Interpretation of the Psalms 117.1–118.31
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 117
117.1PG 80 80:1809
Ἀλληλούϊα. Ὕμνος καὶ οὗτός ἐστιν ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς σωτηρίας ἀπολελαυκότων τῷ Θεῷ προσφερόμενος. Ἰουδαῖοι μὲν γὰρ μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον, τῶν πλησιοχώρων ἁπάντων κατὰ ταυτὸν ἀθροισθέντων, φθονούντων αὐτοῖς τῆς προτέρας εὐημερίας, καὶ μέντοι καὶ ἔθνη ἕτερα καὶ βάρβαρα συναγειράντων, εἶτα θεηλάτοις ἀναλωθέντων πληγαῖς κατὰ τὴν Ἰωὴλ, καὶ Ἰεζεκιήλ, καὶ Μιχαίου, καὶ Ζαχαρίου προφητείαν, τοῦτον τὸν ὕμνον χαριστήριον προσφέρουσι τῷ Θεῷ. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐν ἐκείνοις προεγράφετο τὰ ἡμέτερα, μᾶλλον ἀρμόττει τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν πεπιστευκόσιν ἡ ὑμνῳδία· οἱ παρὰ πολλῶν καὶ ἀρχόντων καὶ ἀρχομένων, δήμων καὶ δημαγωγῶν, καὶ βασιλέων καὶ στρατηγῶν, διωχθέντες, καὶ στρεβλωθέντες, καὶ αἰκισθέντες, καὶ μυρία θανάτου ὑπομείναντες εἴδη, κρείττους τῶν πολεμούντων ἐδείχθησαν. Καὶ τούτοις μέντοι κἀκείνοις ἡ τοῦ πνεύματος χάρις τὴν τῆς ὑμνῳδίας διδασκαλίαν προτέθεικεν. « Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Ὑμνήσατε τὸν ἀγαθὸν, καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὸν χορηγόν. Διαρκῆ γὰρ ἔχει τὸν ἔλεον, καὶ τοῦτον ἀεὶ χορηγεῖ τοῖς δεομένοις.
Allēlouïa. Hymnos kai houtos estin hypo tōn tēs sōtērias apolelaukotōn tǭ Theǭ prospheromenos. Ioudaioi men gar meta tēn epanodon, tōn plēsiochōrōn hapantōn kata tauton athroisthentōn, phthonountōn autois tēs proteras euēmerias, kai mentoi kai ethnē hetera kai barbara synageirantōn, eita theēlatois analōthentōn plēgais kata tēn Iōēl, kai Iezekiēl, kai Michaiou, kai Zachariou prophēteian, touton ton hymnon charistērion prospherousi tǭ Theǭ. Epeidē de en ekeinois proegrapheto ta hēmetera, mallon armottei tois ex ethnōn pepisteukosin hē hymnǭdia; hoi para pollōn kai archontōn kai archomenōn, dēmōn kai dēmagōgōn, kai basileōn kai stratēgōn, diōchthentes, kai streblōthentes, kai aikisthentes, kai myria thanatou hypomeinantes eidē, kreittous tōn polemountōn edeichthēsan. Kai toutois mentoi kakeinois hē tou pneumatos charis tēn tēs hymnǭdias didaskalian protetheiken. « Exomologeisthe tǭ Kyriǭ, hoti agathos, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Hymnēsate ton agathon, kai tōn agathōn ton chorēgon. Diarkē gar echei ton eleon, kai touton aei chorēgei tois deomenois.
Alleluia. This too is a hymn offered to God by those who have enjoyed salvation. For the Jews after their return, when all their neighbors had gathered together at once, envying them their former prosperity, and had also assembled other barbarian nations, and these had then been consumed by blows sent from God according to the prophecy of Joel, Ezekiel, Micah, and Zechariah, offer this hymn of thanksgiving to God. But since our affairs were written beforehand in theirs, the hymn fits more those from the nations who have believed: persecuted, racked, and tortured by many rulers and subjects, peoples and demagogues, kings and generals, and enduring countless forms of death, they were shown stronger than those who made war on them. The grace of the Spirit has set out this teaching of hymnody for both. "Confess the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is for ever." "Hymn the good one, the giver of good things; for he has lasting mercy and always supplies it to those in need."
Ps 118:1 (117:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Joel 3:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ezek 38:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Mic 4:11 (allusion, medium confidence) · Zech 14:2 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:1: the hymn of the returned Jews after their enemies were destroyed fits still better the Gentile Christians who triumphed over persecution.
- Theodoret refers to the attack of the nations on restored Jerusalem foretold in Joel 3, Ezek 38–39, Mic 4:11–13, and Zech 12 and 14.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (iota subscript (OCR)): ὑμνωδίας → ὑμνῳδίας.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.1 (PG 80 80:1809; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-1). (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.
117.2PG 80 80:1809
« Εἰπάτω δὲ οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Εἰπάτω δὲ οἶκος ᾿Ααρών, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Τούτων κατὰ διαίρεσιν μνημονεύσας, τῶν ἐξ ἐθνῶν πεπιστευκότων κοινὴν ποιεῖται τὴν μνήμην.
« Eipatō de oikos Israēl, hoti agathos, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. Eipatō de oikos ᾿Aarōn, hoti agathos, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Toutōn kata diairesin mnēmoneusas, tōn ex ethnōn pepisteukotōn koinēn poieitai tēn mnēmēn.
"Let the house of Israel say that he is good, that his mercy is for ever. Let the house of Aaron say that he is good, that his mercy is for ever." Having mentioned these separately, he makes a common mention of those from the nations who have believed.
Ps 118:2 (117:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 118:3 (117:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:2–3: Israel and the priests are called separately to praise God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): Εἰπάτω δὲ σε οἶκος → Εἰπάτω δὲ οἶκος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.2 (PG 80 80:1809; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-2). (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.
117.4PG 80 80:1809
« Εἰπάτωσαν δὴ πάντες οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. • ῞Απαντες, φησὶ, τοῦ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν ὑμνήσατε, καὶ οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ τὸ γένος κατάγοντες, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν αὐχοῦντες εὐσέβειαν, καὶ οἱ ἐν αὐτοῖς τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἠξιωμένοι, καὶ οἱ ἐκ διαφόρων μὲν ὄντες ἐθνῶν, τῆς δὲ τῶν προγόνων ἀσεβείας ἀπαλλαγέντες. Εἷς γὰρ ὁ πάντων Θεὸς, καὶ διαφόρους πᾶσιν εὐεργεσίας προσφέρει τε, καὶ τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν ὀρέγει τὸν ἔλεον. Εἶτα σαφέστερον τοῦ Θεοῦ διδάσκει τὴν πρόνοιαν.
« Eipatōsan dē pantes hoi phoboumenoi ton Kyrion, hoti agathos, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. • ῾Apantes, phēsi, tou Theou philanthrōpian hymnēsate, kai hoi ex Israēl to genos katagontes, kai tēn progonikēn auchountes eusebeian, kai hoi en autois tēs hierōsynēs ēxiōmenoi, kai hoi ek diaphorōn men ontes ethnōn, tēs de tōn progonōn asebeias apallagentes. Heis gar ho pantōn Theos, kai diaphorous pasin euergesias prospherei te, kai tois aitousin oregei ton eleon. Eita saphesteron tou Theou didaskei tēn pronoian.
"Let all who fear the Lord say that he is good, that his mercy is for ever." "All of you," he says, "hymn God's love for humankind: those who trace their race from Israel and boast of their ancestral piety, those among them counted worthy of the priesthood, and those who are from various nations but have been freed from the impiety of their forefathers. For the God of all is one, and he offers various benefits to all and holds out mercy to those who ask." Then he teaches God's providence more clearly.
Ps 118:4 (117:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:4: Israelites, priests, and Gentile converts alike are called to praise the one God of all.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray letters and split word (OCR)): ὅτι το εἰς → ὅτι εἰς; καὶ τι δια φόρους → καὶ διαφόρους.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.4 (PG 80 80:1809; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-4). (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.
117.5PG 80 80:1811
« Ἐκ θλίψεως ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐπήκουσέ μου εἰς πλατυσμόν. » Οὐ γὰρ ἐκώλυσε τὴν τῶν κακῶν προσβολήν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔδειξε τοὺς κινδύνους, καὶ παραυτίκα τούτους ἐσκέδασε. Τοῦτο καὶ ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ, Ἐν θλίψει ἐπλάτυνάς μοι, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Μείζονά μοι τῆς ὀδύνης παραψυχὴν προσενήνοχας.
« Ek thlipseōs epekalesamēn ton Kyrion, kai epēkouse mou eis platysmon. » Ou gar ekōlyse tēn tōn kakōn prosbolēn, all᾽ edeixe tous kindynous, kai parautika toutous eskedase. Touto kai en tǭ tetartǭ ephē psalmǭ, En thlipsei eplatynas moi, anti tou, Meizona moi tēs odynēs parapsychēn prosenēnochas.
"Out of affliction I called on the Lord, and he heard me into a broad place." For he did not prevent the attack of evils, but showed the dangers and at once scattered them. He said this in the fourth psalm too: "In affliction you gave me room," that is, "you brought me consolation greater than my pain."
