Interpretation of the Psalms 104.1–104.45
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 104
104.1PG 80 80:1707
᾿Αλληλούϊα. Ὑμνεῖν καὶ οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς παρακελεύεται τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεόν· δηλοῖ δὲ καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφή. Τὸ γὰρ ἀλληλούϊα, Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἑρμηνεύεται. Αναμιμνήσκει δὲ τῶν πρὸς τοὺς πατριάρχας ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγενημένων ὑποσχέσεων, καὶ τῶν δι᾽ ἐκείνους ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ παρασχεθέντων ἀγαθῶν τοῖς ἐκείνων ἐκγόνοις Ἱκανὴ γὰρ καὶ τούτων κἀκείνων ἡ μνήμη, τοὺς τοσούτων εὐεργεσιῶν ἀπολαύσαντας εἰς ζῆλον τῆς τῶν προγόνων ἀρετῆς ἐρεθίσαι καὶ παραθῆξαι. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ κατὰ ταυτὸν, καὶ τὸν νέον λαὸν, ὡς οὐκ ἀδίκως τὸν ἀχάριστον ἐκεῖνον λαὸν τῆς οἰκείας κηδεμονίας ἐγύμνωσεν. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ Θεοῦ λαὸς ἐχρημάτιζον, καὶ προφανῶς τῆς θείας προμηθείας ἀπήλαυον, ἔρημοι δὲ ταύτης ὕστερον ἐγένοντο παντελῶς · διὰ τῶν προκειμένων ψαλμῶν διδάσκει πάντας ἀνθρώπους, ὅσα μὲν αὐτὸν εὐηργέτησε καὶ ἡλίκα, ὅπως δὲ ἀχάριστοι περὶ τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἐκεῖνοι γεγένηνται · ὡς ἂν ὁμοῦ καὶ τῆς κατ᾿ ἐκείνων ἐξενεχθείσης ψήφου τὸ δίκαιον καταμάθοιεν ἅπαντες, καὶ τῆς ἀχαριστίας ὁρῶντες τὰ ἐπίχειρα, μὴ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐκείνοις βαδίζοιεν, ἀλλὰ τὴν εὐθεῖαν ὁδεύσοιεν. « Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἐπικαλεῖσθε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. › Τὸ δὲ ἐπικαλεῖσθε, κηρύσσητε ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκε. Παρακελεύεται δὲ ὁ λόγος τὴν εὐχαριστήριον ὑμνῳδίαν προσφέρειν, καὶ διηγεῖσθαι τὰς θείας εὐεργεσίας. « ᾿Απαγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. » Δῆλόν ἐστι καὶ σαφὲς, ὡς ὄνησιν οὐκ Ἰουδαίοις μόνον, ἀλλὰ, καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἅπασιν πραγματεύεται.
᾿Allēlouïa. Hymnein kai houtos ho psalmos parakeleuetai ton tōn holōn Theon; dēloi de kai hē epigraphē. To gar allēlouïa, Aineite ton Kyrion hermēneuetai. Anamimnēskei de tōn pros tous patriarchas hypo tou Theou gegenēmenōn hyposcheseōn, kai tōn di᾽ ekeinous hyp᾿ autou paraschethentōn agathōn tois ekeinōn ekgonois Hikanē gar kai toutōn kakeinōn hē mnēmē, tous tosoutōn euergesiōn apolausantas eis zēlon tēs tōn progonōn aretēs erethisai kai parathēxai. Didaskei de kai kata tauton, kai ton neon laon, hōs ouk adikōs ton achariston ekeinon laon tēs oikeias kēdemonias egymnōsen. Epeidē gar Theou laos echrēmatizon, kai prophanōs tēs theias promētheias apēlauon, erēmoi de tautēs hysteron egenonto pantelōs ; dia tōn prokeimenōn psalmōn didaskei pantas anthrōpous, hosa men auton euērgetēse kai hēlika, hopōs de acharistoi peri tas euergesias ekeinoi gegenēntai ; hōs an homou kai tēs kat᾿ ekeinōn exenechtheisēs psēphou to dikaion katamathoien hapantes, kai tēs acharistias horōntes ta epicheira, mē tēn autēn ekeinois badizoien, alla tēn eutheian hodeusoien. « Exomologeisthe tǭ Kyriǭ, kai epikaleisthe to onoma autou. › To de epikaleisthe, kēryssēte ho Symmachos eirēke. Parakeleuetai de ho logos tēn eucharistērion hymnǭdian prospherein, kai diēgeisthai tas theias euergesias. « ᾿Apangeilate en tois ethnesi ta erga autou. » Dēlon esti kai saphes, hōs onēsin ouk Ioudaiois monon, alla, kai tois ethnesin hapasin pragmateuetai.
Alleluia. This psalm too urges us to hymn the God of all; the title also shows it, for "alleluia" means "Praise the Lord." It recalls the promises made by God to the patriarchs, and the good things he provided for their sake to their descendants. For the memory of both is enough to rouse and sharpen those who have enjoyed such great benefits to emulate the virtue of their forefathers. At the same time it also teaches the new people that it was not unjustly that he stripped that ungrateful people of his care. For since they bore the name of God's people and plainly enjoyed the divine providence, but later became entirely bereft of it, through the psalms before us he teaches all human beings how many and how great were his benefits to them, and how ungrateful they proved toward those benefits; so that all might at once learn the justice of the sentence pronounced against them and, seeing the wages of ingratitude, might not walk the same road as they did, but travel the straight one. "Confess the Lord, and call upon his name." For "call upon" Symmachus said "proclaim." The text urges us to offer the hymn of thanksgiving and to recount the divine benefits. "Announce his works among the nations." It is plain and clear that he brings benefit not to the Jews alone but to all the nations.
Ps 105:1 (104:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:1: the psalm recalls God's promises to the patriarchs and his benefits to Israel, so that all may learn from Israel's ingratitude and its punishment; God's works are to be told among the nations.
- Theodoret's account of Israel's rejection is polemical; it is translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; split word (OCR)): ἀνθρώ πους → ἀνθρώπους; γεγένηνκαι → γεγένηνται.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.1 (PG 80 80:1707; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.2PG 80 80:1709
« ῎Ασατε αὐτῷ, καὶ ψάλατε αὐτῷ· διηγήσασθε πάντα τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ. » Ὕμνοις αὐτὸν καὶ μελῳδίαις ἀμείβεσθε· καὶ τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας διδάξατε τὰ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ γεγενημένα θαύματα.
« ᾿Asate autǭ, kai psalate autǭ; diēgēsasthe panta ta thaumasia autou. » Hymnois auton kai melǭdiais ameibesthe; kai tous agnoountas didaxate ta par᾿ autou gegenēmena thaumata.
"Sing to him and make melody to him; recount all his wonders." "Repay him with hymns and songs, and teach those who do not know them the wonders he has done."
Ps 105:2 (104:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:2: praise God and tell others of his wonders.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.2 (PG 80 80:1709; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.3PG 80 80:1709
« Ἐπαινεῖσθε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ. » Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας καυχᾶσθε ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπαινεῖσθε τέθεικε. Παρακελεύεται δὲ ὁ λόγος, μὴ ἐπὶ πλούτῳ, μὴ ἐπὶ ῥώμῃ, μὴ ἐπὶ δυναστείᾳ μέγα φρονεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ γνώσει καὶ προμηθείᾳ. Τοῦτο παρηγγύησε καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Αποστόλος · « ῾Ο καυχώμενος γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐν Κυρίῳ καυχάσθω. » Ταῦτα καὶ ἡ σοφωτάτη ῎Αννα διέξεισι, « Μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ σοφὸς ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ. » Καὶ, «Μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ πλούσιος ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τούτῳ καυχάσθω ὁ καυχώμενος, ἐν τῷ συνιεῖν καὶ γινώσκειν τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ποιεῖν κρῖμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. » – – Εὐφρανθήτω καρδία ζητούντων τὸν Κύριον. » Τῆς γὰρ εἰς τὸν Θεὸν ἐλπίδος εὐφροσύνη καρπός.
« Epaineisthe en tǭ onomati tǭ hagiǭ autou. » Ho de ᾿Akylas kauchasthe anti tou epaineisthe tetheike. Parakeleuetai de ho logos, mē epi ploutǭ, mē epi rhōmę̄, mē epi dynasteią mega phronein, all᾽ en tę̄ tou Theou gnōsei kai promētheią. Touto parēngyēse kai ho theios ᾿Apostolos ; « ῾O kauchōmenos gar, phēsin, en Kyriǭ kauchasthō. » Tauta kai hē sophōtatē ᾿Anna diexeisi, « Mē kauchasthō ho sophos en tę̄ sophią autou, kai mē kauchasthō ho ischyros en tę̄ ischyï autou. » Kai, «Mē kauchasthō ho plousios en tǭ ploutǭ autou, all᾽ en toutǭ kauchasthō ho kauchōmenos, en tǭ syniein kai ginōskein ton Kyrion, kai poiein krima kai dikaiosynēn epi tēs gēs. » – – Euphranthētō kardia zētountōn ton Kyrion. » Tēs gar eis ton Theon elpidos euphrosynē karpos.
"Glory in his holy name." Aquila put "boast" instead of "glory." The text urges us not to pride ourselves on wealth, strength, or power, but on the knowledge and providence of God. The divine Apostle also gave this charge: "For let him who boasts," he says, "boast in the Lord." The most wise Hannah too sets this forth: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength," and, "Let not the rich man boast in his riches; but let him who boasts boast in this, in understanding and knowing the Lord, and in doing judgment and righteousness in the midst of the earth." "Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice." For gladness is the fruit of hope in God.
