Interpretation of the Psalms 106.1–107.14
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 106
106.1PG 80 80:1735
Ἀλληλούϊα. Πολλάκις ἀπεδείξαμεν, ὅτι σκιὰ τῆς καινῆς ἡ παλαιὰ διαθήκη · οὐδὲν δὲ ἦττον καὶ ἐκ τοῦδε τοῦ ψαλμοῦ ῥᾴδιον τοῦτο καταμαθεῖν. Τήν τε γὰρ Ἰουδαίων ἐλευθερίαν θεσπίζει, καὶ τὴν πάντων ἀνθρώπων σωτηρίαν προαγορεύει. Ἔχει δὲ πολλὴν πρὸς τοὺς προτεταγμένους ἀκολουθίαν. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ τέταρτος καὶ ἑκατοστὸς διήγησιν ἔχει τῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τοὺς πατριάρχας γεγενημένων ἐπαγγελιῶν, καὶ τῶν τοῖς ἐκείνων ἐκγόνοις παρασχεθεισῶν δωρεῶν. Ὁ δὲ μετὰ ἐκεῖνον, πρὸς ταῖς εὐεργεσίαις, καὶ τὴν Ἰουδαίων ἀχαριστίαν ἐδίδαξε, καὶ τὰς δι᾿ ἐκείνην ἐπενεχθείσας τιμωρίας αὐτοῖς. Οὗτος δὲ προαγορεύει τὴν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἀπαλλαγὴν διὰ τὴν ἄῤῥητον τοῦ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν γεγενημένην. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ καὶ ἐν ἐκείνοις ἐσκιογράφηται τὰ ἡμέτερα, ὁρῶμεν δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷδε τῷ ψαλμῷ τῆς ἡμετέρας σωτηρίας τὰ θεσπίσματα· μᾶλλον ἡμῖν ἢ ἐκείνοις ἀρμόττει τῆς προφητείας τὸ πλεῖστον. « Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ ὅτι χρηστὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. › Πάλιν ὑμνεῖν ὁ προφητικὸς παρακελεύεται λόγος τὸν εὐεργέτην Θεόν · αἰτίαν δὲ τῆς ὑμνῳδίας τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν εἶναί φησιν.
Allēlouïa. Pollakis apedeixamen, hoti skia tēs kainēs hē palaia diathēkē ; ouden de ētton kai ek toude tou psalmou rhądion touto katamathein. Tēn te gar Ioudaiōn eleutherian thespizei, kai tēn pantōn anthrōpōn sōtērian proagoreuei. Echei de pollēn pros tous protetagmenous akolouthian. Ho men gar tetartos kai hekatostos diēgēsin echei tōn hypo tou Theou pros tous patriarchas gegenēmenōn epangeliōn, kai tōn tois ekeinōn ekgonois paraschetheisōn dōreōn. Ho de meta ekeinon, pros tais euergesiais, kai tēn Ioudaiōn acharistian edidaxe, kai tas di᾿ ekeinēn epenechtheisas timōrias autois. Houtos de proagoreuei tēn tēs aichmalōsias apallagēn dia tēn arrhēton tou Theou philanthrōpian gegenēmenēn. Epeidē de kai en ekeinois eskiographētai ta hēmetera, horōmen de kai en tǭde tǭ psalmǭ tēs hēmeteras sōtērias ta thespismata; mallon hēmin ē ekeinois armottei tēs prophēteias to pleiston. « Exomologeisthe tǭ Kyriǭ hoti chrēstos, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. › Palin hymnein ho prophētikos parakeleuetai logos ton euergetēn Theon ; aitian de tēs hymnǭdias tēn philanthrōpian einai phēsin.
Alleluia. We have often shown that the old covenant is a shadow of the new; and it is no less easy to learn this from this psalm too. For it foretells both the freedom of the Jews and the salvation of all human beings. It follows closely on the psalms placed before it. The hundred and fourth contains an account of the promises made by God to the patriarchs and of the gifts provided to their descendants. The one after it, besides the benefits, taught the ingratitude of the Jews and the punishments brought on them because of it. This one foretells the release from captivity that came about through the ineffable love of God for humankind. And since our affairs were sketched in shadow in those events, and we see in this psalm too the prophecies of our salvation, most of the prophecy fits us rather than them. "Confess the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is for ever." Again the prophetic word urges us to hymn God our benefactor, and says that the reason for the hymn is his love for humankind.
Ps 107:1 (106:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 10:1 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:1: following Psalms 105–106, this psalm foretells the return from captivity, but its prophecy of salvation fits Christians more than the Jews.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray mark (OCR)): ἐκ " τοῦδε → ἐκ τοῦδε; θεσπίζει", → θεσπίζει,; ὅτὶ εἰς → ὅτι εἰς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.1 (PG 80 80:1735; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.2PG 80 80:1735
« Εἰπάτωσαν οἱ λελυτρωμένοι ὑπὸ Κυρίου, οὓς ἐλυτρώσατο ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθροῦ. » Καὶ Ἰουδαίους ὑμνεῖν ἔδει τῆς Βαβυλωνίων ἐλευθερωθέντας δουλείας· καὶ ἡμᾶς ἀεὶ προσήκει τοῦτο ποιεῖν, τῆς τοῦ διαβόλου τυραννίδος ἀπαλλαγέντας.
« Eipatōsan hoi lelytrōmenoi hypo Kyriou, hous elytrōsato ek cheiros echthrou. » Kai Ioudaious hymnein edei tēs Babylōniōn eleutherōthentas douleias; kai hēmas aei prosēkei touto poiein, tēs tou diabolou tyrannidos apallagentas.
"Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy." Both the Jews freed from slavery to the Babylonians had to sing this hymn, and it is fitting that we always do so, having been released from the tyranny of the devil.
Ps 107:2 (106:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:2: both the Jews freed from Babylon and Christians freed from the devil should praise God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (words of the comment displaced into the psalm text (OCR)): οὓς Καὶ Ἰουδαίους ἐλυτρώσατο ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθροῦ. ὑμνεῖν → οὓς ἐλυτρώσατο ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθροῦ. » Καὶ Ἰουδαίους ὑμνεῖν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.2 (PG 80 80:1735; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.3PG 80 80:1735
« Καὶ ἐκ τῶν χωρῶν συνήγαγεν αὐτούς· ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, καὶ δυσμῶν, καὶ βοῤῥᾶ, καὶ θαλάσσης. » Τοῦτο ἐπὶ μὲν Ἰουδαίων οὕτω γεγενημένον οὐ μεμαθήκαμεν. Κατὰ πᾶσαν γὰρ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐσκεδασμένοι διάγουσι. Τὴν δὲ ἐξ ἐθνῶν Ἐκκλησίαν ἐν ἅπασι τῆς οἰκουμένης τοῖς τμήμασιν, ἑῴοις τε καὶ ἐσπερίοις, νοτίοις τε καὶ ἀρκτῴοις, ἐκάλεσε καὶ συνήθροισε · καὶ τοὺς τοιούτους συλλόγους πανταχοῦ γῆς καὶ θαλάττης ἔστιν ἰδεῖν. Ἐπὶ μέντοι Ιουδαίων ἁμυδρῶς τοῦτο γεγένηται· τινῶν μὲν ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπανελθόντων, ὀλίγων δέ τινων κατ' ἐκείνου τοῦ καιροῦ συλλεγέντων ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ τῶν πλησιοχώρων ἐθνῶν.
« Kai ek tōn chōrōn synēgagen autous; apo anatolōn, kai dysmōn, kai borrha, kai thalassēs. » Touto epi men Ioudaiōn houtō gegenēmenon ou memathēkamen. Kata pasan gar tēn oikoumenēn eskedasmenoi diagousi. Tēn de ex ethnōn Ekklēsian en hapasi tēs oikoumenēs tois tmēmasin, heǭois te kai esperiois, notiois te kai arktǭois, ekalese kai synēthroise ; kai tous toioutous syllogous pantachou gēs kai thalattēs estin idein. Epi mentoi Ioudaiōn hamydrōs touto gegenētai; tinōn men apo Babylōnos epanelthontōn, oligōn de tinōn kat' ekeinou tou kairou syllegentōn ex Aigyptou, kai tōn plēsiochōrōn ethnōn.
"And he gathered them from the lands, from the east and the west and the north and the sea." We have not learned that this happened in this way with the Jews; for they live scattered throughout the whole world. But he called and gathered the Church from the nations in all the regions of the world, east and west, south and north; and such assemblies can be seen everywhere on land and sea. With the Jews this happened only faintly: some returned from Babylon, and a few at that time were gathered from Egypt and the neighboring nations.
Ps 107:3 (106:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:3: the gathering from every direction was fulfilled only faintly in the Jews' return, but fully in the Church gathered from all nations.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letter and split word (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): -ἐσκεδασμένοι διάγουσι β. → ἐσκεδασμένοι διάγουσι.; ἘκκληΟ σίαν → Ἐκκλησίαν; συλλό γους → συλλόγους.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.3 (PG 80 80:1735; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.4PG 80 80:1737
« Ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐν ἀνύδρῳ. » Καὶ Βαβυλὼν ἔρημος καὶ ἄνυδρος· ἔρημος γὰρ ὑπῆρχε τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τῆς πνευματικῆς ἀρδείας, δουλεῦον ἐκείνῃ, ἐστέρητο τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὸ πλῆθος· καὶ οἱ ἐξ ἐθνῶν πεπιστευκότες ὡσαύτως ἐν ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἀνύδρῳ διῆγον, ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντες, καὶ ἄθεοι ὄντες, φησὶν ὁ θεῖος Απόστολος. « Οδὸν πόλεως κατοικητηρίου οὐχ εὗρον. » Οὔτε γὰρ Ἰουδαῖοι διαφυγεῖν τοὺς ἀνδραποδίσαντας ἴσχυον, καὶ τὴν οἰκείαν πατρίδα καταλαβεῖν· οὔτε οἱ ἐξ ἐθνῶν πεπιστευκότες, πρὸ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐνανθρωπήσεως τὴν ἐπὶ τὴν θείαν πόλιν ἄγουσαν εὗρον ὁδόν. Πόλιν ἐνταῦθα νοητέον τὴν εὐσεβῆ πολιτείαν.
« Eplanēthēsan en tę̄ erēmǭ en anydrǭ. » Kai Babylōn erēmos kai anydros; erēmos gar hypērche tou Theou, kai tēs pneumatikēs ardeias, douleuon ekeinę̄, esterēto tōn Ioudaiōn to plēthos; kai hoi ex ethnōn pepisteukotes hōsautōs en erēmǭ kai anydrǭ diēgon, elpida mē echontes, kai atheoi ontes, phēsin ho theios Apostolos. « Odon poleōs katoikētēriou ouch heuron. » Oute gar Ioudaioi diaphygein tous andrapodisantas ischyon, kai tēn oikeian patrida katalabein; oute hoi ex ethnōn pepisteukotes, pro tēs tou Sōtēros enanthrōpēseōs tēn epi tēn theian polin agousan heuron hodon. Polin entautha noēteon tēn eusebē politeian.
"They wandered in the wilderness, in a waterless place." Babylon too was a wilderness and waterless: for it was a wilderness without God, and the multitude of the Jews, enslaved to it, was deprived of spiritual irrigation. And those from the nations who have believed likewise lived in a wilderness and waterless place, "having no hope and being without God," as the divine Apostle says. "They found no way to a city to dwell in." For neither could the Jews escape their captors and reach their own homeland, nor did those from the nations who have believed find, before the Savior's incarnation, the way leading to the divine city. Here "city" is to be understood as the pious way of life.