Ps 118:5 (117:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 4:1 (4:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:5: God allowed the dangers but quickly relieved them, as Psalm 4 also says.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): παραψυχήν προσενήνοχας → παραψυχὴν προσενήνοχας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.5 (PG 80 80:1811; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.6PG 80 80:1811
« Κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθὸς, καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος. Κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθὸς, κἀγὼ ἐπόψομαι τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου.» Τὸν γὰρ τῶν ὅλων Δεσπότην ἐπίκουρον ἔχων, οὐ δέδια τῶν πολεμίων τὰς προσβολάς. Ἐλπίζω γὰρ, τῆς παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ῥοπῆς ἀπολαύων, τὸν ὅλεθρον τούτων ἰδεῖν ὅτι τάχιστα. Εἶτα τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς λογισμοῖς βεβαιοῖ τὴν γνώμην τὴν εὐσεβῆ.
« Kyrios emoi boēthos, kai ou phobēthēsomai ti poiēsei moi anthrōpos. Kyrios emoi boēthos, kagō epopsomai tous echthrous mou.» Ton gar tōn holōn Despotēn epikouron echōn, ou dedia tōn polemiōn tas prosbolas. Elpizō gar, tēs par᾿ autou rhopēs apolauōn, ton holethron toutōn idein hoti tachista. Eita tois agathois logismois bebaioi tēn gnōmēn tēn eusebē.
"The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man will do to me. The Lord is my helper, and I will look upon my enemies." "Having the Master of all as my helper, I do not fear the attacks of the enemy. For I hope, enjoying his help, to see their destruction very soon." Then he confirms his pious resolve with good reasonings.
Ps 118:6 (117:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 118:7 (117:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:6–7: with God as helper, the psalmist fears no enemy.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.6 (PG 80 80:1811; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.8PG 80 80:1811
« ᾿Αγαθὸν πεποιθέναι ἐπὶ Κύριον, ἢ πεποιθέναι ἐπ᾿ ἄνθρωπον. ᾿Αγαθὸν ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ Κύριον, ἢ ἐλπίζειν ἐπ᾿ ἄρχουσι. » Ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀγαθὸς, καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, καὶ βουλόμενος ἀγαθὰ, καὶ δρᾶν δυνάμενος ὅπερ βούλεται, καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχων ἀνώλεθρον. Οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ φύσει φθαρτοὶ, καὶ γνώμῃ τρεπτοὶ, καὶ πολλάκις μὲν οὐ βούλονται τὰ ἀγαθά · ἔστι δὲ ὅτε καὶ βουλόμενοι τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἐπαμύνειν οὐ δύνανται· κἂν ἄρχουσι δὲ, πρὸς καιρὸν ἔχουσι τὴν ἀρχήν· καὶ ἡ βασιλεία δὲ παρ᾿ ἀνθρώποις ἐπίκηρος, καὶ πρὸς ὀλίγον χρόνον ἄρχουσα. "Αμεινον τοίνυν καταλιπεῖν μὲν τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπικουρίαν, τὴν δὲ θείαν αἰτῆσαι βοήθειαν.
« ᾿Agathon pepoithenai epi Kyrion, ē pepoithenai ep᾿ anthrōpon. ᾿Agathon elpizein epi Kyrion, ē elpizein ep᾿ archousi. » Ho men gar agathos, kai philanthrōpos, kai boulomenos agatha, kai dran dynamenos hoper bouletai, kai tēn exousian echōn anōlethron. Hoi de anthrōpoi, kai physei phthartoi, kai gnōmę̄ treptoi, kai pollakis men ou boulontai ta agatha ; esti de hote kai boulomenoi tois adikoumenois epamynein ou dynantai; kan archousi de, pros kairon echousi tēn archēn; kai hē basileia de par᾿ anthrōpois epikēros, kai pros oligon chronon archousa. "Ameinon toinyn katalipein men tēn tōn anthrōpōn epikourian, tēn de theian aitēsai boētheian.
"It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to hope in the Lord than to hope in rulers." For he is good and loves humankind, wills good things, can do whatever he wills, and has indestructible authority. But human beings are corruptible by nature and changeable in will; often they do not want good things, and sometimes, even when they want to help the wronged, they cannot; even if they rule, they hold their rule for a time; and kingship among human beings is perishable and rules for a short time. It is better, then, to leave human help and ask for the divine.
Ps 118:8 (117:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 118:9 (117:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:8–9: God is good and able, while humans and rulers are changeable, weak, and short-lived, so God's help is to be preferred.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (doubled stop (OCR); stray letter and split word (OCR); stray mark and split word (OCR)): ἀνα θρώποις → ἀνθρώποις; ἄρ& χουσα → ἄρχουσα; βοήθειαν.. → βοήθειαν..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.8 (PG 80 80:1811; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.10PG 80 80:1811
« Πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐκύκλωσάν με, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἡμυνάμην αὐτούς. » Ἡ μὲν Ἐκκλησία τὰς ἁπάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐδέξατο προσβολὰς, ἡ δὲ Ἱερουσαλήμ, οὐ πάντων, ἀλλ᾽ ἐνίων· ἐπ᾿ ἐκείνων τοίνυν ὑπερβολικῶς ὁ λόγος προσφέρεται, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἀληθῶς. Οἱ γὰρ ἐν ἑκάστῳ ἔθνει πεπιστευκότες τοὺς παρὰ τῶν ἀπίστων θορύβους καὶ κινδύνους ὑπέμενον· ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως, καὶ αὐτοὶ, κἀκεῖνοι, τῷ Θεῷ τεθαῤῥηκότες τοὺς ἀντιπάλους ἐνίκησαν.
« Panta ta ethnē ekyklōsan me, kai tǭ onomati Kyriou hēmynamēn autous. » Hē men Ekklēsia tas hapantōn tōn ethnōn edexato prosbolas, hē de Hierousalēm, ou pantōn, all᾽ eniōn; ep᾿ ekeinōn toinyn hyperbolikōs ho logos prospheretai, epi de tēs Ekklēsias alēthōs. Hoi gar en hekastǭ ethnei pepisteukotes tous para tōn apistōn thorybous kai kindynous hypemenon; all᾿ homōs, kai autoi, kakeinoi, tǭ Theǭ tetharrhēkotes tous antipalous enikēsan.
"All the nations surrounded me, and in the name of the Lord I drove them off." The Church received the attacks of all the nations, Jerusalem not of all but of some; so with them the word is used hyperbolically, but with the Church truly. For those who believed in each nation endured the tumults and dangers from unbelievers. Yet both, trusting in God, conquered their adversaries.
Ps 118:10 (117:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:10: 'all the nations' is an exaggeration for Jerusalem's enemies but literally true of the Church persecuted in every nation; both conquered by trusting God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): ὀνό ματι → ὀνόματι; ἀπίστων δε θορύβους → ἀπίστων θορύβους; κάκεῖνοι → κἀκεῖνοι.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.10 (PG 80 80:1811; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.11PG 80 80:1811
« Κυκλώσαντες ἐκύκλωσάν με, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἡμυνάμην αὐτούς. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἐκύκλωσάν με, καὶ πάλιν περιεκύκλωσάν με, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Ἐπαλλήλοις ἐχρήσαντο προσβολαῖς, καὶ πολιορκίαις παντοδαπαῖς· ἐγὼ δὲ τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπικλήσει φραξάμενος, τὴν ἐκείνων ἐσκέδασα φάλαγγα.
« Kyklōsantes ekyklōsan me, kai tǭ onomati Kyriou hēmynamēn autous. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Ekyklōsan me, kai palin periekyklōsan me, anti tou, Epallēlois echrēsanto prosbolais, kai poliorkiais pantodapais; egō de tę̄ tou Theou epiklēsei phraxamenos, tēn ekeinōn eskedasa phalanga.
"Surrounding, they surrounded me, and in the name of the Lord I drove them off." Symmachus has: "They surrounded me, and again encircled me"; that is, "They made successive attacks and sieges of every kind; but I, fortified by calling on God, scattered their battle line."
Ps 118:11 (117:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:11: repeated attacks were repelled by calling on God's name.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray letter (OCR)): Σύμμαχος Ο οὕτως → Σύμμαχος οὕτως; περιεκύκλωσὰν → περιεκύκλωσάν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.11 (PG 80 80:1811; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-11). (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.
117.12PG 80 80:1811
« Ἐκύκλωσάν με ὡσεὶ μέλισσαι κηρίον. » Καθάπερ, φησί, μέλιτται κηρίον εὑροῦσαι τὴν τοῦ μέλιτος ἐκμυζῶσιν ἰκμάδα, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐνοῦσάν μοι γλυκύτητα τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀφελεῖν ἐπειράθησαν. • Καὶ ἐξεκαύθησαν ὡς πῦρ ἐν ἀκάνθαις. » Ἥλπισαν δὲ καὶ μάλα ῥᾳδίως μου περιέσεσθαι, καθάπερ τὸ πῦρ εὐπετῶς δαπανᾷ τὰς ἀκάνθας. « Καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἡμυνάμην αὐτούς. • Ταῦτα δὲ προσδοκήσαντες διήμαρτον τῆς ἐλπίδος, τῇ ἐμῇ νικηθέντες ἐλπίδι· τὸν γὰρ ἐμὸν Δεσπότην πᾶσιν ἐκείνοις ἀντέταξα, καὶ δι᾿ αὐτοῦ τὴν νίκην ἐκομισάμην.
