαι·λναξ ἐπένευσε κραταιὸς, Μῦθοι θεσπέσιοι, μῦθοι Μοίραις πλειοτέραις κεκαθαρμένῳ ξφθ᾽ ὑπὲρ αἶσαν, Ἀλλ᾽ ἡμέων ἐν πᾶσι φύλαξ φρουρός Ἔνθεν, ΓΑναξ, καὶ μέχρις Ὡς ἀγαθὸς μερόπων γενεὰς ### English translation (Claude) Save me, you alone; for the holy race has perished utterly, and the works of truth have perished from the root of mortal men. With their lips they spoke, devising deceits in their hearts. And … the boastful tongue of the overweening … and they thought to carry their works upon their lips: “Who of you, a mortal, has become an undefiled king?” The mighty Lord nodded that he himself would rise up … Divine words, words … cleansed by more measures, sevenfold beyond the due measure. But [you will be] a guard and watcher over us in all things … from now, O Lord, and as far as … as good … the races of mortals … ### Scripture references - Ps 12:1–8 (11:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The scan loses the ends of several lines and the close of the psalm. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 11 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/11). ## Psalm 12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-12 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 12 of the Septuagint (Psalm 13): “How long?” — a lament that turns to trust in God’s mercy. ### Greek text Τίπτε τόσον μεγαλωστὶ λελασμένος ἔπλευ ἐμεῖο; Μέχρι τεῦ ἡμετέρῃ μέντα φρενὶ μέρμερα πέσσω, ᾿Ὠδίνων πραπίδεσσιν ὁμοῦ νύκτας τε καὶ Ὦμαρ; δΜιέχρι τεῦ ἐχθρὸς ἐμεῖο χαρήατος ὑψόθι θείνει : θᾶσσον, ἐμῆς τ᾽ ἐπιχέχλυθι φωνῇς. Δὺς φάος, δφρ᾽ ὕπνον προφύγω θανάτοιο τοχῖα, Ὅσφρα μὴ ἐχθρὸς ἐμὸς μέγ᾽ ἐπεύξεται, ὥς με δαμάσΑὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ἐλέῳ πίσυνος τεῷ ἐλπίδι χαέρω. Πάντοτε γηθήταιμι μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσιν ἀρωγαῖς. ### English translation (Claude) Why have you forgotten me so greatly? How long shall I brood over anxious cares in my mind, in travail in my heart night and day? How long will my enemy strike above my head? … quickly, and hear my voice. Give light, so that I may escape the sleep of death …, lest my enemy boast greatly that he has overcome me. But I, trusting in your mercy, rejoice in your hope. May I always rejoice in my mind at your help. ### Scripture references - Ps 13:1–6 (12:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 12 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/12). ## Psalm 13 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-13 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 13 of the Septuagint (Psalm 14): the fool denies God, all have turned aside, but God is the hope of his people. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου σθεναροῦ τρισκαιδέκατος πέλεν ὕμνος. Οὐκ εἶναι Θεὸν εἶπεν ἑοὶς ἐν στήθεσιν ἄφρων Ἐργατίνης οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνὸς εὐνομιάων. ᾿ὈΟψόμενος τίς ἄνακτα Θεὸν διζήμενος εἴη. Πάντες ἀποκλίναντες ὁμῇ ἙἘργατίνης οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνὸς εὐνομιάων. Τῶν δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἀγνῶτες, ἀεὶ συμφράδμονες ἄτης, Λαὸν ἐμὸν χκατέδοντες, ὅπως εὐαλθέα στον. ἐλάθοντο Θεὸν βασιλῆα Δειμαίνεσχον ἄδην, ὅτε δείματος οὐ χρέος ἧεν· μή μοΐ τις ἀτιμήσεις μερίμνας, Οὔνεχεν ἀθάνατος κείνων θεὸς ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθηΛαοῦ ὅταν στρέψειε Θεὸς κάτα δούλιον ἧμαρ, ### English translation (Claude) This is the thirteenth hymn of mighty David. The fool said in his heart that there is no God. There is no doer of good order, not even one. … to see whether anyone would be seeking God the Lord. All turned aside together … There is no doer of good order, not even one. Ignorant of good things, always counsellors of ruin, devouring my people as though it were … they forgot God the King. They were greatly afraid where there was no need of fear … let no one dishonour my cares, because the immortal God has become their hope. When God turns back the day of slavery of the people, … ### Scripture references - Ps 14:1–7 (13:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The words “as though it were bread” (LXX 13:4) are garbled in the scan; the end of the psalm is lost. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 13 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/13). ## Psalm 14 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-14 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 14 of the Septuagint (Psalm 15): who may dwell on God’s holy mountain. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου πιγυτοῦ δέκατος καὶ Ἢ σέο ναιετάοι τίς ἐπ᾽ οὔρεος ἀχράντοιο; Εὐδικίῃ καὶ ἀχηρασίῃ μεμελημένος ἀνὴρ, βασιλῆι χαχοῤῥαφὲς ἔπλετο φῦλον. Τοῖς δ᾽ ἄρα δειμαίνουσι Θεὸς μέγα κῦδος ὁπάζοι Ὃς δέ κέ πον ὁμόσειε, καὶ ὅρκια πιστὰ φυλάξοι, Μηδὲ τόκον δυσάλευτον ἑαΐς παλάμῃσιν ἀγεέρει Μηδὲ δίκῃ βλάψειεν ἀναίτιον ἀνέρα δώροις· ### English translation (Claude) Of wise David, the [four]teenth … Who would dwell on your undefiled mountain? A man who cares for justice and purity; … the evil-devising race [is despised] before the King; but may God grant great glory to those who fear him. And whoever swears an oath and keeps faithful oaths, nor gathers grievous interest into his hands, nor harms an innocent man in judgment for gifts … ### Scripture references - Ps 15:1–5 (14:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The paraphrase’s heading and several lines (verses 2–4) are broken in the scan; the final line (“he who does these things will never be shaken”) is lost. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 14 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/14). ## Psalm 15 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-15 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 15 of the Septuagint (Psalm 16): the Lord is the psalmist’s portion, and he will not let his holy one see corruption. ### Greek text Πρὸς δεκάτῳ πέμπτον τοῦτο· μέλος εγυρόν. με, ἐπεὶ σύ μευ ἐλπὶς Εἴπα Θεῷ βασιλῆι· Σύ μευ Θεὸς ἔπλεο μοῦνος· Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἡμετέρων ἀγαθῶν ἐπιδεύεαι αὐτός. ὁσίων χθονίοις ἀνέφηνε γενέθλην, τε μετὰ σφίσι μήδεα θυμοῦ. ᾿Αδρανίαι πλήθουσι, καὶ ἐν σφίσιν εἰσὶ ταχεῖαι. Νόσφι φόνων ἀδίκων. κλισίας σφέων εἰς ἕν ἀγεῖρων, Οὔνομά τ᾽ ἐκ πραπίδων οὐ χείλεσι μνήσομαι αὐτῶν. Αὐτὸς Λναξ κλῆρος, καὶ ἐμεῦ πέλει αἶσα χυπέλλου Αὐτὸς ἐμοὶ Βασιλεὺς ζώαρχέα κλῆρον ὁπάζων. Σχοῖνοί μοι χρατεροῖσιν ἐφορμήθησαν ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις. Καὶ γὰρ κλῆρος ἐμὸς κρατερὸς καὶ πιστὲς ἐτύχθη. Δεξιτερῆς προπάροιθεν ἐμεῦ πέλει, ὥς κέ μ᾽ ἐρείδοι. Κὺ δέ μευ ἀμπαύοιτο φίλον δέμας ἐλπίδι καῖρον· Οὐδ᾽ ὅσιον φθαρτοῖς ἐναρίθμιον ἀνδράσι θείης. Ἐὐαγέος σήμηνας ἐμοὶ βιότοιο κελεύθους. Εὐφροσύνης με, Μάκαρ, πλῆσον μετὰ σεῖο προφώπου· ### English translation (Claude) This is the fifteenth after the tenth, a … song. … me, since you are my hope. I said to God the King: You alone are my God; for you yourself have no need of our good things. … has shown forth to those on earth the race of the holy …, and … the plans of the heart among them. Their weaknesses are multiplied, and among them they are swift. … apart from unjust bloodshed … gathering their assemblies into one; and I will not remember their name from my heart nor with my lips. The Lord himself is my lot, and the portion of my cup; the King himself grants me a life-giving inheritance. The measuring lines have fallen for me on strong works; for my lot has become strong and faithful. … before my right hand, so that he may support me. … and my dear body will rest in hope … nor would you make your holy one one of the number of corrupted men. You have shown me the paths of a pious life. Fill me, Blessed One, with gladness with your face. ### Scripture references - Ps 16:1–11 (15:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Verses 1 and 3–4 are broken in the scan. The line on the holy one (16:10) is paraphrased as “nor would you make your holy one one of the number of corrupted men”. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 15 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/15). ## Psalm 16 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-16 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 16 of the Septuagint (Psalm 17): a prayer of the innocent man for protection from enemies like lions, ending with the hope of seeing God’s glory. ### Greek text Εὐχὴ Δανίδου ἐχκαιδέχατος πέλει ὕμνος. Ἐκ σέθεν εὐθέσμοιο δίκης τέλος ἄμμι φανείη. Ὁμματά μευ δέρχοιντο τεὴν ἰθεῖαν ἀταρπόν. Καί με διοπτεύων καθαρὸν πυρὶ πολλὸν ἐφεῦρες. Σῶν χάριν ἀτρίπτους ἐπέων ἐφύλαξα κελεύθους. Ἴχνεσι σοῖς ἀγαθοῖς τὸ ἐμὸν φίλον ἴχνος ἐρείδοις, Ὄφρα κε ῥιζωθέντες ἐμοὶ πόδες ἄτρομοι εἶεν. Αὐτὸς, Αναξ, ἐδόησα, φίλης δέ μευ ἔκλυες αὐδῆς. ἹΚλῖνον ἐμοὶ τεὸν οὗας, ἐμῶν δ᾽ ἐπιχέχλυθι μύθων. τεὴν οἰκτίρμονα βουλὴν, Ῥυόμενος συμπαντας ἐπελπομένους σέθεν ἀλκῇ. Ἐξ ἀνδρῶν ἀνόμων, οἵ μοι κακότητα τέλεσσαν. χόρου σφετέρην συνέεργον ἀλοιφήν. Ὡς δὲ λέων μεθέπεσχον ἑτοιμοτάτην ἐπὶ θήραν, σχύμνῳ σκότιον λόχον ἜΥρεο, καὶ φθάμενος χθονὶ χάδθαλε γούνατα λύσας. μάλα θυμὸν ἀφαρπάξειας ἐμεῖο. ἘΣ ὀλίγων με σάω, καὶ ἀπὸ χθονὸς, ἄφθιτε Ποιμὴν, ἔτι ζωοὺς διὰ γαίης. Τῶν κρυφίων ἔπλησαν ἐὴν πολυχανδέα νηδύν. λίπον υἱάσι λείψανα δαιτός. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Βασιλῇ; μετ᾽ εὐδιχέης προφανείηνΓΆρχιον ἐς χόρον ἄμμι φανὲν σέο χῦξο; ἐτύχθη. ### English translation (Claude) A prayer of David is the sixteenth hymn. From you may the end of lawful justice appear to us; let my eyes see your straight path. And examining me you found me much purified by fire. For the sake of your [lips] I have kept the untrodden paths of words. Support my dear footstep in your good tracks, so that my feet, rooted, may be fearless. I myself cried out, O Lord, and you heard my dear voice. Incline your ear to me, and hear my words. … your compassionate counsel, rescuing all who hope in your might from lawless men, who have done evil to me. … with satiety they shut up their fat. Like a lion they pursued their most ready prey, … like a whelp … a dark ambush. Arise, and, coming first, throw him to the ground, loosing his knees … snatch my soul … Save me from the few, and from the earth, immortal Shepherd, … while still living through the earth. With your hidden things they filled their capacious belly … they left the remnants of the feast to their sons. But may I appear before the King with justice; your glory, appearing to us, has become enough to satisfy. ### Scripture references - Ps 17:1–15 (16:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Several half-lines are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 16 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/16). ## Psalm 17 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-17 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 17 of the Septuagint (Psalm 18): David’s song of deliverance, describing God’s descent in storm and fire and the victory he gives his king. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου θεράποντος ἐπουρανίου ΑΙς. ἕοτιο, μευ. Εριτ. Ηἰς γοιομ δ εἱς διε μἱ ἀπίοα αἰχὲϊ, ᾿ος Θιΐπὶ νοὶ υἱ δυχι μιν Ἄναξ ἀπειϊύσατο πάνἝΡρΦΘʼ ἅμα καὶ δέκατον προσφθέγξατο πνεύΚάρτος ἐμόν· σὲ γὰρ οἷον ἀεὶ, Θεὸς, ἀμφαγαπάξω· Αὐτὸς ἔρεισμα καὶ ἄλχαρ ἐμὼν καὶ ἀρωγὸς ἐτύχθης. Ἐλπὶς ἐμὴ τελέθεις, καὶ ἐμῶν ἐπιτάῤῥοθος ἔργων, ΓΑῤόηκτον βιότοιο κέρας καὶ ὑπέρμαχος ἀλκῆ. Ὑμνείων σε λιταῖς, δηίων ἀπὸ χεῖρας ἀλύξω. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ κίχλησχον ἐπειγόμενος Θεὸν ἄτῃ, Οὐρανόθεν Βασιλῆος ἀρηγόνα χεῖρα βοήσας. Χθὼν βριαρὴ δεδόνητο, τρόμος δέ μιν εἵλετο πᾶσαν· ὁρέων τετάρακτο θέμεθλα, Θεσπέσιον τρομέοντα χόλον καὶ μῆνιν Ανακτος. Καὶ πυρὶ λαμπόμενον Μάκαρος σθένος ὥρτο προς ᾿Αθανάτου πεφόρητο γνόφος παρὰ ποσσὶ Θεοῖο τὸ γὰρ ἤθελεν ἄλχαρ ἑλέσθαι. Οἷάπερ αἰθερίης νεφέλης κεκρυμμένον ὕδωρ. νεφέλαι σφετέρων ὑπὸ Τῆμος ἑἐθρόντησεν καὶ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανόθεν Θεὸς αὐτός. ᾿Αθανάτῃ δ᾽ Ὕψιστος ἀπ᾽ αἰθέρος ἴαχεν αὐδῇ· Πάντες ἅμ᾽ ὠρίνθησαν ὑπ᾽ σὴν γὰρ ἅπαντα Πνεύματος ἑπτοίηντο τεοῦ τόσον ἄσθμα καὶ ὀργήν. Ῥύσεται ἐκ δηίων μ᾽, οἶσιν περιώσιος ἀλκὴ, Θαρσαλέον δ᾽ ἔστησεν ἐπ᾽ Ῥύσεται ἐκ δηίων με, ἀτὰρ στυγέοντας ἐλέγξει, Μισθὸν ἐπ᾽ εὐδικίῃ καὶ ἐπάξιον εὖχος ὀπάξοι· τόδε κέρδος ἀχηρασίης παλαμάων. Οὕὔνεχεν ᾿Αθανάτοιο φίλα: ἐφύλαξᾳ κελεύθους· Οὐδὲ νόῳ φρασάμην ετερον Θεόν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἧεν· φρεσὶ πάντοτε θεσμούς· Οὐδέ οἱ ἀχράντων φυλακὴν λίπον εὐνομιάων· νόον Βασιλῇι φυλάξω. Μισθὸν ἐπ᾽ εὐδιχίῃ καὶ ἐπάξιον εὖχος ὁπάζοι· Ἣν ὁσίων ξυνέριθος ἔῃ ὅσιός κε γένοιο, Καί κε νόῳ ξυνέοντι μάθοις παρ᾽ ἀθῶον ἀθώου· Ἑσθλῷ ἀνέρι πάντα μεμιγμένος, ἐσθλὰ ἀχούσαις· Αὐτὸς λαὸν ἀεὶ χθαμαλόφρονα ῥύσεαι ἄτης· Αὐτὸς λύχνον ἐμὸν πολυφεγγέα πάντοτε τεύξοις· ἔἍμμι διαστράψοι δνοφερὸν κνέφας ἐκ σέθεν αἴγλη. Νεύματι σῷ προφύγοιμι κακῶν πολυπήμονα πείρην. Πῦργον ὑπερθαίην πίσυνος Θεῷ αἱὲν ἐόντι. ᾿Αθανάτου Βασιλῆος ἀχήρατοί εἰσι Τῶν δʼ ὑπεραθλεύῃσιν, ὅσοις πέλει ἐλπὶς ἐ π᾿ αὐτῷ. Τίς μάκαρ ἀθάνατος, πλὴν ἀθανάτου Βασιλῆος ; ἨΣ τίς ἡμετέροιο Θεοῦ Θεὸς ἐκτὸς ἐτύχθη ; Θήχατο δ᾽ ἡμετέρην καθαρὴν καὶ ἄμωμον ἀταρπὸν, Αὐτὰρ ἐφ᾽ ὑψίστοισιν ἐμὸν φίλον ἴχνος ἐρείδων, Παγχάλχειον ἔτευξε βραχίονας ἡῦτε τόξον. Καὶ σέο δεξιτερὴ πρόμος ἔπλετο πάντοτ’ ἐμεῖο. Σεῖο, Μάκαρ, σοφίῃ κραδίην ἰθύνομα: αἰεί· Ἔμπεδον ἴχνος ἔχω, σὺ δ᾽ ἐμὰς εὔρυνας ἁταρπούς. Οὔτις ἐλαυνόμενόν με δρόμῳ παρελεύσεται ἐχθρῶν. Οὐδὲ πιεζομένοις σταθερὸν σφίσιν ἴσχεται ἴχνος· ᾿Αλλὰ ποσὶ δμηθέντες ὑφ᾽ ἡμετέροισι πέσοιεν. δυσμενέες πεφόδηντο φυγῇ μετὰ νῶτα βαλόντες· Αὐτοὶ μὲν βοάασχον, ὁ δʼ οὔ σφισιν ἣεν ἀμύντωρ᾽ Καί με χαταστήσειας,·Ἄναξ, κοσμήτορα λαῶν. Λαὸς ὃν ἀγνώσσω, θέτο μευ ζυγῷ αὐχένα δοῦλον· ἡμετέρην ταχυπειύέσι δέξατο φωνήν. γεγαῶτες ἐπεψεύσαντό με παῖδες, δηΐιηο Ἵοορίίανὶ δἰἴι πὶ θδυπι : Ποη ΟΠ Ϊ ΠῚ δεῖς Μαψιδίως μετὰ γῆρας ἔδαν ἀλλότριοι υἷες, Ζώει ἐμοὶ Βασιλεὺς, καὶ ἀεὶ πολύαινος ἐτύχθγ,. Ἡμετέρου βιότοιο θεὸς κανυπέρτατος εἴη, αἰὲν ὁμῶς γεγαὼς κακότητος ὑπ᾽ ἀντιθίων με φυλάσσοι· ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἐπαειρομένων, Βασιλεῦ, πολὺ φέρτερος εἴηνʼ Οὔνομα δʼ ὕψιστον χιθάρῃ σέθεν φέγγος ἄειρας ἀλεξίκακον ᾿Αθανάτην δʼ ἐλεημοσύνην τεχτἦναο χριστῷ ### English translation (Claude) Of David, the servant of the heavenly [King] … when the Lord delivered him from all … the eighteenth he addressed … My strength: for I will love you alone always, O God. You yourself have become my support and defence and helper; you are my hope and the protector of my works, the unbreakable horn of my life and championing might. Praising you with prayers, I will escape the hands of my enemies. But I called on God when pressed by ruin, crying to the King from heaven for his helping hand. The mighty earth was shaken, and trembling took hold of all of it; … the foundations of the mountains were troubled, trembling at the divine wrath and anger of the Lord. And the strength of the Blessed One, shining with fire, rose …; darkness was carried beside the feet of the Immortal God …; for he wished to take a defence, like the water hidden in the clouds of the air …; the clouds under their … Then God himself thundered even from heaven; the Most High cried from the sky with his immortal voice. All were stirred up together under …; for all things were terrified at the blast and anger of your spirit. He will rescue me from enemies whose strength is exceeding; and he set me boldly on … He will rescue me from enemies, and will convict those who hate me. May he grant a reward for justice and worthy glory; … this is the gain of the purity of my hands, because I kept the dear paths of the Immortal. Nor did I think of another God in my mind; for there was none. … his ordinances in my heart always, nor did I leave the keeping of his undefiled laws. … I will keep my mind for the King. May he grant a reward for justice and worthy glory. If you are a companion of the holy, you would become holy, and with an understanding mind you would learn from the innocent what is innocent; mixing in all things with a good man, may you hear good things. You yourself will always rescue the humble people from ruin. You yourself will always make my lamp shine bright; may your radiance light up the dark gloom for us. By your nod may I escape the painful trial of evils. Trusting in God who always is, I would leap over a tower. [The ways] of the immortal King are pure; he champions all who have their hope in him. Who is blessed and immortal except the immortal King? Or who has become God apart from our God? He set our path pure and blameless; and setting my dear footstep on the highest places, he made my arms like a bow all of bronze. And your right hand has always been my champion. With your wisdom, Blessed One, I always direct my heart. I have a steady footstep, and you have widened my paths. None of my enemies will pass me as I am driven on in the race; nor have they a steady footing when hard pressed, but may they fall, subdued under our feet. … my enemies were terrified, turning their backs in flight. They themselves cried out, but there was no defender for them. And may you establish me, O Lord, as ruler of peoples. A people I did not know has set its neck as a slave under my yoke; … received our voice with quick obedience. Sons … born lied to me … Sons of strangers came to old age in vain. My King lives, and has always been much praised. May God be the highest of our life, … always … guard me from the evil of opponents; but may I be far stronger, O King, than those who rise up against me. … your highest name with the lyre … your light, warding off evil … you fashioned immortal mercy for [your] anointed. ### Scripture references - Ps 18:1–50 (17:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading is broken by Latin-column text in the scan (left as printed); many half-lines are lost, marked “…”. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 17 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/17). ## Psalm 18 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-18 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 18 of the Septuagint (Psalm 19): the heavens declare God’s glory, and his law gives wisdom and light. ### Greek text Οὐρανοὶ ἄφθιτον εὖχος ἀπαγγέλλουσι Θεοῖο, Χειρῶν δ᾽ ἀθανάτων ἕδος οὐρανοῦ ἔργα λιγαίνει. Ἤματι τιμήεντα λόγον προσερεύξατο ἣμαρ, Καὶ νὺξ ἀμδροσίην σοφίην ὑπεθήκατο νυκτί. θρόος ἀλλόγλωσσος ἔην πολὺς, οὐδέ τι μῦθοι, καὶ οὐκ ἀΐοιεν ἁπάντων, Καὶ μῦθοι πεπότηντο διὰ κλυτὰ πείρατα γαίης. Λαμπόμενος δ᾽ αὐτὸς θαλάμων ἅτε νυμφίος ὥρτο, Οὐρανίης ἑτέρωθεν ἰὼν προελεύσεται ἄκρης· . Οὐδ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὅς κε φύγῃ φλογερὴν ἀκτῖνα φανεῖσαν. Πιστὴ μαρτυρίη σοφίην βρεφέεσσι φυτεύει, καὶ ὄμμασι φέγγος Θεῖον ἀεὶ καθαρόν τε καὶ ἔμπεδον ἔπλετο δεῖμα· Ταῦτα τεὸς θεράπων χεχαρημένος οἷδε φυλάσσειν, Μισθὸν ἔχων φυλακῆς ἀγαθῶν περιώσιον ἔργων. Τίς κεν ἀναγνοίη πληθὺν βροτὸς ἀμπλαχιάων; δηΐπιὸ ἀθδὶ· Ὦ Μηδέ μοι ἀλλοτρίων χτεάνων φρεσὶ ἵμερος εἴη. ἰη ἀΐδ δυχὶ ἰδίαν Εἰ μή μεὺ χρατέοιεν, ἀμώμητός κε γενοίμην, Καί σευ ἐμῆς κραδίης μελέτη κατεναντίον ὄσσων· ### English translation (Claude) The heavens proclaim the immortal glory of God, and the firmament of heaven sings the works of his immortal hands. Day poured out an honoured word to day, and night set ambrosial wisdom before night. … a great noise of foreign tongues, nor any words …, and they would not hear … of all; and the words flew through the famous ends of the earth. He himself, shining, rose like a bridegroom from his chamber; going from the other end of heaven he will go forth …; nor is there anyone who may escape the flaming ray when it appears. A faithful testimony plants wisdom in infants, … and light to the eyes. Divine fear has always been pure and steadfast. These your servant knows how to keep with rejoicing, having an exceeding reward of good works for keeping them. What mortal could recognize the multitude of transgressions? … Nor let there be in my heart desire for the possessions of others. … If they do not rule over me, I shall be blameless; and let the meditation of my heart be before your eyes. ### Scripture references - Ps 19:1–14 (18:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Verses 3–4 and 12–13 are partly lost in the scan; Latin-column text in verse 13 is left as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 18 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/18). ## Psalm 19 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-19 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 19 of the Septuagint (Psalm 20): a prayer for the king, who trusts not in chariots but in God. ### Greek text Θεὸς ἣμαρ ἀλεξήσειεν ἀνάγκης, Καί σευ ᾿Ιαχώδου πρόμαχος θεὸς ἄφθιτος εἴη. ἀλεξίκακος πέλας ἔλθοι. Καὶ σέο χαρφομένην θυσίαν πλήσειεν ἀλοιφῆς. Πάντα τοι ᾿Αθάνατος κραδίῃ μεμελημένα ῥέζοι, Πάντα τεῶν πλήσειεν ἐναίσιμα δῶρα λιτάων· Νὺν ἐδάην ὡς χριστὸν ἐὸν θεὸς ἐξεσάωσε· Καί οἱ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανόθεν μεμαὼς χαλέοντος ἀκούσει. Κλεινὸν δεξιτερῆῇς σφετέρης περὶ κάρτεϊ φέγγος. Οἴδε μὲν οὖν ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμδεδαῶτες, Ἡμεῖς δ᾽ ᾿Αθανάτῳ πίσυνοι μεγαλιζόμεθ᾽ αἰεί. Οἵδε πόδας πεπέδηντο, λάθον δ᾽ ἔχπαγλα πεσόντες, Ἡμῖν δ᾽ ἐγρομένοις ἰθύνετο πάντα κατ᾽ αἴσαν. ### English translation (Claude) … may God ward off the day of necessity; and may the immortal God of Jacob be your champion. … may the averter of evil come near …, and fill your burnt offering with fat. May the Immortal do for you all that is cared for in your heart; may he fulfil all the fitting gifts of your prayers. Now I have learned that God has saved his anointed; and from heaven he will eagerly hear him when he calls, … glorious light by the strength of his right hand. These, then, have mounted on horses and chariots, but we, trusting in the Immortal, will always magnify ourselves. These were fettered in their feet and fell terribly unawares, but for us who have risen all things were directed rightly. ### Scripture references - Ps 20:1–9 (19:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The opening (verse 1) and parts of verses 2–3 and 6 are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 19 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/19). ## Psalm 20 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-20 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 20 of the Septuagint (Psalm 21): the king rejoices in God’s strength, which consumes his enemies. ### Greek text Αἰὲν ἄναξ, ἼἌχραντε, τεῷ περὶ κάρτεϊ καίροι, Καὶ σέο γηθήσειεν ἀεὶ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀρωγῇ. Οὔνεκά οἱ ψυχῆς κεχαρισμένον ἧδος ἔδωκας, ἐτέλεσσας, ἅλις δ᾽ ἕλε χείλεσι καρπόν. Στέμμα λίθων γεραρῶν κεφαλὴν ἐστέψαο τοῖο· Κῦδος ἔχει περίπυστον ἀλεξιχάχῳ σέθεν ἀλκῇ· Καί οἱ ὑπερτερίην, καί τι πλέον εὖχος ὀρέξοις. Μάκαρ, ἀμφὶ προσώπῳ. ʼΑντιθίοις ἅμα πᾶσι τεὴν ἐπὶ χεῖρα χορύσσοις, Σεῖο χαταφλεχθεῖεν ὑπ᾽ ὄμμασιν ἶσα καμίνῳ. Καί σφεας ὀλλυμένους δηλήσεται ἀχαμάτη φλόξ. Πάντα μάλ᾽ ἐξολέσειας ἑῆς ἀπὸ καρπὸν ἀρούρης, Οὔνεκά σοι βρίσαντες ἐπ’ ἄλγεα μυρία θέντο· ᾿Αλλ’ ἐπιθαρσήσας σθένεϊ μεγαλίζεο, Ποιμὴν. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σέο κάρτος ἀοίδιμον ὑμνοπολεύσω. ### English translation (Claude) May the king always rejoice, Undefiled One, in your strength, and always delight in his heart at your help. For you have given him the pleasure dear to his soul; … you have fulfilled, and he has taken fruit with his lips abundantly. You crowned his head with a crown of precious stones; he has far-famed glory through your averting strength; and may you extend to him superiority and still greater glory. … Blessed One, by your face. May you arm your hand against all opponents together; may they be burnt up under your eyes like a furnace; and the tireless flame will destroy them as they perish. May you destroy utterly all their fruit from their field, because, pressing upon you, they set countless pains. But be confident, Shepherd, and be magnified in strength; and I will sing in hymns your famous might. ### Scripture references - Ps 21:1–13 (20:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 20 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/20). ## Psalm 21 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-21 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 21 of the Septuagint (Psalm 22): the cry of the forsaken sufferer whose hands and feet are pierced and whose garments are divided, ending in praise among the nations. ### Greek text δʼ ἑῴας ἀντιλήψεως ὕπερ. Δέρχεο, τίπτε, Μάκαρ, μὲ, Μάκαρ, κατὰ πάμπαν μευ ἀμπλαχίης ἔπεα ζωῆς Εἰ ταὐτὰ ἀδδιοοδίι πὶ δου Ποία πὶ σοι θυγαπίιν ἴῃ οου νου! οἰ : πιθᾶπὶ γεγῸ πὸη δυάῖο8 Πρὸς σὲ, Μάκαρ, βοαασχον, Ἐμὴν δ᾽ οὐκ Οὐδὲ μάλ᾽ ἡγνοίησα τεὸν νόον ἐν φρεσὶ νυκτός. Ἐν δ᾽ ἁγίῳ ναιεις, κλέος ἄσπετον Ἰσραΐλο). Ἡμετέρων πατέρων ἀριδείχετος ἐλπὶς Πρὺς σὲ, Μάκαρ, βοάασχον, ἑῆς δὲ σάῳθεν ἀνάγκης, Οὐδέ σευ ἀθανάτης ἀντ᾽ ἐλπίδος αἶσχος ἐφεῦρον. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σκώληξ τε καὶ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος ἐτύχθην, Μῶμος ἐν ἀνθρώποισι, λαῷ δ᾽ ὅσοι πάρος ἔδραχον ὅσσοις, Χείλεσιν ἐφθέγξαντο, κάρη δʼ ὑπέροπλον ἔσεισαν. Εἰς Θεὸν ἑλπωρὴν ἔλαχεν, ῥύσαιτό μιν ἄτης· κακότητος, εἴ οἱ καταθύμιός ἔστι, Ἐλπίδα κικλήσκω σε καὶ ἐν μαζοῖσι τεκούσης· Σοὶ πίσυνος γενόμην μυχὰ νηδύος εἰσέτι ναίων. Αὐτὸς ἐμὸς Θεός ἐσσι φίλης ἐν γαστέρι μητρός. Μή μευ ἀποσταίης, ὅτι μοι πέλας ἧμαρ ἀνάγκης, Οὐδ᾽ ἐπιδευομένῳ μοι ἐπίῤῥοθος ἄλλος ἐτύχθη. δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσι περιστιχόωντό με ταῦροι, ᾿Ἀμφί μοι ὡρμήθησαν ἑὸν στόμα δεινὰ χανόντες, Οἷα λέων ὀλοὸς βρυχώμενος ἅρπαγι θυμῷ. Ὡς δ᾽ ὕδωρ προχυθὲν χεχέδαστό μευ ὀστέα πάντα· Κηρὸς ὅπως, κραδίη χατετήχετο γαστέρι μέσσῃ ἐμεῖο λάρυγγι ἐμεῦ νυ κεκόλληται, Ἔς δὲ τέλος θανάτου με χαθελχύσαντες ἔθεντο Ἐσμὸς ἀπειρέσιός με κυνῶν χυχλώσατο ὅσσοις, Ἡμετέρους ὥρυξαν ὁμοῦ χεῖράς τε πόδας τε· Ὀστέα δ᾽ ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἀπηρίθμησαν ἅπαντα. ἐμοὺς δάσσαντο χιτῶνας, Καὶ κλήροις πεπάλαχθεν, ὅτις κ᾽ ἐμὰ πέπλα χομίσσοιν σάω, Βασιλεῦ, στόματος βλοσυροῖο λέοντος. Αἶνον ἀεισάντων ὁπόσοι φρίσσουσιν Ανακτα· Σπέρμα δ᾽ Ἰαχώθοιο Θεὸν βασιλῆα γεραίροι, Καί μιν ὑποδδείσειεν ἅπας σπόρος Ἰσραῆλου. Οὐ γὰρ ὀνοσσάμενος πτωχοῦ πάρος ἔστυγεν εὐχὴν, Οὐδ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἐμεῦ ἔστρεψεν ἐὴν χαρίεσσαν ὁπωπὴν᾽· Ἐκ σέθεν αἶνος ἐμὸς μεγάλην μεθ᾽ ὁμήγυριν ἀνδρῶνʼ Καί μιν γουνάσσονται ἐνωπαδὸν ἔθνεα πάντα. Θείη χοιρανίη, καὶ ἄναξ Θεὸς ἔπλετο δήμων. ΚἌντα ἑ γουνάσσοντα: ὅσοι χθονὸς ἔρχατ᾽ ἕνερθεν. Ζῇ δ᾽ οἱ θυμὸς ἐμὸς, φῦλον δέ μευ αὐτῷ ἔριθον.·Οψιγόνων τάδε φῦλα Θεῷ φρασάτω βασιλῆι. ### English translation (Claude) … for the help at dawn. Look, why, Blessed One, have you [forsaken] me, Blessed One, altogether? … the words of my transgression … I cried to you, Blessed One, … nor was I ignorant of your mind in my heart at night. But you dwell in the holy place, the unspeakable glory of Israel. The conspicuous hope of our fathers … They cried to you, Blessed One, and were saved from their necessity, nor did they find shame in return for their immortal hope in you. But I became a worm and not a man, a reproach among men … of the people. As many as saw me before with their eyes spoke with their lips and shook their arrogant head: “He had his hope in God; let him rescue him from ruin … from evil, if he is dear to him.” I call you my hope even at my mother’s breasts; I trusted in you while still dwelling in the recesses of the womb. You yourself are my God in my dear mother’s belly. Do not stand far from me, because the day of necessity is near me, nor has any other helper come to me in my need. … and besides these, bulls surrounded me; they rushed around me, opening their mouths terribly, like a destructive lion roaring with a rapacious spirit. Like water poured out, all my bones were scattered; like wax my heart melted in the middle of my belly; … stuck to my throat …; and they dragged me down to the end of death and set me there. A countless swarm of dogs surrounded me with their eyes; they dug through our hands and feet together; they counted all my bones with their eyes. … they divided my tunics, and shook lots for whoever might carry off my garments. … save me, O King, from the mouth of the grim lion. Let all who shudder at the Lord sing praise; let the seed of Jacob honour God the King, and let all the offspring of Israel fear him. For he did not despise and loathe the prayer of the poor man, nor turn away from me his graceful face. From you is my praise in the great assembly of men; … all the nations will bow the knee before him. Divine is the rule, and God has become Lord of the peoples. … all who go down below the earth will bow the knee before him. And my soul lives for him, and my offspring is his fellow-worker. Let the races of those born later declare these things to God the King. ### Scripture references - Ps 22:1–31 (21:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The Septuagint title “for the help at dawn” is kept. Latin-column text breaks verses 1–2 in the scan (left as printed). “They dug through our hands and feet” follows the Septuagint (ὤρυξαν, 21:17). ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 21 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/21). ## Psalm 22 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-22 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 22 of the Septuagint (Psalm 23): the Lord restores the soul, comforts in the valley of death, and spreads a table before the psalmist’s enemies. ### Greek text Εἰκοστὸν ἡδὺ δεύτερόν τε παλινάγρετον ἦτορ ἔγειρε· Πρὸς δὲ δικαιοσύνης ἱερὰς ἴθυνεν ἀταρποὺς, Εἰ γάρ κεν θανάτοιο μέσον σχιόεντος ὁδεύσω, Σκῆπτρόν σευ ῥοπαλόν τε παραιφασίην φρενὸς ἔσχον. ᾿Αθανάτην μοι, ΓΑναξ, παρεθήχαο σεῖο τράπεζαν, Ῥιγεδανῶν βρίθουσαν ἐμῶν κατ᾽ ἐναντίον ἐχθρῶν. ἀγαθῷ κεφαλὴν πίηνας ἐλαίῳ· Οἴάπερ εὐφροσύνης σέο μοι δέπας ἔμπεδον ἔστω, ### English translation (Claude) This is the sweet twenty-second … he roused my heart to return, and directed it to the holy paths of righteousness. For even if I walk in the middle of shadowy death, I had your sceptre and your club as the consolation of my mind. You set your immortal table before me, O Lord, laden … in the face of my shuddering enemies. You anointed my head with good oil; let your cup of gladness be firm for me as … ### Scripture references - Ps 23:1–6 (22:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Verses 1–2 (the shepherd and the green pastures) and verse 6 are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 22 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/22). ## Psalm 23 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-23 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 23 of the Septuagint (Psalm 24): the earth is the Lord’s; the pure may ascend his hill; the King of glory enters. ### Greek text Πρὸς κιειγὸν ἦμαρ Σαδδάτου πρῶτον, μέλος ς Χθὼν Βασιλῇος ἔφυ, καὶ ὅσος χθονὸς ἔπλετο κόσμος, Ἄστεα, καὶ ξύμπαντες Αὐτός μιν χατένασσεν ἐπ᾽ ἀτρυγέτοιο θαλάσσης, Καὶ ποταμῶν καθύπερθεν ἑῇ τεχνήσατο βουλῇ. ᾿ Ἢ τίς ἐπ᾽ εὐαγέος δαπέδου φίλον ἴχνος ἐρείσει ; Οὕποτε μαψιδίοισιν ἐὸν θυμὸν ἠπεροπεύσας, Οὐδ᾽ ὄρκον δολόεντα φίλῳ παρὰ μοῖραν ὁμόσσας· Οὗτος ὑπ᾽ ἀθανάτοιο χομίσσεται αἴνον Ανακτος’ ἭἫδε Θεὸν βασιλῆα βροτῶν ποθέουσα γενέθλη, Θεὸν αὐτὸν Ἰαχώόοιο νοῆσαι. Τίς ὃδε δ᾽ εὐχλείης Βασιλεὺς ἄχραντος ἐτύχθη ; ᾿Αθάνατος σθεναρός τε, καὶ ᾿λθάνατος, μενέχαρμος, ἀεὶ περὶ κάρτεϊ γαίων· ριιγὰβ δβὶ Τίς δ᾽ ὅγε δ᾽ εὐχλείης Βασιλεὺς ἄχραντος ἐτύχθη; Μοῦνος·Αναξ σθενέων, ὅδε ### English translation (Claude) For the famous day, the first of the Sabbath, a song … The earth is the King’s, and all the adornment of the earth, the cities, and all … He himself founded it upon the barren sea, and built it above the rivers by his counsel. Or who will set his dear footstep on the holy ground? One who never deceived his heart with vain things, nor swore a deceitful oath to his friend against what is due; this man will receive praise from the immortal Lord. This is the race of mortals that longs for God the King, … to know God himself, [the God] of Jacob. … Who is this undefiled King of glory? Immortal and strong, and immortal, steadfast in battle, … always exulting in might. … Who is this undefiled King of glory? The Lord alone, being strong, he … ### Scripture references - Ps 24:1–10 (23:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading renders the Septuagint title “for the first day of the week (of the Sabbath)”. Verses 7 and 9 (“Lift up your gates”) and the end are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 23 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/23). ## Psalm 24 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-24 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 24 of the Septuagint (Psalm 25): a prayer for guidance and forgiveness from the merciful Lord. ### Greek text ἴπτρθιη τθρογίθιῃ, Μηδʼ ἐπιπιστεύσας τοι, ἐλεγχέα μῶμον ἑλοίμην, ἤδη). . Μηδὲ γέλως ὁλοοῖσι παρ᾽ ἀντιδίοισι γενοίμην. ἐϑί. ᾿Αψεγέες γὰρ πάντες, ὅσοις Θεὸς ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθη, Καί με τρίθους ἀγαθάς τε θεοδμήτους τε διδάσκων, ἀγαθός με ἐοικότα πάντα πανημέριον δρόμον ἕλχω, πιϊ βου οογαϊα τοι ἰβοαγὶϑ, ᾿Αλλὰ τεῆς ἐλεημοσύνης μεμνημένος εἴης, μετὰ πᾶσι νέμοις οἰκτίρμονα Ὁ δὲ θεὸς γεγαὼς, ἐλεητύος ἄξια Εβί, Πρηύνοός τε καὶ ἰθύδεχος Θεὸς αἰὲν ἐτύχθη ὁδὸν ἔφρασε θυμῷ. ἀϊτί σαι πιδηβυοῖος, ᾿Ανδρῶν εὐδιχίης ἡγήσεται ἡπιοθύμων, Καὶ ἀτραποὺς σφετέρας γί, ᾿Αθανάτου πᾶσαι νημερτέες εἰσὶν Ῥκορίον ἐπι πιου δ] πὶ πη βηδηϊπι απ Ἰλοφοιι, Εἴνεκεν ἀθανάτοιο μεγασθενέος Βασιλῆος, Ῥεροδιΐ πλυ οἷ ργορ εἶτ ᾿Αμπλαχίαις πυκινῇσιν ἐμαῖς πέρι ἴλαος εἴης. - Τίς τόσον ᾿Αθάνατον τρομέων ἄνθ ρωπος ἐτύχθη ; ΙΘζθηιὶ Ρογι οἷαι, Εἰς ἀρετὴν σπεύδων θεοτερπέα θεσμὸν ἀνύσσοι,͵ ΡΆϑοδη δ, Αἰὲν ἐπ᾽ ὀλθίστοις κραδίην πολυγηθέα βόσχων, θαπὶ Προῦῖ. Καὶ χθόνα τιμήεσσαν ἑοὶ χτησαίατο παῖδες. υὐΠΠπαίδη, Οὔνομα ᾿Αθανάτοιο φέρει τρομέουσιν ὄνειαρ, ἑὴν σφίσιν ὄφρα Οὐρανόθεν μοι,·Αναξ, ᾿φυΐβ εφο εἱ Ρᾶυρογ βυ1η. Οὔνεκα μονογενής τις ἐγὼ καὶ πτωχὸς ἐτύχθην, ᾿Αδρανίην καὶ μόχθον ἰδὼν ἐμὸν ἴλαος εἴης. γι δ], Ὁ Πληθὺν ἐμῶν δηίων ἡμετέρης περικήδεο, καί με φύλασσε· Μηδέ μʼ ἕλον ποθὲν αἶσχος, ἐπεὶ σύ μοι: ἑλτὸς ἐτύ ἰηνθηΐ ϑοάλϊοβ. Σεῦ ἕνεχ᾽ ἰθυνόους καὶ ἐνηέας εὗρον ἑταίρους. ### English translation (Claude) … Let me not, having trusted in you, take reproachful blame, nor become a laughing-stock to my destructive opponents. For all whose hope is God are blameless. And teaching me good and God-built paths …, good …, I drag on the whole course of the day … But be mindful of your mercy … may you assign compassionate … to all. God, being [good], … worthy of mercy; God has always been gentle-minded and accepting of the upright … he showed the way to the heart. He will lead men of gentle spirit in justice, and … their paths. … of the Immortal are all unerring … For the sake of the immortal, mighty King, be gracious concerning my many transgressions. What man is it who so trembles at the Immortal? May he accomplish the God-pleasing ordinance, hastening toward virtue, feeding his heart, full of joy, always on most blessed things; and may his children possess the honoured land. The name of the Immortal brings profit to those who tremble, so that … [look] upon me from heaven, O Lord, … because I have become an only one and poor; seeing my weakness and toil, be gracious. … the multitude of my enemies … care for our [soul], and guard me; nor let shame seize me from anywhere, since you have become my hope … For your sake I found companions upright of mind and gentle. ### Scripture references - Ps 25:1–22 (24:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - This psalm is badly interleaved with Latin-column text in the scan (left as printed); many lines are lost or broken, marked “…”. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 24 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/24). ## Psalm 25 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-25 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 25 of the Septuagint (Psalm 26): the innocent man asks God to test him and not to sweep him away with sinners. ### Greek text υἱσθδίηιιε ὁδὶ μψηινῖιδ, Δαυΐδου πέμπτος τε καὶ εἰκοστὸς πέλει ὕμνος. Νυβίνο ἀϊαιίοαβ, Παχ, πΐεἰ δηΐπιο : ᾿Ἡμετέρῳ διχάσειας,·Αναξ, ἀγανόφρονι Ἔχρίογα δοηβἰ απ: Εἰ δ᾽ ἄγε, πείρησαι, καὶ ἐμὴν σχοπιάξεο βουλήν. Παπιμηα, ΝΝεφροὺς καὶ κραδίην κρίνοις περιθαλπέϊ πυρσῷ, Ὀφθαλμῶν ἐλεητὺς ἐμῶν σέθεν ἀντίον ἐστὶ, Καί σευ ἀληθείῃ γενόμην καταθύμιος αἰεί. ἐμὰς ἀπονίψομαι ὕδασι χεῖρας, Καὶ σέο βωμὸν, βοῆς χλυτὸν αἶνον ἀείσω, Καὶ σέο θέσκελα ἔργα περιφραδέως ἀγορεύσω. τεῆς ἐρικυδέος ἀλκῆς. Ἀτδὲ μευ θυμὸν,·Αναξ, μετὰ δυσσεδέεσσιν ὁλέσσης, Μηδὲ μετ᾽ ἀνδροφόνοισι βίου ποτὲ μοῖραν ὁπάσαῃς· Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σπεύδων βίον ἤλασα μείλιχον αἱεί· Ῥυσάμενός μ᾽ οἴκτειρον, ἐπεὶ σταθερὸν λάχον ἴχνος· ### English translation (Claude) This is David’s twenty-fifth hymn. … Judge me, O Lord, with gentle-minded … If you will, test me, and examine my counsel; judge my kidneys and heart with a warming torch. The mercy of my eyes is before you, and I have always been pleasing to your truth. … I will wash my hands in water, and … your altar, … sing the famous praise of my voice, and declare clearly your wondrous works. … of your glorious might. Do not destroy my soul, O Lord, with the impious, nor ever give me a portion of life with murderers. But I have always hastened to lead a gentle life. Rescue me and pity me, since I have obtained a steady footstep. ### Scripture references - Ps 26:1–12 (25:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Latin-column text breaks the opening in the scan (left as printed). ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 25 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/25). ## Psalm 26 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-26 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 26 of the Septuagint (Psalm 27): the Lord is light and salvation; the psalmist seeks his face and waits for him. ### Greek text ΓΆλχαρ ἐμὸν καὶ φέγγος, ΓΑναξ· τίνα δειμαίνοιμι ; Αὐτὸς ἐμεῦ βιότοιο πρόμος· τίς κέν με φοθοίη ; Οὐκ ἀλέγω, οὐδ᾽ εἴ μοι ἅπας στρατὸς ἀντίος ἔλθοι· Ἐλπὶς ἐμὴ Θεός ἐστι· τί μοι δέος ἔπλετο χάρμης ; λιτόμην θεόθεν, τὸ δέ μοι τριπόθητον ἐτύχθη, Αἰεὶ νηὸν ΓΑναχτος ἀκήρατον περίπυστον ὑπὲρ πέτρης Νῦν δ᾽ ἐμὸν ὧδ᾽ ἀνάειρεν ἐπ᾽ ἀντιθίοισι κάρηνον. Πρὸς σὲ, Μάκαρ, βοόωντος ἐμῆς ἐπιχέχλυθι φωνῆς. Κέκλυθι, καί μ᾽ ἐλέαιρε· νόος δέ τοι εἶπεν ἐμεῖο· Νωιτέρη μέμονε κραδίη τεὸν ὄμμα νοῆσαι. Σὸν φάος εὐάντητον ἀεὶ διζήμενος εἴην. Μή μεὺ σὴν χαρίεσσαν Αὐτὸς, Δναξ, ἐπίκουρος ἔοις, καὶ μή με μεθείης, Μηδέ με καλλείψειας, ἐὼν Θεὸς αἰὲν ἀμύντωρ. Οὔνεκα δῇ με πατὴρ καὶ πότνια χάλλιπε μήτηρ, ᾿Αθάνατος δʼ ὑπέδεχτο καὶ ἐξεσάωσε φυλάσσων. Σίσι, Μάκαρ, θέσπισον ἀεὶ βαίνειν με χελεύθοις· Ἐν γαίῃ μακάρων Θεὸν ὄψομαι ὄμμασιν ὄλβον. βασιλῇι Θεῷ παραχάτθεο πᾶσαν’ Θάρσει, καὶ σέο θυμὸς ἀεὶ χρατερώτατος ἔστω· βασιλῆι Θεῷ παραχάτθεο πᾶσαν. ### English translation (Claude) My defence and my light, O Lord: whom should I fear? He himself is the champion of my life: who could frighten me? I do not care, not even if a whole army comes against me; God is my hope: what fear of battle have I? … I asked of God, and that became thrice-desired for me: always … the undefiled temple of the Lord … famous upon a rock; and now he has lifted up my head thus over my opponents. Hear my voice, Blessed One, as I cry to you. Hear, and pity me; my mind said to you: our heart longs to perceive your eye. May I always seek your gracious light. … your graceful … from me … Be my helper yourself, O Lord, and do not let me go, nor forsake me, being God, always a defender. For my father and lady mother have left me, but the Immortal received me and saved me, guarding me. Ordain for me, Blessed One, always to walk in your paths. … In the land of the blessed I shall see God, the blessedness, with my eyes. … entrust all to God the King. Take courage, and let your heart always be most strong; entrust all to God the King. ### Scripture references - Ps 27:1–14 (26:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 26 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/26). ## Psalm 27 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-27 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 27 of the Septuagint (Psalm 28): a prayer not to be dragged away with the wicked, and praise for the Lord who hears. ### Greek text Εἰκοστὸν ἔδδομόν τε Δαυΐδου μέλος. Πρὸς σὲ, Μάκαρ, βοόω, σιγῇ δέ γε μή με Εὐχωλῆς ἐπάκουσον ἔμτς, Μάκαρ, Εὐὖτε πρὸς ἄχραντον παλάμας σέο ναὸνʼ ἀείρω. Μὴ μεὺ ἀμαρτινόοις κραδίην ἅμα σύνδρομον ἕλχοις, δ᾽ ἐν στέρνοισι κατακρύπτουσιν ἑοῖσιν. πόνων ἀντάξιον ἄτην. Δός σφισιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, σφετέρων ἀντάξια ἔργων· Οἵά τε χεροὶν ἔρεξαν, ὁμῶς χομισαίατο δῶρα· Μισθὸν ἕλοιντο δίκῃ μεμελημένον ὧν δόσαν ἄλλοις ᾿Αθανάτου ὅτι πάμπαν ἔσαν ἀμνή μονες ἔργων, Ἔρτων δ᾽ ἐξελάθοντο Θεοῦ μεγάλων παλαμάων. Αἰεί σφεας καθέλοις, καὶ μήποτε πάμπαν ἐγείροις. ᾿Αθάνατος πολύαινος ἑμῆς Θεὸς Αὑτὸς Αναξ ἐπίκουρος ἐμὸς πρόμαχός τε, τέτυκται· Οἷδα νόῳ, πόσον ἐλπὶς ἐφεύρατο κέρδος ἀρωγῆς. ἐμὸν δέμας ἴσα Καί οἱ ἑχὼν ἀγαθόν τε καὶ ἄσπετον αἶνον ἀείσω. Αἰὲν Ἄναξ λαοῖο βίη καὶ κάρτος ἐτύχθη, Λαὸν σὸν καὶ κλῆρον ἐῦχλήεντα σαώσοις, Καὶ σφέας ἡνεχέως ἀγαθοῖς ### English translation (Claude) The twenty-seventh song of David. To you, Blessed One, I cry; … in silence … Hear my prayer, Blessed One, when I lift up my hands toward your undefiled temple. Do not drag my heart along together with sinners … who hide [evil] in their breasts … ruin worthy of their labours. Give them, O King, what is worthy of their works; may they receive gifts like what they did with their hands; may they take a reward cared for by justice for what they gave to others, because they were wholly forgetful of the works of the Immortal and forgot the works of the great hands of God. May you cast them down for ever and never raise them up. The immortal God of my … is much praised. The Lord himself has become my helper and champion; I know in my mind how great a gain of help hope has found. … my body like … and willingly I will sing to him good and unspeakable praise. The Lord has always been the force and strength of the people; may you save your people and your famous inheritance, and … them continually with good things … ### Scripture references - Ps 28:1–9 (27:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 27 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/27). ## Psalm 28 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-28 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 28 of the Septuagint (Psalm 29): the voice of the Lord thunders over the waters, breaks the cedars and shakes the desert. ### Greek text Ὄγδοον εἰκοστόν τε μέλος Ὁ Οἴσετε τιμήεντι φερώνυμον εὖχος Αὐλῇ ἐν ἀχράντῳ λιτανεύσατε Ποιμένα κόσμου. ᾿Αθανάτου βόμδησεν ἐφ᾽ ὕδασιν ἄτρομος αὐδὴ, τεύχων Λιδανήιον οἷά τε μόσχον, Μουνογενὴς δ᾽ ἅπερ υἱὸς Θεσπεσίη τέμνουσα πυρὸς φλόγα Ποιμένος αὐδὴ, Θεοῦ διὰ γήῆρυς ἐρήμου ἴ·λρχομένοις ἐλάφοισ! δρόμου θρόος ἶσος ᾿Ανακτος, Πᾶς δέ τις ἐν νηῷ μάκαρος Θεοῦ εὖχος ἀείσοι. Βασιλεὺς ἀρετὰς χρουνηζὸν ἰούδας. ᾿Αθάνατος καὶ ἄπαυστος Αὐτὸς ἐοῖσι βίην ἄῤῥηκτον Αὐτὸς ἐν εἰρήνῃ ζωαρχέϊ λαὸν ### English translation (Claude) The twenty-eighth song … Bring to the honoured one glory that bears his name; pray in the undefiled court to the Shepherd of the world. The fearless voice of the Immortal thundered upon the waters; … making … like a calf of Lebanon, and as an only-begotten son … The divine voice of the Shepherd cuts the flame of fire; the voice of God through the desert … the sound of the Lord is like the noise of the running of deer that begin [to bear young]; and let everyone in the temple of the blessed God sing glory. … The immortal and unceasing … He himself [gives] unbreakable strength to his own; he himself [blesses] the people with life-giving peace. ### Scripture references - Ps 29:1–11 (28:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Several lines are lost or garbled in the scan (verses 5–6, 8–10). “As an only-begotten son” paraphrases the Septuagint “as the son of unicorns” (28:6). ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 28 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/28). ## Psalm 29 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-29 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 29 of the Septuagint (Psalm 30): thanksgiving for rescue from death; weeping in the evening, joy in the morning. ### Greek text Σὸν κράτος ὑψώσαιμ᾽, ὅτι με προσεδέξαο, Ποιμὴν, Καί με χατερχομένων ὑπὸ πυθμένα ῥύσαο γαίης. Οὔνεκα μηνίσαντι Θεῷ κότος ἐστὶ βαρύφρων, Ἕσπέριον κλαυθμὸν τέρψις μεταμείψεθ᾽ ἑῴη· Εὔθυμος δ᾽ εἶπον, σάλος ὅττι μοι οὔποθεν Κάλλεϊ νωιτέρῳ σθένος ἄφθιτον ἐκ σέθεν ἔστω. Ὅμμα σέθεν τρέψαντος, ἐμὰ κλόνος εἴλετο γυζα. Πρὸς σὲ, Μάκαρ, βοάων, λίτομαι θεὸν αἱὲν ἐόντα... Τί πλέον εἰ πόρον αἷμα, καὶ εἰς ἀΐδαο κατῆλθον ; Θρῆνον ἐμὸν μετέθηκε, γόου δ᾽ ἠλλάξατο χάρμα. ### English translation (Claude) May I exalt your strength, because you received me, Shepherd, and rescued me from those who go down to the bottom of the earth. Because the anger of God when he is wrathful is heavy-minded, … evening weeping will be exchanged for morning delight. In good cheer I said that no tossing would ever [come] to me. … let immortal strength from you be for our beauty. When you turned away your eye, trembling seized my limbs. Crying to you, Blessed One, I beseech God who always is: what more if I gave my blood and went down to Hades? … He changed my lament, and exchanged groaning for joy. ### Scripture references - Ps 30:1–12 (29:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 29 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/29). ## Psalm 30 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-30 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 30 of the Septuagint (Psalm 31): “Into your hands I commit my spirit” — trust in God amid sickness, scorn and plots. ### Greek text Μὴ με καταισχύνῃς γε, ἐπεὶ σύ μευ ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθης· Νωέΐτερος Θεός ἐσσι κατὰ χρέος ἀτπιδιώτης, Αὐτὸς ἐμὸν πολύχαλχον ἕδος καὶ εὐσταθὲς ἄλχαρ. Ἡμετέρου γεγαὼς βιότου τροφὸς ἡγεμονεύοις. Οὔνεκα νωιτέρου βιότου πρόμος ἔπλεο μοῦνος. Πνεῦμα φίλον σέο χερσὶ φερεζώοις παραθείην. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ἐλέῳ πίσυνος τεῷ ἐλπίδι καίρω· ἤχνιά μευ στήριξας ἐπ᾽ εὐρυχόροιο χελεύθου. μ᾽ ἐλέησον, ἐπεὶ περιχέδομαι αἰνῶς Γαστέρα θ᾽ ἡμετέρην καὶ ἐμὸν πολυώδυνον ἧτορ. ᾿λμφ᾽ ὀδύνης πυχινῇσι μαραινόμενον βίον ἔλχω, Καί μεὺ φρικαλέη ταραχὴ λάδεν ὀστέα πάντα. Αἴσχος ὑπὲρ πάντας γενόμην περιώσιον ἐχθρούς. Οἵ με πάρος λεύσσοντες, ἔθαν μάλα νόσφι φυγόντες· Νεκρὸς ὅπως ἄπρηχτος ἀπὸ κραδίη: ἐπελήσθην. οοἰ δου πιοὶ Οἵ θ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ἀγειρόμενοί μευ ἐναντίοι Στήθεσιν ὁρμαίνοντες ἐμεῦ ἀπὸ θυμὸν ἑλέσθαι, Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ χάλεόν σε Θεόν σὺ γὰρ ἐλπὶς ἐμοῖο, Σῇσι, Μάκαρ, μετὰ χερσὶν ἐμοὶ χλΐροι γεγάασι, Εἴνεκα σῆς ἀγαθῆς ἐλεημοσύνης με σαώσοις, λιήποθεν αἶσχος ἕλοι με σὲ γὰρ χαλέεσχον ἀρωγόν, Εἰς ἀΐδην χατάγοιντο καταισχυνθέντες ἀλεῖται, Ἣν κρύψας μάλα δὴ σε περιτρομέουσι φυλάσσων εἶ, Ὁ θαρσεῖτε· κραδίη δὲ μάλ᾽ ὑμέων ἔμπεδος ἔστω, ### English translation (Claude) Do not put me to shame, since you have become my hope. You are our God, a defender as is due; you yourself are my bronze-founded seat and steady defence. Having become the nourisher of our life, may you lead, because you alone have been the champion of our life. Into your life-bearing hands I commit my dear spirit. But I, trusting in your mercy, rejoice in your hope. … you set my footsteps on a spacious road. … pity me, since I am terribly grieved in our belly and in my heart full of pain. I drag on a life withering amid frequent pains, and a dreadful trouble has seized all my bones. I became an exceeding reproach above all my enemies; those who saw me before went far away, fleeing. I was forgotten from the heart like a dead man, useless. … And those gathered together against me, … devising in their breasts to take my life. But I called on you, God; for you are my hope. My lots are in your hands, Blessed One. Save me for the sake of your good mercy; may shame never seize me, for I called on you as helper. Let the wicked be brought down to Hades, put to shame. … which you have hidden … guarding those who tremble before you … Take courage; and let your heart be very steadfast. ### Scripture references - Ps 31:1–24 (30:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 30 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/30). ## Psalm 31 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-31 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 31 of the Septuagint (Psalm 32): the blessedness of the forgiven, who confess their sin to God. ### Greek text οὗ Θεὸς ἔργα παρέδραμεν Πάντοτε γὰρ, μεῦ ΓΑναξ, ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ σέο χειρὶ βαρεῖἢ Δείλαιος γενόμην, ὅτι μοι χροῖ πῆχθεν ἄκανθαι. ᾿Αμπλαχίην ἀνέφηνα, νόου δ᾽ οὐκ ἔσκεπον ἄτην.