Ps 107:4 (106:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 2:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:4: both the exiles in Babylon and the nations before Christ wandered in a spiritual desert, unable to find the way to the city of godly life.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἐν ἀνύδρῳ. Καὶ Βαβυλὼν → ἐν ἀνύδρῳ. » Καὶ Βαβυλὼν; τοῦ Θεοῦ · καὶ τῆς → τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τῆς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.4 (PG 80 80:1737; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.5PG 80 80:1737
« Πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες, ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐξέλιπεν. » Θείας διδασκαλίας λιμὸς καὶ τοῦτους κἀκείνους ἐπίεζεν. Ἰουδαῖοι μὲν γὰρ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι δουλεύοντες, καὶ ἱερέων ἐστέρηντο, καὶ τὴν κατὰ νόμον λατρείαν πληροῦν οὐκ ἠδύναντο. Τὰ δὲ ἔθνη πάλιν οὔτε νόμον θεῖον ἐδέδεκτο, οὔτε πνευματικῆς διδασκαλίας ἀπήλαυε, δι' ὧν αἱ ψυχαὶ πεφύκασι τρέφεσθαι. Τοῦτον μέν τοι τὸν λιμὸν Ἰουδαίοις ἠπείλησεν ὁ Θεός· «Ἐπάξω γὰρ, ἔφη, λιμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, οὐ λιμὸν ἄρτου, οὐδὲ δίψαν ὕδατος, ἀλλὰ λιμὸν τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι λόγον Κυρίου. »
« Peinōntes kai dipsōntes, hē psychē autōn en autois exelipen. » Theias didaskalias limos kai toutous kakeinous epiezen. Ioudaioi men gar en Babylōni douleuontes, kai hiereōn esterēnto, kai tēn kata nomon latreian plēroun ouk ēdynanto. Ta de ethnē palin oute nomon theion ededekto, oute pneumatikēs didaskalias apēlaue, di' hōn hai psychai pephykasi trephesthai. Touton men toi ton limon Ioudaiois ēpeilēsen ho Theos; «Epaxō gar, ephē, limon epi tēn gēn, ou limon artou, oude dipsan hydatos, alla limon tou akousai logon Kyriou. »
"Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them." A famine of divine teaching pressed on both. For the Jews, enslaved in Babylon, were deprived of priests and could not fulfill the worship prescribed by the law; and the nations, in turn, had neither received a divine law nor enjoyed spiritual teaching, by which souls are naturally nourished. God threatened the Jews with this famine: "I will bring," he said, "a famine upon the land, not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord."
Ps 107:5 (106:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 8:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:5: both the exiles, without priests and worship, and the nations, without God's law, suffered a famine of divine teaching, as Amos foretold.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.5 (PG 80 80:1737; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.6PG 80 80:1737
« Καὶ ἐκέκραξαν πρὸς Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν αὐτῶν ἐῤῥύσατο αὐτούς. » Τῶν μὲν Ἰουδαίων οἱ εὐσεβέστεροι τῷ Θεῷ τὴν ἱκετείαν προσήνεγκαν· καὶ τοῦτο ἡμᾶς καὶ ἡ τοῦ Δανιὴλ προφητεία διδάσκει. Καὶ αὐτὸς γὰρ, καὶ ᾿Ανανίας, καὶ ᾿Αζαρίας, καὶ Μισαήλ, ὑπὲρ πάντων ποτνιώμενοι, τὸν θεῖον ἐζήτησαν ἔλεον. Τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ἔστενε μὲν ταῖς παντοδαπαῖς προσπαλαίοντα συμφοραῖς, καὶ οἰμωγαῖς, καὶ θρήνοις ἀπαραμυθήτοις ἐκέχρηντο, τῆς ἀναστάσεως οὐκ ἔχοντα τὴν ἐλπίδα, οὐ μὲν τὴν λύσιν τῶν κατεχόντων δεινῶν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων ἐζήτησαν. Εἶδε δὲ ὅμως στένοντας ὁ φιλάνθρωπος, καὶ τὸν ἔλεον ὥρεξεν.
« Kai ekekraxan pros Kyrion en tǭ thlibesthai autous, kai ek tōn anankōn autōn errhysato autous. » Tōn men Ioudaiōn hoi eusebesteroi tǭ Theǭ tēn hiketeian prosēnenkan; kai touto hēmas kai hē tou Daniēl prophēteia didaskei. Kai autos gar, kai ᾿Ananias, kai ᾿Azarias, kai Misaēl, hyper pantōn potniōmenoi, ton theion ezētēsan eleon. Ta de ethnē estene men tais pantodapais prospalaionta symphorais, kai oimōgais, kai thrēnois aparamythētois ekechrēnto, tēs anastaseōs ouk echonta tēn elpida, ou men tēn lysin tōn katechontōn deinōn ek tou Theou tōn holōn ezētēsan. Eide de homōs stenontas ho philanthrōpos, kai ton eleon hōrexen.
"And they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them from their distresses." The more pious of the Jews offered supplication to God; the prophecy of Daniel teaches us this too. For he himself, and Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, imploring on behalf of all, sought the divine mercy. The nations groaned as they wrestled with misfortunes of every kind, and indulged in wailing and inconsolable lament, having no hope of resurrection; yet they did not seek release from the evils that held them from the God of all. Still, the One who loves humankind saw them groaning and held out his mercy.
Ps 107:6 (106:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 9:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:6: the pious exiles such as Daniel and his companions prayed for mercy, and God also pitied the groaning nations who did not know to ask him.
- The prayer of the three companions (Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael) is in the Greek additions to Daniel 3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): ἱκετείανθε → ἱκετείαν; θλίβε σθαι → θλίβεσθαι.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.6 (PG 80 80:1737; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.7PG 80 80:1737
« Καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺς εἰς ὁδὸν εὐθεῖαν, τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς πόλιν κατοικητηρίου. » Ἰουδαίοις μὲν γὰρ διὰ Κύρου τοῦ Πέρσου τὴν ἐπάνοδον ἐδωρήσατο· τὰ δὲ ἔθνη διὰ τῶν ἁγίων ἐποδήγησεν ἀποστόλων, καὶ τὴν ἄνω πόλιν ὑπέδειξε, τὴν ἐν ὄρεσιν ἁγίοις τοὺς θεμελίους ἔχουσαν, ἧς τεχνίτης καὶ δημιουργὸς ὁ Θεός.
« Kai hōdēgēsen autous eis hodon eutheian, tou poreuthēnai eis polin katoikētēriou. » Ioudaiois men gar dia Kyrou tou Persou tēn epanodon edōrēsato; ta de ethnē dia tōn hagiōn epodēgēsen apostolōn, kai tēn anō polin hypedeixe, tēn en oresin hagiois tous themelious echousan, hēs technitēs kai dēmiourgos ho Theos.
"And he led them on a straight way, to go to a city to dwell in." To the Jews he granted the return through Cyrus the Persian; the nations he guided through the holy apostles and showed them the city above, which has its foundations on the holy mountains, whose builder and maker is God.
Ps 107:7 (106:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ezra 1:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 87:1 (86:1 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Heb 11:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:7: God led the Jews home through Cyrus and the nations to the heavenly city through the apostles.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.7 (PG 80 80:1737; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.8PG 80 80:1737
· Ἐξομολογησάσθωσαν τῷ Κυρίῳ τὰ ἐλέη αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.» Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Καὶ τὰ τεράστια αὐτοῦ τὰ εἰς τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Τὸν μὲν τοι χαριστήριον ὕμνον οὐχ ὁ ἔλεος τῷ Θεῷ προσφέρει, οὔτε μὲν τὰ θαυμάσια, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ τῶν τοσούτων ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύσαντες. Θαυμαστὴ μὲν γὰρ καὶ ἀξιάγαστος καὶ Ἰουδαίων ἐλευθερία - θαυμασιωτέρα δὲ καὶ ἀξιαγαστοτέρα τῆς οἰκουμένης ἡ σωτηρία, καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ κρείττον μεταβολὴ, καὶ τῆς πλάνης ἡ παῦλα, καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἡ γνῶσις. Τούτων δὲ πάντων ὁ θεῖος πρόξενος ἔλεος. « Οὐ γὰρ διὰ τὰς δικαιοσύνας ἡμῶν, ἃς ἐποιήσαμεν, φησὶν ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἔσωσεν ἡμᾶς διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας, καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως Πνεύματος ἁγίου, οὗ ἐξέχεεν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς πλουσίως. »
; Exomologēsasthōsan tǭ Kyriǭ ta eleē autou, kai ta thaumasia autou tois huiois tōn anthrōpōn.» Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Kai ta terastia autou ta eis tous huious tōn anthrōpōn. Ton men toi charistērion hymnon ouch ho eleos tǭ Theǭ prospherei, oute men ta thaumasia, all᾽ hoi tōn tosoutōn agathōn apolausantes. Thaumastē men gar kai axiagastos kai Ioudaiōn eleutheria - thaumasiōtera de kai axiagastotera tēs oikoumenēs hē sōtēria, kai hē epi to kreitton metabolē, kai tēs planēs hē paula, kai tēs alētheias hē gnōsis. Toutōn de pantōn ho theios proxenos eleos. « Ou gar dia tas dikaiosynas hēmōn, has epoiēsamen, phēsin ho theios ᾿Apostolos, alla kata to poly eleos autou esōsen hēmas dia loutrou palingenesias, kai anakainōseōs Pneumatos hagiou, hou execheen eph᾿ hēmas plousiōs. »
"Let his mercies confess the Lord, and his wonders to the sons of men." Symmachus has: "And his marvels toward the sons of men." It is not the mercy or the wonders that offer God the hymn of thanksgiving, but those who have enjoyed such great good things. Marvelous and admirable was the freedom of the Jews; but more marvelous and admirable is the salvation of the world, its change for the better, the end of error, and the knowledge of the truth. The divine mercy is the agent of all these. "For not because of works of righteousness that we had done," says the divine Apostle, "but according to his great mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly."
Ps 107:8 (106:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 3:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 3:6 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:8: those who have received God's mercy must praise him; the salvation of the world is a greater wonder than the Jews' release, and it comes by mercy through baptism.
- The Septuagint wording has the mercies themselves 'confess' the Lord; Theodoret explains that the recipients of mercy give thanks.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): ἀξι άγαστος → ἀξιάγαστος; φησὶνε → φησὶν; ἔσωτεν → ἔσωσεν.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.8 (PG 80 80:1737; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.9PG 80 80:1739
«Ὅτι ἐχόρτασε ψυχὴν κενὴν, καὶ ψυχὴν πεινῶσαν ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν. Καθημένους ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, πεπεδημένους ἐν πτωχείᾳ καὶ σιδήρῳ. » Καὶ Ἰουδαίους δουλείᾳ καὶ κακουχίᾳ συνεζευγμένους, καὶ λιμῷ τηκομένους, τῶν κατεχόντων δεινῶν ἡλευθέρωσε· καὶ ἅπασαν ἀνθρώπων τὴν φύσιν ταῖς θείαις διδασκαλίαις διέθρεψε, καὶ τοῦ ζόφου τῆς ἀγνοίας ἐλευθερώσας, τῷ φωτὶ τῆς θεογνωσίας κατηύγασε, καὶ τὴν ἐπικειμένην τοῦ θανάτου σκιὰν ἀπεσκέδασε, τῆς ἀναστάσεως δεδωκὼς τὴν ἐλπίδα · καὶ διέῤῥηξε τὰ ἰσχυρὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας δεσμά. « Σειραῖς γὰρ, φησὶ, τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτημάτων ὁ ἕκαστος σφίγγεται. » Καί· « Οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπισπώμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν ὡς σχοινίῳ μακρῷ, καὶ ὡς ζυγοῦ ἱμάντι δαμάλεων τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν. ›
«Hoti echortase psychēn kenēn, kai psychēn peinōsan eneplēsen agathōn. Kathēmenous en skotei kai skią thanatou, pepedēmenous en ptōcheią kai sidērǭ. » Kai Ioudaious douleią kai kakouchią synezeugmenous, kai limǭ tēkomenous, tōn katechontōn deinōn hēleutherōse; kai hapasan anthrōpōn tēn physin tais theiais didaskaliais diethrepse, kai tou zophou tēs agnoias eleutherōsas, tǭ phōti tēs theognōsias katēugase, kai tēn epikeimenēn tou thanatou skian apeskedase, tēs anastaseōs dedōkōs tēn elpida ; kai dierrhēxe ta ischyra tēs hamartias desma. « Seirais gar, phēsi, tōn heautou hamartēmatōn ho hekastos sphingetai. » Kai; « Ouai hoi epispōmenoi tas hamartias autōn hōs schoiniǭ makrǭ, kai hōs zygou himanti damaleōn tas anomias autōn. ›
"For he satisfied the empty soul, and filled the hungry soul with good things; those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, bound in poverty and iron." He freed the Jews, yoked to slavery and ill-treatment and wasting with hunger, from the evils that held them; and he nourished the whole of human nature with divine teachings, freed it from the gloom of ignorance, lit it with the light of the knowledge of God, scattered the shadow of death that lay upon it by giving the hope of resurrection, and broke the strong bonds of sin. For "each one," it says, "is bound by the cords of his own sins"; and: "Woe to those who draw their sins as with a long rope, and their iniquities as with a heifer's yoke-strap."