Ps 105:3 (104:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 1:31 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 2:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 9:23 (allusion, medium confidence) · Jer 9:24 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:3: one should boast not in wealth or strength but in God, as Paul and Hannah teach.
- Hannah's words are quoted from the Septuagint of 1 Kgdms 2:10, which includes wording found in Jer 9:23–24.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): πλού σιος → πλούσιος; ἐπὶ ἐ· τῆς γῆς → ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.3 (PG 80 80:1709; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.4PG 80 80:1709
« Ζητήσατε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ κραταιώθητε. » Καὶ διδάσκων πῶς δεῖ τοῦτο ποιεῖν, ἐπήγαγε • Ζητήσατε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ διαπαντός. » Οὐ γὰρ ἅπαξ ἢ δὶς, ἀλλὰ παρὰ πάντα τὸν βίον τὴν ἄνωθεν ἐπικουρίαν προσήκει ζητεῖν, καὶ τὴν ὠφέλειαν καρποῦσθαι. Ἄμαχοι γὰρ οἱ ζητοῦντες ἔσονται, καὶ ἀήττητοι. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Κύριος νομοθετῶν ὑπηγγείλατο· « Αἰτεῖτε καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν, ζητεῖτε καὶ εὑρήσετε, κρούετε καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν· πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει, καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει, καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται. »
« Zētēsate ton Kyrion, kai krataiōthēte. » Kai didaskōn pōs dei touto poiein, epēgage • Zētēsate to prosōpon autou diapantos. » Ou gar hapax ē dis, alla para panta ton bion tēn anōthen epikourian prosēkei zētein, kai tēn ōpheleian karpousthai. Amachoi gar hoi zētountes esontai, kai aēttētoi. Touto kai ho Kyrios nomothetōn hypēngeilato; « Aiteite kai dothēsetai hymin, zēteite kai heurēsete, krouete kai anoigēsetai hymin; pas gar ho aitōn lambanei, kai ho zētōn heuriskei, kai tǭ krouonti anoigēsetai. »
"Seek the Lord and be strengthened." And teaching how this must be done, he added: "Seek his face continually." For one should seek help from above not once or twice but throughout one's whole life, and reap the benefit. Those who seek will be unconquerable and invincible. The Lord also promised this when giving his laws: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you; for everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."
Ps 105:4 (104:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 7:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 7:8 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:4: God's help must be sought throughout life, as Christ promised to those who ask and seek.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.4 (PG 80 80:1709; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.5PG 80 80:1709
« Μνήσθητε τῶν θαυμασίων αὐτοῦ ὧν ἐποίησε, τὰ τέρατα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ κρίματα τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ. » Μὴ παράδοτε λήθῃ τὰς ἀῤῥήτους θαυματουργίας, ἂς τῇ δικαίᾳ ψήφῳ κοσμήσας ὁ Δεσπότης εἰργάσατο. Κρίματα γὰρ ἐνταῦθα προσηγόρευσε τὰ ἐνδίκως ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγενημένα θαύματα. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ γεγενημένων ποιεῖται διήγησιν, προδιδάσκει τῆς Αἰγυπτίων τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον.
« Mnēsthēte tōn thaumasiōn autou hōn epoiēse, ta terata autou, kai ta krimata tou stomatos autou. » Mē paradote lēthę̄ tas arrhētous thaumatourgias, as tę̄ dikaią psēphǭ kosmēsas ho Despotēs eirgasato. Krimata gar entautha prosēgoreuse ta endikōs hypo tou Theou gegenēmena thaumata. Epeidē gar tōn en Aigyptǭ gegenēmenōn poieitai diēgēsin, prodidaskei tēs Aigyptiōn timōrias to dikaion.
"Remember his wonders that he did, his marvels and the judgments of his mouth." "Do not hand over to forgetfulness the ineffable wonders that the Master worked, adorning them with a just sentence." Here he called "judgments" the wonders God performed justly. For since he is going to give an account of what happened in Egypt, he teaches beforehand the justice of the Egyptians' punishment.
Ps 105:5 (104:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:5: the 'judgments' are God's just wonders in Egypt, whose justice the psalm teaches beforehand.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.5 (PG 80 80:1709; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.6PG 80 80:1709
« Σπέρμα Ἀβραὰμ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ, υἱοὶ Ἰακώβ ἐκλεκτοὶ αὐτοῦ. » Τοὺς αὐτοὺς καὶ τοῦτο κἀκεῖνο καλεῖ, ὡς τοὺς μὲν ἀπογόνους, τοὺς δὲ υἱοὺς χρηματίσαντας. Ἐκλεκτοὺς δὲ προσηγόρευσεν ὡς παρὰ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη λαὸς κληθέντας Θεοῦ. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ διὰ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων ἐδήλωσεν.
« Sperma Abraam douloi autou, huioi Iakōb eklektoi autou. » Tous autous kai touto kakeino kalei, hōs tous men apogonous, tous de huious chrēmatisantas. Eklektous de prosēgoreusen hōs para panta ta ethnē laos klēthentas Theou. Touto de kai dia tōn epipheromenōn edēlōsen.
"Seed of Abraham, his servants; sons of Jacob, his chosen ones." He calls the same people both, since they were known as descendants of the one and sons of the other. He called them "chosen" because they alone of all the nations were called God's people. He showed this also by what follows.
Ps 105:6 (104:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:6: Israel, Abraham's seed and Jacob's sons, was chosen as God's people.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.6 (PG 80 80:1709; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.7PG 80 80:1711
« Αὐτὸς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ. » Ὁ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὢν ἁπάντων Θεὸς καὶ Κύριος, καὶ πάσης δεσπόζων τῆς οἰκουμένης, τούτους ἴδιον λαὸν προσηγόρευσεν.
« Autos Kyrios ho Theos hēmōn, en pasę̄ tę̄ gę̄ ta krimata autou. » Ho gar autos ōn hapantōn Theos kai Kyrios, kai pasēs despozōn tēs oikoumenēs, toutous idion laon prosēgoreusen.
"He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth." For he who is God and Lord of all and rules over the whole world called these his own people.
Ps 105:7 (104:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:7: the Lord of the whole earth made Israel his own people.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray characters and split word (OCR)): οἰκουリー μένης → οἰκουμένης.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.7 (PG 80 80:1711; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.8PG 80 80:1711
· Ἐμνήσθη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διαθήκης αὐτοῦ, · λόγου οὗ ἐνετείλατο εἰς χιλίας γενεάς. » Τὸ διαρκὲς καὶ μόνιμον τῶν πρὸς τὸν ᾿Ἀβραὰμ γεγενημένων ὑποσχέσεων διὰ τούτων διδάσκει. Οὐ γὰρ, ὥς τινες ὑπέλαβον, ὑπερβολικὸς ὁ λόγος· ἀλλ᾿ ἀληθὴς καὶ θεῖος. Ὑπέσχετο δὲ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, ἐν τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ εὐλογήσειν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. Σπέρμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ Δεσπότης Χριστὸς κατὰ σάρκα· ὃς αἰώνιον ἔχει τὸ κράτος, καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἀνώλεθρον. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ τῶν χιλίων γενεῶν ἡ μνήμη παραδηλοῖ. Οὐ γὰρ ἐτῶν ἀριθμὸν ὁ λόγος σημαίνει, ἀλλὰ τὸ διαρκὲς καὶ αἰώνιον τῶν γενεῶν τὸ πλῆθος αἰνίττεται.
; Emnēsthē eis ton aiōna diathēkēs autou, ; logou hou eneteilato eis chilias geneas. » To diarkes kai monimon tōn pros ton ᾿Abraam gegenēmenōn hyposcheseōn dia toutōn didaskei. Ou gar, hōs tines hypelabon, hyperbolikos ho logos; all᾿ alēthēs kai theios. Hypescheto de ho tōn holōn Theos, en tǭ spermati autou eulogēsein panta ta ethnē. Sperma de autou ho Despotēs Christos kata sarka; hos aiōnion echei to kratos, kai tēn basileian anōlethron. Touto de kai tōn chiliōn geneōn hē mnēmē paradēloi. Ou gar etōn arithmon ho logos sēmainei, alla to diarkes kai aiōnion tōn geneōn to plēthos ainittetai.
"He remembered his covenant for ever, the word that he commanded for a thousand generations." By this he teaches the enduring and lasting character of the promises made to Abraham. For the statement is not, as some have supposed, an exaggeration, but true and divine. The God of all promised to bless all the nations in his seed; and his seed according to the flesh is Christ the Master, who has everlasting power and an indestructible kingdom. The mention of a thousand generations also indicates this. For the text does not signify a number of years, but hints at the enduring and everlasting multitude of generations.
Ps 105:8 (104:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 22:18 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:8: the covenant with Abraham lasts for ever because his seed is Christ, whose kingdom is eternal; 'a thousand generations' means for ever.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.8 (PG 80 80:1711; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
104.9PG 80 80:1711
« Ο τι δε διέθετο τῷ Ἀβραὰμ, καὶ τοῦ ὅρκου αὐτοῦ τῷ Ἰσαάκ. Καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν τῷ Ἰακώβ εἰς πρόσταγμα, καὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς διαθήκην αἰώνιον. » Τούτων τῶν ὅρκων καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος ἐμνημόνευσε Μωσῆς· « Εἶπε γὰρ, φησὶν, ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς ᾿Αβραάμ, Κατ' ἐμαυτοῦ ὤμοσα, ἡ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, ὡς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει· καὶ εὐλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς. • Τούτῳ τῷ ὄρκῳ καὶ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ ἀναμιμνήσκει βεβαιοῖ καὶ πρὸς τὸν Ἰακὼβ τὰς συνθήκας· καὶ μέντοι καὶ πληροῖ ταύτας, διὰ μὲν Μωσοῦ τοὺς ἐκείνων ἐκγόνους τῆς Αἰγυπτίων ἐλευθερώσας δουλείας, διὰ δὲ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυῆ τὴν ἐπηγγελμένην γῆν ἀποδούς · τὸ δὲ τέλος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας διὰ τοῦ Δεσπότου συμπεράνας Χριστοῦ.