« Ekyklōsan me hōsei melissai kērion. » Kathaper, phēsi, melittai kērion heurousai tēn tou melitos ekmyzōsin ikmada, houtōs houtoi tēn enousan moi glykytēta tēs eusebeias aphelein epeirathēsan. • Kai exekauthēsan hōs pyr en akanthais. » Hēlpisan de kai mala rhądiōs mou periesesthai, kathaper to pyr eupetōs dapaną tas akanthas. « Kai tǭ onomati Kyriou hēmynamēn autous. • Tauta de prosdokēsantes diēmarton tēs elpidos, tę̄ emę̄ nikēthentes elpidi; ton gar emon Despotēn pasin ekeinois antetaxa, kai di᾿ autou tēn nikēn ekomisamēn.
"They surrounded me like bees around a honeycomb." "Just as bees that find a honeycomb suck out the moisture of the honey, so these tried to take away the sweetness of piety within me." "And they blazed up like fire among thorns." "They hoped to overcome me very easily, as fire readily consumes thorns." "And in the name of the Lord I drove them off." "Expecting this, they missed their hope, conquered by my hope; for I set my Master against all of them and through him gained the victory."
Ps 118:12 (117:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:12: the enemies tried to rob the faithful of piety and expected an easy victory, but were defeated by trust in God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR)): κηρίον. Καθάπερ → κηρίον. » Καθάπερ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.12 (PG 80 80:1811; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
117.13PG 80 80:1813
« Ὡσθεὶς ἀνετράπην τοῦ πεσεῖν, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἀντελάβετό μου. » Ταῦτα κἀκείνοις ἁρμόττει, καὶ τούτοις. Κἀκεῖνοι γὰρ ὅλεθρον ἂν ὑπέμειναν παντελῆ, εἰ μὴ τῆς θείας ἀπήλαυσαν χάριτος · καὶ οὗτοι ἂν ἐξέπεσαν εἰς ἀσέβειαν, μὴ τῆς θείας αὐτοὺς ὑπερεισάσης ἀρετῆς.
« Hōstheis anetrapēn tou pesein, kai ho Kyrios antelabeto mou. » Tauta kakeinois harmottei, kai toutois. Kakeinoi gar holethron an hypemeinan pantelē, ei mē tēs theias apēlausan charitos ; kai houtoi an exepesan eis asebeian, mē tēs theias autous hypereisasēs aretēs.
"I was pushed and overturned so as to fall, and the Lord helped me." This fits both those and these. For the former would have suffered utter destruction had they not enjoyed divine grace; and the latter would have fallen into impiety had divine power not supported them.
Ps 118:13 (117:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:13: both the Jews and the Christians would have fallen without God's support.
- The divine 'power' (literally 'virtue', ἀρετή) is rendered by sense.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.13 (PG 80 80:1813; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.14PG 80 80:1813
« Ἰσχύς μου καὶ ὕμνησίς μου ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ἐγένετό μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν. • Αὐτὸν τοίνυν ἔχομεν καὶ δύναμιν, καὶ νίκην, καὶ πηγὴν ὑμνῳδίας. Παρ' αὐτοῦ γὰρ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύσαντες μετ' εὐθυμίας τὸν ὕμνον προσφέρομεν.
« Ischys mou kai hymnēsis mou ho Kyrios, kai egeneto moi eis sōtērian. • Auton toinyn echomen kai dynamin, kai nikēn, kai pēgēn hymnǭdias. Par' autou gar tōn agathōn apolausantes met' euthymias ton hymnon prospheromen.
"The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation." "We have him, then, as our power, our victory, and the spring of our hymnody. For having enjoyed good things from him, we offer the hymn with gladness."
Ps 118:14 (117:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:14: God is the source of strength, victory, and praise.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): ὕμνησις μου → ὕμνησίς μου.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.14 (PG 80 80:1813; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.15PG 80 80:1813
« Φωνὴ ἀγαλλιάσεως καὶ σωτηρίας ἐν σκηναῖς δικαίων. » Μετὰ γὰρ τὴν νίκην, τῶν προτέρων θρήνων ἀπαλλαγέντες, ἐν θυμηδίαις ἦσαν καὶ εὐφημίαις, τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνοῦντες. • Δεξιὰ Κυρίου ἐποίησε δύναμιν. Δεξιὰ Κυρίου ὕψωσέ με. • Δεξιάν, καθὰ πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν, τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐνέργειαν λέγει. Εὖ δὲ ποιοῦντες οὐχ ἑαυτοῖς ἐπιγράφουσι τὴν νίκην, οὐδὲ τῇ οἰκείᾳ προθυμίᾳ καὶ δυνάμει θαῤῥοῦσιν, ἀλλ᾿ ὑπὸ τῆς θείας χάριτος ταύτης τετυχηκέναι βοῶσιν. • Δεξιὰ Κυρίου ἐποίησε δύναμιν. Οὐκ ἀποθανοῦμαι, ἀλλὰ ζήσομαι, καὶ διηγήσομαι τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου. » Τῆς ἄνωθεν τοίνυν ἐπικουρίας ἀπολαύσας, καὶ κρείττων τοῦ θανάτου γενόμενος, τὰς θείας εὐεργεσίας, καὶ τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας διδάξω, καὶ τοὺς εἰδότας ἀναμνήσω, καὶ τῇ μνήμῃ τούτων τὴν περὶ αὐτὸν ἀγάπην πυρσεύσω.
« Phōnē agalliaseōs kai sōtērias en skēnais dikaiōn. » Meta gar tēn nikēn, tōn proterōn thrēnōn apallagentes, en thymēdiais ēsan kai euphēmiais, ton Theon anymnountes. • Dexia Kyriou epoiēse dynamin. Dexia Kyriou hypsōse me. • Dexian, katha pollakis eirēkamen, tēn agathēn energeian legei. Eu de poiountes ouch heautois epigraphousi tēn nikēn, oude tę̄ oikeią prothymią kai dynamei tharrhousin, all᾿ hypo tēs theias charitos tautēs tetychēkenai boōsin. • Dexia Kyriou epoiēse dynamin. Ouk apothanoumai, alla zēsomai, kai diēgēsomai ta erga Kyriou. » Tēs anōthen toinyn epikourias apolausas, kai kreittōn tou thanatou genomenos, tas theias euergesias, kai tous agnoountas didaxō, kai tous eidotas anamnēsō, kai tę̄ mnēmę̄ toutōn tēn peri auton agapēn pyrseusō.
"A voice of exultation and salvation in the tents of the righteous." For after the victory, freed from their former laments, they were in delight and praise, hymning God. "The right hand of the Lord has wrought power; the right hand of the Lord has exalted me." By "right hand," as we have often said, he means God's good action. They do well not to ascribe the victory to themselves or to trust in their own zeal and strength, but cry out that they obtained it from divine grace. "The right hand of the Lord has wrought power. I shall not die but live, and recount the works of the Lord." "Having enjoyed help from above and become stronger than death, I will teach the divine benefits to those who do not know them, remind those who do, and by their memory kindle love for him."
Ps 118:15 (117:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 118:16 (117:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 118:17 (117:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:15–17: the victors credit God's 'right hand,' not their own strength, and vow to make his works known.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; marginal verse number and split word (OCR)): Δεξιών, καθὰ → Δεξιάν, καθὰ; δύναμιν. [ιζʹ] Οὐκ ἀποθα. νοῦμαι → δύναμιν. Οὐκ ἀποθανοῦμαι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.15 (PG 80 80:1813; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.18PG 80 80:1813
« Παιδεύων ἐπαίδευσέ με ὁ Κύριος, καὶ τῷ θανάτῳ οὐ παρέδωκέ με. » Συνεχώρησε γὰρ προσβαλεῖν μοι τὰ λυπηρά, πατρικῶς με παιδεύων· τὸ δὲ στυγνὸν τούτων διέλυσε νέφος, καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖθέν με παντελῶς ἠλευθέρωσε λώβης.
« Paideuōn epaideuse me ho Kyrios, kai tǭ thanatǭ ou paredōke me. » Synechōrēse gar prosbalein moi ta lypēra, patrikōs me paideuōn; to de stygnon toutōn dielyse nephos, kai tēs ekeithen me pantelōs ēleutherōse lōbēs.
"The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he did not hand me over to death." "For he allowed distresses to attack me, disciplining me like a father; but he dispersed their gloomy cloud and freed me entirely from the harm they threatened."