Ps 107:9 (106:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:10 (106:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 5:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 5:18 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:9–10: God freed the starving exiles and gave all humanity the light of knowledge, the hope of resurrection, and release from the bonds of sin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): κενὴν", → κενὴν,.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.9 (PG 80 80:1739; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.11PG 80 80:1739
« "Ὅτι παρεπίκραναν τὰ λόγια τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ Ὑψίστου παρώξυναν. Καὶ ἐταπεινώθη· ἐν κόποις ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν· ἡσθένησαν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν. » Τούτων δὲ πάντων αἴτιον τῶν ἀλγεινῶν, καὶ Ἰουδαίοις, καὶ μέντοι καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, ἡ ἁμαρτία· κἀκεῖνοι γὰρ δίκας τίνοντες ἐξεδόθησαν τῇ Βαβυλωνίων δουλείᾳ· καὶ πάντες ἄνθρωποι, μετὰ τὴν παράβασιν τῆς ἐντολῆς, ὑπεβλήθησαν τῇ τῶν πόνων ταλαιπωρίᾳ. Μετὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἤκουσεν ᾿Αδάμ, « Ἐπικατάρατος ἡ γῆ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις σου, ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους ἀνατελεῖ σοι, ἐν λύπαις • φάγῃ αὐτὴν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου· ἐν ἱδρῶτι τοῦ προσώπου σου φάγῃ τὸν ἄρτον σου, ἕως τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι σε εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐξ ἧς ἐλήφθης, ὅτι γῆ εἶ, καὶ εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσῃ. » Τοσαύταις περιστοιχιζόμενοι συμφοραῖς λύσιν οὐδεμίαν εὔροντο τῶν ἐπικειμένων κακῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ταύταις αὐτοὺς συγκληρώσας, αὐτὸς καὶ τὴν τούτων ἀπαλλαγὴν ἐδωρήσατο. Φησὶ γάρ ·
« "Hoti parepikranan ta logia tou Theou, kai tēn boulēn tou Hypsistou parōxynan. Kai etapeinōthē; en kopois hē kardia autōn; hēsthenēsan, kai ouk ēn ho boēthōn. » Toutōn de pantōn aition tōn algeinōn, kai Ioudaiois, kai mentoi kai pasin anthrōpois, hē hamartia; kakeinoi gar dikas tinontes exedothēsan tę̄ Babylōniōn douleią; kai pantes anthrōpoi, meta tēn parabasin tēs entolēs, hypeblēthēsan tę̄ tōn ponōn talaipōrią. Meta tauta gar ēkousen ᾿Adam, « Epikataratos hē gē en tois ergois sou, akanthas kai tribolous anatelei soi, en lypais • phagę̄ autēn pasas tas hēmeras tēs zōēs sou; en hidrōti tou prosōpou sou phagę̄ ton arton sou, heōs tou apostrepsai se eis tēn gēn ex hēs elēphthēs, hoti gē ei, kai eis gēn apeleusę̄. » Tosautais peristoichizomenoi symphorais lysin oudemian euronto tōn epikeimenōn kakōn, all᾽ ho tautais autous synklērōsas, autos kai tēn toutōn apallagēn edōrēsato. Phēsi gar ;
"Because they embittered the words of God and provoked the counsel of the Most High. And their heart was humbled with toil; they grew weak, and there was no one to help." The cause of all these pains, both for the Jews and indeed for all human beings, is sin. For they were handed over to slavery to the Babylonians as a penalty, and all human beings, after the transgression of the commandment, were subjected to the misery of toil. For after this Adam heard: "Cursed is the ground in your works; thorns and thistles it will bring forth for you; in sorrow you will eat of it all the days of your life; in the sweat of your face you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground from which you were taken; for you are earth, and to earth you will depart." Surrounded by so many misfortunes, they found no release from the evils that lay on them; but he who had allotted these to them himself also granted release from them. For he says:
Ps 107:11 (106:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:12 (106:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 3:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 3:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 3:19 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:11–12: sin caused both the Jews' captivity and the toil laid on all humanity after Adam; only God could release them.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter and split word (OCR); stray mark and split word (OCR)): Τοσαύταις» περιστοι χιζόμενοι → Τοσαύταις περιστοιχιζόμενοι; συγκληΟ ρώσας → συγκληρώσας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.11 (PG 80 80:1739; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.13PG 80 80:1739
«Καὶ ἐκέκραξαν πρὸς Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν αὐτῶν ἔσωσεν αὐτούς. Καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ σκότους, καὶ σκιᾶς θανάτου, καὶ τοὺς δεσμοὺς αὐτῶν διέῤῥηξεν.» Οἱκτείρας γὰρ καὶ τούτους κἀκείνους, τοὺς μὲν τῶν Επικειμένων ἀπήλλαξε συμφορῶν, τοὺς δὲ τοῦ τῆς ἀγνοίας ἡλευθέρωσε σκότους, καὶ τῆς δουλείας διέῤῥηξε τὰ δεσμά.
«Kai ekekraxan pros Kyrion en tǭ thlibesthai autous, kai ek tōn anankōn autōn esōsen autous. Kai exēgagen autous ek skotous, kai skias thanatou, kai tous desmous autōn dierrhēxen.» Hoikteiras gar kai toutous kakeinous, tous men tōn Epikeimenōn apēllaxe symphorōn, tous de tou tēs agnoias hēleutherōse skotous, kai tēs douleias dierrhēxe ta desma.
"And they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them from their distresses. And he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their bonds." For having pity on both, he released the one from the misfortunes that lay on them, and freed the other from the darkness of ignorance and broke the bonds of slavery.
Ps 107:13 (106:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:14 (106:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:13–14: God pitied both, freeing the exiles from misfortune and the nations from ignorance.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR letter; split word (OCR)): θλίβε σθαι → θλίβεσθαι; διέῤῥήξεν → διέῤῥηξεν; διέβῥηξε → διέῤῥηξε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.13 (PG 80 80:1739; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.15PG 80 80:1741
«Ἐξομολογησάσθωσαν τῷ Κυρίῳ τὰ ἐλέη αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Ὅτι συνέτριψε πύλας χαλκᾶς, καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συνέθλασεν. » Πύλας χαλκᾶς, καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς, τὸ ἄφυκτον ἐκάλεσε τῶν κακῶν· καθάπερ γὰρ τὸν εἴσω τοιούτων καθειργμένον θυρῶν τε καὶ μοχλῶν, διαφεύγειν τῶν ἀδυνάτων· οὕτως ἀμήχανον ἦν καὶ Ἰουδαίους τὴν Βαβυλωνίων διαδρᾶναι δουλείαν, καὶ πάντας ἀνθρώπους τοῦ θανάτου τὴν δυναστείαν. Μόνος δὲ ὁ θεῖος ἔλεος ἤρκεσε κἀκείνων καὶ τούτου διαλῦσαι τὸ κράτος, καὶ τῶν ἀνιαρῶν τὴν λύσιν χαρίσασθαι.
«Exomologēsasthōsan tǭ Kyriǭ ta eleē autou, kai ta thaumasia autou tois huiois tōn anthrōpōn. Hoti synetripse pylas chalkas, kai mochlous sidērous synethlasen. » Pylas chalkas, kai mochlous sidērous, to aphykton ekalese tōn kakōn; kathaper gar ton eisō toioutōn katheirgmenon thyrōn te kai mochlōn, diapheugein tōn adynatōn; houtōs amēchanon ēn kai Ioudaious tēn Babylōniōn diadranai douleian, kai pantas anthrōpous tou thanatou tēn dynasteian. Monos de ho theios eleos ērkese kakeinōn kai toutou dialysai to kratos, kai tōn aniarōn tēn lysin charisasthai.
"Let his mercies confess the Lord, and his wonders to the sons of men. For he shattered gates of bronze and crushed bars of iron." By gates of bronze and bars of iron he meant the inescapability of the evils. For just as it is impossible for one shut in behind such doors and bars to escape, so it was impossible for the Jews to escape slavery to the Babylonians, and for all human beings to escape the dominion of death. The divine mercy alone was able to break the power of both and grant release from their sorrows.
Ps 107:15 (106:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:16 (106:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:15–16: the bronze gates and iron bars express inescapable bondage, which only God's mercy broke, for the exiles and for humanity under death.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter): ἀνιαμῶν → ἀνιαρῶν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.15 (PG 80 80:1741; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.17PG 80 80:1741
ε ᾿Αντελάβετο αὐτῶν ἐξ ὁδοῦ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν· διὰ γὰρ τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν ἐταπεινώθησαν. » Οὔτε Ἰουδαῖοι, οὔτε πᾶσα τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ φύσις, ἀδίκως τοῖς ἀνιαροῖς περιέπεσεν· ἀλλὰ καὶ οὗτοι κἀκεῖνοι δίκας ὧν ἐπλημμέλησαν τίνουσιν. Αλλ' ὅμως, καὶ τούτους κἀκείνους τοσούτοις ἐγκαλινδουμένους κακοῖς σωτηρίας ἠξίωσεν.
e ᾿Antelabeto autōn ex hodou anomias autōn; dia gar tas anomias autōn etapeinōthēsan. » Oute Ioudaioi, oute pasa tōn anthrōpōn hē physis, adikōs tois aniarois periepesen; alla kai houtoi kakeinoi dikas hōn eplēmmelēsan tinousin. All' homōs, kai toutous kakeinous tosoutois enkalindoumenous kakois sōtērias ēxiōsen.
"He took hold of them from the way of their iniquity; for because of their iniquities they were humbled." Neither the Jews nor the whole of human nature fell into sorrows unjustly; both are paying the penalty for their offenses. Yet he counted both, wallowing in such great evils, worthy of salvation.
Ps 107:17 (106:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:17: both the Jews and humanity suffered justly for their sins, yet God saved them.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.17 (PG 80 80:1741; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.18PG 80 80:1741
« Πᾶν βρῶμα ἐβδελύξατο ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν· καὶ ἤγγισαν ἕως τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου. » Ἰουδαῖοι μὲν γὰρ, τῷ πλήθει συνεχόμενοι τῶν κακῶν, καὶ αὐτὴν ἀπεστρέφοντο τὴν τροφήν. Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ ψαλμῷ, ὡς ἐξ ἐκείνων εἴρηκεν ὁ προφήτης • Ὅτι ἐπελαθόμην τοῦ φαγεῖν τὸν ἄρτον μου.» Τὰ δὲ ἔθνη οὐδὲ ταῖς τῶν οἰκείων φιλοσόφων διδασκαλίαις προσέχειν ἐβούλετο. Οὗ δὴ χάριν, οἱ μὲν Σωκράτους κατεψηφίσαντο θάνατον· οἱ δὲ τὸν ᾿Ανάξαρχον ξένῃ παρέδοσαν τιμωρίᾳ · οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι τοῦ Πυθαγόρου διαδόχους πικρῶς αἰκισάμενοι, πρόωρον αὐτοῖς ἐπήγαγον θάνατον. ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὅμως καὶ τούτοις ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς παρεσκεύασε μεταδοθῆναι τῆς ἀθανάτου τροφῆς, καὶ μετὰ πάσης ταύτῃ προσδραμεῖν προθυμίας ἀνέπεισε, καὶ τῶν τοῦ θανάτου πυλῶν ἠλευθέρωσε.
« Pan brōma ebdelyxato hē psychē autōn; kai ēngisan heōs tōn pylōn tou thanatou. » Ioudaioi men gar, tǭ plēthei synechomenoi tōn kakōn, kai autēn apestrephonto tēn trophēn. Touto gar kai en heterǭ psalmǭ, hōs ex ekeinōn eirēken ho prophētēs • Hoti epelathomēn tou phagein ton arton mou.» Ta de ethnē oude tais tōn oikeiōn philosophōn didaskaliais prosechein ebouleto. Hou dē charin, hoi men Sōkratous katepsēphisanto thanaton; hoi de ton ᾿Anaxarchon xenę̄ paredosan timōrią ; hoi de alloi tou Pythagorou diadochous pikrōs aikisamenoi, proōron autois epēgagon thanaton. ᾿All᾽ homōs kai toutois ho tōn holōn Theos pareskeuase metadothēnai tēs athanatou trophēs, kai meta pasēs tautę̄ prosdramein prothymias anepeise, kai tōn tou thanatou pylōn ēleutherōse.
"Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near to the gates of death." The Jews, oppressed by the multitude of evils, turned away even from food. For in another psalm too the prophet said this as from them: "For I forgot to eat my bread." The nations would not even heed the teachings of their own philosophers. For this reason some condemned Socrates to death, others handed Anaxarchus over to an outlandish punishment, and others bitterly maltreated the successors of Pythagoras and brought an untimely death on them. Yet the God of all arranged for these too to be given a share of the immortal food, persuaded them to run to it with all eagerness, and freed them from the gates of death.
Ps 107:18 (106:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 102:4 (101:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:18: the exiles lost all appetite, and the nations rejected even their own philosophers, killing Socrates and others; yet God gave them the food of life.
- Anaxarchus of Abdera was, according to tradition, pounded to death in a mortar by the tyrant Nicocreon.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ὅμως " καὶ → ὅμως καὶ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.18 (PG 80 80:1741; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.19PG 80 80:1741
« Καὶ ἐκέκραξαν πρὸς Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν αὐτῶν ἔσωσεν αὐτοὺς. » Εἶτα διδάσκει τῆς σωτηρίας τὸν τρόπον.