« O ti de dietheto tǭ Abraam, kai tou horkou autou tǭ Isaak. Kai estēsen auton tǭ Iakōb eis prostagma, kai tǭ Israēl eis diathēkēn aiōnion. » Toutōn tōn horkōn kai ho thespesios emnēmoneuse Mōsēs; « Eipe gar, phēsin, ho Theos pros ᾿Abraam, Kat' emautou ōmosa, hē mēn eulogōn eulogēsō, kai plēthynōn plēthynō to sperma sou, hōs ta astra tou ouranou tǭ plēthei; kai eulogēthēsontai en tǭ spermati sou pasai hai phylai tēs gēs. • Toutǭ tǭ orkǭ kai ton Isaak anamimnēskei bebaioi kai pros ton Iakōb tas synthēkas; kai mentoi kai plēroi tautas, dia men Mōsou tous ekeinōn ekgonous tēs Aigyptiōn eleutherōsas douleias, dia de Iēsou tou Nauē tēn epēngelmenēn gēn apodous ; to de telos tēs epangelias dia tou Despotou symperanas Christou.
"Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath to Isaac. And he established it for Jacob as an ordinance, and for Israel as an everlasting covenant." The inspired Moses also mentioned these oaths: "For God said," he says, "to Abraham: By myself I have sworn: surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven in number; and in your seed all the tribes of the earth will be blessed." With this oath he also reminds Isaac and confirms the agreements with Jacob; and indeed he fulfills them, freeing their descendants from slavery to the Egyptians through Moses, giving them the promised land through Joshua son of Nun, and completing the promise through Christ the Master.
Ps 105:9 (104:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 105:10 (104:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 22:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 22:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 22:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 26:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 28:13 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:9–10: God's oath to Abraham, renewed to Isaac and Jacob, was fulfilled through Moses, Joshua, and finally Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; intruded letters and split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): αὐτὸν " τῷ → αὐτὸν τῷ; ὄρχων → ὅρκων; εὐλοΤούς. γηθήσονται → εὐλογηθήσονται; ἐκγόνους δ' τῆς → ἐκγόνους τῆς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.9 (PG 80 80:1711; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
104.11PG 80 80:1711
« Λέγων, Σοὶ δώσω τὴν γῆν Χαναάν, σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας ὑμῶν. › Σχοίνισμα τὴν τῆς γῆς ἐκάλεσε δεσποτείαν · τῶν κεκτημένων γὰρ ἴδιον μέτρῳ τὴν γῆν ὑποβάλλειν.
« Legōn, Soi dōsō tēn gēn Chanaan, schoinisma klēronomias hymōn. › Schoinisma tēn tēs gēs ekalese despoteian ; tōn kektēmenōn gar idion metrǭ tēn gēn hypoballein.
"Saying: To you I will give the land of Canaan, the measured portion of your inheritance." By "measured portion" (literally "rope-measure") he meant possession of the land; for it is the mark of owners to subject land to measurement.
Ps 105:11 (104:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:11: God promised Canaan to the patriarchs as their measured inheritance.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.11 (PG 80 80:1711; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.12PG 80 80:1711
· Ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἀριθμῷ βραχεῖς, ὀλιγοστοὺς καὶ παροίκους ἐν αὐτῇ. » Ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶν, ὑπέσχετο τοῖς πατράσιν ὀλίγοις οὖσι, καὶ σφόδρα εὐαριθμήτοις· δηλοῖ δὲ διὰ τούτου τοῦ ὑπισχνουμένου τὴν δύναμιν· ὅτι καί τοι οὕτως ὀλίγοις τοσαύτης γῆς δεσποτείαν παρέχειν ἠδύνατο.
; En tǭ einai autous arithmǭ bracheis, oligostous kai paroikous en autę̄. » Tauta de, phēsin, hypescheto tois patrasin oligois ousi, kai sphodra euarithmētois; dēloi de dia toutou tou hypischnoumenou tēn dynamin; hoti kai toi houtōs oligois tosautēs gēs despoteian parechein ēdynato.
"When they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it." "He promised these things," he says, "to the fathers when they were few and very easily counted." By this he shows the power of the one promising: though they were so few, he was able to grant them possession of so great a land.
Ps 105:12 (104:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:12: God's promise to a few sojourners showed his power.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): ὀλίγοστοὺς → ὀλιγοστοὺς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.12 (PG 80 80:1711; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
104.13PG 80 80:1711
« Καὶ διῆλθον ἐξ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος, καὶ ἐκ βασιλείας εἰς λαὸν ἕτερον. » Παροικοῦντες γὰρ οἱ πατριάρχαι διετέλεσαν, καὶ οὐδὲ ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς ἱδρύμενοι τόπου· ἀλλὰ νῦν μὲν ὧδε, νῦν δὲ ἐκεῖ τὰς σκηνὰς μεταφέροντες.
« Kai diēlthon ex ethnous eis ethnos, kai ek basileias eis laon heteron. » Paroikountes gar hoi patriarchai dietelesan, kai oude eph᾽ henos hidrymenoi topou; alla nyn men hōde, nyn de ekei tas skēnas metapherontes.
"And they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people." For the patriarchs continued as sojourners, not settled in a single place, but moving their tents now here, now there.
Ps 105:13 (104:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:13: the patriarchs lived as wanderers.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): Παροικοῦντες σε γὰρ → Παροικοῦντες γὰρ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.13 (PG 80 80:1711; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.14PG 80 80:1713
« Οὐκ ἀφῆκεν ἄνθρωπον ἀδικῆσαι αὐτούς. » Κρείττους γὰρ αὐτοὺς τῶν ἀδικῶν πειραθέντων ἀπέφηνεν. Καὶ ἤλεγξεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν βασιλεῖς. ›
« Ouk aphēken anthrōpon adikēsai autous. » Kreittous gar autous tōn adikōn peirathentōn apephēnen. Kai ēlenxen hyper autōn basileis. ›
"He did not allow anyone to wrong them." For he made them stronger than those who tried to wrong them. "And he rebuked kings for their sake."
Ps 105:14 (104:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:14: God protected the patriarchs and rebuked kings for them.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): βασί λεῖς → βασιλεῖς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.14 (PG 80 80:1713; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.15PG 80 80:1713
« Μὴ ἅπτεσθε τῶν χριστῶν μου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς προφήταις μου μὴ πονηρεύσεσθε. » Οὕτω τὸν Φαραὼ ἥτασεν ἐτασμοῖς μεγάλοις καὶ φοβεροῖς περὶ Σάῤῥας τῆς γυναικὸς ᾿Αβραάμ. Οὕτω νύκτωρ τὸν ᾿Αβιμέλεχ ἐξεδειμάτωσεν εἰρηκώς· Ἰδοὺ σὺ ἀποθνήσκεις περὶ Σάῤῥας τῆς γυναικὸς ᾿Αβραάμ· αὕτη δὲ ἐστιν συνῳκηκυῖα ἀνδρί. Οὕτω τὸν Ἰσαὰκ αἰδέσιμον τοῖς τηνικαῦτα τὴν Παλαιστίνην οἰκοῦσιν ἀπέφηνεν. Οὕτω φονῶντι τῷ Λάβαν ἠπείλησεν · • Ὅρα γὰρ, ἔφη, μὴ λαλήσῃς σκληρὰ κατὰ τοῦ παιδός μου Ἰακώβ. Χριστοὺς δὲ προσαγορεύει, οὐχ ὡς ἐλαίῳ κεχρισμένους, ἀλλ' ὡς ἐκλεκτοὺς γενομένους. Προφήτην δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ᾿Ἀβραὰμ προσηγόρευσεν· « ᾿Απόδος γὰρ, ἔφη, τὴν γυναῖκα τῷ ἀνδρὶ, ὅτι προφήτης ἐστί · καὶ προσεύξεται περὶ σοῦ, καὶ σωθήσῃ.
« Mē haptesthe tōn christōn mou, kai en tois prophētais mou mē ponēreusesthe. » Houtō ton Pharaō hētasen etasmois megalois kai phoberois peri Sarrhas tēs gynaikos ᾿Abraam. Houtō nyktōr ton ᾿Abimelech exedeimatōsen eirēkōs; Idou sy apothnēskeis peri Sarrhas tēs gynaikos ᾿Abraam; hautē de estin synǭkēkuia andri. Houtō ton Isaak aidesimon tois tēnikauta tēn Palaistinēn oikousin apephēnen. Houtō phonōnti tǭ Laban ēpeilēsen ; • Hora gar, ephē, mē lalēsę̄s sklēra kata tou paidos mou Iakōb. Christous de prosagoreuei, ouch hōs elaiǭ kechrismenous, all' hōs eklektous genomenous. Prophētēn de kai autos ho Theos ton ᾿Abraam prosēgoreusen; « ᾿Apodos gar, ephē, tēn gynaika tǭ andri, hoti prophētēs esti ; kai proseuxetai peri sou, kai sōthēsę̄.
"Do not touch my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm." So he afflicted Pharaoh with great and fearful afflictions because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. So by night he terrified Abimelech, saying: "Behold, you are to die because of Sarah, Abraham's wife; for she has been living with a husband." So he made Isaac respected by those who then inhabited Palestine. So he threatened Laban when he was bent on murder: "See," he said, "that you do not speak harshly against my servant Jacob." He calls them "anointed" not as anointed with oil but as having become chosen. And God himself called Abraham a prophet: "Restore the wife to the man," he said, "for he is a prophet; and he will pray for you, and you will be saved."