Ps 118:18 (117:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 118:18: God disciplined his people like a father but did not let them perish.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.18 (PG 80 80:1813; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.19PG 80 80:1813
« ᾿Ανοίξατέ μοι πύλας δικαιοσύνης · εἰσελθὼν ἐν αὐταῖς ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ Κυρίῳ. » Πύλας δικαιοσύνης οὐ τὰς τοῦ ναοῦ πύλας καλεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὰς διαφόρους τῆς ἀρετῆς ἰδέας· δι' ἐκείνας γὰρ δυνατὸν ἀξίως ὑμνῆσαι τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεόν. Καὶ τοῦτο σαφέστερον διὰ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων ἐδήλωσεν. Οἷον γάρ τινα ἀπόκρισιν δίδωσι, καί φησιν·
« ᾿Anoixate moi pylas dikaiosynēs ; eiselthōn en autais exomologēsomai tǭ Kyriǭ. » Pylas dikaiosynēs ou tas tou naou pylas kalei, alla tas diaphorous tēs aretēs ideas; di' ekeinas gar dynaton axiōs hymnēsai ton tōn holōn Theon. Kai touto saphesteron dia tōn epipheromenōn edēlōsen. Hoion gar tina apokrisin didōsi, kai phēsin;
"Open to me the gates of righteousness; entering by them I will confess the Lord." By "gates of righteousness" he means not the gates of the temple but the various forms of virtue; for through them it is possible to hymn the God of all worthily. He showed this more clearly by what follows; for he gives a kind of answer and says:
Ps 118:19 (117:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:19: the gates of righteousness are the forms of virtue, through which God is rightly praised.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): δικαιοσύνης θὰ οὐ → δικαιοσύνης οὐ; τινα θ ἀπόκρισιν → τινα ἀπόκρισιν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.19 (PG 80 80:1813; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.20PG 80 80:1813
« Αὕτη ἡ πύλη τοῦ Κυρίου, δίκαιοι εἰσελεύσονται ἐν αὐτῇ. » Οὕτω καὶ τῷ νεανίσκῳ τῷ τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς τὴν ὁδὸν ἡτηκότι μαθεῖν, ὁ Κύριος ἔφη· « Τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας· Οὐ μοιχεύσεις, οὐ κλέψεις, τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου, ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν;» Ταύτῃ τοι καὶ ὁ Δεσπότης ἑαυτὸν ὠνόμασε θύραν, ὡς τῆς ἀρετῆς ποδηγὸν καὶ διδάσκαλον · · Ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι, φησὶν, ἡ θύρα τῶν προβάτων· ἐάν τις δι᾿ ἐμοῦ εἰσέλθῃ, εἰσελεύσεται, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται, καὶ νομὴν εὐρήσει. » Τοῦτο καὶ ἐνταῦθα ὁ προφητικὸς ἔφη λόγος· « Αὕτη ἡ πύλη τοῦ Κυρίου, δίκαιοι εἰσελεύσονται ἐν αὐτῇ.
« Hautē hē pylē tou Kyriou, dikaioi eiseleusontai en autę̄. » Houtō kai tǭ neaniskǭ tǭ tēs aiōniou zōēs tēn hodon hētēkoti mathein, ho Kyrios ephē; « Tas entolas oidas; Ou moicheuseis, ou klepseis, tima ton patera sou kai tēn mētera sou, agapēseis ton plēsion sou hōs seauton?» Tautę̄ toi kai ho Despotēs heauton ōnomase thyran, hōs tēs aretēs podēgon kai didaskalon ; ; Egō gar eimi, phēsin, hē thyra tōn probatōn; ean tis di᾿ emou eiselthę̄, eiseleusetai, kai exeleusetai, kai nomēn eurēsei. » Touto kai entautha ho prophētikos ephē logos; « Hautē hē pylē tou Kyriou, dikaioi eiseleusontai en autę̄.
"This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous will enter by it." So too the Lord said to the young man who asked to learn the way of eternal life: "You know the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal; honor your father and your mother; you shall love your neighbor as yourself." For this reason too the Master named himself a door, as guide and teacher of virtue: "I am the door of the sheep," he says; "if anyone enters by me, he will go in and go out and find pasture." The prophetic word said this here too: "This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous will enter by it."
Ps 118:20 (117:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 19:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 19:19 (quotation, high confidence) · John 10:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 118:20: the gate is virtue and the commandments, and Christ, who called himself the door.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated letters (OCR); split word (OCR)): μητέρα έρα σου → μητέρα σου; λό γος → λόγος; εἰσελεύ σονται → εἰσελεύσονται.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.20 (PG 80 80:1813; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.21PG 80 80:1815
· Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, ὅτι ἐπήκουσάς μου, καὶ ἐγένου μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν. • Ὑμνῶ σε τοιγαροῦν δεξάμενόν μου τὴν δέησιν, καὶ δεδωκότα τὴν σωτηρίαν.
; Exomologēsomai soi, hoti epēkousas mou, kai egenou moi eis sōtērian. • Hymnō se toigaroun dexamenon mou tēn deēsin, kai dedōkota tēn sōtērian.
"I will confess you, for you heard me and became my salvation." "I hymn you, then, who accepted my petition and gave salvation."
Ps 118:21 (117:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 118:21: thanks to God who heard and saved.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.21 (PG 80 80:1815; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.22PG 80 80:1815
« Λίθον, ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας. » Τοῦτο, κἂν μυριάκις ἀναισχυντῶσιν Ἰουδαῖοι, ἄλλῳ προσαρμόσαι οὐ δύνανται. Εἰ γὰρ τῶν διαιρεθεισῶν πάλαι φυλῶν ἡγεμόνευσε Ζοροβάβελ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον διήρκεσεν. Ὁ δὲ Δεσπότης Χριστὸς τοὺς δύο τοίχους, τοὺς ἀπ᾿ ἀλλήλων ἐστῶτας ἐκ διαμέτρου, τοὺς ἐξ Ἰουδαίων φημὶ, καὶ τοὺς ἐξ ἐθνῶν πεπιστευκότας, τοὺς μὲν δυσσεβείᾳ δουλεύοντας, τοὺς δὲ τοῦ νόμου τὸν ζυγὸν ἕλκοντας, καὶ εἰς ἓν συναγαγὼν τὰ διεστῶτα συνέζευξε, καὶ μίαν ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων συνήρμοσεν Ἐκκλησίαν, γωνίαν τινὰ μιμησάμενος δύο τοίχους συνδέουσαν, καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους συνάπτουσαν. Τοῦτον μέντοι τὸν λίθον οἰκοδόμοι πάλαι ὄντες, Φαρισαῖοί τε καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι, ἱερεῖς τε καὶ Γραμματεῖς, ἀπεδοκίμασαν, καὶ ἐσταύρωσαν· ἀλλ' « Ἐγένετο εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας, » ἢ, κατὰ τὸν Σύμμαχον, ἀκρογωνιαῖος. Περὶ τούτου δὲ τοῦ λίθου καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου προεθέσπισεν ὁ Θεός· « Ἰδοὺ τίθημι ἐν Σιὼν λίθον πολυτελῆ, ἐκλεκτὸν, ἀκρογωνιαῖον, ἔντιμον εἰς τὰ θεμέλια αὐτῆς, καὶ πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ. « Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Παῦλος· · Ἐποικοδομηθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωνιαίου αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. » Τοῦτον εἶδε τὸν λίθον καὶ ὁ μακάριος Δανιὴλ τμηθέντα ἄνευ χειρῶν, τὸν ἀκοινώνητον τῆς Παρθένου διδασκόμενος τόκον. Τοῦτον εἶδε τὴν εἰκόνα συντρίψαντα, τουτέστι τοῦ βίου τὴν ματαιότητα, καὶ ὄρος μέγα γενόμενον, καὶ τὴν οἰκουμένην καλύψαντα.
« Lithon, hon apedokimasan hoi oikodomountes, houtos egenēthē eis kephalēn gōnias. » Touto, kan myriakis anaischyntōsin Ioudaioi, allǭ prosarmosai ou dynantai. Ei gar tōn diairetheisōn palai phylōn hēgemoneuse Zorobabel, all᾽ ouk epi pleiston diērkesen. Ho de Despotēs Christos tous dyo toichous, tous ap᾿ allēlōn estōtas ek diametrou, tous ex Ioudaiōn phēmi, kai tous ex ethnōn pepisteukotas, tous men dyssebeią douleuontas, tous de tou nomou ton zygon helkontas, kai eis hen synagagōn ta diestōta synezeuxe, kai mian ex amphoterōn synērmosen Ekklēsian, gōnian tina mimēsamenos dyo toichous syndeousan, kai pros allēlous synaptousan. Touton mentoi ton lithon oikodomoi palai ontes, Pharisaioi te kai Saddoukaioi, hiereis te kai Grammateis, apedokimasan, kai estaurōsan; all' « Egeneto eis kephalēn gōnias, » ē, kata ton Symmachon, akrogōniaios. Peri toutou de tou lithou kai dia Hēsaïou tou prophētou proethespisen ho Theos; « Idou tithēmi en Siōn lithon polytelē, eklekton, akrogōniaion, entimon eis ta themelia autēs, kai pas ho pisteuōn ep᾿ autǭ ou mē kataischynthę̄. « Touto kai ho makarios ephē Paulos; ; Epoikodomēthentes epi tǭ themeliǭ tōn apostolōn kai prophētōn, ontos akrogōniaiou autou Iēsou Christou. » Touton eide ton lithon kai ho makarios Daniēl tmēthenta aneu cheirōn, ton akoinōnēton tēs Parthenou didaskomenos tokon. Touton eide tēn eikona syntripsanta, toutesti tou biou tēn mataiotēta, kai oros mega genomenon, kai tēn oikoumenēn kalypsanta.
"The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner." However shamelessly the Jews may behave, they cannot apply this to anyone else. For even if Zerubbabel led the tribes that had once been divided, he did not last very long. But Christ the Master brought together the two walls standing diametrically apart from each other (I mean those who believed from the Jews and from the nations, the one enslaved to ungodliness, the other dragging the yoke of the law), joined what stood apart into one, and fitted together one Church from both, imitating a corner that binds two walls and joins them to each other. This stone the builders of old, the Pharisees and Sadducees, priests and scribes, rejected and crucified; but it "became the head of the corner," or, according to Symmachus, "a cornerstone." Of this stone God also prophesied through the prophet Isaiah: "Behold, I lay in Zion a costly stone, chosen, a cornerstone, precious, for its foundations; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." The blessed Paul said this too: "Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the cornerstone." The blessed Daniel too saw this stone cut without hands, being taught the birth from the Virgin without intercourse. He saw it crush the image, that is, the vanity of life, and become a great mountain and cover the world.