« Kai ekekraxan pros Kyrion en tǭ thlibesthai autous, kai ek tōn anankōn autōn esōsen autous. » Eita didaskei tēs sōtērias ton tropon.
"And they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them from their distresses." Then he teaches the manner of the salvation.
Ps 107:19 (106:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:19: they cried to God and were saved.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.19 (PG 80 80:1741; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.20PG 80 80:1741
« ᾿Απέστειλε τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰάσατο αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐῤῥύσατο αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῶν διαφθορῶν αὐτῶν.» Ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς Λόγος ἐνανθρωπήσας, καὶ ἀποσταλεὶς, ὡς ἄνθρωπος (ὡς γὰρ Θεὸς, ἀπερίγραφος, καὶ πανταχοῦ πάρεστι, καὶ περιέχει τὰ σύμπαντα), τὰ παντοδαπὰ τῶν ψυχῶν ἰάσατο τραύματα, καὶ τοὺς διαφθαρέντας ἀνέῤῥωσε λογισμούς. Οὕτω τὴν ἁμαρτωλὸν ἐκείνην ἰάσατο γυναῖκα, καὶ θαῤῥεῖν παρεγγύησεν· οὕτω τὸν παρειμένον ἔσφιγξεν εἰρηκώς, • ᾿Αφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου. » Οὕτως ἀνέῳξε τῷ ληστῇ τὸν παράδεισον, οὕτω τοὺς τελώνας διδασκάλους τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀπέφηνεν, οὕτω τοὺς παναγίῳ προσιόντας βαπτίσματι νεουργεῖ καὶ καθαίρει, καὶ τῶν τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἀπαλλάττει τραυμάτων.
« ᾿Apesteile ton logon autou, kai iasato autous, kai errhysato autous ek tōn diaphthorōn autōn.» Ho gar Theos Logos enanthrōpēsas, kai apostaleis, hōs anthrōpos (hōs gar Theos, aperigraphos, kai pantachou paresti, kai periechei ta sympanta), ta pantodapa tōn psychōn iasato traumata, kai tous diaphtharentas anerrhōse logismous. Houtō tēn hamartōlon ekeinēn iasato gynaika, kai tharrhein parengyēsen; houtō ton pareimenon esphinxen eirēkōs, • ᾿Apheōntai soi hai hamartiai sou. » Houtōs aneǭxe tǭ lēstę̄ ton paradeison, houtō tous telōnas didaskalous tēs oikoumenēs apephēnen, houtō tous panagiǭ prosiontas baptismati neourgei kai kathairei, kai tōn tēs hamartias apallattei traumatōn.
"He sent his word and healed them and rescued them from their corruptions." For God the Word, having become man and been sent (as man, for as God he is uncircumscribed, present everywhere, and contains all things), healed the wounds of souls of every kind and restored their corrupted thoughts. So he healed that sinful woman and bade her take courage; so he strengthened the paralytic, saying, "Your sins are forgiven you"; so he opened paradise to the thief; so he made the tax collectors teachers of the world; so he renews and cleanses those who come to the all-holy baptism and frees them from the wounds of sin.
Ps 107:20 (106:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 7:50 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 9:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 23:43 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:20: the 'word' sent is God the Word made man, sent as man though present everywhere as God, who heals sinners and renews the baptized.
- The parenthesis distinguishing what is said of the Word as man and as God reflects Theodoret's Christology; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): ἀποσταλεὶς, η ὡς → ἀποσταλεὶς, ὡς.
Topics: Christology, Baptism
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.20 (PG 80 80:1741; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.21PG 80 80:1743
« Ἐξομολογησάσθωσαν τῷ Κυρίῳ τὰ ἐλέη αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Καὶ θυσάτωσαν αὐτῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως, καὶ ἐξαγγειλάτωσαν τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει. » Ὑπὲρ δὴ τούτων ἁπάντων ὑμνεῖν, φησὶ, δίκαιον, τὸν φιλάνθρωπον Θεὸν, ἐλέῳ τοσούτῳ χρησάμενον, καὶ τὴν παράδοξον ἡμῖν δωρησάμενον σωτηρίαν. Χρή δὲ μὴ μόνους εἰδέναι τὰς θείας θαυματουργίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας διδάσκειν, καὶ πάντας διεγείρειν εἰς ὑμνῳδίαν. Ἐπισημήνασθαι μέν τοι δεῖ, ὡς αἰνέσεως θυσίαν καὶ ἐνταῦθα προσενεγκεῖν τῷ Θεῷ παρεγγύησε, καὶ οὐ τῶν ἀλόγων τὰ θύματα. Τοιγαροῦν ἐκβάλλει καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὴν κατὰ νόμον λατρείαν. Τὴν δὲ τῆς αἰνέσεως θυσίαν ὁ ᾿Ακύλας θυσίαν εὐχαριστίας προσηγόρευσεν.
« Exomologēsasthōsan tǭ Kyriǭ ta eleē autou, kai ta thaumasia autou tois huiois tōn anthrōpōn. Kai thysatōsan autǭ thysian aineseōs, kai exangeilatōsan ta erga autou en agalliasei. » Hyper dē toutōn hapantōn hymnein, phēsi, dikaion, ton philanthrōpon Theon, eleǭ tosoutǭ chrēsamenon, kai tēn paradoxon hēmin dōrēsamenon sōtērian. Chrē de mē monous eidenai tas theias thaumatourgias, alla kai tous agnoountas didaskein, kai pantas diegeirein eis hymnǭdian. Episēmēnasthai men toi dei, hōs aineseōs thysian kai entautha prosenenkein tǭ Theǭ parengyēse, kai ou tōn alogōn ta thymata. Toigaroun ekballei kai entautha tēn kata nomon latreian. Tēn de tēs aineseōs thysian ho ᾿Akylas thysian eucharistias prosēgoreusen.
"Let his mercies confess the Lord, and his wonders to the sons of men. And let them sacrifice to him a sacrifice of praise and proclaim his works with exultation." "For all these things," he says, "it is just to hymn God who loves humankind, who showed such great mercy and granted us the extraordinary salvation." We must not only know the divine wonders ourselves, but also teach those who do not know them and rouse all to hymn-singing. It should be noted that here too he urged them to offer God a sacrifice of praise, not the victims of irrational animals; so here too he sets aside the worship according to the law. For "sacrifice of praise" Aquila said "sacrifice of thanksgiving."
Ps 107:21 (106:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:22 (106:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:21–22: the saved must praise God and teach others; the 'sacrifice of praise' replaces the animal sacrifices of the law.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): ἑκβάλλει → ἐκβάλλει.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.21 (PG 80 80:1743; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.23PG 80 80:1743
«Οἱ καταβαίνοντες εἰς θάλασσαν ἐν πλοίοις, ποιοῦντες ἐργασίαν ἐν ὕδασι πολλοῖς. Αὐτοὶ εἶδον τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ βυθῷ. » Παραβολικῶς ταῦτα τέθεικεν ὁ προφήτης. Λέγει δὲ τοῦτο, ὅτι καθάπερ οἱ ναυτιλλόμενοι, καὶ τὰ μεγάλα διαπερῶντες πελάγη, διαφερόντως τὰς θείας μεγαλουργίας ὁρῶσι, κλύδωσι μὲν χαλεποῖς περιπίπτοντες, παρὰ πᾶσαν δὲ ἀνθρωπίνην ἐλπίδα τῆς σωτηρίας ἀπολαύοντες · οὕτω καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι ταῖς συμφοραῖς ἐκείναις περιπεσόντες, καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἀπειληφότες, τὴν θείαν κατέμαθον δύναμιν. Καὶ μὲν δὴ καὶ πάντες ἄνθρωποι τὴν ξένην τῶν πραγμάτων ὁρῶντες μεταβολὴν, καὶ τῆς προτέρας ἀπάτης τὴν παῦλαν, καὶ τῶν ψυχῶν τὴν γαλήνην, καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τὸν λιμένα, τὸν τούτων θαυμάζουσι χορηγόν.
«Hoi katabainontes eis thalassan en ploiois, poiountes ergasian en hydasi pollois. Autoi eidon ta erga Kyriou, kai ta thaumasia autou en tǭ bythǭ. » Parabolikōs tauta tetheiken ho prophētēs. Legei de touto, hoti kathaper hoi nautillomenoi, kai ta megala diaperōntes pelagē, diapherontōs tas theias megalourgias horōsi, klydōsi men chalepois peripiptontes, para pasan de anthrōpinēn elpida tēs sōtērias apolauontes ; houtō kai Ioudaioi tais symphorais ekeinais peripesontes, kai tēn eleutherian apeilēphotes, tēn theian katemathon dynamin. Kai men dē kai pantes anthrōpoi tēn xenēn tōn pragmatōn horōntes metabolēn, kai tēs proteras apatēs tēn paulan, kai tōn psychōn tēn galēnēn, kai tēs anastaseōs ton limena, ton toutōn thaumazousi chorēgon.
"Those who go down to the sea in ships, doing business on many waters, they saw the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep." The prophet set this down as a parable. He says that just as sailors crossing the great seas see the divine mighty works in a special way, falling into dangerous storms and yet, beyond all human hope, enjoying safety, so too the Jews, having fallen into those misfortunes and recovered their freedom, learned the divine power. And indeed all human beings, seeing the strange change of affairs, the end of their former deception, the calm of their souls, and the harbor of the resurrection, marvel at the one who supplied these things.
Ps 107:23 (106:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:24 (106:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:23–24: the seafarers who see God's power in rescue from storms are a parable of the exiles' release and of humanity's salvation.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; repeated word and stray letters (OCR)): θαυμασία αὐτοῦ → θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ; τὴν θείαν θείαν κατέμαθον θον δύναμιν → τὴν θείαν κατέμαθον δύναμιν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.23 (PG 80 80:1743; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.25PG 80 80:1743
« Εἶπε, καὶ ἔστη πνεῦμα καταιγίδος, καὶ ὑψώθη τὰ κύματα αὐτῆς. ᾿Αναβαίνουσιν ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ καταβαίνουσιν ἕως τῶν ἀβύσσων. » Καὶ διὰ τούτων ἐδίδαξεν, ὡς αὐτοῦ νεύοντος, καὶ τὰ λυπηρὰ γίγνεται, καὶ τὰ θυμήρη προσγίνεται. « Ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν ἐν κακοῖς ἐτήκετο. Ἐταράχθησαν, καὶ ἐσαλεύθησαν, ὡς ὁ μεθύων· καὶ πᾶσα ἡ σοφία αὐτῶν κατεπόθη. · Ἐπέμεινε τῇ τροπῇ καὶ δοκεῖ μὲν περὶ τῶν ναυτιλλομένων λέγειν· αἰνίττεται δὲ διὰ τούτων τὰς παντοδαπὰς τῆς φύσεως συμφοράς· ὃς οὐδεὶς ἀνθρωπίνῃ σοφίᾳ χρώμενος ἱκανὸς διαλῦσαι. Οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ κυβερνῆται, τῇδε κἀκεῖσε μεθυόντων δίκην περιφερόμενοι, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ὑπάρχῃ τὸ κλυδώνιον, πᾶσαν εἰσφέροντες τὴν τέχνην, περιγενέσθαι δύνανται τῶν δεινῶν. « Καὶ ἐκέκραξαν πρὸς Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν αὐτῶν ἐξήγαγεν αὐτούς. Καὶ ἐπέταξε τῇ καταιγίδι, καὶ ἔστη εἰς αὖραν, καὶ ἐσίγησαν τὰ κύματα αὐτῆς. Καὶ εὐφράνθησαν, ὅτι ἡσύχασαν. » Κάκείνοις δὲ τοῖς πλέουσιν ἐπικαλουμένοις τὴν οἰκείαν ῥοπὴν ὀρέγει, καὶ νεύει· καὶ παραχρῆμα εἰς αὖραν πραεῖαν ἡ καταιγίς μεταβάλλεται, καὶ τῆς ζάλης τὸ πέλαγος ἀπαλλάττεται, καὶ οἱ λυπηροῖς τισι προσπαλαίοντες διὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ χάριτος μεταβολὴν εὑρίσκουσι τῶν κακῶν. Οὕτως Ἰουδαῖοι τῆς πικρᾶς δουλείας ἐκείνης ἠλευθερώθησαν. « Καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ λιμένα θελήματος αὐτοῦ. ῎Αμα γὰρ ἠθέλησε, καὶ λύσις ἐγένετο τῶν κακῶν, καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ κλύδωνος ὁ λιμὴν ἀνεφάνη · καὶ τοῦτο δὲ μᾶλλον ἡμῖν, ἢ ἐκείνοις ἁρμόδιον. Ἡμᾶς γὰρ εἰς τὸν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ λιμένα καθώρμισεν, τὴν θείαν αὐτοῦ δωρησάμενος γνῶσιν.