Ps 105:15 (104:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 12:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 20:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 20:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 26:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 31:24 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:15: God protected the patriarchs from Pharaoh, Abimelech, and Laban; they are 'anointed' as chosen, and Abraham is called a prophet.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): Οὕτω σε τὸν Φαραὼ → Οὕτω τὸν Φαραὼ; ᾿Αβραάμ" αὕτη → ᾿Αβραάμ· αὕτη.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.15 (PG 80 80:1713; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
104.16PG 80 80:1713
« Καὶ ἐκάλεσε λιμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. » Ἡ ἁμαρτία τὴν παιδείαν ἐφέλκεται· ἡ δὲ παιδεία τὸν θηριώδη βίον ἐλέγχει· ὁ δὲ ἔλεγχος τὴν τοῦ βίου μεταβολὴν πραγματεύεται. Τὸν τοίνυν λιμὸν ἐπήγαγε˙ διὰ τὸν παράνομον βίον τῶν τηνικαῦτα ἀνθρώπων· ἀλλ' ὅμως καὶ οὕτω τῶν οἰκείων θεραπόντων ἐπεμελήθη. • Πᾶν στήριγμα ἄρτου συνέτριψεν. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, Πᾶν διαθρέψαι δυνάμενον σπανίσαι πεποίηκεν· οὐ μόνον σἴτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ κριθὰς, καὶ ὄσπρια, καὶ τ' ἄλλα δι' ὧν βιοτεύουσιν ἄνθρωποι.
« Kai ekalese limon epi tēn gēn. » Hē hamartia tēn paideian ephelketai; hē de paideia ton thēriōdē bion elenchei; ho de elenchos tēn tou biou metabolēn pragmateuetai. Ton toinyn limon epēgage˙ dia ton paranomon bion tōn tēnikauta anthrōpōn; all' homōs kai houtō tōn oikeiōn therapontōn epemelēthē. • Pan stērigma artou synetripsen. » ᾿Anti tou, Pan diathrepsai dynamenon spanisai pepoiēken; ou monon siton, alla kai krithas, kai ospria, kai t' alla di' hōn bioteuousin anthrōpoi.
"And he called a famine upon the land." Sin draws on discipline; discipline exposes a brutish life; and the exposure brings about a change of life. He brought the famine, then, because of the lawless life of the people of that time; yet even so he took care of his own servants. "He broke every staff of bread." That is, he made scarce everything that could nourish: not only wheat, but also barley, pulses, and the other things by which human beings live.
Ps 105:16 (104:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:16: God sent the famine to correct a lawless age, while caring for his servants.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter): βιοτεύδυσιν → βιοτεύουσιν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.16 (PG 80 80:1713; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.17PG 80 80:1713
« ᾿Απέστειλεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν ἄνθρωπον, εἰς δοῦλον ἐπράθη Ἰωσήφ. » Αμφότερα κατὰ ταυτὸν ἐδήλωσε, καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν τὴν μοχθηρίαν, καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ σοφίαν· τῇ γὰρ ἐκείνων εἰς δέον ἐχρήσατο πονηρίᾳ. Οὐ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐκείνους ἠνάγκασεν ἀπεμπολῆσαι τὸν ἀδελφὸν, ἀλλὰ τῇ κακοηθείᾳ μὲν τῇ ἐκείνων ἐνδέδωκεν. Αὐτὸς δὲ εἰς δέον ταύτῃ χρησάμενος, βασιλέα τὸν δοῦλον ἀπέφηνε, καὶ τῷ γένει τὴν εἰς Αἴγυπτον κάθοδον ἐπρυτάνευσεν. Ἔδει γὰρ τοὺς λαὸν Θεοῦ μέλλοντας χρηματίζειν, περιφανεῖς γενέσθαι καὶ περιβλέπτους διὰ τῶν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν γινομένων θαυμάτων. Ἡ γὰρ εἰς αὐτοὺς γινομένη κηδεμονία τὸν τούτων Θεὸν ἀνεκήρυττε, καὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας τῷ φωτὶ τῆς θεογνωσίας κατέλαμψεν.
« ᾿Apesteilen emprosthen autōn anthrōpon, eis doulon eprathē Iōsēph. » Amphotera kata tauton edēlōse, kai tōn adelphōn tēn mochthērian, kai tēn autou sophian; tę̄ gar ekeinōn eis deon echrēsato ponērią. Ou gar autos ekeinous ēnankasen apempolēsai ton adelphon, alla tę̄ kakoētheią men tę̄ ekeinōn endedōken. Autos de eis deon tautę̄ chrēsamenos, basilea ton doulon apephēne, kai tǭ genei tēn eis Aigypton kathodon eprytaneusen. Edei gar tous laon Theou mellontas chrēmatizein, periphaneis genesthai kai peribleptous dia tōn hyper autōn ginomenōn thaumatōn. Hē gar eis autous ginomenē kēdemonia ton toutōn Theon anekērytte, kai tous akouontas tǭ phōti tēs theognōsias katelampsen.
"He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold as a slave." He showed two things at once: the wickedness of the brothers and his own wisdom; for he used their wickedness to a needful end. He did not compel them to sell their brother; he gave way to their malice. But he used it to a needful end, made the slave a king, and arranged the family's descent into Egypt. For those who were to bear the name of God's people had to become famous and admired through the wonders done on their behalf. For the care shown them proclaimed their God and lit up those who heard with the light of the knowledge of God.
Ps 105:17 (104:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 37:28 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 50:20 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:17: God did not cause the brothers' sin in selling Joseph but used it to make him ruler and to bring Israel into Egypt, where his wonders would make him known.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.17 (PG 80 80:1713; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.18PG 80 80:1713
« Ἐταπείνωσαν ἐν πέδαις τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, σίδηρον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ. » Μετὰ γὰρ τὴν τῆς μοιχείας συκοφαντίαν, τὸ δεσμωτήριον ᾤκησε, καὶ παραυτίκα ὡς εἰκὸς περιέθηκαν αὐτῷ τὰ ἐκ σιδήρου δεσμά. Τοῦτο μέντοι ὁ Σύμμαχος οὕτως εἴρηκεν, Εἰς σίδηρον διῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Μέχρι σφαγῆς ἐκινδύνευσεν.
« Etapeinōsan en pedais tous podas autou, sidēron diēlthen hē psychē autou. » Meta gar tēn tēs moicheias sykophantian, to desmōtērion ǭkēse, kai parautika hōs eikos periethēkan autǭ ta ek sidērou desma. Touto mentoi ho Symmachos houtōs eirēken, Eis sidēron diēlthen hē psychē autou, anti tou, Mechri sphagēs ekindyneusen.
"They humbled his feet in fetters; his soul passed through iron." For after the false accusation of adultery he lived in the prison, and no doubt they at once put iron chains on him. Symmachus rendered it: "His soul passed into iron," that is, "he was in danger even of slaughter."
Ps 105:18 (104:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 39:20 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:18: after the false charge of adultery Joseph was imprisoned in chains and in danger of death.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.18 (PG 80 80:1713; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.19PG 80 80:1715
« Μέχρι τοῦ ἐλθεῖν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ, τὸ λόγιον Κυρίου ἐπύρωσεν αὐτόν. » Ταῦτα δὲ ὑπέμεινεν ἅπαντα χρυσοῦ δίκην δοκιμαζόμενος · οὐχ ἵνα τὸ ἀκίβδηλον τῆς τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἀρετῆς ὁ τῶν ὅλων μάθῃ Θεὸς, ὁ γινώσκων τὰ πάντα πρὶν γενέσεως αὐτῶν · ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀνθρώποις τὴν ἐκείνου φιλοσοφίαν δείξῃ, καὶ ἀρχέτυπον ἀληθείας προθῇ.
« Mechri tou elthein ton logon autou, to logion Kyriou epyrōsen auton. » Tauta de hypemeinen hapanta chrysou dikēn dokimazomenos ; ouch hina to akibdēlon tēs tou Iōsēph aretēs ho tōn holōn mathę̄ Theos, ho ginōskōn ta panta prin geneseōs autōn ; all᾽ hina tois allois anthrōpois tēn ekeinou philosophian deixę̄, kai archetypon alētheias prothę̄.
"Until his word came, the saying of the Lord tested him by fire." He endured all this, tested like gold; not that the God of all, who knows all things before they come to be, might learn the purity of Joseph's virtue, but that he might show his wisdom to other people and set before them a pattern of truth.
Ps 105:19 (104:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:19: Joseph was tested like gold, not for God's knowledge but as an example for others.
- 'Who knows all things before they come to be' echoes Susanna 42 (Theodotion).
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.19 (PG 80 80:1715; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.20PG 80 80:1715
« ᾿Απέστειλε βασιλεὺς, καὶ ἔλυσεν αὐτόν· ἄρχων λαοῦ, καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτόν. Κατέστησεν αὐτὸν κύριον τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἄρχοντα πάσης τῆς κτήσεως αὐτοῦ. • Καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκονομίας ὠφέλειαν δεικνὺς, ἐπήγαγε·
« ᾿Apesteile basileus, kai elysen auton; archōn laou, kai aphēken auton. Katestēsen auton kyrion tou oikou autou, kai archonta pasēs tēs ktēseōs autou. • Kai tēn apo tēs oikonomias ōpheleian deiknys, epēgage;
"The king sent and released him; the ruler of the people, and set him free. He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions." And showing the benefit of the dispensation, he added:
Ps 105:20 (104:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 105:21 (104:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 41:40 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:20–21: Pharaoh freed Joseph and made him ruler of his house.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.20 (PG 80 80:1715; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.22PG 80 80:1715
« Τοῦ παιδεῦσαι τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτοῦ ὡς ἑαυτὸν, καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους αὐτοῦ σοφίσαι. » Ἐπίσημος γὰρ διὰ τῆς τῶν ὀνείρων ἑρμηνείας τῷ βασιλεῖ γενόμενος, καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν λαχὼν, εἰς θεογνωσίαν ἐποδήγει τοὺς ἄλλους, οὐ λόγοις μόνοις χρώμενος, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν εὐσέβειαν ἐφελκόμενος.