᾽ Εἶπα· Θεῷ πρῆξίν μευ ἀτάσθαλον ἐξαγορεύσω· Αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἡμετέρης κραδίης παρελήλνθας ἄτην. Τῆσδ᾽ ἕνεχ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὁσίοισι λιτὴ μετ᾽ ἑναίσιμον ὥρην. Χάρμα φίλον, σύ με τεῦξον ἐλεύθερον ἐμέθεν ποίην χρέος οἶμον ὁδεύειν. Εἰς σὲ, Μάκαρ, στήριξα διαμπερὲς ὄμματ᾽ ἐμεῖο, Ὀφθαλμῶν ἀμαρυγὰς ἐμῶν σέο νέρθεν ἐρείσω. ἐδὲ καὶ ἵπποις Γινόμενοι· σοφίης γὰρ ἀγαχλέος ἄμμοροί εἰσι. ΟἹ σέθεν οὐ μεμάασι γεγηθότες ἄσσον ἰκέσθαι. Παντοδαπαὶ μάστιγες ἀεὶ Χάρμα καὶ εὐφροσύνη θεοτερπέας ἄνδρας ἐρύχοι, ### English translation (Claude) … God has passed over the works … For always, my Lord, your hand was heavy upon me; I became wretched, because thorns were fixed in my skin. I revealed my transgression, and did not cover the ruin of my mind. I said: I will confess to God my reckless deed; and you yourself have passed over the ruin of our heart. For this reason the holy pray at the fitting time. My dear joy, make me free … [I will show you] by what road you must walk. On you, Blessed One, I have fixed my eyes continually; I will set the gleams of my eyes under you. … and horses … becoming; for they have no share in glorious wisdom; they do not wish to come near you with gladness. Scourges of every kind always … May joy and gladness [surround] men pleasing to God. ### Scripture references - Ps 32:1–11 (31:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The opening beatitude (verses 1–2) is lost in the scan except its last words. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 31 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/31). ## Psalm 32 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/1/#p-32 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 32 of the Septuagint (Psalm 33): a new song to the Creator whose word made all things and whose eye is on those who fear him. ### Greek text Τόνδε τριηχοστὸν καὶ δεύτερον ἴαχεν ὕμνον Χαίρετέ μοι Βασιλῇι, δίκης ὑποφήτορες ἄνδρες. Ἐκ πραπίδων νέον ὕμνον Οὕὔνεχεν ἀθανάτοιο Θεοῦ λόγος ἰθὺς ἐτύχθη. Πάντα δὲ οἱ μάλα πιστὰ πέλει βασιλήια ἔργα᾿ Εὐξικέτν φιλέει λαθιχηδέα καὶ θέμιν Ἐσσήν. Πᾶσα Θεοῦ βέδριθεν ἄδην ἐλεητύος αἷα. Καὶ πᾶσ᾽ ἀθανάτου στόματος σφέων πνεύματος ἀλκή. ᾿Ασκὸν ὅπως, πόντοιο ῥόον Τέχνῃ χατθέμενος χρυφίοις Δειμαίνει βασιλῆα Θεὸν χλυτὰ πείρατα γαίης· Οὕὔνεχεν αὐτὸς ἕειπε, καὶ ἐχτετέλεσθεν ἅπαντα. Αὐτὸς Αναξ ἐκέλευσε, τὰ δ᾽ Μέρμερα δὲ κραδίης γενεῆς ἄπο μέχρι γενέθλης. Φύλον ἀεὶ μακαριστὸν ἑῷ βασιλῆι πεποιθὸς, Λαὸς, ὄν ἐκ πάντων ἐπελέξατο κλῆρον ἐλέσθαι. Οὐρανόθεν Βασιλεὺς πανδερχέα τεῖνεν ἐκ παστάδος εἶδε γενέθλην σθένος οἶδεν Ἄνακτα Οὐδὲ γίγας κακότητα φύγοι περιθάρσυνος ἀλκῇ· Ἵππος ἑνὶ πτολέμοις ἀχρήιος ἄνδρα σαῶσαι, Οὺδέ κεν αὑτὸς ἄλυξε περὶ σθένεϊ βλεμεαίνων. μεγάλοιο Θεοῦ τρομέοντας ὁρῶσιν, Ὅσσοι θεσπεσίῳ ἐλέῳ μεμελημένοι εἰσί, Καὶ θρέψαι στονόεντι πιεζομένους φρένα λιμῷ, μάλα θυμὸς ἀπηώρηται Ἄνακτος, Οὔνεχεν ἡμείων πρόμαχος καὶ ἀρωγὸς ἐτύχθη. ᾿μφ᾽ αὑτῷ χεχάροιτο νόος Καί οἱ ἡμετέρη ὄνομα χλυτὸν ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθη. Οἷά σευ ἐλπίξοντες ἀεὶ ποτιδέγμεθ᾽ ἀρωγήν. ### English translation (Claude) He cried out this thirty-second hymn … Rejoice in the King, you men who interpret justice. … a new hymn from your hearts …, because the word of the immortal God is upright, and all his royal works are very faithful. The King loves the one who prays rightly, and is careful for … and justice. All the earth of God is filled abundantly with mercy, and all their strength by the breath of the immortal mouth. As in a wineskin … the stream of the sea, setting it by art in hidden … Let the famous ends of the earth fear God the King, because he himself spoke, and all things were accomplished; the Lord himself commanded, and they … the cares of his heart from generation to generation. Blessed always is the race that trusts its King, the people whom he chose out of all to take as his inheritance. The King stretched out his all-seeing [eye] from heaven …; from his chamber he saw the race … the Lord … nor would a giant escape evil, very bold in might. A horse is useless in wars to save a man, nor could he himself escape, raging in his strength. [The eyes] of the great God look on those who tremble, all who are concerned with divine mercy, … and to feed those oppressed in mind by groaning famine. … our soul hangs greatly upon the Lord, because he has become our champion and helper. … let our mind rejoice in him; and his famous name has become our hope. As we hope in you, may we always receive help. ### Scripture references - Ps 33:1–22 (32:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 32 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/32). ## Psalm 33 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-33 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Paraphrases of Psalms 33 and 34 of the Septuagint (Psalms 34 and 35), which run together in the scan: the Lord whose angel guards the righteous, and a plea that God take up shield and sword against false witnesses. ### Greek text Τόνδε τριχοστὸν τριτατόν θ᾽ἅμα χῶμον ἔμελψεν. ἀεὶ Βασιλῆα βοήσω, Νωλεμέως γλώσσῃ σφέτερον μέλος αἰνετὸν οἴσω. μευ ἧτορ ἐν ἀθανάτῳ Ἀμφ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἀθάνατον Σπεύσατέ οἱ πελάσαι, καί οἱ φρεσὶ φέγγος ἑλέσθαι, πτωχὸς ἄῦτε, Θεὸς δέ οἱ Ἄγγελος ἀμφιέπων Θεῷ ἵξετα! ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, Κυκλόθεν εὐσεδέων ἀνδρῶν, σφέας ὄφρα σαώσῃ.·Ὄλθιος αἷὲν ἀνὴρ σφετέρῳ Βατιλῆι πεποιθώς. Εὐσεθέων οὐ γάρ τεῦ ἐφιμείρων τις ἐτύχθη. Δεῦρ᾽ ἵτε μοι, φίλα τέκνα, ἐμῶν δ᾽ ἐπιχέχλυτε μύθωνʼ Φεῦγε χαχοῤῥαφίην, ἀγαθῶν δ᾽ ἀναφαΐνεο τέκτων, Εἰρήνης ἐρατεινὰ μετ᾽ ἴχνια πάντοτε βαίνων. Ὁ ᾿Οφθαλμοὶ Βατιλῆος ἐποπτεύουσι δικαίους, Καί σφεων εὐχωλῇσιν ἑτοιμότατον πόρεν οὗας. Ὅφρα κεν ἐξολέσῃ σφέτερον μνημῆιον αἴης. Εὐσεθέες βοάασχον, ἀτὰρ θεὸν εὗρον ἀρωγὸν, Οἷς κραδίη τέθραυσται, ἀεὶ Θεὸς οἶδεν ἀρήγειν· Πνεύματι δὲ σφετέρῳ χθαμαλόφρονα φῶτα Πολλαὶ καὶ πυκιναὶ ὁσίων Αὐτὸς ΓΑναξ χήδοιτο, καὶ ὀστέα πάντα φυλάξοι· Ἐκ δ᾽ αὐτέων οὐκ ἄν τι καταφθείροιτο Πότμος ἁμαοτινόων ὁλοὸς καὶ ἅποτμος ἐτύχθη· ᾿Ασπίδα καὶ ξίφος ὀξὺ λαθὼν, ἐπιτάῤῥοθος εἴης. Ἔννεπέ μευ ψυχῇ· Σέθεν ἀσφαλὲς ἔρκος ἐτύχθην. Θυμὸν ἀνιχνεύοντας ἐμὸν διὰ μῶμος ἐλέγχοι, Καί σφεὰς ᾿Αθανάτοιο διάχτορο; ὀξὺς ἀπείργοι. Οὗμος ὀλισθηρὴ ζοφερή θ᾽ ἅμα τοῖσι γενέσθω, Καί σφεας ᾿Αθανάτοιο διάχτορος αἶψα διώχοι· Κρύδδην μαψιδίως ὅτι μοι λίνον ἐστήσαντο· Ἣν φρεσὶν οὐ δοχέουσι πάγην, σφέας λίνῳ, τόπερ ἔπλεκον αὐτοί. Αὐτὰρ ἐμὴ ψυχὴ χεχαρήσεται ἀμφὶ ἵλνακτι, Καί οἱ ἀλεξικάχῳ περὶ φέγγεϊ Ὀστέα πάντ᾽ ἐρέει· Τίς τοι, Μάκαρ, ἄλλος ὁμοῖος, Ῥυόμενος πτωχὸν χρατερῶν ἀπὸ λυμαντήρων, Πτωχόν τ᾽ ἠδὲ πενιχρὸν ἀφ᾽ ἁρπαλέων ὁλετήρων; Μάρτυρες ἀνστάντες μ᾽ ὅσα μὴ μάθον Αὐτὰρ ἐπειγόμενος βαλόμην πέρι πένθιμον εἶμα Εὐχωλὴ δ᾽ ἐπὶ κόλπον ἐμὸν στρεφθεῖσα θοάσσοι. Μάστιγες ξυνάγερθεν, ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὐ πάμπαν ἀνέγνων. Σπλάγχνα βίῃ ῥήγνυντο, καὶ οὐκ ἐνόησαν ἁνίην· Εἰπὲ, Μάκαρ, πότε δὴ μεὺ ἴδοις δυσάλυκτον ἀνάγΠὰρ λαῷ μεγαλοσθενέτῃ τεὸν ὕμνον ἀείσω. ΟἵἨ με μάτην στυγέουσιν, ἀτὰρ νεύουσιν ὁπωπαῖς. Φάντο κακῶν χαίροντες ἐμῶν θηήτορες εἶναι. Μηδὲ δίκην ἄγνωστον ἐμὴν παρελεύσεαι ὅσσοις. τ πὶ ἰοία αἶα ἰδ ἐπὶ Σῇ μ᾽ ἐλεημοσύνῃ κρίνοις, πανεπίσχοπε Ποιμὴν, Μηδὲ γέλως φρενὸς ἄλγος ἐμῆς ποτε διπλόον εἶεν, Αἶσχος ἕλοι σύμπαντας ἐμῇ χεχαρηότας ἄτῃ· Ὅσσοι δὃὲ φρονέουσιν ὑπέρθδια, μῶμον ἕλοιντο. Χάρμα καὶ εὐφροσύνη ὅσιον γένος ἀμφιπολεύοι· Εἰρήνην θεράποντος ἑοῦ ποθέοντες ἰδέσθαι. Γλῶσσα δικαιοσύνην ἐμέθεν σέο πυκνὰ λιγαίνοι, Σεῖο πολυχλήεντα πανημαδὸν αἶνον ### English translation (Claude) This thirty-third revel-song he sang … I will always cry out to the King; unceasingly with my tongue I will bring his praiseworthy song. … my heart in the Immortal … the Immortal around me … Hasten to come near him, and to take light into your hearts … the poor man cried out, and God … him … The Angel of God, ministering, will come here and there around pious men, so that he may save them. Blessed always is the man who trusts his King; for no one of the pious who longs for you has ever [lacked]. Come here to me, dear children, and hear my words. Flee evil-devising, and show yourself a craftsman of good things, always walking in the lovely tracks of peace. The eyes of the King watch over the righteous, and he has given his most ready ear to their prayers … so that he may destroy their memorial from the earth. The pious cried out, and found God as helper; those whose heart is broken God always knows how to help; and by his spirit [he saves] the humble-minded man. Many and frequent [are the afflictions] of the holy … May the Lord himself care for them and guard all their bones; not one of them would be destroyed … The fate of sinners has become destructive and ill-fated. [34] … Taking shield and sharp sword, may you be my helper. Say to my soul: I have become your safe fence. Let blame convict those who track down my soul, and let the sharp messenger of the Immortal keep them off. Let their road become slippery and dark, and let the messenger of the Immortal pursue them swiftly, because secretly, in vain, they set up a net for me … The snare which they do not expect in their minds … them in the net which they themselves wove. But my soul will rejoice in the Lord, and … in his averting light. All my bones will say: Who is like you, Blessed One, rescuing the poor from mighty destroyers, the poor and needy from rapacious ruiners? Witnesses rising up [asked] me what I did not know … But I, hard pressed, put on mourning garments …, and may my prayer, turned back to my bosom, [return] swiftly. Scourges gathered together, and I did not recognize them at all; … were torn by force, and did not perceive the grief. Say, Blessed One, when you will look upon my inescapable necessity … I will sing your hymn among the mighty people. Those who hate me in vain, and wink with their eyes … they said, rejoicing in my evils, that they were spectators. … Nor will you pass over my unknown cause before your eyes … Judge me in your mercy, all-seeing Shepherd; nor let laughter ever be a double pain to my heart. Let shame seize all who rejoice at my ruin; let those who think arrogantly receive blame. Let joy and gladness attend the holy race, who long to see the peace of his servant. Let my tongue often sing your righteousness, your much-famed praise all day long. ### Scripture references - Ps 34:1–22 (33:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 35:1–28 (34:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - In the scan Psalm 34 (Septuagint numbering) begins inside this ref; its heading and first verse are lost. The join is marked [34] where the paraphrase of 34:2 (“take hold of shield and buckler”) begins. Many lines of both psalms are lost, marked “…”. “The sharp messenger of the Immortal” renders the angel of the Lord (34:5–6 LXX). ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 33 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33). ## Psalm 35 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-35 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 35 of the Septuagint (Psalm 36): the wicked man has no fear of God, but God’s mercy reaches the heavens and with him is the spring of life. ### Greek text Τοῦτο τριηχοστὸν μειέων καὶ πέμπτον ἔμε,φορέων Βασιλῆος ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι δεῖμα Θεοῖο, ἐπ᾽ ἄλγεσι γλῶσσαν Αἰεὶ δυσφροσύνην στυγερὴν διζήμενος εὑρεῖν. ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ἐν λεχέεσσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν Οὐδ᾽ ἀγαθὸν ῥέξαι βουλεύσατο, οὐδὲ νοῆσαι, ἤΆφθιτε, τιμήεις ἕλεος τεὸν οὐρανὸς ἴσχει· Σεῖο δ᾽ ἀληθείη καὶ ἐν νεφέλῃσι χορεύει· Σεῖο δικαιοσύνη πανομοίιος οὔρεσι θείοις· Θυδάγαροάμιη φγεζαβ πιο] απ βίαια! φόπογα ( Τετραπόδων ἀγέλας μερόπων θ᾽ ἅμα φῦλα σαώσοις, Σῶν πτερύγων μερόπεσσιν ἀεὶ σχέπας ἔσσεται ἐλπὶς· ἀγαθοῖσ: τεῶν βρίθουσι μελάθρων Καί σφεας εὐφροσύνης Οὕὔνεχεν εὔζωος παρὰ σοὶ, Μάκαρ, ἔπλετο πητή. Σὴν ἐλεημοσύνην, Βασιλεῦ, Καὶ σέθεν ἰθυνόοισι δικαιοσύνην Κεῖσʼ ἔπεσον σύμπαντες ἀτασθαλίης θεράποντες, Οὐδέ τ᾽ ἀναστήσονται ἀχηδέες, ἔνθεν ### English translation (Claude) This thirty-fifth of the songs … bearing no fear of God the King before his eyes … the tongue upon pains, always seeking to find hateful folly. But even on his bed [he plans] wickedness; nor did he plan to do good, nor to understand … Immortal One, the heaven holds your honoured mercy; your truth dances even among the clouds; your righteousness is like the divine mountains … May you save the herds of four-footed beasts and the races of mortals together. The shelter of your wings will always be the hope of mortals … are laden with the good things of your halls, and … them … of gladness, because the life-giving spring is with you, Blessed One. … your mercy, O King, … and your righteousness to the upright of mind. There all the servants of wickedness fell, nor will they rise up again, uncared for, from there. ### Scripture references - Ps 36:1–12 (35:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - One line of Latin-column text in verse 7 is left as printed and not translated; several half-lines are lost. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 35 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/35). ## Psalm 36 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-36 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 36 of the Septuagint (Psalm 37): do not envy the wicked, who wither like grass; the righteous will possess the land. ### Greek text Μήποτέ μοι φθονέσειας ἰδὼν χαχοεργέα φῶτα, Οἴδε γὰρ οἷάτε χόρτος ἄφαρ χατατερσαίνονται, Χαίρων ᾿Αθανάτῳ καταθύμια πάντα κχομίζοις. μηδ᾽ ἀπόληγ᾽· ὁ δέ τοι σύμπαντα Καὶ σέθεν ἐξοίσεις δικαιοτύνην, ἅτε φέγγος· δὲ τεὴν πανομοίιον ἤματι μέσσῳ. μο!:, κρατερὸν μειλισσόμενος Βασιλῖα. Μήποτε ῥηΐστης βιοτῆς ζηλός σε Δεινὸν φεῦγε χόταν, καὶ ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἔτι βαιὸν, ἄφαρ παρελεύσεται ἐλπὶς ἀλιτροῦ, Καί οἱ ἀνιχνεύσειας ἕδος, τὸ δ᾽ ἄφαντον ἐτύχθη. θεράποντα φυλάξεται αἰὲν Αὐτὰρ ὃ μιν λεύσσων Πανυπέρτατος ἐδὺ γελάσσει, Γινώσκων, ὅ οἱ ἥμαρ ὀλέθριον εἶσιν ἑτοῖμον. Νευρὴν ἐξετάνυσαν ἀμαιμαχέτῳ περὶ τόξῳ, Πτωχὸν ἑλεῖν σπεύδοντες ἀποφθῖσαί τε πένητα, ᾿Αλλὰ σφέων ξίφος ὀξὺ διὰ στέρνοιο περήσοι, Καὶ τόξα στονόεντα, Μάκαρ, διὰ λεπτὰ χεάσσοις. ἐστ᾽ ὀλίγιστον ἀγαχλήεντι δικαίῳ, Αὐτὸς ΓΑναξ ἄχραντος ὁδοὺς Αἴσʼ ἀγαθῶν καὶ κλῆρος ἀεὶ σταθερώτερος ἔσται. θεράποντες ἄδην ἀπολοίατο πάντη, δ᾽ ὅτε κῦδος ὑπερτέλλοι Βασιλῇος, Χρησάμενος καχοεργὸς ἀνὴρ οὐκ οἵδ᾽ ἀποδοῦναι· Οἰχτεέρει δὲ δίκαιος ἀεὶ καὶ πᾶσιν ὁπάζει. Οἱ δὲ κακῇς βάλλοντες ἀρῇς ἀπολοίατο πάντη. Νεύμασι θεσπεσίοις ἰθύνεται [ἴχνια φωτός· Καὶ σφετέρων Θεὸς αἰὲν ἐφιμείροιτο χελεύθων. Οὐδ᾽ ὁλοοῖς θραύοιτο πεσὼν περὶ ῥήγμασι γαίης, Οὕνεκά οἱ παλάμην Βασιλεὺς ἐπίκουρος Πρόσθε νέος γενόμην, νῦν αὖτέ με γῆρας ἰχάνει, Καί οἱ καλλιπέτηλος ἐπ᾽ εὐλογίῃ σπόρος ἔσται. Φεῦγε χαχοῤῥαφίην, ἀγαθῶν δ᾽ ἐμπάζεο ἔργων, Καὶ χθόνα ναιετάοις - ὅτ᾽ Αναξ θέμιν ἀμφαγαπάξει, θεράποντες ὅλην χτησαίατο γαῖαν, ( εἰην εὐτεθέο; σοφίην στόμα πάντοτε μέλψει· ἔστων ρῥγὸ ἔστωσαν, Ὁ! μζ΄, Αλλ᾽ οὔκ οἱ παλάμῃσι θεὸς λείψει μιν ἐέλδωρ, Οὐδὲ δικαζόμενον νίκης φύλασσε δὲ τοῖο κελεύθους, Εἶδον ἐφ᾽ ὑψίστων ἀναειρόμενον κακοεργὸν, Πολλὸν ὑπὲρ Λιδάνοιο θυώδεος ὑψόθι κέδρων, Δύσμορον ἀλλά μιν οὐκέτ᾽ ἐπεφρασάμην παροδεύων, Οὐδέ μοι αὐτό οἱ οὖδας ἐφαίνετο μαστεύοντι. Μειλιχίην φρούρησον, ἵν᾽ εὐθέα πάντα νοήσῃς. Ὡς ἀγάθ᾽ εἰρήνης ὑπορήτορι λείψανα ᾿Αλχῇεν δ᾽ ὁσίοισι φάος Βασιλῆος ἐτύχθη, Καί σφισι τειρομένοις ταχὺς ἵξεται ἀσπιδιώτης, ᾿Αθανάτην ἐπίκουρον ἀεί στιτι χεῖρα τιταίνων· Ἐκ δὲ κακῶν σώζοιντο μεμηλότες ἐλπίδι θεΐῃ. ### English translation (Claude) Do not ever envy, seeing the evildoing man; for these wither at once like grass. Rejoicing in the Immortal, may you obtain all your heart’s desires. … nor cease; and he will [do] all for you, and you will bring out your righteousness like light, and … your … like midday. … appeasing the mighty King. Never let envy of the easiest life [seize] you … flee terrible anger, and … But yet a little while, and the hope of the wicked will pass away at once; and you will track down his seat, but it has become invisible. … [the meek] … will always be guarded … But the Most High, seeing him, will laugh sweetly, knowing that his destructive day comes ready. They stretched the string on the irresistible bow, hastening to seize the poor and to destroy the needy; but may their sharp sword pass through their own breast, and may you, Blessed One, break their groaning bows to pieces. [Better] is the very least to the glorious righteous man … The undefiled Lord himself [knows] the ways …; the portion and lot of the good will always be firmer. … servants will utterly perish everywhere, … when the glory of the King rises … The evildoing man, having borrowed, does not know how to pay back; but the righteous always pities and gives to all. But those who cast evil curses will perish everywhere. By divine nods the footsteps of a man are directed, and may God always delight in his paths. Nor would he be broken, falling upon the destructive clefts of the earth, because the King [holds] his hand as helper. Before, I was young; now old age reaches me … and his seed will be fair-leaved for blessing. Flee evil-devising, and care for good works, and may you dwell in the land; for the Lord loves justice … servants will possess the whole land. … The mouth of the pious will always sing wisdom … But God will not leave him in his hands, nor, when he is judged, … victory; but guard his ways. I saw the evildoer lifted up on high, far above the fragrant cedars of Lebanon, ill-fated; but I no longer noticed him as I passed by, nor did his very ground appear to me as I sought. Guard gentleness, so that you may understand all things upright; for there are good remnants for the man of peace. … And the light of the King has become strength to the holy, and the shield-bearer will come swiftly to them when they are worn down, always stretching out his immortal helping hand; and those who care for divine hope will be saved from evils. ### Scripture references - Ps 37:1–40 (36:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A stray Septuagint verse marker (μζʼ) and Latin-column fragments in the scan are left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 36 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/36). ## Psalm 37 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-37 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 37 of the Septuagint (Psalm 38): a sick man, suffering for his sin and deserted by friends, waits in silence for God’s help. ### Greek text ὯΩΟΥ πάϑε, καὶ παθέων πανυπέρτερος ἔσχε πεπονΚαί σευ ὅπως δηΐην μοι ἐπεστήριξας χεῖρα. Τίς κʼ ἐμὸν ἐξαχέσαιτο δέμας σέο μηνίσαντος ; καὶ ἐπαχθέϊ εἰσὶν ὁμοῖαι. ᾿Αφροσύνῃ μώλωπες ὁδωδότες ἀμφί μ᾽ Δείλαιος γενόμην, κατὰ δ᾽ αὐχένα πάντοτ᾽ ἐχάμο ᾿Ασχάλλων χαχότητι, πανημαδὸν ἧνυον οἴμον· Οὔνεκά μευ χατέρυχεν ἀπείριτα παίγνια θυμόν. Οὐ μευ παυσωλὴν ὀδύνης δέμας οἶδεν ἑλέσθαι ἀλλ᾽ ἐμὸν αὐτὸς Οὐδέ σε νωιτέρη στοναχὴ λάθεν εἰδότα πάντα. ἤΆντα φίλοι πεφόθηντο, πόδας δ᾽ ἔστησαν ἑταῖροι. Οἱ δέ μευ ἄσσον ἰόντες, ΑΙ! με τόσον βιόωντο, φίλον διζήμενοι ἧτορ ἴ παντὶ μαδὸν αἴσχεσι γλώσσας ἢ Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ γενόμην ὡς οὗκ ἀΐοντι ἑοικὼς, υἱά τε παντοίων ἑπέων ἀδάητος ἐών τις, ἀκοῆς ἀδαήμονι φωτὶ ἐοικως, Ὃς τε διὰ γλώσσης προφέρειν οὐκ οἷδεν ἐλέγχους. Ἐλπὶς ἐμὴ, λίτομαι - σὺ δέ μευ χαλέοντος ἀχούσαις. Εἶπα γάρ’ ᾿Αντιδίοισιν ἐγὼ μὴ χάρμα γενοίμην. Κινήσαντί μοι ἴχνος Ἥμέτερον χρυεροῖσι δέμας μάστιξιν ἑτοῖμον· Οὐδέ μευ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀπολείψεται αἱὲν ἀνίη· Οἵ τ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἀντ᾽ ἀγαθῶν χαχοεργέα μισθὸν ἔδωκαν, Πέμπε μοι, Λφθιτε, πέμπε τεὴν ἐπίκουρον ὁπωπήν. ### English translation (Claude) … he suffered, and had the Most High above his sufferings … and how you have fixed your hostile hand upon me. Who could heal my body when you are angry? … and are like a heavy [burden]. Stinking bruises … around me for my folly. I became wretched, and was always worn out in my neck; grieving in evil, I went my way all day long, because countless mockeries held my soul. My body does not know how to take rest from pain … but mine … Nor did our groaning escape you, who know all things. My friends were terrified before me, and my companions stood their feet [far off]; and those who came near me … forced me so much, seeking my dear heart … all day long with reproachful tongues. But I became like one who does not hear, … like one ignorant of all kinds of words, like a man without hearing, who does not know how to bring out rebukes with his tongue. My hope, I beseech you; and may you hear me when I call. For I said: Let me not become a joy to my opponents. When my footstep was moved … our body ready for chilling scourges; nor will grief ever leave my eyes. … and those who gave me an evildoing reward in return for good … Send me, Immortal One, send your helping face. ### Scripture references - Ps 38:1–22 (37:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading is broken in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 37 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/37). ## Psalm 38 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-38 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 38 of the Septuagint (Psalm 39): the psalmist guards his tongue and asks to know the measure of his brief life. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου χιϊυτὸς ὕμνος, ὅτ᾽ Ἀμφὶ τριηχοστὸν ὄγδοον ἡδὺ μέλος. Ἡμετέρην ἀπάνευθε κακῶν ὁδὸν, εἶπα, φυλάξω, Γλώσσαν ἀτασθαλίη μευ ἐπὴν Ἡμετέροις φυλακὴν εὐερχέα χείλεσι Κωφὲς ὅπως χθαμαλός τ᾽ ἀγαθοῖς σίγησα μεμηλώς· Εὐνασθὲν δέ μοι ἄλγος ἀνέγρετο δεύτερον αὖθις. Ἐν δ᾽ ἄρʼ ἐμῇ μελέτῃ καυθήσεται ἀκάματον πῦρ. Εἶπα, Μάκαρ, βιότοιο φίλην φράτον ἅμμι τελευτήν. Ἔννεπέ μοι ζωῆς ὁπόσον θέσπισας ἀριθμὸν, Ὄφρα διαγνοίην τί νύ μο! περιλείπεται ἄλλο. Ἤματα δὴ μοι πάντα παλαίτατα θήχαο, Ποιμὴν, Καὶ μάλα ῥίξαν ἐμῆς βιοτῆς ἀκρήτον ἔγνως· Ἔμπα γε μὴν ἄνθρωπος ὁμῶς δαιδάλματι βαίνει, κατὰ θυμὸν ὀρινόμενος πεφόρηται· τίνι πάγχυ πολὺν βίοτον Αρ᾽ οὐκ ἐλπὶς ἐμὴ Βασιλεὺς καὶ πύργος ἐτύχθη ; Πὰρ δ᾽ αὑτοῦ βιότοιο λάχον φυσίζοον ἕρμα. ᾿Ανδράσι μ᾽ ἀφραίνουσιν ἐλεγχέα μῶμον ἔδωκεν Ἔτλην χωτὸς, ἄναυδος ἐπεὶ σύ με τοῖον ἔτευξας. Σεῖο, Μάκαρ, μάστιγας ἐμεῦ ἀπὸ πάμπαν ἐλάσσα:ς’ Σεῖο γὰρ εὐσθενέος παλάμης ὕπο θυμὸν ἀχεύω. Ἀνδρ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἀμπλαχίης ὁλοῆς παίδευσας ἐλέγχων, Καὶ οἱ θυμὸν ἔτηξας ἀμήχανον ἶσον ἀράχνῃ. Εὐχωλῇς ἐπάκουσον ἐμῆς, ἐπιχέχλυθι δ᾽ ἀρῆς, Μηδέ με δαχρυχέοντα. Μάκαρ, σιγῇ Τιὰ ἐπι [οτιΐ πάπα ἴῃ πιο, υἱ ργαίαιη οοΥ ΠΟΙ Π σα πι, Οὔνεκ᾽ ἐγὼ ξεῖνος γαΐης ἅμα καὶ μετανάσττ-, ΤΛμπαυσον καμάτων με, ὅπως φίλον ἧτορ ἀγείρω, Πρίν με μολεῖν, ὅθεν οὐκέτι δὴ παλινάγρετον ἐλθεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) A famous hymn of David, when … this thirty-eighth sweet song. I said, I will keep our way far from evils, … my tongue in wickedness … a well-fenced guard on our lips; like one deaf and lowly I kept silent, though I cared for good things; and my pain, put to rest, woke up again a second time; and in my meditation tireless fire will be kindled. I said, Blessed One, declare to us the dear end of life. Tell me how great a number of life you have decreed, so that I may know what else is left to me. You have made all my days very old, Shepherd, and you knew the root of my life unmixed. Yet man walks like an image … carried about, stirred in his heart … for whom very much life … Is not the King my hope and tower? From him I obtained a life-giving support of life. He gave me as a reproachful blame to foolish men. I endured, mute and voiceless, since you made me so. Drive your scourges, Blessed One, entirely away from me; for under your strong hand I grieve in heart. You have trained a man by rebukes for destructive transgression, and melted his helpless soul like a spider. Hear my prayer, and listen to my supplication; nor, Blessed One, [pass by] in silence me who sheds tears …, because I am a stranger on the earth and a sojourner. Give me rest from toils, so that I may gather my dear heart, before I go whence there is no coming back. ### Scripture references - Ps 39:1–13 (38:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text before verse 13 is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 38 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/38). ## Psalm 39 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-39 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 39 of the Septuagint (Psalm 40): God refuses sacrifices, and the speaker comes to do his will, as written of him in the book. ### Greek text Θεὸν καὶ ἀρωγὸν Ἴχνος ἑαϊς ἐν ἀταρπιτοῖς ἐμὸν ἡγεμονεύων. ᾧτε Θεοῦ ὄνομα χλυτὸν ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθη, Λύσσης ψευδαλέης καὶ μαψιδίης δίχα βουλῆς. Οὐδὲ σέθεν βουλῇσιν ἔφυ πανομοίιος ἄλλος. ᾿Αγγέλλων κατέλεξα, τάπερ πλέον εἶεν ἀριθμῶν. Δῶρ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἀμπλαχίης· θυσίην δ᾽ ἠρνήσατο πᾶσαν. Τοὔνεκα δεῦρ᾽ ἰχόμην τελέσαι, Πάτερ, ὅττι κελεύεις. Ἄμφ᾽ ἐμέθεν γέγραπται ὑπὲρ Σὸν τελέσαι μενέηνα, Μάκαρ, Καί σευ μεσσατίῳ ἐθέμην ἐν στήθεϊ θεσμόν. Οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἀγγελίης ἐμὰ χείλεα πάμπαν ἐρύξω· Αὐτὸς ἐμὴν πραπίδεσσι δικαιοσύνην Οὔ σευ ἀληθείην σκοτίῃ φρενὶ ἀλεξίκακον σέο φέγγος Φηνα τεὸν χλισίης ἕλεον καὶ ἀληθέα βουλήν. Τοὔνεκα μηδὲ σὺ νόσφιν ἀρηγόνα χεῖρα πεδήσεις· Θάλπε τεῷ μ᾽ ἐλέῳ καὶ ἀληθέϊ πάντοτε βουλῇ, Οὔνεκά μ᾽ ἄλγος ἔχει περιώσιον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα. Ἕφθασαν ἀμπλαχίαι με, φάος δέ μευ ἔκρυφεν δΚαί μευ πλειότεραι κεφαλῆς ἐγένοντο χομάων, Αλλ᾽ ἐπιδενομένῳ μοι ἐχὼν ἐπιτάῤῥοθος ἔλθοις, Αἴσχος ἕλοι, ὅσοι ἧτορ ἐμὸν μεμάασιν ὁλέσσαι· Αὐτίχ᾽ ἕλοι τούσδ᾽ αἴσχος ἐμῇ χεχαρηότας ἄτῃ. Χάρμα καὶ εὐφροσύνη ὅσιον γένος; ἀμφιπολεύοι, ἀλεξίκακον σέο φέγγος. ### English translation (Claude) … God and helper, guiding my footstep in his paths. [Blessed is the man] whose hope is the famous name of God, without false frenzy and vain counsel. Nor has another been like you in your counsels. Proclaiming, I recounted the things that would be more than numbering. Gifts for transgression; he refused every sacrifice. Therefore I came here to fulfil, Father, what you command. About me it is written in …; I have longed to do your [will], Blessed One, and I set your ordinance in the middle of my breast. Nor will I ever hold back my lips from the message at all … I myself [did not hide] righteousness in my heart … nor … your truth in a dark mind … your averting light … I proclaimed your mercy and true counsel to the assembly. Therefore do not you fetter your helping hand far off; warm me always with your mercy and true counsel, because exceeding pain holds me here and there. Transgressions have overtaken me and hidden my light, and they have become more than the hairs of my head. But may you willingly come as helper to me in my need. Let shame seize as many as long to destroy my heart; let shame seize at once those who rejoice at my ruin. Let joy and gladness attend the holy race … your averting light. ### Scripture references - Ps 40:1–17 (39:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - Heb 10:5–7: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The paraphrase makes verses 7–8 an address of the Son to the Father (“I came here to fulfil, Father, what you command”), the reading of Heb 10:5–7; translated as written. The opening verses are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 39 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/39). ## Psalm 40 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-40 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 40 of the Septuagint (Psalm 41): blessing on the one who considers the poor, and a lament over the friend who has lifted his heel. ### Greek text Οὔ μιν ἀναγκαίῳ ὑπερόψεται ἤματι Ποιμὴν, Φρουρὸν ἔχοι Βασιλῆα, βίου θ᾽ ἅμα χηδεμονῆα, Καὶ θεόθεν μακαριστὸς ὅλην ἀνὰ γαῖαν ἀκούσοι· ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ἐν κακότητος Αναξ λεχέεσσιν ἀρήγοι· Δέμνιά οἱ μετέθηκεν, ἔλυσε δὲ κήδεα νούσου, Αὐτὸς, Αναξ, ἐδόησα τεὴν ἐλεητὺν ἀρωγόν· Κήδεά μοι φράσσαντο κακοὶ καὶ ἀνάρσιοι ἄνδρες, Εὐχόμενοι, πότε μευ βιότου Ἐκτὸς ἰὼν ἀγόρενεν, ἐμοὶ ξύμπαντας ἀγείρων. Πάντες ἐπιτρύζεσχον ἀπεχθέες ἀμφ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἄνδρες· ᾿Αμφὶ δέ μοι φράζοντο κακῶν βαρυπήμονα φόρτον, τις ἀεὶ κατὰ Εἰρήνης βροτὸς οὗτος· ἐμοῖο γὰρ ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθη. Ὃν τρέφον, ἐχθρὸν ἔχον, πτέρνης δέ με μείονα θῇ᾿Ανστήσας μ᾽ ἐλέησον, ἵνα σφίσιν ἄξια δοίην. Σῆς ἀγανοφροσύνης ἔνθεν, Μάκαρ, ἴδρις ἐτύχθην· Ἐφρασάμην, ὅ μοι οὔτι μάτην κεχαρήσεται ἐχθρός. μεν, ΓΆναξ, ἐπίκουρος ἀνέστης, Αἰνετὸς αἰὲν ἔφυ Θεὸς ἄφθιτος Ἰσραήλου· Αἰώνων αἰῶνας ἀεὶ πανυπέρτατος εἴη. ### English translation (Claude) … the Shepherd will not overlook him on the day of necessity; may he have the King as guard, and caretaker of his life together, and may he be called blessed by God throughout the whole earth. But may the Lord help him even on his bed of evil; he changed his couch and loosed the cares of disease. I myself, O Lord, called on your mercy as helper … Evil and hostile men plotted cares for me, praying: When will my life …? … Going outside, he spoke, gathering all against me. All hostile men murmured against me, and around me they devised a grievously painful load of evils … someone always … This mortal of peace, for he had my hope; whom I fed, I had as an enemy, and he made me less than his heel. Raise me up and have pity on me, so that I may give them what they deserve. From this, Blessed One, I have come to know your gentleness: I perceived that my enemy will not rejoice over me in vain. … Lord, you rose up as helper. Praised for ever is the immortal God of Israel; may he always be highest for ages of ages. ### Scripture references - Ps 41:1–13 (40:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The opening beatitude is lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 40 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/40). ## Psalm 41 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-41 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 41 of the Septuagint (Psalm 42): “As the deer longs for the streams” — the exile thirsts for God. ### Greek text ΕἸΣ πινγυτήν ποτε παισὶν Κῶμος τεσσαραχοστὸς ἔνι καὶ πρῶτος ἀοιδῆς. Ἐῦτε πηγαίων ὑδάτων χεμὰς ἱμείρουσα, ὯΣ᾽ ἐμὸς ἱμείρει σευ, Αναξ πανυπέρτατε, θυμός. Ζωὸν ἐμὸν δίψησςε χαταδοῶξαι Θεὸν ἦτορ. Τίς χρόνος, εὖτ᾽ ἀναφανδὰ Θεὸν βροτὸς ὄψομαι ὅσἭμαθ᾽ ὁμοῦ καὶ νύκτας ἔχον γόον οἷά περ ἄρτον, Πάντοτε βαζόντων· Πῆ δὴ Θεὸς ἔπλετο σεῖο ; δ᾽ ἐμὸν ἀμφ᾽ ἐμὲ θυἝνθεν ἕως Βασιλῆος ἐπουρανίοιο μελάθρων, Αἶνον τερπωλῆς τε μετὰ χλυτὸν ἦχον ἑορτῆς. τέ δέ μοι νόον ἕνδον Ἐλπίς το: Θεὸς ἔστω, ἐγὼ δέ οἱ αἵνην ἀείσω· Αὐτὸς ἐμῆς τελέθει πανεπίσκοπον ἄλχαρ ὁπωπῆς. Αὐτόματος δεδόνητο μετὰ φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἐμῇσι. καλέσω σε Ἰορδανίης ἀπὸ γαίης, τὸ δέ τοι ὄρος ἔπλετο Κύματά σευ μετ᾽ ἔμ᾽ ἦλθε, βάρυνς δὲ μέρμερα πάνἭΜματ᾽ ΓΑναξ ἔλεον κέλεται, καὶ νυκτὶ νυ πιο εἰν ἀδς γα ΘΟ πὶ ΘΟΥ ΠΟΛ πηοιιπὶ, φαΐ πιὸ ἰδηίαπι ἀϊα Εὐχωλὴ παρ᾽ ἐμεῖο Θεῷ βασ:λῇ: βιώνης. Εἶπα Θεῷ Τί μευ ὧδε λελασμένος αἰὲν ἐτύχθης.; Τίπτε χατηφιόων παρανίσσομαι ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, ὅτ᾽ ὀστέα πάντα Πάντοτέ μοι βάζουσι· Θεός νυ ποῦ ἔπλετο σεῖο; τί δέ μοι νόον ἔνδον Ἐλπίς τοι Θεὸς ἔστω, ἐγὼ δέ οἱ αἶνον ἀείσω· Αὐτὸς ἐμῆς τελέθε: πανυπέρτατον ### English translation (Claude) For understanding, once, for the sons … this revel is the forty-first of the song. As a deer longs for the streams of spring waters, so my heart longs for you, Lord most high. My heart thirsted to cry to the living God. When shall I, a mortal, openly see God with my eyes? Days and nights I had groaning as my bread, as they always said: Where is your God? … my … around me … From there to the halls of the heavenly King, with praise and delight, with the famous noise of a feast. … why … my mind within me? Let God be your hope, and I will sing his praise; he himself is the all-seeing defence of my face. My heart was shaken of itself within my mind; … I will call you from the land of Jordan … and your mountain … Your waves came over me, and heavy cares … By day the Lord commands mercy, and at night … a prayer from me to God the King of life. I said to God: Why have you thus always forgotten me? Why do I go about downcast here and there, … when all my bones … They always say to me: Where then is your God? … why … my mind within me? Let God be your hope, and I will sing his praise; he himself is the highest … ### Scripture references - Ps 42:1–11 (41:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text in verse 8 is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 41 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/41). ## Psalm 42 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-42 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 42 of the Septuagint (Psalm 43): a plea for vindication and for God’s light to lead to his holy mountain. ### Greek text Μείλιχον ἀμφ᾽ ἱερῷ τόδε καὶ ἐν’ τεσσαρακοστῷ Κρῖνον,·λναξ, ὅσα δὴ μ᾽ ἄδικον λωδήσατο φῦλον᾽ Κάρτος ἐμὸν, τί με σεῖο τόσον μεθέηχας ἄνενθε ; Τίπτε χατηφιόων μετανίσσομαι ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, Οἷσι φαεινόμενος τεὸν εἰς ὄρος ἴξομαι ἁγνὸν, Καί σεο χυδίστοισιν ὁμέστιός εἶμι μελάθροις. Βωμὸν ἀγαχλήεντα Θεοῦ μετελεύσομαι ἤδη· Εὐχελάδῳ φόρμιγγι, Μάκαρ, τεὸν αἶνον ἀείσε). τί δέ μοι νόον ἔνδον Ἐλπίς τοι Θεὸς ἔστω, ἐγὼ δέ οἱ αἶνον ἀείσω Αὐτὸς ἐμῆς τελέθει πανεπίσκοπον ἄλχαρ ὁπωπῆς. ### English translation (Claude) This gentle [song] is also one in the forty, about the holy … Judge, O Lord, all that the unjust race has outraged me. My strength, why have you put me away so far from you? Why do I go about downcast here and there, … by which, shining, I shall come to your pure mountain, and be a dweller in your most glorious halls? I will now go to the glorious altar of God; with the clear-sounding lyre, Blessed One, I will sing your praise. … why … my mind within me? Let God be your hope, and I will sing his praise; he himself is the all-seeing defence of my face. ### Scripture references - Ps 43:1–5 (42:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 42 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/42). ## Psalm 43 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-43 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 43 of the Septuagint (Psalm 44): God gave the fathers the land, yet now his people are slaughtered like sheep for his sake. ### Greek text Κῶμος ὅδε τρίτατος καὶ τεσσαρακοστὸς ἐτύχθη. Οὔαχτιν ἡμετέροις ἠκούσαμεν, ἄφθιτε Ποιμὴν· Χεὶρ σέθεν ὥλεσε φῦλα, καὶ ἐῤῥίξωσε γονῆας. Λαοὺς ἐξαλάπαξας, ἑῆς ἐξήλασας αἴης. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐχλήρωθεν ἑῷ πάρος ἄορι γαῖαν, ᾿Αλλὰ τεὴ παλάμη, καὶ σῆς μέγα φέγγος ἐπωπῆς· Οὔνεκα σῷ θυμῷ πεπιθὼς σφέας ἤθελες ἴσχειν. Αὐτὸς ἄναξ ἐμός ἐσσι, Θεὸς δέ μεὺ αἰὲν ἐτύχθης, Σοὶ πίσυνοι χεράεσσι βίην ἐναρίζομεν ἐχθρῶν. Οὔνομα σὸν χαλέοντες Οὐ γὰρ ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέρῳ μεγαλίζομαι ἐλπίδι τόξῳ, Οὐδὲ κακῶν τανύηχες ἄορ μ᾽ Αὐτὸς Αναξ τ᾽, ὠθούντων ἄμμ᾽ Ἡμάτιον κλέος ἄμμι παρ᾽ ἀθανάτῳ Βασιλῆι, Καί σεο νωλεμέως ἀναμέλψομεν οὔνομα θεῖον. Νῦν δʼ αἴσχος κατέχευας, ἀπωσάμενος τόσον ἡμέατʼ Ἐχθομένοις θ᾽ ἅρπαγμα παραὶ ποσίν εἰμεν ἑτοῖμον. Ἤμέας οἷά τε μῆλα μετ᾽ εἰλαπίνῃσιν ἔδωκας, Οὐδέ τις ἧεν ἀριθμὸς ἀμοιδαίης χάριν ὠνῆς. Γείτοσιν ἄμμε ὄνειδος, ἅπασι πέριξ τε γέλωτα, Ἔθνεσιν ἄμμε λάλημα πολύθροον Καὶ λαοῖς ψογεροῖς χεραλῆς κίνημα γελοῖον. Ὀφθαλμῶν μεὺ ἕναντα πανημαδὸν Ὑδριστῆρος ὁμοῦ καὶ ἐλεγχέος ἀνέρος αὐδῇ, ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐ τοσσατίων λαθόμεσθά σευ εἴνεκα, Ποιμὴν, Οὐδὲ τεῶν μήνυμα Οὐδὲ σέθεν χραδίαν ἐστρέψαμεν ἔκτοθι πάμπαν· ἾΑρ᾽ οὐκ ΓΑφθιτο; αὐτὸς ἀνιχνεύσει τάδε πάντα ; Αὐτὸς γὰρ βροτέης κραδίης: κευθμῶνας ἀνέγνω. Σεῖο χάριν θανάτῳ δεδμήμεθα πάντοτε, Ποιμὴν· τί νύ μοι τόσον ὕπνον Ἕγρεο, μηδξ σέθεν βλεφάρων ἀπὸ νόσφιν ἑλάσσῃς. Τίπτε τεὴν ἔστρεψας Μόχθων θ᾽ ἡμετέρων, πενίης τ᾿ ἀπελήσαο πάμἀπρήχτοιο σέθεν χάριν ἡμέας ἄτης. ### English translation (Claude) This revel is the forty-third. We have heard with our ears, immortal Shepherd: your hand destroyed races and rooted our fathers; you sacked peoples and drove them from their land. For not by their own sword did they formerly inherit the land, but your hand and the great light of your face, because, persuaded by your heart, you wished to hold them. You yourself are my Lord, and you have always been my God; trusting in you we slay the might of enemies with our horns; calling on your name … For I do not glory in my bow as a hope, nor [did] the long-edged sword … me from evils; the Lord himself … of those who thrust at us. Daily glory is ours with the immortal King, and we will sing your divine name unceasingly. But now you have poured shame on us, thrusting us away so far, and we are ready plunder at the feet of those who hate us. You have given us like sheep for banquets, nor was there any price for the exchange. You made us a reproach to our neighbours and laughter to all around, a much-noised byword to the nations, and a laughable shaking of the head to the peoples who blame. … before my eyes all day … by the voice of the insolent and reproachful man. But we have not forgotten you for the sake of so many [evils], Shepherd, nor … nor turned our heart away from you at all. Will not the Immortal himself track out all these things? For he himself knows the hidden places of the mortal heart. For your sake we are always subdued by death, Shepherd … why so much sleep for me? Wake up, and do not drive us far from your eyelids. Why have you turned your … and forgotten our toils and poverty altogether … for your sake … of our helpless ruin. ### Scripture references - Ps 44:1–26 (43:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 43 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/43). ## Psalm 44 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-44 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 44 of the Septuagint (Psalm 45): the royal wedding song, praising the anointed king and his bride. ### Greek text Οὗτος τεσσαραχοστὸς ὁμοῦ καὶ τέτρατος ὕμνος. Ἐσθλὸν νωντέρη κραδίη τεκνώσατο μῦθον. Γλῶσσαν ἔχω καλάμῳ ὀξυγράφου ἀνδρὸς ὁμοίην. Κάλλεϊ δ᾽ ἀστράπτεις βροτέης περὶ ἄλλα γενέθλης. Εκκέχυται πινυτοῖσι χάρις περὶ χείλεσι σοῖσι Ἰονεκά σοι Θεὸ; αἶνον ἀγήραον αὐτὸς ἀνῆψεν. Κἀλλεῖ σῷ πίσυνος, καὶ ἀγαχλέϊ θάρσυνος ὥρῃ. Εἵνεκα μειλιχίης ὁσίης, καὶ ἀληθέος ἔργου. Σὴ σέο δεξιτερὴ περὶ θαύμασιν ἡγεμονεύσει. Δυσμενέων βασιλῆος ἐπὶ στέρνοισιν ἑτοῖμοι. ργα ΟΠ ἰθὺ οἷοὺ, Τοὔνεκά σοι Θεὸς αὐτὸς ἑὴν περίχενεν ἀλοιφην, Χρίσας τερπωλῆς μετόχους παρὰ πάντας ἐλαίῳ. Σμύρνα τε καὶ στακτὴ, χασίη θ᾽ ἅμα σῶν ἀπὸ πίἜχ νηῶν ἐλέφαντος· ὃ καΐ σεο θυμὸν ἰάνθης. ᾿θυγατέρες σέο, κῦδος ὑπερμενέων βασιλέων. Πέπλοις χρησυφέεσσι πέλας βασίλεια παρέστη, Κλῦθι, τέχος λεύσσουσα, φίλον δέ μοι οὗας ἐρείδοις· Αὐτὸς γὰρ καὶ πρόσθε σέθεν χρατέεσχεν ἀνάσσων, Καί μιν γουνάσσαντο Τύρου μειλίγμασ! κοῦραι· ᾿Αφνειοὶ χθονὸς ὄμμα λιτῇς τεὸν ἐλάσσονται. Ἔνδοθεν εὖχος ἅπαν βασιληίδος ἔπλετο κούρης· βασιλῆι γέρας μετ᾽ Σοὶ γέρας ἰφθίμης βασιληίδος εἰσὶν ἑταῖραι. Χάρματος εὐφροσύνης τʼ ἀγαθῆς ἐπὶ βάθρον ἀγέσθων, μετὰ νηὸν ἐρισθενέος Βασιλῆος. ᾿Αντὶ τεῶν πατέρων υἱοὶ σέθεν ἡ δώουσι· Τοὺς δὲ χαταστήσειας ὅλης χθονὸς Μνησαίμην μάλα σεῖο Ἔς γενεῶν γενεὰς σέθεν οὔνομα καλὸν ἀείσω. ἜΝνθεν ὁμοῦ καὶ ἔπειτα καὶ ἀλήχτοισι γενέθλαις, Ἔνθεν ὁμοῦ καὶ ἔπειτα καὶ εἰς αἰῶνας ἰόντας. ### English translation (Claude) This is the forty-fourth hymn. Our heart has brought forth a good word; I have a tongue like the pen of a swift-writing man. You flash in beauty beyond the rest of the mortal race; grace has been poured on your wise lips, because God himself has fastened on you ageless praise. Trusting in your beauty, and confident in your glorious bloom, for the sake of holy gentleness and true work, your right hand will lead in wonders; … ready against the breasts of the enemies of the king. … Therefore God himself poured his anointing on you, anointing you with the oil of delight above all your fellows. Myrrh and stacte and cassia [waft] from your [garments] out of ivory temples, with which your heart too was gladdened. … daughters …, the glory of mighty kings. In robes woven with gold the queen stood near. Hear, child, looking, and incline your dear ear to me. For he himself also ruled formerly before you, and the maidens of Tyre bowed the knee to him with soothing gifts; the rich of the land will entreat your face with prayer. All the glory of the royal maiden was within … to the king … honour … your honour are the companions of the mighty queen. Let them be led to the seat of joy and good gladness … into the temple of the mighty King. Instead of your fathers your sons will be [born] to you; may you establish them [rulers] of the whole earth. I will remember you greatly … I will sing your fair name to generations of generations, from now and hereafter and to unceasing generations, from now and hereafter and to the ages to come. ### Scripture references - Ps 45:1–17 (44:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A Latin-column fragment before verse 7 is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 44 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/44). ## Psalm 45 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-45 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 45 of the Septuagint (Psalm 46): God is refuge and strength; he ends wars, and the Lord of hosts is with us. ### Greek text Κῶμος ὑπὲρ κρυφίων, ὧν εἰς ράος ἤγαγε φέρμιγξ Θεσπεσίη, πέμπτος καὶ τεσσαρακοστὸς ἐτύχθη. ᾿Αθάνατος θεὸς ἔρκος ἐμὸν καὶ κάρτος ἐτύχθη. Τοὔνεκεν οὐ πτήξαιμεν ὀρινομένης μάλα γαίης, Οὐδὲ μετερχομένων ὀρέων ἐν στήθεσι πόντου. Οὔρεα θεσπεσίῳ περὶ κάρτεϊ δινήθησπαν. Εὐφραίνει ποταμοῖο Θεοῦ σφετέρην ἄχραντον ἔθηκε᾽ Οὐδέ ποθ᾽ οἱ λήξεις Θεὸς περὶ μέσσα θοάσσων. ἐπίκουρον ἔχει πανεπίσχοτον ὄμμα. ᾿Αρχὸς ἐπουρανίων σθενέων πέλει ἄμμιν ἀρωγότ᾽ Αὐτὸς Ἰαχώδου πρόμαχος Θεὸς ἅμμιν ἐτύχθη. Δεῦτε, φίλοι, Βασιλῆος ἰδώμεθα θέσκελα ἔργα, Ὅσσ᾽ ὑπὲρ εὐφόρδου σημήια τεῦξεν ἀρούρης. Παύων δηιοτῆτας ὅλης ὑπὲρ ἄντυγα γαίης, Τόξον συντρίψειε, καὶ ἀσπίδα Καὶ θυρεοὺς μαλεροῖο καταφλέξει πυρὸς ὁρμῇΦράζεσθε σχόμενοι, Θεὸς ἄφθιτος οὔνεκ᾽ ἐτύχθη. Ἔθνεσιν ὕψιστος, καὶ ὅλης καθυπέρτερος αἴης. ᾿Αρχὸς ἐπουρανίων σθενέων πέλει ἄμμιν ἀρωγός. Αὐτὸς Ἰαχώδου πρόμαχος θεὸς ἅμμιν ἐτύχθη. ### English translation (Claude) A revel-song concerning hidden things, which the divine lyre brought to light, is the forty-fifth. The immortal God has become my fence and strength; therefore we would not cower when the earth is much stirred, nor when the mountains move into the depths of the sea. The mountains whirled at his divine strength. … of the river of God gladden …; he made his … undefiled; nor will it ever cease, God sitting in its midst … has the all-seeing eye as helper. The ruler of the heavenly powers is our helper; God himself, the champion of Jacob, has become ours. Come, friends, let us see the wondrous works of the King, the signs he made over the fruitful field, stopping wars over the whole circle of the earth. May he break the bow and … the shield, and burn the shields with the onrush of raging fire. Consider, holding still, that the immortal God has come to be, most high among the nations, and above the whole earth. The ruler of the heavenly powers is our helper; God himself, the champion of Jacob, has become ours. ### Scripture references - Ps 46:1–11 (45:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 45 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/45). ## Psalm 46 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-46 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 46 of the Septuagint (Psalm 47): God has gone up with a shout and reigns over all the earth. ### Greek text Μείλιχον ἀμφ᾽ ἔκτῳ καὶ τεσσαρακοστὸν ἄεισμα. Βασιλῆα Θεὸν χελαδήσατε φωνῇ Οὔνεχεν ὕψιστος φοδερός θ᾽ ἅμα πᾶτιν ἐτύχθη, Γαίης παντοδαποῖς μετὰ τέρμασιν ἐμόασιλεύων. Λεξάμενος πόρεν ἅμμι φίλον καὶ ἐνηέα κλῆρον, Μοῖραν Ἰαχώθοιο Θεῷ καταθύμιον αἰεί. Θεὸς βοόων ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον, Εὐχελάδου σάλπιγγος ἀνέδραμε κοίρανος ἢχώ Ἡμέτερον Βασιλῇα σοφαῖς ἀναμέλψατε μολπαῖς· Οὔνεκα χοιρανέει πάσης Θεὸς ἄφθιτος αἴης. Μέλψατέ μοι πινυτῇ κραδίῃ καὶ ἐχέφρονι μύθῳ. ᾿Αθάνατος μέγα κάρτος ὅλων χτεατίσσατο λαῶν, Αὐτὸς ἐπ᾽ ἀχράντοιο Θεὸς ἵΑντα Θεοῦ θώρηχθεν ὑπερβασίῃ χθονὸς ἀρχοί. ### English translation (Claude) A gentle song upon the forty-sixth. … shout to God the King with your voice, because he has become most high and fearful to all together, reigning over every boundary of the earth. Choosing, he gave us a dear and gentle inheritance, the portion of Jacob, always pleasing to God. God [went up] with a shout, a hymn of victory; the sound of the clear trumpet … went up. Sing to our King with wise songs, because the immortal God rules over the whole earth. Sing to me with a wise heart and a prudent word. The Immortal has acquired great might over all peoples; God himself upon [his] undefiled … Facing God, the rulers of the earth were armed in their transgression. ### Scripture references - Ps 47:1–9 (46:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The last line departs from the Septuagint, which says that the rulers of the peoples were gathered with the God of Abraham; translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 46 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/46). ## Psalm 47 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-47 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 47 of the Septuagint (Psalm 48): the praise of Zion, the city of God, before which the kings fled. ### Greek text τ ΥἹοῖς Κοραίου τερπνὸν ἐγράφη Εἰς δευτέραν δ᾽ ἔμελψαν αὐτοὶ Αἰνετὸς ᾿Αθάνατος, καὶ δὴ μέγας ἔπλετο μοῦνος, ΓΆστυ περὶ σφέτερον καὶ ὄρος παναχήρατον αἱεί. Πάντοθεν εὐρύνων χάρμ᾽ ἐν χθονὶ Οὔρεά τοι Σιῶνος ἀπὸ ᾿Αθάνατος πύργοισιν ἑοῖς ἀρίδηλος ἐτύχθη, Γαΐης ἦλθον ἅπαντες ἀγειρόμενο! βασιλῆες· τικτούσῃ πυχινὰς ὠδῖνας ἕλοιντο· ἮΣ βίῃ ὅτε νῆας ἕλοι Οὐκ ἄρα βάξις ἔην (μύθοισι γὰρ ἔργον ὀπηδεῖ) ; ἾἌμφι Θεοῦ χλυτὸν ἄστυ, Θεοῦ σθενέων βασιλῆος, Αὐτός οἱ ἀστυφέλιχτον ἐπήξατο πυθμένα Ποιμήν. Σῶν λαῶν ἀνὰ μέσσον, Αναξ, ἐλεητὺν ὁπάζοις. Ἄναξ, τεὸν οὔνομα ὯΩΣ᾽ ἔστω τεὸς αἶνος ὅλης ἐπὶ πείρατα γαίης. δικαιοσύνης σέο, Ποιμὴν. Ἄμϑὶ δέ μιν χραδίας καὶ ἐῷ περὶ κἀρτεϊ θέσθε’ Οὔνεχεν αὐτὸς ἀεὶ Βασιλεὺς ἅμα καὶ Θεός ἐστιν· Ἔκ προτέρων γενεῶν ἐπ᾽ ἐν πᾶσιν ἀγήραος ἄμμε νομεύσει. δέ τις. Βονίο, ὄφρα γέ τις, ### English translation (Claude) … was written as a delight for the sons of Korah; they sang it for the second [day] … The Immortal is to be praised, and indeed he alone has become great, around his city and his mountain always undefiled; widening joy on the earth from every side … the mountains of Zion … The Immortal has become conspicuous in his towers. All the kings of the earth came, gathering …; may they receive frequent pains like a woman giving birth, … as when by force he seizes ships … Was it not, then, a mere report? For the deed accompanies the words. In the famous city of God, of God, King of powers, the Shepherd himself fixed its foundation unshakable. In the midst of your peoples, O Lord, may you grant mercy. … Lord, your name … so let your praise be to the ends of the whole earth. … of your righteousness, Shepherd. … set your hearts on him and on his might, because he himself is always King and also God; from former generations … ageless, he will shepherd us in all things. ### Scripture references - Ps 48:1–14 (47:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The iambic heading gives the Septuagint title (“for the sons of Korah, for the second day of the week”). Latin-column fragments at the end are left as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 47 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/47). ## Psalm 48 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-48 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 48 of the Septuagint (Psalm 49): wealth cannot ransom a soul; the rich fool goes down to Hades like a beast, but God will redeem the soul from death. ### Greek text Τεσσαρακοστὸν ὁμῶς τε καὶ ὄγδοον ἔχει ἀριΚέκλυτε, μυρία φῦλα, τά μοι νόος ἔνδοθι χεύθει, ᾿ ᾿Αχτέανοί τ᾽ ἀναμὶξ καὶ ὅτοις μέλει ἄσπετος δλῦος, Ἡμετέρης κραδίης μελέτῃ Ποικίλον ἀμφ᾽ αἶνον ἀριήχοον οὗας ἐρείσω. Τίπτ᾽ ἔτι ῥιγεδανὸν τρομέω καὶ ἀμήχανον ἦμαρ; ᾿Ανέρες ἀφνειοὶ κρατερῷ περὶ Οἵσιν ἐπὶ χτεάτεσσιν ὑπέρδιος ἔπλετο θυμός. Οὐχὶ θεὸν γενέτην ἐλάσσεται εἵνεκα κόσμου, Τιμὴν ἀθανάτης ψυχῆς ποινὴν ἀποτίσας ; Εὖτε σοφοὺς θνήτχοντας ἴδο!, κακότητα πατήσει. Άφρων ἀφραδέως καὶ νήπιος εἰς ἕν ὀλεῖτα: δ᾽ ἑτέροις λείψουσι μελάθρωνʼ ὥστε μέλαθρα διαμπερὲς οἰκήσουσιν· Ἔκ γαίης δνομ᾽ ἔσχον, ὅθεν τίκτοντο δαμέντες. Νήπιος, οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε βροτὸς γεράεσσι μεμηλώς Οὐλοὸν ἧδε χέλευθος ἐπὶ σφίσι δέκτυον εἴη· μήλοις ἀΐδην συμφράδμονες εἷλον· ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα Εἰν ἀΐδῃ κείνων ἀχρήιος ἔσσετ᾽ ἀρωγή. Ἧτορ ἐμὸν θανάτοιο Θεὸς λύσειεν ἀνάγκης· Μή ποτέ μοι πλοῦτον μερόπων περιδείδιθι θυμῷ, θὺδέ οἱ ἄσπετον εὖχος ὁμῶς χαταθήσεται οἴκου· Εἰς ἕν ὀλεῖται. Ἐοτίε, εἰς ἕν᾽ ὀλεῖται. Εριτ. Μοῦνον ἐπὶ ζωοῖσι φίλον σθένος αἰνετὸν ἔσται, Καί σε μάλ᾽ αἰνήσειεν, ὅταν τί οἱ ἐσθλὸν ἀνύστης. Ἀρχαΐίην πατέρων γενεὴν μετελεύσεται αὕτως, Νήπιος, οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε βροτὸς γεράεσσι μεμηλώς· φυὴν δ᾽ ἢσπάζετο τοίην. ### English translation (Claude) The forty-eighth also has … Hear, countless races, what my mind hides within, the poor together with those who care for unspeakable wealth. With the meditation of our heart … I will incline my keen-hearing ear to the varied riddle. Why do I still tremble at the shuddering and helpless day? Rich men, … in their might, whose spirit is overweening upon their possessions — will he not appease God the begetter for the sake of the world, paying as penalty the price of the immortal soul? When he sees the wise dying, he will tread on evil; the fool will perish together, foolishly and childishly, and will leave … to others of their halls … so that they will dwell in halls continually; they had a name from the earth, from which they were born, subdued. The childish mortal, concerned with honours, did not understand. … this road of destruction will be a net upon them … like sheep, … counsellors took Hades … under the yoke the neck … In Hades their help will be useless. May God free my heart from the necessity of death. Never fear in your heart the wealth of mortals, nor will the unspeakable glory of his house be laid down with him. … will perish together, … will perish together. Only his strength, dear to the living, will be praised, and he will praise you greatly, when you accomplish some good for him. He will go thus to the ancient generation of his fathers. The childish mortal, concerned with honours, did not understand … he embraced such a nature. ### Scripture references - Ps 49:1–20 (48:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The sense of the line on ransom (48:8–9 LXX) is uncertain in the paraphrase; translated as printed. Latin-column fragments in verse 17 are left as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 48 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/48). ## Psalm 49 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-49 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 49 of the Septuagint (Psalm 50): God summons the earth to judgment, refuses animal sacrifice and asks for praise and obedience. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου ἔνατον καὶ τεσσαρᾳκοστὸν ἄεισμα. Γαῖαν ὅλην χαλέεσχε θεῶν Θεὸς, εἰς ἕν ἀγείρας, Ἠελίου φαέθοντο; ἀπ᾽ ἀντολίης ἐπὶ δυσμάς. ᾿Αθάνατος μερόπεσσι Θεὸς ἀναφανδὰ παρέσται, Οὐδέ τις ἀγνώσσων Θεὸν ἔσσεται· οὐ γὰρ ἐάσσει. ᾿Αμφὶ δέ μιν βέδρυχε μέγα Οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα πέλας Καὶ χθόνα πουλυθδότειραν, ὅπως λαοῖσι διχάζοι. Ὄφρα οἱ ἀγγελέωσι δικαιοσύνην ἐρατεινήν. Οὔνεκα τιμήεις Βασιλεὺς μετὰ πᾶσι δικάζει. Κέχλυθι, φῦλον ἐμὸν, λέξω δέ τοι ἧ θέμις ἐστί. Κλῦθί μευ, Ἰσραΐῖ)λε· σὲ γὰρ περὶ ἄλλα διδάξω· Αὐτός τοι Θεός εἰμι, Θεὸς δέ σοι αὐτὸς ἐτύχθην. Οὐκ ἀλέγω μόσχων, οὖς ἐν μεγάροις ἀτιτάλλεις· Ἔκ δὲ τεῆς ἀγέλης ἀρνήσομαι ἴφια μῆλα. Πάντα γὰρ αὑτὸς ἔτευξα, τά τε τρέφει οὔρεσιν ὕλη, ἯἫ δ᾽ ὅσα που μεμέληται Οὐδέ μέ που πετεηνὰ δι᾽ αἰθέρος ἄφθονα λήθει· Πάντα γὰρ ἡμετέρη τεχνήσατο θεσπεσίη χείρ. Οὐ δέχομαι ταύρους, τράγεον δ᾽ οὐ πίομαι αἷμα· Ῥέζε Θεῷ θύος ἡδύ· θύος γάρ οἱ αἶνος ἐτύχθη: ὙΨίστῳ δὲ τεῶν ἀπόδος χάριν εὐχωλάων. χαλέεις μ᾽ ἐπίκουρον ἀνάγκης, Εἰμὶ τοι ἐσθλὺς ἀρωγὸς, ἀτὰρ σύ μευ εὖχος ἀείσεις. ἐπε μεὺ εὐδικίας Καὶ μεὺ συνθεσίην φορέεις περὶ χείλεσι σοῖσιν ; Αἰεΐ τοι στυγέεις μελεδήματα καλὰ νοῆσαι, Καὶ χάριν ἡμετέρων ἡρνήσαο πάντοτε μύθων. Καὶ πόδα ληιστῆρι χαχόφρονι σύνδρομον ἔσχες, μοὶ κασιγνήτοιο καθεζόμενος κάκ᾽ Καὶ σέθεν υἱέϊ μητρὸς ἀμήχανον ἔπλεχες ἄτην. Ταῦτα μὲν αὐτὸς ἔρεξας, ἐγὼ δέ τοι ἥσυχος ἦα. Ὠἕτόης ἀθέμισϑ᾽, ὅτι τοι φρένας ἔσσομ᾽ ὁμοῖος· ʼ᾽Λμπλαχίας στήσω σεῦ ἐναντίον αἰὲν ἐλέγχων. Θυμά μοι δλδιστον πέλεται καταθύμιος ὕμνος, Ἥδ᾽ ὁδὸς ᾿Αθανάτοιο βέην ζωαρχέα φαίνει. ### English translation (Claude) The forty-ninth song of David. The God of gods called the whole earth, gathering it into one, from the rising of the shining sun to its setting. The immortal God will be present openly to mortals, nor will anyone be ignorant of God; for he will not allow it. Around him … roared greatly … the starry heaven near, and the much-nourishing earth, so that he might judge the peoples, … so that they may proclaim lovely righteousness, because the honoured King judges among all. Hear, my race, and I will tell you what is lawful. Hear me, Israel; for I will teach you above others: I myself am God to you, and I have become God for you. I do not care about calves, which you rear in your halls; I will refuse the strong sheep from your flock. For I myself made all things, which the forest nourishes on the mountains, … whatever … nor do the birds, abundant through the air, escape my notice; for our divine hand fashioned all things. I do not accept bulls, nor will I drink the blood of goats. Offer to God a sweet sacrifice; for praise has become his sacrifice; and pay to the Most High the thanks of your vows. … you call me as helper in necessity; I am a good helper to you, and you will sing my glory. … [why do you declare] my righteous ordinances, and carry my covenant on your lips? You always hate to think good thoughts, and you have always refused the grace of our words. And you had your foot running together with the evil-minded robber, … sitting … of your brother … evil things, and you wove helpless ruin for your mother’s son. These things you did, and I was quiet toward you. You thought lawless things, that I would be like you in mind; I will set your transgressions before you, always rebuking. The most blessed sacrifice to me is a pleasing hymn; this road shows the life-giving force of the Immortal. ### Scripture references - Ps 50:1–23 (49:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The paraphrase ascribes the psalm to David; the Septuagint title names Asaph. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 49 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/49). ## Psalm 50 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-50 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 50 of the Septuagint (Psalm 51), introduced by iambic lines on David’s sin with Bathsheba: a prayer for cleansing and a new heart. ### Greek text Ἕρωτι Δαυῖδ ἀπρεπεῖ εἴξας ποτὲ, Εἶτ᾽ αὖ ἀνεῖλε τὸν γυναικὸς εὐνέτηγ· Νάθαν δὲ πειθήνιος ὁὀςθεὶς τῷ Θεῷ. Δαὶ τῶν ον ό μλρα φαρμάκοις Ὁ δʼ εὐγενείας οὐκ ἀναξίως τρόπων, Τὸν μειλίχιον ἐξιλάσκει Δεσπότην, Καὶ οἶκτον αὑτὸν συγκινεῖ πρὸς τὸν ἤμέδιν Πέφυκεν πεντηκοστὸν ὁ Ψαλμὲς μέλος. στοναχαῖς καὶ δάκρυσιν ᾿Αγτιθέῳ βασιλῆι· Θεοῦ δ᾽ ἐλεήμονα θυμὸν ἐμὴν πλέον ὕδατι Οὔνεκα δυσνομίην μεὰ ἐγὼ πραπίδεσσιν ἀνέγνων, Καί μευ ἀτασθαλίη πέλεται κατεναντίον ὄσσων. Ἤλιτον εἰς σὲ, Μάκαρ, γαί σευ πέλας ἄλγος ἔτευξ:,·Ὄφρ᾽ ὅσιος μύθοισι τεοῖς μετὰ πᾶσι φανείης, Ἐν δὲ δίκῃ μοῦνος προφερέστερος ἔσσεαι ἄλλων. Καὶ γὰρ δυσνομίῃ με πατὴρ ἔσπειρε πιθήσας, Καὶ μ᾽ ὑπʼ ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ἐχύσατο πότνια μήτηρ᾽ Καὶ σοφίης χρυφίης με τεῆς ἐδίδαξας ἁταρπούς· Καὶ πολὺ λευκότερον χιόνος τελέσεις με λοέσσας. ᾿Ὀστέα τειρομένων ἐπὶ σοὶ χεχαρήσεθ᾽ ἅπαντα. Καί μευ παντοδαπὰς κραδίην μοι, ΓΑναξ, ἐν στήθεσι Μηδ᾽ ἅγιον σέο πνεῦμα ἐμεῦ ἀπὸ πάμπαν ἐρύχοις, Δός μοι τερπωλὴν φάεος παλινάγρετον, Ἐσσὴν, Πνεύματι δ᾽ ἀρχεύοντι βίην στήριξον ἐμεῖο. Πρὸς δὲ σε πάντοθεν αὖθις ἐπιστρέψουσιν ἀλεῖται. Φέγγος ἐμῆς βιοτῆς, μεῦ γλῶσσα τεὴν Χεΐλεά μευ, Μάκαρ, οἶγε, δίκην δ᾽ ἀνὰ σεῖο βυΐτω, ἐνετείλω, ἐγὼ προΐαλλον ἑτοίμην᾽ ᾿Αθανάτῳ θυσίη πνεῦμα χθαμαλὸν μεμέληται· Ἧτορ ΓΑναξ χθαμαλὸν καὶ μείλιχον οὐκ ὀνόδαιτο.·Ὅλδιά μοι Σιῶνι, Μάκαρ, καταθύμια δοίης· Θῦμά τε χαρφόμενον καὶ ἄνω Δὴ τότʼ ἐπίῤῥέξουσι τεῷ μόσχους περὶ βωμῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Once David, yielding to unseemly love, then also slew the woman’s husband; and Nathan, having been shown obedient to God, … with remedies …; but he, not unworthily of the nobility of his ways, propitiates the gentle Master, and moves him himself to pity toward … This psalm is the fiftieth song. … with groans and tears, to the godlike King … the merciful heart of God … my … more than water. Because I have recognized lawlessness in my heart, and my wickedness is before my eyes, I sinned against you, Blessed One, and did pain before you, so that you may appear holy in your words among all, and in judgment you alone will be superior to others. For in lawlessness my father, having yielded, sowed me, and in wickedness my lady mother conceived me. And you taught me the paths of your hidden wisdom, and you will make me much whiter than snow, washing me. All the bones of the worn-down will rejoice in you. … and my … a heart, O Lord, in my breast … nor take your holy spirit from me at all. Give me back the delight of light, O King, and establish my strength with a ruling spirit. And the wicked will return to you again from every side. Light of my life, my tongue … your … Open my lips, Blessed One, and let them pour out your justice … [if] you commanded, I would offer [a sacrifice] ready. A humble spirit is the care of the Immortal as sacrifice; the Lord will not despise a humble and gentle heart. May you give to Zion, Blessed One, blessed things according to your will; … burnt offering and … then they will offer calves on your altar. ### Scripture references - Ps 51:1–19 (50:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - 2 Sam 11:1–12:25: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - The opening iambics recount David’s adultery and the killing of Uriah (2 Sam 11–12), as in the Septuagint title. The paraphrase of 50:7 (“in lawlessness my father, having yielded, sowed me”) is its own interpretation of “in iniquities I was conceived”; translated as written. Several lines are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 50 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/50). ## Psalm 51 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-51 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 51 of the Septuagint (Psalm 52): the boastful mighty man will be uprooted, but the righteous flourishes like an olive tree in God’s house. ### Greek text Τοῖο δὲ πεντηκοστὸν ἔφυ καὶ πρῶτον ἄεισῃα. Τίπτε μοι ἀλκήεις σφετέρῃ χαχότητι πέποιθας,·Ἀμφὶ δέ τοι γλώσση Ὧδε δόλον πρίησας ἅτε ξυρὸν ὀξὺ τεθτγός· ᾿Αντὶ δικαιοσύνης ἀθεμίστια πάντ᾽ Γλώσσης μῦθον ἅπαντα Ἔνθεν ΓΑναξ καθελεῖ σΞ διαμπερὲς εὖχος ἀπούρας· ταμών σς, τεῶν ἀπονάσσεται οἴκων Σεῖο δ᾽ ἀποσπάτειεν ἀπὸ χθονὸς ἀκλέα ῥίζαν. Τοῖα δ᾽ ὁμῶς ἐρέουσιν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῦ μειδιόωντες· ᾿Αθάνατον Θεὸν οὗτος ἔχειν ἐρνήσατ᾽ ἀρωγόν· Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ περὶ θεῖον ἔδος βρύω ὥς τις ἐλαίη, Καὶ νῦν καὶ μετέπειτα διηνεχέεσσι γενέθλαις, Πάντοτε σοῖς ὁσίοις ὄνομα γλυκὺ σεῖο δοχεύων. ### English translation (Claude) This is the fifty-first song. Why, mighty one, do you trust in your evil? … your tongue … thus, sawing deceit like a sharp, whetted razor; instead of righteousness all lawless things … every word of the tongue … Therefore the Lord will destroy you utterly, taking away your glory … cutting you off, he will remove you from your house, and may he tear your inglorious root from the earth. And they will say such things about him, smiling: “This man refused to have the immortal God as helper.” But I flourish like an olive tree about the divine seat, now and hereafter for continual generations, always receiving your sweet name with your holy ones. ### Scripture references - Ps 52:1–9 (51:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 51 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/51). ## Psalm 52 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-52 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 52 of the Septuagint (Psalm 53): the fool says there is no God. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου πινυτοῦ ὑπὲρ ἀντιθέου Μαε.ἰήτου· Τοῖο δὲ πεντηκοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ δεύεερος ὕμνος. Οὐκ εἶναι Θεὸν εἶπεν ἑοῖς ἐν στήθεσιν ἄφρων· Αἴσχεα τεκταΐνοντες, ἑοῖς ἐξέφθιθεν ἔργοις. Ἐργατίνης οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνὸς εὐνομιάων. Ὀγόμενος, τίς ἄνακτα θεὸν διζήμενος εἴη. Πάντες ἀποκλίναντες ὁμοῦ ἘΕργατίνης οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνὸς εὐνομιάων. Οἱ δ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἀγνῶτες, ἀεὶ συμφράδμονες ἄτης, ἐλάθοντο Θεὸν βασιλῆα Δειμαίνεσχον ἄδην, ὅτε δείματος οὐ χρέος ἧεν. ᾿υἈτέα πάντα χέδασται, ὅσοις μέλει ἄνδρας ἰαίνειν, Καί σφισιν·Αφθιτος; αὐτὸς ὀνοσσάμενος πόρεν αἷΑαοῦ ὅταν στρέψειε Θεὸς κάτα δούλιον ἧμαρ, ### English translation (Claude) Of wise David, concerning godlike Maeleth; and this is the fifty-second hymn. The fool said in his heart that there is no God. Devising shameful things, they perished by their works. There is no doer of good order, not even one. … to see whether there was anyone seeking God the Lord. All turned aside together … There is no doer of good order, not even one. But those ignorant of good things, always counsellors of ruin, … they forgot God the King. They were greatly afraid where there was no need of fear. All the bones of those who care to please men were scattered, and the Immortal himself, despising them, gave them … When God turns back the day of slavery of the people … ### Scripture references - Ps 53:1–6 (52:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - “Maeleth” is the Septuagint title (ὑπὲρ Μαελεθ). The end of the psalm is lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 52 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/52). ## Psalm 53 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-53 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 53 of the Septuagint (Psalm 54): David, betrayed by the Ziphites, asks God to save him by his name. ### Greek text Ζη-:: αἰὼν δ᾽ ὅτε οὕλον ἁτάσθαιλον ἦγε Σαούνῳ Φείσατο, Δαι ἴδον δὲ μετὰ σφίσι φάντο κεκρύφθαι. Τοῦδε μέλος τρίτατον καὶ πεντηκοστὸν ἐτύχθη. Οὔνομα οὗν, Βασιλεῦ, με κακῶν ἀπάνευθε σαώσοι, Καὶ μ᾽ ἀναμετρήσας. περὶ σὸν σθένος ὧδε διχάζοις· ἑπάκουσον ἐμῆς, πανυπέρτατε Ποιμήν Μύθοις ἡμετέροις ἀριήχοον οὗας Οὔνεκχά μοι ξεῖνον δηίων θωρέξατο φῦλον, Οὐδὲ νόῳ βασιλῆος ἐπεμνήσαντο Θεοῖο. Ἥτοι ἐμοὶ χαλέοντι Θεὸς ἐπιτάῤῥοθος ἔσται, Καί μευ Ἀναξ βιότοιο διηνεχέως προμαχίζοι. δεά, ἀυχ εἰ ποῖ ΒΘ ΠΡΟ ὉΠΔΠἾ Σεῖο δ᾽ ἀληθείῃ, Βασιλεῦ, σφέας ἐξαλαώσοις, Αὐτὰρ ἐγώ σοι θῦμα νόῳ ποθέοντι χομίσσω· Οὔνομα σὸν μέλψω, Βασιλεῦ - ἀγαθὸν γὰρ ἐτύχθη· Οὔνεκα παντοίης μευ ἐρύσαο θυμὸν ἀνάγκης· ### English translation (Claude) When the Ziphites … led … to Saul …, spared, and they said that David was hidden among them, the fifty-third song is his. May your name, O King, save me far from evils, and, having measured me, may you judge me thus by your strength … hear my …, highest Shepherd; … your keen-hearing ear to our words, because a foreign race of enemies armed itself against me, and they did not remember God the King in their minds. Surely God will be a helper to me when I call, and may the Lord fight continually for my life. … In your truth, O King, may you blind them. But I will bring you a sacrifice with a longing mind; I will sing your name, O King, for it is good, because you have rescued my soul from every necessity. ### Scripture references - Ps 54:1–7 (53:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - 1 Sam 23:19: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text before verse 7 is left as printed and not translated. “May you blind them” is the paraphrase’s rendering of “destroy them” (53:7 LXX). ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 53 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/53). ## Psalm 54 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-54 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 54 of the Septuagint (Psalm 55): betrayed by a close friend, the psalmist longs for the wings of a dove and casts his care on God. ### Greek text Πεντηκοστὸς ἐὼν ἀγαθοῖς ἐπὶ τέτρασιν ἄλλοις. Εὐχωλῆς ἐπάκουσον ἐμῆς, πανυπέρτατε Ποιμὴν, ἀΐων, καὶ μόχθον Πικρὰ δὲ λυσσώοντες ἐπὶ φρεσὶ μῆνιν ἔθεντο, ᾿Αμφ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἡμέτερον ταραχῇ βεθολημένον ἧτορ᾽ Δεῖμα, τρόμος μετ᾽ ἔμ᾽ ἦλθε, χάλυψε δὲ νήχυτος Εἶπα δέ· Τίς κεν ἐμοὶ πτέρυγας πόροι οἷα πελείης, Ὄφρα δέμας καμάτοιο Τῆλε φυγὴν ἐθέμην, ἐν δ᾽ ἤνυον αὖλιν ἐρήμῳ, ἐνόησα ἐπεσδολίην τ᾽ ἀνὰ ἄστυ· φορέει καὶ μόχθον ς Μηδὲ πόνος δολόεις σφετέρων λείποιτο χελεύθων. Καί κεν ἀπεχθομένοιο λόγων Οὐκ ἄμφω θαλίης παρὰ σοὶ πασάμεσθα μελιχρῆς, ἮἯ ῥ᾽ οὐ δῶμα Θε:οῖο φίλα Εἴθ᾽ ὁλοῶν ἔλθοι θάνατός σφισιν ἄξιος ἔργων, Εἰς δʼ ἀΐδαο βέρεθρον ἔτι Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ἐθόησα, Θεὸς δέ μευ ἔχλυεν αὐδῆς. Ἐξ ἡοῦς ἐρέω τε καθ᾽ ἕσπερα καὶ μέσον ἧμαρ᾽ μοι πολέεσσι πεποιθότες ἀντεφέροντο. Οὐ γὰρ λύτρον ἔχουσι, καὶ οὐκ ἀλέγουσι Θεοῖο. ᾿Εγγύθεν ἀθανάτου σχοπιάζξετο μῆτις Ανακτος· Τῶν δ᾽ ἐγένοντο λόγοι ἀπαλώτεροι ἤπερ ἔλαιον· Ἀλλ᾽ ὀλοαῖς βολίδεσσι μετὰ σφίσιν ἔσχον ὁμοῖοι. Καί σεν ἀεὶ ᾿Αλλά σφεας χατάγοις, Βασιλεῦ, μετὰ βόθρον ὀλέθρου. ᾿Ανδροφόνοι δολεροί τε βίου κατὰ μέσσον ὅλοιντο᾿ Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Βασιλῖος ἐπ᾿ ### English translation (Claude) Being the fiftieth with four other good ones. Hear my prayer, highest Shepherd … hearing, and … toil … and raging they set bitter wrath in their hearts. Our heart around me is struck with trouble; fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered … And I said: Who would give me wings like a dove, so that my body … from toil? I set my flight far off, and made my lodging in the desert … I perceived … and contradiction in the city; … bears … and toil; nor let deceitful toil be lacking from their paths … and of the words of the hated one … Did we not both taste sweet feasting beside you … the dear house of God? May a death worthy of their works come upon the destructive, and … into the pit of Hades still … But I cried out, and God heard my voice. From dawn I will speak, and in the evening and at midday … many, trusting, opposed me … For they have no ransom, and do not care for God. The counsel of the immortal Lord watched near; their words became softer than oil, but among them they were like destructive darts. And always … But may you bring them down, O King, into the pit of destruction; may murderous and deceitful men perish in the middle of life. But I … in the King … ### Scripture references - Ps 55:1–23 (54:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Many half-lines are lost in the scan, marked “…”. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 54 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/54). ## Psalm 55 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-55 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 55 of the Septuagint (Psalm 56): in fear of men the psalmist trusts God, who keeps his tears. ### Greek text Οἱ νόον ἐντὸς ἔθεντο Κεῖνος μὲν λίγα Ἧτον ἐῷ βασιλῆι· Θεὸς δʼ ἐῤῥύσατο μόχθων. Τοῦτο δὲ πεντηκοστὸν ἔφυ καὶ πέμπτον ἄεισμα. Ἰλαθί μοι· μάλα γάρ με καταστείδει ποσὶν ἀνήρ᾽ ὙΨόθεν ἐξ ἠοῦς πολέες Οὔτιν᾽ ὑποδδείσαιμι, ἐπεὶ σύ μευ ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθης. Τί τρομέω βροτὸν ἄνδρα; Θεός νύ μοι ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθη. Νωιτέρους στυγέεσχον ἑνὶ φρεσὶ πάντοτε μύθους· Αἰεὶ ἀμφ᾽ ἐμέθεν κακὰ μήδεα μητιάασχον. Πτέρνης ἡμετέρης φυλακὴν ποιούμενοι αἰΞξ. Ὥ; δ᾽ αὐτοὶ λοχόωντες ἐμὸν μένον ἧτορ ὀλέσσαι Ἡμετέρην σοι, Αναξ, γλυχερὴν ἤγγειλα βιώνηῃν,͵ Καί μευ θήχαο δάκρυ τεῶν κατ᾽ ἐναντίον ὄσσων·. Εὖτε τεὴν, Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαρηγόνα χεῖρα χαλέσσω.·Ἔγνων, ὅττι Θεὸς πανεπίσκοπος ἔπλευ ἐμεῖο. Οὐ τρομέω᾽ βροτὸν ἄνδρα· Θεός νύ μοι ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθη. Εἰσί μοι εὐχωλαὶ, ἄς τοι, Μάκαρ, αἶνον ἀείσω ᾿ Οὔνεκά μευ λύσας θανάτου βαρυώδυνον ἧτορ. πόδας ἐξείλε᾽ ὀλίσθου. Ζωόντων Βασιλῆι Θεῷ μέγα φέγγος ἄδοιμι. ### English translation (Claude) … those who set their mind within … He cried shrilly to his King, and God rescued him from toils; and this is the fifty-fifth song. Be gracious to me; for a man greatly tramples me with his feet. From on high, from dawn, many … I would fear no one, since you have become my hope. Why do I tremble at a mortal man? God has become my hope. They always hated our words in their hearts; they always devised evil plans against me, always keeping watch on our heel. As they lay in ambush to destroy my dear heart … I declared to you, O Lord, our sweet life, and you set my tears before your eyes, when I call, O King, on your helping hand. I knew that God, all-seeing, was mine. I do not tremble at a mortal man; God has become my hope. I have vows, by which, Blessed One, I will sing praise to you, because you loosed my heart, heavily pained, from death … you took my feet from slipping. May I sing the great light to God, the King of the living. ### Scripture references - Ps 56:1–13 (55:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 55 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/55). ## Psalm 56 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-56 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 56 of the Septuagint (Psalm 57): sheltering in the shadow of God’s wings among lions, the psalmist wakes the dawn with praise. ### Greek text Καὶ τόδε Δαυΐδου τὸ μελίδριον, εὗτε Σαού,ου ἽἼαχε πεντηκοστὸν ὁμοῦ καὶ ἕκτον ἄεισμα, Ἴλαθι μοι, Βασιλεῦ παυεπίσχοπε, καί μ᾽ ἐλεαίροις· Οὔνεκά σοι φίλον ἧτορ ἀεὶ περιθάρσυνον ἴσχω. Σῇσι περὶ σχέπαϊ σκιερῷ πτερύγεσσι πεποιθὼς, ὝΨιστον χαλέσαιμι Θεὸν βασιλῆα λιτῇσιν οὗ σύμπαντα φέρω φυσίζοα δῶρα. Καὶ με χαταστείθοντας ὀνείδεσι δῶκεν Πέμψεν ἀληθείην καὶ ἐὴν οἰχτέρμονα βουλὴν· Ῥύσατο δὲ σκύμνων ὁλοῶν μέσον ἧτορ ἐμεῖο, Αὐτὸς ἐκοιμήθην χρυερῇ τεταραγμένος ἄτῃ. Ανέρες οἷς ἀσπίς τε καὶ οἷς βέλος εἰσὶν ὀδόντες, δὲ γλῶσσα πανείχελός ἐστι μαχαίρῃ. ἹΚαὶ σέθεν ἄσπετον εὖγος ἐπὶ χθόνα πᾶσαν ἱκάνοι. οἱ φυήν οἰ υὯν δαὶ ροϑυδγυηὶ ληια Κάππεσον εἰς βόθοον. τον ἐμῶν θέσαν ἀντίο ὅσσων. Θυμὸς ἑτοῖμος ἐμὸς, Πανεπίσχοπε, θυμὸς ἑτοῖμος· Κῦδος ἐμὸν μέλψει σε, καὶ ἐν·Ἑνοεό μοι, σοφίας γεραρὸν καὶ ἀγήραον εὖχος, Ἔγρεό μοι, φόρμιγξ καὶ ἐμῶν ψαλτήριον ὕμνων· ᾿Αμφιδόητον ἕπος σοι, ΓΑναξ, λαοῖσι βοήσω, Καὶ δήμοις πολέεσσι λυρόχτυπον αἶνον ἀείσω. Οὐρανίων ἐλεητὺν ἔχεις χαθύπερθε Καί σευ ἀληθείη νεφέων χατέναντα ποτᾶται. Καὶ σέθεν ἄσπετον εὖχος ἐπὶ χθόνα πᾶσαν ἱκάνοι. ### English translation (Claude) This little song too is David’s, when … Saul … he cried the fifty-sixth song. Be gracious to me, all-seeing King, and pity me, because I always keep my dear heart very confident in you. Trusting in the shady shelter of your wings, may I call with prayers to the most high God, the King, … for whose sake I bring all life-giving gifts. And he gave those who trample me to reproach … He sent his truth and his compassionate counsel, and rescued my heart from the midst of destructive whelps. I myself lay down, troubled by chilling ruin. Men whose teeth are shield and dart, … and whose tongue is altogether like a sword. And may your unspeakable glory reach over all the earth. … fell into the pit … they set before my eyes. My heart is ready, All-seeing One, my heart is ready; my glory will sing you, and in … Awake for me, honoured and ageless glory of wisdom; awake for me, lyre and psaltery of my hymns. I will cry to the peoples a resounding word to you, O Lord, and sing a lyre-struck praise to many peoples. You have mercy above the heavens, and your truth flies over against the clouds. And may your unspeakable glory reach over all the earth. ### Scripture references - Ps 57:1–11 (56:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text in verse 6 is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 56 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/56). ## Psalm 57 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/33/#p-57 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 57 of the Septuagint (Psalm 58): against unjust judges who are like deaf adders; God judges on earth. ### Greek text Μηδέποτε φθεῖραι πρὸς Οὗ πάρα πεντηκχοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ ἕδδομος ὕμνος Ἧ ῥά που ἀτρεκέως ὁσίους ἀγορεύετε μύθους, Καὶ θέμιν ἰθεῖαν μερόπων ἰθύνετε, παῖδες, ἐπὶ χθονὶ τεχταίνοντες, Ἐκ γαστρός τ᾽ ἀλάληνται ἀεὶ ψεύδη λαλέοντες, ᾿Ασπὶς ὅπως κωφὴ, δ᾽ οὔ οἱ μέλεται σοφοῦ ἀνέρος Τῶν δὲ Θεὸς συνέτριψεν ὑπὸ στόμα πικρὸν ὀδόντα· Μωμητοὶ τελέθουσι μάτην ἅτε νίσσεται ὕδωρ· Ἠελίου λελάθοντο πυρὸς προμολόντος ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς. Ὑωετέρην πρὶν ῥάμνον ἑὰς διαῖδμεν ἀκάνθας· Αἴματί που νίψαιτο φίλας περὶ χεῖρας ἀλιτροῦ Ἐξερέων, ὅτι καρπὸς ἀγαχλέος ἐστὶ δικαίου, Ὡς Θεὸς ἐν γαίῃ βροτέων πέλει ἔκδικος ἔργων ### English translation (Claude) Never to destroy … this is the fifty-seventh hymn. Do you truly speak holy words, and do you direct straight justice for mortals, sons? … devising on earth; from the belly they have wandered, always speaking lies. Like a deaf asp, … nor does it care for … of the wise man. God has broken the tooth in their bitter mouth. They become blameworthy in vain, as water goes past. They forgot the fire of the sun that came upon them. Before your thornbush knows its thorns, … may [the righteous] wash his dear hands in the blood of the sinner, declaring that the fruit of the righteous is glorious, that God is the avenger of the works of mortals on earth. ### Scripture references - Ps 58:1–11 (57:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 57 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/57). ## Psalm 58 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-58 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Paraphrases of Psalms 58 and 59 of the Septuagint (Psalms 59 and 60), which run together in the scan: a prayer for rescue from bloodthirsty enemies, and, after David’s victories over the Philistines, Syrians and Edom, a plea that God who rejected his people should again give them victory. ### Greek text Στήλης εἰς ἐπίγραμμα γράφων Δαυῖδος ἀμύμων, ἔχειν τέλος ἄψογον ὕμνων· Τοῖο φέρων, προτέρων δὲ .1ε]ασμένος ἁρμο·Ὄφρα οἱ ἀντ᾽ ἀγαθῶν θάνατον ΕΒ: αἱνὸν Τοῖο δὲ πεντηκοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ ὄγδοος ὕμνος. μοι ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ἀνδροφόνων μ᾽ ὁλοῶν βαρυώδυνον ἦτορ, ΟΥ πρὶν ἀνιχνεύεσχον, Ἄναξ, ἀπὸ ῥίμφα σαώπτοις. Δυσνομίης ἀπάνευθε δραμὼν, ὁδὸν εὗρον ἑτοίμην. Ἐγρόμενος, Βἀάσιλεῦ, παρ᾽ ἔμ᾽ ἴστασο, καὶ ἴδε ἔργον. διιγβεη8, Ἀοχ, ἀρμὰ Ἔθνεσι παντοδαποῖς πανεπίσκοπόνʼ ὄμμα τιταίνοις,. Τῶν φθογγὴ μὲν ἄπυστος, ἀτὰρ περὶ χείλεσιν ἄορ, Ἠδοτυπι βδοπυβ Ὄφρα τις εἰσαῖοι· σὺ δ᾽ ἄρα σφέας ἡδὺ γελάπαις. Φῦλα βροτῶν ὀνόσαιο κακῶν χάριν ἀμπλαχιάων. ᾿ Κάρτος ἐμὸν Βασιλῆι μεγαχλήεντι φυλάξω, Βοθυν πιδευπὶ Οὔνεκά μευ Θεὸς αἱὲν ὑπερμενέως πρρμαχίζει. Ἥμετέροις δαμάσειας ὑπ᾽ ὀφθαλμοῖσιν Μὴ κτείνων, ἵνα σεῖο νόμον μὴ πάγχυ λάθοιντο· ᾿Αλλὰ βίῃ μεγάλῃ καὶ κάρτεϊ ῥεῖα χεδάσσαις, Βοά νἱ τηᾶρπὰ ᾿Αμπλαχίην στόματος σφετέρου, χειλέων θ᾽ ἅμα μῦθον. Πρ]ϊειαπι οτἶδ Βαϊ, Ἰαθἰοτυίηαυδ. δία! βογπιοπαπι. Ὧν τέλος ἐξ ἀρῆς καὶ Πεῖρας χωομένοισι μόλοι καὶ τέρμα βίοιο. Εἰπὶς Θεὸς οὕνεκ᾽ Ἰαχώθδου βασιλεύει, Αὐτὸς ἀγαχλῆεν σεῖο σθένος Οὔνεκά μεὺ Θεός ἐσσι, καὶ ἔκδικος αὐτὸς ἐτύχθης,ϑἨ ΟγγυῚλ Καὶ μευ ἔφυς χκαχότητος ἐν ἤματι πύργης ἑτοῖμος. κι κηρὶ Νωίτερος Βασιλεὺς ἐλεημοσύνη μευ ἐτύχθη. Νοβίου Ἀδσ Ἐπίγραμμα τοῦτο πραγμάτων ὑπὲρ χαρᾶς, Ἱπεοτὶριῖο ἰκας Ὑπὲρ τὸ νομισθὲν τῷ βασιλεῖ Τετρα τ ν. πρἠρου πώ Θον τοῖίσαιε ῬΟΡΜΙΝ πόσῃ τὴρ πάρε θὼν, τοὺς ἐπα λαιστίνης Ῥους, Εἰοηΐπι (ταποίεις τῶν Σύρων τὰ χωρία, Εἰ ἐν λον πὠρφαοῤιμευλ, δ ΟΥ ΣΥΝ ἀν φο Αλῶν, Εἰίοπι ρετοαιὶι το οι πορθεῖν τῷ στρατηγῷ συντόμως γμνεῖ δὲ πεντηκοστὸν ἀμφ᾽ ἐνάτῳ μέλος. (ἰανιῖϊ αμίδπὶ ὦ Βασιλεῦ, καθελὼν ἐξώσαο πάντας Χωσάμενος δ᾽ ἐλέησας ἀμαιμάχετον μετὰ μῆνιν· ʼΕρ᾽ ἡμετέροις. ἕοτιο, ὑφ᾽ ἡμετέροις. Ενιτ. καὶ ἐμῆς ἐπιχέκλνυθι φωνῆς. Εἴπεν Αναξ ἁγίῳ σφετέρῳ συμφράδμονα μῦθον· Αὐτάρ γ᾽ εὐχλειὴς βασιλεὺς ἐμός ἔστιν Ἰούδας Ποσὸὶν ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέροις ἀλλότρια φῦλα δαμάσθη. Ἐν κρατερῷ Βασιλῇι βίην τελέσωμεν ἑτοίμην· ### English translation (Claude) Blameless David, writing for the inscription of a pillar, … to have a blameless end of hymns; bearing …, but … of former … so that in return for good things … death …; and this is the fifty-eighth hymn. … a free day for me; but also from destructive murderers … my heavily pained heart, which they tracked before, O Lord, may you save quickly. Having run without lawlessness, I found the way ready. Arise, O King, stand beside me, and see the work … May you stretch your all-seeing eye over all kinds of nations. Their speech is unheard, but on their lips is a sword …, so that anyone may hear; but you will laugh sweetly at them. May you despise the races of mortals for their evil transgressions. I will keep my strength for the very glorious King, because God always fights mightily for me. May you subdue … under our eyes, not killing them, so that they may not utterly forget your law; but may you easily scatter them with great force and strength … the transgression of their mouth, and the word of their lips … whose end … from curse and … may an end, and the limit of life, come to them in their wrath. … because God reigns over Jacob … he himself … your glorious strength, because you are my God, and you yourself have become my avenger, and you have been a ready tower to me in the day of evil … our King has become my mercy. [59] This inscription is for joy over events beyond what the king expected … the coasts of the Philistines …, destroying the lands of the Syrians, … to the general to sack swiftly …, and he sings the fifty-ninth song. O King, you cast down and thrust away all of us; being angry, you pitied after irresistible wrath … and hear my voice. The Lord spoke a word in agreement with his holy one … but Judah is my glorious king …; foreign races were subdued under our feet. In the mighty King let us accomplish ready force. ### Scripture references - Ps 59:1–17 (58:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 60:1–12 (59:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - 2 Sam 8:1–14: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - In the scan Psalm 59 (Septuagint numbering) begins inside this ref; the join is marked [59] at its iambic heading, which summarizes the Septuagint title (David’s campaigns, 2 Sam 8:1–14). Both psalms are badly interleaved with Latin-column text and apparatus (left as printed, not translated); many lines are lost. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 58 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58). ## Psalm 60 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-60 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 60 of the Septuagint (Psalm 61): from the ends of the earth the psalmist asks to be led to the rock higher than he. ### Greek text ἐπάκουσον ἐμῆς, πανυπέρτατε Ποιμὴν, Καί μοι ἐπ᾽ εὐχωλχῇ τελέσχοπον ὄμμα τανύσσαις. Δενόμενος βοάασχον, Αναξ, περάτων ἄπο γαίης· ἀνάειρας ἐμῆς κραδίης ἐπὶ πέτρην Ἡγητὴρ ἐμὸς ἔσχες, ἐπεὶ σύ μευ ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθης,, Πύργος ἐμὸς μετὰ δῆριν ἐπερχομένων ὀλετήρων· Καί σεο θεσπέσιον πτερύγων σχέπας ἀμφιπυκάζοις. Οὔνεκα νωιτέρων, Μάκαρ, ἔκλυες ἯἯμαρ ἐτ᾽ ἣμαρ ἄνακτι πόροις βιότοιο κελεύθους, Ἐκ γενεῆς γενεήνδε Θεοῦ πέλας ἔμπεδον εὕροι. Τίς οἱ ἀληθείην ἔλεόν θ᾽ ἅμα Πάντοτ᾽ ἐμὸν Βασιλῇα φίλῃ φόρμιγγι βοήσω, Εἰσόκεν εὐχωλὰς τίσω, Μάκαρ, ἦμαρ ἐπ᾽ ἧμαρ.. ### English translation (Claude) … hear my …, highest Shepherd, and stretch your far-seeing eye upon my prayer. In need I cried, O Lord, from the ends of the earth … lifting … upon the rock of my heart. You were my leader, since you have become my hope, my tower in the strife of attacking destroyers; and may you cover me with the divine shelter of your wings, because, Blessed One, you heard our … Day upon day may you grant to the king the paths of life; from generation to generation may he find … firm near God. Who … his truth and mercy together? I will always cry to my King with the dear lyre, until I pay my vows, Blessed One, day upon day. ### Scripture references - Ps 61:1–8 (60:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 60 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/60). ## Psalm 61 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-61 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 61 of the Septuagint (Psalm 62): the soul waits in silence for God alone, the rock and refuge; power and mercy belong to him. ### Greek text κῶμον ὕπερ Δαυῖδος ἔγραψε, χόνδʼ ἐξηκοστὸν μελέων καὶ πρῶτον ἀείσας.. Ἧ ῥ᾽ οὐκ ἡμέτερον δεδμήσεται ἧτορ Καὶ γὰρ φέγγος ἐμὸν τελέθει Βασιλῆῇος ἀρωγή Οὔνεκά μευ Θεὸς αὐτὸς, ἐμῆς δ᾽ ὑπερίσταται ἀλχῆῇς. ᾿ ΚΑλχαρ ἐμὸν τὸ καὶ οὔτι ποτ᾽ ἔλπομαι εἶναι ἀλείτης. Μέχρι τεῦ ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθε, ὁμῶς τ᾽ ἐναρίζετε πάντα Ἔδραμον ἐν δίψῃ - σχέψαντο δέ μ᾽ ἀκλέα τεῦξαι· Εὐχόμενοι γλώσσῃσιν, ἀραῖς στέρνοισιν ἔπαιον. Θυμξ, πέσον Βασιλῆι, Θεῷ δέδμησο πεποιθώς· Οὔνεκεν ἑλπωρῆς μευ ἔφυ φυσίζοον ἕρμα. Αὐτὸς γὰρ Θεός ἐστιν ἐμὸς, σωτήρ τε τέτυκται. ΚΑλχαρ ἐμὸν, τίς κέν με φίλης ἐλάσειε τιθήνης ; Κῦδος ἐμὸν καὶ φέγγος ὑπ᾽ ἐννεσίῃσιν Ανακτος· Ἐλπὶς ἐμὴ Βασιλῆα μένει καὶ κάρτος ἀρωγῆς. Οὔνεκά τοι ἐπίκουρος ἀεὶ θεὸς ἄμμιν ἐτύχθη. Ἔμπα γε μὴν μερόπων ἀλέη σύμπασα γενέθλη, Μηδέποτ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ἀδίχοισι νόον μεμελημένον ἴσχειν, Μηξδέτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίοις ἀγαθῶν θέμεν ἅρπαγα θυμόν. Εἶπεν ἅπαξ Βασιλεὺς, δύο δ᾽ ἔκλυον οὔασι τοῖα· Ὡς Θεοῦ ἔπλετο κάρτος, ἰδ᾽ ὡς ἐλεητυς Ε Ἀνακτος. Πᾶσι σὺ μισθὸν, Αναξ, ὁπάσῃς ἀντάξιον Ἔργων. ### English translation (Claude) … he wrote a revel for David, singing this sixty-first of the songs. Surely our heart will be subdued … for the help of the King is my light, because he himself is my God, and he stands over my strength; my defence, and I never expect to be a sinner. How long do you fight against a man and slay all …? I ran in thirst; and they considered how to make me inglorious; praying with their tongues, they struck with curses in their breasts. My soul, fall before the King; be subdued, trusting in God, because he has become the life-giving support of my hope. For he himself is my God, and has become my saviour. My defence: who could drive me from my dear nurse? My glory and light are under the commands of the Lord; my hope awaits the King, and the strength of help, because God has always been our helper. Yet the whole race of mortals is vain …: never keep a mind concerned with unjust things, nor set a rapacious heart on the goods of others. The King spoke once, and they heard two such things with their ears: that strength belongs to God, and that mercy is the Lord’s. You will give to all, O Lord, a reward worthy of their works. ### Scripture references - Ps 62:1–12 (61:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 61 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/61). ## Psalm 62 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-62 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 62 of the Septuagint (Psalm 63): in the desert the soul thirsts for God, whose love is better than life. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου χιϊυτὸς ὕμνος Ἰουδαίας ἐν ἐρήμῳ, ξηχοστὸς ὁμοῦ καὶ δεύτερος οὗτος ἐτύχθη. Νύκτα μετ᾽ ἀμφιλύχην σε, Μάκαρ, Μάκαρ, ἀμφιΚαὶ ψυχή σʼ ἐπόθησεν ἐμὴ, καὶ σάρξ ἔτι μᾶλλον, Τρηχεῖαν καὶ ἄνυδρον ἀνὰ χθόνα πολλὸν ἐρήμην. Σοὶ, Μάκαρ, εἰν ἁγίῳ μάλα θάρσυνος ὧδε φαάνθην, Ἰσχανόων δύναμίν τε τεὴν καὶ κῦδος ἰδέσθαι. Κρεῖσσον ἔχεις ἐλεητὺν,·Αναξ, βιότοιο Χείλεσιν ἡμετέροισι τεὸν κλέος δ᾽ εὐφροσύνης ἐμέθεν στόμα πάντοτε Εἰ σέθεν ἐν λεχέεσσιν ἐμοῖς μεμνημένος ἧα, Σοῖσι μάλ᾽ ἐξ ἡοῦς μελεδήμασι θυμὸν ἔθοσχον, Καέ σεο γηθήσαιμι περὶ πτερύγων ἀλεωρῇ. ξυνοπηδὸν ἐμὸν φίλον ἧτορ ἐρείσθη· Καέ σεο δεξιτερὴ μευ Οἱ δὲ μάτην μάστευον ἐμὸν διὰ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι. Δεινὸν ἀλωπήχεσσιν ἕλωρ καὶ δασμὸς ἔσοντα:. Αὐτὰρ ἄναξ Θεῷ ἀμφὶ φίλην φρένα γηθήσειεν· Πᾶς δέ οἱ ὀμνύμενος κλέος ἄφθιτον αἰνετὸς ἔσται. Πᾶν γὰρ ἀπεκλείσθη λάδρον στόμα λωδητήρων. ### English translation (Claude) A famous hymn of David in the desert of Judea; this is the sixty-second. In the twilight night, Blessed One, Blessed One, … and my soul longed for you, and my flesh still more, through a rough and waterless land, utterly desert. To you, Blessed One, in the holy place I appeared thus very confident, longing to see your power and glory. Your mercy, O Lord, is better than life … with our lips … your glory … of gladness my mouth always … If I remembered you on my bed, I fed my heart from dawn on your cares, and may I rejoice in the shelter of your wings. … following, my dear heart was supported; and your right hand … me. But those in vain sought to destroy my soul … they will be a terrible prey and portion for foxes. But the king will rejoice in God in his dear heart; and everyone who swears by him will be praised with immortal glory; for every violent mouth of the slanderers has been shut. ### Scripture references - Ps 63:1–11 (62:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 62 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/62). ## Psalm 63 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-63 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 63 of the Septuagint (Psalm 64): God turns the secret arrows of the wicked against them. ### Greek text Εξηχοστὸς ὁμοῦ τρίτατός θ᾽ ἅμα κῶμος ἐτύχθη. Ἵχεσίης ἑπάκουσον, Άναξ, ὅτε σεῖο λιτοίμην ᾿· Θυμὸν ἐμὸν λύσειας ὑπ᾽ Θυΐα θεἰ εδὶ Κρεῖσσον. Ἐοτῖς κρείσσον᾽, ΕΡΙΤ. Α·Ἔχρυψάς μʼ ἀπάνευθε κακῶν ἀγεληδὸν ἰόντων, Πληθύος, οἷσι μέμηλε νόῳ ἀθεμίστια ἔργα· Οὐδέ μιν ἐξαπίνης κραδίῃ δείσουσι βαλόντες, Εἶπον· Τίς κεν ἴδοι σκότιον σφέων ὄμμασιν ἔργον ; Νειόθεν ἵἴδμονα μῆτιν ἔχων προσελεύσεται ἀνὴρ, Ὧδε βέλη προέηχαν ὅσον καὶ νήπιος υἱὸς, Πάντες ἅμ᾽ ὠρίνθησαν, ὅσοι σφέας εἰσοράασχον. Τίς μερόπων οὐκ εἶδεν, ἰδὼν δ᾽ οὐκ ἕτρεσε θυμῷ, Βασιλῆος ἐπ᾽ ἐλπωρῆσι δίκαιος ᾿θυνόοις δ᾽ ἅμα πᾶσιν ἀέξεται αἶνος ἀπείρων. ### English translation (Claude) The sixty-third revel came to be. Hear my supplication, O Lord, when I pray to you; may you free my soul from … You hid me far from the evil ones going in a herd, from the multitude whose mind cares for lawless works. Nor do they fear in heart, striking him suddenly. They said: Who could see their dark work with his eyes? From below a man will come forward, having a knowing plan. Thus they shot arrows like a child … All were stirred up together who saw them. What mortal did not see, and seeing did not tremble in heart? … the righteous … in the hopes of the King, and boundless praise increases for all the upright. ### Scripture references - Ps 64:1–10 (63:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A Latin apparatus note in verse 2 (on the reading κρείσσον) is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 63 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/63). ## Psalm 64 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-64 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 64 of the Septuagint (Psalm 65): praise is due to God in Zion, who stills the seas and crowns the year with his goodness. ### Greek text καὶ, ʼἹερεμία, βόησον, πῶς ἐλ δούλιον ἧμαρ ἐὐωνω, οὗ μετα Λαός τ᾽ εὐκιειὴς σφετέρων χάριν Ἑξηκοστὸς ὁμῶς καὶ τέτρατος ὕμγος ἐτύχθη. Σοὶ, Μάκαρ, ἐν Σιῶνι μεταπρέπει ἄσπετος ὕμνος, Ἐν δὲ Ἱερουσαλῇ φορέεις παλινάγρετον εὐχὴν, Κλῦθι λιτῆς· σὲ δὲ πᾶσα λιτάζεται ἀνδρομέη σάρξ. Νῶι δὲ θυμὸν ἔχοις ἐλεήμονα δυσφροσύνῃσιν.·Ὄλθιος, ὃς παρὰ σοι προλελεγμένος οἰκία ναίει Σεῖο δόμων ἀγαθοῖσι φίλον πλησώμεθα θυμόν Αχραντός σεο νηὸς ἐπ᾽ εὐδιχίῃσιν ἀγητός. Γαίης ἐλπὶς ὅλων περάτων καὶ νόσφι θαλάσσης· Ἡνορέῃ σχιόεντα, Μάκαρ, σέθεν οὔρεα τεύχων, ᾿Απροτίοπτον ζῶμα τεὴν ἐζωσμένος ἀλκὴν, Φῦλα βροτῶν χλονέοιντο, φέροιντο δὲ δείματα θυμῷ, Ἠοῦς ἀντολίην καὶ ἑσπερίην ἅμα τέρψεις. ἀγαθῶν ἐγκύμονα καρπῶν Καὶ σφισιν ὥστε θεὸς βρῶσιν προέηχας ἑτοίμην Ἑαρποτόχους εὔφρηνον, Ἄναξ, σέθεν αὔλακας αἴης· δέ οἱ οὖδας ἄγοι πολυειδέα καρπόν Σῆς, Ἄνα, μειλιχίης ἕτεος στέφος αἰνήσειας, Καί σεο πιαλέης δάπεδον πλησθήσεται ὥρης. ᾿Αμφιδάλοιντο δὲ χάρμα μετήοροι ὑψόθι βουνοί· ### English translation (Claude) … and, Jeremiah, cry out how … the day of slavery …, and the glorious people for the sake of their … This is the sixty-fourth hymn. To you, Blessed One, an unspeakable hymn is fitting in Zion, and in Jerusalem you receive the prayer paid back. Hear the supplication; all human flesh beseeches you. May you have a merciful heart for us in our distresses. Blessed is he who, chosen beforehand, dwells in houses beside you. Let us fill our dear heart with the good things of your house; your undefiled temple is to be admired for righteousness. The hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off on the sea; by your might, Blessed One, making the mountains shady, girded with your unapproachable strength as with a girdle — may the races of mortals be stirred, may they carry fears in their hearts; you will delight the rising of dawn and the evening together. … pregnant with good fruits … and as God you set forth ready food for them; gladden, O Lord, the furrows of your earth that bear fruit; and may the ground bring forth varied fruit for it. May you praise, O Lord, the crown of the year of your goodness, and the ground will be filled with your fat season. May the hills on high clothe themselves with joy. ### Scripture references - Ps 65:1–13 (64:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading names Jeremiah, following the Septuagint title (“a song of Jeremiah and Ezekiel … when they were about to go out”); it is broken in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 64 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/64). ## Psalm 65 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-65 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 65 of the Septuagint (Psalm 66): all the earth is called to praise the God who tested his people like silver and heard their prayer. ### Greek text Οὐ μάλα θαυμάσει· τόδε γὰρ τέλος οἶδεν ἀοιδήΠέμπτον ὁμοῦ τόδʼ ἔρυ καὶ ἐξηκοστὸν ἄεισμα. Πᾶσα χθὼν, βασιλῆι Θεῷ ἀλαλάξατε μολπὴν· Εὐφήμοις θεοτερπὲς ἀείσατε κῦδος ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις. Εἴπατε· Σεῖο Θεῷ τελέθει μάλα θέσκελα ἔργα· Μέλχατέ μοι, χθὼν πᾶσα, Θεὸν ἰδὲ γουνάξεσθε· ἪΣΕΝ μελπόντων, Βασιλεῦ, τεὸν οὔνομα πάντες Δεῦτε, φίλοι, μεγάλοιο Θεοῦ χλυτὰ λεύσσετε ἔργα· Καὶ ποταμοὺς χελάδοντας ἐθήχατο ποσσὶ κελεύθους. Κεῖσʼ ἅμα γηθήσαιμεν ἐπ᾽ ἀθανάτῳ Βασιλῆι, σφετέρῳ μεδέοντι καὶ ἀλκῇ. Φῦλα βροτῶν Βασιλῆος Ἐἢ μέγα μοι φρονέοιεν ὅσοις Ὃς τ᾽ ἐμὸν ἦτορ ἔθηκεν ὅπως ζωοῖσι μετείη, Ἴχνος ἐμῶν ἐν πᾶσι ποδῶν ἀδόνητον ἐρείδων. Εὖ διαγινώσκων ἅπερ ἄργυρον ἐν πυρὶ χαλνεύς. Ἐν δὲ λίνῳ δολόεντι καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλοντας ἔρυχες· καθύπερθεν ἐθήχαο κήδεα νώτων. ἐξήγαγες ἡμέας ὥρης. ἃς καὶ τειρόμενός περ ἔφην τὸ πρόσθε τελέσσαι, Θύματα μυελόεντα πυριφλεγέθοντα κριούς τε, μύρου τ᾽ εὐώδεα καπνὸν, Κέχλυτέ μευ, ξύμπαντες ὅσοι δειμαίνετ᾽ Ανακτα. Οσσ᾽ ἀγάθ᾽ ἡμετέρῳ τεχτήνατο μυρία θυμῷ. ᾿Αθάνατον βοάασχον ὑπὸ γλώσσης μὴ μῦθον [Ἄναξ βοόωντος ἀκούσαι. Τοὔνεκεν ἡμετέρην Πανεπίσκοπος ἔχλυεν αὐδὴν, Οὐδέ μευ ἱχεσίης σφετέρην ἔστρεψεν ὁπωπὴν Αἰνετὸς ὅς ῥ᾽ ἔλεον καὶ ἐμὴν οὐκ ἤλασεν εὐχήν. ### English translation (Claude) He will not greatly marvel; for the song knows this end … this is also the sixty-fifth song. All the earth, shout a song to God the King; sing God-pleasing glory with praises upon his works. Say: Very wondrous are the works of your God. Sing to me, all the earth, and kneel to God; let all who sing, O King, … your name … Come, friends, look at the famous works of the great God; he made the sounding rivers paths for feet. There let us rejoice together in the immortal King … to their ruler and strength. The races of mortals … of the King; let not those who … think great things … who set my heart so as to be among the living, fixing the footstep of my feet unshaken in all things, … knowing well, as a smith [tries] silver in fire; and you held us in the deceitful net even against our will; … you set cares upon [our] backs … you brought us out … which, though worn down, I said before that I would fulfil: marrowy sacrifices burning with fire, and rams … and the fragrant smoke of incense. Hear me, all who fear the Lord, how many good things he has fashioned for our soul. I cried to the Immortal with my tongue … [the] Lord … hear me crying. Therefore the All-seeing heard our voice, nor turned his face away from my supplication. Praised is he who did not drive away mercy and my prayer. ### Scripture references - Ps 66:1–20 (65:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 65 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/65). ## Psalm 66 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-66 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 66 of the Septuagint (Psalm 67): may God bless us, so that his way may be known among the nations. ### Greek text βασιλήιος ὕμνος ἐτύχθη, Ἑξηκοστὸν ὁμοῦ καὶ μέ.