Ps 118:22 (117:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 2:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 21:42 (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 28:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 2:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 2:34 (allusion, high confidence) · Dan 2:35 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 118:22: the rejected stone is Christ, who joined Jewish and Gentile believers into one Church as a cornerstone joins two walls; Isaiah, Paul, and Daniel's stone cut without hands point to him.
- Theodoret's opening remark against Jewish interpretation is polemical; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): προσαρμό σαι → προσαρμόσαι; ὄντες, ( Φαρισαῖοί → ὄντες, Φαρισαῖοί; εἰς· κεφαλὴν → εἰς κεφαλὴν; ἐπὶ ' τῷ θεμελίῳ → ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ; τουτ ἐστι → τουτέστι.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.22 (PG 80 80:1815; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.23PG 80 80:1815
« Παρὰ Κυρίου ἐγένετο αὕτη, καὶ ἔστι θαυμαστὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν. » Ταύτης δὲ τῆς χάριτος χορηγὸς ὁ Θεὸς, ἡμεῖς δὲ τὴν ἄῤῥητον αὐτοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν θαυμάζομεν.
« Para Kyriou egeneto hautē, kai esti thaumastē en ophthalmois hēmōn. » Tautēs de tēs charitos chorēgos ho Theos, hēmeis de tēn arrhēton autou philanthrōpian thaumazomen.
"This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes." God is the giver of this grace, and we marvel at his ineffable love for humankind.
Ps 118:23 (117:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:23: God is the author of this grace.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): θαυ μαστὴ → θαυμαστὴ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.23 (PG 80 80:1815; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.24PG 80 80:1815
« Αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα ἣν ἐποιήσεν ὁ Κύριος · ἀγαλλιασώμεθα καὶ εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ. » Ἡμέραν ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ πεποιημένην καλεῖ, καθ' ἣν ὁ λίθος οὗτος ἀνέστη μετὰ τὸ πάθος. Εὐθὺς γὰρ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν, τοῖς ἱεροῖς ἐκέλευσεν ἀποστόλοις, πορευθῆναι καὶ μαθητεῦσαι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. Διαφερόντως δὲ ταύτην ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγενῆσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν ἔφη. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τὸ φῶς ἐν αὐτῇ πεποίηκεν ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ τὴν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἀνάστασιν δεξαμένη, τοῦ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἡλίου τὰς ἀκτῖνας εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην κατέπεμψε. Καὶ τὸ φῶς δὲ δημιουργήσας, φῶς τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκάλεσεν, ἄλλο δὲ οὐδὲν κατ᾿ ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν πεποίηκεν. Αὕτη τοίνυν ἡ ἡμέρα μόνη, κατὰ τὴν πρώτην ἡμέραν, τὴν δημιουργίαν ἐδέξατο τοῦ φωτός. Ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῇ δευτέρᾳ πεποίηκε τὸ στερέωμα, ἐν δὲ τῇ τρίτῃ τὰ φυτὰ καὶ τὰ σπέρματα, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἄλλαις ὁμοίως τὰ ἄλλα · ἐν δὲ τῇ πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τὸ φῶς· ἐκάλεσε δὲ τὸ φῶς ἡμέραν. Εἰκότως τοίνυν ἔφη, « Αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα, ἣν ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος, ἀγαλλιασώμεθα, καὶ εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ, » ἅτε δὴ ἐν αὐτῇ τῶν ἀγαθῶν δεξάμενοι τὰς πηγάς.
« Hautē hē hēmera hēn epoiēsen ho Kyrios ; agalliasōmetha kai euphranthōmen en autę̄. » Hēmeran hypo tou Theou pepoiēmenēn kalei, kath' hēn ho lithos houtos anestē meta to pathos. Euthys gar meta tēn anastasin, tois hierois ekeleusen apostolois, poreuthēnai kai mathēteusai panta ta ethnē. Diapherontōs de tautēn hypo tou Theou gegenēsthai tēn hēmeran ephē. Epeidē gar ex archēs to phōs en autę̄ pepoiēken ho Theos, kai tēn tou Sōtēros hēmōn anastasin dexamenē, tou tēs dikaiosynēs hēliou tas aktinas eis pasan tēn oikoumenēn katepempse. Kai to phōs de dēmiourgēsas, phōs tēn hēmeran ekalesen, allo de ouden kat᾿ ekeinēn tēn hēmeran pepoiēken. Hautē toinyn hē hēmera monē, kata tēn prōtēn hēmeran, tēn dēmiourgian edexato tou phōtos. En men gar tę̄ deuterą pepoiēke to stereōma, en de tę̄ tritę̄ ta phyta kai ta spermata, kai en tais allais homoiōs ta alla ; en de tę̄ prōtę̄ hēmerą to phōs; ekalese de to phōs hēmeran. Eikotōs toinyn ephē, « Hautē hē hēmera, hēn epoiēsen ho Kyrios, agalliasōmetha, kai euphranthōmen en autę̄, » hate dē en autę̄ tōn agathōn dexamenoi tas pēgas.
"This is the day which the Lord has made; let us exult and be glad in it." He calls "the day made by God" the day on which this stone rose after the passion. For immediately after the resurrection he commanded the holy apostles to go and make disciples of all the nations. He said that this day was made by God in a special way. For since on it God made the light in the beginning, it also received the resurrection of our Savior and sent the rays of the sun of righteousness over the whole world. And having created the light, he called the light "day," and made nothing else on that day. This day alone, then, the first day, received the creation of the light. On the second he made the firmament, on the third the plants and seeds, and on the others likewise the other things; but on the first day the light, and he called the light day. Rightly, then, he said, "This is the day which the Lord has made; let us exult and be glad in it," since on it we received the springs of good things.
Ps 118:24 (117:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 28:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 1:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Mal 4:2 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:24: the day the Lord made is the day of the resurrection, the first day of the week, on which God also created light.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; iota subscript (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): ὁ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τὸ φῶς → ἐξ ἀρχῆς τὸ φῶς; ἐδέξατὸ → ἐδέξατο; δευτέρᾳ ὁ πεποίηκε → δευτέρᾳ πεποίηκε; φυτά καὶ → φυτὰ καὶ; πρώτῃ ἡμέρα τὸ φῶς → πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τὸ φῶς; τοίνυν ὁ ἔφη → τοίνυν ἔφη.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.24 (PG 80 80:1815; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-24). (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.
117.25PG 80 80:1817
« Ὦ Κύριε, σῶσον δὴ, ὦ Κύριε, εὐόδωσον δή. » Καὶ εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον, ὦ Δέσποτα, παράσχου τὴν σωτηρίαν, καὶ τὴν πρὸς σὲ φέρουσαν ἡμῖν ὁδὸν ποίησον ῥᾳδίαν καὶ εὔπορον.
« Ō Kyrie, sōson dē, ō Kyrie, euodōson dē. » Kai eis ton epeita chronon, ō Despota, paraschou tēn sōtērian, kai tēn pros se pherousan hēmin hodon poiēson rhądian kai euporon.
"O Lord, save now; O Lord, prosper now." "For the time to come too, Master, grant salvation and make the road leading to you easy and passable for us."