« Tou paideusai tous archontas autou hōs heauton, kai tous presbyterous autou sophisai. » Episēmos gar dia tēs tōn oneirōn hermēneias tǭ basilei genomenos, kai tēn exousian lachōn, eis theognōsian epodēgei tous allous, ou logois monois chrōmenos, alla kai tois ergois eis tēn autēn eusebeian ephelkomenos.
"To instruct his rulers as himself, and to teach his elders wisdom." For having become distinguished before the king through the interpretation of the dreams and obtained authority, he led the others to the knowledge of God, using not words alone but drawing them to the same piety by his deeds as well.
Ps 105:22 (104:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:22: Joseph used his authority to lead the Egyptians to the knowledge of God by word and example.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.22 (PG 80 80:1715; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.23PG 80 80:1715
« Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ Ἰακώβ παρῴκησεν ἐν γῇ Χάμ. » Αὕτη, φησὶν, ἡ πρόφασις ἐγένετο τῷ πατριάρχῃ τῆς εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐκδημίας. Γῆν δὲ Χὰμ τὴν Αἴγυπτον ὀνομάζει, ἐπειδὴ ὁ Μεσρὲμ υἱὸς τοῦ Χὰμ ἐγένετο δεύτερος. « Χάμ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐγέννησεν τὸν Χοὺς πρωτότοκον, καὶ Μεσρὲμ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ. » Χοῦς δὲ τὴν Αἰθιοπίαν ἡ θεία καλεῖ Γραφή, Μεσρέμ δὲ τὴν Αἴγυπτον, Ἰακὼβ δὲ καὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὸν αὐτὸν ὀνομάζει· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ τῶν πατέρων ἔλαχεν ὄνομα, τὸ δὲ ὁ Θεὸς αὐτῷ τέθεικε, τὴν γενομένην αὐτῷ θείαν ἐπιφάνειαν διὰ τῆς προσηγορίας δηλῶν.
« Kai eisēlthen Israēl eis Aigypton, kai Iakōb parǭkēsen en gę̄ Cham. » Hautē, phēsin, hē prophasis egeneto tǭ patriarchę̄ tēs eis Aigypton ekdēmias. Gēn de Cham tēn Aigypton onomazei, epeidē ho Mesrem huios tou Cham egeneto deuteros. « Cham gar, phēsin, egennēsen ton Chous prōtotokon, kai Mesrem ton adelphon autou. » Chous de tēn Aithiopian hē theia kalei Graphē, Mesrem de tēn Aigypton, Iakōb de kai Israēl ton auton onomazei; to men gar ek tōn paterōn elachen onoma, to de ho Theos autǭ tetheike, tēn genomenēn autǭ theian epiphaneian dia tēs prosēgorias dēlōn.
"And Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham." "This," he says, "was the occasion of the patriarch's departure to Egypt." He calls Egypt the land of Ham because Mizraim was the second son of Ham: "For Ham," it says, "begot Cush as firstborn, and Mizraim his brother." The divine Scripture calls Ethiopia Cush and Egypt Mizraim. It calls the same man Jacob and Israel: the one name he received from his parents, the other God gave him, indicating by the name the divine appearing granted to him.
Ps 105:23 (104:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 10:6 (quotation, medium confidence) · Gen 32:28 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:23: Egypt is called the land of Ham after Ham's son Mizraim; Jacob received the name Israel from God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): Αἴγυπτον, ἐκδημίας → Αἴγυπτον ἐκδημίας; τὸ μὲν “γὰρ → τὸ μὲν γὰρ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.23 (PG 80 80:1715; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.24PG 80 80:1715
« Καὶ ηὔξησε τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ σφόδρα, καὶ ἐκραταίωσεν αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ. » Τοῦτο καὶ τῆς Ἐξόδου ἡ ἱστορία διδάσκει. Ὅσῳ γάρ, φησὶν, ἐκάκουν αὐτοὺς οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, τοσούτῳ πλείους ἐγένοντο, καὶ ἐπλήθυνεν αὐτοὺς ἡ γῆ.
« Kai ēuxēse ton laon autou sphodra, kai ekrataiōsen auton hyper tous echthrous autou. » Touto kai tēs Exodou hē historia didaskei. Hosǭ gar, phēsin, ekakoun autous hoi Aigyptioi, tosoutǭ pleious egenonto, kai eplēthynen autous hē gē.
"And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies." The history of Exodus also teaches this: "The more the Egyptians afflicted them," it says, "the more numerous they became, and the land was filled with them."
Ps 105:24 (104:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 1:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 1:7 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:24: Israel multiplied in Egypt despite oppression.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.24 (PG 80 80:1715; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.25PG 80 80:1715
« Μετέστρεψε τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν, τοῦ μισῆσαι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. » Οὐκ αὐτὸς μεταβαλὼν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τὴν γνώμην, ἀλλὰ τῷ αὐτεξουσίῳ παραχωρῶν· καὶ τὰς μὲν ἐπιβουλὰς μὴ κωλύων, κρείττους δὲ τῶν ἐπιβουλευόντων τοὺς ἐπιβουλευομένους δεικνύς. « Τοῦ δολιοῦσθαι ἐν τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ. » Ποτὲ μὲν ταῖς μαίαις ἐπέταξαν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι διαφθείρειν τῶν Ἑβραίων τὰ ἄῤῥενα, ποτὲ δὲ τῷ ποταμῷ ταῦτα παραπέμπειν ἐκέλευσαν. "Αλλ' ὅμως καὶ οὕτως τὸ γένος διέφυγε τοῦ θανάτου τὰ μηχανήματα.
« Metestrepse tēn kardian autōn, tou misēsai ton laon autou. » Ouk autos metabalōn tōn Aigyptiōn tēn gnōmēn, alla tǭ autexousiǭ parachōrōn; kai tas men epiboulas mē kōlyōn, kreittous de tōn epibouleuontōn tous epibouleuomenous deiknys. « Tou doliousthai en tois doulois autou. » Pote men tais maiais epetaxan hoi Aigyptioi diaphtheirein tōn Hebraiōn ta arrhena, pote de tǭ potamǭ tauta parapempein ekeleusan. "All' homōs kai houtōs to genos diephyge tou thanatou ta mēchanēmata.
"He turned their heart to hate his people." He did not himself change the Egyptians' mind, but yielded to their free will; he did not prevent the plots, but showed those plotted against to be stronger than the plotters. "To deal craftily with his servants." At one time the Egyptians ordered the midwives to kill the Hebrews' male children, at another they commanded that these be thrown into the river. Yet even so the people escaped the devices of death.
Ps 105:25 (104:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 1:16 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 1:22 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:25: God did not cause the Egyptians' hatred but permitted their free choice, and preserved Israel through their plots.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): Μετέστρεψε το τὴν → Μετέστρεψε τὴν; Ποτὲ μὲν τ ταῖς → Ποτὲ μὲν ταῖς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.25 (PG 80 80:1715; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.26PG 80 80:1715
« ᾿Απέστειλε Μωσῆν τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾿Ααρὼν ὃν ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ . Ἔθετο αὐτοῖς τοὺς λόγους τῶν σημείων αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῶν τεράτων αὐτοῦ ἐν γῇ Χάμ. » Προβαλλόμενος γὰρ αὐτοὺς τῆς τῶν ὁμοφύλων ἐλευθερίας ὑπουργούς τε καὶ διακόνους, τὴν τῆς θαυματουργίας αὐτοῖς ἐνεχείρισε δύναμιν.
« ᾿Apesteile Mōsēn ton doulon autou, kai ᾿Aarōn hon exelexato heautǭ . Etheto autois tous logous tōn sēmeiōn autou, kai tōn teratōn autou en gę̄ Cham. » Proballomenos gar autous tēs tōn homophylōn eleutherias hypourgous te kai diakonous, tēn tēs thaumatourgias autois enecheirise dynamin.
"He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he chose for himself. He set among them the words of his signs and of his wonders in the land of Ham." Putting them forward as ministers and servants of the freedom of their kinsmen, he entrusted them with the power of working wonders.
Ps 105:26 (104:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 105:27 (104:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:26–27: God sent Moses and Aaron with power to work wonders for Israel's freedom.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): ᾿Απέστειλε το Μωσῆν → ᾿Απέστειλε Μωσῆν; καὶ τὰ ᾿Ααρὼν → καὶ ᾿Ααρὼν; αὐτοῖς τὸ τοὺς → αὐτοῖς τοὺς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.26 (PG 80 80:1715; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.28PG 80 80:1717
« Ἐξαπέστειλε σκότος, καὶ ἐσκότασεν, ὅτι παρεπίκραναν τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ. » Οὐκ ἀντεῖπον γὰρ οἱ μακάριοι θεράποντες τοῖς θείοις προστάγμασιν, ἀλλὰ τὰ κελευόμενα ἔδρων, καὶ τὴν μακροτάτην αὐτοῖς καὶ τριήμερον ἐπήγαγον νύκτα, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ νυκτὸς ζοφωδέστερον σκότος. Ἡ μὲν γὰρ νὺξ, κἂν ἀσέληνος ᾖ, τῇ αἴγλῃ τῶν ἀστέρων κεράννυται · ἐκεῖνο δὲ τὸ σκότος ψηλαφητὸν ἡ θεία καλεῖ Γραφή.