« Eipe, kai estē pneuma kataigidos, kai hypsōthē ta kymata autēs. ᾿Anabainousin heōs tōn ouranōn, kai katabainousin heōs tōn abyssōn. » Kai dia toutōn edidaxen, hōs autou neuontos, kai ta lypēra gignetai, kai ta thymērē prosginetai. « Hē psychē autōn en kakois etēketo. Etarachthēsan, kai esaleuthēsan, hōs ho methyōn; kai pasa hē sophia autōn katepothē. ; Epemeine tę̄ tropę̄ kai dokei men peri tōn nautillomenōn legein; ainittetai de dia toutōn tas pantodapas tēs physeōs symphoras; hos oudeis anthrōpinę̄ sophią chrōmenos hikanos dialysai. Oude gar hoi kybernētai, tę̄de kakeise methyontōn dikēn peripheromenoi, hot᾽ an hyparchę̄ to klydōnion, pasan eispherontes tēn technēn, perigenesthai dynantai tōn deinōn. « Kai ekekraxan pros Kyrion en tǭ thlibesthai autous, kai ek tōn anankōn autōn exēgagen autous. Kai epetaxe tę̄ kataigidi, kai estē eis auran, kai esigēsan ta kymata autēs. Kai euphranthēsan, hoti hēsychasan. » Kakeinois de tois pleousin epikaloumenois tēn oikeian rhopēn oregei, kai neuei; kai parachrēma eis auran praeian hē kataigis metaballetai, kai tēs zalēs to pelagos apallattetai, kai hoi lypērois tisi prospalaiontes dia tēs autou charitos metabolēn heuriskousi tōn kakōn. Houtōs Ioudaioi tēs pikras douleias ekeinēs ēleutherōthēsan. « Kai hōdēgēsen autous epi limena thelēmatos autou. ᾿Ama gar ēthelēse, kai lysis egeneto tōn kakōn, kai anti tou klydōnos ho limēn anephanē ; kai touto de mallon hēmin, ē ekeinois harmodion. Hēmas gar eis ton tou thelēmatos autou limena kathōrmisen, tēn theian autou dōrēsamenos gnōsin.
"He spoke, and a stormy wind arose, and its waves were lifted up. They mount up to the heavens and go down to the depths." By this too he taught that at his nod both distressing things happen and pleasant things come. "Their soul melted in evils. They were troubled and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up." He kept to the figure; he seems to be speaking of seafarers, but by this he hints at the misfortunes of every kind that befall our nature, which no one using human wisdom is able to dissolve. For not even helmsmen, carried this way and that like drunken men when the storm is upon them, can overcome the dangers, though they bring all their skill to bear. "And they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he brought them out of their distresses. And he commanded the storm, and it settled into a breeze, and its waves were stilled. And they were glad because they were quiet." To those sailors who call on him he holds out his help and gives a nod, and immediately the storm changes into a gentle breeze and the sea is freed from its surge; and those wrestling with any distress find, through his grace, a change from their evils. So the Jews were freed from that bitter slavery. "And he guided them to the haven of his will." For as soon as he willed it, there was release from the evils, and a harbor appeared instead of the storm. This too fits us more than them. For he brought us to anchor in the harbor of his will by granting us the divine knowledge of himself.
Ps 107:25 (106:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:26 (106:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:27 (106:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:28 (106:28 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:29 (106:29 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:30 (106:30 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:25–30: the storm calmed at God's word pictures human misfortunes that only he can end, the exiles' release, and above all Christians brought to the harbor of his will by knowledge of him.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; OCR letters; marginal verse numbers (OCR); split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): Έταράχθησαν → Ἐταράχθησαν; αἱνίττεται → αἰνίττεται; τῇδε κὰ κεῖσε → τῇδε κἀκεῖσε; ὑπἀρχῃ → ὑπάρχῃ; δεινῶν. κη΄, -λ΄. « → δεινῶν. «; θλί βεσθαι → θλίβεσθαι; εὐφράν θησαν → εὐφράνθησαν; ἀπαλλάτν τεται → ἀπαλλάττεται; ἡἠθέλησε → ἠθέλησε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.25 (PG 80 80:1743; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.31PG 80 80:1745
«Ἐξομολογησάσθωσαν τῷ Κυρίῳ τὰ ἐλέη αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Ὑψωσάτωσαν αὐτὸν ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ λαοῦ, καὶ ἐν καθέδρᾳ πρεσβυτέρων αἰνεσάτωσαν αὐτόν. » Καὶ τοῦτο παρὰ τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν διηνεκῶς γινόμενον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν. Ἐν πάσαις γὰρ ταῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην Ἐκκλησίαις, τοῦ ἱεροῦ καθηγουμένου συλλόγου, ἄπας ὁ λαὸς τὸν εὐεργέτην ὑμνεῖ, τῆς θείας φιλανθρωπίας τὰς θαυματουργίας διεξιών.
«Exomologēsasthōsan tǭ Kyriǭ ta eleē autou, kai ta thaumasia autou tois huiois tōn anthrōpōn. Hypsōsatōsan auton en ekklēsią laou, kai en kathedrą presbyterōn ainesatōsan auton. » Kai touto para tōn pepisteukotōn ethnōn diēnekōs ginomenon estin idein. En pasais gar tais kata tēn oikoumenēn Ekklēsiais, tou hierou kathēgoumenou syllogou, apas ho laos ton euergetēn hymnei, tēs theias philanthrōpias tas thaumatourgias diexiōn.
"Let his mercies confess the Lord, and his wonders to the sons of men. Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the seat of the elders." This too can be seen happening continually among the nations who have believed. For in all the churches throughout the world, with the sacred assembly presiding, the whole people hymns the benefactor, recounting the wonders of the divine love for humankind.
Ps 107:31 (106:31 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:32 (106:32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:31–32: in every church, with the clergy presiding, the whole people praises God, fulfilling the call to praise him among the people and the elders.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.31 (PG 80 80:1745; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.33PG 80 80:1745
« Ἔθετο ποταμοὺς εἰς ἔρημον, καὶ διεξόδους ὑδάτων εἰς δίψαν. Γῆν καρποφόρον εἰς ἄλμην ἀπὸ κακίας τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν αὐτῇ. › Ὑμνοῦσι δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ τῆς σωτηρίας τετυχηκότες, τὴν ξένην ὁρῶντες μεταβολήν. Οἱ γὰρ πάλαι πολλοῖς ἀρδόμενοι προφητικοῖς ποταμοῖς, καὶ καρπὸν ὥριμον προσφέροντες τῷ Θεῷ, νῦν οὐδὲ νοτίδος μικρᾶς ἀπολαύουσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔρημοι πάμπαν διὰ τὴν οἰκείαν πονηρίαν τῆς προτέρας ἀρδείας γεγένηνται.
« Etheto potamous eis erēmon, kai diexodous hydatōn eis dipsan. Gēn karpophoron eis almēn apo kakias tōn katoikountōn en autę̄. › Hymnousi de auton hoi tēs sōtērias tetychēkotes, tēn xenēn horōntes metabolēn. Hoi gar palai pollois ardomenoi prophētikois potamois, kai karpon hōrimon prospherontes tǭ Theǭ, nyn oude notidos mikras apolauousin, all᾽ erēmoi pampan dia tēn oikeian ponērian tēs proteras ardeias gegenēntai.
"He turned rivers into a wilderness and springs of water into thirst, a fruitful land into a salt marsh, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it." Those who have obtained salvation hymn him, seeing the strange change. For those who were formerly watered by many prophetic rivers and offered ripe fruit to God now do not enjoy even a little moisture, but because of their own wickedness have become entirely bereft of their former irrigation.
Ps 107:33 (106:33 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:34 (106:34 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:33–34: the land once watered by the prophets, Israel, has been made dry because of its wickedness.
- Theodoret applies the drying of the land to the Jews; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word and stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): διεξα όδους → διεξόδους; ξένην ( ὁρῶντες → ξένην ὁρῶντες.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.33 (PG 80 80:1745; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-33). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.35PG 80 80:1745
«Ἔθετο ἔρημον εἰς λίμνας ὑδάτων, καὶ γῆν ἄνυδρον εἰς διεξόδους ὑδάτων. » Τὰ δὲ πάλαι ἔρημα ἔθνη, καὶ οὐδὲ βραχεῖαν ἐσχηκότα λιβάδα, τοῖς τῆς διδασκαλίας ὕδασι περικλύζεται, ὑπὲρ τὴν χρείαν τὰ λογικὰ δεχόμενα ῥεύματα.
«Etheto erēmon eis limnas hydatōn, kai gēn anydron eis diexodous hydatōn. » Ta de palai erēma ethnē, kai oude bracheian eschēkota libada, tois tēs didaskalias hydasi periklyzetai, hyper tēn chreian ta logika dechomena rheumata.
"He turned a wilderness into pools of water and a waterless land into springs of water." The nations, formerly a wilderness without even a little pool, are flooded with the waters of teaching, receiving the rational streams beyond their need.
Ps 107:35 (106:35 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:35: the once-barren nations are now flooded with the waters of teaching.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.35 (PG 80 80:1745; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-35). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.36PG 80 80:1745
« Καὶ κατῴκισεν ἐκεῖ πεινῶντας, καὶ συνεστήσαντο πόλεις κατοικεσίας. » Τοὺς γὰρ πάλαι λιμῷ τηκομένους, καὶ τῆς πνευματικῆς τροφῆς ἐνδεεῖς, ἐν ἐκείνοις κατῴκισε τοῖς ποταμοῖς, καὶ τὴν εὐσεβῆ συνεστήσατο πολιτείαν.
« Kai katǭkisen ekei peinōntas, kai synestēsanto poleis katoikesias. » Tous gar palai limǭ tēkomenous, kai tēs pneumatikēs trophēs endeeis, en ekeinois katǭkise tois potamois, kai tēn eusebē synestēsato politeian.
"And he settled the hungry there, and they established cities to dwell in." Those formerly wasting with hunger and lacking spiritual food he settled by those rivers, and he established the pious way of life.
Ps 107:36 (106:36 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:36: God settled the spiritually hungry nations by the rivers of teaching.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.36 (PG 80 80:1745; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-36). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.37PG 80 80:1745
« Καὶ ἔσπειραν ἀγροὺς, καὶ ἐφύτευσαν ἀμπελῶνας, καὶ ἐποίησαν καρπὸν γεννήματος.» Καὶ ταῦτα ἅπαντα τροπικῶς εἴρηκεν ὁ προφήτης. Καὶ ὁ Κύριος παραβολαῖς τοιαύταις ἐχρήσατο· καὶ ποτὲ μὲν τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐκάλεσε θεριστὰς, ποτὲ δὲ αὐτὸν σπορέα καὶ γεωργὸν, καὶ γῆν καλὴν τοὺς εὐπειθῶς δεχομένους τοῦ λόγου τὰ σπέρματα. Καὶ ὁ ᾿Απόστολος δέ φησιν· « Ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα, ᾿Απολλὼς ἐπότισεν, ὁ δὲ Θεὸς ηὔξανεν. » Καὶ πάλιν· « Θεοῦ γεώργιόν ἐστε, Θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε. › Καὶ ἔσπειραν τοίνυν οἱ ἀπόστολοι τὰ σωτήρια κηρύγματα, καὶ τοὺς λογικοὺς τῷ Θεῷ κατεφύτευσαν παραδείσους, καὶ τὸν ὥριμον τῆς δικαιοσύνης καρπὸν τῷ Θεῷ προσεκόμισαν· καὶ ἅπαντες δὲ οἱ μετ' ἐκείνους τὴν διδασκαλίαν πεπιστευμένοι, ταυτὸ τοῦτο δρῶντες διατελοῦσιν.
« Kai espeiran agrous, kai ephyteusan ampelōnas, kai epoiēsan karpon gennēmatos.» Kai tauta hapanta tropikōs eirēken ho prophētēs. Kai ho Kyrios parabolais toiautais echrēsato; kai pote men tous apostolous ekalese theristas, pote de auton sporea kai geōrgon, kai gēn kalēn tous eupeithōs dechomenous tou logou ta spermata. Kai ho ᾿Apostolos de phēsin; « Egō ephyteusa, ᾿Apollōs epotisen, ho de Theos ēuxanen. » Kai palin; « Theou geōrgion este, Theou oikodomē este. › Kai espeiran toinyn hoi apostoloi ta sōtēria kērygmata, kai tous logikous tǭ Theǭ katephyteusan paradeisous, kai ton hōrimon tēs dikaiosynēs karpon tǭ Theǭ prosekomisan; kai hapantes de hoi met' ekeinous tēn didaskalian pepisteumenoi, tauto touto drōntes diatelousin.