Ps 118:25 (117:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:25: a prayer for continued salvation and an easy way to God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR)): εὐόδωσον δή. Καὶ εἰς → εὐόδωσον δή. » Καὶ εἰς.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.25 (PG 80 80:1817; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.26PG 80 80:1817
« Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου. » Ταύτην τῷ Δεσπότῃ τὴν φωνὴν καὶ οἱ παῖδες προσήνεγκαν εἰς ἔλεγχον τῶν τὰ θεῖα λόγια διδάσκειν ὑπισχνουμένων, καὶ τὴν ἀληθῆ διάνοιαν συνιδεῖν οὐ βουλομένων. Τῶν γὰρ γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων Σαμαρείτην τὸν Δεσπότην ἀποκαλούντων, οἱ παῖδες αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν ἐρχόμενον καὶ εὐλογημένον ἀπεκάλουν, καὶ τὸ Ὡσαννὰ δὲ ὁμοίως ἐν τῇδε κεῖται τῇ προφητείᾳ · τὸ γὰρ σῶσον δὴ Ωσαννά παρὰ τῷ Ἑβραίῳ κείμενον εὕρομεν. Ἐντεῦθεν δὲ καὶ ὁ μακάριος Ἰωάννης ὁ Βαπτιστὴς τοὺς οἰκείους πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ποδηγῶν μαθητὰς, ἤρετο δι' ἐκείνων τὸν Κύριον· « Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ἢ ἕτερον προσδοκῶμεν ;» Κύριος δὲ ὧν, ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἐλήλυθεν. Οὕτως δὲ ἔφη πρὸς Ἰουδαίους· « Ἐγὼ ἐλήλυθα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Πατρός μου καὶ οὐκ ἐλάβετέ με· ἔρχεται ἄλλος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ ὀνόματι, κἀκεῖνον λήψεσθε. » Καὶ εὐλογημένος ὢν, εὐλογημένου ἐστὶν υἱός. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς ἤρετο· « Σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ εὐλογητοῦ; » « Εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐξ οἴκου Κυρίου. • Ταῦτα λέγουσιν οἱ νενικηκότες τοῖς ἑαυτῶν ἐρασταῖς, ὅτι τοῦ λίθου τούτου τὴν εὐλογίαν ὑμῖν προσφέρομεν, ὃς οἶκος ἐγένετο τοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ Θεοῦ Λόγου · · Ὁ γὰρ Λόγος, φησὶ, σάρξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν. » Καὶ ὁ Κύριος πρὸς Ἰουδαίους ἔφη · · Λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον, καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν. »
« Eulogēmenos ho erchomenos en onomati Kyriou. » Tautēn tǭ Despotę̄ tēn phōnēn kai hoi paides prosēnenkan eis elenchon tōn ta theia logia didaskein hypischnoumenōn, kai tēn alēthē dianoian synidein ou boulomenōn. Tōn gar grammateōn kai Pharisaiōn Samareitēn ton Despotēn apokalountōn, hoi paides auton einai ton erchomenon kai eulogēmenon apekaloun, kai to Hōsanna de homoiōs en tę̄de keitai tę̄ prophēteią ; to gar sōson dē Ōsanna para tǭ Hebraiǭ keimenon heuromen. Enteuthen de kai ho makarios Iōannēs ho Baptistēs tous oikeious pros tēn alētheian podēgōn mathētas, ēreto di' ekeinōn ton Kyrion; « Sy ei ho erchomenos, ē heteron prosdokōmen ?» Kyrios de hōn, en onomati Kyriou elēlythen. Houtōs de ephē pros Ioudaious; « Egō elēlytha en tǭ onomati tou Patros mou kai ouk elabete me; erchetai allos en tǭ idiǭ onomati, kakeinon lēpsesthe. » Kai eulogēmenos ōn, eulogēmenou estin huios. Houtō kai ho archiereus ēreto; « Sy ei ho huios tou eulogētou? » « Eulogēkamen hymas ex oikou Kyriou. • Tauta legousin hoi nenikēkotes tois heautōn erastais, hoti tou lithou toutou tēn eulogian hymin prospheromen, hos oikos egeneto tou en autǭ Theou Logou ; ; Ho gar Logos, phēsi, sarx egeneto, kai eskēnōsen en hēmin. » Kai ho Kyrios pros Ioudaious ephē ; ; Lysate ton naon touton, kai en trisin hēmerais egerō auton. »
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." The children too offered this cry to the Master, to the confutation of those who promised to teach the divine oracles but would not perceive their true sense. For while the scribes and Pharisees called the Master a Samaritan, the children called him the one who comes and blessed. Likewise "Hosanna" is found in this prophecy; for we found "Hosanna" in the Hebrew where "save now" stands. From here too the blessed John the Baptist, leading his own disciples to the truth, asked the Lord through them: "Are you the one who comes, or do we look for another?" Being Lord, he came in the name of the Lord. So he said to the Jews: "I have come in the name of my Father, and you did not receive me; another comes in his own name, and him you will receive." And being blessed, he is son of the Blessed One. So too the high priest asked: "Are you the son of the Blessed?" "We have blessed you from the house of the Lord." The victors say this to those who love them: "We bring you the blessing of this stone, which became the house of God the Word within it." "For the Word," it says, "became flesh and dwelt among us." And the Lord said to the Jews: "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
Ps 118:26 (117:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 21:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 21:15 (allusion, high confidence) · John 8:48 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 11:3 (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:43 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 14:61 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence) · John 2:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:26: the children's acclamation and 'Hosanna' fulfill this verse; Christ came in the Father's name; the 'house of the Lord' is his humanity, the temple of God the Word.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): Ταύτην' τῷ → Ταύτην τῷ; ἐρχόμενον · καὶ εὐλογημένον ἀπεκάλουν ", → ἐρχόμενον καὶ εὐλογημένον ἀπεκάλουν,; ἤ ἕτερον → ἢ ἕτερον; ἐλάβετέ μεζ· → ἐλάβετέ με·; εὐλογητοῦ; » - « Εὐλογήκαμεν → εὐλογητοῦ; » « Εὐλογήκαμεν; Κυ ρίου → Κυρίου; Ἰουδαίους η ἔφη → Ἰουδαίους ἔφη.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.26 (PG 80 80:1817; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-26). (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.
117.27PG 80 80:1817
« Θεὸς Κύριος, καὶ ἐπέφανεν ἡμῖν. » Σαφῶς ἐθεολόγησεν ἐνταῦθα τὸν Δεσπότην Χριστόν. Ὃν γὰρ ἐκάλεσεν ἄνω λίθον, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εὐλογημένον, καὶ ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἐρχόμενον, αὐτὸν ὡνόμασε καὶ Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν, τὴν οἰκείαν ποιησάμενον ἐπιφάνειαν, καὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν τοῖς πιστεύσασι δωρησάμενον. « Συστήσασθε ἑορτὴν ἐν τοῖς πυκάζουσιν, ἕως τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου. » Συναθροίσθητε τοίνυν ἅπαντες, καὶ πανήγυριν μεγίστην ἐπιτελέσατε, τὴν οἰκείαν ἑορτάζοντες σωτηρίαν, ὡς μέχρις αὐτοῦ φθάσαι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τὸ πλῆθος στενοχωρούμενον. Τὸ γὰρ, ἐν τοῖς πυκάζουσιν, ἀντὶ τοῦ, πεπυκνωμένοι, καὶ τῷ πλήθει στενοχωρούμενοι τέθεικεν. Τὸ γὰρ πεπυκασμένον, πεπυκνωμένον καὶ οἱ ἔξω τοῦ καθ' ἡμᾶς λόγου καλοῦσιν.
« Theos Kyrios, kai epephanen hēmin. » Saphōs etheologēsen entautha ton Despotēn Christon. Hon gar ekalesen anō lithon, kai meta tauta eulogēmenon, kai en onomati Kyriou erchomenon, auton hōnomase kai Kyrion kai Theon, tēn oikeian poiēsamenon epiphaneian, kai tēn sōtērian tois pisteusasi dōrēsamenon. « Systēsasthe heortēn en tois pykazousin, heōs tōn keratōn tou thysiastēriou. » Synathroisthēte toinyn hapantes, kai panēgyrin megistēn epitelesate, tēn oikeian heortazontes sōtērian, hōs mechris autou phthasai tou thysiastēriou to plēthos stenochōroumenon. To gar, en tois pykazousin, anti tou, pepyknōmenoi, kai tǭ plēthei stenochōroumenoi tetheiken. To gar pepykasmenon, pepyknōmenon kai hoi exō tou kath' hēmas logou kalousin.
"God is the Lord, and he has appeared to us." Here he clearly spoke of Christ the Master as God. For the one he called above a stone, and after that blessed and coming in the name of the Lord, he named both Lord and God, who made his own appearing and gave salvation to those who believed. "Keep the feast with thick branches, up to the horns of the altar." "Gather together, then, all of you, and celebrate a very great festival, celebrating your own salvation, so that the crowd, pressed close together, reaches right up to the altar." He put "with thick branches" for "thronged" and "pressed by the multitude." For those outside our faith too call what is thick-grown "thronged."
Ps 118:27 (117:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:27: Christ is called God and Lord; the crowded festival celebrates salvation.
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Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line displaced by the OCR from the comment on verse 28 (117.28); split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): σωτη ρίαν → σωτηρίαν; πλῆθος · στενοχωρούμενον → πλῆθος στενοχωρούμενον; καλοῦσιν. οἶδα Δεσπότην, σὲ τὸν εὐεργέτην διὰ βίου ὑμνήσω. → καλοῦσιν..
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.27 (PG 80 80:1817; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-27). (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.
117.28PG 80 80:1819
« Θεός μου εἶ σὺ, καὶ ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι Θεός μου εἶ σὺ, καὶ ὑψώσω σε. » Σὲ οἶδα Θεὸν, σὲ οἶδα Δεσπότην, σὲ τὸν εὐεργέτην διὰ βίου ὑμνήσω. « Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, ὅτι ἐπήκουσάς μου, καὶ ἐγένου μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν. Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Πρώτους ἑαυτοὺς, ἅτε δὴ τῶν ἄλλων προτεταγμένοι, εἰς τὴν δοξολογίαν κινήσαντες, οὕτω καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις παρεγγυῶσι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ὑμνῆσαι Δεσπότην· ὅτε δὴ πᾶσιν ἀφθόνως ὀρέγοντα τοὺς τοῦ ἐλέου κρουνούς. Εἰδέναι μέντοι προσήκει, ὡς καὶ τοῖς ὑπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐκείνων πολιορκουμένοις ἤρμοττεν, εἰδέναι τὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν κατὰ σάρκα βλαστήσοντα, καὶ πᾶσι τὴν σωτηρίαν παρέξοντα. Οὕτω γὰρ θαῤῥαλεώτεροι κατὰ τῶν ἐπιόντων ἐγίνοντο, τῇ πίστει τῆς ἐν αὐτοῖς κρυπτομένης εὐλογίας ψυχαγωγούμενοι.
« Theos mou ei sy, kai exomologēsomai soi Theos mou ei sy, kai hypsōsō se. » Se oida Theon, se oida Despotēn, se ton euergetēn dia biou hymnēsō. « Exomologēsomai soi, hoti epēkousas mou, kai egenou moi eis sōtērian. Exomologeisthe tǭ Kyriǭ, hoti agathos, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Prōtous heautous, hate dē tōn allōn protetagmenoi, eis tēn doxologian kinēsantes, houtō kai tois allois parengyōsi ton agathon hymnēsai Despotēn; hote dē pasin aphthonōs oregonta tous tou eleou krounous. Eidenai mentoi prosēkei, hōs kai tois hypo tōn ethnōn ekeinōn poliorkoumenois ērmotten, eidenai ton ex autōn kata sarka blastēsonta, kai pasi tēn sōtērian parexonta. Houtō gar tharrhaleōteroi kata tōn epiontōn eginonto, tę̄ pistei tēs en autois kryptomenēs eulogias psychagōgoumenoi.