λος ἕκτον ἔχων. οφρα τεὴν κατὰ γαῖαν ἐπιφρασόμεσθα χέλευθον·ἔθνεσι δ᾽ ἀλλοδαποῖσιν, ἀλεξίκακόν σεο φέγγος. Σὸν κλέος ὑμνήσουσι, Μάκαρ πανυπέρτατε, λαοί· Σὸν κλέος ἀμφιδόητον ὅλοις λαοῖσι μελέσθω. ἡγήσαιο φίλην μετὰ γαῖαν ὁδεύειν. Σὸν κλέος αἰνήσουσι, Μάκαρ Σὺν κλέος ἀμφιθόητον ὅλοις λαοῖσι μελέσθω. Καρπὸν ἀνεδλάστησεν ἐὸν φυσίζοος αἷα· Ἥμέτερος Θεὸς ἄμμι πόροι χαριέστατον αἶνον, ### English translation (Claude) … a royal hymn came to be, having the sixty-sixth song. … so that we may recognize your way on earth, your averting light among foreign nations. The peoples will sing your glory, Blessed One most high; let your resounding glory be the care of all peoples … may you lead … to walk in the dear land. The peoples will praise your glory, Blessed One …; let your resounding glory be the care of all peoples. The life-giving earth has brought forth its fruit; may our God grant us the most gracious praise. ### Scripture references - Ps 67:1–7 (66:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 66 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/66). ## Psalm 67 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-67 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 67 of the Septuagint (Psalm 68): God arises, scatters his enemies, marches from Sinai, dwells on his chosen mountain and is praised by the kingdoms of the earth. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου πινυτοῦ μελέων βεδο.Ἰημένος ὕμνος, Ἑξηκοστὸν ἔχων ἑδδόματόν τε τόπον. Ὧδε μάλ᾽ ἐχλείποιεν ἀμήχανος ηὔτε καπνός. Ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τηκόμενος φλογερῷ πυρὶ κηρὸς ἀμερίζ, Ὡς ὁσίων ἀπολοίατ᾽ ἀπὸ βλεφάροισιν ἀλεῖται· ᾿Αλλά τοι εὐφραίνοιντο δίκης ὑποφήτορες ἄνδρες, Αἰεὶ θεσπεσίων χεχαρηότες ἀντίον ὅσσων, ΓΔσατε τὸν βασιλῆα, καὶ οὔναμα μέλψατε θεῖον· ὁδὸν χαρίεσσαν ὑπὲρ ΚΆφθιτος, ἄφθιτος οὗτος, ἼΑναξ δέ οἱ οὔνομ᾽ ἐτύχθη, Καί οἱ θεσπεσίοιο πέλας χεχάροιτο προσώπου Πάντες ὁὀρινέσθωσαν ἑῆς διὰ Χηρῶν ἡγεμόνος καὶ Αὐτὸς μουνοτρόποισι χαρίζεται οἰκία ναίειν, πεπεδημένον ἐσμὸν ἕλυσεν, Ἐκ δὲ τάφων φθιμένοις βιοτῆς μετὰ φέγγος ἁγινεῖ, Πῶς ποτε χυδῆεν δάπεδον μεθέπεσχὲν ἐρήμου ; Χθὼν μὲν ὅλη δεδόνητο, κατείδετο δʼ οὐρανὸς αἴθωνʼ ΚΆντα Θεοῦ Σίναόνδε πολύλλιτον οὖδας ἀκούοι, Ὑετὸν ἐσθλὸν ἑχὼν, Βασιλεῦ, χθονὶ σεῖο προπέμξοιᾳ( Καὶ γὰρ ἀνεστήριξας ὀιομένην ἀπολέσθαι, Καὶ μιν φῦλα τεῆΐς ἀγέλης περιναιετάουσι. Καρτερὰ σημαίνουσιν·Αναξ ἔπος ἰθύνειε, Υἱέος ὃς διὰ σκῦλα δόμου μοιρήσεται ἐσθλῷ· ᾿Αργύρεα τρήρωνος ὅπως πτερὰ καλὰ πελείης, ὁΑθανάτου πέμποντος ἑοὺς βασιλῆας ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ. Σελμῶνι χιὼν σφέτερον δέμας ἀμφιχαλύπτει· θεῖον ὄρος, πολυανθὲς ὄρος μάλα πῖον ἐτύχθη, ., Πῖον ὄρος, πηχθέντι πανείχελον ἔπλετο τυρῷ. Τίπτε μοι οὔρεα πάντα δοχεύετε τυρώεντα; Τοῦτ᾽ ὄρος, ἧχι Θεὸς καταθύμια ξώματα ναίει· Κεῖσε μάκαρ χλισίην σθεναρήν ἐο πάντοτε πήξει. Μυρίον ἅρμα Θεοῦ, πολέες δὲ ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ χορευταί. Ἔνθα Μάκαρ Σινάοιο μετ᾽ Αἰὲν Ἄναξ ἀγαθὸς καὶ ὑπέρτατος αἰνετὸς ἔστω, Αἰνετὸς αἰὲν Ἄναξ κεκλήσεται ἦμαρ ἐπ᾽ ἦμαρ. Ἔργον ἐμῷ Βασιλῆι πέλει χατέουσιν ἀρήγειν. Μοῦνος ᾿Αναξ δεδάηχε καὶ ἐκ θανάτοιο σαῶσαι. Ἔμπα γε μὴν σφετέρων δηίων θραύσειε κάρηνα, ᾿Αχροχόμον κορυφὴν, οἷς ἐν φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἀλείτης. Αὖθις ὑπ᾽ ἀτρυγέτοιο παλίσσυτος εἶμι θαλάσσης· ΓὌφρα τεὴν τέγξειας ἀκήρατον αἵματι πέζανʼ ᾿Αντιδίων σέο γλῶσσα κυνῶν σέθεν ἠδέ οἱ αὐτοῦ· βροτοὶ εἶδον ἀταρποὺς, Ἴχνια τοῦ Βασιλῆος ὑπ᾽ εὐαγέεσσι Πιστὸν ἑνὶ χλισίῃσι φίλον χελαδήσατ᾽ Ανακτα, Τῶν δ᾽ ἔσαν ἡγητῆρες ὅσοι πάρος ἦρχον Ἰούδα, ὁμοῦ πρόμαχοι καὶ Δῶρα πολυχλήεντι Θεῷ βασιλῆες μετανίσσεται ἔθνεα ταύρων, ὍὌφρα κεν ἐξείργοινθ᾽ οἷς ἀμφαδὸν ὦνος ἐτύχθη. σπεύσουσιν ἀπ Αἰγύπτοιο πολήων· Χεῖρας δ᾽ ᾿Αθανάτῳ τανύσει γένος Αἰθιοπήων. Βασιλῖα λιγαίνετε πάντοθεν αἴης, ἀντολίης πόλον ἐκ πόλου Αἶνον ἀποφθέγξοιντο φίλον ζωαρχέϊ φωνῇ. Αἰδν ἐπ᾿ Ἰσραῆλον ἔχει μεγαλοπρεπὲς εὖχος, Ὑκ᾽ ἀτρυγέτοιο. Βοτῖε, ἀπ᾽ ἀτρ. ἔιτ. πιὸὺ Ἀερὶ ὁδὶ Ἔχει. Εὐγίο, ἔχοι. ἔριτ. αἴθ] πα δῖ θυ δάμη ΓΔΒ116. Καὶ σθένος αἰθερίῃσιν ὁμοῦ νεφέλῃσιν ἀγητόν. ᾿Αθάνατος θηητὸς ἑοῖς ὁσίοισι : ᾿Αλκὴν καὶ σθένος ἐσθλὸν ΓΑναξ πόροι ἸΙσραήλῳ ### English translation (Claude) A hymn struck from the songs of wise David, having the sixty-seventh place. … thus may they fail, helpless, like smoke. As when wax melts with flaming fire, so may sinners perish from the eyes of the holy. But let men who interpret justice be glad, always rejoicing before the divine eyes. Sing to the King, and sing his divine name; … a gracious road over … Immortal, this one is immortal, and his name has become Lord; and may … rejoice near the divine face. Let all be stirred through his … the leader of widows and … He himself grants those of one manner to dwell in houses; … he loosed the fettered swarm, and leads the dead from tombs to the light of life. How did he once traverse the glorious ground of the desert? The whole earth was shaken, and the blazing heaven poured down before God at Sinai; may the much-prayed-for ground hear. Willingly, O King, send good rain to your land; for you set it firm again when it thought it would perish, and the races of your flock dwell around it. … mighty ones signify; may the Lord direct the word … of the son, who will share the spoils of the house with the noble one; like the silver wings of a dove, the fair wings of a pigeon, … when the Immortal sends his kings upon it, snow covers its body on Salmon. The divine mountain, the flowering mountain, has become very fat; a fat mountain, like curdled cheese. Why do you watch all the curdled mountains? This is the mountain where God is pleased to dwell; there the Blessed One will always fix his mighty tent. The chariot of God is countless, and many are the dancers upon it. There the Blessed One, among … of Sinai … Let the Lord, good and highest, be praised always; praised always the Lord will be called, day upon day … The work of my King is to help those in need; the Lord alone has known how to save even from death. Yet may he shatter the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of those whose heart is sinful in their minds. Again I will go back from under the barren sea, so that you may dip your undefiled foot in blood, the tongue of your dogs from your enemies, and of himself … mortals saw … paths, the steps of the King in the holy … Sing to the faithful, dear Lord in the tents. Their leaders were those who formerly ruled Judah, … together champions and … Kings [will bring] gifts to the much-famed God … the nations of bulls go …, so that those to whom there was openly a price may be shut out … will hasten from the cities of Egypt; the race of Ethiopians will stretch out hands to the Immortal. Sing to the King from everywhere on earth … from pole to pole of the rising … may they utter dear praise with a life-giving voice. He holds magnificent glory always upon Israel, … and his strength is admirable together with the clouds of the air. The Immortal is wonderful to his holy ones … May the Lord grant strength and good might to Israel. ### Scripture references - Ps 68:1–35 (67:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Apparatus notes leaked into the scan at verses 23 and 35 (Latin “Corrige …”) are left as printed and not translated. Many lines of this long and difficult psalm are lost or broken. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 67 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/67). ## Psalm 68 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-68 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 68 of the Septuagint (Psalm 69): sinking in deep waters, mocked and given cause to fast for reproaches, the sufferer prays for rescue and judgment on his enemies. ### Greek text ἷξ, Δαυΐδου κραδίης ὕμνος οογὉ, Ἐξ ὑδάτων με σάω, Βασιλεῦ, τά μευ ἄμφεπεν ἦτορ. Βύσσῳ ἐν ὑλήεντι παγεὶς βιότοιο βυθῷ κατά μ᾽ εἷλε :·Ὥλεσα φέγγος ἄνακτα Θεὸν δεδοχημένος ὅσσοις· Οἵ με μάτην στυγέοντες ἐμῶν πλέον εἰσὶ χομάων. ἅρπαγμα, τὸ μὴ μάθον αὐτὸς Οἶδας, ΓΑναξ, ὅσ᾽ ἔρεξα Μήποτ᾽, ΓΑναξ, ἕλοι αἶσχος ὅσοις Θεὸς ἔργον ὁρᾶΜηδὲ Θεὸν ποθέων τις ἀνὴρ, μωμητὸς ἀκόύσῃ. γενόμην, καὶ ἐμοῖς Καὶ ξεῖνος γλυχερῆς καὶ πιθπίοπι πιογτύεος Σεῖο δ᾽ ἐπεσδολίῃσιν ἐμὴν φρένα δάχνομαι ἐχθρῶν. : ς Καὶ τό με νηστεύειν ἐπ᾽ ὀνείδεσι τεχταίνοντο. ᾿φυῦγα ἱπάα- Πέπλον ἐμὸν χαρίεντα θέμην ἅτε πένθιμον εἶωα: ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ὡς γενόμην βϑάθηιθϑ ρΓῸ [ὉΓ΄ ᾿Ἀμφ᾽ ἐμέθεν μέλποντο καθεζόμενοι πρὸ πυλάων, Εἰς δ᾽ ἐμὲ φορμίζεσχον ἅλις βεδαρηότες οἴνῳ. μα] απὶ δά ογίβ. Καιρὸς, Ἄναξ, ὅτε δὴ μοι ἐχὼν ἀναφανδὰ παρείης. νοἰνοπηθηιία ἐ Κλῦθι τεῆς ἐλεημοσύνης παμπληϑέϊ ῥοίζῳ· ργο- Σεῖο δ᾽ ἀληθείης μοι, ΓΆναξ, μέγα φέγγος ὁπάζοιςʼ : Ἐκ πηλοῦ με σάωσον, ὅπως διὰ τέλμα φύγοιμι. ρυΐδυβ ἜῚ Μηδέ με ἀμφιδάλῃσιν ἐὸν στόμα βόθρος ἀπειρων. ομμμΐα Ἰυθίγαπί Πλήθεϊ δʼ οἰκτιρμῶν πανεπίσκοπον ὄμμα τιταίνοις Μὴ ποτέ μοι σέο παιδὸς ἀποστρέψειας ὀπωπὴν, ἡμετερων δηΐων Βασιλευ με ἱπηργορογία, οἱ τὰ- Οἶσθα γὰρ αἶσχος ἐμὸν καὶ ὀνείδεα καὶ μέγ᾽ ἔρευθος. Μοι. Ευτις, μευ. Εριτ. Ἄντα σέθεν σύμπαντες ἐμῇ μεμελημένοι ἄτῃ. Μῶμον ἐμὸς λώδην τε μετὰ φρεσὶν ἔλπετο θυμός. Οὐδέ μοι ἀλγεινοῖσιν ὁμήγορος ἤλυθεν ἀνήρ Οὐδ᾽ εὗρον πόθεν ἄμμι πέλει παραμύθιον ἄτης. Τοῖσι λίνον τεύχοιτο πολύπλοχον ἀντὶ τραπέζης, ᾿ θέρη καὶ δολόεσσα πάγη καὶ μισθὸς ἐπ᾽ ἔργῳ· Καί σφεων ἡνεχέως καμάτῳ κατὰ νῶτα δαμάσσοις· Καδδὲ κότον βαρύμηνιν ἐπὶ σφίσι πάντοτε τεύχοις, Καί σφεας ἀμφιδάλοι θολερῇς σεο μήνιδος ὁρμή. Ἔστω πουλυδότειρα μετὰ σφίσιν αὖλις ἐρήμη, Μηδέ τις ἐν μεγάροισιν ἑοῖς ναετῆρα χιχάνοι· Οὔνεχεν ὅν ῥʼ ἐπάταξας ἅλις ποθέεσχον ἐκεῖνοι, Ουοπίαπι Πληγῆῇῆς ἡμετέρῃσι καὶ ἄλγεσιν ἄλγεα θέντες. Μηδὲ δικαιοσύνῃ πίσυνοι σέο θῶχον ἱχέσθων. Μηδέ ποτ᾽ εὐδιχίης ναέταις ἐναρέθμιοι εἶεν. Πτωχὸς ἐγὼ τελέθω, καὶ κήδεα μυρία πέσσω· ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἴσχω Βασιλῆος ὑπέρμαχον Αἰνετὸν οὔνομα θεῖον ἀνυμνήσαιμι χορεύων, Καί μιν ἀνυψώσαιμι διαμπερὲς ὑπὲρ μόσχον Βασιλῆι, Οὕνεχεν ἀθάνατος Βασιλεὺς Οὐδ᾽ αὕτως μεθέηχε γχαχοῖς πεπεδημένον ἄνδρα. Οὑὐρανοὶ ἀμφί τε γαῖα χορευόντων Βασιλῆι, Πόντος ἀπειρέσιος, καὶ ὅσα τρέφει οἶδμα θαλάσσης· Οὕνεχεν ἀθάνατος Βασιλεὺς Σιῶνα σαώσει· Καί μιν ναιετάοντες, ὅλην χτησαίατο κλήροις· Καὶ δμώων σφετέρων γενεὴ σύμπασαν ἐρύξει ### English translation (Claude) … a hymn of David’s heart … Save me, O King, from the waters which have come about my heart. Fixed in the wooded depth, in the deep of life, … seized me. I lost the light, waiting for the Lord God with my eyes. Those who hate me in vain are more than my hairs … plunder, which I myself did not learn … You know, O Lord, what I did … Never, O Lord, let shame seize those …; nor let any man who longs for God hear blame … I became … and to my … and a stranger to the sweet … I am stung in heart by the reproaches of your enemies … and they contrived that I should fast for reproaches … I put on my graceful garment as a mourning garment; but even so I became … Sitting before the gates they sang about me, and played the lyre at me, heavy with much wine. … The season, O Lord, when you may willingly be present openly to me. Hear in the abundant rush of your mercy; may you grant me, O Lord, the great light of your truth. Save me from the mud, so that I may escape through the mire … nor let the boundless pit put its mouth about me. In the multitude of your mercies stretch out your all-seeing eye; never turn your face away from your servant … our enemies, O King … For you know my shame and reproaches and great blushing; before you are all who care for my ruin. My soul expected blame and abuse in its heart. Nor did any man come to share speech with me in my pains, nor did I find whence there might be comfort for our ruin. Let a net of many folds be made for them instead of a table, … and a deceitful snare and a reward upon their work; and may you subdue their backs continually with toil; and may you always prepare heavy-angered wrath against them, and may the onrush of your turbid anger surround them. Let their many-giving dwelling be desert among them, nor may anyone find an inhabitant in their halls, because they greatly persecuted him whom you struck, adding pains to our wounds and pains. Nor let them, trusting in righteousness, come to your seat, nor ever be counted among the dwellers of righteousness. I am poor, and brood over countless cares; but I hold the King as my champion … Dancing, may I hymn the divine and praised name, and exalt him continually … above a calf, to the King, because the immortal King … nor did he thus abandon a man fettered in evils. Let the heavens and the earth around dance to the King, the boundless sea and all that the swell of the sea nourishes, because the immortal King will save Zion; and those who dwell in it will possess the whole of it by lots, and the race of his servants will hold all of it. ### Scripture references - Ps 69:1–36 (68:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - This psalm is heavily interleaved with Latin-column text in the scan (left as printed, not translated); many lines are broken. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 68 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/68). ## Psalm 69 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-69 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 69 of the Septuagint (Psalm 70): a brief cry for help, repeating the close of Psalm 39 (40). ### Greek text Τὸν πάντα γινώ Ὁ δ᾽ ὕμνος ἑξηχοστὸς ἔνατος τυγχάνει. Αἴσχος ἕλοι δʼ ὅσοι ἦτορ ἐμὸν μεμάασιν ὀλέσσαι Αὐτίχʼ ἕλοι τοὺς δ᾽ αἶσχος ἐμῇ χεχαρηότας ἄτῃ. Χάρμα καὶ εὐφροσύνη ὅσιον γένος ἀμφιπολεύοι· ἀλεξίκακόν σεο φέγγος. πτωχοῦ, Μάκαρ, ἠδὲ ### English translation (Claude) He who knows all … This hymn is the sixty-ninth. Let shame seize as many as long to destroy my heart; let shame seize at once those who rejoice at my ruin. Let joy and gladness attend the holy race … your averting light … of the poor man, Blessed One, and … ### Scripture references - Ps 70:1–5 (69:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The paraphrase repeats lines from its version of Psalm 39 (40:13–17), which this psalm repeats; most of it is lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 69 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/69). ## Psalm 70 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-70 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 70 of the Septuagint (Psalm 71): an old man’s prayer not to be forsaken by the God he has trusted from the womb. ### Greek text Παῖδες ᾿Ιωναδάξου μεγαλήτορος, οἷς τὸ πάροιθεν ἄγον κάτα δούνιον ἦμαρ, δεκάδος λιγυρὸν μέλος ἐπεὶ σύ μεν ἐλπὶς ἰοἴα ἀΐδ πιδρηϊςαπι ρ]ΟΥ] Σῇ. Μάκαρ, εὐδικίῃ περιχέδεο, καί μὲ φύλασσε. Θεὸς ἔσσο, κατὰ χρέος·Ἔμπεδος οἷά τις οἶκος, ὅπη κακόν ἐστιν ἀλύξαι, Αὐτὸς ἐμὸν πολύχαλχον ἕδος καὶ εὐσταθὲς ἄλχαρ, δὴ παλάμης, Βασιλεῦ, χαχοεργέος ἀνδρὸς, Ἐκ παλάμης ἀδίκου καὶ ἐλπὶς ἐμὴ, Πανυπέρτατε, αἰὲν Σοὶ περιθαρσήεις ἐκ νηδύος εἰμὶ τεκούσης, Αὐτός μοι σχέπας ἦσθα φίλης ἐν γαστέρι μητρό;. Ἕν σοί μευ, Πανάριστε, πέλει ᾿Αλλά μο: ἀλχήεις ἐφάνης μετὰ τοῖσιν ἀρωγός. Πλῆρες ἐμοὶ χάριεν μελέων στόμα πάντοθεν εἴη, Ὅφρα, Μάκαρ, σέο κῦδος ἀγήραον ὑμνοπολεύσω, Σεῖο πανημέριον μεγαλοπρεπὲς εὖχος ἀείδων. Μή με μεθῇς, ἴΑχραντε, κακῷ πεοὶ γήραος οὐδῷ Εὗτε βίην ὀλέσαιμι φίλην, τότε μή ὡε μεθείης· Οὕνεχἀά μοι τάδ᾽ ἔφαντο κακοὶ καὶ ἀνάρσιοι ἄνδρες. ἡμετέρης φύλακες σχέψαντο μολόντες, ᾿Αθάνατον βάζοντες ἐὸν θεράποντα μεθεῖναι· Σπεύρατε, καί μιν ἕλεσθε, ἐπεί νύ οἱ οὔ τις ἀρωτό;. ᾿Αλλὰ σὺ, Παμδασιλεῦ, μὴ μεύ ποτε νόσφι τραπείης· Αἴσχος ἕλοι, ὅσοι ἧτορ ἐμὸν βάλλονσι κακοῖσι· Μῶμος ἕλοι καὶ ἔρευθος, ὅσοι κακά μοι φρονέουξιν. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ βασιλῆι Θεῷ περιθάρσυνος εἴην,. Καί οἱ αἰνετὸν ὕμνον ἔτι πλέον ἢ πρὶν ἀείσω. Ἡμέτερον στόμα σεῖο δικαιοσύνην ἀγορεύσει· Σεῖο πανημέριον φάος ἄφθιτον ὑμνοπολεύσω. Ἑμπορίης ἀδάητος ἐὼν καὶ ἐλεύθερος ἄτης, Θαρσαλέος μετὰ νηὸν ἐλεύσομαι ᾿Αθανάτοιο. Σεῖο δικαιοσύνης, Βασιλεῦ, μεμνήσημαι οἴου. Ἐξ ἥδης μ᾽ ἐδίδαξας ἅπερ θέμις, ἄφθιτε Ποιμήν᾽ Τοὔνεκα θέσκελα ἔργα καὶ ἐς τόδε σεῖο βοήσω. Σὸν σθένος ἀγγέλλων καὶ εὐδικίην ἐρατεινήν· Τίς νύ τοι ἄλλος ὁμοῖος ἐμοὶ τόσα κήδεα τεύχων; Καί με πάλιν στρέψας, βιότου πόρες ἄσπετον ἀλκὴν, Πυθμένος ἐκ γαίης δνοφερῆς βυθίου μ᾽ ἐχάλεσσας. Καί μευ ἐπιστρέψας, Πυθμένος ἐκ γαίης δνοφερῆς Καὶ γὰρ ἀνυμνήσω σε, Μάκαρ, Ἀμφὶ σὲ μελπόμενος μέγα χείλεσι ψυχῇ θ᾽, ἣν ῥ᾽ ὀλοῶν, Βασιλεῦ, ἀπελύσαο νούσων. Πρὸς δέ τί μευ καὶ γλῶσσα δικαιοσύνην σέο μέλψει, Εὗτε καταισχυνθῶσιν ἐμὸν διζήμενοι ἄλγος. ### English translation (Claude) The sons of great-hearted Jonadab, whom formerly … led into the day of slavery, … a clear song of the decade … since you are my hope … Care for me, Blessed One, in your righteousness, and guard me. Be [my] God, as is due, firm like a house where one can escape evil; you yourself are my bronze-founded seat and steady defence … from the hand, O King, of the evildoing man, from the unjust hand … and my hope, Most High, always … I am very confident in you from my mother’s womb; you yourself were my shelter in my dear mother’s belly. In you, Best of all, is … but you appeared to me as a strong helper among them. Let my mouth be full of graceful songs on every side, so that, Blessed One, I may sing your ageless glory, singing your magnificent praise all day. Do not let me go, Undefiled One, on the evil threshold of old age; when I lose my dear strength, then do not let me go; because evil and hostile men said these things to me … the guards of our … came and considered, saying that the Immortal has let go his servant: “Hasten, and seize him, since there is no helper for him.” But you, King of all, never turn far from me. Let shame seize as many as strike my heart with evils; let blame and blushing seize as many as think evil of me. But may I be very confident in God the King, and I will sing to him a praiseworthy hymn still more than before. Our mouth will declare your righteousness; I will sing your immortal light all day. Ignorant of trade and free from ruin, I will go confidently to the temple of the Immortal. I will remember your righteousness alone, O King. You taught me from youth what is lawful, immortal Shepherd; therefore I will cry out your wondrous works even until now, proclaiming your strength and lovely righteousness. Who indeed is like you, who made so many cares for me? And turning me back again, you gave unspeakable strength of life; you called me from the bottom of the dark earth of the deep. … Indeed I will sing you, Blessed One, … singing greatly about you with my lips and soul, which you freed, O King, from destructive diseases. And my tongue too will sing your righteousness, when those who seek my pain are put to shame. ### Scripture references - Ps 71:1–24 (70:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading follows the Septuagint title (“of the sons of Jonadab and the first captives”). A line of Latin-column text in verse 1 is left as printed. “Ignorant of trade” renders the Septuagint 70:15. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 70 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/70). ## Psalm 71 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-71 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 71 of the Septuagint (Psalm 72): the righteous reign of the king’s son, to whom the nations bow, who rescues the poor from interest and violence. ### Greek text Τοῦτʼ ἄρα παισὶν ξην ἀγεπίγραφον ʼΕθραίοισιν δεκάδος πέλετωι καὶ πρῶτον Παιδί τε σὴν προΐαλλε δικαιοσύνην βασιλῆος, Ὅφρα διαχρίνωσιν ἐπ᾿ εὐδιχίῃ σέο λαὸν, Οὔρεσιν εἰρήνη σθεναρὴ βουνοῖς τε θ᾽ ἅμα παισὶν ὀρινομένοισιν ἀρήγειν. ὡς ὑετὸν ἐς πόκον, ἔλθοι, Ὡς γαῖαν νιφάδεσσιν ὅτ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἥσυχα βάλλει. ἔσσεται ἡμέρη ἧδε δικαιοσύνης τότε μήτηρ, Εἰρήνης τ᾽ ἐρατῆς, μήνης σθένος εἰσόχε λάμπῃ. Ἔκ θ᾽ ἱερῶν ποταμῶν μετὰ πείρατα μυρία γαίης. Αὐτὸν φῦλα θοῶς γουνάσσεται Αἰθιοπήων· Δυσμενέες δέ οἱ ἀμφὶ κόνιν λείξουσι δαμέντες. Οἴδατε νῆσοι δῶρ᾽, ἅμα δ᾽ οἴσατε, Θαρσίδος ἀρχοί. Γατὴς μιν βασιλῆες ὅλης ἅμα γουνάσσαιντο· Ἔθνεά οἱ παντοῖα ποτὶ ζυγῷ αὐχένα θείη, Πτωχὸν ἐπεὶ παλάμης σθεναρῶν ἀπελύσατο φῶτα, Καὶ πενίῃ βλαφθένθ᾽, ᾧ μὴ πέλας ἔσχεν ἀμύντωρ. Ἐκ τόκον ἔκ τ᾽ ἀδίχοιο βίης σφέας Τῶν δ᾽ ἄρα οἱ κατέναντι φανήσεται οὔνομʼ᾽ ἀγητόν. Ἄμφ᾽ αὐτοῦ Βασιλῇα λιτῆς χαλέσοιεν ἀπαύστοις, Καί ἐ πανημέριον ἀγαθοῖς μελψαίατό κώμοις. Οὔρεσιν ἀχροτάτοισιν ἕδος χλυτὸν ἔσσεται αἴης· Ἄστεος ἀντέλλοιεν ὅλης ἅτε χόρτος ἀρούρης. Αἰνετὸν οὔνομα θεῖον ἐπ᾽ ἀλήχτοισι γενέθλαις· Ἠελίου προπάροιθε μένει χλυτὸν οὔνομα θεῖον, καὶ πρόσθε φερ:ζώοιο σελήνης. Ἄμφ᾽ αὐτῷ τριπόθητον ἕλοι κλέος ἔθνεα γαίης, Ὄλδιστον καλέσειαν ἀεὶ Θεὸν ἔθνεα πάντα. Αἰνετὸς αἰὲν ἔφυ Θεὸς ἄφθιτος Ἰσραήλου, Ὃς καὶ μοῦνος ἀεὶ τελέει περιθαμδέα ἔργα. Αἰνετὸν οὔνομα θεῖον Καὶ νῦν, καὶ μετέπειτα, καὶ ἐσσομένοισι γενέθλαις. Ταξΐαν ὅλην πλήσειε Θεοῦ κλέος, ὧδε γενέσθω. (ὅδ) Ὡς ὑετόν. Εογίο, ὡς ὑετός. Εριτ. ### English translation (Claude) This was then untitled among the children of the Hebrews; … of the [seventh] decade, and first. Give your righteousness to the king’s son, so that they may judge your people in righteousness. Mighty peace for the mountains and the hills together … to help the sons of … when they are stirred up … may he come like rain onto fleece, as when heaven quietly casts snowflakes on the earth. This day will then be the mother of righteousness and lovely peace, as long as the strength of the moon shines … and from the holy rivers to the countless ends of the earth. The races of Ethiopians will swiftly bow the knee to him; his enemies, subdued, will lick the dust around him. Islands, … gifts, and bring them, rulers of Tarshish. May all the kings of the whole earth bow the knee to him together; may he set the neck of all kinds of nations under the yoke, since he freed the poor man from the hand of the mighty, and the one hurt by poverty, who had no defender near. From interest and from unjust force … them … and their admired name will appear before him. May they call on the King with unceasing prayers for him, and sing to him all day with good revels. On the highest mountains there will be a famous seat of the earth; may they spring up from the city like the grass of the whole field. The divine name is praised for unceasing generations; before the sun the famous divine name remains, … and before the life-bearing moon. May the nations of the earth take thrice-desired glory around him; may all nations always call God most blessed. Praised always is the immortal God of Israel, who alone always performs wondrous works. The divine name is praised …, now and hereafter and for generations to come. May the glory of God fill the whole earth; so be it. ### Scripture references - Ps 72:1–20 (71:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The paraphrase notes that among the Hebrews the psalm has no title (the Septuagint has “for Solomon”). A leaked apparatus note at the end (“Corrige ὡς ὑετός”) is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 71 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/71). ## Psalm 72 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-72 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 72 of the Septuagint (Psalm 73): envying the prosperity of the wicked, the psalmist nearly slips, until he sees their end and finds that nearness to God is his good. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου μελεων μὲν ἐπαύσατο θεσπεσίη φρὴν, καὶ ἴαχε πγεύματι θείῳ, Ἑύδομάτης δεκάδος δεύτερον ὕμνον ἰείς. Καί κεν ἐμοὶ χλονέοντο πόδες παρὰ βαιὸν ἀνάγκῃ, Καί μευ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα χατέῤῥεον ἴχνια πέζης Οὔνεκα δὴ κατὰ θυμὸν ἐμὸν φθονέεσχον ἀλείταις, Τοῖστιν ἄφυχτος ἀεὶ καὶ ἀνόστιμος ἔπλετο πότμος, Καὶ σθεναραὶ μάστιγες ἐπὶ καμάτων ἀδαήμονες αἰὲν ἔασσι. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀνθρώποισι κατὰ χρέος ἴσα δαμεῖεν᾽· Οἷά τε πιαλέη τις ἐὴ προελεύσεται Λάδρον ἐὸν στόμα θέντο καὶ οὐρανοῦ ἄχρι πυλάων, Γλῶσσαν ἀρτάζοντες ὅλης ὑπὲρ ἄντυγα γαίης, Τοὔνεχ᾽ ἐπιστρέψειεν ἐμὸς πάλιν ἐνθάδε λαό:. Ἥματα δὲ πλήθοντα μετὰ σφίσι πάντα φανείη. Εἶπα δέ- Πῶς ἄρα ταῦτα Θεὸς πραπίδεσσι νοήσεις ἐτεὸν Βασιλεὺς πανυπέρτατός ἐστι νοήμων, Πῶς οἵδ᾽ ἀμπλαχίης ὑποφήτορες εὐφραίνονται, Μὴ τάχα μαψιδίως ὅσιον νόυν εἶπα φυλάξαι, ς Νιψάμενος καθαρὰς παναχηράτῳ ὕδατι Ἡμάτιος μάστιγι δέμας δεδμη μένος αὕτως· χρατεροῖς βεθολημένος ἧτορ ἐλέγχοις. πόθεν ὧδε περιφραδέως ἀγορεύσω; Παίδων σῶν γενεῇ τῇ ὁμῶς κατατήχομαι ἔργοις, Ἐκ δ᾽ ἐφάνη τόδε μόχθος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἐμοῖσιν, Καὶ σφετέρων θαλάμων πύματον τέλος ἐξερεεινω. Τοῖσι πόνον δολίων ἀντάξιον ὥπασας ἔργων Ἐξαπίνης πόθεν ὧδε δάμεν μάλα χειρωθέντες; Ὡς δ᾽ ὅταν ἐγρομένων λεχέων ἀλαπαδνὸν ὄνειρον, Ὁ Οὕτως σφωίτερον μετὰ σὴν πόλιν εἶδος ἀμέρδοις. Οὔνεκά μευ βαρύμηνις ἑνὶ φρεσὶ καίετο θυμός· Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ μάστιγι δαμεὶς οὐκ ἤδεα θυμῷ· Κτῆνος ὅπως γενόμην παρὰ σοὶ, πανυπέρτατε ΠοιΣεῖο διηνεχέως ἀγαθοῖς μεμελημένος ὅσσοις. Τίς νύ μοι οὐρανίοισι πέλει μετὰ δώμασιν αἷσα ; Ἢ τί σέθεν κατὰ γαῖαν ἐγὼ πλέον ἤθελον ἴσχειν; Τήχετό μοι κραδίη καὶ ἐμὸν δέμας, ἄφθιτε Ποιμὴν, Αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ Βασιλῇι πελασσέμεν ἐσθλὸν ἐτύχθη, ᾿Αθανάτῳ τε ἄληκτον ἐμὴν θεῷ ἐλπίδα θέσθαι, Ὄφρα πύλῃς Σιῶνος, ᾿Αναξ, τεὸν αἶνον ἀείσω. ### English translation (Claude) The divine mind of David ceased from songs, … and cried out by the divine spirit, sending forth the second hymn of the seventh decade. … And my feet were nearly shaken by necessity, and the footsteps of my foot were sliding here and there, because in my heart I envied sinners, for whom fate has always been inescapable and without return, … and mighty scourges … they are always without experience of toils; nor would they be subdued like men, as is due; … like some fat … will go forth … They set their violent mouth even to the gates of heaven, … their tongue … over the whole circle of the earth. Therefore my people will turn back here again, and full days will appear among them. And I said: How then will God perceive these things in his heart? … if truly the King is most high and understanding, how are these interpreters of transgression glad? Perhaps I said in vain that I kept a holy mind, washing [my hands] clean in most undefiled water, subdued daily in body by the scourge, … struck in heart by mighty rebukes … whence shall I speak so clearly? I melt together with the works of the generation of your children; and this toil appeared before my eyes, and I inquire into the last end of their chambers. You gave them toil worthy of their deceitful works; whence were they suddenly subdued, overpowered thus? As a feeble dream of beds when one wakes, so may you deprive them of their form in your city, because my heavy-angered spirit burned in my heart. But I, subdued by the scourge, did not know in my heart; I became like a beast with you, highest Shepherd, … always caring for good things with your eyes. What portion is mine in the heavenly halls? Or what did I wish to have more than you on earth? My heart and my body melted, immortal Shepherd; but for me it has become good to draw near to the King, and to set my unceasing hope in the immortal God, so that I may sing your praise, O Lord, in the gates of Zion. ### Scripture references - Ps 73:1–28 (72:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The opening lines render the colophon of the Septuagint Psalm 71:20 (“the hymns of David son of Jesse are ended”), which the paraphrase places at the head of this psalm. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 72 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/72). ## Psalm 73 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-73 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 73 of the Septuagint (Psalm 74): the enemies have burned the sanctuary; the psalmist recalls God’s power over the sea and asks him to remember his people. ### Greek text Σοῖς δ᾽ ἐπεθωρήχθη ὀΐων περὶ πώεσι μῆνις ; Αὐτὸς σκῆπτρον ἔρυσο τεῆς Κλεινὸν ὄρος Σιῶνος, ὅθι χλυτὰ δώματα ναίεις· εὔξαντο τεῆς κατὰ μέσσον ἑορτῆς. Οὐκ ἐδάησαν ἑὰ σημήια, σήματα θέντες ᾿ Ῥηγνύντες πελέκει καὶ τέκτονος ἔντεσι φωτός Πρὸς δὲ σέθεν πρήσαντες ὅλον θεοτερπέα ντὸν, Ἕν χθονὶ θέντο βέδηλον ἀκήρατον οὔνομα σεῖο ὃν κατὰ θυμὸν ἀγειράμενοι τάδε Δεῦρ᾽ ἴτε παύσοντες Μάκαρος κατὰ γαῖαν ἑορτάς. Οὐκέτ᾽ ἄναξ Θεὸς ἄμμιν ἐπίσκοπος, οὐδ᾽ ὑποφήτης. Εἰπὲ, Μάκαρ, τέο μέχρις ἀνάρσιος ὕδριν ὀφέλλει, τεὸν οὔνομα δήιος ἀνήρ Τίπτε μάλ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἔστρεψας ἀλεξίκακόν σεο χεῖρα, Καὶ σεο δεξιτερὴν μέσσῳ περιχάτθεο κόλπῳ ; ᾿Ανδρομέου καὶ πρόσθε βίου θεὸς αἰὲν ἀνάσσει, Ἐμπεδός ἐστι τεῷ περὶ κάρτεϊ πόντος ἀπείρων. Καί μιν ἑλὼν λαοῖς θαλίην πόρες Αἰθιοπήων. χειμερίους ποταμοὺς, πηγάς τ᾽ Καὶ ποταμῶν χελάδοντα ῥόον ἝἯμαρ ὁμοῦ σὺν νυκτὶ τεῆς χτέρας εἰσὶν ἀνωγῆς· Γαίης πείρατα πάντα τεὴ κάμεν ἀκάματος χεὶρ, Βασιλεῦ, ὧν ἔκτισας ἔργων. πάρος βασιλήιον ἀλκὴν, Καὶ λαὸς χκαχόμητις ἄδην ὀρόθυνεν ἄνακτα. Μὴ μοι θηρσὶ Θεῷ μεμελημένον ἧτορ ἐάσῃς, θεράποντος, Αναξ, σχοπιάζεο σεῖο· ἐπἰ πιο! σοηςυ πιο πὶ ἰοἱα ἀἶδ θοῦ πι ᾿Αχτέανος καὶ πτωχὸς, ΓΑναξ, τεὸν οὔνομα μέλψοι, Πρὸς σὲ, Μάκαρ, δηίων ὑπερήφανος ὕθρις ἰχάνει ### English translation (Claude) … against the flocks of your sheep was your wrath armed? … rescue the sceptre of your …, the famous mountain of Zion, where you dwell in famous halls; … boasted in the middle of your feast. They did not know their own signs, setting signs …, breaking with axe and the tools of a craftsman …; and besides, burning your whole God-pleasing temple, they made your undefiled name profane on the ground … whom, gathering in heart, [they said] these things: “Come, let us stop the feasts of the Blessed One on the earth.” No longer is the Lord God an overseer for us, nor is there a prophet. Say, Blessed One, how long will the hostile man increase his insolence … the hostile man … your name? Why have you so turned away your averting hand, and laid your right hand in the middle of your bosom? God has always ruled, even before human life; the boundless sea is firm by your strength; and taking it you gave it as a feast to the peoples of the Ethiopians … wintry rivers and springs … and the sounding stream of rivers … Day together with night are the possessions of your command; your tireless hand made all the ends of the earth …, O King, of the works you created … formerly the royal might, and a people of evil counsel greatly provoked the Lord. Do not give up to beasts my heart, which is cared for by God; … of your servant, O Lord, look … Let the poor and needy, O Lord, sing your name. To you, Blessed One, comes up the arrogant insolence of the enemies. ### Scripture references - Ps 74:1–23 (73:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading and first lines are lost; a line of Latin-column text before verse 21 is left as printed. “Taking it you gave it as a feast to the peoples of the Ethiopians” paraphrases the Septuagint 73:14 (the dragon given as food to the Ethiopians). ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 73 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/73). ## Psalm 74 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-74 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 74 of the Septuagint (Psalm 75): God judges uprightly in his time, bringing one low and lifting up another. ### Greek text Μηδέποτε φθείρῃς ἀγαθὰς με.Ἰεδῶνας ἀοιδῆς, Ἑπτὰ σο;αῖς δεκάσι πρὸς τέτρατος ὕμνος ἐτύχθη, Εὖτε φανῇ σεο καιρὸς, ἐγὼ, Μάκαρ, ὀρθὰ διχάσω, Πᾶσιν ὁμοῦ ναέτῃστιν ἑοῖς κατατέχετα: αἷα. Κίονας ἀχαμάτου: σφετέρας ἐγὼ Αὐτὰρ ἀτασθάλλουσι κέρας μὴ πάμπαν ἀείρειν, Μηδὲ κέρας εἰς ὕψος ἀερτάξειν παρὰ μοίρην, Μηδὲ κατ᾽ ᾿Αθανάτου Οὗὐτ᾽ ἐξ ἀντολίης ἐρικυδέος, οὔτ᾽ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν, Οὔτ᾽ ἄρα δενδροχόμων ὀρέων ἄπο πολλὺν ἐρήμου. Ὡς αἱεὶ Θεός ἐστι ἔΑλλον λυγρὸν ἔθηχ᾽, ἕτερον δ᾽ εἰς ὕψος; ἀείρει, Πινόντων ἅμα πάντες ἀταπθαλίης θεράποντες· Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ μετὰ τοῖσ! διηνεχέως χεχαροίμην, Ἡδέα φορμίξω Θεὸν ἄφθιτον Αὐτὰρ ὑπερφιάλων χέραα ξύμπαντα Εὐσεθέων ἵνα μοῦνον ἀεξιρόμενον κέρας εἴη. ### English translation (Claude) Never destroy the good guardians of song; this fourth hymn upon seven wise decades came to be. When your season appears, I, Blessed One, will judge uprightly. The earth melts together with all its dwellers; I … its tireless pillars. And to the wicked [I said] not to lift the horn at all, nor to raise the horn on high beyond due measure, nor against the Immortal …: neither from the glorious east nor from the west, nor from the tree-clad mountains of the desert. For God is always …: he set one low, and lifts another on high. Let all the servants of wickedness drink together; but I will rejoice among them continually; I will play sweetly on the lyre to the immortal God; and … all the horns of the overweening, so that only the horn of the pious may be exalted. ### Scripture references - Ps 75:1–10 (74:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading renders the Septuagint title “do not destroy”. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 74 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/74). ## Psalm 75 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-75 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 75 of the Septuagint (Psalm 76): God, known in Judah, breaks the weapons of war and puts the horsemen to sleep. ### Greek text δεκάδος καὶ πέμπτον Μοῦνος Ἰουδαίῃ Βασιλεὺς ἀρίδηλος ἐτύχθη· ἐρατῇ Σ:ῶν: φίλος καὶ ἀκήρατος οἶκος· ἢ κεῖσε βίην τόξων ᾿Ασπίδα καὶ ξίφος ὀξὺ καὶ ἀστυφέλικτον ἀῦτήν. Φαίνεις ἀθανάτων ὁρέων ἅπο φέγγος ἀγητόν. Ὕπνον χαχχείοντες ἀμήχανον· οὐδὲν ἐφεῦρον παλάμῃσιν ἑαΐς περιθαρϑέες ἄνδρες. Ἱππῆας μάλα πάντας ἕλεν κάτα νήγρετος ὕπνος. Ἐσσὶ, Μάκαρ, βλοσυρός· τίς τοι μένος ἀντιφερίζοι παλαχῆς σεο μῆνις ἔχει περιώσιον ἀλκὴν. οὐρανόθεν θνητοῖς θέμιν Καί σοι λείψανον ἡδὺ νοήματος οἴσει ἑορτήν. ᾿Αθάνατον λίσσεσθε, καί οἱ δότε μείλιχον εὐχὴν· Ὅσσοι δ᾽ ἀμφιέπουσι Θεὸν, χλυτὰ δῶρα φερόντων, Ἑαρτερῷ, ᾧ τε μόρος μέλεται σθένει ἡγεμονήων, - ### English translation (Claude) … of the decade, and fifth. The King alone has become conspicuous in Judea; … in lovely Zion his dear and undefiled house; there … the strength of bows, shield and sharp sword, and the unshakable battle-cry. You shine glorious light from immortal mountains … pouring out helpless sleep, they found nothing … men confident in their hands; a sleep without waking took all the horsemen. You, Blessed One, are dreadful; who could match your might? … your wrath has exceeding strength … from heaven … justice to mortals … and the sweet remnant of thought will keep feast to you. Pray to the Immortal and give him gentle vows; let all who serve God bring famous gifts to the mighty one, to whom the fate of the strength of rulers is a care. ### Scripture references - Ps 76:1–12 (75:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 75 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/75). ## Psalm 76 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-76 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 76 of the Septuagint (Psalm 77): in sleepless distress the psalmist remembers God’s ancient works and his path through the sea. ### Greek text Ἑδδόμῃ ἀμφ᾽ ἱερῇ δεκάδος μέιϊος ἴαχε· ἕκτον. Ἡμετέρην Βασιλῆι βοὴν ἀνέπεμψα χατίζων, ᾿Ἄμφατόων λιτόμην Θεὸν ἄφθιτον ἤματι μόχθου, Χερσοὶν ἐμαῖς διὰ νυκτὸς ἰὼν πέλας, οὐδ᾽ ἀπατέθην. νύ μο! ἧτορ ὁρινομένῳ περ ἀνέτλη. βιότοιο παλαιότατον φρεσὶν ἦμαρ, Καὶ μνησθεὶς ἐτέων, προτέρας ἀνέμελψα γενέθλας, Παννύχιος κραδίῃ μελεδήματα πολλὰ Καὶ μεὺ ἀνιχνεύεσχε νόςς διζήμενος αἰεί, Ἧ ῥὰ ποὺ ἀνδρομέης γενεῆς ἐπιλήσεται ἯΙ ῥ᾽ οὐκ ὧν ἐφύτευσεν, ἔτι μεμνήτεται αὐτός ; Νῦν μόγις ἀρξάμενος νοέειν φρεσὶν αἴσιμ᾽ ἀνέγνων· Ἕργων ἀθανάτοιο παρεμνήσθην Βασιλῆος. ΚΆφθιτε, σεῖο χέλευθος ἐν ἀχράντῳ πέλει αἰεί, Τίς θεὸς ἡμετέρῳ πανομοίιός ἐστιν ὕλναχτι ; Μυῦνος ἄναξ Θεός ἐστι, περιχλυτὰ θαύματα ῥέζων. Πᾶσιν ὁμῶς λαοῖσι τεὴν ἀνέφηνας ἐρωΐν. Σμερδαλέος κτύπος ὥρτο δι᾽ αἰθερίων νεφελάων. Καὶ γὰρ σεῖο βέλεμνα διέσσυτο ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, Οὐδ᾽ ἴχνος Βασιλῆιος ἀριφραδὲς ἀνδράσιν ἔσται. Λαῶν ἡγεμόνευτας ὅπως καλὰ μῆλα νομεύων, μας ο8ι ΑἸεἰ βίην, ### English translation (Claude) He cried the sixth song upon the holy seventh decade. I sent up our cry to the King in my need; with my hands I prayed to the immortal God in the day of toil, going near through the night, and I was not deceived; … my heart endured, though it was stirred. … the most ancient day of life in my heart; and, remembering the years, I sang of former generations. All night in my heart many cares …, and my mind searched always, seeking: Will he forget the human race …? Or will he no longer remember those whom he planted? Now, hardly beginning to think rightly in my heart, I recognized it; I remembered the works of the immortal King. Immortal One, your path is always in the undefiled place; what god is like our Lord? The Lord alone is God, doing very famous wonders. You revealed your force to all peoples together … A terrible crash rose through the clouds of the air; and your arrows sped here and there; nor will the footstep of the King be clear to men. Leading the peoples as one shepherds fair sheep … ### Scripture references - Ps 77:1–20 (76:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A Latin-column fragment at the end is left as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 76 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/76). ## Psalm 77 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-77 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 77 of the Septuagint (Psalm 78): the history of Israel’s rebellions in the desert and in the land, and God’s mercy from the exodus to the choice of Zion and David. ### Greek text Ὄμμασι, λαὸς ἐμὸς, θεστερπέα δέρχεο θεσμόν· Ἔργα παλαιγενέων σφετέρους οὐ κρύπτεται νἷας, Καὶ σθένος ὅσσον ἔρεξεν ὁμοῦ περιθαμδέσιν ἔργοις, Καὶ νόμον ἱφθίμῳ χλεινὸν πόρεν Ἰσραήλῳ, ὃν πρόσθεν ΓΑναξ ἔστησε τοχεῦσιν, Ὡς ἑτέρη τάδʼ ἅπαντα μάθοι μετέπειτα γενέθλη. Υἱέες οὖς κε τέχοιεν ἐν ὀψιγόνοισι γενέθλῃς, Ὄφρα κεν ἐλπίδα θεῖεν ἐπ᾽ ἀθανάτῳ Βασιλῆι, Μηδʼ ἔργων βασιλῆος ἑοῦ λελάθοιντο Θεοῖο, ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ἐννεσίας Μάκαρος φρεσὶν ἰχνεύσωσι, Μηδὲ φίλοις τοχέεσσι γενοίατο πάμπαν ὁμοῖοι. ᾽Αλλ᾽ ὦ ῥιγεδανὴ μερόπων σκολιή τε γενέθλη, Ὦ γενεὰ, χαχοεργὸς ἀεὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἐτύχθη, Οὐδὲ νόον σφετέροιο Θεοῦ μετὰ πιστὸν ἐφεῦρε. Δηιοεῆτα φέδοντο, κακῶς μετὰ νῶτα βαλόντες. Οὐδ᾽ ἔθελον δεσμοῖσιν ὑποδρήσσειν Βασιλῆος· ᾿Αλλ᾽ εὐεργεσίης ἀγαθῆς ἐλάθοντο Θεοῖο, Οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ θαυμασίοισι τόσοις κατὰ μῆτιν ἔχαμφθεν, Αἰγύπτου κατὰ γαῖαν ὑπὲρ Τάνιν ἀνθεμόεσσαν᾽ Ὡς ποῖς διχθὰ θάλασσαν ἀναῤῥήξας ἄγε λαοὺς,·Ασχὸν ὅπως στήσας πυχινὸν ῥόον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, Νυκτὸς δ᾽ ἡγεμόνευε κατ᾽ οὔρεα φέγγεϊ πυρσοῦ. ἀναιδέα πέτρον ἐρήμῳ· Φαίης τόσσον ἰδὼν δοχέειν πόμα βυσσόθεν ἕρπειν, Ὁππόσον ἔκ πέτρης ἱερῆς ἐξήγαγεν ὕδωρ, Καὶ πολὺν ἀενάοισι ῥόον Μῆνιν ἀνεξέεσσαν ἐπουρανίου Βασιλῆιος, κραδίης πειρώμενοι ἀθανάτοιο, Βρῶσιν ἀπαιτίζοντες ἑῇ καταθύμιον ἄτῃ. Μὴ γὰρ, ἐπεὶ τραφερῆς ἐξήγαγεν ὕδατα πέτρης. Οὔνεχεν οὐ θάρσησεν ἐπουρανίῳ Βασιλῆι, Θεσπεσίῳ δ᾽ οὐ πάμπαν ἔχον περὶ φέγγεϊ βουλὴν. ὝΣ δ᾽ ἄρα γνωστὸν γλυχερόν σφισι μάννα πάσασθαι, ἐπουράνιον φαγέειν προῖΐαλλε βροτοῖσιν· Εἰνοδίην σφίσι δαῖτα Θεὺς δωρήσατο πολλήν. Πνεῦμα μὲν ἀργέσταο νότου Αὐτομάτους σφίσι σάρκας ὅπως κόνιν ἐγγυάλιξε, Καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐξαπίνης μεθ᾽ ὁμήγυριν ἔμπεσεν ἀνδρῶν, Κυκλόθεν ἰθύνοντα πολυσπερέων Δαινύμενοι δ᾽ ἅμα πάντες ἐνεπλήσθησαν ἐδωδῆς· Καί σφισιν ἑλδομένοις καταθύμιον ὥπασε δαῖτα, Οὔπω δαῖς τετέλεστο, χόρου δ᾽ ἔτι δεύετο θυμὸς, Καί σφεας ᾿Αθανάτοιο μετέστιχε μῆνις ἑτοίμη, ᾿Αλλὰ γὰρ οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσι χαχοῤῥαφίης ἐλάθοντο, Ῥίμφα διωκομένων ἑτέων ἐξέφθιθεν αὕτως. ἦΑ δειλοί τότ᾽ ἄνακτα Ἐξ ἢοῦς μιν ἀρωγὸν ἀνηῦτεσχον ἰόντες, Ὧν σφισιν ἐγγυάλιξεν, ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ ὁπάζων. Οἱ δέ μιν ἀμφαγάπαζον ἑοῖς περὶ χείλεσιν ἄκροις, Οὐ γὰρ ἔχον χραδίας ἰθύφρονας οὐδὲ νόημα, Ὦ βασιλεῦ, σὺ δὲ πάντοτ᾽ ἔχεις οἰκτίρμονα βουλὴν, ἀράϊ! μοι αʼ ἃ πῶς Ἐσσυμένως σέο μῆνιν ἀναπτομένην κατερεύχεις Οἶσθα γὰρ ἀδρανέων μερόπων γένος οἷον ἐτύχθη, Οἷς βίος οὐ ληϊστὸς ἐπὴν ἀΐδης μιν ἐρύξῃ. ΤΑῚ πόσα μὲν θώρηξαν ἐποτρύνοντες ἐρήμῳ, Καί οἱ θυμὸν ὄριναν ἐν εἴδεσι πολλὸν ἀνύδροις, Πὰρ θέμιν ὑψίστοιο Θεοῦ πειρώμενοι ἀλκῆς, Καὶ μύθοις ἐρέθοντες ᾿Ακήρατον Αγριαι· οὐ μὲν γὰρ πάτος ἀνθρώπων ἀπερύχει· Πῶς μόχθων παλάμης ζωαρχέος ἐξελάθοντο, Αἰγυπτίων ὡς πάντας ἐρύσατο Αἰγύπτῳ δ᾽ ὡς τεῦξεν ἀθέσφατα σήματα Αὐτὰρ ὑπὲρ Τάνιος πεδίον Αἷμα μὲν ἦεν ὕδωρ, προτέρην δ᾽ ἡρνήσατο μορφήν, γλυχερὴν δ᾽ ἐψεύσατο γεῦσιν. Πρῶτον μὲν κυνόμυια μετέστιχε παμφάγο; ἀἶαν, Βάτραχος ἔνθεν ἔπειτα μολὼν ἀλάπαξεν ἀρούρας, πόνους χθονὸς ἀχρὶς Καὶ κτῆσιν σφετέρην κατεδότχετο καιομένη φ)όξ, ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὡς ἀπέληγεν, ἀεί σφισι μῆνιν ἀέξων, Μῆνιν καὶ κότον αἰνὸν ὁμῶς βαρυπευθέϊ μόχθῳ. Θυμῷ ὁρινομένῳ πολυπήμονα τεῦξεν ἀταρπὸν, ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ἀγρονόμους ἀγέλας ξυνέδη δεν ὀλέθρῳ. ΔῈ χθὼν πρωτοτόκων ὁπόσων ὠδύρατο πότμον, Αὐτὰρ·Αναξ ξο λαὸν ὅπως καλὰ ῥύσατο μῆλα, ᾿Αγλαὸν οἵάτε πῶῦ κατ᾽ οὔρεα μακρά νομεύων, Ἐλπίδι πιστεύοντα καὶ Δυσμενέας δ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν ἑοὺς μέγα λαΐτμα θαλάσσης, Οἱ μὲν ἄρ᾽ ἐννεσίῃς ὄρος ἔστιχον ᾿Αθανάτοιο, Κλεινὸν ὄρος, τὸ πρόσῦς φίλῃ χτεατίσσατο χειρί. Αὐτὰρ ΓΑναξ ναέτας προτέρους ἐξήλασε γαίης, Αὐτοὺς δ᾽ εἰσαγαγὼν κλήρῳ διεδάσσατ᾽ ἀρούρας, κατὰ φῦλα μετὰ Θυμὸν ἀπαινύμενοι σφετέρων ἀπὸ προτέρων ἀθεμίστια ἔργα τοκήων· δ᾽ ἅτε τόξον ἔχον Καί οἱ Σποτρύνεσχον ἑοῖς φρένας εἰδώλοισιν. Καὶ σφέτερον δηίοισιν ἔλωρ δωρήσατο κάλλος. Οὐκέτ᾽ ἄορ λώφησεν ἀεί σφεας ἐξεναρίζον· Οἰκτρὰ μὲν ηἰθέους χατεδόσχετο θεσπέσιον πῦρ, Οὐδὲ τις οἷον ἰὼν Καί σφισι μῶμον ἔδωκεν ἐπ᾽ ἀλήχτοισι γενέθλης. Κλεινὸν δ᾽ ἀντιθέου ἐπελέξατο φῦλον Ἰούδα. Θεῖον ὅρος Σιῶνος, ὅπερ φρεσὶν ἀμφαγαπάζει, Τῆμος ἐὸν Δαυῖδον Ἄναξ ἐπελέξατο δοῦλον, Εὖ δὲ μιν ἐκ πολέων ἐχαλέσσατο μπηλοδοτέ ρων Καί μιν μειλιχίῃ κραδίης ἐνόμλευσε δικαίως, Καὶ χειρῶν πινυτῆς σφ:τέρου ἡγήσατο λαοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Look with your eyes, my people, at the God-pleasing ordinance … The works of the ancients are not hidden from their sons, and how great a strength he showed together with wondrous works; and he gave a famous law to mighty Israel, which the Lord formerly established for the fathers, so that another generation might learn all these things afterwards, the sons whom they would beget in later generations, so that they might set their hope on the immortal King, and not forget the works of their God the King, but track the commands of the Blessed One in their hearts, and not become at all like their dear fathers. But O shuddering and crooked generation of mortals, O generation whose heart has always been evildoing in mind, which did not find a faithful mind toward its God … they fled from the battle, turning their backs badly; nor did they wish to serve under the bonds of the King, but forgot the good benefaction of God, nor were they bent in counsel by so many wonders in the land of Egypt, over flowery Tanis; how, breaking the sea in two, he led the peoples, setting the dense stream here and there like a wineskin; and by night he led them over the mountains by the light of a torch … the shameless rock in the desert; you would say, seeing it, that as much drink seemed to creep up from the deep as the water he brought out of the holy rock, and a great stream with ever-flowing … They provoked the wrath of the heavenly King, … testing the heart of the Immortal, demanding food that pleased their ruin. “For surely, since he brought waters out of the solid rock, …” — because they did not trust the heavenly King, nor did they hold counsel at all about the divine light. … sweet manna known to eat; … he sent forth heavenly … for mortals to eat; God granted them a plentiful wayside feast. The breath of the south wind … he handed them flesh like dust of its own accord, and it fell suddenly among the assembly of men, round about …, directing … of many-sown … Feasting together, all were filled with food; and he granted them, in their desire, the feast of their heart. The feast was not yet finished, and their heart still lacked satiety, when the ready wrath of the Immortal came upon them … But not even then did they forget their evil-devising …; they wasted away thus in years swiftly chased away. Wretched ones, then … the Lord; from dawn, going, they cried to him as helper, … what he had given them, granting them a day of freedom. But they loved him with the tips of their lips; for they did not have upright hearts nor thought. But you, O King, always have a compassionate counsel …, how you swiftly restrain your wrath when it is kindled; for you know what the race of feeble mortals is like, whose life cannot be taken back once Hades holds it. How often they armed themselves, provoking him in the desert, and stirred his heart in waterless places, testing the might of the most high God against what is right, and provoking the Undefiled with words … wild … For the path of men does not hold back … How they forgot the toils of his life-giving hand, how he rescued them all from the Egyptians, how he made unspeakable signs in Egypt … and over the plain of Tanis. Water was blood, and it denied its former form, and … falsified its sweet taste. First the dog-fly, all-devouring, went over the land; the frog, coming next, then sacked the fields; … the locust … the labours of the land; and the burning flame consumed their possessions. But even so he did not cease, always increasing his wrath upon them, wrath and dreadful anger together with grievous toil. With stirred heart he made a path of much pain; and he bound even the field-ranging herds with destruction. The earth lamented the fate of as many firstborn as … But the Lord rescued his people like fair sheep, shepherding them like a splendid flock on the long mountains, trusting in hope, and …; and the great gulf of the sea covered their enemies. They walked by the commands of the Immortal to the mountain, the famous mountain which his dear hand had acquired before. And the Lord drove out the former inhabitants from the land, and bringing these in, divided the fields by lot … by tribes … taking away their heart, from their former fathers lawless works …, like a bow …; and they provoked his heart with their idols. And he gave their beauty as prey to enemies. The sword no longer ceased, always slaying them; divine fire devoured the young men pitiably … and he gave them reproach for unceasing generations. And he chose the famous tribe of godlike Judah, the divine mountain of Zion, which he loves in his heart. Then the Lord chose David, his servant, and called him well from the many sheep-givers; and he shepherded them justly with the gentleness of his heart, and led his people with the wisdom of his hands. ### Scripture references - Ps 78:1–72 (77:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text in verse 38 is left as printed and not translated. Many half-lines are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 77 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/77). ## Psalm 78 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/58/#p-78 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 78 of the Septuagint (Psalm 79): the nations have defiled the temple and poured out the blood of God’s servants; the psalmist asks for mercy and vengeance. ### Greek text λιγυρὸν ὄγδοον ἀμς-ὶ μέλος Αγρια φῦλα τεῆς ἐπέθη, Πανυπέρτατε, μοίρης Ἄχραντον δ᾽ ἐμίηναν ἀθεσμοσύνῃ σέο νηόν. Οἵ ῥ᾽ Ἱερουσαλὴμ φρουρὸν θέσαν ὥς τιν᾽ ἐπώρης· Πτηνοῖς αἰθερίοις σέο λείψανα θῆχαν ἐρίθων· Σῶν ὁσίων θήρεσσιν ἑλώρια σάρκας ἔθεντο. Ὡς δ᾽ ὅθ᾽ ὕδωρ δαπέδῳ δμώων σέθεν αἴμα χέαντο Οἷα περικτιόνεσσι γέλως καὶ παίγνιον αἰνόν. ΕἸΣ, Μάκαρ᾽ Τέο μέχρι μένεις χεχολωμένος ἡμῖν, Καὶ σεο μῆνις ὅρωρ: διαμπερὲς οἷά τε πυρσός ; Χεὺες κότον μετὰ φῦλα, τάπερ τεὸν οὐ μάθε κῦδος· Καὶ μετὰ χοιρανίας, αἱ σῖς Αὐτὸς, Ἄναξ, προτέρων ἐπιλήθεο δυσφροσυνάων· Οἰκτιρμοὺς χατάπεμπε θοῶς, Μάκαρ, ἄμμιν ἀρωγούς. Πτωχοὶ γὰρ μετὰ πᾶσι λίην γεγενήμεθα μοῦνοι. ᾿Αλχτὴρ μοῦνος ἐὼν καὶ ἀεὶ Θεὸ; ἄμμιν ἀρήγοις· Ῥύεο σοὺς ἱκέτας, Βασιλεῦ, σέθεν εἴνεκα τιμῆς. Μήποτε ςὖλ᾽ ἐρέῃ· Πῆ δὴ Θεὸς ἔπλετο κείνων ; Ἔθνεα μὴν ἀναφανδὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδοιτο Διλώων ἔκδικον αἵματος ὃ πρὶν σεῖο ἔχενον. Οἷον· ἰών. Ἐοτίο, οἶτον ἰδών. Εοιτ, Ὅσση δ᾽ ᾿Αθανάτοιο βραχίονός ἐστιν ἐρωὴ, Ἑπτάκις ἐς κόλπον μετάθες πάλιν αἰνὰ θυραίοις, Ἡμεῖς γάρ σεο λαὺς,Αναξ, καὶ θρέμματα ποίης. Ἐκ γενεῆς γενεήνδε τεὸν κλέος ### English translation (Claude) … the clear eighth song … Savage races have come upon your portion, Most High, and defiled your undefiled temple with lawlessness. They made Jerusalem like a guard-hut for fruit; they gave the remains of your workers to the birds of the air; they made the flesh of your holy ones prey for beasts. Like water on the ground they poured out the blood of your servants … like laughter and a dreadful plaything to those around. Blessed One, how long do you remain angry with us, and your wrath stirred continually like a torch? Pour out wrath on the races that did not know your glory, and on the kingdoms which … Do you yourself, O Lord, forget former follies; send your compassions swiftly, Blessed One, as helpers to us; for we alone have become very poor among all. Being the only defender, God, may you always help us; rescue your suppliants, O King, for your honour’s sake. Let them never say: Where then is their God? May the avenger of the blood of your servants, which they poured out before, be seen openly among the nations before our eyes … And as great as is the force of the Immortal’s arm … turn back sevenfold dreadful things into the bosom of outsiders; for we are your people, O Lord, and the flock of your pasture. From generation to generation … your glory. ### Scripture references - Ps 79:1–13 (78:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A leaked apparatus note in verse 10 (“Corrige οἶτον ἰδών”) is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 78 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/78). ## Psalm 79 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-79 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 79 of the Septuagint (Psalm 80): the Shepherd of Israel is asked to restore his ravaged vine and to strengthen the man of his right hand. ### Greek text Ἔργων ἐσθιϊὸς ἔφυ κῶμος τιμήεντα νέμων, Μάκαρ, Αὐτὸς ὃς Ἰώσηφον ἄγων ἅτε μῆλον ἀέξεις. Σεῖο βίην ἀνάειρε, καὶ ἡμέας ἐλθὲ σαώσων. Ῥεῖα μεταστρεφθεὶς χκαλέοις πάλιν ἡμέας, Ἐσσὴ), Ζωῇ δ᾽ ἡμετέρῃ προέης σέο φέγγος ὀπωπῆς. Κλῦθι, Μάκαρ· τέο μέχρι λιταζομένῳ χαλεπαίνεις; ΓἌρτον δακρυόεντα κατὰ χρέος ἄμμιν ὁπάζων, Καὶ πόμα μετρήσας ἀχέων πλέον ἄμμε ποτίζων. Ἡμέας ἀντιθίοισι μετ᾽ ἀνδράσι νεῖκος ἔδωκας, Ζωῇ δ᾽ ἡμετέρῃ βλεφάρων σέο φέγγος ἰάλλοις, Ἐκ δὲ ταμὼν ἐφύτευσας ἀγαχλέρς ἔθνεα γαίης. Καὶ ῥίζας ἐφύτευσας, ὅλην δ᾽ ἔπλησαν ἄρουραν. Οὔρεα μὲν σχιεροῖς ἐκαλύπτετο μυρία θάμνοις, Καὶ Μακαρος κέδρους ἀναδενδράδες ἔσκεπον ἄχρς(Τίπτε οἱ ἀσφαλὲς ἔρχος,Αναξ, χείρεσσι καθεΐλες, Δεινὸς ἀπὸ δρυμοῖο μολὼν Οὐρανόθεν τανύσειας,Αναξ, πανεπίσκοπον ὄμμα, Καί μιν ἑτοιμάσειας ἀναστήσας κατὰ μοῖραν. Σῆς γὰρ δεξιτερῆς πολυήρατον ἔργον ἐτύχθη. [Ἀνθρώπου φίλον υἱὸν, ὃν ἄλχιμον αὑτὸς ἀνέγνως.] Σῆς ἐπὶ φῶτά γε δεξιτερῆς χεὶρ σεῖο γενέσθω, ᾿Ανθοώπου φίλον υἱὸν, ὃν ἄλχιμον αὐτὸς ἀνέγνω· καλέσεις πάλιν ἡμέας, Ζωῇ δ᾽ ἡμετέρῃ βλεφάρων σέο φέγγος ἰάλλοις. ### English translation (Claude) A noble revel of works … Shepherding the honoured …, Blessed One, you who lead Joseph like a sheep and make him increase. Raise up your might, and come to save us. Turning easily, may you call us back again, O King, and send forth the light of your face upon our life. Hear, Blessed One: how long are you angry with one who prays? Giving us tearful bread as is due, and measuring out drink, making us drink more of griefs, you gave us as a cause of strife among opposing men … may you send the light of your eyelids on our life. And cutting out …, you planted …, the glorious nations of the earth; and you planted roots, and they filled the whole field. Countless mountains were covered with shady bushes, and the climbing [vines] covered the cedars of the Blessed One to the top. Why, O Lord, have you torn down its safe fence with your hands? A terrible [boar] coming from the thicket … May you stretch, O Lord, your all-seeing eye from heaven, and make it ready, raising it up as is due; for it has become the much-loved work of your right hand. [The dear son of man, whom you yourself knew to be strong.] Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, the dear son of man, whom he himself knew to be strong … you will call us back again, and may you send the light of your eyelids on our life. ### Scripture references - Ps 80:1–19 (79:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The line in square brackets is bracketed in the printed text (a doublet of the following line, with “you yourself knew”); it is translated as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 79 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79). ## Psalm 80 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-80 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 80 of the Septuagint (Psalm 81): a festival summons to praise, and God’s lament that his people would not listen to him. ### Greek text Ψαλμὸν δεξάμενοι λιγυρὸν δότε τύμπανον ἡδὺ, μετὰ δὲ ψαλτήριον ἐρόν. Μηνὸς ἀπαρχομένοιο φίλοι σαλπίσατε ἄνδρες, Ἥματι τῷ, ὅτε κάλλος ἀριφραδές ἐστιν ἑορτῆς. Κλεινὸν ἀεὶ θέσπισμα, τόδ᾽ Ἰσραῆλος ἔδεκτο, Τὴν μὲν Ἰώσηφος παρεδέξατο μάρτυρα θεσμῶν, Ἐρχόμενος τὸ πάροιθεν ἀπ᾽ Αἰγύπτοιο πολήων, Δὴ τότε πῶς βοάασχες ; Ἐγὼ δέ τοι ἦλθον ἀμλύντωρ, Οὐδʼ ἔλαθες δνοφερῇ με καταιγίδι χευθόμενος πῦρ. Σεῖο δὲ διψαλέου ἐλόμην καὶ ἐν ὕδατι πεῖραν. Κέχλυθι, λαὸς ἐμὸς, λέξω δέ τοι αἴσιμα μύθοις· Μήτι ἐμῶν ἑπέων Οὔτις τοι νέος ἄλλο; ἀνειρομένων Θεὸς ἔσται, Οὐδὲ Θεὸν ξεῖνον Αὐτὸς γὰρ Θεός εἰμι σέθεν καὶ ἀγήραος ᾿Εσσὴν, Εἰ δέ τινος χατέεις, τάνυσον στόμα, καὶ τόδε πλήσω. Νήπιος ἡμετέρων ἐπέων οὐκ ἔχλνε λαὸς, Τούνεκά μιν προέηχα νόῳ καταθύμια ῥέζειν· Εἰ γὰρ ἐμῆς φθογγῆς ἀποφώλιος ἔχλυε λαὸς, Εἰ δράμεν ἡμετέροισιν ἐπ᾽ ἴχνεσιν Καί κέν οἱ ἀντιδίους πέλασα χθονὶ καὶ δίχα μόχθου, Καί κέ μιν ἐχθαίροντας ἐμῇ πάρος ὥλεσα χειρί. Ἐχθροὶ ἐπεψεύσαντο μεγασθενέτην Βασιλῇα Τῶν δὲ διηνεχέως βιότου τροφὸς ἔσσεται ὥρη, Καί σφισιν, ᾿Αθάνατος, ζωαρχέα πυρὸν ἔδωκας, Καὶ μέλιτος πέτρηθεν ἀχηρασίου κόρον ἴσχειν. ### English translation (Claude) Taking up a clear psalm, give the sweet drum, … and the lovely psaltery along with it. At the beginning of the month, dear men, sound the trumpet, on the day when the beauty of the feast is conspicuous. Israel received this always famous decree; Joseph received it as a witness of ordinances, coming formerly from the cities of Egypt. Then how did you cry? And I came to you as defender, and you did not escape my notice, hidden in the dark storm … fire. And I tested you, thirsty, at the water. Hear, my people, and I will tell you what is due in words … of my words … No other new god will be yours among those asked, nor … a foreign god. For I myself am your God and ageless King; and if you need anything, open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. The foolish people did not hear our words; therefore I let them go to do what pleased their mind. For if the people, useless to my voice, had heard, if they had run in our footsteps, I would have brought their opponents to the ground, even without toil, and destroyed those who hated them before with my hand. Enemies lied to the mighty King; but the season of their life’s nurture will be continual; and you, Immortal One, gave them life-giving wheat, and to have satiety of pure honey from the rock. ### Scripture references - Ps 81:1–16 (80:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 80 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/80). ## Psalm 81 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-81 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 81 of the Septuagint (Psalm 82): God judges among the “gods” who fail to do justice; they will die like men. ### Greek text Πρῶτον ἐπ᾽ ὀγδοάτῃ δεκάδος μέ.λος ὐχο; ἸΑσάξόμενος δ᾽ ἀνὰ μέσσον Αναξ μακάρεσσι δικάζει. Μέχρι τεῦ ἀχράντοιο δίκης οὐ κρίνετε θεσμοῖς, Δειλῷ τ᾽ ἐδὲ πένητι δίκης ἰθύνατε θεσμούς, ῥύσασθε ἀμηχάνον, ἠδὲ Καί μιν ἀνιαρῆς παλάμης ᾽ῃ- Νήπιοι οὐ σχέψαντο μετὰ φρεσὶν, οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησαν, ἝΝνθεν ὀρινέσθωσαν ὅλης περὶ πυθμένα γαίης. Αὐτὸς ἐχὼν ἐφάμην, Μάκαρος πάρος ἡμέας εἶναι, Καὶ παῖδας Βασιλῆος ἀγαχλέος ὑψίστοιο. Θνήσχετε δὲ φθιμένοισι κατὰ χθονὸς ἶσα βροτοῖσιν, καί μοι χθουὶ σεῖο σὺ κλήρῳ χτεατίσσεαι ἔθνεα πάντα. ### English translation (Claude) The first song upon the eighth decade, of Asaph. Standing in the middle, the Lord judges the blessed ones. How long will you not judge by the ordinances of undefiled justice? Direct the ordinances of justice for the wretched and the poor … rescue the helpless and …, and from the grievous hand … They, childish, did not consider in their hearts nor understand; therefore let [the foundations] be stirred about the bottom of the whole earth. I myself said willingly that you were [gods] before the Blessed One, and children of the glorious most high King. But you die like mortals who have perished beneath the earth … and you yourself will possess all the nations by lot … ### Scripture references - Ps 82:1–8 (81:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The word for “gods” in 81:6 is lost in the scan and supplied in brackets; the paraphrase speaks of them as standing “before the Blessed One” and as children of the Most High. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 81 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/81). ## Psalm 82 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-82 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 82 of the Septuagint (Psalm 83): the nations conspire against Israel; God is asked to deal with them as with Sisera and Midian. ### Greek text Ὅγδοατης δεκάδος καὶ δεύτερος ὕμνος ᾿λσάξου. ΚΆφθιτε, τίς δή τοι πανομοίιος ἔσσεται ἄλλος ; Μήποτε σιγήσῃς, μηδὲ φρεσὶ μείλιχος εἴης· σῶν πυχινῶς δηίων ὀρυμαγδὸς ᾿Αμφὶ δὲ σῶν ὁσίων Δεῦτ᾽ ἄγε δὴ, φίλοι ἄνδοες, ὅπως σφέας ἐξολέσωμεν, Οὔνομα ὃξ σόέσσωμεν ἀπὸ χθονὸς Ἰδουμαίων φῦλα καὶ υἱέες Ἰσμαήλου. Τοῖσιν ἐμοῦ Νωῖθος ὑπερφίαλοί τ᾽ Οὐδὲ μὲν ᾿Ασσυρίων ἀπελείπετο δῆμο; ἀπείρων, Ἔρξον ὅπως Σισάρα τέλεσάς ποτε καὶ Μαδιάμῃ, Ἢ μετὰ χειμέριον Κισσῶν ῥόον Οἷα κόνις, τὴν ὦκα διὰ χθονὸς ἤλασ᾽ ἀήτης. Πάντας ὅσοι τελέθουσι μετὰ σφίσιν ἥγεμονΐες· Οἱ πρὶν ἑλεῖν σχέψαντο Θεοῦ περικαλλέα βωμόν. Οἷα τροχὸν σύμπαντας, Αναξ, περιηγέα δοίης Ὁ Ἢ ἅτε χαρφομένην καλάμην κατέναντι πυκνὰ καὶ ὕλην, Ὧδε, Μάκαρ, μάλα τοὐτῦξ καταιγίδι σεῖο διώχοις, Αἰσχύνης ἅμα πᾶσ. περι πλήσειας ὁπωπὰς, κεν αἰδόμενι .. τεἂ) οὔνομα Μῶμος ἕλοι σύμπαντας, ὁμοῦ δ᾽ ἀπολοίατ᾽ ἀνοέῃ. Γνοῖεν ἀπολλύμενοι κραδίῃ τεὸν οὔνομα θεῖον, Οὔνεκα μοῦνος ἐπ᾽ αἷαν ὅλην ὕψιστος ἐτύχθης. ### English translation (Claude) The second hymn of the eighth decade, of Asaph. Immortal One, who will be like you? Never be silent, nor be gentle in heart; … the din of your enemies frequently … against your holy ones … “Come now, dear men, let us destroy them, and let us … their name from the earth” … the tribes of the Idumaeans and the sons of Ishmael; … Moab, and the overweening …; nor was the boundless people of the Assyrians lacking. Do as you once did to Sisera and to Midian, or at the wintry stream of Kishon … like dust which the wind swiftly drove over the earth … all who are rulers among them, who formerly planned to seize the most beautiful altar of God. May you make them all, O Lord, like a round wheel, or like burning stubble before … and the forest; so, Blessed One, pursue them with your storm; fill all their faces with shame … your name. Let blame seize them all, and let them perish together in their folly. Let them know in their hearts, as they perish, your divine name, because you alone are most high over the whole earth. ### Scripture references - Ps 83:1–18 (82:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 82 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/82). ## Psalm 83 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-83 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 83 of the Septuagint (Psalm 84): longing for the courts of the Lord; one day there is better than a thousand. ### Greek text δεκάδος μέλπετο καὶ τρίτατος. Φυχῇ καὶ μελέεσσι Θεῷ ἐπαγάλλομ᾽ ἐόντι. Καί γε γάρ οἱ στρηυθὸς καταθύμιον οἴχην ἐφεῦρς, Καὶ τρυγὼν τεχέεσσιν ἐναίσιμον εὗρε χαλιήν· Βωμοὶ σεῖο, Μάκαρ, σ)ενέων Θεός ἐσσι καὶ Ἑσσήν. Ὄλδιστοι μάλα πάντες, ὅσοι σέο δώματ᾽ ἔχουσιν· Ὀλθιο; ὅστις ἀνὴρ παρὰ σοὶ κράτος ἐσυλὸν ἐφεῦρε, θυμῷ ἐποπτεύων καὶ ἐς οὐρανὸν αὐτὸν ἐλάτοσι, Ἕν κοίλῃ κλαυθμῶνος, ἵνα χλυτὸν εὕρατο χῶρον. Εὐλογίας θεσμοῖο δοτὴρ κατὰ μοῖραν ὁπάσται. Σιῶνι θεῶν Θεὸς ὄψεται ὅσοις. Κλυθ:, Μάκαρ σθενέων, θεράπων δέ τοι εὔχομαι δέξαι νῦν μ᾽ οὔασιν αὐδήν. ἐμὸν γεγαὼς, ποτιξέφκεο σῇσιν Μὴ δὴ σεῖο πρόσωπον, Γλναξ, Χριστοῖο παρέλθῃς. Αὐλὴς χιλιάδων προφέρει σέθεν ἦμαρ ἰαύειν. Βέλτερον ἐν μεγάροισι Θεοῦ καὶ οἰχτρὴν ἀκοῦσαι, Ὡς ἔλεον καὶ ἀληθείην Θεὸς ἀμ Αὐτὸς; χῖδος ἀεὶ καὶ ἐὴν χύρʼν ἐγγυαλίξει· Οὐδ᾽ ἀγαθῶν σφετέρων ἀκάκου; ποτὲ νόστιν ἑάσστι, ΚΑφθιτε (καὶ γὰρ αἰεὶ σθενέων Μάκαρ ἔπλεο μοῦνος), Ὄλθιος οὗτος ἀνὴρ, ᾧ κεν φρεσὶν ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθη. ### English translation (Claude) … of the decade, and the third was sung. With soul and limbs I exult in God who is. For the sparrow found a home dear to its heart, and the turtledove found a fitting nest for its young: your altars, Blessed One of powers; you are God and King. Most blessed are all who have your houses; blessed is the man who has found good strength with you, looking in his heart and driving up even to heaven, in the hollow of weeping, where he found a famous place. The giver of the ordinance will grant blessings as is due …; the God of gods will be seen with eyes in Zion. Hear, Blessed One of powers, … I pray to you as your servant; receive now my voice with your ears. … having become my …, look upon … do not pass by, O Lord, the face of your Christ. To rest one day in your courts surpasses thousands. Better even to be called pitiable in the halls of God. Because God … mercy and truth …, he himself will always grant glory and his grace; nor will he let the guileless ever be without his good things. Immortal One — for you alone have always been the Blessed One of powers — blessed is this man whose hope in his heart [is in you]. ### Scripture references - Ps 84:1–12 (83:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 83 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/83). ## Psalm 84 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-84 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 84 of the Septuagint (Psalm 85): a prayer for restoration; mercy and truth meet, righteousness and peace kiss. ### Greek text Σεῖο πάλιν, Βασιλεῦ, μετὰ κήδεα φίλαο γαῖαν· Παντοίων ἐκάλυψας ἐπ᾽ ὄψεσιν ἀμπλαχιάων. ᾿Αλλά γε, φέγγος ἐμὸν, στρεφθεὶς πάλιν ἴλαθι τοῖσιν, ῦ Αὐτὸς ἐπιστρέψας βιότου χάριν ἄμμιν ὁπάζοις, Πεύσομαι ὅττι κεν αὑτὸς ἐμοὶ Θεὸς ἐξαγορεύσει, Εἰρήνην σφετέροις πᾶσιν λαοῖσι φυτεύων, αὶ νόνν οἷς ὁσίοις, καὶ ὅποι πάλιν εἰσὶ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ. γε μὴν τρομέοντας ἐὸν φάος ΝΝωιτέρην κατὰ γαῖαν ὅπως χλυτὸν εὖχος ὁρέξοι. ἀλλήλοισιν ἀληθείη τ᾽ ἔλεός τε, Ουΐὰ πιἰδογι σον άϊδι οἱ νον δίοι Ποὺ ἀπ γί! ἃ Εἰρήνη δʼ ἐφίλησε δικαιοσύνην ἐράτεινὴν, Γαίης ἐξανέτειλεν ἀληθείη χαρίεσσα, Οὐρανόθεν δ᾽ ἐρόεσσα δικαιοσύνη διέχυψε Καὶ γὰρ μειλιχίην Βασιλεὺς Εὐδιχίη κατέναντι Θεοῦ βασιλῆος ὁδεύσει, ### English translation (Claude) Again, O King, after cares you have loved your land; you covered … of all kinds before your eyes. But, my light, turning, be gracious again to them …; turning, may you grant us … for the sake of life … I will hear what God himself will speak out to me, planting peace for all his peoples … and mind to his holy ones, and to those who turn back to him again. Yet … those who fear his light …, so that he may stretch out famous glory on our land. Truth and mercy … each other …; peace kissed lovely righteousness; graceful truth sprang up from the earth, and lovely righteousness looked down from heaven; and indeed the King … gentleness …; righteousness will walk before God the King. ### Scripture references - Ps 85:1–13 (84:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text in verse 11 is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 84 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/84). ## Psalm 85 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-85 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 85 of the Septuagint (Psalm 86): a poor man’s prayer to the incomparable, merciful God. ### Greek text Πέμπτον ἐπʼ ὀγδοάτῃ δεκάδι μέλος Κλῖνον,·Αναξ, τεὸν οὗας, ἐμῆς δ᾽ ἐπιχέχλνθι φωνῆς, Οὕὔνεχεν ἀχτέανός τις ἐγὼ καὶ πτωχὸς ἐτύχθην. Ἧτορ ἐμὸν φρούρησον, Αναξ, ὅσιός νύ τοί εἶμι. δεινὰ, ᾳαοπίδιῃ ἴα τηΐ μι φΊ ΘΓ 5ρ68, Σὸν θεράποντα σάωσον, ἐπεὶ σύ μοι ἄφθιτος ἐλπίς· μοι βοόωντι πανημαδὸν εἰς σὲ (Σεῖο γὰρ ἐζήτησα βίην), καὶ θυ μὸν ἐμεῖο. Κλῦθί μευ εὐχωλῆς, καὶ ἐμῆς ἴδη γήρυος αὐδήν. Οὔτις ἐν ἀθανάτοισι Θεῷ πανομοίιος ἄλλος· Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔργα τεοῖσι πανείχελα φαίνεται ἔργοις. ᾿Ανδρῶν ἔθνεα πάντα τάπερ τεκτήναο χειρὶ, Οὔνομα χυδαίνοντα τεὸν καὶ ἀγήραον ἀλκὴν, Αὐτὸς ἐπεὶ μέγας ἐσσὶ, καὶ ἄφθιτα θαύματα ῥέζεις. Αὐτὸς μοῦνος Αναξ πανυπέρτατος αἰὲν ἐτύχθης· Θυμὸν ἰαινοίμην, τρομέων σέθεν οὔνομα θεῖον. ᾿Αλήκτῳ κραδίῃ σε, Μάκαρ Άντα με, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἀθεμίστιοι ἀντεφέροντο, Καὶ σθεναρῶν ἐμὸν ἦτορ ὁμήγυρις ἰχνεύεσχεν, Οὐδὲ βίην προὔθεντο τεὴν κατεναντίον ὅσφων. Καὶ σὺ μάλ᾽ οἰκτίρμων πέλεαι, Μάκαρ, ἢδ᾽ ἐλεήμων, Καὶ δωτὴρ ἐλέου πολέος, καὶ μοῦνος ἀληθής. Παιδὶ τεῷ σέο κάρτος ὑπέρτατον ἐγγναλίέξοις, Τεύχοις ἄμμι, Μάκαρ, σημήϊον εἰς ἀγαθόν περ, παρφασίη τελέθεις καὶ ἀρωγὸς ἐμεῖο. ### English translation (Claude) A fifth song upon the eighth decade … Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear my voice, because I have become needy and poor. Guard my heart, O Lord, for I am holy to you … Save your servant, since you are my immortal hope … to me crying to you all day (for I sought your might), and my heart. Hear my prayer, and see the sound of my voice. There is no other among the immortals like God, nor do any works appear like your works. All the nations of men which you made with your hand [will come], glorifying your name and your ageless strength, since you yourself are great and do immortal wonders. You alone, O Lord, have always been most high; may I warm my heart, trembling at your divine name. With unceasing heart, Blessed One, … you … Against me, O King, lawless men rose up, and the assembly of the mighty tracked my heart, nor did they set your might before their eyes. And you, Blessed One, are very compassionate and merciful, and the giver of much mercy, and alone true. May you hand your highest strength to your servant; may you make for us, Blessed One, a sign for good …; you are consolation and my helper. ### Scripture references - Ps 86:1–17 (85:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text in verse 3 is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 85 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/85). ## Psalm 86 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-86 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 86 of the Septuagint (Psalm 87): Zion, mother of the nations, whom God founded on the holy mountains. ### Greek text Ἕκτον ἐπ᾿ ὀγδοάτῃ ἡδὺ μέλος δεκάδι. Οὔρεσιν ἀχράντοισι θεμείλια καλὰ Θεοῖο. πύλας Σιῶνος ἀεὶ Θεὸς Πευθόμεθ᾽ ἀμφὶ σέθεν, πόλις ἄφθιτε, κυδήεντα. Μνήσομαι ἄντα φίλων Ῥαάθης ἅμα καὶ Βαδυλῶνος. ᾿Αλλοδαποὶ Τύριοί τε καὶ Αἰθιόπων χλυτὰ φῦλα, Βεῖσʼ ἅμα πάντες ἰόντες, ὁμέστιον αὖλιν ἔθεντο. Μητέρα τιμήεσσαν ἀνὴρ Σιῶνα Καὶ γὰρ ἀρίζηλον καὶ ἀληθέα γείνατο φῶτα· Καί μιν Αναξ Λαῶν καὶ χρατερῶν ὧνπερ τέκεν ἡγεμονήων. Οἵ τέ μιν οἰκήσουσι βόων χεχαρηότες αἰεί, ### English translation (Claude) The sweet sixth song upon the eighth decade. The fair foundations of God are on undefiled mountains; God … the gates of Zion always … We hear glorious things about you, immortal city. I will remember Rahab and Babylon before my friends. Foreigners and Tyrians and the famous tribes of the Ethiopians, going there all together, made a common dwelling. A man [will call] Zion his honoured mother; for indeed she bore a conspicuous and true man; and the Lord … of peoples and of the mighty rulers whom she bore. And those who will dwell in her, always rejoicing … ### Scripture references - Ps 87:1–7 (86:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 86 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/86). ## Psalm 87 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-87 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 87 of the Septuagint (Psalm 88): a lament from the edge of death, among those whom God no longer remembers. ### Greek text Καὶ τόδ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἀμφὶ μένος δεκάδι. καὶ πάννυχος εἰς σὲ Εἴθε μοι εὐχωλὴ σῶν ἀντίον ἵξεται ὄσσων· Εἴθε μοι ἱχεσίῃσιν, ΓΑναξ, τεὸν οὔας ἐρείδοις· Οὔνεκά μοι βέδριθεν ἀμήχανος ἄλγεσι θυμὸς, Νερτερίου τ᾽ ἀΐδαο φίλη πέλας ἦλθε βιώνη. ὩὨίσθην ἔμεν ἶσος ἐπεσσυμένοις μετὰ βόθρον· θνητὸς ὅπως γενόμην, ᾧ μὴ χαταφαίνετ᾽ ἀρωγὸς, Καίπερ ἀεὶ νεκύεσσιν ἐλεύθερος αὐτὸς ἐών περ, τῶν οὔτι μετατρέπῃ, οὐδ᾽ Καὶ γὰρ σῆς παλάμης ἐρικυδέος ἐκτὸς ἔλασθεν, μ᾽ ἀπέθεντο μετὰ φθισήνορα βόθρον, θανάτοιο παρὰ σχιοειδέα χώρην. ᾿Λμφ᾽ ἐμὲ σεῖο κότος βαρυώδυνος ἑστήρικται, ΑΙ τότε πῶς βιόωντο καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλοντα μ᾽ ἕπεσθαι] Ἐκ δ᾽ ὁλιγὴ πελίης ἀμαθύνετο καὶ φάος ὄσσων. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ καλεόν σε τόσης ἐπίκουρον ἀνάγκης, Εἰς δὲ σὲ χεῖρες ἐμεῖο πανημαδὸν ἠώρηντο Μὴ τεὰ πὰρ νεκύεσσιν ἀχηδέσι θαύματα ῥέξεις ; Μή τις σὴν παρὰ Τοὔνεκά σε ζώων μεθέπω καὶ λίσσομ᾽ ἀρωγὸν, Τίπτε μοι εὐχωλὴν ἀγανόφρονα τηλόθι πέμπεις, ἝΞ ἥδης πτωχός τε καὶ ἐν ὙὝφόθεν αὖ χθαμαλὸς γενόμην καὶ ἀμήχανος ἔργοις. Ἄμφ᾽ ἐμὲ σεῖο, Μάκαρ, πυχιναὶ διαμήνιες ἦλθον, Καὶ σῆς ἡνορέης ᾿Ἀμφί με κυχλώουσι βαθύῤῥοον οἷά περ ὕδωρ, Πάντοθεν ἀμφιδαλόντα πανημαδὸν ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα. Γείτονά μευ νόσφισσας, ἐμόν θ᾽ ἅμα πιστὸν ἑταῖρον, Αἀ τα γεγο πιδηῦ8 πιο} ἰοἰὰ ἀΐα δυβροηάθυοπίιγ. ### English translation (Claude) This too for … upon the decade … and all night to you … Would that my prayer may come before your eyes; would that you would incline your ear, O Lord, to my supplications, because my helpless heart is laden with pains, and my dear life has come near to nether Hades. I thought I was like those rushing into the pit; I became like a mortal for whom no helper appears, though I myself am always free among the dead … to whom you no longer turn, nor …; for they too have been driven out from your glorious hand … they laid me in the pit that destroys men … beside the shadowy place of death. Your heavily painful anger is set firm upon me … Then how they forced …, and did not wish me to follow …; and from feebleness even the light of my eyes was dimmed. But I called you as helper in so great a necessity, and my hands were lifted to you all day. Will you do your wonders among the uncared-for dead? Will anyone … your …? Therefore, while living, I follow you and beseech you as helper. Why do you send my gentle prayer far off …? From youth I have been poor and in …; from on high again I became low and helpless in works. Your frequent angers, Blessed One, came upon me, and of your might … they encircle me like deep-flowing water, surrounding me on every side all day, here and there. You have removed my neighbour from me, and my faithful companion together … ### Scripture references - Ps 88:1–18 (87:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text at the end is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 87 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/87). ## Psalm 88 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-88 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 88 of the Septuagint (Psalm 89): God’s covenant with David, his firstborn and anointed, set against the present humiliation of the king. ### Greek text ἔλεον, Βασιλεῦ, τεὸν δῆς ἐλεημοσύνην τεχταινέμεν ἤματα πάντα, Σεῖό τ᾽ ἀληθείην ὑπὲρ αἰθέρα θέσθαι ἑτοίμτν.·Ὥμοσα Δαυΐδι, θεράπων δ᾽ ἐμὸς αἱὲν ἐτύχθη· Καὶ πολυκυδήεντα θρόνον σέο πάντοτε τεύξω. Οὐρανοὶ ὑμνήσουσι, Μάκα;, τεὰ θέσκελα ἔργα, Καί σευ ἀλτθείη ὁσίων Τίς ναέτης νεφέων πανομοίιος ἔσσετʼ·Αναχτι; Ἢ τίς τοί ποθ᾽ ὁμοῖος ἐν υἱάσιν ᾿Αθανάτοιο; Κύδιμος ἐν βουλῇς ἁγίων Θεὸς αἰὲν ἐτύχϑη, Ὡς μέγας, ὡς φοδερὸς, περὶ δὲ τρόμος εἷλεν ἅπαν. Αὐτὸ; ἀληθείῃ χεχηρυθμένος ἄλκιμα Οἷά περ οὐτηθέντα ὑπέρδιον ἄνδρα καθεῖλες· Κάρτεϊ δὲ βρίθων στυγεροὺς ἐκέδασσας Οὐρανοὶ ἢδέ κε γαῖα τεῖς χτέρας εἰσὶν ἀνωγῆς· Καὶ βορέην καὶ πόντον ἀθέσφατον αὐτὸς ἕτευξας. ἀεὶ περὶ κἀρτεῖ σῷ πρὸς θἀρσεϊ δεξιτερὴ χείρ· Εὐδιχέη καὶ κρῖμα τεὴν περιίσταται ἕδρην. σέθεν προθέουσιν ἀληθεΐη τ᾽ ἔλεός τε. ἔπλετο λαὸς ἐπισταμένως Τῶν ἧτοι σέο φέγγος ἀγίέραον ἐγεμονεύσει, Πάντοτε τερπομένων οἶστυ τεὸν οὔνομα τέρψις, Καὶ κλέος ἀμφιθόητον ὑπ᾽ Οὔνεκα σύ σφισιν εὖχος; ἔφυς πιριώσιον ἀλκῆς· Σοί τ᾽ ἔτι θαρσαλέοι σφέτερον κέρας ὑψώσειαν. ᾿Αθανάτου κατὰ γαῖαν ἀεὶ πέλει ἔρκος ἀρωγῆς, Δὴ τότε παισὶ τοῖσι τάδε προσλέξαο βάζων᾽ Κάρτος ἐπὶ κρατερῷ καὶ ἐπ᾽ εὑρυδίῃ πόρον ἀλκὴν Ἐκ λαοῦ πανάριστον ἑλὼν Δαυῖδον θεράποντα φίλον καὶ ἔριθον ἐφεῦρον, δέμας περικαλλὲς ἐλαίῳ, δέ μιν αἰὲν ἑποτρύνειε βραχίων. Οὕποτε δυσμενέεσσ! γενήσεται ἦδος ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, Οὐδέ ἑ δυτνομίης ἐπὶ πήμασι υἱὸς ἐλέγξει. Καί οἱ ἀληθείη, ἔλεός θ᾽ ἅμα σύνδρομος εἴη, ᾿Αμφὶ δέ μοι μεγαλαυχὲς ἀειρόμενον κέρας ἕξει. Χεῖρα μέν οἱ θήσαιμι δι᾽ ἀτρυγέτοιο θαλάσσης, Καί οἱ δεξιτερὴ ποταμῶν καθύπερθεν ἀνάξει. Αὐτὸς ἀρίζηλον πολέων καλέσει με τοκῆα, ᾿Αλχτῆρα σφετέρου φάεός θ᾽ ἅμα καὶ Θεὸν ἴσχων. Πρωτότοκον δὲ μιν αὐτὸς ἐμὸν φίλον νἱέα θέσω, Ὑψηλὸν μετὰ πᾶσιν ἀρ:στοπόνοις βασιλεῦσι. Ἐκ γενεῆς; γενεήνδε φίλος σπόρος ἔμπεδος εἴη, Καὶ θρόνος αἰγλήεις, ὅσον οὐρανοῦ ἤματα μίμνει. Εἰ δέ κε κείνου παῖδες ἐμῶν λησαίατο θεσμῶν. Ἡμετέρων δὲ γένωνται ἀμνέ μονες Ἱέμενος σκήπτρῳ στυγερά σφεων ὄψομαι ἔργα, Οὐδ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείῃ ἄδικόν τι πρόσθε τελέσσω, Οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ συνθεσίῃσιν ἐμῆς Ὀλθιόν οἱ μετὰ πᾶσι. διηνεχέως γένος ἔσται, Τοῖος ἐὼν οἴηπερ ἔφυ πλήθουσα σελήνη, Καί οἱ ναιετάων πιστὸς μέγαν οὐρανὸν ἴστωρ. Ἑαξ οἱ πᾶσι βέδηλον ἐπὶ χθονὶ θήχαο νηόν. Οἷσι πάρος φρουρεῖτο· τὰ δ᾽ οἱ ῥίγίστα τέτυκτο. Δεξιτερὴν ἀνάξιρας ἐπειγομένων μιν Οὐδ᾽ ἐπιδευομένῳ κατὰ φύλοπιν ἦλθες ἀρωγὸς, Ἀλλ᾽ ἔμεν οὐλομένοισι μάχης ΤΑΊ πῶς τόσσον ὅλεσσε μινυνθαδίῳ θρόνος ὥρῃ! ᾿Αντὶ δὲ μιν στεφάνων χατερήτυε πάντοθεν αἶσχος. Μάκαρ. Τέο μέχρι πυρσὸν ἀναπτόμενον σθεναρόν σεο θυμὸν ἀέξων ; ἈΕῚ γὰρ μαψιδίως μερόπων τεχτήναο φῦλον ; Τίς βροτὸς, ὃ; θανάτοιο βίην καὶ δεσμὸν ἀλύξει, ἔμενε, τπαπεϑαι, Ἐριτ. μεν, Ναας ἰπ νου αἴας θρόνος. Εονις, θρόνον. ἔριτ. φίλον χαλέων παλινάγρετον ἥτορ; Ποῦ μοι σῆς προτέρης ἐλεητύος ἄσπετος ἀλκὴ, Μηδὲ τεῶν δμώων ἐπιλήθεο Χριστοῖο καὶ εἰκόνα Αἰνετὸς ἔσσετ᾽ ΓΑναξ, Θεὸς ἔσσεται Ἰσραήλου. ### English translation (Claude) … mercy, O King, your … you will fashion your mercy all days, and set your truth ready above the sky. I swore to David, and he has always become my servant; and I will make your much-glorious throne for ever. The heavens will sing, Blessed One, your wondrous works, and your truth … of the holy. Who, dwelling in the clouds, will be like the Lord? Or who will ever be like you among the sons of the Immortal? God has always been glorious in the counsels of the holy: how great, how fearful, and trembling took all around him … You cast down the arrogant man like one wounded; laden with strength you scattered the hateful … The heavens and the earth are possessions of your command, and you yourself made the north and the unspeakable sea … always … in your strength; your right hand … with boldness; righteousness and judgment stand around your seat; truth and mercy run before you … the people that knows … your ageless light will lead them, always rejoicing, for whom your name is delight, and resounding glory under …, because you have become their glory of exceeding strength; and boldly in you may they still exalt their horn. On earth there always is the fence of the Immortal’s help … Then you spoke these things to your children, saying: I have laid might upon the mighty one, and granted strength …, having chosen the best from the people; I found David, my dear servant and fellow-worker; … his very beautiful body with oil …, and my arm will always urge him on. Never will enemies have pleasure over him, nor will a son of lawlessness convict him in his woes. And may truth and mercy run together with him, and in me he will have his boastful horn raised up. I will set his hand through the barren sea, and his right hand will rule above the rivers. He himself will call me his conspicuous father, having me as the defender of his light, and God. And I will set him as my dear firstborn son, high among all the most excellent kings. From generation to generation may his dear seed be firm, and his radiant throne as long as the days of heaven remain. But if his sons forget my ordinances, and become forgetful of our …, … with a sceptre I will look on their hateful works; nor will I first accomplish anything unjust against truth, nor against my covenant … His race will be blessed among all continually, being such as the full moon is, and the faithful witness dwelling in great heaven. … you made his temple profane on the earth, … those things by which he was formerly guarded; and these became most dreadful to him. You lifted up the right hand of those pressing him; nor did you come as helper to him in his need in battle, but … to the destroyers of battle … Ah, how much you destroyed his throne in a short season! Instead of crowns, shame held him down from every side. How long, Blessed One, … increasing your mighty wrath as a kindled torch? Did you then make the race of mortals in vain? What mortal will escape the force and bond of death, … calling back his dear heart? Where is the unspeakable strength of your former mercy … Nor forget your servants … of your Christ, and image … The Lord will be praised; he will be the God of Israel. ### Scripture references - Ps 89:1–52 (88:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Leaked apparatus notes in verses 44–48 (Latin “Corrige …”) are left as printed and not translated. Many half-lines are lost. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 88 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/88). ## Psalm 89 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-89 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 89 of the Septuagint (Psalm 90): the prayer of Moses — a thousand years are as yesterday to God, and human life is seventy years of toil. ### Greek text Εἰ᾿ θέμις οὐράνιον φάσθαι βροτὸν·, αἱὲν ἐτύχθη Μωσῆς ᾿Αθαγάτου πιστότατος θεράπων· δεκάδος ἀμφ᾽ ἐγάτῳ τε μέλει. ἽἌμμι, Μάκαρ. γενοῦ ἔρκος ἐπ᾽ ἀλήχτοισι γενέθλαις, Πρὶν ἕδρας ὀρέων, πρὶν καὶ χθονὸς ἕρμα γενέσθαι, παλαχῆς Βασιλῆα καὶ εἰς αἰῶνά σε μέλψω. Μή μοι ἀποστρέψας χθαμαλὸν πάλιν ἀνέρα τεύξῃς, Κεχλόμενος μερόπεσσι βίον παλίνορσον ἐλέσθαι, Χθιξὸν ὅπως ἑτέων σέο χιλιὰς ἦμαρ ἐν ὅστοις, Ὃ πρὶν ἀποφθίμενον φυλακὴν ξο νυκτὶ παρέσχε. Μωμητά σφισιν ἔργα γενήσεται εἰς ἐνιαντούς. ᾿Βὼς ἠριγενὴς παρελεύσεται οἷαπερ ἄνθος· Σεῖο γὰρ ἀδρανέες γεγενήμεθα Αἰνὰ χοτεσσαμένοιο ταρασσόμενοι Βασιλῆος. Δυσνομίας προὔθηχας ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι σοῖσιν ἑτοίμους· Ζωὴ νωιτέρη τελέθει σέο φέγγος ὁπωπῆς. Καί σευ ὀδυσσαμένοιο φίλην χατατηχόμεθ᾽ ἀλκήν. Ζωῆς ἀνδρομέης δεκάδες χρόνου ἑπτὰ πέλονται᾽ Ἣν δ᾽ ἕτεα ζήσαιμεν ἐπὶ πλέον ὀγδώκοντα, Τῶνδε κόπος καὶ μόχθος ἀεὶ βίου ἐστὶ περισσὸν, Τίς σεο χωομένοιο μέγα φρεσὶ κάρτος ἀνέγνω; Τίς σευ ἀριθμέσειεν ἀμειδέα δείματα θυμοῦ ; Ὅσσοις ἀθανάτη σοφίη πραπίδεσσι μέμηλε. Τερπωλῇ καὶ εὐφροσύνῃ φρένας ἤματα πάντα Ὧν χάριν ἡμερέων παρὰ σοὶ ᾿Αντ᾽ ἐτέων ὧν πρόσθεν ἐλεύσαμεν ἄλγεα τόσσα, Δέρχεο σοὺς θεράποντας, ᾿Ακήρατε, καὶ σέθεν ἔργα· Τῶν δ᾽ ἄρα παισὶ Βασιλῆος ἀοίδιμος ἄμμι φανείη, ### English translation (Claude) If it is lawful to call a mortal heavenly, Moses has always been the most faithful servant of the Immortal; … upon the ninth of the decade, the song. Blessed One, become a fence for us for unceasing generations, before the seats of the mountains, before even the support of the earth came to be … I will sing you as King of old and for ever. Do not turn me back and make man lowly again, commanding mortals to take life back again. Like yesterday, a thousand of your years are a day in your eyes, which, when it has passed, provided a watch in the night. Their works will be blameworthy for years. The early-born dawn will pass like a flower … For by your … we have become feeble, troubled when the King is dreadfully angry. You have set our lawlessness ready before your eyes; our life is the light of your face. And when you were wroth, we melted in our dear strength. The decades of human life’s time are seven; but if we live more years, beyond eighty, toil and labour are always the excess of life. Who has known in his heart the great strength of your anger? Who could number the joyless fears of your heart? … those whose hearts care for immortal wisdom … hearts with delight and gladness all days, for the sake of the days … beside you …, in return for the years in which we saw so many pains before. Look on your servants, Undefiled One, and your works; and may the … of the King appear, sung, to their children, to us … ### Scripture references - Ps 90:1–17 (89:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 89 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/89). ## Psalm 90 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-90 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 90 of the Septuagint (Psalm 91): the one who dwells under God’s wings need fear neither the terror of night nor the noonday demon. ### Greek text Κα,λλιχόρων μελέων εἰς ἐνάτην δεκάδα. Βίη καὶ πύργος Καὶ θεὸς ἄμμι πέλεις, καὶ ἀοίδιμος ἐλπὶς ἀρωγῆς· Ἑλπίδα σὴν πτερύγεσσιν ὑπ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι δοχεύοις· ᾿Αμφὶ δ᾽ ἀληθείῃ θωρήξειεν οξά περ ὅπλῳ. Οὕποτέ μοι νυχίῳ περὶ δείματι δειμήνειας, Οὐδ᾽ ὑπονισσομένου σχοτίους περὶ πυθμένας ἔργου, Οὐδ᾽ ὑκὸ δαιμονίου τε Ἐκ σέο μὲν λαιῇς παλάμης κατὰ χιλιὰς ἔῤῥοι, Ἐκ δ᾽ ἄρα δεξιτερῆῇς μάλα μυριὰς αὖθι πεσεῖται. ᾽Αλλ᾽ οὔτις ποτὲ σεῖο δυνήσεται ἄσσον ἱκέσθαι. Αὐτὸς ἐπεὶ·ῥ᾽ ἐμέθεν φυσίζοος ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθης, Ἧ ῥα παρ᾽ Ὑψίστῳ φορέεις τεὸν, ἽΛλχιμε, θάρσος. Μήποτε δείδιθι πάγχυ κακῶν ξυνιοῦσαν ἀνάγκην, Μηδ᾽ ἁλύῃς ὅτι σεῖο δέμας μάστιγι δαμείη· Καί σε, Μάκαρ, παλάμῃσιν Μήποτε τιμήεντα τεὸν πόδα λᾶϊ χαθάψῃς. ᾿Ασπίδα θαρσαλέως ἐπιδήσῃ καὶ βασιλίσκον, Ἰοδόλον δὲ δράκοντα ποσὶν καὶ θῆρα πατήσεις. Ῥυσαίμην μιν ἐμῇ μεμελημένον ἐλπίδι θυμῷ, Εὖ δέ μιν ἀμφιέσω· μάλα γὰρ μάθεν οὔνομ᾽ ἐμεῖο. Χιὶ οἰχτειρομένῳ πέλας ἔσσομαι ἤματα πάντα· Ῥυσάμενος δέ σε κῦδος ἀεὶ ### English translation (Claude) Of fair-dancing songs, to the ninth decade. Force and tower …; and you are God to us, and the famous hope of help. May you keep your hope under immortal wings; may he arm you with truth as with a weapon. May you never fear the night-time fear, nor the work that creeps on in dark depths, nor … of the noonday demon. A thousand may fall at your left hand, and a myriad there at your right. But no one will ever be able to come near you. Since you yourself have become my life-giving hope, surely you carry your boldness with the Most High, Strong One. Never fear at all the coming necessity of evils, nor be distraught that your body may be subdued by the scourge; and, Blessed One, … in hands …, lest you ever strike your honoured foot on a stone. You will boldly tread on asp and basilisk, and trample with your feet the venom-shooting dragon and the beast. I will rescue him, whose heart cares for my hope, and I will clothe him well; for he has learned my name well. I will be near to the one in distress all days; and, rescuing you, … glory always … ### Scripture references - Ps 91:1–16 (90:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - “The noonday demon” follows the Septuagint 90:6. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 90 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/90). ## Psalm 91 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-91 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 91 of the Septuagint (Psalm 92): a Sabbath song — the wicked spring up like grass to perish, the righteous flourish like the palm into old age. ### Greek text Πρῶτος ἐνενηκχοστός τὸ τῶν σοφῶν Ὁ ψαλμὸς οὗτος ἡμέραν εἰς Σαδδάτου. Καὶ πολυχύδιστον κιθάρᾳ τεὸν οὔνομα Καί σεο τιμήεσσαν ἀληθείαν διὰ νυκτὸς, Μάλα γάρ με τεοῖς, Μάκαρ, ἔργμασι Καί σεο θεσπεσίοισι νόον χεχαρήσημαι ἔργοις. Τίς κεν ἀνυμνήσειε τεὴν μεγαλαυχέα τέχνην; Οὔτις τοι τάδε νῆις ἑνὶ φρεσὶν εἴσεται ἀνὴρ, Οὐδ᾽ ἀεσιφροσύνῃ μεμελημένος αὐτὰ νοήσει· Εὗτʼ ἀδίκους θαλέθοντας ἐπόψεται ἠῦτε χόρτον, τυὰ αυΐάεπι ᾿να ᾿πᾶπα Ὄφρ᾽ αἰεὶ σφετέροιο κακοῦ ἄρξειαν ὀλέθρον. ᾿Αθάνατος δὲ σὺ μοῦνος,·Αναξ, ὕψιστος ἐτύχθης, ἀπόλοιτο τεῶν χαχοεργέα φῦλα. Οἷα δὲ μουνοχερῆος ἐμὸν κέρας ὑψόσε θύοι, Καὶ πολιὸν θαλέθοι περὶ πίονι γῆρας ἐλαίῳ, Δυσμενέων πολύμοχθον ἐμῶν ἴδον οἶτον ὁπωπῇ, Τῆμος ἄρ᾽ ἀνθήσει ὅσιος βροτὸς οἷάτε φοῖνιξ, Ὅσσοι θεσπεσίοισι δόμοις πεφυτευμένοι εἰσὶν, Πιαλέου πλήθοντες ἔτι περὶ γήραος ὥρῃ, Ὡς θέμις ἐσθλὰ παθόντες ἀπαγγελέουσιν ἔκαστα· Οὔνεχεν ἰθύφρων βασιλεὺς Θεὸς αἷὲν ἐτύχθη, Οὐδʼ ἄδικον πραπίδεσσι νόον πινυτοῖσι καλύπτει, ### English translation (Claude) The ninety-first, of the wise. This psalm is for the day of the Sabbath. … and your much-glorious name with the lyre, and your honoured truth through the night; for you have greatly [gladdened] me, Blessed One, by your works, and I will rejoice in my mind at your divine works. Who could hymn your boastful art? No foolish man will know these things in his heart, nor will one concerned with folly understand them, when he sees the unjust flourishing like grass …, so that they may always begin their own evil destruction. But you alone, O Lord, immortal, have become most high; … may the evildoing races of your … perish. And may my horn be lifted on high like that of the unicorn, and may grey old age flourish with rich oil. I saw with my eye the toilsome fate of my enemies. Then the holy mortal will flourish like a palm, as many as are planted in the divine houses, still full of richness in the season of old age; as is right, having experienced good things, they will declare each one, because God has always been an upright-minded King, nor does he hide an unjust mind in his wise heart. ### Scripture references - Ps 92:1–15 (91:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text in verse 8 is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 91 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/91). ## Psalm 92 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-92 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 92 of the Septuagint (Psalm 93): the Lord reigns, robed in majesty, above the floods. ### Greek text ᾿Αθάνατος βασίλευσεν, ἐὸν δ᾽ ἐνεδύσατο κάλλος· ἤλφθιτε, σεῖο δὲ θῶκος ἑτοιμότατος πέλει αἰεί· Πάντα πέλει θηητὰ μετήορα ἔργα θαλάσσης· Μαρτυρίαι σευ,·Αναξ, συμφράδμονα πίστιν ἔχουσι, Ὥρῃ ἀτερμάντῳ καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἤμασι μηχεδανοῖσι. ### English translation (Claude) The Immortal has reigned, and has put on his beauty … Immortal One, your throne is always most ready … All the lofty works of the sea are wonderful. Your testimonies, O Lord, have a concordant faith, for endless season and for long days. ### Scripture references - Ps 93:1–5 (92:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Most of the psalm is lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 92 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/92). ## Psalm 93 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-93 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 93 of the Septuagint (Psalm 94): the God of vengeance will not abandon his people; he who planted the ear will surely hear. ### Greek text Ἂμρφʼ ἐνενηκοστὸν ἡδὺ μέλος τρίτατον. ᾿Αθάνατος μετὰ πᾶτιν ἀεὶ πέλει ἔκδικος ἐσσὴν· Κλῦθι, Μάκαρ᾽ τέο μέχρι βίῃ κρατέουσιν ἁλεῖται; Μέχρι τεῦ ἀμπλαχίης ὑποφήτορες Ὦ Γλώσσῃ ἐρευγόμενοι κραδίης Οἵ σεο λαὸν, ΓΑναξ, δαπέδῳ θέσαν ἶσον ἀνάγκῃ, Καὶ κλῇρον χαχότητι τεὸν διέπερσαν ἑλόντες. Οὐδ᾽ ὄπιν οὐρανίην βασιλήιον ᾽Αλλʼ ἄγε, σύνθεσθε κραδίῃ τάδε, νήπιοι, ἔργα· Οἷς πρὶν ἐπ᾽ ἀφροσύνῃ βίοτος, ξυναγείρατε θυμόν. Ἧ. ῥ᾽ ἀκοὴν ἑτέροισι διδοὺς, οὐ μᾶλλον ἀκούσει; φάεος γενέτης, ἑτέρων οὐκ ὄψεται ἔργα; Ἕθνεα παιδεύων, χαχίην οὐκ οἶδεν ἐλέγχειν, Ὃς μοῦνος μερόπεσσι νοήματα πάντα φυτεύει ; θεσμοτόχους μελεδῶνας ἑῇς φρεσὶ σεῖο νοήσας. βουλεύων καχίης ἵνα καιρὸν Οὐ γὰρ ἑῆς ποτε λαόν ἀποῤῥίψειεν ὁπωπῆς, Οὐδὲ καταφθιμένην σφετέρην ὑπερόψεται αἶσαν· Εἴως κρῖμα τεκοῦσα δικαιοσύνη πάλιν ἔλθῃ, Τίς δέ με θωρήξας ἀνόμων ἐπὶ δῆριν ἐγείρῃ ; Καί κεν ἐμὸς πεπότητο συνέστιος ἄϊδι θυμός. Εὖτε γὰρ ὀκλάζοντι νόῳ ποτὶ φύζαν ἐδέγμην, Ὅσσον δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ὀδύνῃσιν ἀμέτρητον φέρον ἄλγος, Σῇσι παραιφασίῃσιν ἐμὸν περὶ θυμὸν ἰάνθην. Μὴ τοι θῶκος, ΓΑναξ, ἀθεμίστιος ἐγγύθεν ἔστω, ὁσίου διὰ θυμὸν Μαψιδίως ποθὲν οἶτον ἀναιτίῳ αἴματι ῥάπτειν. ᾿Αλλά μοι αὐτὸς ΓΑναξ πανυπέρτατος ἕρκος ἔγεντο, (, ῬἘλπωρῆς ἐπίκουρος ἐμῆς Θεὸς ἦλθεν ἑτοῖμος· Ὃς κείνοις ὁπάσειεν ἑῆς ἀντάξια Καί σφεας ἀμφ᾽ ἔργοισιν ΓΑναξ σφετέροις ἀμαθύ- ### English translation (Claude) The sweet third song upon the ninetieth. The Immortal is always the avenger among all, a King. Hear, Blessed One: how long will the wicked prevail by force? How long will the interpreters of transgression … belching with their tongue … of their heart, who set your people, O Lord, level with the ground by necessity, and, taking your inheritance, sacked it with evil … nor … the heavenly royal vengeance. But come, understand these works in your heart, you foolish ones, whose life was formerly in folly; gather your heart. Will he who gives hearing to others not hear more? Will the begetter of light not see the works of others? Instructing nations, does he not know how to rebuke wickedness, he who alone plants all thoughts in mortals? … having understood in his heart your law-bearing cares … planning, so that the season of wickedness … For he will never cast away his people from his face, nor overlook his perishing portion, until righteousness, which brings forth judgment, comes again. Who will arm me and rouse me to battle against the lawless? And my soul would have flown to be a fellow-dweller with Hades. For when, with failing mind, I expected flight, …; as much immeasurable grief as I bore in my pains, my heart was cheered by your consolations. Let not a lawless throne, O Lord, be near you … the soul of the holy … in vain, to stitch a fate somewhere with innocent blood. But the Lord most high himself has become a fence for me; God came ready as the helper of my hope; may he give them what is worthy of … and the Lord … them in their own works. ### Scripture references - Ps 94:1–23 (93:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 93 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/93). ## Psalm 94 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-94 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 94 of the Septuagint (Psalm 95): come, let us worship the Shepherd who made sea and land; today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. ### Greek text Δεῦτ᾽, ἐπαγαλλόμενοι γηθήσομεν ἀμφὶ·Ἄναχτι, ἀθανάτῳ παιῆονα Ποιμένι κόσμου. Οὔνεκα δὴ μετὰ πᾶσι Θεὸς μέγα κάρτος ἀέξει, Καὶ πάντων μακάρων βασιλεύτατος αὐτὸς ἐτύχθη. Οὕποτ᾽ ἀποῤῥίψειε φίλον καὶ ἐνηέα λαὸν, ᾿Αθανάτῳ παλάμῃ μεθέπων χλυτὰ πείρατα γαίης, Αὐτὸς πόντον ἔτευξεν, ἀναχτορίῃ δέ μιν ἴσχει, Καὶ χθόνα πουλυδότειραν ἑαῖς τεχτήνατο χερσί. Δεῦτε, λιταζόμενοι περὶ γούνασιν οἷσι πέσωμεν, ΚΑντα Θεοῦ χλαύσωμεν, ἐὸν δ᾽ οἰχτίσσεται ἔργον, Οὔνεχεν ἡμερίων βασιλεὺς ἅμα καὶ Θεὸς αὐτὸς, Τοῦ δ᾽ ἡμεῖς ἄρα λαὸς ὁμοῦ καὶ θρέμματα ποίης. Σήμερον εἴ κεν ᾿Ανακτος ἀκούσετε οὔασιν αὐδὴν, Μὴ τινι χαλχείη κραδίη καὶ ἀμείλιχος εἴη, Ὡς ὁπότ᾽ ᾿Αθανάτου κραδίην ἐρεθίζετε ἔργοις· ἐπ᾽ εὐδιχίην καλέων ἁψευδέϊ θυμῷ. Ἐριτ τὶ Ὡς πάρος εὖτε Θεοῖο κατὰ τρηχεῖαν ἔρημον, Οἵ μευ τεσσαράχοντ᾽ ἑτέων ἴδον ἔργα καὶ ἀλκήν. Ἔνθεν ἐγὼ κείνην ὀλοὴν ἔστυξα γενέθλην, Ἡμετέρας δ᾽ οὐ πάμπαν ἐπεφράσσαντο κελεύθους Ὥμοσα μηνίσας, μὴ σφᾶς κατάπαυσιν ἰδέσθαι. ### English translation (Claude) Come, exulting, let us rejoice in the Lord, … a paean to the immortal Shepherd of the world, because God increases great might among all, and he himself has become most kingly of all the blessed. He will never cast away his dear and gentle people, holding with immortal hand the famous ends of the earth. He himself made the sea and holds it with lordship, and fashioned the many-giving earth with his hands. Come, beseeching, let us fall at his knees; let us weep before God, and he will pity his work, because he himself is King of mortals and also God, and we are his people and the flock of his pasture. Today, if you hear the voice of the Lord with your ears, let no one’s heart be bronze and harsh, as when you provoked the heart of the Immortal with works … calling to justice with an unlying heart … as formerly in the rough desert of God, those who saw my works and might for forty years. Therefore I hated that destructive generation, and they did not at all notice our paths; I swore in my wrath that they should not see rest. ### Scripture references - Ps 95:1–11 (94:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A stray Latin “Epit.” in verse 9 is left as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 94 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/94). ## Psalm 95 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-95 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 95 of the Septuagint (Psalm 96): a new song to the Lord, before whom the gods of the nations are demons, who comes to judge the earth. ### Greek text Ἡριρ βε νας γι βίη ΠΥ οὐ Ὅς ΠτΩ ἐνενηκοστὸν πέμπτον ἄεισμα λιγύ. Αἴσιον ἦμαρ ἐπ᾽ ἦμαρ ἐὸν σημήνατε φέγγος· Θαύματα τιμήεντα Θεοῦ μηνύσατε λαοῖς· Οὔνεκα δὴ μέγας ἐστὶ, καὶ αἰνετὸς αἰὲν ἐτύχθη, Καὶ δέος ἐν πάντεσσι θεοῖς χρατερώτατον ἴσχει. Δαιμονίων εἴδωλα θεοὶ πέλον ἔθνεσι πάντες· Οὐρανὸν αὖ πολύχαλχον ἑῇ Θεὸς ἔκτισε βουλῇ᾽ Αἶνος καὶ μέγα κάλλος ἐῶν κατ᾽ ἐναντίον ὄσσων. Νηῷ ἀχηρασίη καὶ ἀριπρεπὲς ἥρμοσεν εὖχος. Οἴσετε παμδασιλῇι Θεῷ τιμήν τε καὶ εὖχος Οἵσετε τιμήεντι φερώνυμον εὖχος Ανακτι. Δεξάμενοι θυσίας σφετέρας νίσσεσθε ἐπ᾽ αὐλάς Αὐλῇ ἐν εὐαγέϊ λιτανεύσατε Ποιμένα κόσμον. ΚΑντα Θεοῦ χθὼν πᾶσα ταρασσέσθω βασιλῆος. ᾿ Εἴπατε δήμοισί γε· Θεὸς μετὰ πᾶσιν ἀνάσσει. Καὶ γὰρ κύκλον ἔρεισε, τὸν οὐ χρόνος οἷδε δονῆσα:. Πόντος ὁὀρινέσθω, καὶ ὅσα τρέφει οἴδμα θαλάσδη; ʼ Δὴ τότε γηθήσειεν ὁμοῦ δρυμὰ πυκνὰ καὶ ὕλη, ἤΑντα θεοῦ μετὰ γαῖαν ἐπειγομένου βασιλῆος. Ἤλυθε γὰρ μερόπεσσιν ὀϊζυροῖσι δικάζειν, Γλῶσσαν ἀληθείῃ προχέων ἀχλινέα λαοῖς. ### English translation (Claude) … this is the clear ninety-fifth song. Show his propitious light day upon day; declare the honoured wonders of God to the peoples, because he is great, and has always been praised, and holds the mightiest fear among all gods. All the gods of the nations were images of demons; but God made the bronze heaven by his counsel. Praise and great beauty are before his eyes; he fitted purity and conspicuous glory to his temple. Bring honour and glory to God the King of all; bring to the honoured Lord the glory that bears his name. Taking your sacrifices, go to his courts; pray in the holy court to the Shepherd of the world. Let all the earth be troubled before God the King. Say to the peoples: God rules among all; for he also set firm the circle of the earth, which time does not know how to shake. Let the sea be stirred, and all that the swell of the sea nourishes; then let the dense thickets and the forest rejoice together before God, as the King hastens to the earth. For he has come to judge wretched mortals, pouring out to the peoples an unbending tongue of truth. ### Scripture references - Ps 96:1–13 (95:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading is garbled in the scan. “Images of demons” follows the Septuagint 95:5 (“all the gods of the nations are demons”). ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 95 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/95). ## Psalm 96 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-96 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 96 of the Septuagint (Psalm 97): the Lord reigns; mountains melt before him and idolaters are put to shame. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου παλίνορσον ἑὴν ὅτε δέξατο γαῖαν, Χαῖρε, χθὼν, σέθεν ἦρξεν ὃς οὐρανίοισιν ἀνάτσει, Χαίρετ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀγλαΐῃ, νῆσοι πολιῆς ἀλοσύδνης. Ἐγγὺς ΓΑναξ νεφέλῃ πεπυχασμένος ἣδὲ θυέλλῃ, Θῶχον ὑπ᾽ εὐδικίῃ χρίσιος περὶ πάντα πυχάὌφρα κεν ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα χαταφλέξειεν ἀλείτας. Οὔρεα δ᾽ ἀμφὶ ΓΑναχτι ὁμῶς κατετήχετο κηρῷ, Οὐρανοὶ ἀστερόεντες ἀνήγγειλαν θέμιν αὐτοῦ, Καὶ κλέος εἶδον ἅπαντες ἐπουρανίου Βασιλῖιος. Κῦδος ὅσοι παρέχουσιν ἑνὶ σφετέροις εἰδώλοις. Τέρπῃ ἑῇσιν ἑνὶ φρεσὶν ἔξοχα οὔρεα Σιὼν, ἔκητι μεγασθενέος σέο δίκης Οὔνεκα μοῦνος ἔπλευ, Πανυπέρτατε, τέρμασι γαίης, Ἔκ κραδίης φιλέοντες οἷον Θεὸν, μέρμερα θέσθε, ὯΩν θυμὸν φιλέει πανεπίσκοπος ἔξοχα δούλων, Καί σφεας αἷδν ῥύσετ᾽ ἀλάστορος ἐκ παλαμάων. Τερπωλή τ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὕπερθεν ἐσίχετο εὐθέων ἧτορ. ### English translation (Claude) When David received back his land … Rejoice, earth; he who reigns over the heavenly ones has ruled you; rejoice in splendour, islands of the grey sea. The Lord is near, covered by cloud and storm, … his throne under the justice of judgment over all, so that he may burn up the wicked here and there. The mountains melted like wax around the Lord; the starry heavens proclaimed his justice, and all saw the glory of the heavenly King. … as many as give glory to their images … Zion delights greatly in its heart … because of your mighty judgment, … because you alone were Most High over the ends of the earth. You who love God alone from the heart, set your cares … the All-seeing greatly loves the heart of his servants, and will always rescue them from the hands of the avenger; and delight from above has come to the heart of the upright. ### Scripture references - Ps 97:1–12 (96:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading renders the Septuagint title (“when his land was restored to him”). ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 96 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/96). ## Psalm 97 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-97 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 97 of the Septuagint (Psalm 98): a new song for the Lord’s victory, as sea and land hail the coming judge. ### Greek text Μοῦνος ἐπεὶ θηητὰ σοφαῖς ποιήσατο χερσί. Καὶ πολυχυδήεντι βραχίονι πάντα φυλάσσει. ἀνέτειλε δικαιοσύνην ἐρατεινήν. Μνήσατο γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν Ἰαχώδοιο μελάθρων, ᾿Αμφαδίην ἐνόησαν ὅλης χλυτὰ πείρατα γαίης, Φέγγος ἀλεξίκακον μεγαλοσθενέος Βασιλῇος. Πᾶσα μεγαχλήεντ᾽ ἀλαλάξατε Ποιμένι γαῖα· Ἄμφ᾽ ἐλατῇς σάλπιγξι (καξοἱ κέρας ἴαχε βόμθον). ᾿Αντίον ἀθανάτου ἀλαλάξατε Πόντος ὁρινέσθω, καὶ ὅσα τρέφει οἴδμα θαλάσσης, Κύκλος ὅλος, καὶ πάντα τάπερ χθόνα ναιετάουσι. Εῖσι γὰρ, ἦλθε δὲ μᾶλλον, ὅπως χθονὶ καλὰ διχά- ### English translation (Claude) … since he alone has made wonderful things with wise hands, and guards all with his much-glorious arm … he has made lovely righteousness rise. For he remembered in his heart the halls of Jacob; the famous ends of the whole earth openly perceived the averting light of the mighty King. All the earth, shout to the very glorious Shepherd, with trumpets of beaten metal (and the horn cried out its boom); shout before the immortal … Let the sea be stirred, and all that the swell of the sea nourishes, the whole circle of the earth and all who dwell on it. For he will go — rather, he has come — so that he may judge the earth well. ### Scripture references - Ps 98:1–9 (97:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 97 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/97). ## Psalm 98 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-98 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 98 of the Septuagint (Psalm 99): the holy King enthroned on the cherubim, who answered Moses, Aaron and Samuel. ### Greek text ὄγδοον ἡδὺ μέλος, θάνατος βασίλευσε Θεός· μὴ χαίρετε, λαοέ, ἭΜμενος ἦλθε χερουδίμ· ὅλης χθονὸς ἕρμα δονείσθω. Κλεινὸς Αναξ μέγας ἐν λαοῖσι θεοῖσί τ᾽ ἀγητός. Μελπόντων ἅμα πάντες ἀγήραον οὔνομα σεῖο. Καὶ τιμὴ Βασιλῆος ἀεὶ θέμιν ἀμφαγαπάζει Λισσόμενοι θρῆνυν αφετέρην· ἅγιος γὰρ ἐτύχθη. Μωσῆς ἀμφ᾽ ἱερεῦσι μέγας, καὶ ἀοίδιμος ᾿Ααρών᾽ Καί σφεας ἐκ νεφέλης σταθερῇς ἡμείδετο μύθω. Ἐσθλοὶ μαρτυρίης φύλακες ἐγένοντο Θεοῖο, ὁ Θείων δʼ οὐκ ἀμέλησαν ὅσων μάθον ἐννεσιάων. ΚΆφθιτε, σύ σφισι δῶχας ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ οὗας ἑτοΐμον, Καὶ θυμὸς μετὰ τοῖσιν ἀεὶ σέθεν ἴλαος ἧεν· ᾿Αχράντῳ δέ μιν αἰὲν ἐν Οὕνεκα δὴ μετὰ πᾶσιν ΓΑναξ ἄχραντος ἐτύχθη. ### English translation (Claude) The sweet eighth song: the [Im]mortal God has reigned; … peoples, … sitting, he came upon the cherubim; let the support of the whole earth be shaken. The famous Lord is great among peoples and admired by the gods; let all together sing your ageless name. And the honour of the King always loves justice … his footstool, beseeching; for he is holy. Moses among the priests was great, and Aaron celebrated in song; … and he answered them with a word from the steady cloud. They became good guardians of the testimony of God, nor did they neglect the divine commands that they had learned. Immortal One, you gave them a ready ear from heaven, and your heart was always gracious to them; … always in the undefiled …, because the Lord has become undefiled among all. ### Scripture references - Ps 99:1–9 (98:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 98 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/98). ## Psalm 99 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-99 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 99 of the Septuagint (Psalm 100): all the earth shouts to the Lord who made us; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. ### Greek text Πᾶσα, μεγαχλήεντ᾽ ἀλαλάξατε Ποιμένα, γαίη. ᾿Αθανάτου χαίροντες ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα θέσθε, Σπεύσατε γηθόμενοι θείων κατ᾽ ἐναντίον ὄσσων· Αὐτὸν ἀεὶ πραπίδεσσι νοήσατε Ζωὴν αὐτὸς ἔτευξε βροτοῖς, οὐκ ἡμέες αὐτοί· Αὐτὸς ἕτευξʼ ἡμέας, οὐδ᾽ ἡμεῖς ἄρχιοί ἐσμεν. Ἡμεῖς αὖθ᾽ ἔο λαὸς ὁμοῦ καὶ θρέμματα ποίης. σ Ἐν δ᾽ αὐλῇς Βασιλῇα Θεὸν λιτανεύσατε μολπῇ, Οὔνομα μέλψατε θεῖον ἐπὶ χθονὶ μείλιχον αἰεί· Νωλεμέως ἐλεητὺν ἐπεὶ μετὰ πᾶσι φυλάσσει, Ἐκ γενεῆς γενεήνδε φέρει παναληθέα βουλήν.᾽ ### English translation (Claude) All the earth, shout to the very glorious Shepherd. Rejoicing, place your neck under the yoke of the Immortal; hasten, glad, before the divine eyes; always perceive him in your hearts … He himself fashioned life for mortals, not we ourselves; he himself made us, nor are we sufficient of ourselves. And we are his people and the flock of his pasture. In the courts beseech God the King with song; sing the divine name, always gentle on earth, because he keeps mercy unceasingly among all; from generation to generation he bears an all-true counsel. ### Scripture references - Ps 100:1–5 (99:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 99 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/99). ## Psalm 100 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-100 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 100 of the Septuagint (Psalm 101): the king resolves to walk blamelessly and to keep the deceitful and arrogant from his house. ### Greek text ἧσεν ἄσμʼ ἑκατοστὸν τόδε. Εἰν ἑνί σοι ποινὴν, Βασιλεῦ, ἔλεόν τ᾽ ἀναμέλψω. δὴ μοι ἀφίξεαι, ἄφθιτε Ποιμὴν, Ἄμφ᾽ ἀγανοφροσύνῃ διὰ δώματος ἥια μέσσου, Οὐδὲν πάμπαν ἄθεσμον ἐν ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἔτι καὶ Οὐδέποτ᾽ ἀλλοπρόσαλλος ἐμοὶ πάρος ἥνδανε μῆτι:Φεῦγε μὲν ἀϊνὸς ὄφις, δολερῶν δ᾽ ἀδάητος ἔμιμνον. Οἷα δὲ λυμαντῆρα φίλων ἐδίωκον ἑταίρων. ᾿Απλήστῳ κραδίῃ καὶ Οὐκ ἔθελον παρὰ δαιτὶ φίλος καὶ ὁμέστιος εἶναι. ᾿Ανδράσιν ἀμφ᾽ ὁσίοισιν ἐμαὶ Οὐδέ μοι ἐνναίεσχε δόμοις ὑπερήφανος ἀνὴρ, Οὐδ᾽ ἄδικον λαλέων μευ ἐναντίον ἤλυθεν ὅσσων. δαμάσαι θεράποντας ὀλέθρῳ. ### English translation (Claude) … sang this hundredth song. In one, O King, I will sing to you judgment and mercy. … when will you come to me, immortal Shepherd? I went with gentleness through the middle of the house; nothing at all lawless in …, but still … Never did a shifty counsel please me before. A dreadful serpent fled, and I remained ignorant of the deceitful. Like a destroyer of dear companions I pursued … with insatiable heart and … I did not wish to be a friend and table-companion at the feast. … on holy men … Nor did an arrogant man dwell in my houses, nor did one speaking injustice come before my eyes. … to subdue the servants … with destruction. ### Scripture references - Ps 101:1–8 (100:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 100 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/100). ## Psalm 101 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-101 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 101 of the Septuagint (Psalm 102): the prayer of the afflicted, whose days vanish like smoke, to the eternal Lord who will rebuild Zion; the heavens perish, but he remains. ### Greek text ΕΡΤΣ καΣ ἘΡΔΩΝ τρμας περ μετ λρόῶ, μὴν ἑκατοστὸν ἕρυ καὶ ὑριτον ἄειΜή μευ σὴν χαρίεσσαν Εὗτε, Μάκαρ, καλέσω ας, θοῶς φίλον οὗας ἐρείδοις, Οὔνεκ᾽ ἐμὴ ζωὴ ἰχέλη κατετήχετο καπνῷ ᾿ Ἐπλήγην ἅτε χόρτος, ἐμὸς δ᾽ ὑπεκάρφετο θυμός· Γαστέρι δʼ ἐχλαθόμην δόμεναι φίλον ἄρτον ἀνάγκης. Ε Ἢ νυκτὸς κόρακα Ψιλῶν στρουθόν τιν᾽ ἄῦπνον ἐόντ᾽ ἐν δώματι μοῦνον. Οἱ δὲ γεραίροντές με μάτην ἐπὶ ὄρκον ὅμοσσαν· σποδὸν ἄρτῳ ὁμοῖον, Καὶ γοεροῖς ἔπιον πόμα δάκρυσ᾽ ὁμοῦ γε χεράσσας, καί σεο θυμοῦ, ὑψώσας μ᾽ ἐξ αἰθέρος ἔχδαλες αὖθις. Ἡμετέρου αἰῶνος ὅπως σχιὴ ἤματα λήγει, Μοῦνος ἐπεὶ ζώοντα διηνεχέως βίον ἕλκεις, Αὐτὸς ἀνεγρόμενος, Βασιλεῦ, Σιῶνʼ Ὥρη γὰρ μάλα τῆνδε πιεζομένην ἐλεαέρειν· Βαὶ δὴ καιρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐπέχραεν, ὃν πρὶν ἔδεκτο. Οὔνεκά σοι θεράποντες ἑαῖς λάϊγξιν ἔθεντο, Πάνθ᾽ ἅμα δειμήνειαν, ΓΑναξ, τεὸν οὔνομα φῦλα, Θεὸς Σιῶνα πεσοῦσαν, ᾿Αμφαδίην μερόπεσσι φαινόμενος κατὰ γαῖαν. δή μοι ταῦτα μετ᾽ Καὶ λαὸς σέο χεροὶ γενησόμενός σε βοήσει, Οὔνεχεν ὑψόθεν αὐτὸς ἐπισχοπιάζετο κύψας, Οὐρανόθεν μετὰ γαῖαν ἐὴν ἐτάνυσσεν ὁπωπὴν, ὄφρ᾽ οἶκτον ἀλυχτοπέδῃσι πύθοιτο, Καὶ δεσμῶν φίλα τέκνα καταφθιμένων ἀπολύσῃ Ἐν δ᾽ Ἱερουσαλῇ λιγυρὸν καὶ ἀοίδιμον αἶνον· υγρα κε παντοδαπῶν πολίων ἄπο λαὸν ἀγείρῃ· Αὐτὰρ κοιρανίῃσιν ἐὸν ζυγὸν αὐχένα θήσει. Αὐχένα. Ἑοτίο, αὐχένι. Εριτ. Εἰπέ μοι ἡμετέρας ὀλίγας βιότοιο κελεύθους, ᾿ ὥρης προπάροιθε ταμὼν βίοτον, μ᾽ Καὶ χειρῶν τελέθουσι τεῶν, Μάκαρ, οὐρανοὶ ἔργα· Αὐτοὶ ἀποφθίσονται, ἀτὰρ σύ μοι ἄφθιτος εἴης, Πάντα δʼ ἐναλλάξουσιν, ἑλισσόμενοι ἅτε φᾶρος· Αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἄφθιτό, ἐσσι, βίος δέ τοι οὔποτε λέξει, σέθεν υἷες αἰεὶ ### English translation (Claude) … the hundred and first song … Do not … your graceful … from me. When, Blessed One, I call, quickly incline your dear ear, because my life melted like smoke. I was struck like grass, and my heart withered; I forgot to give my belly the dear bread of necessity. … or the night-raven …, like a sparrow, sleepless, alone in a house. Those who praised me before swore an oath in vain … ashes like bread, and I drank a drink mixed with mournful tears … and of your wrath; lifting me up, you cast me down again from the sky. As a shadow, the days of our age come to an end, since you alone draw out a life that lives continually. Rising yourself, O King, … Zion; for this is the season to pity her, hard pressed; and indeed that season has come which she formerly received; because your servants … her stones … All the races will fear your name, O Lord, … God … fallen Zion, appearing openly to mortals on the earth … these things to me … and the people, coming to be by your hands, will cry to you, because he himself, stooping, watched from on high; from heaven he stretched his gaze toward his earth, so that he might hear the lament of those in fetters, and loose from bonds the dear children of those who had perished … and in Jerusalem a clear and celebrated praise …, when he gathers the people from all kinds of cities; and he will set his yoke on the neck of kingdoms. Tell me the few paths of our life …, cutting off my life before its season … And the heavens, Blessed One, are the works of your hands; they will perish, but may you remain imperishable for me; they will all change, rolled up like a cloak; but you yourself are imperishable, and your life will never cease … your sons always … ### Scripture references - Ps 102:1–28 (101:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading is garbled in the scan; a leaked apparatus note in verse 23 (“Corrige αὐχένι”) is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 101 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/101). ## Psalm 102 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-102 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 102 of the Septuagint (Psalm 103): bless the Lord, who forgives, heals and pities his children like a father, knowing that they are dust. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου δεύτερος ἀμφ᾽ τεὸν Βασιλῆα διαμπερὲς Οὔνομα δ᾽ οἵ μευ μέλπετ᾽ ἀχέρατον ἔγκατα πάντα· τεὸν Βασιλῖα διαμπερὲς Αὖθις ἀνηδήσειας ἅτ᾽ αἰετὸς Κλεινὸς Αναξ ἐλεητὺν ἀεὶ ᾿Αθανάτην πάντεσσι δικαιοσύνην ἀναφαίνων. Οἰκτίρμων μετὰ πᾶσι πέλει Θεὸς ἠδ᾽ ἐλεήμων, ἐλέου καὶ ἠπιόθυμος ἐτύχθη. Οὐκ αἰεὶ κρυόεντα κότον στέρνοισιν ἐρύξει· Οὐδ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐτέλεσσεν ἐπάξια Ἀλλ᾽ ὅσον ἀστερόεις μέγας οὐρανός ἐστ᾽ ἀπὸ γαίης, Ὡς δὲ πατὴρ παίδεσσιν ἑὴν φρένα μείλιχον ἴσχει,·Εγνω γὰρ θεὸς ἔργμα τόπερ τεχτήνατο χερσί. Μνῆσαι, Παμδασιλεῦ, ὅτι τοι κόνις εἰμὲν ἀφαυρή. Οὐδὲ τόπον βλεφάροισιν ἐὸν γνοίη κεν ἰδοῦσα. Εὖ ἔλεος Βασιλῆος ἀεὶ τρομέουσιν ὀπηδεῖ, Καί σφεων υἱῶν οἷσι μεθ᾽ υἱέας αἴσια ῥέξει, Οἷς πέρι θεσπεσίη φυλακὴ μέλει ἁρμονιάων, Οὐδέ οἱ ἐξελάθοντο διαμπερὲς Οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι Μάκαρ Καί οἱ ἀνακτορίης χρατέει μέγα κῦδος ἁπάντων. οἷσι μέμηλεν ἐφημοσύνη Βασιλῇος. Οἷς τ᾽ οὗας μεμέλητο ἐπ᾽ ᾿Αθανάτοιο ἀρωγῆς. αἵ κάρτος ἀεὶ τετανυσμένον ἴσχε:. τεὸν Βασιλῆα διαμπερὲς ### English translation (Claude) Of David, the second upon [the hundredth]. … your King continually … and all my inward parts, sing his undefiled name … your King continually … again you will grow young like an eagle … The famous Lord … mercy always …, showing immortal righteousness to all. God is compassionate among all and merciful, … of mercy, and has been gentle-hearted. He will not always keep chilling anger in his breast, nor did he do to us what we deserved … but as far as the great starry heaven is from the earth, … and as a father holds his heart gentle toward his children, … for God knew the work which he fashioned with his hands. Remember, King of all, that we are feeble dust … nor would [the wind] know its place, seeing it with its eyelids. The mercy of the King always attends those who tremble, and he will do fitting things for their sons’ sons, for those who care for the divine keeping of the covenants, nor have they forgotten continually … in the starry heaven the Blessed One …, and the great glory of his lordship rules over all … who care for the command of the King, whose ears were intent on … of the Immortal … whose strength is always held stretched out … your King continually. ### Scripture references - Ps 103:1–22 (102:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The refrain “[Bless,] my soul, your King continually” is partly lost each time it occurs. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 102 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/102). ## Psalm 103 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-103 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 103 of the Septuagint (Psalm 104): praise of the Creator, clothed in light, who set the bounds of the waters and feeds every creature. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου λιγυρὸν τρίτατον μέλος ἀμφʼ ἑκατοστῷ. τεὸν Βασιλῇα διαμπερὲς ΓΛφθιτε Παμδασιλεῦ, μάλα τοι μέγα κῦδος ἀέρΔύσαο πάντοθεν αἶνον ὁμοῦ καὶ ἀριπρεπὲς εὖχος, ᾿Αμφιδαλὼν ἅτε φᾶρος, ἀχηράσιον μέγα φέγγος, Ἐντανύων ῥινῷ μέγαν οὐρανὸν ἴσον ὁρᾶσθαι, ἀνέμων πτερύγων ἔπι μακρὰ στρατιὴν ἰθύδρομα πνεύματα ῥέζων, Ὄφρα βίην ἀδόνητον ἀεὶ φορέουσα φυλάσσοι. ὙΨιχόμων στήσοντ᾽ ὁρέων ὕπερ ὕδατα πολλά. Οὔρεα μὲν βαίνει, χθαμαλὴ δέ τις εἴδεται αἷα, Κεῖσʼ ὅθι δὴ μετὰ τοῖσι θεμείλια πήξαο χώρων. Πήξαο τέρμα, Μάκαρ, τόπερ οὐ παρελεύσεται ἄλλος, Οὐδὲ φίλην ποτὲ γαῖαν ἀποστρέψουσι καλύψαι. ὙφΦιχόμων ὁρέων διελεύσεται ὕδατα μέσσον. Θηρσὶν ὀρεσσιχόμοισι διὰ δρυμὰ πῶμα φανείη σε μένοι παντοῖον ὀνάγρων. Αἰθέρος αὖτ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσι παραστίψει πετεηνά· σέθεν οὔρεα, Ποιμὴν, Γαΐα φερεζώων πλησθήσεται ἐκ σέο καρπῶν, Ἐκ χθονὸς ὄφρα κε καρπὸν ἄγῃ μεληιδέα σῆτον, Καὶ θνητῶν χραδίῃσι πόροι πολυγηθέα οἶνον· κάρος ξύλα μυρί᾽ Καὶ κέδρους Διδάνοιο, τεῶν, Μάκαρ, ἔργεα χειρῶν· Κεῖσε νεηγενέων πέλεται στρουθῶν Καιρῶν ἔμπορον αὐτὸς Ἄναξ τεχτήναο μήνην. Ἠέλιος φαέθων σφετέρας ἐφράσσατο δυσμάς. Νὺξ δ᾽ ἄρα θηροχόμος· φιλέουσι δὲ θηρία νύκτα, Καὶ σκύμνοι μεμαῶτες ἀναγχαίην ἐπὶ θήρην, θεόθεν διζήμενοι αἰεί. Ἠελίου ξυνάγερθεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ Καὶ λέχος ἐντύναντο παρὰ ξυλόχοισιν ἑοῖσιν. Αὐτὰρ ἀνὴρ παλίνορσος ἐὸν μετανίσσεται ἔργον, καμάτοιο τέλος ποτιδέγμενος ὥρην. Πάνθ᾽ ἅμα θεσπεσίῃ σοφίῃ τεχτήναο, Ποιμήν. Χθὼν ἱερὴ βέδριθεν ἀμετρήτων σέθεν ἔργων, ! Κῦτος ἀπειρεσίης τε καὶ εὐρυχόροιο θαλάσσης. ἿΑ πόσα τοι βρεμέθοντος ἐγείρεται ἑρπετὰ πόντου Ζῶά κε θηήσαιο μεμιγμένα μείζονα Ἔνθα δράκων ὃν πρὶν τεχτήναο παίγνιον εἶναι. Εἰς δὲ σὲ πάντα βλέπει δόμεναι φίλον εἶδαρ ἐχάΠᾶς δʼ ἄρα δωτίνην ἀγαθὴν ἐκ σεῖο ἜΣ. ᾿ Καὶ κλόνος αἰνὸς ἔχει, ὅτε σὴν στρέψειας ὁπωπήν. θυμὸν ἀπαινυμένοιο σέθεν θνήσκουσι δαμέντες, Καὶ προτέρην φθινύθουσιν ἄφαρ περὶ μητέρα γαῖαν. Εἰ δʼ ἄρα καὶ ψυχὴν σφετέρην παλίνορσον ὁπάσ-. Ἔσται κῦδος ΓΑναχτος, ἀεὶ παναγήρατον ἔσται· Χθὼν ὑπὸ μαρμαρυγῇσι τεῆς σέθεν βρέμει οὔρεα καπνῷ. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Βασιλῇα διαμπερὲς ὑμνοπολεύσω τεὸν Βασιλῆα διαμπερὲς ### English translation (Claude) The clear third song of David upon the hundredth. … your King continually … Immortal King of all, you greatly increase your glory; you have put on praise and conspicuous glory from every side, throwing about yourself, like a cloak, the undefiled great light, stretching out the great heaven to be seen like a hide … of the winds upon wings …, an army of straight-running spirits …, so that it may always bear and guard unshaken force … many waters will stand above the high-haired mountains. Mountains go up, and some low land is seen, there where you fixed the foundations of the places among them. You fixed a limit, Blessed One, which no other will pass, nor will they ever turn back to cover the dear earth. Waters will pass through the middle of the high-haired mountains; drink will appear for the beasts of the mountains through the thickets … every kind of wild ass … for you. Birds of the air besides will alight near them … your mountains, Shepherd. The earth will be filled with your life-bearing fruits, so that it may bring out of the earth fruit, honey-sweet grain, and give to the hearts of mortals much-gladdening wine … countless trees …, and the cedars of Lebanon, the works, Blessed One, of your hands. There is … of young sparrows … You yourself, O Lord, fashioned the moon as the merchant of seasons; the shining sun knew its setting. Night is the nurse of beasts, and beasts love the night, and whelps eager for their necessary prey, always seeking … from God. … of the sun they gathered on the earth, and made their bed by their thickets. But man goes back to his work, … awaiting the end of toil, the evening. You fashioned all things together with divine wisdom, Shepherd. The holy earth is laden with your measureless works, … the hollow of the boundless and broad sea. Ah, how many creeping things of the roaring sea are roused for you! You would marvel at living creatures, small mixed with greater … There is the dragon which you formerly fashioned to be a plaything. And all look to you to give them dear food …, and each … good gifts from you … and a terrible trembling holds them when you turn away your face … when you take away their breath they die, subdued, and at once waste away back into their mother earth. But if you give back their soul again … The glory of the Lord will be; ageless it will always be. The earth … under the gleams of your …; your mountains roar with smoke. But I will sing to the King continually … your King continually. ### Scripture references - Ps 104:1–35 (103:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 103 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/103). ## Psalm 104 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/79/#p-104 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 104 of the Septuagint (Psalm 105): the history of God’s covenant faithfulness from Abraham and Joseph to the plagues, the exodus and the gift of the land. ### Greek text Ψαλμὸς ἑκατοστὸς καὶ λισσόμενοι παναγήραον οὔνομ᾽ Ανακτος Ἔργα θεοῦ δήμοις Ἡμέτερος πέλει αἶνος ἐπ᾽ ἀθανάτῳ Βασιλῆι. Δίξεσθε Βασιλῆα ὅθεν κράτος ὕμμιν ἐτύχθη, Γλώσσης εὐδικίας σφετέρας Αὐτὸς Αναξ μετὰ πᾶσι δικαιοσύνην ἀναφαίνε:· Μυθόν θ᾽ ὃν γενεῇς ἐνετείλατο ᾿Ισαάχῳ θεράποντι φίλῳ μέγαν ὄρκον ὁμόσσαι Γαῖαν ὅλην δόμεναί οἱ ὑποσχόμενος Χαναάμον, Τῶν δ᾽ ὀλίγιστος ἀριθμὸς ἔην, ὀλίγοι δ᾽ ἔσαν αὐτοί. Ἐκ δ᾽ ἄρα κοιρανίης λαὸν μετεχίαθον ἄλλον. ἐπὶ σφίσι χεῖρα ᾿Αλλ᾽ ἔτι τῶνδ᾽ ἐδάμασσε χάριν Βασιλῆῇας ἐλέγχων. Ἰώσηπός τε,·Ἄναξ, ὑπεδύσατο δούλιον ἥμαρ. σόχεν ἕλπετο κεῖνος ἑῶν τέλος ἐσθλὸν ὀνείρων. Αὐτὸς ἐὸν θεράποντα Μαχάρτατος ἔφλεγε μύθῳ. Ἐκ δεσμῶν μιν ἕλυσεν ἄναξ Νείλοιο κελεύσας· Οἶκον ἐπιτρέψας ὑπὸ νεύματι τοῖο φέρεσθαι, Καί μιν κοιρανίης ἔθετο χλυτὸν ἡγητῆρα·Ὄφρα κεν οἷσι νόμοις προμάχους Νείλοιο διδάξῃ, ἜΝνθεν ἄρ᾽ Ἰσραῆλος ἐπ᾽ Αἰγυπτίην μόλε γαῖαν Ἑαΐ μιν δυσμενέων ἔθετο χρατερώτατον εἶναι. Τοῖς δὲ Θεὸς θεράποντα πολύφρονα Μωσέα πέμ- Ὁ ᾿Αντίθεόν τ᾿ ᾿Ααρῶνα ὅς οἱ προλελεγμένος ἧεν, Καὶ τεράων Χαμοῖο βίην κατὰ γαῖαν ἄνυσσε. Ἕνθ᾽ ὄρφνην προέηχεν ὑπὲρ Νειλωίδα γαῖαν· Οἱ δ᾽ ἑπέων βούλενον ἐναντία πικρὰ Θεοῖο. Τοῖσιν ὕδωρ ἔτρεψε, δαφοινεὸν αἷμα τελέσσας, Ἰχθύας αὖ κατέπεφνε μελαμδαφέος ποταμοῖο. Χθὼν ὑδατοτραφέων βατράχων ἀνέτειλε γενέθλην· Εἶπε δὲ, καὶ κυνόμυια μετέστιχε δώματ᾽ ἄνακτος, Καὶ σχνῖφες διέπερθον ὅλης χλυτὰ δώματα γαίης. Καὶ φλὸξ γαῖαν ἔδουσα βοηθόος ἦλθε χαλάζης. ἮΑ πῶς πρωτοτόκων ὀλοφύρατο πότμον ἕκαστος, θάπτων οἰχομένης γενεῆς Χρυσῷ δὲ βρίθοντα καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἔξαγε λαὸν, Οὐδέ τιν᾽ ἡπεδανὸν μεταδήμιον εἶχον ἑταῖρον. Πάντες γὰρ βεθόληντο δυσαλθέϊ δείματι θυμῷ. νεφέλην σχιερὴν ἡγήσατο λαοῦ, Ἦλθε μάλ᾽ αἰτίζουσιν ἀπείριτος ὀρτυγομήτρα· Άρτου δ᾽ οὐρανίου σφέτερον ἐμπλήσατο θυμόν. Ῥηξάμενος πέτρην, ῥοθίων ἐξήγαγε χεῦμα, Καὶ ποταμοὶ δαπέδοισι βίῃ χελάρυζον ἀνύδροις. γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν Ἣν πρὶν ΓΑναξ χατένευσεν ἑῷ πάρος Χώρας δέ σφισι δῶκε πολυσπερέων γενεάων, Καὶ λαῶν ἑτέρων καμάτους διεμοιρήσαντο, Ὄφρα δικαιοσύνης μνησαίατο πάντοτε Καὶ νόμον ἰχνεύσωσιν ἐπουρανίου Βασιλῆος. ### English translation (Claude) Psalm one hundred and … and beseeching the ageless name of the Lord … the works of God to the peoples … Our praise is upon the immortal King. Seek the King, from whom strength has come to you … of the tongue his just … The Lord himself shows righteousness among all, and the word which he commanded to generations …, swearing a great oath to Isaac his dear servant, promising to give him the whole land of Canaan. Their number was very small, and they themselves were few; and from the kingdom they went to another people. … his hand over them …; but he subdued kings for their sake, rebuking them. And Joseph, O Lord, entered the day of slavery …, until he hoped for the good end of his dreams. The Most Blessed himself inflamed his servant with the word. The lord of the Nile, commanding, loosed him from bonds, entrusting his house to be carried under his nod, and made him the famous leader of his kingdom, so that he might teach the champions of the Nile by his laws. From there Israel went to the Egyptian land … and he made him most mighty over his enemies. And God sent them his most wise servant Moses, and godlike Aaron, who had been chosen for him, and he accomplished the force of wonders in the land of Ham. There he sent darkness over the Nile land; and they counselled bitter things against the words of God. He turned their water, making it dark-red blood, and slew the fish of the black-dyed river. The earth sent up a race of water-nourished frogs; he spoke, and the dog-fly went over the halls of the lord, and gnats sacked the famous halls of the whole land; and flame devouring the land came as helper to the hail. Ah, how each lamented the fate of the firstborn, burying … of the departed generation. He led out the people laden with gold and silver, nor did they have any feeble companion among them; for all were struck in heart with hard-to-heal fear. … he led the people with a shady cloud; when they asked, a countless quail came; and he filled their heart with heavenly bread. Breaking the rock, he brought out a stream of rushing waters, and rivers babbled by force on waterless ground … for … in his heart … which the Lord formerly nodded to his … And he gave them the lands of many-sown races, and they divided the toils of other peoples, so that they might always remember righteousness and track the law of the heavenly King. ### Scripture references - Ps 105:1–45 (104:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 104 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/104). ## Psalm 105 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-105 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 105 of the Septuagint (Psalm 106): Israel’s confession of its rebellions in the desert and in the land, and of God’s repeated mercy. ### Greek text Τίς σθένος ἀστυφέλιχτον ἐμοῦ Βασιλῆος ἀεέσοι, Καί οἱ παντοδαπῶν μερόπων βάλοι οὔασιν αἶνον; Οἷσι δικαιοσύνη χαταχείριος αἰὲν ἐτύχθη. Λαοῦ ἐπ᾽ εὐδιχίῃ μιμνήσχει ([) σῶν ἱκετάων, Καὶ χλεινόν σεο φέγγος ἐπίσκοπον ἄμμιν ὁπάζοις. θαυμασίων ἐγένοντο τεῶν ἀδαήμονες αὔτως, Οὐδὲ νόῳ σχέψαντο τεῆς Πικρὰ νόῳ πνώοντες ἔτι χστὰ πόντον ἙἘρυθρὸν, ᾿Αλλʼ ἔμπης ἐσάωθεν ἑοῦ Βασιλῆος ἀρωγῇ Κάρτος ἵν᾽ ᾿Αθανάτοιο μέγα γνώωσι καὶ ἄλλοι, Κελλόμενος τέρσηνεν Αναξ διὰ πόντον Ἑρυθρὸν, Καί σφεας ἐξεσάωσεν ὑπ᾽ ἐχθομένων (ὅ) ὀλετήρων, ᾿Αντιδίους ἐκάλυψε βαθύῤῥοον οἶδμα θαλάσσης, Οὐδέ τις ἐκ δηΐων ναέτης μόλεν ἄγγελος ἄλλοις. Οἱ δὲ τέως ἐπίθοντο Θεοῦ ζωαρχέϊ μύθῳ, Καί οἱ αἰνετὸν ὕμνον Μύθων δ᾽ ἐξελάθοντο θοῶς Βουλὴν δ᾽ ἀθανάτοιο διεψεύσαντο Θεοῖο. Ἵμερον ἱμείροντο κακὸν κατὰ χῶρον ἐρήμου, Ἐν δαπέδῳ Βασιλῇος ἐπειρήθησαν ἀνύδρῳ· ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ὡς σφετέροιο πόθον δωρήσατο θυμοῦ, χραδίας ἧς ἤθελον αὐτοί. Δάθανον κατέπιεν ἀναιδέα γαῖα χανοῦσα, κλισίας χατεθόσχετο καιομένη φλὸξ, Καὶ φλὸξ ἀμπλαχίῃ μεμελημένον ἔφλεγε λαόν. Εἰδώλου δʼ ἑλίτοντο μάτην παρὰ ποσσὶ πεσόντες. Νήπιοι!] οἵ τὸ πάροιθεν ἐὸν κλέος ἠλλάξαντο ᾿Αλκῆς δ᾽ ἐξελάθοντο μενεπτολέμου Βασιλῆος, Ὅς πρὶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τελέσας μεγαλαυχέᾳ ἔργα, Τεύχων δείματα πᾶσι βροτοῖς κατὰ πόντον Ἐρυθρόν. Καί νύ χς πάντας ὄλεσσεν, ἐπεὶ φάτο πάντας ὀλέσθεράπων πέλας ὥρνυτο Μωσῆς, Αισσόμενος παλάμην ἵνα μιν παύσειεν ὀλέθρου. Οὐδὲ ποτ᾽ εὐθέσμῳ Μάκαρος ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ἐν χαλύδῃσιν ἀεὶ Θεοῦ λαλέοντος ἀκοῦσαι. Τοὔνεκα δεξιτερὴν Βασιλεὺς ἰδάντας ἅμ᾽ ἱέμενος βαλέειν κατὰ χῶρον ἐρήμου, Ἕξθνεσι δ᾽ ἀλλοδαποῖσιν ἐὸν διὰ φῦλον ὁλέσσαι, ἨΣὲ πολυσπερέεσσι μετὰ πολίεσσι Τοῖς δ᾽ ὕόρις θανάτοιο Θεοῦ τέκε μητέρα μῆνιν. Κεῖνος μὲν λιτάνευε, λιταῖς δʼ ὑπεχάζετο λοιμός· Μισθὸν δ᾽ εὐδιχίης θεόθεν ἀριδείκετον εὗρεν, Ἔκ γενεῆς γενεήνδε διαμπερὲς ἥματα πάντα. ᾿Αμφήριστον ὕδωρ, σὺ δʼ ἐπίστασαι ὥς μιν ὄριναν, Ὡς Μωσῆς ὀδύνῃ κεκακωμένος ἧεν ἀλιτρῶν, τρυχόμενος κραδίην πιχρῇσιν ἀνίαις, Ὃς ῥα καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλων προτέρην ἐψεύσατο πίστιν. Ἕθνεα γὰρ ῥύσαντο, τάπερ σφίσιν εἶπεν ὀλέσσαι, Αὐχένα τ᾽ εἰδώλοισιν ὑπ᾽ ἀψύχοισιν ἔθεντο· Οὐδ᾽ ἄρα τῶν ἀπόνηντο᾽ κακῇ δ᾽ ἐπίεσθεν ἀνάγκῃ, Δαΐμοσι ῥέξζοντες σφετέρας κούρας τε καὶ υἷας. γεγο ἱπ) υγία πιοτι8 Πεἱ ὁμεγός περ. Ἐοτίο, ὀϊόμενοί περ. Εριτ, Αἴματι δ᾽ ὀλλυμένων ἐρυθραίνετο πάντοθεν αἴα, Μαχλοσύνῃ τ᾽ ὁλοῇ᾽ μάλα γάρ σφισιν ὧδε μεμήλει. Κλήρου ὀδυσσάμενος σφετέρου ὑπερήφανον Δυσμενέων παλάμῃσι φίλους θεράποντας ἔδωκε, Οὐτιδανοὶ παλάμῃσιν ὑπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίῃσι πεσόντες, Πολλάκις ἐξεσάωθεν ὁϊόμενός περ Αὐτίκα γὰρ σφετέρων θαῦμά μʼ ἔχει, πῶς θυμὸν ἑὸν πρήῦνεν ᾿Ανάκτωρ, Καί σφεας οἰχτίσσαντο πάρος ληΐστορες ἄνδρες. Ἡμέας, ὦ Βασιλεῦ πανυπέρτατε, ῥεῖα Πάντοθεν ἀθροίζων, ἵνα περ χεχεδάσμεθα δήμων·Ὄφρα σευ ἐσσυμένως ἀναμέλψομεν οὔνομα θεῖον, Αἰνετὸς αἰὲν Αναξ πέλεται κλυτὸς Ἰσραήλου, Ἐκ γενεῆς γενεήνδε διαμπερὲς ἤματα πάντα. Σὺν δ᾽ ἐρέει πᾶς δήμος, Ἐτήτυμον ὧδε γενέσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Who will sing the unshakable strength of my King, and cast his praise into the ears of all kinds of mortals? … for whom righteousness has always been within reach. Remember [me] in your goodwill toward the people, … of your suppliants, and grant us your famous overseeing light … they became ignorant of your wonders thus, nor did they consider in their mind your …, still breathing bitterness in mind at the Red Sea; but nevertheless they were saved by the help of their King, so that others too might know the great strength of the Immortal. Commanding, the Lord dried [a way] through the Red Sea, and saved them from hated destroyers; the deep-flowing swell of the sea covered the opponents, nor did any inhabitant from the enemies come as messenger to others. They then trusted the life-giving word of God, and … a praiseworthy hymn to him; but they quickly forgot his words, and falsified the counsel of the immortal God. They longed with longing in the evil place of the desert; they tested the King on waterless ground; but even so he granted the longing of their heart … the heart, which they themselves wanted. The shameless earth, gaping, swallowed Dathan …; burning flame consumed the tents, and flame burned the people that cared for transgression. They prayed in vain to an idol, falling at its feet. Fools! who exchanged their former glory, and forgot the might of the King steadfast in war, who formerly in Egypt accomplished boastful works, making fears for all mortals at the Red Sea. And he would have destroyed them all, since he said he would destroy all; … his servant Moses rose near, beseeching his hand, so that he might stop it from destruction. Nor ever … the lawful … of the Blessed One, but even in their huts … to hear God speaking. Therefore the King … his right hand, wishing to cast them down in the place of the desert, and to destroy their race among foreign nations, or … among many-sown cities. And for them insolence bore wrath, the mother of death from God. That man interceded, and the plague withdrew at his prayers; and he found from God a conspicuous reward of justice, from generation to generation continually, all days. The water of strife — you know how they stirred him, how Moses was hurt by the pain of the sinners, worn in heart by bitter griefs, who even unwillingly falsified his former faith. For they spared the nations which he told them to destroy, and set their neck under soulless idols; nor did they profit from them; they were pressed by evil necessity, sacrificing their daughters and sons to demons … and the land was reddened everywhere with the blood of those perishing, and with destructive lewdness; for so they cared. Angered, he … the arrogant … of his inheritance, and gave his dear servants into the hands of enemies; worthless, falling under foreign hands, they were often saved … For at once wonder holds me at their …, how the Lord softened his heart, and how plundering men before pitied them. Us, O King most high, … easily, gathering us from everywhere, wherever we have been scattered among peoples, so that we may eagerly sing your divine name. Praised always is the famous Lord of Israel, from generation to generation continually, all days. And all the people will say: Truly, so be it. ### Scripture references - Ps 106:1–48 (105:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - Num 25:7–13: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - “That man” in 105:30 is Phinehas (Num 25:7–13). A leaked apparatus note (“Corrige ὀϊόμενοί περ”) is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 105 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105). ## Psalm 106 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-106 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 106 of the Septuagint (Psalm 107): wanderers, prisoners, the sick and sailors in the storm cry to the Lord, who rescues them; let them thank him for his mercy. ### Greek text Βαζόντων Θεὸς οἷσιν ἐλεύθερον ὥπασεν ἣμαρ, Ἐκ δὲ πολυσπερέων ξυναγείρατο δεῦρο πολήων, Τοὺς μὲν ἀπ᾽ ἀντολίης, τοὺς δ᾽ ἑσπερίης ἀπὸ γαίης, Πλαζομένους ἀνὰ χῶρον ἀπείριτον αὖον ἐρήμου, Οὐδ᾽ εἶχον σφετέρης πόλιος σκέψασθαι ἁταρπόν. Δίψῃ δὲ φθινύθεσχον ὁμοῦ καὶ νηλέϊ λιμῷ, Αὐτὰρ ἀναγκαίης Βασιλεύς σφεας ἔξελε πάσης Καί οἱ θέσκελα ἔργα μέλοι μερο δ δι φύτλῃ ᾿ Ἕνθεν ὑπ᾽ ἀπρήχτου καμάτου δέδμηντο καὶ ἄτης, Οὐδέ τις ἀδρανίης ἐπιτάῤῥοθος ἤλυθεν αὐτοῖς. Αὐτὰρ ἀναγχαίης Βασιλεύς σφεας ἔξελε πάσης· Ἐκ δ᾽ ἄγαγε χνέφαός τε καὶ ἐκ θανάτοιο Ῥηξάμενος μελέων κρατερὸν καὶ ἀτειρέα δεσμόν. Οἰκτιρμοὶ Βασιλῆος, ἑὴν Καί οἱ θέσκελα ἔργα μέλοι μεροπηίδι φύτλῃ· Πάντας ἀφαρπάξας μογερῆς κακότητος ὁδοῖο. Αὐτὰρ ἀναγχαίης Βασιλεύς σφεας ἔξελε πάσης· ἐόν σφισι θυμὸν Οἰκτιρμοὶ Βασιλῆος, ἐὴν Καί οἱ θέσκελα ἔργα μέλοι μεροπηίδι φύτλῃ. δέ οἱ ἔργα νέῳ χεχαρηότες ἐσθλῷ. Ναυτῶοι οἷσι μέμηλε βίη νῆές τε θαλάσσης, Οἷσι πόνος διὰ κῦμα καὶ ἄσπετον ὄρνυται ὕδωρ, Ὅμμασι θηήφαντο πολύφρονος ἔργα Θεοῖο, Καί οἱ θέσκελα πάντα θαλασσοπόρους μετ᾽ ἀδύσσους. Φαίης οὐρανὸν εὑρὺν ἄφαρ μίσγεσθαι ἀδύσσῳ. Πάντας δὲ κλόνος εἷλεν, ὅπως πεπεδημένον οἴνῳ· δ᾽ ἐλάθοντο, σοφὴ δ᾽ οὐ φαίνετο τέχνη. Αὐτὰρ ἀναγχαίης Βασιλεύς σφεας ἔξελε πάσης· Αὖθις δ᾽ εὐσταθέϊ μειλίσσετο κύματα σιγῇ, Εὐφροσύνη δ᾽ ἕλε πάντας, ὅπως ἴδον εὔδιον ὕδωρ, Εἰς λιμένα σπεύδοντας ὑπ᾽ ἐννεσίῃσι Θεοῖο. Οἰκτιρμοὶ Βασιλῆος, ἑὴν Καί οἱ θέσκελα ἔργα μέλοι μεροπηίδι φύτλῃ. Γαίης... ἀνύδρου. Μεϊίυβ Ἰεφετοίαν, γαίῃ. .. ἀνύδρῳ. ἔριτ. Καὶ γαίης ποταμηδὸν ἐπέχραον ὕδατ᾽ ἀνύδρου Καὶ δῆμοι πόλιας κατέχον περιναιέται ἐσθλοί. Ἤνεσε μὲν Θεὸς ἔργον, ἀνηῦξαντο δὲ λαοὶ, Καί σφισι τετραπόδων ἀγέλαι φέρθοντο νομῇσιν· τειρόμενοί τε καὶ ἀπρήχτοις ὀδύνῃσι· ᾿Αμπλαχίη δ᾽ ἀρίδηλος ἐὸν στόμα δεινὸν ἀνοίξει Τίς πινυτὸς τάγε πάντα μετὰ φρεσὶν οἶδε φυλάξαι, ᾿Αθανάτου δʼ ἐλεημοσύνην στέρνοισι νοῆσαι; ### English translation (Claude) Let those say it, to whom God granted a day of freedom, and gathered them here from many-sown cities, some from the east, some from the western land, wandering through the boundless dry place of the desert, nor did they have a path to see to their city; they wasted with thirst together with pitiless famine; but the King rescued them from every necessity. … and may his wondrous works be the care of the race of mortals. From there they were subdued by helpless toil and ruin, nor did any helper of their weakness come to them. But the King rescued them from every necessity; he led them out from darkness and from death, breaking the mighty and unwearying bond of their limbs. The compassions of the King … and may his wondrous works be the care of the race of mortals, snatching all from the way of toilsome evil. But the King rescued them from every necessity … their heart … The compassions of the King … and may his wondrous works be the care of the race of mortals. … his works, rejoicing with new … Sailors who care for the force and the ships of the sea, whose toil rises through wave and unspeakable water, saw with their eyes the works of wise God, and all his wondrous things among the seafaring depths. You would say the broad heaven was at once mixed with the abyss. Trembling seized all, as one bound by wine; … they forgot, and wise skill did not appear. But the King rescued them from every necessity; again he calmed the waves with steady silence, and gladness seized all when they saw the fair-weather water, hastening into harbour under the commands of God. The compassions of the King … and may his wondrous works be the care of the race of mortals. And the waters came upon the waterless land like rivers, and good dwelling peoples held the cities. God praised the work, and the peoples increased, and herds of four-footed beasts were fed for them in pastures; … worn down and by helpless pains; manifest transgression will open its terrible mouth … Who, being wise, knows how to keep all these things in his heart, and to understand the mercy of the Immortal in his breast? ### Scripture references - Ps 107:1–43 (106:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A leaked apparatus note before verse 35 (on the reading γαίῃ … ἀνύδρῳ) is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 106 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/106). ## Psalm 107 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-107 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 107 of the Septuagint (Psalm 108), which joins the end of Psalm 56 (57) to the end of Psalm 59 (60). ### Greek text Δαυΐδου ἑκατοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ ξύδομος ὕμγος. θυμὸς ἑτοῖμος ἐμὸς, Πανεπίσχοπε, θυμὸς ἑτοῖμος, Ἔγρεό μοι, φόρμιγξ, καὶ ἐμῶν ψαλτήριον ὕμνων. Σὸν μέλος ἀμφιδόητον,·Αναξ, λαοῖσι βοήσω, Καὶ δήμοις πολέσιν λιγυρόχτυπον αἶνον ἀείσω. Οὐρανίων ἐλεητὺν ἔχεις καθύπερθε Καί σευ ἀληθεέη νεφέων κατέναντα ποτᾶται. Καὶ σέθεν ἄσπετον εὖχος ἐπὶ χθόνα πᾶσαν ἐχάνοι, καὶ ἐμῆς ἐπικέχλυθι φωνῆς. Ὁ Εἶπεν ΓΑναξ ἁγίῳ σφετέρῳ συμφράδμονα μῦθον· Ἡμέτερος Γαλαᾶδος, κ᾽ ἡμέτερος Μανασσῆς, Αὐτὰρ ἐῦὔχλειὴς βασιλεὺς ἐμός ἐστιν Ἰούδας, Ποσσὶν ὑφ᾽ ἡμετέροις ἀλλότρια φῦλα δαμάπθη. Ἕν κρατερῷ Βασιλῆι βέην τελέσωμεν ἑτοίμην, ### English translation (Claude) This is David’s hundred and seventh hymn. My heart is ready, All-seeing One, my heart is ready; awake for me, lyre and psaltery of my hymns. I will cry your resounding song, O Lord, to the peoples, and sing a clear-struck praise to many peoples. You have mercy above the heavens, and your truth flies over against the clouds. And may your unspeakable glory reach over all the earth … and hear my voice. The Lord spoke a word in agreement with his holy one: Ours is Gilead, and ours Manasseh; but Judah is my glorious king; foreign races were subdued under our feet. In the mighty King let us accomplish ready force. ### Scripture references - Ps 108:1–13 (107:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The paraphrase repeats its own lines from Psalms 56 and 59, as the psalm does. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 107 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/107). ## Psalm 108 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-108 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 108 of the Septuagint (Psalm 109): the curses upon the treacherous accuser, and the poor man’s plea for help. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου λιγυρὸν μέλος ὄγδοον ἀμφ᾽ ἑκατοστῷ. Αἶνον ἐμὸν μὴ πάγχν, Μάκαρ, σιγῇ παρελάσσῃς ἊἈμφ᾽ ἐμοὶ ὡς δόλιον χαίνει στόμα δεινὸς ἀλείτης. Καὶ μύθοις στυγεροῖσι πεποιθότες ἡερέθοντο, Μαψιδίως τ᾽ ὀλοὴν ἐπὶ φύλοπιν ὡπλίζοντο᾽ Οὖς φιλέειν δοχέεσχον, ἐμοὶ κακὰ μᾶλλον ἔραπτον. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ λιτάνευον ἐς οὐρανὸν ὄμμα τιταίνων. ᾿Αντὶ δὲ νωιτέρης φιλίης κακὸν ἔχθος ἕλοντο. Πάντα οἱ ὅσσα πέλονται ἀνιχνεύσειε δανειστὴς, Καὶ σφετέρων καμάτων ἀλλότριοι ἅρπαγες εἶεν. Ἔσται οἱ φίλα τέκνα κακοῦ μέλπηθρον ὀλέθρου, Οὔνομ᾽ ἄϊστον ἄπυστον ἐπ᾽ ἤματι πάμπαν ὀλέσσει. ΓΆντα Θεοῦ χαχίη σφετέρων μνήσαιτο τοκήων, στυγερῆς παύσοιτο τεκούσης. Βασιλῆος ἀεὶ χατέναντα μενόντων, Καί σφεων ἐκ γαίης ἀγαθῆς Οὐ γὰρ ἐπεμνήσθη ἐλεητύος ἄξια ῥέξαι, ᾿Αχτέανον καὶ πτωχὸν ἀτάσθαλος ἄνδρα διώκων, θοῶς δέξαιτο κατάραν Ὁστέα πιαίνουσα κατὰ χρέος ἡῦτ᾽ ἔλαιον· ᾿Αντὶ δ᾽ ἀναγκαίου αἷν ἐπὶ κρυὸς εἴματος ἴσχοι, Καὶ ζώνης σφετέρης ἦν ζώννυται αἱὲν ἐπ᾽ ἔργῳ. Μισθὺς ὅδ᾽ οἷς Βασιλῇι χαχηγορέειν με μέμηλεν, Οἷς τε μέλει ψυχῇ μευ ἀπείριτα κήδεα τεύχειν. ᾿Αλλὰ σὺ, Παμδασιλεῦ, μοι ἄχος σέθεν εἴνεκα τεύχοις, καὶ πτωχὸς ἐγὼ, σὺ δὲ μὴ με Ἐδμήθην φίλα γυῖα τρέμων ὑπ᾽ ἀνάλχιδι λιμῷ, Καὶ δέμας αἰγλήεντος ἀμείόετο νόσφιν ἐλαίου. Ἔνθεν ἅλις μετὰ πᾶσιν ἐγὼ μωμητὸς ἐτύχθην· ᾿Αλλὰ, Μάκαρ, χαλέοντι Θεὸς ἐπιτάῤῥοθος ἔλθοις, Καί μοι σὴν ἐλεητὺν, Ἄναξ, ἐπίκουρον ὁπάσσοις·Ὄφρα τεῆς παλάμης ἀγαθὴν γνώωσιν ἀρωγὴν, Κεῖνοι ἐπαρήσονται, ἀτὰρ σύ μοι ὅλδια δοίης. Σεῖο δὲ τιμήεις θεράπων φρεσὶ ᾿Αείσω μελέεσσιν ἀνὰ στόμα Καὶ πολέων ἀνὰ μέσσον ἑὸν κλέος ὑμνοπολεύσω· Οὔνεκα δεξιτερῆς ἐπιτάῤῥοθος ἦλθε Ὄφρα κε θυμὸν ἐμὸν δηίων ἀπολύσειεν ἀνδρῶν. ### English translation (Claude) The clear eighth song of David upon the hundredth. Do not at all, Blessed One, pass by my praise in silence, for the terrible sinner gapes his deceitful mouth at me; and trusting in hateful words they were provoked, and armed themselves in vain for destructive battle; those whom they seemed to love — they rather stitched evil for me. But I prayed, stretching my eye to heaven. In return for our friendship they chose evil enmity. May the lender track out all that is his, and may strangers be robbers of his toils. His dear children will be the song of evil destruction; he will utterly destroy his name, unseen and unheard, in a day. May the wickedness of his fathers be remembered before God; … of his hateful mother not cease … let them always remain before the King, and … them from the good earth, because he did not remember to do things worthy of mercy, pursuing in wickedness the needy and poor man … may he quickly receive the curse, fattening his bones, as is due, like oil; instead of a necessary garment may he always hold … and of his girdle, which he always girds for work. This is the reward of those who care to slander me to the King, and who care to fashion countless cares for my soul. But you, King of all, … for your sake … and I am poor, and do not … me … I was subdued, trembling in my dear limbs under strengthless famine, and my body was changed far from glistening oil. From then I became exceedingly blamed among all. But, Blessed One, may you come, God, as helper to me as I call, and grant me your mercy, O Lord, as helper, so that they may know the good help of your hand. They will curse, but may you give me blessed things. And your honoured servant … I will sing with songs upon my mouth, and in the middle of many I will hymn his glory, because he came as helper of the right hand …, so that he might free my soul from enemy men. ### Scripture references - Ps 109:1–31 (108:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The curses are translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 108 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/108). ## Psalm 109 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-109 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 109 of the Septuagint (Psalm 110): God says to God, “Sit at my right hand”; the one begotten before the morning star is a priest for ever. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου λιγυρὸν μένος εἴγατον ἀμφ᾽ ἑχατοστῷἮσο, Θεῷ Θεὸς εἵπεν, ἐμῶν ἐς δεξιὰ θώκων, Ὥς κεν ὑπὸ θρῆνυν δηίους σέο ποσσὶ δαμάσσω. ρφρα τεοῖς ἀνὰ μέσσον, Ἄναξ, δηίοισιν ἀνάσσῃς. Σῆς ἀρχῆς μετὰ σεῖο πέλει κράτος ὡς πάρος εἶχες, Σῇσι μετ᾽ ἀγλαΐῃς ὁσίων κλέος ἔμπεδον ἕξεις. Γαστρὸς καρπὸς ἐμῆς πρὸ ἑωσφόρου αὐτὸς ετυχθης. Ὥμοσε πιστὸς ΓΑναξ, σφετέρους δ᾽ οὐ ψεύσεται ὅρἜσσεαι ἀρητὴρ οἷος πέλε Δεξιτερῆς, ἼΛχραντε, ἔχεις πέλας Καὶ πολέων κατὰ γαῖαν ἁποῤῥαίσειε κάρηνα. ὝΣδωρ χειμάῤῥου πίεται χλυτὸν οἶμον ὁδεύων, ### English translation (Claude) The clear song of David, the ninth upon the hundredth. God said to God: Sit at the right of my thrones, so that I may subdue your enemies under the footstool of your feet, … so that you may rule, O Lord, in the midst of your enemies. With you is the might of your rule, as you had it formerly; in the splendours of the holy you will hold firm glory. Fruit of my belly, you yourself were begotten before the morning star. The faithful Lord swore, and will not falsify his oaths: You will be a priest such as … was. Undefiled One, you have near your right hand …, and may he dash the heads of many on earth. He will drink the famous water of the torrent, walking his way … ### Scripture references - Ps 110:1–7 (109:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The paraphrase renders “The Lord said to my Lord” as “God said to God”, and 109:3 as “fruit of my belly, you were begotten before the morning star” (Septuagint); translated as written. The name Melchizedek is lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 109 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/109). ## Psalm 110 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-110 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 110 of the Septuagint (Psalm 111): praise for God’s works and covenant; the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. ### Greek text Αφθιτον ἀλλη,ούϊα δεκὰς δ᾽ ἔξυ ἀμφ᾽ ἑκατοστῷ. ᾿ἈἈλήχτῳ κραδίῃ, Βασιλεῦ, τεὸν αἶνον ἀείσω, ᾿Αθανάτου Βασιλῆος ἀεὶ Αἶνος ἀεὶ Θεοῦ ἔργα πέλει καὶ ἀριπρεπὲς εὖχος· Θαυμασίων σφετέρων Βασιλεὺς ἐμνήσατο θυμῷ· Οἰκτίρμων μετὰ πᾶσι Θεὸς πέλει ἠδ᾽ ἐλεήμων· Κλήρον ἀρίζηλον μεμαὼς δόμεναί σφισι δήμων, καὶ ἀληθείην ἐργάζεται αἰεί. Βασιλῆος ἀγαχλέα πίστιν ἔχουσιν, Πάντοτε συνθεσίην σφετέρην ἐνετείλατο Ποιμὴν. τε Θεοῦ χλυτὸν οὔνομ᾽ ἐτύχθη. ᾿Αρχὴ ἐπουρανίου σοφίης πέλε δεῖμα Θεοῖο. Καὶ πινυτὴ μερόπεσσι πέλει σοφίης ὑποφήταις. Ἔκ γενεῆς γενεήνδε μένει Θεοῦ ἄφθιτος αἶνος. ### English translation (Claude) An immortal Alleluia, the tenth upon the hundredth. With unceasing heart, O King, I will sing your praise …, of the immortal King always … The works of God are always praise and conspicuous glory. The King remembered his wonders in his heart; God is compassionate among all and merciful, eager to give them the conspicuous inheritance of peoples … and he always works truth … have the glorious faith of the King; the Shepherd commanded his covenant for ever … and the name of God has become famous. The beginning of heavenly wisdom was the fear of God, and … for mortals, the interpreters of wisdom. From generation to generation the immortal praise of God remains. ### Scripture references - Ps 111:1–10 (110:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 110 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/110). ## Psalm 111 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-111 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 111 of the Septuagint (Psalm 112): the blessing of the man who fears the Lord, lends generously and is not shaken. ### Greek text Πρῶτον ἐφ᾽ ἐνδεκάτῃ δεκάδι μέλος ἀλλη.