"And they sowed fields and planted vineyards and produced a crop of fruit." The prophet said all this figuratively. The Lord too used such parables: at one time he called the apostles reapers, at another himself a sower and farmer, and good soil those who obediently receive the seeds of the word. The Apostle too says: "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth"; and again: "You are God's field, God's building." The apostles, then, sowed the saving proclamations, planted rational paradises for God, and brought God the ripe fruit of righteousness; and all who after them have been entrusted with teaching continue doing the same.
Ps 107:37 (106:37 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 9:37 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 13:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 13:23 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 3:6 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 3:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:37: the sowing and planting are figures for the apostles and later teachers who sowed the gospel and brought God the fruit of righteousness.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray word (OCR)): ἀμπε λῶνας → ἀμπελῶνας; ποτὲ αὐτῶν. δὲ αὐτὸν → ποτὲ δὲ αὐτὸν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.37 (PG 80 80:1745; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-37). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.38PG 80 80:1747
« Καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐπληθύνθησαν σφόδρα, καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐσμίκρυνεν. › Ὁ γὰρ σπείρων ἐπ᾿ εὐλογίαις, ἐπ᾿ εὐλογίαις καὶ θερίσει, κατὰ τὸν θεῖον ᾿Απόστολον. Κτήνη δὲ καλεῖ τοὺς ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν νεμομένους, οὓς αὐτὸς ηὔξησεν τῆς θαυματουργίας χορηγήσας τὴν δύναμιν. Καὶ μάρτυς ὁ μακάριος Λουκᾶς ἐν ταῖς Πράξεσι λέγων· « Ὁ δὲ Κύριος προσετίθει τοὺς σωζομένους καθ' ἡμέραν τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ.» Καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Κύριος πρόβατα καλεῖ τοὺς πιστεύοντας · « Τὰ πρόβατα γὰρ, φησὶ, τὰ ἐμὰ τῆς φωνῆς μου ἀκούει, κἀγὼ γινώσκω αὐτὰ, καὶ ἀκολουθοῦσί μοι, κἀγὼ ζωὴν αἰώνιον δίδωμι αὐτοῖς. » Ἐνταῦθα πάλιν τὰ Ἰουδαίοις συμβησόμενα προθεσπίζει κακά.
« Kai eulogēsen autous, kai eplēthynthēsan sphodra, kai ta ktēnē autōn ouk esmikrynen. › Ho gar speirōn ep᾿ eulogiais, ep᾿ eulogiais kai therisei, kata ton theion ᾿Apostolon. Ktēnē de kalei tous hyp᾿ autōn nemomenous, hous autos ēuxēsen tēs thaumatourgias chorēgēsas tēn dynamin. Kai martys ho makarios Loukas en tais Praxesi legōn; « Ho de Kyrios prosetithei tous sōzomenous kath' hēmeran tę̄ Ekklēsią.» Kai autos de ho Kyrios probata kalei tous pisteuontas ; « Ta probata gar, phēsi, ta ema tēs phōnēs mou akouei, kagō ginōskō auta, kai akolouthousi moi, kagō zōēn aiōnion didōmi autois. » Entautha palin ta Ioudaiois symbēsomena prothespizei kaka.
"And he blessed them, and they multiplied greatly, and he did not diminish their cattle." For "he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully," according to the divine Apostle. By "cattle" he means those they shepherded, whom he increased by supplying the power to work wonders. The blessed Luke is a witness, saying in the Acts: "And the Lord added daily to the Church those who were being saved." And the Lord himself calls believers sheep: "My sheep," he says, "hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give them eternal life." Here again he foretells the evils that would befall the Jews.
Ps 107:38 (106:38 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 9:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 2:47 (quotation, high confidence) · John 10:27 (quotation, high confidence) · John 10:28 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:38: the blessing and the multiplied flocks are the growth of the Church, whose members Christ calls his sheep.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): Ἐκκλησίᾳ., → Ἐκκλησίᾳ.»; πρό βατα → πρόβατα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.38 (PG 80 80:1747; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-38). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.39PG 80 80:1747
« Καὶ ὀλιγώθησαν, καὶ ἐκακώθησαν ἀπὸ θλίψεως κακῶν καὶ ὀδύνης. • Τοῦτο μὲν οὖν φησιν· Οἱ πάλαι τὴν ἔρημον οἰκοῦντες καὶ ἄνυδρον, τοσαύτης εὐλογίας καὶ εὐθηνίας πεπιστευκότες ἀπήλαυσαν. Οἱ δὲ πάλαι τῆς τῶν προφητικῶν ποταμῶν ἀπολαύσαντες ἀρδείας, εἶτα ταύτης στερηθέντες διὰ τὴν πονηρίαν τῆς γνώμης, καὶ ἔρημοι παντελῶς μεμενηκότες καὶ ἄκαρποι, παντοδαπαῖς περιέπεσον συμφοραῖς, καὶ εἰς ἅπασαν τὴν οἰκουμένην διεσκεδάσθησαν, ὥστε τὴν πολυάνθρωπον αὐτῶν μητρόπολιν ὑπὸ ὀλίγων οἰκεῖσθαι.
« Kai oligōthēsan, kai ekakōthēsan apo thlipseōs kakōn kai odynēs. • Touto men oun phēsin; Hoi palai tēn erēmon oikountes kai anydron, tosautēs eulogias kai euthēnias pepisteukotes apēlausan. Hoi de palai tēs tōn prophētikōn potamōn apolausantes ardeias, eita tautēs sterēthentes dia tēn ponērian tēs gnōmēs, kai erēmoi pantelōs memenēkotes kai akarpoi, pantodapais periepeson symphorais, kai eis hapasan tēn oikoumenēn dieskedasthēsan, hōste tēn polyanthrōpon autōn mētropolin hypo oligōn oikeisthai.
"And they became few and were afflicted by the oppression of evils and pain." This is what he says: "Those who formerly lived in the wilderness and waterless land, having believed, enjoyed such great blessing and plenty. But those who formerly enjoyed the irrigation of the prophetic rivers, then were deprived of it because of the wickedness of their will and remained entirely barren and fruitless, fell into misfortunes of every kind and were scattered over the whole world, so that their populous capital is inhabited by few."
Ps 107:39 (106:39 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 107:39: the nations who believed were blessed, while the Jews, deprived of the prophets, were scattered and Jerusalem depopulated.
- Theodoret's application to the Jews is polemical; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἄνυδρον ", → ἄνυδρον,; πεπιστευκότες ( ἀπήλαυσαν → πεπιστευκότες ἀπήλαυσαν; οἰκουμέ· νην → οἰκουμένην.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.39 (PG 80 80:1747; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-39). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.40PG 80 80:1747
« Ἐξεχύθη ἐξουδένωσις ἐπ᾿ ἄρχοντας αὐτῶν. » Μαρτυρεῖ δὲ τῇ προῤῥήσει τὰ πράγματα. Καὶ γὰρ οἱ δοκοῦντες αὐτῶν ἄρχοντες καὶ διδάσκαλοι, οὐδενὸς ἄξιοι καθεστήκασι λόγου· ἀλλ᾿ οἱ πάλαι περιφανεῖς καὶ περίβλεπτοι, ἄσημοι παντελῶς εἰσι, καὶ ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐκείνων καταφρονούμενοι. « Καὶ ἐπλάνησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἀβάτῳ, καὶ οὐχ ὁδῷ. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτω· Καὶ πλανήσει αὐτοὺς ἐν ματαιότητι διανοίας. Ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐπάγει πλάνην, ἀλλ᾿ ἀπαγορεύει τὴν πλάνην· τοὺς δὲ μὴ πειθομένους ἀκυβερνήτους ἐᾷ· οἱ δὲ ἀνερμάτιστοι περιφερόμενοι τῇδε κἀκεῖσε περιπλανῶνται. Τοῦτο καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι πεπόνθασι· τὴν θείαν γὰρ καταλιπόντες ὁδὸν, τοῖς οἰκείοις ἕπονται λογισμοῖς.
« Exechythē exoudenōsis ep᾿ archontas autōn. » Martyrei de tę̄ prorrhēsei ta pragmata. Kai gar hoi dokountes autōn archontes kai didaskaloi, oudenos axioi kathestēkasi logou; all᾿ hoi palai periphaneis kai peribleptoi, asēmoi pantelōs eisi, kai hyp᾿ autōn ekeinōn kataphronoumenoi. « Kai eplanēsen autous en abatǭ, kai ouch hodǭ. » Ho de Symmachos houtō; Kai planēsei autous en mataiotēti dianoias. Ho Theos ouk epagei planēn, all᾿ apagoreuei tēn planēn; tous de mē peithomenous akybernētous eą; hoi de anermatistoi peripheromenoi tę̄de kakeise periplanōntai. Touto kai Ioudaioi peponthasi; tēn theian gar katalipontes hodon, tois oikeiois hepontai logismois.
"Contempt was poured out upon their rulers." The facts bear witness to the prediction. For those reputed to be their rulers and teachers are held of no account; those once famous and admired are entirely obscure, and despised by their own people. "And he made them wander in a trackless place and not on a road." Symmachus has: "And he will make them wander in emptiness of mind." God does not bring wandering, but forbids it; yet he leaves those who will not obey without a pilot, and they, without ballast, are carried this way and that and wander. The Jews too have suffered this: abandoning the divine road, they follow their own reasonings.
Ps 107:40 (106:40 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:40: the Jewish leaders are now despised; God does not cause error but leaves the disobedient to wander by their own reasoning.
- Polemical application to Jewish leaders of his day; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR); split word (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): καταφρονούμε· νοι → καταφρονούμενοι; οὐχ ὁδῷ. Ὁ δὲ → οὐχ ὁδῷ. » Ὁ δὲ; ἐν : Ο ματαιότητι → ἐν ματαιότητι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.40 (PG 80 80:1747; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-40). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.41PG 80 80:1749
« Καὶ ἐβοήθησε πένητι ἐκ πτωχείας. » Τὰ γὰρ πάλαι πτωχεύσαντα ἔθνη τῆς θείας ἐπικουρίας ἀπήλαυσαν, καὶ τὸν πνευματικὸν ἐκτήσαντο πλοῦτον. « Καὶ ἔθετο, ὡς πρόβατα, πατριάς. » Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας οὕτως· Καὶ ὑπερεπαρεῖ πτωχὸν ἐκ πενίας, καὶ θήσει ὡς ποίμνιον συγγενείας. Ὡς προβάτων γὰρ τῶν ἰδίων ἐπιμελεῖται, καὶ ὡς συγγενῶν κατὰ σάρκα προμηθεῖται καὶ κήδεται.
« Kai eboēthēse penēti ek ptōcheias. » Ta gar palai ptōcheusanta ethnē tēs theias epikourias apēlausan, kai ton pneumatikon ektēsanto plouton. « Kai etheto, hōs probata, patrias. » Ho de ᾿Akylas houtōs; Kai hypereparei ptōchon ek penias, kai thēsei hōs poimnion syngeneias. Hōs probatōn gar tōn idiōn epimeleitai, kai hōs syngenōn kata sarka promētheitai kai kēdetai.
"And he helped the needy out of poverty." For the nations, formerly poor, enjoyed the divine help and acquired spiritual wealth. "And he made families like sheep." Aquila has: "And he will raise the poor high out of poverty and make families like a flock." For he takes care of them as of his own sheep, and provides for and cares for them as for relatives according to the flesh.
Ps 107:41 (106:41 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:41: the once-poor nations gained spiritual wealth, and God cares for them as his flock and kin.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.41 (PG 80 80:1749; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-41). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.42PG 80 80:1749
« "Οψονται εὐθεῖς καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται, καὶ πᾶσα ἀνομία ἐμφράξει τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν. » Ταῦτα γὰρ ὁρῶντες οἱ μὲν εὐθύτητι λογισμῶν κεχρημένοι, θυμηδίας ἐμπίμπλανται· οἱ δὲ δυσσεβείᾳ καὶ παρανομίᾳ συζῇν προαιρούμενοι, κύπτειν εἰς γῆν, καὶ σιγᾷν ἀναγκάζονται, τῇ δικαίᾳ χαλινούμενοι ψήφῳ.
« "Opsontai eutheis kai euphranthēsontai, kai pasa anomia emphraxei to stoma autōn. » Tauta gar horōntes hoi men euthytēti logismōn kechrēmenoi, thymēdias empimplantai; hoi de dyssebeią kai paranomią syzę̄n proairoumenoi, kyptein eis gēn, kai sigąn anankazontai, tę̄ dikaią chalinoumenoi psēphǭ.
"The upright will see and rejoice, and all iniquity will stop its mouth." For seeing these things, those with upright thoughts are filled with delight, while those who choose to live in ungodliness and lawlessness are forced to bow to the ground and be silent, bridled by the just sentence.