"You are my God, and I will confess you; you are my God, and I will exalt you." "I know you as God, I know you as Master; you, my benefactor, I will hymn throughout my life." "I will confess you, for you heard me and became my salvation. Confess the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is for ever." Having first moved themselves to glorification, since they are ranked before the others, they then urge the others to hymn the good Master, since he holds out the streams of mercy abundantly to all. One should know, however, that it suited those besieged by those nations too to know the one who would spring from them according to the flesh and provide salvation to all. For so they became bolder against their attackers, comforted by faith in the blessing hidden in them.
Ps 118:28 (117:28 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 118:29 (117:29 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 118:28–29: the victors praise God and call others to do so; knowing that the Savior would come from them strengthened the besieged Jews.
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Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; line displaced by the OCR into 117.27, restored; split word (OCR)): εἱ σὺ, καὶ ὑψώσω → εἶ σὺ, καὶ ὑψώσω; Σὲ οἶδα Θεὸν, σὲ • Ἐξομολογήσομαί → Σὲ οἶδα Θεὸν, σὲ οἶδα Δεσπότην, σὲ τὸν εὐεργέτην διὰ βίου ὑμνήσω. « Ἐξομολογήσομαί; ψυχαγω γούμενοι → ψυχαγωγούμενοι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 117.28 (PG 80 80:1819; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/117-28). (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.
Chapter 118
118.1PG 80 80:1819
᾿Αλληλούϊα. Πολλὰς καὶ διαφόρους ὁ θεῖος Δαβὶδ πραγμάτων ἔσχε μεταβολάς. Καὶ γὰρ ἔφευγε πολεμίους, καὶ ἐδίωξε πολεμίους, καὶ περιέπεσεν ἀθυμίαις, καὶ θυμηρεστέραν πάλιν ἔσχε ζωὴν, καὶ τὴν θείαν ὁδὸν ἔδραμε, καὶ ἔπταισεν ὁδεύων, καὶ αὖθις τοῖς θείοις ἠκολούθησε νόμοις. Ταῦτα τοίνυν ἅπαντα κατὰ ταὐτὸν ἐν τῷδε συνήγαγε ψαλμῷ, καὶ τὰς καθ' ἕκαστον καιρὸν ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ προσενεχθείσας τῷ Θεῷ προσευχὰς προσαρμόσας ἀλλήλαις, μίαν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὀνησιφόρον διδασκαλίαν προτέθεικε καὶ διδάσκει δι' ὧν λέγει, πῶς δυνατὸν κατορθῶσαι τὴν πρακτικὴν ἀρετήν. Οὐκ ἀμελεῖ δὲ οὐδὲ τῆς τῶν δογμάτων ἀκριβείας · ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἡθικαῖς ὑποθήκαις καὶ τὴν περὶ τούτων διδασκαλίαν προστίθησι. Ὡς ἀρκεῖν τοῦτον τὸν ψαλμὸν, καὶ τοὺς τῆς τελείας ἀρετῆς ἐφιεμένους ἐν αὐτῇ τελειῶσαι, καὶ τοὺς ῥᾳστώνῃ συζῶντας πρὸς σπουδὴν διεγεῖραι, καὶ ψυχαγωγῆσαι τοὺς ἀθυμοῦντας, καὶ ῥυθμίσαι τοὺς ῥαθυμοῦντας, καὶ ἀπαξαπλῶς παντοδαπὴν θεραπείαν ἐνθεῖναι τοῖς ποικίλοις τῶν ἀνθρώπων παθήμασιν. « Μακάριοι οἱ ἄμωμοι ἐν ὁδῷ. » Μακαρίζει τοὺς τὴν βασιλικὴν ὁδὸν ὁδεύοντας ἀκλινῶς, καὶ μήτε δεξιᾷ, μήτε ἀριστερᾷ κατὰ τὰς ὑποθήκας τοῦ νόμου παρατραπέντας. Τίνες δὲ οὗτοι διδάσκει· « Οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου.» Οἱ γὰρ κατὰ τούτους πολιτευόμενοι τὸ ἄμωμον ἔχουσιν. Ὁδὸν γὰρ τὸν βίον καλεῖ. Τοῦτον γὰρ ἐξ ὠδίνων μέχρι ταφῆς διοδεύομεν ἅπαντες.
᾿Allēlouïa. Pollas kai diaphorous ho theios Dabid pragmatōn esche metabolas. Kai gar epheuge polemious, kai ediōxe polemious, kai periepesen athymiais, kai thymēresteran palin esche zōēn, kai tēn theian hodon edrame, kai eptaisen hodeuōn, kai authis tois theiois ēkolouthēse nomois. Tauta toinyn hapanta kata tauton en tǭde synēgage psalmǭ, kai tas kath' hekaston kairon hyp᾿ autou prosenechtheisas tǭ Theǭ proseuchas prosarmosas allēlais, mian tois anthrōpois onēsiphoron didaskalian protetheike kai didaskei di' hōn legei, pōs dynaton katorthōsai tēn praktikēn aretēn. Ouk amelei de oude tēs tōn dogmatōn akribeias ; alla tais hēthikais hypothēkais kai tēn peri toutōn didaskalian prostithēsi. Hōs arkein touton ton psalmon, kai tous tēs teleias aretēs ephiemenous en autę̄ teleiōsai, kai tous rhąstōnę̄ syzōntas pros spoudēn diegeirai, kai psychagōgēsai tous athymountas, kai rhythmisai tous rhathymountas, kai apaxaplōs pantodapēn therapeian entheinai tois poikilois tōn anthrōpōn pathēmasin. « Makarioi hoi amōmoi en hodǭ. » Makarizei tous tēn basilikēn hodon hodeuontas aklinōs, kai mēte dexią, mēte aristerą kata tas hypothēkas tou nomou paratrapentas. Tines de houtoi didaskei; « Hoi poreuomenoi en nomǭ Kyriou.» Hoi gar kata toutous politeuomenoi to amōmon echousin. Hodon gar ton bion kalei. Touton gar ex ōdinōn mechri taphēs diodeuomen hapantes.
Alleluia. The divine David experienced many and various changes of fortune. He fled enemies and pursued enemies; he fell into despondency and again had a more pleasant life; he ran the divine road, stumbled as he went, and again followed the divine laws. All these things he gathered together in this psalm, and fitting to one another the prayers he offered to God at each time, he set before human beings one beneficial teaching, and teaches by what he says how one can achieve practical virtue. Nor does he neglect precision in doctrine, but adds teaching on this to the moral precepts. So this psalm suffices both to perfect those who aim at perfect virtue and to rouse to zeal those who live at ease, to console the despondent, to discipline the careless, and in a word to provide every kind of treatment for the various passions of human beings. "Blessed are the blameless in the way." He calls blessed those who travel the royal road without swerving, turning neither to the right nor to the left, according to the precepts of the law. Who these are he teaches: "Who walk in the law of the Lord." For those who live by it have blamelessness. He calls life "the way"; for we all travel it from birth-pangs to burial.
Ps 119:1 (118:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 5:32 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:1: David gathered prayers from all the changes of his life into this psalm, which teaches virtue and doctrine and suits every condition; the blameless walk the royal road of the law through life.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing): προσευχάς προσαρμόσας → προσευχὰς προσαρμόσας; άρετῆς → ἀρετῆς; παντοδαπήν → παντοδαπὴν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.1 (PG 80 80:1819; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.2PG 80 80:1821
« Μακάριοι οἱ ἐξερευνῶντες τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ ἐκζητήσουσιν αὐτόν. » Καὶ τὸν ὄγδοον καὶ δέκατον ψαλμὸν ἑρμηνεύοντες εἰρήκαμεν τίνι διαφέρει νόμος, καὶ μαρτύρια, καὶ δικαιώματα, καὶ κρίματα, καὶ ἐντολαί · ἀναμνήσομεν δὲ ὅμως ἐν κεφαλαίῳ τῶν εἰρημένων. Νόμον καλεῖ, τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων διὰ τοῦ θεσπεσίου Μωσοῦ δεδομένον. Ἐντολὰς δὲ καὶ προστάγματα πάλιν τὸν αὐτὸν, ὡς βασιλικῶς ἐνταλθέντα καὶ προσταχθέντα. Δικαιώματα, ὡς δικαιοῦν τὸν κατορθοῦντα δυνάμενον. Κρίματα δὲ ὡς τὰς θείας ψήφους ὑποδεικνύντα, καὶ τὰς ἀξίας ἀντιδόσεις τῶν τε ἐννόμως καὶ παρανόμως βιούντων. Μαρτύρια δὲ, ὡς διαμαρτυρόμενον, καὶ δεικνύντα, οἷαις ὑποβληθήσονται τιμωρίαις οἱ παραβαίνοντες. Μακαρίζει τοίνυν καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοὺς τὰ μαρτύρια τοῦ Θεοῦ διηνεκῶς ἐρευνῶντας, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ τὸν Θεὸν ἐκζητοῦντας· οὐ παντὸς δὲ τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ τοῦ τὴν κορυφὴν αὐτὴν κατειληφότος τῆς ἀρετῆς. Ὁ γὰρ τοιοῦτος οὐ μερίζει τὴν διάνοιαν εἰς Θεὸν καὶ φροντίδας βιωτικὰς, ἀλλὰ ὅλον ἑαυτὸν ἀνατίθησι τῷ θεῷ. « Οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν, ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐπορεύθησαν. • Τὴν διαίρεσιν ταύτην πεποίηκε καὶ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ. Καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖ μακαρίσας τὸν ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου μελετῶντα ἡμέρας καὶ νύκτας, καὶ τὸν τῆς μελέτης ἐπιδείξας καρπὸν, ἐπήγαγεν· « Οὐχ οὕτως οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, οὐχ οὕτως. » Καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοίνυν μακαρίσας τοὺς ἀμώμους, διδάσκει, ὡς οἱ τῆς ἀνομίας ἐργάται ἑτέραν ἑαυτοῖς ὁδὸν κατεσκεύασαν, καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ παγεῖσαν κατέλιπον.