« Exapesteile skotos, kai eskotasen, hoti parepikranan tous logous autou. » Ouk anteipon gar hoi makarioi therapontes tois theiois prostagmasin, alla ta keleuomena edrōn, kai tēn makrotatēn autois kai triēmeron epēgagon nykta, mallon de kai nyktos zophōdesteron skotos. Hē men gar nyx, kan aselēnos ę̄, tę̄ aiglę̄ tōn asterōn kerannytai ; ekeino de to skotos psēlaphēton hē theia kalei Graphē.
"He sent darkness and made it dark, because they embittered his words." For the blessed servants did not contradict the divine commands but did what was ordered, and brought on them a very long night of three days, or rather a darkness gloomier than night. For night, even without a moon, is mingled with the brightness of the stars; but that darkness the divine Scripture calls "palpable."
Ps 105:28 (104:28 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 10:21 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 10:22 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:28: Moses and Aaron obeyed and brought on Egypt three days of darkness that could be felt.
- Theodoret takes 'they' who 'embittered' as Moses and Aaron and reads the phrase as their not resisting God's word (the Septuagint reading); translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): μα. κροτάτην → μακροτάτην.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.28 (PG 80 80:1717; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.29PG 80 80:1717
« Μετέστρεψε τὰ ὕδατα αὐτῶν εἰς αἷμα, καὶ ἀπέκτεινε τοὺς ἰχθύας αὐτῶν. » Οὐ γὰρ τὴν χροιάν τῶν ὑδάτων μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὴν μετέβαλε τῆς γεύσεως τὴν ποιότητα, ὥστε ἁπάντων διαφθαρῆναι τῶν ἰχθύων τὰ γένη.
« Metestrepse ta hydata autōn eis haima, kai apekteine tous ichthyas autōn. » Ou gar tēn chroian tōn hydatōn monon, alla kai autēn metebale tēs geuseōs tēn poiotēta, hōste hapantōn diaphtharēnai tōn ichthyōn ta genē.
"He turned their waters into blood and killed their fish." For he changed not only the color of the waters but also the very quality of their taste, so that every kind of fish was destroyed.
Ps 105:29 (104:29 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 7:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 7:21 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 105:29: the water turned to blood killed all the fish.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): ἁπάντων δε διαφθαρῆναι → ἁπάντων διαφθαρῆναι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.29 (PG 80 80:1717; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-29). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.30PG 80 80:1717
· Ἐξεῖρψεν ἡ γῆ αὐτῶν βατράχους, ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις τῶν βασιλέων αὐτῶν. » Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ τῷ ποταμῷ τὰ βρέφη τῶν Ἑβραίων παρέδοσαν, μετέβαλε μὲν εἰς αἷμα τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ ὕδωρ, τὴν ἐν αὐτῷ γεγενημένην μιαιφονίαν ἐλέγχων · βατράχους δὲ ἐκεῖθεν ἀναβλύσαι πεποίηκε , τοῖς ἀνῃρημένοις παραπλησίως βρέφεσιν ἕρποντας, καὶ ταῖς οἰκίαις ἐπεμβαίνοντας, καὶ ἄχρις αὐτῶν χωροῦντας τῶν τοῦ βασιλέως θαλάμων.
; Exeirpsen hē gē autōn batrachous, en tois tameiois tōn basileōn autōn. » Epeidē gar tǭ potamǭ ta brephē tōn Hebraiōn paredosan, metebale men eis haima tou potamou to hydōr, tēn en autǭ gegenēmenēn miaiphonian elenchōn ; batrachous de ekeithen anablysai pepoiēke , tois anę̄rēmenois paraplēsiōs brephesin herpontas, kai tais oikiais epembainontas, kai achris autōn chōrountas tōn tou basileōs thalamōn.
"Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings." Since they had handed over the Hebrews' infants to the river, he changed the river's water into blood, exposing the bloodshed done in it; and he made frogs swarm up from it, creeping like the infants that had been killed, invading the houses, and going right into the king's chambers.
Ps 105:30 (104:30 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 8:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 1:22 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:30: the plagues of blood and frogs came from the river in which the Hebrew infants had been drowned.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): μετἐβαλε → μετέβαλε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.30 (PG 80 80:1717; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-30). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.31PG 80 80:1717
« Εἶπε, καὶ ἦλθε κυνόμυια, καὶ σκνίπες ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῶν. » Ἠκολούθει γὰρ τοῖς λεγομένοις τὰ ἔργα · καὶ παραυτίκα Θεοῦ μὲν κελεύοντος, Μωσοῦ δὲ λέγοντος, καὶ κυνόμυια, καὶ σκνίπες ἐπλήρουν τὴν γῆν, τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ὅρους οὐ παριόντες, οὐδὲ ἄλλοις ἀνθρώποις τὴν λύμην ἐπιφέροντες, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἀντιθέοις τὴν παιδείαν ἐπάγοντες. Τοῦτο γὰρ σημαίνει τὸ, « Ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὀρίοις αὐτῶν· › ἀντὶ τοῦ, Ἔξω τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὅρων οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον γινόμενον ἦν ἰδεῖν.
« Eipe, kai ēlthe kynomuia, kai sknipes en pasi tois horiois autōn. » Ēkolouthei gar tois legomenois ta erga ; kai parautika Theou men keleuontos, Mōsou de legontos, kai kynomuia, kai sknipes eplēroun tēn gēn, tous Aigyptious horous ou pariontes, oude allois anthrōpois tēn lymēn epipherontes, alla tois antitheois tēn paideian epagontes. Touto gar sēmainei to, « En pasi tois oriois autōn; › anti tou, Exō tōn Aigyptiōn horōn ouden toiouton ginomenon ēn idein.
"He spoke, and there came dog-flies and gnats in all their borders." For deeds followed his words; at once, as God commanded and Moses spoke, dog-flies and gnats filled the land, not crossing the borders of Egypt nor bringing harm on other people, but bringing discipline on those who opposed God. This is what "in all their borders" signifies: that is, nothing of the kind was to be seen outside the borders of Egypt.
Ps 105:31 (104:31 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 8:17 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 8:24 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:31: the flies and gnats came at God's word and struck only Egypt.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; stray letters (OCR)): ὁμίοις → ὁρίοις; ἰδεῖν. συνα → ἰδεῖν..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.31 (PG 80 80:1717; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.32PG 80 80:1717
« Ἔθετο τὰς βροχὰς αὐτῶν χάλαζαν, πῦρ καταφλέγον ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν. Καὶ ἐπάταξε τὰς ἀμπέλους αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς συκᾶς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐτριψε πᾶν ξύλον ὁρίου αὐτῶν. » Τὰ νέφη μὲν γὰρ τὰς συνήθεις ὠδῖνας ἐνήλλαξε, καὶ ἀντὶ ὄμβρων χάλαζαν ἀπεκύησε· κεραυνεὶ δὲ, καὶ πρηστῆρες, μετὰ τῆς χαλάζης ἐφέροντο, καὶ ἐναντίαι ἀλλήλαις φύσεις ὕδωρ καὶ πῦρ ἀλλήλας οὐκ ἐλυμαίνοντο. Οὔτε γὰρ τὸ πῦρ τὸ πεπηγὸς ὕδωρ τῆς χαλάζης ἐξέτηκεν, οὔτε τὸ ὕδωρ κατεσβέννυ τὴν φλόγα· ἀλλὰ τὴν φυσικὴν ἀποθέμενα μάχην, σύμφωνον Αἰγυπτίοις τὴν παιδείαν ἐπῆγον, καὶ τὴν ἐκείνων θηριωδίαν διήλεγχον· ὅτι ἄνθρωποι ὄντες οὐκ ἠδοῦντο τὴν φύσιν, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ὁμοφυεῖς πικρῶς δουλεύειν ἠνάγκαζον. Τούτου δὲ χάριν, καὶ αἱ ἄμπελοι, καὶ αἱ συκαῖ αὐτῶν, καὶ τ' ἄλλα τῶν φυτῶν γένη ἄρδην ὑπ' αὐτῶν διεφθείρετο.
« Etheto tas brochas autōn chalazan, pyr kataphlegon en tę̄ gę̄ autōn. Kai epataxe tas ampelous autōn, kai tas sykas autōn, kai etripse pan xylon horiou autōn. » Ta nephē men gar tas synētheis ōdinas enēllaxe, kai anti ombrōn chalazan apekyēse; keraunei de, kai prēstēres, meta tēs chalazēs epheronto, kai enantiai allēlais physeis hydōr kai pyr allēlas ouk elymainonto. Oute gar to pyr to pepēgos hydōr tēs chalazēs exetēken, oute to hydōr katesbenny tēn phloga; alla tēn physikēn apothemena machēn, symphōnon Aigyptiois tēn paideian epēgon, kai tēn ekeinōn thēriōdian diēlenchon; hoti anthrōpoi ontes ouk ēdounto tēn physin, alla tous homophyeis pikrōs douleuein ēnankazon. Toutou de charin, kai hai ampeloi, kai hai sykai autōn, kai t' alla tōn phytōn genē ardēn hyp' autōn diephtheireto.
"He made their rains hail, a flaming fire in their land. And he struck their vines and their fig trees and broke every tree of their borders." For the clouds changed their usual birth-pangs and brought forth hail instead of rain; thunderbolts and lightning flashes were carried along with the hail, and water and fire, natures contrary to each other, did not harm each other. The fire did not melt the frozen water of the hail, nor did the water quench the flame; laying aside their natural strife, they brought a harmonious discipline on the Egyptians and exposed their brutality, because, though they were human beings, they had no respect for nature but forced their own kind into bitter slavery. For this reason their vines, their fig trees, and the other kinds of plants were utterly destroyed by them.