Ps 107:42 (106:42 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:42: the upright rejoice at God's works, while the wicked are silenced.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): αὐτῶν ". » → αὐτῶν. »; ἐμπίμπλανται - οἱ → ἐμπίμπλανται· οἱ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.42 (PG 80 80:1749; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-42). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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106.43PG 80 80:1749
« Τίς σοφὸς καὶ φυλάξει ταῦτα, καὶ συνήσει τὰ ἐλέη τοῦ Κυρίου; • Οὔτε γὰρ τὸ συνιέναι καὶ διαγνῶναι τὰς φιλανθρώπους τοῦ Σωτῆρος οἰκονομίας, οὔτε φυλάξαι τὰς θείας νομοθεσίας παντός· ἀλλὰ τοῦ σοφίᾳ καὶ συνέσει χρωμένου, καὶ βοῶντος πρὸς τὸν Δεσπότην · · ᾿Αποκάλυψον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, καὶ κατανοήσω τὰ θαυμάσια ἐκ τοῦ νόμου σου.»
« Tis sophos kai phylaxei tauta, kai synēsei ta eleē tou Kyriou? • Oute gar to synienai kai diagnōnai tas philanthrōpous tou Sōtēros oikonomias, oute phylaxai tas theias nomothesias pantos; alla tou sophią kai synesei chrōmenou, kai boōntos pros ton Despotēn ; ; ᾿Apokalypson tous ophthalmous mou, kai katanoēsō ta thaumasia ek tou nomou sou.»
"Who is wise and will keep these things, and will understand the mercies of the Lord?" For it is not for everyone to understand and discern the loving dispensations of the Savior, nor to keep the divine laws; but for the one who uses wisdom and understanding and cries to the Master: "Open my eyes, and I will perceive wonders out of your law."
Ps 107:43 (106:43 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:18 (118:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 107:43: only the wise who ask God to open their eyes understand his merciful dispensations.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): συνήσει δι τὰ → συνήσει τὰ; Οὔτε δε γὰρ → Οὔτε γὰρ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 106.43 (PG 80 80:1749; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/106-43). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 107
107.1PG 80 80:1749
« Ὠδὴ ψαλμοῦ τῷ Δαβίδ. » Καὶ οὗτος ὡσαύτως ὁ ψαλμὸς καὶ τὴν Ἰουδαίων ἐπάνοδον προθεσπίζει, καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν προαγορεύει τὴν σωτηρίαν· πολλὴν δ' ἔχει τὴν συγγένειαν πρός τε τὸν νς' καὶ πρὸς τὸν νθ' ψαλμόν.
« Ōdē psalmou tǭ Dabid. » Kai houtos hōsautōs ho psalmos kai tēn Ioudaiōn epanodon prothespizei, kai tōn ethnōn proagoreuei tēn sōtērian; pollēn d' echei tēn syngeneian pros te ton ns' kai pros ton nth' psalmon.
"A song of a psalm, of David." This psalm likewise both foretells the return of the Jews and predicts the salvation of the nations. It is closely related to the fifty-sixth and the fifty-ninth psalms.
Ps 108:1 (107:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 57:7 (56:8 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 60:5 (59:7 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 108 title: the psalm foretells the Jews' return and the nations' salvation and repeats parts of Psalms 57 and 60.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.1 (PG 80 80:1749; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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107.2PG 80 80:1749
« Ἑτοίμη ἡ καρδία μου, ὁ Θεὸς, ἑτοίμη ἡ καρδία μου, ᾄσομαι καὶ ψαλῶ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ μου.» Καὶ ἤδη προειρήκαμεν, ὡς δόξαν οἰκείαν ὁ προφήτης τὴν προφητικὴν χάριν καλεῖ. Τῇ τῆς προφητείας, φησὶ, χρώμενος μελῳδίᾳ, λέγω σοι τῷ Δεσπότῃ, ὡς εὐρεῖαν ἔχω τὴν καρδίαν μου, καὶ ἑτοίμην εἰς ὑποδοχὴν τῆς θείας σου χάριτος.
« Hetoimē hē kardia mou, ho Theos, hetoimē hē kardia mou, ąsomai kai psalō en tę̄ doxę̄ mou.» Kai ēdē proeirēkamen, hōs doxan oikeian ho prophētēs tēn prophētikēn charin kalei. Tę̄ tēs prophēteias, phēsi, chrōmenos melǭdią, legō soi tǭ Despotę̄, hōs eureian echō tēn kardian mou, kai hetoimēn eis hypodochēn tēs theias sou charitos.
"My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready; I will sing and make melody in my glory." We have already said that the prophet calls the prophetic grace his own glory. "Using the melody of prophecy," he says, "I tell you, the Master, that I have my heart wide open and ready to receive your divine grace."
Ps 108:1 (107:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:1: the psalmist's 'glory' is the gift of prophecy, and his heart is ready to receive God's grace.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (doubled stop (OCR); stray letters and repeated word (OCR)): εὐρεῖαν δι σε ἔχω ἔχω τὴν → εὐρεῖαν ἔχω τὴν; χάριτος.. → χάριτος..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.2 (PG 80 80:1749; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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107.3PG 80 80:1749
« Ἐξεγέρθητι, ἡ δόξα μου, ἐξεγέρθητι, ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάρα, ἐξεγερθήσομαι ὄρθρου. Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν λαοῖς, Κύριε, ψαλῶ σοι ἐν ἔθνεσιν.» Ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν ἑαυτὸν ὁ προφήτης καλεῖ. Ὡς ἐν ὀργάνῳ γὰρ μουσικῷ, τοῦ Πνεύματος ἡ χάρις ἐν αὐτῷ τὴν προφητικὴν ἀνεκρούετο μελῳδίαν. Διεγείρας τοίνυν ἑαυτὸν εἰς ὑμνῳδίαν τοῦ Δεσπότου, ἀποκρίνεται πάλιν, καὶ ὑπισχνεῖται ὄρθρου τοῦτο ποιήσειν. "Ατε, δὴ τηνικαῦτα οὐκ αὐτὸς μόνος προσοίσων τὸν ὕμνον, ἀλλὰ μετὰ μυρίων ἐθνῶν καὶ λαῶν τὴν θείαν ᾠδὴν ποιησάμενος · ὄρθρον δὲ καλεῖ, τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν. Ἐξ ἐκείνου γὰρ ἀνέτειλε τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ φῶς· ἐξ ἐκείνου κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν τοῖς ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων στόμασιν ὁ μακάριος ἄδει Δαβίδ, καὶ τὰς θείας εὐεργεσίας ὑμνεῖ.
« Exegerthēti, hē doxa mou, exegerthēti, psaltērion kai kithara, exegerthēsomai orthrou. Exomologēsomai soi en laois, Kyrie, psalō soi en ethnesin.» Psaltērion kai kitharan heauton ho prophētēs kalei. Hōs en organǭ gar mousikǭ, tou Pneumatos hē charis en autǭ tēn prophētikēn anekroueto melǭdian. Diegeiras toinyn heauton eis hymnǭdian tou Despotou, apokrinetai palin, kai hypischneitai orthrou touto poiēsein. "Ate, dē tēnikauta ouk autos monos prosoisōn ton hymnon, alla meta myriōn ethnōn kai laōn tēn theian ǭdēn poiēsamenos ; orthron de kalei, tou Theou kai Sōtēros hēmōn tēn enanthrōpēsin. Ex ekeinou gar aneteile tēs alētheias to phōs; ex ekeinou kata pasan tēn oikoumenēn en tois hapantōn anthrōpōn stomasin ho makarios adei Dabid, kai tas theias euergesias hymnei.
"Awake, my glory; awake, harp and lyre; I will awake at dawn. I will confess you among the peoples, O Lord; I will make melody to you among the nations." The prophet calls himself harp and lyre; for the grace of the Spirit struck up the prophetic melody in him as in a musical instrument. Having roused himself to hymn the Master, he answers again and promises to do so at dawn, since at that time he would offer the hymn not alone but, making the divine song with countless nations and peoples. He calls the incarnation of our God and Savior "dawn." For from it the light of truth rose; from it the blessed David sings throughout the whole world in the mouths of all people and hymns the divine benefits.
Ps 108:2 (107:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 108:3 (107:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:2–3: the prophet is the Spirit's instrument; the 'dawn' is the incarnation, after which David's psalms are sung by all nations.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray letters (OCR)): Ἐξεγέρθητι στ, ἡ δόξα → Ἐξεγέρθητι, ἡ δόξα; ὑπισχνείται → ὑπισχνεῖται; Σωτῆρος σο ἡμῶν → Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.3 (PG 80 80:1749; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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107.5PG 80 80:1751
« "Ὅτι μέγα ἐπάνω τῶν οὐρανῶν τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν ἡ ἀλήθειά σου. » Νικᾷ τῶν οὐρανῶν τὰ κύτη τοῦ σοῦ ἐλέους τὸ μέγεθός· πανταχόσε τῆς σῆς ἀληθείας αἱ ἀκτῖνες διέδραμον. Καὶ ἤδη δὲ εἰρήκαμεν, ὡς νεφέλας τοὺς προφήτας, καὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους, καὶ τοὺς διδασκαλικῆς χάριτος τετυχηκότας καλεῖ. Διὰ τούτων γὰρ, ὥσπερ διά τινων νεφελῶν, τὴν πνευματικὴν ἀρδείαν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις προσφέρει · δι' αὐτῶν δὲ τὰ ἀληθῆ μεμαθήκαμεν δόγματα.
« "Hoti mega epanō tōn ouranōn to eleos sou, kai heōs tōn nephelōn hē alētheia sou. » Niką tōn ouranōn ta kytē tou sou eleous to megethos; pantachose tēs sēs alētheias hai aktines diedramon. Kai ēdē de eirēkamen, hōs nephelas tous prophētas, kai tous apostolous, kai tous didaskalikēs charitos tetychēkotas kalei. Dia toutōn gar, hōsper dia tinōn nephelōn, tēn pneumatikēn ardeian tois anthrōpois prospherei ; di' autōn de ta alēthē memathēkamen dogmata.
"For great above the heavens is your mercy, and your truth up to the clouds." "The greatness of your mercy surpasses the vaults of the heavens; the rays of your truth have run in every direction." We have already said that he calls the prophets, the apostles, and those who have received the grace of teaching "clouds." For through them, as through clouds, he brings spiritual irrigation to human beings; and through them we have learned the true doctrines.
Ps 108:4 (107:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:4: God's mercy exceeds the heavens; the 'clouds' are the prophets, apostles, and teachers through whom truth reaches people.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misplaced word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): Νικᾷ σι τῶν → Νικᾷ τῶν; τοὺς σε προφήτας → τοὺς προφήτας; δι' δὲ αὐτῶν → δι' αὐτῶν δὲ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.5 (PG 80 80:1751; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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107.6PG 80 80:1751
« Ὑψώθητι ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς, ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἡ δόξα σου. » Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφησεν ᾿Αββακούμ· « Ἐκάλυψεν οὐρανοὺς ἡ ἀρετὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς αἰνέσεως αὐτοῦ πλήρης ἡ γῆ. » Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος Δαβὶδ ἐν τῷ ὀγδόῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ· « Κύριε, ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· ὅτι ἐπήρθη ἡ μεγαλοπρέπειά σου ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν. » Τὸ οὖν, ὑψώθητι, ἀντὶ τοῦ, δείχθητι ὑψηλὸς, καὶ πάντων ὑπέρτερος, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ μαθέτω τὴν σὴν δόξαν.
« Hypsōthēti epi tous ouranous, ho Theos, kai epi pasan tēn gēn hē doxa sou. » Touto kai ho makarios ephēsen ᾿Abbakoum; « Ekalypsen ouranous hē aretē autou, kai tēs aineseōs autou plērēs hē gē. » Touto kai ho makarios Dabid en tǭ ogdoǭ ephē psalmǭ; « Kyrie, ho Kyrios hēmōn, hōs thaumaston to onoma sou en pasę̄ tę̄ gę̄; hoti epērthē hē megaloprepeia sou hyperanō tōn ouranōn. » To oun, hypsōthēti, anti tou, deichthēti hypsēlos, kai pantōn hyperteros, kai pasa hē gē mathetō tēn sēn doxan.
"Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory over all the earth." The blessed Habakkuk also said this: "His excellence covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise." The blessed David too said this in the eighth psalm: "O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth; for your majesty is raised above the heavens." "Be exalted," then, means "be shown lofty and above all, and let the whole earth learn your glory."
Ps 108:5 (107:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Hab 3:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 8:1 (8:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:5: 'be exalted' means 'be shown to be supreme,' as Habakkuk and Psalm 8 also say.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.6 (PG 80 80:1751; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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107.7PG 80 80:1751
« Ὅπως ἂν ῥυσθῶσιν οἱ ἀγαπητοί σου, σῶσον τῇ δεξιᾷ σου, καὶ ἐπάκουσόν μου. » Δείξει δέ σου πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις τὴν δύναμιν τῶν τῆς σῆς οἰκειώσεως ἀξιωθέντων ἡ σωτηρία· δέξαι μου τοίνυν τὴν ἱκετείαν, καὶ τὴν σὴν ὄρεξον δεξιάν. Δεξιὰν δὲ καλεῖ τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐνέργειαν.