Ἰούϊα. ᾿Αλχῆεν κατὰ γαῖαν ἐὸν μένει αἶμα γενέθλης, Οὔκ οἱ ἀπολλήξειε δόμων ἄφενός τε καὶ εὖχος, ὄρφνης ἀνέτειλεν ἐπ᾽ ἰθυνόοις μέγα φέγγος. Οἰχτέρμων ὅσιός τε Θεὸς πέλει ἠδ᾽ ἐλεήμων. ὅς ῥʼ ἔχρησεν ἀνὴρ ἑτέρους Οὐποτέ μιν μογεροῖο κλόνος βιότοιο κιχείη. ὁσίου μνημήϊιον αἰνετὸν ἔσται Αἰὲν ἔχει Βασιλῇος ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι θυμὸν ἑτοῖμον· Τιμῇ καὶ γεράεσσιν ἀειρόμενον κέρας ἕξει. Δερκόμενον τάδε μῆνις ἀτάσθαλον ἄνδρα χαλέψει, Ἵμερος αὖτ᾽ ἀτέλεστος ἀτασθάλου ἀνδρὸς ὀλεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) The first song upon the eleventh decade, Alleluia. … his race’s blood remains strong on the earth; wealth and glory will not cease from his house; … a great light rose out of darkness for the upright. God is compassionate and holy and merciful. … the man who lends to others … The turmoil of toilsome life will never reach him; … the memorial of the holy will be praised. He always has his heart ready in the hope of the King; he will have his horn lifted up with honour and dignities. Seeing these things, wrath will trouble the wicked man; the unfulfilled longing of the wicked man will perish. ### Scripture references - Ps 112:1–10 (111:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 111 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/111). ## Psalm 112 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-112 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 112 of the Septuagint (Psalm 113): praise the Lord, high above all, who raises the poor and gives the barren woman a home. ### Greek text δεκάδος μετὰ δεύτερον ᾿Αθάνατον Βασιλῆα σοφοὶ ἀναμέλψατε παῖδε-, Ἔσσεται οὔνομα θεῖον ἀεὶ μεμελημένον ὕμνοις, Καὶ νῦν, καὶ μετέπειτα διηνεχέεσσι γενέθλαις. Ἠελίου φαέθοντος ἀπ᾽ ἀντολίης ἐπὶ δυσμὰς, Δήμων παντοδαπῶν Βασιλεὺς χαθυπέρτερα ναίει, Καὶ κλέος οὐρανίων δαπέδων ὕπερ ἄφθιτον ἴσχει. Τίς κρατερῷ Βασιλῇι πανείχελος ἄλλος ἐτύχθη; ὑψηλὰ, ἀτὰρ χθαμαλώτατα λεύσσων. Γαϊάν τʼ ὀφθαλμοῖσι καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφιπολεύων, ᾿Αχτέανον δεδάηχεν ἀπὸ χθονὸς οἷος ἐγείρειν, Λαοῦ θεσπεσίοιο συνέμπορος ἡγεμονήων. Στείρῃ ναιετάειν ὃς δώματα δῶκεν ### English translation (Claude) … second after the decade … Sing the immortal King, wise children; the divine name will always be the care of hymns, now and hereafter for continual generations. From the rising of the shining sun to its setting … The King dwells above all kinds of peoples, and holds immortal glory above the heavenly floors. Who has become like the mighty King? … on high, yet looking at the lowliest things, ministering to earth and heaven with his eyes, he alone has known how to raise the poor man from the earth, to be a fellow with the rulers of the divine people; who gave the barren woman to dwell in houses … ### Scripture references - Ps 113:1–9 (112:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 112 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/112). ## Psalm 113 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-113 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 113 of the Septuagint (Psalms 114–115): the sea fled at Israel’s exodus; not to us but to your name give glory; idols have mouths but cannot speak. ### Greek text ᾿Εγδεχάτης δεκάδος σὺν καὶ τρίτον Αλκιμος Ἰσραῆλος ὅτ᾽ ἤλυθεν γεραρὸς γεγένητο Θεοΐο, Φεῦγε μὲν ἀτρύγετός μιν ὅπως ἐνόησε θάλασσα, Καὶ κορυφαὶ λασίων ὁρέων πέλον ἀρνάσιν ἴσαι. ἜΝννεπε τίπτε, θάλασσα, διέτμαγες ὧδε φυγοῦσα ; Καὶ κορυφαὶ λασίων ὀρέων, πέλετ᾽ ἀρνάσιν ἴσαι; ᾿Αθανάτου δεδόνητο Θεοῦ κατεναντίον αἶα, Ὅστις Ἰαχώόδου μεγαλήτορος αἰὲν Μὴ ἡμῖν τάδε ῥέζε· τί γὰρ σθένος ἄμμιν ἐτύχθη; ᾿Αλλὰ τεῇ σοφίῃ πανυπέρτατον εὖχος ὁπάζοις, Σῇ τ᾽ ἐλεημοσύνῃ, Βασιλεῦ, καὶ ἀληθέϊ βουλῇ. Μήποτε φῦλ᾽ ἐρέῃ· Πῆ δὴ Θεὸς ἔπλετο κείνων ; Νωίτερος Θεὸς αὖτε κατ᾽ οὐρανὸν αἰὲν ἀνάσσει· Οὐρανῷ ἡρήρεισται, ἀτὰρ χθονὸς ἔργα νομεύει, Τεύχων ὁππόσα θυμῷ Εἴδωλα χρυσό; τε καὶ ἄργυρος ἔπλετο δήμων, σοφῶν δαιδάλματα χειρῶν. Οἷς οὐ φθόγγος ἔπεστι, καὶ εἰ στόμα τοῖσιν ἐτύχθη· Οὐδὲ φάος φορέουσι περὶ Οὕὔατα μοῦνον ἔχουσι, καὶ οὐκ ἀΐουσιν ἀυτῆς Οὐδ᾽ ἱερὴ ῥίνεσσιν ὑπέρχεται ἢέρος ὀδμὴ. Οὐ σθένος ἀμφαφάωντι, καὶ εἰ χείρεσσι Οὐ ποσὶν εὐφόρδοιο κατὰ χθονὸς ἴχνος ἐρεῖσαι, Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀσθμαίνουσι κατὰ στόμα πνεύματος ὁρμῇ. Καὶ πάντες τοίοισι νόῳ περιθαρσέες εἰσίν. ἐπ᾽ ΓΑναχτα θέτο κλυτὸς Τῶν δ᾽ ἐπιτάῤῥοθός ἐστι καὶ ἄφθιτος ἀσπιδιώτης. Ἑλπωρὴν ἐπ᾽ Ανακτα θέτο κλυτὸς οἶκος ᾿Αρῶνος· Τῶν δ᾽ ἐπιτάῤῥοθός ἔστι καὶ Ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔθεντ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ΓΑναχτα, μέλει δ᾽ οἷς δεῖμα Θεοζο’ Τῶν δ᾽ ἐπιτάῤῥοθός ἐστι καὶ ἄλκιμος ἀσπιδιώτης. Ἡμέων ᾿Αθάνατος μεμνημένος, ἥνεσε πάντας. Ἤνεσε λαὸν ἅπαντα μεμηλότα Παμδασιλτι, Ἡλικίην σύμπασαν ὁμοῦ περὶ μείζονι τυτθήν· Ἡμετέροις μετὰ παισὶν ἀέξησεν μάλα πάντας. Ὃς γαῖαν χλοερήν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν εὑρὺν ἔτευξεν. Οὐρανὸς αἰγλήεντος ἐπουρανίου ᾽στὶ ἼΑναχτος· Αὐτὰρ γαῖαν ἔδωκεν ἔχειν μεροπηίδι φύτλῃ. Οὔ σε, Μάκαρ, νεκύων φθιμένων Οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ νερτερίους θανάτου Νὺν ἅμα καὶ μετέπειτα διηνεχέεσσι νενέθλαις, ### English translation (Claude) … of the eleventh decade, and third. When mighty Israel came … became the honoured … of God. The barren sea fled when it perceived him, and the peaks of shaggy mountains were like lambs. Say, why, sea, were you cut asunder, fleeing thus? And you peaks of shaggy mountains, were you like lambs? The earth was shaken before the immortal God, who always … of great-hearted Jacob … Do not do these things for us; for what strength have we? But grant most high glory to your wisdom, and to your mercy, O King, and your true counsel. Let the races never say: Where then is their God? Our God always rules in heaven; he is fixed in heaven, but shepherds the works of the earth, doing whatever … in his heart. The idols of the peoples were gold and silver, … the elaborate works of wise hands, which have no voice, even if they have a mouth; nor do they bear light about …; they have ears only, and do not hear a cry, nor does the holy smell of the air come into their nostrils; they have no strength to grope, even if … hands, nor to set a footstep with feet on the fertile earth, nor do they breathe with the impulse of breath through the mouth. And all are confident in mind in such things. … set … on the Lord …, and he is their helper and immortal shield-bearer. The famous house of Aaron set its hope on the Lord; and he is their helper and … They set their hope on the Lord, those who care for the fear of God; and he is their helper and strong shield-bearer. The Immortal, remembering us, praised all; he praised all the people who care for the King of all, the whole age together, small with greater; he greatly increased all among our children, who made the green earth and the broad heaven. Heaven belongs to the radiant heavenly Lord; but the earth he gave to the race of mortals to hold. Not you, Blessed One, … of the dead who have perished, nor … to the nether … of death … now and hereafter for continual generations. ### Scripture references - Ps 114:1–8 (113:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence - Ps 115:1–18 (113:9-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Septuagint Psalm 113 joins Psalms 114 and 115 of the Hebrew and English Bible; the second begins at “Do not do these things for us”. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 113 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/113). ## Psalm 114 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-114 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 114 of the Septuagint (Psalm 116:1–9): the Lord heard the voice of one caught by the pangs of death. ### Greek text Ἐνδεκάτης δεκάδος μετὰ ἐμῆς ἀγάπησα Θεοῖο, Οὔνεκχά μοι θείην ἀγαθὴν τ᾽ ἔκλινεν ἀχουὴν, Ὠδῖνες θανάτοιο λαθιφθόγγου με κατέσχον, Ῥιγεδανὴν ὀδύνην καὶ ἀτειρέα μόχθον ἐφεῦρον· ἭἩμέτερος Βασιλεὺς ὅσιος πέλει ἠδ᾽ ἐλεήμων, δηθύνεις μετὰ σὴν ἀνάπαυσιν ἱκέσθαι ; Οὐκ ὁράχς, Θεὸς ὡς σε δυσαλθέος ἥρπασεν ἄτης ; Καὶ γὰρ ἐμὸν θανάτοιο βαρύφρονα ῥύσατο θυμὸν, Ζωόντων ἀνὰ χῶρον ἀδὼν Βασιλῆι φανείην. ### English translation (Claude) … of the eleventh decade … of God, because he inclined to me a divine and good hearing. The pangs of death that silence the voice held me; I found a shuddering pain and unwearying toil … our King is holy and merciful … why do you delay to come to your rest? Do you not see how God snatched you from hard-to-heal ruin? For indeed he rescued my heavy-minded soul from death; may I appear to the King, singing in the place of the living. ### Scripture references - Ps 116:1–9 (114:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The opening line (“I loved, because the Lord will hear …”) is broken in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 114 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/114). ## Psalm 115 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-115 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 115 of the Septuagint (Psalm 116:10–19): what shall I render to the Lord? Precious in his sight is the death of his holy ones. ### Greek text Πέμπτον ἐς ἑνδεκάτῃ δεκάδι μέλος ᾿Ατρεκέως ἐλάλησα Θεῷ βασιλῆι πιθήσας. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ θνητῶν γενόμην χθαμαλώτατος ἄλλων. (ὁ Αἱ μερόπων ψευδηγόρον εἶπα γενέθλην· Τί χρέος ἐκ πολέων ὧν μοι πόρε Ποιμένι δοίην ; Πότμος ἑῶν ὁσίων γεραρὸς χατέναντα Θεοῖο. θεράπων δέ τοι εὔχομα: εἶναι· Εἰμὶ τεὸς θεράπων, καὶ σῆς γόνος ἀμφιπόλοιο. Αὐλῇς εὐαγέεσσι φίλον κατὰ δῶμα Θεοῖο, Σεῖο, πολυχλήεσσ᾽ Ἱερουσαλὴ, κατὰ μέσσον. ### English translation (Claude) The fifth song upon the eleventh decade. Truly I spoke, trusting God the King. But I became the lowliest of mortals beyond others … I said that the race of mortals is lying. What shall I give to the Shepherd for the many things he has given me? The death of his holy ones is honoured before God. … I pray to be your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid, … in the holy courts, in the dear house of God, in your midst, much-famed Jerusalem. ### Scripture references - Ps 116:10–19 (115:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 115 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/115). ## Psalm 116 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-116 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 116 of the Septuagint (Psalm 117): all peoples praise the Lord for his mercy. ### Greek text ἐφ᾽ ἐγδεκάτῃ δεκάδι μέλος Καί μιν ὁμοῦ σύμπαντες ἄδην χελαδήσατε λαοί· Οὔνεχεν ἄμμιν·Αναξ ἐλεήμονα μῆτιν ὀφέλλει, ### English translation (Claude) … a song upon the eleventh decade … and all you peoples, shout to him together abundantly, because the Lord increases his merciful counsel toward us. ### Scripture references - Ps 117:1–2 (116:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 116 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/116). ## Psalm 117 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-117 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 117 of the Septuagint (Psalm 118): thanksgiving for victory; the gate of the Lord, the stone that became the head of the corner, and blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. ### Greek text ᾿Ενδεκάτης δεκάδος ἀμφ᾽ Ἁέλψατέ μοι Βασιλῇα, ἐπεὶ τόδε καλὸν ἐτύχθη, Βαζέτω Ἰσραῆλος, ἐπεὶ τόδε καλὸν ἐτύχθη, Βαξζέτω οἶκος ᾿Αρῶνος, ἐπεὶ τόδε καλὸν ἐτύχθη· Δμῶες βάζετ᾽ Άνακτος, ἐπεὶ τόδε καλὸν ἐτύχθη· Ἐκ δ᾽ ἀγαγὼν κακότητος ἐμὰς εὔρυνε κελεύθους· Αἰὲν Ἄναξ ἄχραντος ἐμῆς ἐπίκουρος ἀνάγκης· Αἰὲν ἐμῆς ἄχραντος·Αναξ ἐπίκουρος ἀνάγκης· Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ δηΐων σφετέρων κακὸν ὄψομαι οἶτον. ἀθανάτῳ πίσυνον Βασιλῇι βιῶναι, ἨΣ μάτην βροτῷ ἀνδρὶ νόον περιθάρσυνον ἴσχειν, ἀμήχανον ἐλπίδα θέσθαι. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σύμπαντας ἕλον Βασιλῆι πεποιθώς. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σύμπαντας ἕλον Βασιλῆι πεποιθώς. ἅτε πυρσὸς ἐν αὐλαίησιν ἀκάνθαις· Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σύμπαντας ἕλον Βασιλῇ: πεποιθώς. Καί κε πέσʼ ὠθηθεὶς, πρόμαχος δέ μοι ἤλυθεν ἘσΑἶνος ἐμὸς καὶ κάρτος ἐπ᾽ ἀθανάτῳ Βασιλῆι, Καί μοι ἀλεξίκακον κατεφαίνετο φέγγος ἑτοῖμον. κεφαλὴν ἐριχυδέα θῆκεν ἐμεῖο· Οὕὔποτε τεθναίην, βιότου δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὥρη· ᾿Αλλὰ περιφραδέως βασιλήια ἔργα βοήσω. ᾿Αθάνατος δάμασέν με φίλοις παιδεύμασι ]οὐμὲν· ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὔὕπως θανάτῳ με κακῷ μεθέγχε δαμῆναι. Δεῦτέ μοι εὐδιχίης νῦν οἴξατε πιστὰ θύρετρα· Εἰς δ᾽ ἐλθὼν Βασιλῇις πολύλλιτον ὕμνον ἀείσω. Ἣδε πύλη Βασιλῇος, ὁδὸς δ᾽ ἀγαθοῖσι μελέσθω. σε, ἐμῆς ὅτι σύνθεο φωνῆς, Καί μοι ἀλεξίκακον προὐφαίνεο φέγγος ἑτοῖμον. Ὃς δ᾽ ἱερὴ δισσῶν κεφαλὴ προὐφαίνετο τοίχων. Τήνδε Θεὸς παλάμῃσιν ἐδείματο τιμήεσσαν, δὲ πέλει βροτέων κατεναντίον ὄσσων. Εὐφροσύνη μεράπεσσιν ὅπως καὶ χάρμα φανείη ἐμὴν καταθύμιον οἶμον· Αἰνετὸς ὃς Βασιλῆος ἀφίξεται οὔνομ᾽ ἀείρων. Μάκαρος μεγάροιο μολόντες. Κλεινὸς ἼΑναξ ἀγαθός τε Θεὸς μερόπεσσι φαάνθγ,. Νωίτερος Θεός ἐσσι, ἐγὼ δέ τοι αἶνον ἀείσω· Νωίτερος Θεός ἐσσι, ἐγὼ δέ σε ὑψόσ᾽ ἀείρω. σε, ἐμῆς ὅτι σύνθεο φωνῆς, Καί μοι ἀλεξίκακον χατεφαίνεο φέγγος ἑτοῖμον. Μέλψατέ μοι Βασιλῇα, ἐπεὶ τόδε καλὸν ἐτύχθη· ### English translation (Claude) Of the eleventh decade … Sing to me the King, since this is good; let Israel say it, since this is good; let the house of Aaron say it, since this is good; you servants of the Lord, say it, since this is good. And leading [me] out of evil he widened my paths; the undefiled Lord is always the helper of my necessity; the undefiled Lord is always the helper of my necessity. But I will see the evil fate of my enemies. … to live trusting the immortal King, … in vain to hold a mind confident in mortal man, … to set a helpless hope. But I took them all, trusting the King. But I took them all, trusting the King. … like a torch among the thorns of the courts; but I took them all, trusting the King. And I would have fallen, thrust down, but the King came to me as champion. My praise and strength are in the immortal King, and an averting light appeared ready to me … he set my glorious head … I will never die, but there will be a season of life for me; and I will clearly cry out the royal works. The Immortal subdued me with dear chastisements, but he did not let me be subdued by evil death. Come now, open to me the faithful doors of righteousness; and, going in, I will sing a much-prayed hymn to the King. This is the gate of the King; let the road be the care of the good. … you, because you agreed with my voice, and appeared to me as a ready averting light. It appeared as the holy head of two walls; God built this honoured one with his hands, and … is before the eyes of mortals. That gladness and joy may appear to mortals … my road pleasing to the heart. Praised is he who will come lifting the name of the King … having come from the hall of the Blessed One. The famous Lord and good God has appeared to mortals. You are our God, and I will sing your praise; you are our God, and I lift you on high. … you, because you agreed with my voice, and appeared to me as a ready averting light. Sing to me the King, since this is good. ### Scripture references - Ps 118:1–29 (117:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - “The holy head of two walls” renders the cornerstone (117:22). Several refrain lines are repeated as in the psalm. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 117 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/117). ## Psalm 118 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-118 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 118 of the Septuagint (Psalm 119), the great psalm of the law: blessed are those who walk in God’s ordinances, which are a lamp to the feet and sweeter than gold. ### Greek text δεκάδος ἀμφ᾽ ὄγδοον ὍὌλδιοι οἷσι μέμηλεν ἀκήρατος αἰὲν ἁταρπὸς, Οἷς νόος ἱμείρεσχε Θεοῦ κατὰ θεσμὸν ὁδεύειν. Μαρτυρίας σφετέρας φρεσὶν Παντοίῃ κραδίῃ διζήμενοι ἐσθλὸν Ανακτα. Οὐ γὰρ δυσνομίης στυγερῆς ὑποφήτορες ἄνδρες Εἴθε μοι εὖ μάλα πᾶσαι ἐπιθύνοιντο χέλενθοι, Ὄφρα τοι εὐδιχίῃσιν ἀεὶ μεμελημένος εἴην. Καί κε νόῳ προφύγοιμι βαρὺν καὶ ἐλεγχέα μῶμον, ἸΙθυνόῳ κραδίῃ, Βασιλεῦ, τεὸν αἶνον ἀείσω, Εὖτε δικαιοσύνης θεοτερπέος ἔργα Β΄. Πῶς νέος ἰθύνειεν ὁδὸν πεποτη μένος ἤδῃ, Παντοίοις, Βασιλεῦ, δε νοήμασιν Σεῖο, Μάκαρ, γλυχεροὺς ἐθέμην ἐν στήθεσι μύθους, Αἰνετός ἐσσι, Μάκαρ, θεσμοὺς δέ με σεῖο διδάσχοις. Χείλεσιν ἡμετέροις στόματος σέθεν ἔφρασα θεσμούς· Οἷά τις ἐν στέρνοις ἐπαγάλλετα: εὐρέϊ πλούτῳ. Οὐδὲ τεῶν ἱερῶν ἐπέων ἐπιλήσομαι αὕτως. Γ΄. ᾿Αντὶ πόνων θεράποντι, Μάκαρ, σέο μισθὸν Ζήτομαι ἀθανάτων ἐπέων φρεσὶ κέρδος ἀέξων. ᾿Αχλὺν ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν σχέδασον, Μάκαρ, ἣ πρὶν ἐπτεῶν χλυτὰ θαύματα θεσμῶν. βιότοιο μινυνθαδίην χθόνα ναίω· Μὴ μευ ἀποκρύψῃ: ἀγαθῶν χάριν ἐννεσιάων. Εὐδικίας ἐπόθησα τεὰς νόῳ ἤματα πάντα. Μῶμον,·Αναξ, ἐλάσεις καὶ ὀνείδεα πολλὸν ἐμεῖο, Οὔνεκα μαρτυρίας γεραρὰς σέθεν Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ ἀνέμελπον ἐπ᾽ ἐπάκουσας ἀπαγγέλλοντος ἀταρπούς. οἶμον ἐμῷ παραχάτθεο θυμῷ Θυμὸς ἐμὸς ἤμυας, κακῇ βεδολημένος ἄτῃ· ᾿Αλλὰ τεοῖς μύθοισιν, ΓΑναξ, ἐμὸν ἧτορ ἐρείδοις. Ὑπ᾽ ἐννεσίῃςσι. Εστις, ἐπ᾽ ἐνν, Πριτ. Οἷμον, Αναξ, ἀθέμιστον δὲ τεοῖς θεσπίσμασιν ἄμμ᾽ Οἷμον ἀληθείης καταθύμιον αἰὲν ἐφεῦρον, Μή σεο μαρτυρίῃσι πεποιθότα πάμπαν ἐλέγξῃς. Σῆς ὑποθημοσύνης ἀριδείκετον ἔδραμον οἶμον, Εὗτε μάλ᾽ εὐρύνειας ἐμοῖς ἐν στήθεσι θυμόν. Ε΄. Σεῖο, Μάκαρ, μὲ δίδασκε τεῶν τρρίδον εὐνομιάων, Δός μοι, ΓΑναξ, πινυτὴν, ἵνα σευ νόμον ἐξερεείνω, Καί μιν ἀεὶ στέρνοισιν ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέροισι φυλάξω. Σῷ θεράποντι λόγον βεδριθότα δείματι Θυμῷ ἐπισπέρχω σέθεν ἵμερον Σεῖο δικαιοσύνην βιότου συνέριθον ἑλοίμην.·οφρα κεν ὑδριστῆρας ἀμείψομα: ἧ θέμις ἐστίν· Μή μεὺ ἀληθείην στόματός σεο πάμπαν ἐρύξῃς· Σεῖο γὰρ εὐθέσμοιο δικαιοσύνης πόθον ἴσχω, Καὶ νόμον αἰγλήεντα τεὸν πραπίδεσσι φυλάξω, Ἐκ γενεῆς γενεήνδε διαμπερὲς ἤματα πάντα. Πῶς δὲ μάλα θαύμαζον ἐμὴν τότε γλῶσσαν ἄνακτες; σευ θεράποντος ἐπελπομένου σέο μύἭοε μευ ἀδρανίης παραμύθιον ἐσθλὸν ἐτύχθη, Οὔνεκʼ ἀεί σεο μῦθος ἐμοὶ βίος ἔπλετο καλός. Αὐτὰρ ἐμὸς θεσμοῖσι τεοῖς νόος αἰὲν ἀρήρει. Θεσμῶν εἰσορόων ἀγαθῶν σεο Θεσμῶν ὑμνοπόλευσα φίλων σέο πολλάκι μολπὴν, Καί περ ἐν ὀθνείοισιν ἐὼν δαπέδοις μετανάστης. ᾿λθάνατον δ᾽ ἐφύλαξα φίλοις ἐν στήθεσι θεσμόν τόδ᾽ εὐδιχέης ἀγαθῆς ἀντάξιον Η΄. Αἷσά μοι αὐτὸς ἔφυς, θεσμοὺς δό σοι εἶπα φυ- α Ῥογιῖο πηδὶ μ86 ἰ6ᾷ65 νετὸ (ἰυὲ ἀΐλὶ ᾿Αλήκτῳ κραδίῃ λιτόμην Βασιλῆος ἽἼλαθί μοι, Βασιλεῦ, ἐπέων δέ σευ ἄξια ῥέξω. Καὶ γὰρ ἐπεφρασάμην καταθύμια σεῖο κελεύθοις· Ἔνθεν ἑτοιμότατος γενόμην ἀδόνητος ἐών τις, ἔχειν μεμελημένον ἦτορ. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ διὰ νύκτα μέσην ἔσπευδον ἀναστὰς Ὑμνῆσαι πραπίδεσσι δικαιοσύνης σέο θεσμούς. Πάντων σεῖο, Μάκαρ, Χθὼν ἐλεημοσύνης ἀγαθῆς Σεῖο δικαιοσύνας ἐριχυδέας ἄμμε σοφίην τε τεῦῖν, Μάκαρ, ἄμμε ΤοῦνΞχα σοὺς ἐφύλαξα φίλοις ἐν στήθεσι μύθους, Μεβλιχός ἐσσι, Μάκαρ, σέο δ᾽ εὐδικίας με διδάσχοις. ὑπερφιάλων μοι ἀθέσφατος ἐξετανύσθη Στῆθος ἐὸν λευκῷ ἴκελον ἑπέπηχτο γάλακτι· Αὐτὰρ ἐμοί σεο θεσμὸς ἀεὶ πραπίδεσσι μεμήλει. Ὡς ἀγαθὸν χθαμαλόν τε καὶ Ὀφρᾶ δικαιοσύνην ἐριχυδέα σεῖο Ὡς ἀγαθὸς στόματος βασιληίου ἔπλετο θεσμὸς, Χιλιάξων χρυσοῦ τε καὶ ἀργύρου ἄμμιν ἀμείνων. Σῇσι, Μάκαρ, γενόμην τε καὶ ἐπλάσθην παλάΔὸς δή μοι πινυτὴν, βουλὰς ἵνα σεῖο δαείην. Οὔνεκα σοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἐμὰς συνέδησα μερίμνας. ᾿Αμφαδίην ἐνόησα δικαιοσύνης σέο θεσμοὺς, Καί σευ ἀληθείῃ χθαμαλὸς καὶ ἄχιχυς ἐτύχθην. Σὴν ἐλεημοτύνην παραμύθιον ἅμμιν Καὶ μῦθον συμφράδμονα σῷ θεράποντι Οὐ·εχά μοι μελέτη βασιλήιος ἔπλετο θεσμός. Αἴσχος ὑπερφιάλοις, οἵ μοι παρὰ θεσμὸν ἔρεξαν· Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ περὶ σῇσιν ἐφημοσύνῃς κελαδήσω. Σῇσιν ἐφημοσύνῃς μευ ἀμώμητοι φρένες εἶεν, θεσπέσιον περὶ φέγγος ἐμὸς νόος ἐξετανύσθη, Συνθεσίης τ᾽ ἀγαθῆς πόθεόν σεο μῦθον ἀκοῦσαι. Βάζουσαι᾽· Πότε δὴ μοι ἰὼν παραμύθιον εἴης ; ᾿Ασκὸς ὅπως γενόμην ᾿Αλλὰ δικαιοσύνης λαθόμην σέθεν οὔποτε θυμῷ. Εἰπὲ, τεοῦ θεράποντος ὅσος χρόνος ἐστὶ βίοιο· Εἴ ποτέ μοι τίσειαν ἐπάξιον ὕδριν ἀλεῖται : ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐ σὸν κατὰ θεσμὸν ἔχον ψευδηγόρον οἴμην. ΟἹ δ᾽ ἀδίκως μ᾽ ἐδίωκον, Αναξ δʼ ἐπιτάῤῥοθος εἴης, Αὐτὰρ ἐγώ σέο μίμνον ἐφημοσύνῃσι πεποιθὼς, Καί σεο μαρτυρίας στόματος στέρνοισι φυλάξω. Ουρανῳ ἀστερόεντι μένει σέο πάντοτε μῦθος. Γαῖα, Μάκαρ, παλάμῃσι μένει σέο ῥιζωθεῖσα· ᾿Ηὼς δ᾽ ἠριγένειχ φέρει σέο φέγγος ἀνωγῇ ᾿ Εἰ μή μοί σεο θεσμὸς ἔην μελέδημα μερίμνης, Ἔνθεν ἐπεὶ βιότοιο τέλος κεχαρισμένον εὗρον. Εἰμὶ τεὸς θεράπων, σὺ δέ μοι κακὸν οἶτον ἀλάλχοις Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ ξυνέηχα χάριν σέο μαρτυριάων· Παντοίοις ἐνόησα τέλος πραπίδεσσι βίοιο· Σὴν ὑποθημοσύνην, Βασιλεῦ, εὐρεῖαν ἀνέγνων. ΠΓ΄. Ὡς μάλα θεσμὸν ἐγὼ βασιλήιον ἀμφαγάπατον, Καί μιν ἑλὼν στέρνοισι πανημαδὸν ὑμνοπολεύσω. δηίων με τεὴν πλέον Καὶ γὰρ ἐμὸν χτέρας ἐστὶ, διηνεχέως Ἄνακτος ἔχω μελεδήματα θυμοῦ Πρεσθυτέρων πινυτῆς πολὺ μείζονα μῆτιν ἐφεῦρον, Μαρτυρίας κατὰ θυμὸν ἀνιχνεύων Βασιλῆος. Ὄφρα φίλον σέο μῦθον ἐμαῖς πραπίδεσσι φυλάξω. Σὸν περὶ λευχανίην ἐπέων νόμον ἡδὺν ἐφεῦρον. Πάντα μάλα ξυνένχα τεῶν χάριν ἐννεσιάων, Ἔνθεν πᾶσαν ἄθεσμον ἀπεχθαίρεσχον ἀταρπὸν. Λύχνος ἐμὸς σέο θεσμὸς, Αναξ, ποσὶν αἱὲν ἤΆφθιτον ἡμετέροις καὶ ἀγήραον ἴχνεσι φέγγος.·Ὥμοσα σῆς, ἼΛχραντε, δίκης θέσπισμα φυλάξαι. γενόμην, ἐπέεσσι δὲ σοῖσι Γλώσσης ἡμετέρης καταθύμια καὶ σὺ χελεύοις, Καί με δικαιοσύνην ἐρικυδέα σεῖο Ἧτορ ἐμὸν παλάμῃσι διηνεχέως σέθεν ἴσχω, Ἄμμιν ἐτεκτήναντο λίνον χαχοιλήχανοι ἄνδρες, Μαρτυρίας Βασιλῆος ἕλον ζωαρχέα κλῆρον, Σὰς, Μάκαρ, εὐδικίας κραδίῃ ποθέεσχον ἀνῦσαι, Ὥ; κεν ἁμοιθαίοις ἀγαθοῖς ἐμὸν ἦτορ ἰαίνοις. ΤΕ’, Θεσμὸν σὸν φιλέεσχον, ἀτὰρ στυγέεσχον ἀθέὕλλχαρ ἐμὸν τελέθεις, καὶ ἐμῆς ἐπιτάῤῥοθος ἀλκῆς. Ἐλπίδα χυδιάνειραν ἔχον σέο πάντοτε μύθοις. Ὡς κεν ὀνιχνεύσαιμι Θεοῦ βασιλῆος Μηδὲ καταισχύνῃς με τεὴν δεδοχημένον ἀλκήν. Οὔνεκα δυσσεθέων ἐνθύμιόν ἐστιν Τοὔνεκεν ἀμταγάπησα χάριν σέο Δείματι σῷ περίπηξον ἐμὸν δέμας οἷά περ ἥλοις· Εὐνομίην ἐτέλεσσα, διχαιοσύνην·τ᾿ ἐρατεινὴν ἀγαθὸν θεράποντα τεὸν, Ὅμματά μευ ποθέεσχον ἀλεξίκακόν σεο φέγγος Σῷ θεράποντι, Μάκαρ, ἐλεητύος ἄξια Εἰμὶ τεὸς θεράπων, σοφίην δέ μοι ἐγγυαλίζοις, Τοῦνεκα σῶν ἐπόθησα μένα κλέος ἐννεσιάων βίην, ἀδίκους τε κελεύθους. Μαρτυρίαι Βασιλῆος ἀεὶ περιθαμδέες εἰσί· Σῶν ἐπέων χάρις ἄμμι βίην καὶ φέγγος ὁπάσσοι, Αἰεὶ νηπιάχων σοφίην πραπίδεσσι τιθεῖσα. Πνεῦμα κανὼν ὕψιστον ὑπὸ στέρνοισιν ἐδέγμτιν, Οὔνεκα σῶν ποθέεσχον ἀεὶ κλέος ἐννεσιάων. Σοῖς μευ ἐπιθύνειας ἐπίδρομα βήματα μύθοις, Ἰλαὶ σέθεν ἐννεσίας ἀγαθὰς στέρνοισι φυλάξω. Βαί με δικαιοσύνην ἐριχυδέα σεῖο Δακρυόεντα κέλευθα φίλης σὺ, καὶ εὐθέα πάντα Καὶ σθένος ἀστυφέλιχτον Οὔνεκα σῶν ἐλάθοντο κακόφρονες ἐννεσιάων. Σεῖο πυριφλεγέθοντι πανείχελος ἔπλετο μῦθος· ᾿Αλλά μιν ὡς θεράπων κραδίῃ τεὸς ἀμφαγαπάζοι. ᾿Αλλ᾽ αἰεὶ πραπίδεσσι δικαιοσύνας σέο μέλπω. Σεῖο δικαιοσύνη παναγήραος ἤματα πάντα, Καί σευ ἀληθείη Μόχθος με στυγερὸς καὶ ἀμήχανοι ἔσχον ἀνάγκαι· Μαρτυρίας ὁσίων φορέεις ἐγκύμονας ἔργων, Δός μοι, ἴλναξ, πινυτὴν, βίοτος δέ μοι ἄρχιος Καί σεο μαρτυρίας ἀγαθὰς στέρνοισι φυλάξω. Βασιλῆος ἐμὴν ἐπέεσσι·ὍὌμματά μευ προὔχυψε θοῶς μετὰ καιρὸν ξωθεν. ὍὌφρα τεῶν ἑπέων μελεδήματα καλὰ βοήσω. Φωνῆς ἡμετέρης ἐλεήμονι χέχλυθι θυμῷ, Σῇσιν ἐμὴν ἴθυνον ὑπ᾽ εὐδιχίῃσιν ἀταρπόν. Σεῖο δὲ τιμήεντα φύγον καὶ ἀγαχλέα θεσμόν. Ἐγγὺς, ΓΑναξ, καί σευ παναληθέες εἰσὶν ἀταρποῖ. Θεσμὸν ἐπεὶ πραπίδεσσι τεὸν μεμνημένος ἴσχω. Ἡμετέρου βιότοιο τεὸς λόγος αἴτιος ἔστω ἀλεξίκακόν σεο φέγγος Σεῖο γὰρ ἐξελάθοντο δικαιοσύνας ἐρεείνειν. Σῇσιν ἐμὴν ἴθυνον ὑπ᾽ εὐδικίησιν ἀταρπόν. Ἀφροσύνης θεράποντα: ἰδὼν, χατατήχομα: ἥτορ, Οἷσι νόος σέο μῦθον, ΓΑναξ, ἡρνεῖτο φυλάσσειν. Φράζευ, ὅπως περὶ σῇσιν ἐφημοσύνῃης μεμέλη μαι. Σῶν μὲν ἀληθείην προστήύσαο μητέρα μύθων, Τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ εὐδικίας ἐπετείλαο πάντοτε θεσμόν. Μοῦνα δὲ σῶν τρομλέξσχον ἐμῇ φρενὶ δείματα μύθων. ὅ0105 γετὸ ἐυογυπὶ ᾿Αμφὶ τεοῖς ἐπέεσσι φίλον χεχαρήσομαι ἧτορ, Ὥς τις ἀπαινύμενος δηίων ἅπο ληίδα πολλήν. Ἕπτάκις ἡμάτιός τοι, ΓΑναξ, τεὸν ἥνεσα κῦδος, Οὐδέ τι νεῖκος ἔχουσι μετὰ σφίσιν ὁρμηθέντες. Σὸν φάος ὠισάμην, σέο δ᾽ Μαρτυρίας ἐφύλαξα τεὰς, ἀγάπησά τε θυμῷ ἐφύλαξα καὶ ἁρμονίας ΚΒ΄. Ἱχεσίη Βασιλῆος ἐμὴ Μύθων σῶν πινυτὴν ἀντάξιον ἄμμιν ἰάλλοις. Σεῦ, Μάκαρ, ἡμετέρων χάρις ἵξεται ἄντα λιτάων· Αλχτὴρ μοι κακότητος ἀεξ σεο μῦθος ἑπέστω Εὖτε δικαιοσύνην μ᾽ ἐριχυδέα σεῖο διδάξῃς. Γλῶσσα τεὸν φθέγξαιτο φίλον ξωαρχέα μῦθον, Ἐννεσίῃς ὅτι σῇσι δικαιοσύνην ἐχέρασσας. Ἐκ θυμοῦ ποθέεσχον ἀλεξίκακόν σεο φέγγος· Ζώοι θυμὸς ἐμεῖο, καί σευ χλυτὸν αἶνον ἀείσει· Καὶ σέθεν εὐδιχίτσιν ἀεὶ μεμελημένος εἴην. καὶ ὁλωλότος ἶσον ἀλήθην. σὸν θεράποντα τεῆς ### English translation (Claude) … of the decade, upon the eighth … Blessed are those who care for the path that is always undefiled, whose mind longed to walk according to the ordinance of God; … his testimonies in their hearts, seeking the good Lord with every kind of heart. For men who interpret hateful lawlessness … Would that all my paths might be directed very well, so that I may always be concerned with your justices; and I would escape in my mind heavy and reproachful blame. With upright heart, O King, I will sing your praise, when … the works of God-pleasing righteousness. [2] How would a young man direct his way, already fluttering, … with all kinds of thoughts, O King, … I set your sweet words, Blessed One, in my breast … You are praised, Blessed One; teach me your ordinances. With our lips I declared the ordinances of your mouth, as one who exults in his breast in broad wealth; nor will I forget your holy words thus. [3] In return for toils, Blessed One, … your servant a reward; I live, increasing in my heart the gain of immortal words. Scatter, Blessed One, the mist from my eyes, which formerly …, the famous wonders of your ordinances … I dwell on the earth for a short life; do not hide from me … for the sake of good commands. I longed in my mind for your justices all days. You will drive away, O Lord, blame and many reproaches far from me, because … your honoured testimonies. But I sang on … you heard me declaring the paths … set … in my heart. My heart slumbered, struck by evil ruin; but may you support my heart, O Lord, with your words … Lord, … the lawless … and … us with your oracles; I always found the path of truth pleasing to the heart; do not convict at all one who has trusted your testimonies. I ran the conspicuous path of your counsel, when you greatly widened my heart in my breast. [5] Teach me, Blessed One, the path of your laws; give me, O Lord, prudence, so that I may search out your law, and always keep it in our breast. … to your servant the word laden with fear … I spur on in my heart the desire for you … may I take your righteousness as fellow-worker of life, so that I may answer the insolent as is right. Do not hold back the truth of your mouth from me at all; for I have a longing for your lawful righteousness, and I will keep your radiant law in my heart, from generation to generation continually, all days. And how greatly did kings then marvel at my tongue? … of your servant, hoping in your word … has become a good comfort of my weakness, because your word has always been good life to me. And my mind always clung to your ordinances. Looking at your good ordinances … I often sang the song of your dear ordinances, though I was a sojourner in foreign lands. I kept the immortal ordinance in my dear breast … this, worthy of good justice … [8] You yourself were my portion; I said to you that I would keep your ordinances … With unceasing heart I besought … the King: Be gracious to me, O King, and I will do things worthy of your words. For I considered what was pleasing in your paths; from then I became most ready, being someone unshaken, … to have my heart cared for. But I hastened, rising in the middle of the night, to hymn in my heart the ordinances of your righteousness. Of all … you, Blessed One … the earth … of your good mercy … your glorious righteousness … us, and wisdom … Therefore I kept your words in my dear breast. You are gentle, Blessed One; teach me your justices. The boundless … of the overweening was stretched out against me; their breast was curdled like white milk; but your ordinance was always the care of my heart. How good … lowly … so that … your glorious righteousness. How good was the ordinance of the royal mouth, better for us than thousands of gold and silver. I was made and fashioned by your hands, Blessed One; give me prudence, so that I may learn your counsels, because I bound my cares to your words. I openly understood the ordinances of your righteousness, and in your truth I became lowly and feeble. … your mercy … a comfort to us, and a word in agreement for your servant, because the royal ordinance has become my meditation. Shame to the overweening, who have acted against the ordinance toward me; but I will sing of your commands. Let my heart be blameless in your commands … my mind was stretched out toward the divine light, and toward hearing the longed-for word of your good covenant, saying: When will you come to be my comfort? I became like a wineskin …, but I never forgot your righteousness in my heart. Say, how long is the time of the life of your servant? When will the wicked pay me a worthy penalty for their insolence? But they did not hold to your ordinance, a lying path. They pursued me unjustly; but may you be my helper, O Lord. And I remained trusting in your commands, and I will keep the testimonies of your mouth in my breast. Your word remains always in the starry heaven; the earth, Blessed One, remains rooted by your hands; early-born dawn bears your light at your command. If your ordinance had not been the care of my concern, … From then, since I found the gracious end of life. I am your servant, and may you ward off from me an evil fate. But I understood for the sake of your testimonies; I perceived with all kinds of thought the end of life; I recognized your counsel, O King, as broad. [13] How greatly I loved the royal ordinance, and, taking it in my breast, I will hymn it all day. … my enemies … and indeed it is my possession continually; … I hold the cares of the Lord’s heart. I found a counsel much greater than the prudence of elders, tracking the testimonies of the King in my heart, so that I may keep your dear word in my heart … I found your sweet law about the whiteness of words. I understood all things for the sake of your commands; therefore I hated every lawless path. Your ordinance, O Lord, is a lamp for my feet always, an immortal and ageless light for our footsteps. I swore, Undefiled One, to keep the decree of your justice. I became …, and by your words … and may you command things pleasing to our tongue, and … me your glorious righteousness. I always hold my heart in your hands. Evil-devising men fashioned a net for us; I took the testimonies of the King as a life-giving inheritance; I longed in my heart to accomplish your justices, Blessed One, so that you may warm my heart with good in return. [15] I loved your ordinance, but hated the lawless; you are my defence and the protector of my strength; I always had a glorious hope in your words, so that I may track … of God the King … Nor put me to shame, who wait for your strength. Because the heart of the impious is set on …, therefore I loved … for your sake. Nail my body with your fear as with nails. I accomplished good order and lovely righteousness … your good servant. My eyes longed for your averting light … To your servant, Blessed One, … things worthy of mercy. I am your servant; may you give me wisdom; therefore I longed for the great glory of your commands … force, and unjust paths. The testimonies of the King are always very wondrous; may the grace of your words grant us strength and light, always setting wisdom in the hearts of infants. I received in my breast the highest spirit as a rule, because I always longed for the glory of your commands. May you direct my running steps with your words, and I will keep your good commands in my breast. And … me your glorious righteousness … tearful paths … and unshaken strength … because the evil-minded forgot your commands. Your word has been like fire burning, but may your servant love it in his heart. But I always sing your righteousness in my heart; your righteousness is ageless all days, and your truth … Hateful toil and helpless necessities held me; you bear testimonies pregnant with holy works; give me prudence, O Lord, and life will be sufficient for me, and I will keep your good testimonies in my breast … of the King … with words; my eyes looked forward quickly to the season, from dawn, so that I may cry out the good meditations of your words. Hear our voice with a merciful heart; direct my path under your justices. … fled your honoured and glorious ordinance. You are near, O Lord, and your paths are all true, since I keep your ordinance remembered in my heart. Let your word be the cause of our life … your averting light … for they forgot to inquire into your justices. Direct my path under your justices. Seeing the servants of folly, I melt my heart, whose mind refused to keep your word, O Lord. Consider how I am concerned with your commands. You set truth as the mother of your words, and always commanded them the ordinance for justice. I trembled in my heart only at the fears of your words … I will rejoice in my dear heart at your words, as one who carries off much plunder from enemies. Seven times a day I praised your glory, O Lord …; nor do they have any strife among themselves when they set out. I hoped for your light, and … I kept your testimonies, and loved them in my heart … I kept, and the joints … [22] Let my supplication … the King … may you send us prudence worthy of your words. May the grace of our prayers come before you, Blessed One; may your word always stand by me as a defender from evil, when you teach me your glorious righteousness. Let my tongue utter your dear life-giving word, because you mixed righteousness into your commands … I longed from the heart for your averting light; let my soul live, and it will sing your famous praise; and may I always be concerned with your justices … I wandered like one who has perished … your servant … ### Scripture references - Ps 119:1–176 (118:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The scan keeps some of the stanza numerals (Β, Γ, Ε, Η, ΙΓ?, ΙΕ?, ΚΒ), here given as [2], [3], [5], [8], [13], [15], [22]; two of them are garbled and their reading is uncertain. A leaked apparatus note (“Corrige ἐπ᾽ ἐνν.”) and Latin-column fragments are left as printed and not translated. Very many half-lines are lost, marked “…”. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 118 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/118). ## Psalm 119 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-119 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 119 of the Septuagint (Psalm 120): a song of ascents — deliverance from lying lips; long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. ### Greek text ᾿Εγδεκάτη δεκὰς ἦδε πρὸς εἰγάτην ἄφθιτος οἵμη. Χειλέων ἐξ ἀδίκων ἐμὸν, ἼΛφθιτε, ῥύεο θυμὸν, Γλώσσῃ, Ἄναξ, δολερῇ τί νύ τις πόροι, ἣ τί προσὯμοι ! ἐπεὶ μάλα δηρὸν ἐπὶ χθονὸς οἰκία ναίω, συνέστια δώματα πήξας. Εἰρήνην μετὰ πᾶσι φιλοπτολέμοισι δίωκον· μάτην λαλέοντος ἐμεῖο ### English translation (Claude) This eleventh decade, upon the ninth, an immortal song. From unjust lips, Immortal One, rescue my soul; what would anyone give you, or add, O Lord, with a deceitful tongue? … Woe is me! since I have dwelt so long on earth, … fixing a dwelling together … I pursued peace among all lovers of war … when I spoke in vain … ### Scripture references - Ps 120:1–7 (119:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 119 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/119). ## Psalm 120 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-120 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 120 of the Septuagint (Psalm 121): my help is from the Lord, the keeper who neither slumbers nor sleeps. ### Greek text Δωδεκάτη δεκὰς ἦδε, Κάρτος ἐμὸν Βασιλῆι παρ᾽ ἀλχήεντι τετύχθω, Ὃς γαῖαν χλοερήν ἴΞς καὶ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἕτενξεν. φίλος μὴ σεῖο πόδα Δέηδέ σὲν ἀγρύπνον φύλαχος νόον ὕπνος ἐρύξη. Οὐ γὰρ νευστάξζοντα λάδοι κάτα νήδυμος ὕπνος σε χεῖρα θεὸς σχεπάτειε φυλάσσων σΞ: πανημέριον φλέξει μένος ἢελίοιο, Ψυχῆς σῆς ἀλέγων, ἵνα μήποτε ἄλγος ἐφεύροι. Νῦν ἅμα καὶ μετέπειτα διηνεχέεΖσ: γενέθλαις. ### English translation (Claude) This is the twelfth decade … Let my strength be with the strong King, who made the green earth and the broad heaven. … your foot … and let not sleep hold the mind of your sleepless guardian; for sweet sleep will not seize him nodding … God will shelter your hand, guarding … the strength of the sun will not burn you all day, as he cares for your soul, so that it may never find pain … now and hereafter for continual generations. ### Scripture references - Ps 121:1–8 (120:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 120 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/120). ## Psalm 121 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-121 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 121 of the Septuagint (Psalm 122): gladness at going up to the house of the Lord; pray for the peace of Jerusalem. ### Greek text Δωδεκάτη δεκὰς ἣδε παΐισσυτος ἐς μίαν οἴμην. ᾿Ανδρῶν ὡς πυθόμην, πολὺ δὴ, πολὺ θυμὸν ἰάνθην, Οἵ με Θεοῦ πρὸς δῶμα συνέμπορον εἶπον ἱκέσθαι, Ἀμφὶ δέ μιν ξυνάγερθεν ὅσοι πέλας εἰσὶ θυραῖοι, Κεῖθι γὰρ ὠτρύνοντο μολεῖν δυοκαίδεκα φυλαι, ρφρα κεν ὑμνήσωσιν ἀκήρατον οὔνομα θεῖον. Κεῖσε σοφαὶ πήγνυντο δίκῃ Δαυΐδου ῥηξισθενέος μετὰ δώμασι θῶκοι. Τούς σε, Μάκαρ, φιλέοντας ἀπειρέσιος μένει δλύςς Αὐτοχασιγνήτων καὶ ἐμῶν χάριν, ΓΑφθιθ᾽, ἑταίρων, Εἰρήνην λαλέεσχον ἐγὼ σέθεν εἴνεκα βουλῆς· ἜΝνθα δὲ σεῖο δόμων πόθεον σέθεν ὅλθια πάντα. ### English translation (Claude) This is the twelfth decade, returning to one song. When I heard men, greatly, greatly was my heart warmed, men who said that I would come as a fellow-traveller to the house of God; and those who are outside near it gathered about it, for twelve tribes were urged to go there, so that they might hymn the undefiled divine name. There wise thrones were fixed for justice, the thrones in the halls of mighty David. Boundless happiness awaits those who love you, Blessed One. For the sake of my brothers and companions, Immortal One, I spoke peace for the sake of your counsel; and there they longed for all the blessed things of your house. ### Scripture references - Ps 122:1–9 (121:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 121 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/121). ## Psalm 122 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-122 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 122 of the Septuagint (Psalm 123): as servants look to their masters, so our eyes look to the Lord. ### Greek text Δωδεκάτη δεκὰς ἦδε, φέρει δ᾽ ἅμα δεύτερον ὕμνον. Ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀνάειρα πρὸς οὐράνιον Βασιλῇα. Ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε δμώεσσι φάος μετὰ χερσὶν ἀνάχτων, Ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότʼ ἀμφιπόλοιο φάος μετὰ χερσὶν ἀνάσστς, Μάκαρ, ὄμμα τεῆς Θυμὸς ἑνὶ στήθεσσι κακῶν βέδριθεν ἑκάστῳ· Αὐτὰρ ὑπερφιάλοισιν ἐλέγχεα πάντα ### English translation (Claude) This is the twelfth decade, and it brings also a second hymn. I lifted my eyes to the heavenly King. As when the light of servants is in the hands of masters, as when the light of a handmaid is in the hands of her mistress, … Blessed One, … eye … your … The heart in each one’s breast is laden with evils; but to the overweening all reproaches … ### Scripture references - Ps 123:1–4 (122:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 122 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/122). ## Psalm 123 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-123 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 123 of the Septuagint (Psalm 124): had the Lord not been on our side, the waters would have swept us away. ### Greek text Ἴδε δυωδεχάτη τρίτατον δεκὰς ὕμνον ἄγουσα. ἔην, λεγέτω μέγας μετὰ φύλοπιν ἄνδρες, Καί κε θοὸν βρυχίους χατερήτυεν ἡμέας ὕδωρ. ψυχὴ δ᾽ ἡμετέρη παρελήλυθεν ἀσταθὲς ὕδωρ. Αἰνετὸς ὃς θήρην σφετέροις οὐ δῶκεν ὀδοῦσι. Ἡμέτερον Βαπιλῆι παρ ἀθανάτῳ κράτος ἐστὶν, Ὃς γαῖαν χλοερήν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν εὑρὺν ἔτευξε, ### English translation (Claude) This twelfth decade, bringing the third hymn. … let [Israel] say … great … men in battle, and the deep water would quickly have swept us away … our soul has passed over the unstable water. Praised is he who did not give us as prey to their teeth. Our strength is with the immortal King, who made the green earth and the broad heaven. ### Scripture references - Ps 124:1–8 (123:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 123 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/123). ## Psalm 124 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-124 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 124 of the Septuagint (Psalm 125): those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people. ### Greek text Δωδεκάτη δεκὰς ἧδε, φέρει δ᾽ ἅμα τέτρατον ὕμνον. ᾿Αθανάτῳ πίσυνοι Σιῶνος ὁμοῖοι. Οὐκ Ἱερουσαλῇς ναέτην κλόνος αἰνὸς ἱκάνοι. Οὐρεά οἱ κύκλῳ, δήμου ὅ τε κυκλόθεν Ἐσσὴν, Νῦν ἅμα καὶ μετέπειτα διηνεχέεσσι γενέθλαις. Οὐ γὰρ ἀἁτασθάλλοντος·Ἄναξ ποτὲ Κλήρῳ ἀριπρεπέων ὁσίων ἐναρίθμιον εἶναι, Τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ἀγάθυνον ὁμοῦ τ᾽ ἰθύφροσι θυμῷ. ### English translation (Claude) This is the twelfth decade, and it brings also a fourth hymn. Those who trust in the Immortal are like … of Zion. May no dreadful turmoil reach the inhabitant of Jerusalem. Mountains are around it, and the King around his people, now and hereafter for continual generations. For the Lord will never … of the wicked … to be numbered with the lot of the conspicuous holy; do good to the good and to the upright in heart. ### Scripture references - Ps 125:1–5 (124:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 124 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/124). ## Psalm 125 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-125 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 125 of the Septuagint (Psalm 126): the joy of Zion’s restoration; those who sow in tears will reap with joy. ### Greek text Δωδεκχάτη δεκὰς ἦδε, μέλος θ᾽ ἅμα πέμπτον Σιῶνος παλίνορσον Αναξ ὅτε λη ίδ᾽ ἀγείρει, ἀχέων παραμύθιον ἧεν ἿΑ πόσον ἐμπλησθέντες ἀνὰ στόμα χάρμα φέροιμεν ὅλης ἐγκύμονα γλῶσσαν Καί κέ τις ἀλλοδαπῶν ἐρέει καὶ νόσφιν ἀκούσας, Ταῦτα θεοῦ βασιλῆος ἔφυ μεγαλαυχέα ἔργα. Ἡμεῖς ἐπ᾽ εὐφροσύνῃ τε καὶ ἀγλαΐῃ τελέθοιμεν, Οἵα νότου πνοιῇ στρέφεται χειμάῤῥοος αἰνός. Δάκρυσιν οἱ σπείροντες, ἐπαμήσωσι χαρέντες. ἐὸν σπόρον ἐξαγαγόντες ### English translation (Claude) This is the twelfth decade, and the fifth song with it. When the Lord gathers back the captives of Zion, … comfort for griefs was … Ah, how much joy may we bring, filled in our mouth …, a tongue pregnant with … And someone of the foreigners will say, hearing even from afar: These have been boastful works of God the King. May we be in gladness and splendour, as the dreadful torrent is turned by the breath of the south wind. Those who sow in tears will reap rejoicing … bringing out their seed … ### Scripture references - Ps 126:1–6 (125:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 125 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/125). ## Psalm 126 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-126 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 126 of the Septuagint (Psalm 127): unless the Lord guards the city the watch is vain; sons are his inheritance and reward. ### Greek text Δωδεκατη δεκὰς ἧδε, μέλος δ᾽ ἔχει ἐκχτον ἀγητον ἀριδείκετον ἄστυ φυλάξει, Ἐκ δ᾽ ἡοῦς χενεὴ πέλεται φυλακὴ τις ἐκάστῳ Ἕγρεσθε· τί μοι ὧδε μετὰ σφέας ἑδριάασθε, Εὗτε γὰρ οἷσι φίλοισι μόλοι πέρι νήδυμος ὕπνος, Δέρκεό μοι Βασιλῆος ἰὼν κλῆρόν τε καὶ υἷας, Γαστρὸς χαρποτόχοιο φίλον καὶ ἀγαχλέα μισθόν. Οἷα γὰρ ἀλχήεντι πέλει μετὰ χερσὶ βέλεμνα, Ὀλέιος ὅστις θεν φίλον ἵμερον ἐχτολυπεύσει· Οὐδʼ ἐχθροῖς λαλέοντες ἕλοι ψύθος ἄντα πυλάων. ### English translation (Claude) This is the twelfth decade, and it has a sixth song … guards the admired, conspicuous city … from dawn, empty is the watch of each one. Rise: why do you sit thus among them …, when sweet sleep comes to his dear ones? See the inheritance of the King, and sons, the dear and glorious reward of the fruitful belly. As darts are in the hands of a strong man, … Blessed is he who will fulfil his dear longing …; nor will a lie take them, speaking with enemies before the gates. ### Scripture references - Ps 127:1–5 (126:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 126 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/126). ## Psalm 127 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-127 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 127 of the Septuagint (Psalm 128): the blessing of the one who fears the Lord, with his children like olive shoots around his table. ### Greek text Ὀλόιοι οἷσι μέμηλε μετὰ σφίσι δεῖμα Θεοῖο, Οἷσιν ὁδῷ Βασιλῆος ἀεὶ πόδες εἰσὶν ἑτοῖμοι. Ἔσται τοι καλὰ πάντα, βροτῶν δ᾽ ὅλδιστος ἀκούσεις. Υἱέες αὖ νεαραῖς ἴχελοι γεγαῶτες ἐλαΐαις, Ὧδε μάλ᾽ ὀλδιάζοινθ᾽ ὁπόσοι τρομέουσιν ἄνακτα. ἔχοις βασιλήιον αἶνον ᾿Αχκαμάτου βιότοιο διαμπερὲς ἤματα πάντα Υἱωνοὺς περὶ παισὶ φίλοις ὅσσοισι νοήσεις. Εἰρήνη χαρίεσσα μετὰ ### English translation (Claude) Blessed are those for whom the fear of God is a care, whose feet are always ready on the road of the King. All will be well with you, and you will hear yourself called most blessed of mortals. Sons, too, like young olive shoots … So may all who tremble at the Lord be blessed … may you have royal praise … all the days of unwearied life … you will see grandsons around your dear children … gracious peace among … ### Scripture references - Ps 128:1–6 (127:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The lines on the wife “like a fruitful vine” (127:3) are lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 127 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/127). ## Psalm 128 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-128 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 128 of the Septuagint (Psalm 129): Israel has often been afflicted, but the Lord cut the cords of the wicked; those who hate Zion are like grass on the roof. ### Greek text Πολλάκις ἐξ ἤδης μοι ἀναιδέα τεῦξαν ἀῦτὴν, Πολλάκις ἐξ ἤδης μοι ἀναιδέα τεῦξαν ἀῦτῆν, Οὐδέ μοι ἐσσύμενοι πάρος Δυπσεθδέες τέχταινον ἐμῷ κακὰ κήδεα νώτῳ Αὐτὰρ Αναξ ὅσιος κατὰ δ᾽ ἔκλασεν αὐχέν᾽ ἁλιτρῶν· Αἴσχος ἀπεχθαίροντας ἀεὶ Σιῶνα καλύπτοι. Καρφαλέοι δὲ γένοιντο ὅπως περὶ δώματα χόρτος, Οὗ πάρ᾽ ἀμαλλοδετὴρ χενεὴν μόλε χεῖρα κομίζων· Οὐδ᾽ ἄρα κόλπον ἔπλησεν ἑτήσια δράγματ᾽ ἀγείΟὐδὲ παρερχομένων τις ἑπήνεσεν ἀνέρας ἔργου. ### English translation (Claude) Often from my youth they have raised a shameless outcry against me; often from my youth they have raised a shameless outcry against me; nor … against me, hastening before. The impious fashioned evil cares on my back; but the holy Lord broke the neck of the sinners. May shame always cover those who hate Zion; may they become dry like grass on the housetops, from which the binder of sheaves went away carrying an empty hand; nor did he fill his bosom, gathering the