Ps 105:32 (104:32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 105:33 (104:33 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 9:23 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 9:24 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:32–33: in the hail, fire and water worked together against the Egyptians, punishing their cruel enslavement of fellow human beings.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): Τούτου δὲ δε χάριν → Τούτου δὲ χάριν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.32 (PG 80 80:1717; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-32). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.34PG 80 80:1719
« Εἶπε, καὶ ἦλθεν ἀκρὶς καὶ βροῦχος, οὗ οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμός. Καὶ κατέφαγε πάντα χόρτον ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν καὶ κατέφαγε πάντα τὸν καρπὸν τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν. • Διὰ μὲν τῆς χαλάζης καὶ τοῦ πυρὸς τὰ δένδρα διέφθειρε, διὰ δὲ τῆς ἀκρίδος καὶ τοῦ βρούχου, τὰ ἕλη, τοὺς λειμῶνας τὰ λήῖα οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὸν καρπὸν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν χόρτον αὐτῶν κατηνάλωσεν.
« Eipe, kai ēlthen akris kai brouchos, hou ouk ēn arithmos. Kai katephage panta chorton en tę̄ gę̄ autōn kai katephage panta ton karpon tēs gēs autōn. • Dia men tēs chalazēs kai tou pyros ta dendra diephtheire, dia de tēs akridos kai tou brouchou, ta helē, tous leimōnas ta lēia ou gar monon ton karpon, alla kai ton chorton autōn katēnalōsen.
"He spoke, and there came the locust and the grub, without number. And they ate up all the grass in their land and ate up all the fruit of their land." Through the hail and the fire he destroyed the trees, and through the locust and the grub the marshes, the meadows, and the crops; for it consumed not only their fruit but their grass as well.
Ps 105:34 (104:34 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 105:35 (104:35 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 10:15 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:34–35: after the hail ruined the trees, the locusts devoured all the crops and grass.
- A displaced phrase at the end of this section in the scan belongs to the next comment (verse 36) and is moved there.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (phrase displaced by the OCR from the comment on verse 36 (104.36); split word (OCR); unbalanced bracket (OCR)): γῆς αὐτῶν]. → γῆς αὐτῶν.; βρού χου → βρούχου; μό νον → μόνον; κατηνάλωσεν. ἣν ἐξελθεῖν τοὺς Ἰουδαίους κατέπειξεν . → κατηνάλωσεν..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.34 (PG 80 80:1719; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-34). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.36PG 80 80:1719
« Καὶ ἐπάταξε πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, ἀπαρχὴν παντὸς πόνου αὐτῶν. » Ταύτην Αἰγυπτίοις ἐπήγαγε τελευταίαν πληγήν· μεθ' ἣν ἐξελθεῖν τοὺς Ἰουδαίους κατέπειξεν· ἅπασα ἡ οἰκία θρήνων καὶ ὀλοφύρσεων ἐπέπληστο, τῶν πρωτοτόκων ἁπάντων ἀθρόαν τελευτὴν δεξαμένων. Κατὰ γὰρ τῶν ποθεινοτέρων ἐπήγαγε τὴν πληγήν, πικροτέραις βάλλων ἀκῖσι τοὺς ἀναλγήτως περὶ τὰς προτέρας διατεθέντας πληγάς.
« Kai epataxe pan prōtotokon en tę̄ gę̄ autōn, aparchēn pantos ponou autōn. » Tautēn Aigyptiois epēgage teleutaian plēgēn; meth' hēn exelthein tous Ioudaious katepeixen; hapasa hē oikia thrēnōn kai olophyrseōn epeplēsto, tōn prōtotokōn hapantōn athroan teleutēn dexamenōn. Kata gar tōn potheinoterōn epēgage tēn plēgēn, pikroterais ballōn akisi tous analgētōs peri tas proteras diatethentas plēgas.
"And he struck every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their labor." This he brought on the Egyptians as the last plague, after which they urged the Jews to depart; every house was filled with lamentation and wailing, since all the firstborn died at once. For he brought the plague upon what they held dearest, striking with more bitter arrows those who had remained unfeeling toward the earlier plagues.
Ps 105:36 (104:36 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 12:29 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 12:33 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:36: the death of the firstborn, the last plague, struck what the hardened Egyptians loved most and made them urge Israel to leave.
- A phrase displaced in the scan into the previous section ('after which they urged the Jews to depart') is restored here.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (phrase displaced by the OCR into 104.34, restored): μεθ' ἅπασα ή οἰκία → μεθ' ἣν ἐξελθεῖν τοὺς Ἰουδαίους κατέπειξεν· ἅπασα ἡ οἰκία.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.36 (PG 80 80:1719; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-36). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.37PG 80 80:1719
« Καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσίῳ. · Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ οὐδὲ τὰ οἰκεῖα λαβεῖν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τοῖς Ἑβραίοις ἐπέτρεπον, πρὸς τοῖς οἰκείοις ἔλαβον καὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τὸν πλοῦτον, οἷόν τινα μισθὸν τῆς χαλεπῆς δουλείας κομισάμενοι τὸν χρυσὸν καὶ τὸν ἄργυρον · οὐ γὰρ ἀδίκως τοῦτο γενέσθαι προσέταξεν ὁ Θεὸς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας παιδεύων, καὶ τοὺς ἀδικηθέντας ψυχαγωγῶν. Καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν ὁ ἀσθενῶν. » Τῶν γὰρ τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις ἐπαγομένων πληγῶν οὐκ ἐλάμβανον πεῖραν.
« Kai exēgagen autous en argyriǭ kai chrysiǭ. ; Epeidē gar oude ta oikeia labein hoi Aigyptioi tois Hebraiois epetrepon, pros tois oikeiois elabon kai tōn Aigyptiōn ton plouton, hoion tina misthon tēs chalepēs douleias komisamenoi ton chryson kai ton argyron ; ou gar adikōs touto genesthai prosetaxen ho Theos, alla kai tous adikountas paideuōn, kai tous adikēthentas psychagōgōn. Kai ouk ēn en tais phylais autōn ho asthenōn. » Tōn gar tois Aigyptiois epagomenōn plēgōn ouk elambanon peiran.
"And he brought them out with silver and gold." For since the Egyptians did not allow the Hebrews to take even their own goods, besides their own they took also the wealth of the Egyptians, receiving the gold and silver as a kind of wage for their harsh slavery. For God did not command this to be done unjustly, but both disciplined the wrongdoers and consoled the wronged. "And there was not one feeble among their tribes." For they did not experience the plagues brought on the Egyptians.
Ps 105:37 (104:37 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 12:35 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 12:36 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:37: Israel's taking of Egyptian gold and silver was a just wage for their slavery; none of them was struck by the plagues.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): χρυ σίῳ → χρυσίῳ; ἀδικοῦν τας → ἀδικοῦντας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.37 (PG 80 80:1719; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-37). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.38PG 80 80:1719
« Εὐφράνθη Αἴγυπτος ἐν τῇ ἐξόδῳ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἔπεσεν ὁ φόβος αὐτῶν ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς. • Οὕτω δὲ ταῖς παντοδαπαῖς ἐξεδειματώθησαν τιμωρίαις, ὡς καὶ εὐεργεσίαν οἰκείαν νομίσαι τὴν τῶν Ἑβραίων ἐλευθερίαν. « Διεπέτασε νεφέλην εἰς σκέπην αὐτῶν, καὶ πῦρ τοῦ φωτίσαι αὐτοὺς τὴν νύκτα. » Ἡ γὰρ αὐτὴ νεφέλη σκηνὴ μὲν αὐτοῖς μεθ' ἡμέραν ἐγένετο, καὶ τῆς ἀκτῖνος ἐκώλυε τὸ λυποῦν· νύκτωρ δὲ πυροειδὴς αὐτοῖς γινομένη, τοῦ φωτὸς αὐτοῖς ἐχορήγει τὴν χρείαν.
« Euphranthē Aigyptos en tę̄ exodǭ autōn, hoti epesen ho phobos autōn ep᾿ autous. • Houtō de tais pantodapais exedeimatōthēsan timōriais, hōs kai euergesian oikeian nomisai tēn tōn Hebraiōn eleutherian. « Diepetase nephelēn eis skepēn autōn, kai pyr tou phōtisai autous tēn nykta. » Hē gar autē nephelē skēnē men autois meth' hēmeran egeneto, kai tēs aktinos ekōlye to lypoun; nyktōr de pyroeidēs autois ginomenē, tou phōtos autois echorēgei tēn chreian.
"Egypt was glad at their departure, because the fear of them had fallen upon them." So terrified were they by punishments of every kind that they considered the Hebrews' freedom a benefit to themselves. "He spread out a cloud for their covering, and fire to give them light by night." For the same cloud became a tent for them by day and kept off the distress of the sun's rays; by night it became fiery and supplied them with the light they needed.
Ps 105:38 (104:38 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 105:39 (104:39 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 13:21 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:38–39: the terrified Egyptians were glad to see Israel go; the cloud shaded Israel by day and became fire by night.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (marginal verse number (OCR); split word (OCR)): τι μωρίαις → τιμωρίαις; ἐλευθερίαν. Αθ΄. « → ἐλευθερίαν. «.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.38 (PG 80 80:1719; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-38). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.40PG 80 80:1719
« Ἤτησαν, καὶ ἦλθεν ὀρτυγομήτρα, καὶ ἄρτον οὐρανοῦ ἐνέπλησεν αὐτούς. » Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ καὶ κρεῶν ὠρέχθησαν, παρέσχεν αὐτοῖς καὶ θήραν ὀρνίθων αὐτόματον, καὶ δεηθεῖσιν ἄρτων ἄνωθεν ἐχορήγησε τούτους, διὰ τῶν νεφελῶν οὐχ ὑετὸν, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὴν δωρησάμενος τὴν τροφήν.