« Hopōs an rhysthōsin hoi agapētoi sou, sōson tę̄ dexią sou, kai epakouson mou. » Deixei de sou pasin anthrōpois tēn dynamin tōn tēs sēs oikeiōseōs axiōthentōn hē sōtēria; dexai mou toinyn tēn hiketeian, kai tēn sēn orexon dexian. Dexian de kalei tēn agathēn energeian.
"That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand and hear me." "The salvation of those counted worthy of belonging to you will show your power to all human beings; accept my supplication, then, and stretch out your right hand." He calls God's good action his "right hand."
Ps 108:6 (107:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:6: the salvation of God's own will show his power; his 'right hand' is his good action.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): οἰκειώ– σεως → οἰκειώσεως.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.7 (PG 80 80:1751; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-7). (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.
107.8PG 80 80:1751
« Ὁ Θεὸς ἐλάλησεν ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, διὰ τῆς τοῦ παναγίου Πνεύματος χάριτος. « Ὑψωθήσομαι καὶ διαμεριῶ Σίκιμα, καὶ τὴν κοιλάδα τῶν σκηνῶν διαμετρήσω. » Οὗπερ ᾔτησεν ὁ προφήτης ἀπήλαυσεν· ἐπειδὴ εἶπεν· « Ὑψώθητι ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ὁ Θεὸς, » ἀποκρίνεται λέγων ὁ Δεσπότης, Ὑψωθήσομαι. Εἶτα δείκνυσι καὶ τὸν τρόπον. « Διαμεριῶ Σίκιμα. • Πόλις δὲ αὕτη κατ᾿ ἐξαίρετον τῷ Ἰωσὴφ δεδομένη. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν κοιλάδα τὴν ἔρημον γενομένην, καὶ ποιμένων δεξαμένην σκηνὰς, ἄνωθεν οἰκητόρων πληρώσω, καὶ διανεμηθῆναι τοῖς ἐπανελθοῦσι παρασκευάσω. « Ἑμός ἐστι Γαλαάδ, καὶ ἐμός ἐστι Μανασσῆς, καὶ Ἐφραὶμ ἀντίληψις τῆς κεφαλῆς μου, Ἰούδας βασιλεύς μου. » Οἰκειώσομαι γὰρ οὐ μόνον τὸν Μανασσῆ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἐκείνου χώραν. Γαλαάδ γὰρ, ὄνομα τόπου, Μανασσῆς δὲ προσηγορία φυλῆς. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ Ἐφραὶμ τὴν προτέραν ἀποδώσω δύναμιν· τὸν μὲν τοι Ἰούδαν πασῶν τῶν φυλῶν βασιλεύειν παρασκευάσω. Μετὰ γὰρ τὴν ἐπάνοδον ἀδιαίρετοι μεμενήκασιν αἱ φυλαί. Ὁ δὲ Ζοροβάβελ, καὶ τούτων κἀκείνων ἡγεῖτο. Κυρίως δὲ καὶ ἀληθῶς ὁ Δεσπότης Χριστὸς, ὁ ἐξ Ἰούδα κατὰ σάρκα βλαστήσας, ἁπάσης βασιλεύει τῆς κτίσεως.
« Ho Theos elalēsen en tǭ hagiǭ autou. » ᾿Anti tou, dia tēs tou panagiou Pneumatos charitos. « Hypsōthēsomai kai diameriō Sikima, kai tēn koilada tōn skēnōn diametrēsō. » Houper ę̄tēsen ho prophētēs apēlausen; epeidē eipen; « Hypsōthēti epi tous ouranous ho Theos, » apokrinetai legōn ho Despotēs, Hypsōthēsomai. Eita deiknysi kai ton tropon. « Diameriō Sikima. • Polis de hautē kat᾿ exaireton tǭ Iōsēph dedomenē. Alla kai tēn koilada tēn erēmon genomenēn, kai poimenōn dexamenēn skēnas, anōthen oikētorōn plērōsō, kai dianemēthēnai tois epanelthousi paraskeuasō. « Hemos esti Galaad, kai emos esti Manassēs, kai Ephraim antilēpsis tēs kephalēs mou, Ioudas basileus mou. » Oikeiōsomai gar ou monon ton Manassē, alla kai tēn ekeinou chōran. Galaad gar, onoma topou, Manassēs de prosēgoria phylēs. Alla kai tǭ Ephraim tēn proteran apodōsō dynamin; ton men toi Ioudan pasōn tōn phylōn basileuein paraskeuasō. Meta gar tēn epanodon adiairetoi memenēkasin hai phylai. Ho de Zorobabel, kai toutōn kakeinōn hēgeito. Kyriōs de kai alēthōs ho Despotēs Christos, ho ex Iouda kata sarka blastēsas, hapasēs basileuei tēs ktiseōs.
"God has spoken in his holy one," that is, through the grace of the all-holy Spirit. "I will be exalted, and I will divide Shechem and measure out the valley of tents." The prophet obtained what he asked. Since he said, "Be exalted above the heavens, O God," the Master answers, "I will be exalted." Then he shows the manner: "I will divide Shechem." This was a city given as a special portion to Joseph. "But the valley too, which became desolate and received shepherds' tents, I will fill again with inhabitants and arrange for it to be distributed to those who have returned." "Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the help of my head; Judah is my king." "I will make my own not only Manasseh but his land too." For Gilead is the name of a place, Manasseh the name of a tribe. "And to Ephraim I will give back his former power; and Judah I will make king of all the tribes." For after the return the tribes remained undivided, and Zerubbabel led both. But properly and truly Christ the Master, who sprang from Judah according to the flesh, reigns over all creation.
Ps 108:7 (107:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 108:8 (107:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 48:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ezra 2:2 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:7–8: God promises to resettle the land after the return, with Judah leading the united tribes under Zerubbabel; properly, Christ from Judah reigns over all.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): Ὑψωθήσομαι σε καὶ → Ὑψωθήσομαι καὶ; ἐπάν· οδον → ἐπάνοδον.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.8 (PG 80 80:1751; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-8). (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.
107.10PG 80 80:1753
« Μωάβ λέβης τῆς ἐλπίδος μου ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰδουμαίαν ἐπιβαλῶ τὸ ὑπόδημά μου, ἐμοὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ὑπετάγησαν.» Τοσαύτην δὲ τῷ ἐμῷ λαῷ παρέξω ἰσχὺν, ὥστε καὶ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων κρατῆσαι, καὶ Μωαβίτας καὶ Ἰδουμαίους ὑπηκόους λαβεῖν. Ακριβέστερον δὲ ταῦτα ἐν τῷ ν' καὶ θ' ψαλμῷ ἑρμηνεύσαμεν.
« Mōab lebēs tēs elpidos mou epi tēn Idoumaian epibalō to hypodēma mou, emoi allophyloi hypetagēsan.» Tosautēn de tǭ emǭ laǭ parexō ischyn, hōste kai tōn allophylōn kratēsai, kai Mōabitas kai Idoumaious hypēkoous labein. Akribesteron de tauta en tǭ n' kai th' psalmǭ hermēneusamen.
"Moab is the cauldron of my hope; over Idumea I will cast my shoe; foreigners have been subjected to me." "I will give my people such strength that they will overpower the foreigners and take the Moabites and Idumeans as subjects." We have interpreted this more precisely in the fifty-ninth psalm.
Ps 108:9 (107:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:9: God will make his people master their neighbors; the verse is explained more fully on Psalm 60.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): παρἐξω → παρέξω.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.10 (PG 80 80:1753; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-10). (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.
107.11PG 80 80:1753
« Τίς ἀπάξει με εἰς πόλιν περιοχῆς; ἢ τίς ὁδηγήσει με ἕως τῆς Ἰδουμαίας; Οὐχὶ σὺ, ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ ἀπωσάμενος ἡμᾶς; › Ἡδονῆς ἐμπλησθεὶς ὁ προφήτης τῇ τῶν ἀγαθῶν προῤῥήσει, ἱμείρεται ἰδεῖν καὶ τὴν καταλυθεῖσαν πόλιν οἰκοδομηθεῖσαν, καὶ τοὺς Ἰδουμαίους τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις δουλεύοντας. Ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶν, οὐδεὶς ἕτερος παρασχεῖν ἱκανὸς, ἢ σὺ μόνος, ὁ νῦν ἡμᾶς ἀπωσάμενος, καὶ δουλεύειν κελεύσας.« Καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσῃ, ὁ Θεὸς, ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν ἡμῶν. Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Καὶ μὴ προελθὼν, Θεὲ, ἐν τοῖς στρατεύμασιν ἡμῶν. Οὐ γὰρ ἡττήθημεν πώποτε, σοῦ στρατηγοῦντος, καὶ τῆς φάλαγγος ἡγουμένου. « Δὸς ἡμῖν βοήθειαν ἐκ θλίψεως, καὶ ματαία σωτηρία ἀνθρώπου. • Παῦσον τοίνυν τὰ λυπηρά, καὶ τὴν σὴν ῥοπὴν ὄρεξον. Οὐδαμόθεν γὰρ ἄλλοθεν τούτου τυχεῖν δυνατόν. Πᾶσα γὰρ ἡ παρ᾿ ἀνθρώπων συμμαχία, σοῦ μὴ συνεργοῦντος, ματαία καὶ ἄχρηστος.
« Tis apaxei me eis polin periochēs? ē tis hodēgēsei me heōs tēs Idoumaias? Ouchi sy, ho Theos, ho apōsamenos hēmas? › Hēdonēs emplēstheis ho prophētēs tę̄ tōn agathōn prorrhēsei, himeiretai idein kai tēn katalytheisan polin oikodomētheisan, kai tous Idoumaious tois Ioudaiois douleuontas. Tauta de, phēsin, oudeis heteros paraschein hikanos, ē sy monos, ho nyn hēmas apōsamenos, kai douleuein keleusas.« Kai ouk exeleusę̄, ho Theos, en tais dynamesin hēmōn. Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Kai mē proelthōn, Thee, en tois strateumasin hēmōn. Ou gar hēttēthēmen pōpote, sou stratēgountos, kai tēs phalangos hēgoumenou. « Dos hēmin boētheian ek thlipseōs, kai mataia sōtēria anthrōpou. • Pauson toinyn ta lypēra, kai tēn sēn rhopēn orexon. Oudamothen gar allothen toutou tychein dynaton. Pasa gar hē par᾿ anthrōpōn symmachia, sou mē synergountos, mataia kai achrēstos.
"Who will lead me into the fortified city? Or who will guide me as far as Idumea? Is it not you, O God, who thrust us away?" Filled with pleasure at the prediction of good things, the prophet longs to see the destroyed city rebuilt and the Idumeans serving the Jews. "No one else," he says, "is able to provide these things but you alone, who have now thrust us away and ordered us to be slaves." "And will you not go out, O God, with our forces?" Symmachus has: "And not going forth, O God, with our armies." "For we were never defeated when you were our general and led the battle line." "Give us help from affliction, and vain is the salvation of man." "Put an end, then, to our sorrows and stretch out your help. For we can obtain this from nowhere else; all alliance from human beings, without your cooperation, is vain and useless."
Ps 108:10 (107:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 108:11 (107:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 108:12 (107:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:10–12: the prophet longs to see Jerusalem rebuilt and Edom subdued, which God alone can bring about, since human help is vain.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (marginal verse number (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): στρατεύμασιν το ἡμῶν → στρατεύμασιν ἡμῶν; ἡγουμένου. « γ'. « → ἡγουμένου. «.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.11 (PG 80 80:1753; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-11). (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.
107.14PG 80 80:1753
· Ἐν τῷ Θεῷ ποιήσομεν δύναμιν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξουδενώσει τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἡμῶν. » Διά τοι τοῦτο τὴν σὴν ἐπικαλούμεθα πρόνοιαν · διὰ ταύτης γὰρ μόνης περιγενέσθαι τῶν δυσμενῶν δυνησόμεθα.
; En tǭ Theǭ poiēsomen dynamin, kai autos exoudenōsei tous echthrous hēmōn. » Dia toi touto tēn sēn epikaloumetha pronoian ; dia tautēs gar monēs perigenesthai tōn dysmenōn dynēsometha.
"In God we shall do valiantly, and he will set at nought our enemies." "For this reason we call upon your providence; for through it alone can we overcome our foes."
Ps 108:13 (107:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 108:13: only by God's providence can the enemies be overcome.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 107.14 (PG 80 80:1753; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/107-14). (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.