year’s sheaves; nor did any of those passing by praise the men for their work. ### Scripture references - Ps 129:1–8 (128:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 128 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/128). ## Psalm 129 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-129 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 129 of the Septuagint (Psalm 130): out of the depths — if you kept account of sins, who could stand? With the Lord is mercy and redemption. ### Greek text Δωδεκάτη δεκὰς ἣδ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ εἴνατον ὕμνον ὁρᾶται. ἐπάκουσον, ἐμὴν δ᾽ ὑποδέχνυσο φωνήν. Ἦν γὰρ δυσνομίας μερόπων στέρνοισι φυλάξῃς Τίς βροτὸς ᾿Αθανάτοιο δυνήσεται ἀντία θυμοῦ; Εἵνεκα σῆς σοφίης ἀρετὴν βασιλήιον ἔτλην. ε Καὶ κραδίῃ πόθεόν σοι ἐμὴν, Μάκαρ, ἐλπίδα θέσθαι. Ἤματος ἐκ φρουρᾶς νυχίων καὶ μέχρι χελεύθων, ἐκ φρουρᾶς μελέτω θεὸς Οὔνεκ᾽ Αναξ ἐλεητὺν ἔχει καὶ ἐλεύθερον ἧμαρ, Ῥυόμενος. κακότητος ὅλον ### English translation (Claude) This twelfth decade is seen about the ninth hymn. … hear, and receive my voice. For if you keep the lawlessness of mortals in your breast, what mortal will be able [to stand] against the heart of the Immortal? For the sake of your wisdom I have endured royal virtue, and to set my hope, longed for in my heart, on you, Blessed One. From the morning watch to the paths of night, … from the watch let God be the care …, because the Lord has mercy and the day of freedom, rescuing … from all evil … ### Scripture references - Ps 130:1–8 (129:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The opening line (“Out of the depths”) is lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 129 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/129). ## Psalm 130 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-130 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 130 of the Septuagint (Psalm 131): a humble heart, quieted like a weaned child with its mother. ### Greek text Οὗτος τῆς δεκάδος τρισκαιδεκάτης πέλει ὕμγος. Οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἐν μεγάλοισιν ἔχον πεποτημένον ἦτορ· Οὐδέ τ᾽ ἀρειοτέροις ἐπὶ θαύμασιν Αὐδὴν δʼ ὧδ᾽ ἀνάειρον ἀθέσφατον, οἷα γάλακτος Νηπίαχος χατέων ὀλοφύρεται ἀμφὶ τεκούσῃ· Ὡς κεν ἀμοιδαίοιδιν ἐμὸν μετελεύσεται ἧτορ. Νῦν ἅμα καὶ μετέπειτα διηνεχέεσσι γενέθλαις. ### English translation (Claude) This is the hymn of the thirteenth decade. Never did I have a heart that fluttered among great things, nor … among greater wonders … I lifted up my voice thus unspeakably, as an infant in need of milk wails about its mother; so will my heart go to its reward … now and hereafter for continual generations. ### Scripture references - Ps 131:1–3 (130:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 130 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/130). ## Psalm 131 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/105/#p-131 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 131 of the Septuagint (Psalm 132): David’s vow to find a dwelling for the Lord, and the Lord’s oath to David and choice of Zion. ### Greek text Ἡδὺ μέλος λιγυρόν τε Μνήσθητι Δαυΐδου, καὶ μειλιχίης ἕο πάσης. Ὥμοσεν ᾿Αθανάτῳ, Βασιλῆι δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ εὔξατο τοῖα· Εἴποτε τιμήεντος ἐλεύσομαι ἔνδοθεν οἴκου, Εἰ πολὺ καλλίστων λεχέων ἐπιδήσομαι εὐνῆς, Εἴποτε μείλιχον ὕπνον ἐμοῖς ὑποδέξομαι ὅσσοις, τιμήεντα τόπον Βασιλῇ;ι ἤάφθιτον ὄφρα κε νηὸν Ἰαχώδου θεῷ εὕρω. Τήνδε μὲν, ὡς πυθόμεσθα, κατ᾽ ᾿Εφραθὰ βάξις ἀείΕὔρομεν, οἶδ᾽ ὅτι βάξις ἀνὰ δρυμὰ κατὰ βήσσας. Σὺν δʼ ἅμα φωριαμὸν παναχήρατον αὐτὸς ἐγείρεις Σεῖο, Μάκαρ, πυχάσαιντο δικαιοσύνην Ἑΐνεκα Δαυΐδου μεγαλοσθενέος θεράποντος, Μήποτε σὴν Χριστοῖο Ὥμοσε Δαυΐδῳ Βασιλεὺς παναληθέα ῥέξαι, Ὥμοσε καὶ χατένευσεν, ἑοὺς δ᾽ οὐ ψεύσεται ὄρκους, σέο νηδύος ἔρνος Συνϑεσίην εἰ φῦλον ἐμήν σεο τήνδε φυλάξει, Μαρτυρίας τ᾽ ἀγαθὰς, ἃς σφιν φρεσὶν αὐτὸς ἐρείσω, Οὔνεκα δὴ Σιῶνα Θεὸς προελέξατο θείην, Ὡς δέ μιν ἱμερτὸν ποθέει καὶ ἐπήρατον οἶκον. Τοῦτό μοί ἐστ᾽ ἀνάπαυμα μετ᾽ ἀλήχτοισι γενέθλαις· Ἔνθάδε ναιετάοιμι πόθῳ πεπεδημένος ἐσθλῷ. Δώματα μὲν πλήσαιμ᾽ ἀγαθῶν ἐπιδευέα χήρας. ᾿ Πεωχοῖς δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ὁπάσαιμι βίου μενοεικέα δαῖτα. Ἐνθάδε Δαυΐδῳ κέρας ἄφθιτον Χριστῷ λύχνον ἑτοῖμον ἐμῷ πόρον ἡγεμονῆα. Αἶσχος δυσμενέεσσιν ἑοῖς καὶ μῶμον ἀνάψω· ἭἩμετέρη δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ αὐτὸν ἀχηρασίη ἀνατέλλοι. ### English translation (Claude) A sweet and clear song … Remember David, and all his gentleness. He swore to the Immortal, and prayed such things to the King: If ever I go into my honoured house, if I mount the bed of the most beautiful couches, if ever I receive gentle sleep into my eyes, … an honoured place for the King, so that I may find an immortal temple for the God of Jacob. This, as we heard, was always the report in Ephrathah; we found it, I know, a report in the thickets among the glades. And you yourself raise up with you the undefiled ark … may [your priests] clothe themselves, Blessed One, with your righteousness … For the sake of David, your mighty servant, never … of your Christ. The King swore to David to do what is all true; he swore and nodded, and will not falsify his oaths: … the shoot of your belly … If the race keeps this covenant of mine, and the good testimonies which I myself will set in their hearts, … because God chose divine Zion beforehand, how he longs for it as a desired and lovely house: This is my rest for unceasing generations; here I would dwell, fettered by good longing. I would fill the houses of widows in need with good things, and give the poor again a satisfying feast of life. Here … an immortal horn for David; I have granted my Christ a ready lamp as leader. I will kindle shame and blame upon his enemies; but upon him let our purity spring up. ### Scripture references - Ps 132:1–18 (131:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 131 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/131). ## Psalm 132 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-132 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 132 of the Septuagint (Psalm 133): how good it is for brothers to dwell in unity. ### Greek text μετὰ δεύτερον ὕμνος, Τί θνητοῖς καλὸν ἔσχε, τί δ᾽ αὖ κχασιγνήτοισιν ὁμοῦ φίλα δώματα ναίειν; κεφαλῆς δ᾽ ὡς μέχρι γενείου, Δικάσοι. ἴμερε, δικάσει. Εριτ. Εὐλογίην ὅθι πᾶσαν ἑὴν ἐπετείλατο Ποιμὴν, βιότοιο διαμπερὲς ἔμμεναι ### English translation (Claude) … a hymn after the second. What is fair for mortals, and what pleasant, for brothers to dwell together in dear houses? … from the head down to the beard … where the Shepherd commanded all his blessing, … to be continually of life. ### Scripture references - Ps 133:1–3 (132:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A leaked apparatus note (“Corrige δικάσει”) is left as printed and not translated; most of the psalm is lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 132 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132). ## Psalm 133 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-133 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 133 of the Septuagint (Psalm 134): the servants of the Lord bless him by night in his house. ### Greek text ᾿Εχτρισχαιδεκάτης δεκάδος τρίτατος πέλει ὕμνος. Δμῶες πάντες Ανακτος, ἀείσατε Ποιμένα κόσμου, Ἱστάμενοι Βασιλῆος ἐρισθενέος κατὰ δῶμα, Πάννυχοι εἰν ᾿Αγίοιο δόμοις ἀναείρατε χεῖρας, Δοίη τοι Βασιλεὺς Σιωνόθεν αἶνον ἑτοῖμον, Ὃς γάϊαν χλοερήν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν εὑρὺν ἔτευξε. ### English translation (Claude) The third hymn of the thirteenth decade. All you servants of the Lord, sing the Shepherd of the world, standing in the house of the mighty King; all night in the houses of the Holy One lift up your hands. May the King give you ready praise from Zion, he who made the green earth and the broad heaven. ### Scripture references - Ps 134:1–3 (133:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 133 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/133). ## Psalm 134 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-134 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 134 of the Septuagint (Psalm 135): praise the Lord who chose Israel, struck Egypt and the kings of Canaan, unlike the idols of the nations. ### Greek text Αἰὲν ἀγαχιλῆεν περὶ τέτρατον ὕμνον ὁδεύει, Ποιμένα τιμήεντα σοφοὶ ἀναμέλψατε παΐδες, Βασιλῆος ἐρισθενέος κατὰ δῶμα, Οἴτε Θεοῦ μεθέπουσι δόμων εὐερχέας αὐλάς. Μέλψατέ μοι Βασιλῇα, ἐπεὶ Θεὸς ἐσθλὸς ἐτύχθη· Οὔνομά οἱ φορμίζετ᾽, ἐπεὶ τόδε καλὸν ἀείδειν. Καὶ κτῆσιν σφετέρην ἔθετο χλυτὸν Ἰσραῆλον. υἷδα φίλῃς πραπίδεσσιν ὅπως μέγας ἔπλετο Ποιμὴν· Ἡμέτερος Βασιλεὺς μακάρων περιγίγνεται ἄλλων, Τεύχων ὁππόσα θυμῷ Οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι, καὶ ἐν χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ, νεφέλας πυμάτης χθονὸς ὑψόσ᾽ Ὑετὸν αἰθέρι ἀστεροπὰς σημήια θῆκεν. Σὺν καὶ τετραπόδων ἀγέλας μέροπεσσιν ἐναέρων, Γαίης Αἰγυπτίης μέσα θέσκελα μυρία τεύχων· Οἵδε παθὼν Φαραὼ, δμῶες δέ οἱ οὐ φύγον ἅττιν βριαρῆς Βασάνου ἄνακτα, Τῶν δ᾽ ἄρα γαῖαν ἑλὼν, σφετέροις διεδάσαατο κλῖ,Κλῆρον ἑῷ θεράποντι κατὰ χρέος Ἰσραήλῳ. ᾿Αμφὶ φίλοις δμώεσσιν ἄχος παραμύθιον ἴσχων. Εἴδωλα χρυσός τε καὶ ἄργυρος ἔπλετο δήμων, σοφῶν δαιδάλματα χειρῶν Οἷς οὐ φθόγγος ἔπεστι, καὶ εἰ στόμα τοῖσιν ἐτύχθη ᾿ Οὐδὲ φάος φορέουσι περὶ Οὔατα μοῦνον ἔχουσι, καὶ οὐκ ἀΐουσιν ἀῦτῆς· Οὐδ᾽ ἱερὴ ῥίνεσσιν ἐπέρχεται ἡέρος ὀδιλή. Οὐ σθένος ἀμφαφάωντι, καὶ εἰ χείρεσσι Οὐ ποσὶν εὐφόρδοιο κατὰ χθονὸς ἴχνος ἐρεῖσαι· Οὐ γὰρ δὴ σφισι πνεῦμα διὰ στόματος προδαλέσθαι. Καὶ πάντες τοὶ τοῖσι νόῳ περιθαρσέες εἰσί. Μέλψατέ μοι Βασιλῆα, σοφοῦ δόμος Ἰσραήλου· Λευῖδα κλυτὸς οἶκος, ἀείσατε Ποιμένα κόσμου· Οἷς φρεσὶ δεῖμα θεοῖο μέλει, χελαδήσατ᾽·Αναχτα. ᾿Αμφ᾽ Ἱερουσαλῇ θεοτερπέα δώματα ναίων. ### English translation (Claude) Always glorious, it goes about the fourth hymn. Sing the honoured Shepherd, wise children, … in the house of the mighty King, who frequent the well-fenced courts of the houses of God. Sing to me the King, since God is good; play the lyre to his name, since this is fair to sing. And he set famous Israel as his possession. I know in my dear heart how great the Shepherd has been; our King surpasses the other blessed ones, doing whatever … in his heart, in the starry heaven and on the much-nourishing earth … clouds from the last end of the earth on high; he set lightnings as signs, rain in the sky … together with the herds of four-footed beasts, … of mortals, making countless wonders in the middle of the Egyptian land; Pharaoh suffered these, and his servants did not escape … the lord of mighty Bashan … and, taking their land, he divided it by lot to his own, an inheritance for his servant Israel as was due …, holding comfort for grief among his dear servants. The idols of the peoples were gold and silver, … the elaborate works of wise hands, which have no voice, even if they have a mouth, nor do they bear light about …; they have only ears, and do not hear a cry, nor does the holy smell of the air come into their nostrils; they have no strength to grope, even if … hands, nor to set a footstep with feet on the fertile earth; for they have no breath to send forth through the mouth. And all are confident in mind in such things. Sing to me the King, house of wise Israel; famous house of Levi, sing the Shepherd of the world; you in whose hearts the fear of God is a care, shout to the Lord … dwelling in the God-pleasing houses about Jerusalem. ### Scripture references - Ps 135:1–21 (134:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The lines on idols repeat the paraphrase’s Psalm 113 (115), as the psalm does. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 134 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/134). ## Psalm 135 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-135 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 135 of the Septuagint (Psalm 136): thanks to the King of kings for creation, the exodus and the gift of the land. ### Greek text Ηδύ τι καὶ λιγυρὸν πέμπτον ἄεισμα πέμει. μοι Βασιλῆα μεγασθενέτην βασιλήων, Οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα σοφῇ τεχνήσατο βουλῇ, Γαῖαν ἑπεστήριξεν ἐφ᾽ ὕδασιν οὐ πρὶν ἐοῦσαν, Τείρεα καὶ μήνην νυχίων βασίλειαν ἀταρπῶν, Πρωτοτόκων Αἰγύπτου ὁμῶς ἐδάμασσε γενέθλην, Τῶν δ᾽ ἐκ μέσσων ἑλὼν ἐξήγαγεν Θαρσαλέῃ μάλα χειρὶ, βραχίονι πάντα πεποιθὼς, ῥηξάμενος Ἐρυθραῖον πολλάκι πόντον, Τοῦδε μέσον στείχοντα διήγαγεν Ὄς τ᾽ Ἑρυθρῷ Φαραῶνα βίην θ᾽ ἑὴν χάχτανε πόντῳ, Καὶ γαίῃ ἀδάτῳ γε διήγαγεν ᾿Αντίθεον Σηῶνα ᾿Αμοῤῥαίων βασιλῆα, Τῶν δ᾽ ἄρα γαῖαν ἑλὼν, σφετέροις διεδέσσατο χληἐῷ θεράποντι κατὰ χρέος Ὃς πᾶσιν θαλίην οἷς ἔκτισε μοῦνος ὀπάζει, Μέλψατέ μοι Βασιλῆα μέγαν πόλου ἀστερόεντος, ### English translation (Claude) It brings a sweet and clear fifth song. … to me the King, the mighty King of kings, who fashioned the starry heaven with wise counsel, set firm upon the waters the earth that was not before, the stars and the moon, queen of the paths of night; who subdued together the race of the firstborn of Egypt, and, taking [Israel] from their midst, led them out with a very bold hand, trusting in his arm in all things, … breaking the Red Sea …, led them through its middle as they walked; who slew Pharaoh and his might in the Red Sea, and led [them] through the trackless land; … godlike Sihon, king of the Amorites … and, taking their land, he divided it by lot to his own, … for his servant as was due; who alone gives feasting to all that he created. Sing to me the great King of the starry pole. ### Scripture references - Ps 136:1–26 (135:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The paraphrase does not render the refrain “for his mercy endures for ever”. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 135 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/135). ## Psalm 136 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-136 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 136 of the Septuagint (Psalm 137): by the rivers of Babylon the exiles cannot sing the Lord’s song, and they remember Jerusalem and Edom. ### Greek text ἵλσμα γόων ἀμφ᾽ Ἱερεμίου, τόπερ· τὴς Μεσσόθι γὰρ ποταμῶν ὑπὲρ ὁλεσίκαρπον ἰτέαν Θεῖον ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ πῶς μὲν μέλος ἔστιν ἀεῖσαι; Ἡμετέρη λελάθοιτο φίλη κατὰ δεξιτερὴ χείρ· Πηγνυμένη περὶ λαιμὸν ἐμὴ χάρφοιτό χες γλῶσσα, Εἰ μή σευ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀεὶ μεμνημένος εἴην, Ὡς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ εὐφροσύνην Καὶ σὺ, Μάκαρ, τεχέων ἐπιλήθεο μήποτ᾽ Ἐδώμον. Μηδ᾽ ἕτι οἱ φείδεσθε, ἕως ἔτι πυθμένας ἴσχει. Ὃς πέτρης ὑπένερθε μολών σεο νήπια ῥήξει. ### English translation (Claude) A song of laments about Jeremiah, which … For in the middle of the rivers, over the fruit-destroying willow … How is it possible to sing a divine song in a foreign land? May my dear right hand forget itself; may my tongue, stuck to my throat, wither, if I am not always mindful of you in my heart, as of Jerusalem and gladness … And you, Blessed One, never forget the children of Edom … nor spare her any longer, while she still holds her foundations. He who, coming under the rock, will dash your infants … ### Scripture references - Ps 137:1–9 (136:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading follows the Septuagint title (“of David, by Jeremiah”). The final curse is translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 136 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/136). ## Psalm 137 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-137 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 137 of the Septuagint (Psalm 138): wholehearted thanks to the Lord, high yet regarding the lowly, who preserves his servant amid trouble. ### Greek text Ζαχαρίου Ἀγγαίου τόδ· Πρὸς τρισκαιδεκάτῃ δεκάδι ιγὺ ἔδδομον ἔντι. ᾿Αλήκτῳ κραδίῃ, Βασιλεῦ, τεὸν αἶνον ἀείσω, Οὔνεκα παντοίων ἐπέων ἤκουσας ἐμεῖο.·Αχραντόν σεο νηὸν Σπουδῇ Παμδασιλῆος ἀκήρατον οὔνομα Σὴν τ᾽ ἐλεημοσύνην καὶ ἀληθέα πάντοτε βουλὴν, Οὔνομʼ ἐπεὶ πάντων κρατέει σέο πᾶσιν ἀνάσσον. Κέχλυθί μεὺ καλέοντος, ὅτε χρέος ἐστὶ λιτέσθαι Αθάνατον βασιλῆες ὅλης χθονὸς ἀείδοιεν, Οὔνεκα παντοίων σέθεν ἔκλυον οὔασι μύθων. Οὔνεκα δὴ χθόνα κῦδος ἀεὶ νεφέεσσι καλύπτει· Αἰὲν Ἄναξ ὕψιστος, ἀτὰρ χθαμαλώτατα λεύσσει· Ἴδμων δ᾽ ὑψίστων πέλεται, καὶ τῆλε δεδορκώς. Ζωγρήσεις ὁλοῇ με μέσον δεδμημένον ἄτῃ. Χεῖρας δυσμενέεσσιν ἐμοῖς θώρηξε χολωθεὶς, δέ με σεῖο κακῶν ἀπελύσατο μόχθων. Μηδὲ τεῆς, Βασιλεῦ, παλάμης ὑπερόψεο ἔργα. ### English translation (Claude) This is of Zechariah and Haggai; it is the seventh upon the thirteenth decade. With unceasing heart, O King, I will sing your praise, because you have heard all kinds of words from me. … your undefiled temple … with zeal the undefiled name of the King of all … and your mercy and always true counsel, since your name, ruling over all, prevails over all things. Hear me when I call, when there is need to pray. May the kings of the whole earth sing the Immortal, because they heard all kinds of words from you with their ears; because glory always covers the earth with clouds. The Lord is always most high, but looks at the lowliest; he knows the highest, and sees from afar. You will keep me alive when I am subdued in the middle of destructive ruin; angered, you armed your hands against my enemies, … and … released me from the toils of evils. Nor overlook, O King, the works of your hand. ### Scripture references - Ps 138:1–8 (137:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading follows the Septuagint title, which names Haggai and Zechariah. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 137 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/137). ## Psalm 138 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-138 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 138 of the Septuagint (Psalm 139): God knows the psalmist wholly, everywhere present, and formed him in the womb. ### Greek text ἔν εὠρ μι νοουυ κα ἩΔ θὰ δ· τριακοστῷ. Οὐδέ σε ἑζόμενός τε καὶ ἐγρόμενός ποτε λήθω. Νόσφιν ἐμὰς ξυνέηχας ὑπὸ στέρνοισι μενοινὰς, Ἴχνος ἀνιχνεύων καὶ ἐμὴν ἰθεῖαν ἀταρπόν· Οὐδὲ τεοῖς ὅσσοις τις ἐμῶν προλέλαστο χελεύθων· θαῦμά μι ἔχει ὅτε σεῖο περιφράσομαι φρεσὶ μῆτιν, Οὐδὲ νόῳ δύναμαι χρατερώτατα πολλὸν ὁρᾶσθαι. Πνεύματος οὐκ ἄρα σεῖο μέγα κράτος εἶεν ἀλύξαι Οὐρανὸν αἴχε μόλοιμι, τεὸς θρόνος οὗτος ἐτύχθη ’ Ἕνθα κε σῆς παλάμης Καί σεο δεξιτερῆῇς, ἵνα μοι βίος ἔμπεδος εἴη. Εἶπα δέ· Μὴ τάχα μς στείψει φθισίμδροτος ὄρφνη, Νύκτα δὲ χαίνυτο τέρψις, ἀτὰρ κνέφας ἤλασε φέγὍρφνην γάρ δεδάηχε τεὸν φάος ἀμφιχαλύπτειν, Οὔτις ἂν ἀγνοίη ποῖον κνέφας ἢ φάος εἴη. Οὔνεχεν ἡμετέρους, Βασιλεῦ, ἐχτήσαο νεφρούς ᾿ ἔλλχαρ ἐμὸν, Μάκαρ, ἐσσὶ φίλης ἐν γαστρὶ τεκούσης. ἢ) Τυϊδλιηδη ἐμὸν Βασιλῇα βοήσω θυμὸς ἐμὸς σέθεν ἔργα, Μάκαρ, περιθαμδέ· ἀνέγνω. Γινώσκεις ἐμέθεν τάπερ ἔπλασας ὁστέα λάθρη, Καί μευ νερτερίοις βιότου σθένος ἐστὶ θεμέθλοις. Εἶδες, ἼΑναξ, μ᾽ ἀτέλεστον ἔτι ἐνὶ γαστρὶ τεκούσης, Δαιδάλλων ἅμα πάντας ἐπ᾽ ἀχράντῳ σέο βίθλῳ· Αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ περὶ ἄλλα φίλοι σέθεν εἰσὶν ἀγητοί· ᾿Αρχομένων δὲ μάλιστα βίη χαταφαίνετ᾽ ἀμείνων. Ῥάμμον ἀριθμήσσιμι πολὺ πλέον ἤπερ ἐκείνους· μετὰ σεῖο διηνεχέως ἕτι ἐμὸν μένος αἶψα κελεύω. ὅτι μευ πέρσουσι πόληας. Τοῖς δ᾽ ἐπὶ δυσμενέεσσιν ἐμὸς χατετήχετο θυμὸς, Καί μοι δυσμενέες κραδίῃ καὶ ἀνάρσιοι ἧσαν. ᾿Αλλὰ περιφραδέως τὸν ἐμὸν νόον ἐξερεείνοις ### English translation (Claude) … upon the thirtieth. … nor do I escape your notice, sitting or rising. You understood my intentions afar off within my breast, tracking my footstep and my straight path; nor was any of my paths forgotten by your eyes. Wonder holds me when I consider your counsel in my heart, nor can I see very strongly with my mind. Then I would not be able to escape the great strength of your spirit. If I should go to heaven, this is your throne; there … of your hand, and of your right hand, so that my life may be firm. And I said: Perhaps mortal-destroying darkness will tread on me; but delight was kindled into the night, and darkness drove out the light. For your light has known how to cover darkness; no one would know what darkness or light was. Because, O King, you acquired our kidneys …, you are my defence, Blessed One, in my dear mother’s womb. … my King … my heart knew your works, Blessed One, to be very wonderful. You know from me the bones which you formed in secret, and the strength of my life is in the nether foundations. You saw me, O Lord, still unformed in my mother’s womb, fashioning all together in your undefiled book. But to me above all your friends are admired; and the force of their rulers appears greater. I would number them far more than the sand … always with you … I command my strength quickly … that they will sack my cities. My heart melted at those enemies, and they were enemies and hostile to me in heart. But search my mind clearly … ### Scripture references - Ps 139:1–24 (138:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading is garbled in the scan; a Latin-column fragment in verse 14 is left as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 138 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/138). ## Psalm 139 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-139 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 139 of the Septuagint (Psalm 140): rescue from violent men with serpents’ tongues, who hide snares. ### Greek text Καὶ τόδε Δαυΐδου λιγυρὸν μέλος ἔπκλετ᾽ ἀοιδῆς, Μάκαρ, κακότητος ἀπ᾽ ἀθέμιστα μετὰ φρεσὶ Γλῶσσαν ἑὴν ὀφίεσσι κακοῖς ᾿Ασπίδος ἀνδροφόνου περὶ χείλεσιν ἰὸν ἑλόντες, Εἴθε φυλασσοίμην στυγερῇς ἀπὸ χειρὸς ἀλιτρῶν· ᾿Ανδρῶν ἐξ ἀδίκων με, Μαχάρτατε, ῥεῖα Ἴχνια συγχεύειν οἵ μευ φρεσὶν Λάθριά μοι κατέπηξαν ὑπερφίαλοι λίνα φῶτες ἐμῆς περὶ δίχτνα πέζης· Εἶπα Θεῷ βασιλῇτ· Θεὸς, σύ μευ ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθης ἐπάκουσον ἐμῆς, πανυπέρτατε Ποιμὴν. ΓΑφθιτός ἐσσι, άχαρ, βιότου δέ μοι ἔπλεο φέγγοιν ἐμῆς κεφαλῆς σχιόεν κατὰ Κύκλῳ ὑπὸ σφετέρης κεφαλῇς Καὶ χειλέων ὁλοῶν κάματός σφεας ἀμφιχαλύγει. ἤΆνθραχες ἀἁχαμάτοιο πυρὸς μετὰ τοῖσι πέσοιεν᾽ ὙΨόθεν ἐσσυμένῳ χαθέλοις σφέας ἐς χθόνα πυρσῷ Οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἀρχέσσουσι κακοῖς δεδμημένοι ἧτορ. ᾿Ανέρα λαυραγόρην καθέλοι χαχομήχανος ὥρη· Καὶ θέμιν ἀχτεάνων παρελεύσεται οὔποτ᾽ ὑπωπαϊς. ### English translation (Claude) This too is a clear song of David’s singing. … Blessed One, from evil … lawless things in their heart; … their tongue like evil snakes, taking the venom of a murderous asp about their lips. Would that I might be guarded from the hateful hand of sinners; … me easily, Most Blessed, from unjust men, … who [planned] in their hearts to confound my footsteps. The overweening men secretly fixed nets for me … nets about my foot. I said to God the King: God, you have become my hope; hear my …, highest Shepherd. You are immortal, Blessed One, and have become the light of my life; … my head, shady … around their head … and the toil of their destructive lips covers them. May coals of tireless fire fall among them; from on high may you cast them down to the earth with a rushing torch, nor will they ever hold out, subdued in heart by evils. May an evil-devising season cast down the babbling man; and … will never pass over the justice of the needy with his eyes. ### Scripture references - Ps 140:1–13 (139:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 139 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/139). ## Psalm 140 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-140 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 140 of the Septuagint (Psalm 141): may my prayer rise like incense; set a guard over my mouth. ### Greek text Δαυΐδος δεκάτης καὶ ἐτερῆς τῆς δεκάδι Ἡμετέρων βοόωντος, Ἄναξ, ὑπάκουε Εὔτε, Μάκαρ, χαλέσαιμι τεὴν ἐπαρηγόνα χεῖρα. ΚΑντα σεὺ εὐχολήν μευ ὅπως θύος ἰθύνειας. Δὸς περὶ νωιτέροις φυλακὴν καὶ ἕρκος ὁδοῦσι᾽ Θυμὸν ἀποχλίνειας ἐμὸν μύθων Μηδέ μοι ἀμπλακίης πρόφασις βουλῇσι μελήσει, Τῶν δὲ μετὰ πρώτοις μηδ᾽ εἰς ἀγαρῇσι Δμιηθείην δ᾽ ὁσίων ἐλεημοσύνῃ καὶ ἐλέγχοις· Μηδ᾽ ἔτι αἰνοίμην ὁλοῷ κάρη ἀνδρὸς ἐλαίῳ. Εἰς ἔτι νωετέρη σφετέροις περὶ μέδεσιν εὐχή. Ριζόθεν οἷα λόφος τις ἀποτμηθεὶς ἐλιάσθῃη· Ὄστέα τῶν ἀΐδαο παρασχεδὸν, ὧδε χεάαθη. Πρὸ; σὲ, Μάκαρ, ποθέουσαν ἐμὴν ᾿Αθανάτου ξυνέλο: κακότητος ἐρίθους ### English translation (Claude) Of David, of the tenth and another decade … O Lord, hear me as I cry …, when, Blessed One, I call upon your helping hand; may you direct my prayer before you like incense. Set a guard and fence about our teeth; may you turn my heart away from … words … nor may a pretext for transgression be the care of my counsels, nor … with their first ones in … May I be subdued by the mercy and rebukes of the holy; may I no longer … my head with the oil of a destructive man. Still our prayer is about their … like a crest cut off from the root, may it roll; their bones were thus scattered near Hades. To you, Blessed One, my longing … may you destroy the fellow-workers of evil of the Immortal … ### Scripture references - Ps 141:1–10 (140:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 140 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/140). ## Psalm 141 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-141 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 141 of the Septuagint (Psalm 142): a cry from the cave — no one cares for my soul; you are my portion in the land of the living. ### Greek text μὴν ἑκατοστὸν ὁμοῦ καὶ τεσσαϊειχῦ: Βασιλῆι βοὴν ἀνέπεμψα βοήσας· Καί οἱ ἀπαγγείλαιμι ἐμὸν πολυπήμονα μόχθον. Δεξιτερῆς σχοπίαζον ἐμῆς ὑπὲρ Οὐδέ τις ἄμμε φίλων ὠΐσσατο πάμπαν ὁρᾶσθαι. Φεύγειν ἰσχανόωντος ἐμὴ πάρος ὥλετο φύζα· Οὐδ᾽ ἦν ὅστε μοι ἦτορ ἀνιχνεύσειε φυγόντος. Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ βοόων ἐφάμην· Σύ μοι ἐλπὶς ἐτύχθης· Ζωΐντων ἀνὰ γαῖαν ἐμῆς, Μάκαρ, αἷσα βιώνης· Οὕνεκα πολλὸν ἐμεῖο βίῃ προφερέστε οἱ εἰσιν. Εἴθε μοι ἀπρέχτου φυλακῇς ἐξείλετο θυμόν· Ὄφρα κεν οὔνομα σεῖο περιφραδέως ἀναμέλψω. Ἐκ σέο μισθὸν ἐμὸν γενεαὶ μέίμνουσι δικαίων. ### English translation (Claude) … the hundred and forty-[first] … I sent up a cry to the King, crying out; and I would declare to him my painful toil … I looked at my right hand …, and none of my friends thought to see us at all. My flight perished before me as I longed to flee, nor was there any who would track my heart as I fled. But I, crying, said: You have become my hope, my portion of life, Blessed One, in the land of the living …, because they are far stronger than me in force. Would that you would take my heart out of helpless prison, so that I may clearly sing your name. The generations of the righteous await my reward from you. ### Scripture references - Ps 142:1–7 (141:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 141 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/141). ## Psalm 142 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-142 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 142 of the Septuagint (Psalm 143): no one living is righteous before God; the psalmist thirsts for him like a dry land and asks to be led by his good Spirit. ### Greek text Δαυΐδου κλυτὸς ὕμνος ᾿Αδεσσαιλῶμος ἁμώμοι;. Ἕμπα γε μὴν ἑκατοστὸς ἔρυ καὶ τε ἐς Σεῖο δικαιοσύνῃ μεν, Αναξ, βοόωντος ἀχούσαις· παν (Γαδ τῶμο5 ἰού! ὁδὶ ΒΟΓΒΒΌΠΟΣ, θὕτις γὰρ μερόπων ὅσιος σέθεν ἄντα φανείη Ἐχθρὸς ἐμὸν στονόεντα βιήσατο θυμὸν ἐλαύνων· Γαίης νερτερίοισιν ἐμὴν ὑπέταξε ᾿Απρήχτοις νεκύεσσιν ὑπὸ κνέφας ἶσα χαθίζων μετὰ φρεσὶ θυμὸν Αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ προτέρων γενεῶν μεμνήμενος ὥρης, Χεῖρας ἐμὰς Βασιλῆι Θυμὸς ἐμὸς ποθέει σ᾽, ἅτε διψάδος αὔλαχες αἴης. μελέων πρὶν πνεῦμα Σῆς, Μάκαρ, ἐξ ἡοῦς ἐλεητύος εἴθε πυθοίμην, Δός νύ μοι αἴσιον οἶμον, ὅπη χρέος ἐστὶν ὀδεύειν, ἀμφὶ σὲ θυμὸν ἀεὶ Πύργον ἐπεί σ᾽ ἄῤῥηκτον ἀεὶ πεφοδημένος εὗρον. Αὐτὸς ΓΑναξ ἐμός ἐσσι, νόον δέ με σεῖο διδάσχοις· Ἰ᾿Ιθείην δ᾽ ἀγαθόν με φέροι χθόνα ΠΙνεῦμα θεοῖο. Δός νύ μοι εὐδιχίην, βιότου τροφὸν, εἴνεκα σεῖο. Θυμὸν ἐμὸν στονόεντος, Ἄναξ, Ἂκ δέ μευ ἀντιδίους ἐλέῳ σέθεν Οὔνεκα σὸς θεράπων χκαταθύμιος εὔχομαι εἶναι ### English translation (Claude) A famous hymn of David, … Absalom … blameless; yet it is the hundred and forty-[second]. In your righteousness, O Lord, hear me crying … for no one of mortals would appear holy before you. The enemy forced my groaning soul, driving it; he subjected my … to the nether places of the earth, seating me like the helpless dead under darkness … my heart in my mind … But I, remembering the season of former generations, … my hands to the King; my soul longs for you like the furrows of thirsty earth … before the breath of my limbs … Would that I might learn from dawn of your mercy, Blessed One; give me now a propitious path, where there is need to walk, … my heart always to you, since, fearing, I always found you an unbreakable tower. You yourself are my Lord, and may you teach me your mind; may the good Spirit of God bear me to a straight land. Give me justice, the nourisher of life, for your sake; … my groaning soul, O Lord, … and … my opponents in your mercy, because I pray to be your servant, pleasing to your heart. ### Scripture references - Ps 143:1–12 (142:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading follows the Septuagint title (“when his son pursued him”), naming Absalom; it is garbled by Latin-column text in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 142 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/142). ## Psalm 143 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-143 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 143 of the Septuagint (Psalm 144): praise of God who trains the king for war and rescues him; blessed the people whose God is the Lord. ### Greek text Καὶ τρίτατος σοφίῃ τοῖς πρὶν ἅμ᾽ ἑσπόμενος. ἜἜμπα) γε μὴν ἑκατοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ τεσσαρακὸἙΕὐφήμοις μελέεσσιν ἀεὶ Θεὸς αἰνετὸς ἕστω, Αἰὰν, Ἄναξ, ἐλεητὺς ἐμὴ καὶ πύργος ἐτύχθης, Ὦ Λαὸν ἐμὸν παλάμῃσιν ὑφ᾽ ἡμετέρῃσι δαμάζων. Τίς βροτός ἐστιν,·Αναξ, ὅτι οἱ ἀναφανδὰ παρέστης ; ὃ μιν φρεσὶν ὧδε ἰνδάλμασιν ἶσος ἐτύχθη Θῖγ᾽ ὁρέων, καὶ καπνὸν ἄδην σχοτειδέα τεύξεις. Πέμπε, Μάκαρ, βελέεσσι τεοῖς, ἵνα θυμὸν ὀρίνῃς. Χεῖρα τεὴν πέμποις ἐξ αἰθέρος, ὥς με Χειρὸς ἀπ᾽ ὀθνείων με, Μαχάρτατε, ῥύεο παίδων, Αὐτὰρ ἑγώ τοι ἄεισμα νέον, Πανυπέρτατε, μέλψω Νευρῆς ἀρμονίῃ δεκάδος τεὸν εὖχος ἀείσω. Ὃς φάος ἡμετέροις βιότου βασιλεῦσιν ὁπάζοις, Καὶ ξίφεος θεράποντα τεὸν Δαυΐδον ἔλυσας. Αὐτὰρ θυγατέρεσσι τόσος περὶ κἀλλεϊ χόσμος,·Ὅμμασί κεν φαίης χρυσάμπυχα ντὸν ὁρᾶσθαι. ἘΞ ἑτέρου δ᾽ ἕτερόν γε περιῤῥέει ἄσπετον ὕδωρ. Τοῖσι μὲν εὔθοτα μῆλα καὶ εὔλογα πολλὰ τέτυκται, Ηἰβ ᾳφυΐϊάδπι Ζατρεφέες δὲ βόες, καὶ ἀρείονες ἔξοχον ἄλλων. Ἔμπεδα μὲν πάντα σφίσιν ἕλκεα τηλόθεν ἄτης, Οὐδ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ εὑρυπόροισιν ὁδοῖς σφέων ἐστὶν ἀῦτή. Ὅλδιος, ᾧτε Θεὸς μέλεται φρεσὶν, ἔπλετο λαός. ### English translation (Claude) And the third, following the former ones in wisdom; yet it is the hundred and forty-[third]. Let God always be praised with well-sounding songs; always, O Lord, you have become my mercy and tower, subduing my people under our hands. What is a mortal, O Lord, that you have stood openly by him? … he has become like images … touch the mountains, and you will make abundant dark smoke. Send, Blessed One, with your arrows, so that you may stir them up. May you send your hand from the sky, so that … me; rescue me, Most Blessed, from the hand of foreign sons. But I will sing a new song to you, Most High; on the harmony of the ten-string I will sing your glory, you who grant the light of life to our kings, and freed your servant David from the sword. But for their daughters there is such adornment of beauty that you would say with your eyes that you see a temple with golden headbands. From one [storehouse] to another unspeakable water flows around. For them well-grazed sheep and many blessed things have been made …, and well-fed oxen, far better than others. All things are firm for them, far from the wounds of ruin, nor is there any outcry in their broad roads. Blessed is the people for whom God is a care in heart. ### Scripture references - Ps 144:1–15 (143:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 143 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/143). ## Psalm 144 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-144 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 144 of the Septuagint (Psalm 145): every generation praises the gracious King, who upholds the falling and opens his hand to feed all. ### Greek text Ἕμκα γε μὴν ἑκατοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ τεσσαραχοστός. διαμπερὲς ἤματα πάντα. Γηθόσυνος μέλψω σε διηνεκὲς ἣμαρ ἐπ᾽ ἦμαρ Εκ γενεῆς γενεήνδε διαμπερὲς ἤματα πάντα. Αἰνετός ἐσσι, Μάκαρ, καί τοι μέγα κῦδος ἀέρθη, Ἕργα σέθεν φύλοισι, Μαχάοτατε, φῦλα βοήσει, Σὸν μεγαλοπρεπὲς εὖχος ἀρίζηλον χαταλέξει. Ἕργον δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπιειχτὸν ἀνὰ στόμα δείματι μέλψει. Οὔ σευ ἀνα ύδητος μεγαλαυχέα ἔργα παρέλθοι· Σὸν σθένος ἀστυφέλιχτον Οἰκτίρμων Βασιλεὺς πανυπέρτατος, ἐδ᾽ ἐλεήμων, Τλήμονα θυμὸν ἔχων, σφετέρην τ᾽ ἐλεητὺν ἀέξων. Μειλιχίην μετὰ πᾶσι Θεὸς δεδάηχε φυλάσσειν, Ἕργα κατοικτείρων ὅσαπερ τεχνήσατο χειρί. ᾿Αλήκτῳ κραδίῃ σε, Μαχάρτατε, ἔργα βοήσει, Καʼ σευ ἀγαχλήενθ᾽ ὁσίων γένος αἶνον ἀείσει. Καὶ σθένος ἀστυφέλιχτον, Λναξ, τεὸν ὑμνήσουσι, Θθηητὸν μερόπεσσιν ὅπως σθένος ἄφθιτον ἕξεις, Καὶ μεγαλοπρεπὲς εὖχος ἤάαπι σοηπροιὶι, ᾿Αχράντοις ἐπέεσσι Θεὸς περὶ πίστιν ὑφαίνει, Καί οἱ εὐδιχέη τελέθει κεκερασμένη ἔργοις. Θχαίίλγο, ᾿Αθάνατος δεδάηχεν ἀεὶ πίπτοντας ἐγείρειν, νγαπι ᾿Δρϑυπι. Ἰθύνειν ὁλοοῦ ὑπὸ ῥήγματος ἄνδρα πεσόντα. αἱ ρᾳΓ οοηνδηίοπίοιῃ Καὶ δῴης ἅμα πᾶσι κατὰ χρέος ἅρμενον εἶδαρ. Πᾶν γένος ἐκπλήσειας, ἐπὴν σεο χεῖρα πετάσσῃς. Πάντοθεν εὐδιχίη μεθέπει Βασιλῆος ἀταρπούς· Παντὶ λιταζομένῳ περιίσταται, ἠδὲ φυλάσσει, Αἶνον Παμθασιλῆος ἐμὸν στόμα πιστὸν ἀείσσει, Θνητῶν τ᾽ ἄσπετα φῦλα Θεοῦ χλυτὸν οὔνομα μέλψει, ### English translation (Claude) Yet it is the hundred and forty-[fourth]. … continually, all days. Rejoicing, I will sing you continually day upon day, from generation to generation continually, all days. You are praised, Blessed One, and great glory has been lifted up for you. Races will cry your works to races, Most Blessed, and recount your conspicuous, magnificent glory, and with fear they will sing on their mouth your work beyond compare. Let none of your boastful works pass by unsung; your unshakable strength … The King most high is compassionate and merciful, having an enduring heart and increasing his mercy. God has known how to keep gentleness among all, pitying all the works which he fashioned with his hand. With unceasing heart, Most Blessed, the works will cry to you, and the race of the holy will sing your glorious praise. And they will hymn, O Lord, your unshakable strength, how you will hold immortal strength wonderful to mortals, and magnificent glory … God weaves faith with undefiled words, and righteousness has been mixed into his works. The Immortal has always known how to raise those who fall, to set upright the man fallen under a destructive fracture …, and may you give to all together suitable food, as is due; you will fill every race when you open your hand. Righteousness attends the paths of the King on every side; it stands around everyone who prays, and guards … My faithful mouth will sing the praise of the King of all, and the unspeakable races of mortals will sing the famous name of God. ### Scripture references - Ps 145:1–21 (144:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Latin-column fragments in verses 13–15 are left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 144 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/144). ## Psalm 145 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-145 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 145 of the Septuagint (Psalm 146): do not trust princes, but the Maker of heaven and earth, who frees prisoners, opens the eyes of the blind and guards the stranger. ### Greek text Ξυγνὸς Ζαχαρίαο καὶ ᾿Αγγαίου πέλει ὕμνος. Ἔμπα γε μὴν ἑκατοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ τεσσαρᾶΜέλπε Θεὸν, φίλε θυμὲ, τεῆς κρατέοντα βιώνης᾽· μετὰ φρεσὶ θάρσυνος εἴης, Ἰαπιδὴ πηπηυλπὶ οδὶ : Ω Μηδὲ βροτῶν τεχέεσσιν, ὅθεν φάος οὔποτ᾽ ἐτύχθη· γε υπὶ ἴῃ 16Γ- Οἱ ψυχῆς πταμένης, σφετέρην πάλιν εἶσ᾽ ἐπὶ γαῖαν. δ᾽ ὁμῶς φθινύθουσι ὅλαι φθιμένοισι Ὅλρθιος, ᾧτε Θεὸς πανυπέρτατός ἔστιν ἀρωγὸς, Ὃς γαῖαν χλοερήν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν εὑρὺν ἔτενξε, Πόντον ἐρισμάραγον, καὶ ὅσα τρέφει οἵδμα θαλάτΑὐτὸς ἀλυχτοπέδῃς πεπεδη μένον οἷδε σαῶται· Αὐτὸς ῥιγεδανοῦ ὑπὸ ῥήγματος ἄνδρας ἐγείρει· Ὁ Αὐτὸς Αναξ τυφλοῖσι νόον πυκινόφρονα τεύχει· Αὐτὸς Παμέόασιλεὺς ὅσιον γένος Αὐτὸς·Ἄναξ δεδάηχε νεήλυδα φῶτα φυλάσσειν, ### English translation (Claude) This hymn is common to Zechariah and Haggai; yet it is the hundred and forty-[fifth]. Sing God, dear heart, the ruler of your life …; may you be confident in your heart … nor in the children of mortals, from whom light never came; whose soul flies away, and he goes back again to his earth … they waste away together … with the dead. Blessed is he for whom the most high God is helper, who made the green earth and the broad heaven, the loud-roaring sea and all that the swell of the sea nourishes. He himself knows how to save the one fettered in unbreakable fetters; he himself raises men from under the shuddering fracture; the Lord himself makes a wise mind for the blind; the King of all himself … the holy race; the Lord himself has known how to guard the newly arrived stranger. ### Scripture references - Ps 146:1–10 (145:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading follows the Septuagint title (“of Haggai and Zechariah”); a Latin-column fragment in verse 3 is left as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 145 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/145). ## Psalm 146 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-146 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 146 of the Septuagint (Psalm 147:1–11): praise the Lord who heals the broken-hearted, numbers the stars and delights not in the strength of the horse but in those who fear him. ### Greek text Μεγμπιαηιθπ σεν δεῖ πεμ8 ἐδὶ εἰ φια τασδὶ καὶ ᾿Αγγαίου πένϊει ὕμνος, Μέλψατε Παμθασιλῆα, ἐπεὶ μέλος ἐσθλὸν ἐτύχθη. Αἶνος νωιτέρῳ καταθύμιος ἔσσετ᾽ οἷσίν τε χατεχλάσθη φίλον ἧτορ, ὀνομάζων τείρεα πάντα. θεός ἐστι μέγας, ᾿Ἀρχόμενοι Βασιλῖα θοῇ Ὃς τόσον ὑψιχόμοις καὶ ἐν οὔρεσι χόρτον ἀέξει, Ὃς καὶ τετραπόδων ἀγέλαις πόρεν ἄρμενον εἶδαρ, Οὐ ποτ᾽ ἐπαινήσειεν ἽΑναξ σθένος ἄσχετον ἵππου· Μᾶλλον ἐπὶ ὁμώεσσιν ἑοῖς Οἷς δ᾽ ἐλεημοσύνη καταθύμιός ἐστιν ΓΑναχτος. ### English translation (Claude) … this hymn is of … and Haggai. Sing the King of all, since the song is good. Praise will be pleasing to our … those whose dear heart has been broken, … naming all the stars. Our God is great … beginning … the King with quick … who makes grass grow even on the high-haired mountains, who also gave fitting food to the herds of four-footed beasts. The Lord will never praise the unrestrained strength of the horse; rather … in his servants, … those for whom the mercy of the Lord is pleasing to the heart. ### Scripture references - Ps 147:1–11 (146:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The heading is garbled by Latin-column text in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 146 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/146). ## Psalm 147 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-147 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 147 of the Septuagint (Psalm 147:12–20): Jerusalem praises the Lord who sends his word and snow, and has shown his statutes to Israel alone. ### Greek text ὅτων ὀρθοῦ ἀλληλοῦια. γε μὴν ἑκχατοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ ἘΝν σοὶ σοὺς πινυτοὺς καὶ ἀγαχλέας ἧνεσε παῖδας. Ὃς σέθεν εἰρήνῃ πεφυλαγμένα τέρματα θῦ κε· Αὐτὰρ ὁ ῥίμφα θέων μετελεύσεται ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, ψυχρῆς χιόνος σθένος ὑψόθι φαίνων, Πάσσων χαπνοτόχειαν ὅπως σποδὸν αὐχμὸν ὁμίχλης, Ἐὐχεῖ τίς κεν ἐὸν δύναται μένος ἰσοφαρίζειν, Πάντα λόγῳ ζώοντι τακήσεται Οὐδέποτ᾽ ἀλλοδαποῖσι μετ᾽ ἔθνεσι τοῖον ἔρεξεν, Οὐδὲ δικαιοσύνας σφετέρας τεχμήρατο λαοῖς. ### English translation (Claude) … Alleluia … yet it is the hundred and forty-[seventh] … He has praised in you your wise and glorious children; he who set your borders guarded in peace. And he, running swiftly, will go here and there …, showing on high the strength of cold snow, sprinkling the drought of mist like smoke-born ash. Who can match his strength? … all things will melt at the living word … Never did he do such a thing among foreign nations, nor did he show his justices to the peoples. ### Scripture references - Ps 147:12–20 (147:1-Ps LXX): quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 147 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/147). ## Psalm 148 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-148 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 148 of the Septuagint (Psalm 148): heaven and earth, sun and moon, fire and hail, beasts, kings and peoples are called to praise the Lord. ### Greek text Ξυγνὸς Ζαχαρίαο καὶ ᾿Αγγαίου πέλει ὕμνος, Ὄγδοον Υγ ἱστον ἔχων ἬἝμπα γε μὴν ἑκατοστὸς ἔφυ καὶ τεσσαραχοδιέλψατέ μοι μέγα κῦδος ἀπ᾽ οὐρανόθεν Βασιλῆος· δοιροῦ (ται ληια Πεὶ νοῦ βογιηοηΐ. Μέλψατε, ἠέλιός τε καὶ αἰγλήεσσα σελήνη· Μέλψατε, τείρεα πάντα, Θεὸν, καὶ ἀθέσφατος αἴγλτ᾽ Μέλψατ᾽ ἐπουρανίων δαπέδων ὑπὲρ οὐρανὸν ἄλλον, Κύκλων τ᾽ οὐρανίων χαθυπέρτερον εὐαγὲς ὕδωρ· Οὕὔνεχεν αὐτὸς ἔειπε καὶ ἐδλάστησεν ἅπαντα, δὲ διηνεκέϊ τάπερ ἔδρασεν αὐτὸς Πῦρ μετὰ χρυστάλλοισι, χιὼν δ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ἕποιτο χαλάζῃ, Καὶ πνοιὴ ζοφεροῖο καταιγίδος Κέδροι παντοδαπαὶ, καὶ δένδρεα τηλεθόωντα, Τετραπόδων ἀγέλαι, καὶ ὀρέστερα θηρία γαίης νεώτεροι εἰς ἕν ἰόντες, Οὕνεχεν ὑψώθη βασιλήιον οὔνομα μοῦνον. Αἶνος ἑὸς γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφιχαλύπτει, Καὶ λαοῦ σφετέροιο κέρας ### English translation (Claude) This hymn is common to Zechariah and Haggai, having the eighth …; yet it is the hundred and forty-[eighth]. Sing to me the great glory of the King from heaven … Sing, sun and radiant moon; sing God, all stars and unspeakable radiance; sing above the heavenly floors, above another heaven, and the holy water above the heavenly circles; because he himself spoke, and all things sprang up … and continually what he himself did. Fire with ice, and snow follow together with hail, and the breath of the dark storm … cedars of every kind, and flourishing trees, herds of four-footed beasts and mountain beasts of the earth … younger, coming together, because only the royal name has been exalted. His praise covers earth and heaven, and the horn of his people … ### Scripture references - Ps 148:1–14: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - A line of Latin-column text in verse 2 is left as printed and not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 148 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/148). ## Psalm 149 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-149 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 149 of the Septuagint (Psalm 149): a new song of the holy ones, who rejoice in their King and execute the judgment written. ### Greek text Ἠδὺ μένος ἑκατοστὸν ἔφυ καὶ τεσσαρακοστὸν Μέλψατέ μοι Βασιλῇι νέην καὶ ἐπήρατον οἴμην᾽ Αἰὲν ἔχει χλισίῃς ὁσίων μεμελημένον ὕμνον. Οὔνομα μελπόντων βασιλήιον ἀμφὶ ᾿Αδόντων μιν τύμπανον αὖ χιθάρην τ᾽ ἀνελόντες Οὔνεκά οἱ σφέτερος καταθύμιος ἔπλετο λαός. φέγγεϊ δ᾽ ὑψώσειε φίλον γένος Δήμων παντοδαπῶν χαχοεργέας ἄνδρας ὀλέσαι, Καὶ ζυγὸν ἀθάνατον λαοὺς μεθιέντας ἐλέγξει. Γραπτὴν τ᾽ εὐνομίην σπουδῇ μετὰ τοῖσι τελέσσει. Ὧδ᾽ ὁσίοις κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἑοῖς μετὰ πᾶσιν ἐτύχθη. ### English translation (Claude) Sweet is the song, the hundred and forty-ninth. Sing to me a new and lovely song for the King; he always has the hymn of the holy as a care in their tents. Let them sing the royal name with …; let them sing to him, taking up drum and lyre, because his people has been pleasing to his heart. … may he lift up his dear race with light …, to destroy the evildoing men of all kinds of peoples; and he will rebuke the peoples who have let go the immortal yoke … and he will accomplish with zeal the written good order among them. Thus good glory has come to be for all his holy ones. ### Scripture references - Ps 149:1–9: quotation, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 149 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/149). ## Psalm 150 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-150 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 150 of the Septuagint (Psalm 150): praise him with lyre, dance and cymbals. ### Greek text Πένθʼ ἅμα καὶ δεκάτης δεκάδος μένος Μέλψατέ μοι Βασιλῆα, χοροὶ δ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ἕποιντο δικαίων· μιν φόρμιγγι καὶ ἁρμονίῃ Μέλψατέ μιν παλάμῃς ἀλαλαγμοῦ χύμθαλ᾽ ἑλόντες· ### English translation (Claude) The song of the fifteenth decade … Sing to me the King, and let choirs of the righteous follow together; … him with lyre and harmony …; sing him, taking in your hands cymbals of shouting. ### Scripture references - Ps 150:1–6: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Most of the psalm is lost in the scan. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 150 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/150). ## Psalm 151 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/132/#p-151 - Source: PG 33 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A paraphrase of Psalm 151 of the Septuagint, outside the numbered Psalter: David recalls his youth, his anointing in place of his brothers, and his victory over the idol-trusting Philistine. ### Greek text Πέμπτης πρὸς δεκάτῃ δεκάδος πέϊλει ἔχτοθεν ᾿Αμφὶ χασιγνήτοισιν ἐμοῖς μάλα Πατρῷον κατὰ δῶμα νέος μετὰ πᾶσιν ἀκούων, Χεῖρες ἐμαὶ φόρμιγγα Αὐτὸς Ἄναξ δεδάηχεν ἐμῶν ἐπέων ὑπακοῦσαι· Αὐτὸς ἐπουρανίου στρατιῆς ταχὺν ἄγγελον ἧκεν, ἀγέλης ἐξείλετο μήλων, Καί μευ πιαλέῳ δέμας αὑτὸς ἔχρισεν ἑλαίῳ. Ἧμὲν ἀδελφοὺς μεγάλους ἔχον, ἠδὲ καὶ ἐσθλούς· ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὔ σφιν Βασιλεὺς κλέος ἤθελεν ἐσθλὸν ὁπάσσαι. Αὐτὰρ ὃ μ᾽ εἰδώλοισιν ἑοῖς νείχεσσε πεποιθώς· Τοῖο δ᾽ ἐγὼ ξέφρος ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ, Αὐχένος ὑψηλοῖο κάρη ἀπέχοψα παραστάς· Αἶνον ἄγω σοι θεῖον, Ὑπέρτατε ἐν βασιλεῦσιν, Δαυΐδου πινυτοῦ περικαλλέος ### English translation (Claude) It is from outside [the number] of the fifteenth decade … Among my brothers I [was] very …, hearing, as a youth among all, in my father’s house. My hands … a lyre … The Lord himself knew how to hear my words; he himself sent a swift messenger of the heavenly army, … took me from the flock of sheep, and he himself anointed my body with rich oil. I had brothers, great and good; but the King did not wish to grant them good glory. And he, trusting in his idols, reviled me; and I, drawing the sharp sword from beside his thigh, standing beside him, cut off his head from his lofty neck. I bring divine praise to you, Highest among kings … of wise and most beautiful David … ### Scripture references - 1 Sam 16:1–13: allusion, high confidence - 1 Sam 17:51: allusion, high confidence ### Extrabiblical texts - Ps 151 1-7 (Psalm 151): quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Psalm 151 stands in the Septuagint “outside the number” of the 150 psalms and is not part of the Hebrew Psalter; it is tagged as an extrabiblical text. It recalls 1 Sam 16:1–13 and 17:51. ### Citation (SBL) Apollinaris of Laodicea (attrib.), Metaphr. Ps. 151 (PG 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/apollinaris-metaphrasis-psalmorum/151).