« Ētēsan, kai ēlthen ortygomētra, kai arton ouranou eneplēsen autous. » Epeidē gar kai kreōn ōrechthēsan, pareschen autois kai thēran ornithōn automaton, kai deētheisin artōn anōthen echorēgēse toutous, dia tōn nephelōn ouch hyeton, all᾽ autēn dōrēsamenos tēn trophēn.
"They asked, and the quail came, and he filled them with the bread of heaven." Since they craved meat too, he provided them with a self-delivered catch of birds; and when they asked for bread he supplied it from above, granting through the clouds not rain but food itself.
Ps 105:40 (104:40 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 16:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 16:4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:40: God gave the quail and the manna from heaven.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.40 (PG 80 80:1719; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-40). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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104.41PG 80 80:1719
« Διέρρηξε πέτραν, καὶ ἐῤῥύησαν ὕδατα, καὶ · ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν ἀνύδροις ποταμοί. · Ἐθεράπευσε δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ δίψος ταῖς παραδόξοις ὠδῖσι τῆς πέτρας. Ἐν ἀνύδρῳ γὰρ γῇ, καὶ νοτίδος ἐστερημένῃ, ποταμοὺς ἀναβλῦσαι προσέταξε · ποταμούς δὲ καλεῖ τῶν ἀναδοθέντων ἐκ τῆς πέτρας ὑδάτων τοὺς ὀχετούς.
« Dierrēxe petran, kai errhyēsan hydata, kai ; eporeuthēsan en anydrois potamoi. ; Etherapeuse de autōn kai to dipsos tais paradoxois ōdisi tēs petras. En anydrǭ gar gę̄, kai notidos esterēmenę̄, potamous anablysai prosetaxe ; potamous de kalei tōn anadothentōn ek tēs petras hydatōn tous ochetous.
"He split the rock, and waters flowed; rivers ran in dry places." He also cured their thirst by the extraordinary birth-pangs of the rock. In a waterless land deprived of moisture he commanded rivers to gush forth; he calls "rivers" the channels of the waters sent up from the rock.
Ps 105:41 (104:41 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 17:6 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:41: God quenched Israel's thirst with water from the rock.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): έστερημένῃ → ἐστερημένῃ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.41 (PG 80 80:1719; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-41). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
104.42PG 80 80:1721
« Ὅτι ἐμνήσθη τοῦ λόγου τοῦ ἁγίου αὐτοῦ, τοῦ πρὸς Ἀβραὰμ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐξήγαγε τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει, καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ. » Τούτων δὲ πάντων αὐτοῖς μετέδωκε, τὰς πρὸς τὸν ᾿Αβραάμ γεγενημένας ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐπαγγελίας πληρῶν.
« Hoti emnēsthē tou logou tou hagiou autou, tou pros Abraam ton doulon autou. Kai exēgage ton laon autou en agalliasei, kai tous eklektous autou en euphrosynę̄. » Toutōn de pantōn autois metedōke, tas pros ton ᾿Abraam gegenēmenas hyp᾿ autou epangelias plērōn.
"For he remembered his holy word to Abraham his servant. And he brought out his people with exultation and his chosen ones with gladness." He gave them a share in all these things, fulfilling the promises he had made to Abraham.
Ps 105:42 (104:42 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 105:43 (104:43 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:42–43: all this fulfilled God's promises to Abraham.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): ἐξἡγαγε → ἐξήγαγε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.42 (PG 80 80:1721; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-42). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
104.44PG 80 80:1721
« Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς χώρας ἐθνῶν, καὶ πόνους λαῶν κατεκληρονόμησαν .» Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τῆς Αἰγυπτίων ἠλευθέρωσε δουλείας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν Χαναναίων αὐτοῖς ἐδωρήσατο γῆν, καὶ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων πόνων δεσπότας ἀπέφηνε · καὶ ἐκείνους κολάσας ἐνδίκως, καὶ τὰς οἰκείας ἐμπεδώσας ἐπαγγελίας. "Οτι δὲ οὐκ ἀδίκως ἐξέβαλε τοὺς πρώην τὴν Παλαιστίνην οἰκοῦντας, διδάσκει μὲν καὶ δι' ὧν Ἰουδαίοις ἐνομοθέτησε, φεύγειν κελεύσας τῆς ἐκείνων πολιτείας τὴν μίμησιν. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ τὰς πρὸς τὸν Ἀβραάμ ἐπαγγελίας ποιούμενος, τί δήποτε μὴ εὐθὺς αὐτῷ δίδωσι τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης τὴν δεσποτείαν, ἀλλὰ παροικεῖν ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐᾷ. « Οὔπω γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀναπεπλήρωνται αἱ ἁμαρτίαι τῶν Ἀμοῤῥαίων ἕως τοῦ νῦν· • ἀντὶ τοῦ, Οὐδέπω πανωλεθρίας τετολμήκασιν ἄξια · καὶ οὐ δίκαιον αὐτοῖς τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐπαγαγεῖν, οὐδὲ τῇ προγνώσει τῆς μείζονος ἁμαρτίας τῆς τιμωρίας τὴν ψῆφον ἐξενεγκεῖν, ἀλλὰ ἀναμεῖναι τῶν πραγμάτων τὸ τέλος. Μέτρῳ γὰρ χρῶμαι, καὶ σταθμῷ πρυτανεύω, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀστάθμητον παρ' ἐμοί. Διὰ τοῦτο τετρακοσίων ἐτῶν ἀναμένω περίοδον. Οὕτω κἀκείνους ἐξέβαλε, καὶ τούτοις ἐπαγγελίας ἀπέδωκεν.
« Kai edōken autois chōras ethnōn, kai ponous laōn kateklēronomēsan .» Ou gar monon tēs Aigyptiōn ēleutherōse douleias, alla kai tōn Chananaiōn autois edōrēsato gēn, kai tōn allotriōn ponōn despotas apephēne ; kai ekeinous kolasas endikōs, kai tas oikeias empedōsas epangelias. "Oti de ouk adikōs exebale tous prōēn tēn Palaistinēn oikountas, didaskei men kai di' hōn Ioudaiois enomothetēse, pheugein keleusas tēs ekeinōn politeias tēn mimēsin. Didaskei de kai tas pros ton Abraam epangelias poioumenos, ti dēpote mē euthys autǭ didōsi tēs gēs ekeinēs tēn despoteian, alla paroikein epi pleiston eą. « Oupō gar, phēsin, anapeplērōntai hai hamartiai tōn Amorrhaiōn heōs tou nyn; • anti tou, Oudepō panōlethrias tetolmēkasin axia ; kai ou dikaion autois tēn timōrian epagagein, oude tę̄ prognōsei tēs meizonos hamartias tēs timōrias tēn psēphon exenenkein, alla anameinai tōn pragmatōn to telos. Metrǭ gar chrōmai, kai stathmǭ prytaneuō, kai ouden astathmēton par' emoi. Dia touto tetrakosiōn etōn anamenō periodon. Houtō kakeinous exebale, kai toutois epangelias apedōken.
"And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited the labors of the peoples." For he not only freed them from slavery to the Egyptians but also gave them the land of the Canaanites and made them masters of others' labors, both punishing those peoples justly and confirming his own promises. That it was not unjustly that he expelled the former inhabitants of Palestine he teaches both by the laws he gave the Jews, ordering them to shun imitation of those peoples' way of life, and when making the promises to Abraham, explaining why he does not give him possession of that land at once but lets him live as a sojourner for a very long time: "For the sins of the Amorites," he says, "are not yet complete until now"; that is, "They have not yet dared deeds that deserve utter destruction, and it is not just to bring punishment on them, nor to pass the sentence of punishment on foreknowledge of a greater sin, but to wait for the outcome of their deeds. For I use measure, and govern by weight, and nothing with me is without balance. That is why I wait for a period of four hundred years." Thus he both expelled them and fulfilled his promises to these.
Ps 105:44 (104:44 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Lev 18:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Lev 18:24 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 15:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 15:13 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:44: God justly gave Israel the Canaanites' land, waiting four hundred years until the Amorites' sins were complete rather than punishing on foreknowledge.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR); stray stop (OCR)): κολάσας. ἐνδίκως → κολάσας ἐνδίκως; Ἰουδαίοις· ἐνομοθέτησε → Ἰουδαίοις ἐνομοθέτησε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.44 (PG 80 80:1721; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-44). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
104.45PG 80 80:1721
« Ὅπως ἂν φυλάξωσι τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν νόμον αὐτοῦ ἐκζητήσωσιν. » Δέδωκε δὲ αὐτοῖς, φησὶν, ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο γῆν, νόμον αὐτοῖς δεδωκώς, καὶ κατὰ τοῦτον βιοτεύειν κελεύσας.
« Hopōs an phylaxōsi ta dikaiōmata autou, kai ton nomon autou ekzētēsōsin. » Dedōke de autois, phēsin, hēn epēngeilato gēn, nomon autois dedōkōs, kai kata touton bioteuein keleusas.
"That they might keep his ordinances and seek out his law." "He gave them," he says, "the land he had promised, having given them the law and commanded them to live by it."
Ps 105:45 (104:45 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 105:45: God gave Israel the land so that they might keep his law.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἐκζητήσωσιν ". → ἐκζητήσωσιν.; ἣν ὁ ἐπηγγείλατο → ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 104.45 (PG 80 80:1721; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/104-45). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.