« Makarioi hoi exereunōntes ta martyria autou, en holę̄ kardią ekzētēsousin auton. » Kai ton ogdoon kai dekaton psalmon hermēneuontes eirēkamen tini diapherei nomos, kai martyria, kai dikaiōmata, kai krimata, kai entolai ; anamnēsomen de homōs en kephalaiǭ tōn eirēmenōn. Nomon kalei, ton hypo tou Theou tōn holōn dia tou thespesiou Mōsou dedomenon. Entolas de kai prostagmata palin ton auton, hōs basilikōs entalthenta kai prostachthenta. Dikaiōmata, hōs dikaioun ton katorthounta dynamenon. Krimata de hōs tas theias psēphous hypodeiknynta, kai tas axias antidoseis tōn te ennomōs kai paranomōs biountōn. Martyria de, hōs diamartyromenon, kai deiknynta, hoiais hypoblēthēsontai timōriais hoi parabainontes. Makarizei toinyn kai entautha tous ta martyria tou Theou diēnekōs ereunōntas, kai en holę̄ kardią ton Theon ekzētountas; ou pantos de touto, alla tou tēn koryphēn autēn kateilēphotos tēs aretēs. Ho gar toioutos ou merizei tēn dianoian eis Theon kai phrontidas biōtikas, alla holon heauton anatithēsi tǭ theǭ. « Ou gar hoi ergazomenoi tēn anomian, en tais hodois autou eporeuthēsan. • Tēn diairesin tautēn pepoiēke kai en tǭ prōtǭ psalmǭ. Kai gar ekei makarisas ton en nomǭ Kyriou meletōnta hēmeras kai nyktas, kai ton tēs meletēs epideixas karpon, epēgagen; « Ouch houtōs hoi asebeis, ouch houtōs. » Kai entautha toinyn makarisas tous amōmous, didaskei, hōs hoi tēs anomias ergatai heteran heautois hodon kateskeuasan, kai tēn hypo tou Theou pageisan katelipon.
"Blessed are those who search out his testimonies; with their whole heart they will seek him." In interpreting the eighteenth psalm too we said how law, testimonies, ordinances, judgments, and commandments differ; but we will recall what was said in summary. He calls "law" that given by the God of all through the inspired Moses; "commandments" and "precepts" the same law, as enjoined and commanded royally; "ordinances" (literally "justifications") as able to justify the one who keeps them; "judgments" as showing the divine sentences and the due recompense of those who live lawfully and lawlessly; "testimonies" as testifying and showing to what punishments transgressors will be subjected. Here too, then, he calls blessed those who continually search out God's testimonies and seek God with their whole heart. This is not for everyone, but for one who has reached the very summit of virtue. For such a one does not divide his mind between God and worldly cares, but dedicates himself wholly to God. "For those who work lawlessness did not walk in his ways." He made this division in the first psalm too. For there, having called blessed the one who meditates on the law of the Lord day and night and shown the fruit of the meditation, he added: "Not so the ungodly, not so." Here too, then, having called the blameless blessed, he teaches that the workers of lawlessness have built another road for themselves and abandoned the one laid down by God.
Ps 119:2 (118:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:3 (118:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 19:7 (18:8 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 1:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 1:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:2–3: Theodoret recalls the distinction of law, commandments, ordinances, judgments, and testimonies; blessed are those who seek God wholeheartedly, unlike the lawless who make their own road.
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Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent and stray mark; OCR breathing; iota subscript (OCR); marginal verse number (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἐξερευνῶντες ἐι τὰ → ἐξερευνῶντες τὰ; Έντολὰς → Ἐντολὰς; αὐτὴνες κατειληφότος → αὐτὴν κατειληφότος; διάνοιαν εἰς, Θεὸν → διάνοιαν εἰς Θεὸν; τῷ θεῷ. γ', « → τῷ θεῷ. «; πρώτω ψαλμῷ → πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ; οὐχ οὗτως. ) → οὐχ οὕτως. ».
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.2 (PG 80 80:1821; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.4PG 80 80:1821
« Σὺ ἐνετείλω τὰς ἐντολάς σου, τοῦ φυλάξασθαι σφόδρα. • Τοῦτο καὶ διὰ τοῦ νόμου, καὶ διὰ τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ διὰ τῶν ἱερῶν Εὐαγγελίων ὁ Δεσπότης παρακελεύεται· καὶ μεστὴ πᾶσα ἡ θεία Γραφὴ τῆς τοιαύτης νομοθεσίας. Οὐ γὰρ ἁπλῶς φυλάττειν, ἀλλὰ σφόδρα φυλάττειν παρεγγυᾷ· τουτέστι, σὺν ἀκριβείᾳ πάσῃ.
« Sy eneteilō tas entolas sou, tou phylaxasthai sphodra. • Touto kai dia tou nomou, kai dia tōn prophētōn, kai dia tōn hierōn Euangeliōn ho Despotēs parakeleuetai; kai mestē pasa hē theia Graphē tēs toiautēs nomothesias. Ou gar haplōs phylattein, alla sphodra phylattein parengyą; toutesti, syn akribeią pasę̄.
"You commanded your commandments to be kept diligently." The Master urges this through the law, through the prophets, and through the holy Gospels; and the whole divine Scripture is full of such legislation. For he urges us not merely to keep them, but to keep them diligently, that is, with all precision.
Ps 119:4 (118:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:4: all Scripture commands that God's commandments be kept with all care.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): φυ· λάττειν → φυλάττειν; τού τεστι → τουτέστι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.4 (PG 80 80:1821; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.5PG 80 80:1823
« Ὄφελον κατευθυνθείησαν αἱ ὁδοί μου, τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὰ δικαιώματά σου. » Διὰ τοῦτο, φησὶν, ἀντιβολῶ, οἷόν τινι κανόνι, τῷ σῷ νόμῳ τὴν ἐμὴν ὁδὸν εὐθῦναι, ὡς ἂν διατηρήσαιμί σου τὰ δικαιώματα. Καὶ δεικνὺς τὸν τούτου καρπὸν, ἐπιφέρει·
« Ophelon kateuthyntheiēsan hai hodoi mou, tou phylaxasthai ta dikaiōmata sou. » Dia touto, phēsin, antibolō, hoion tini kanoni, tǭ sǭ nomǭ tēn emēn hodon euthynai, hōs an diatērēsaimi sou ta dikaiōmata. Kai deiknys ton toutou karpon, epipherei;
"O that my ways may be directed to keep your ordinances." "For this reason," he says, "I plead that my way be straightened by your law as by a ruler, so that I may keep your ordinances." And showing its fruit, he adds:
Ps 119:5 (118:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:5: the psalmist asks that his life be ruled straight by God's law.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; split word (OCR)): Όφελον → Ὄφελον; ἐπι φέρει → ἐπιφέρει.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.5 (PG 80 80:1823; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.6PG 80 80:1823
« Τότε οὐ μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ, ἐν τῷ με ἐπιβλέπειν ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς ἐντολάς σου. » Παρανομίας γὰρ αἰσχύνη καρπός. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος ἔφη, « Τίνα οὖν καρπὸν εἶχετε τότε ἐφ᾽ οἷς νῦν ἐπαισχύνεσθε; » Οἱ δὲ πάσας τοῦ Θεοῦ πληροῦντες τὰς ἐντολὰς, τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ συνειδότος ἔχουσι παρρησίαν. « Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν εὐθύτητι καρδίας, ἐν τῷ μεμαθηκέναι με τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου. » Ἐξομολόγησιν τὴν εὐχαριστίαν καλεῖ. Τότε, φησὶ, δυνήσομαι ὕμνον καθαρὸν προσενεγκεῖν, ὅταν σου πάντα καταμάθω τὰ κρίματα, καὶ κατ᾿ αὐτὰ βιώσω.
« Tote ou mē aischynthō, en tǭ me epiblepein epi pasas tas entolas sou. » Paranomias gar aischynē karpos. Houtō kai ho theios ᾿Apostolos ephē, « Tina oun karpon eichete tote eph᾽ hois nyn epaischynesthe? » Hoi de pasas tou Theou plērountes tas entolas, tēn apo tou syneidotos echousi parrēsian. « Exomologēsomai soi en euthytēti kardias, en tǭ memathēkenai me ta krimata tēs dikaiosynēs sou. » Exomologēsin tēn eucharistian kalei. Tote, phēsi, dynēsomai hymnon katharon prosenenkein, hotan sou panta katamathō ta krimata, kai kat᾿ auta biōsō.
"Then I shall not be put to shame, when I look upon all your commandments." For shame is the fruit of lawlessness. So too the divine Apostle said: "What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed?" But those who fulfill all God's commandments have the freedom of speech that comes from a good conscience. "I will confess you in uprightness of heart, when I have learned the judgments of your righteousness." He calls thanksgiving "confession." "Then," he says, "I will be able to offer a pure hymn, when I have learned all your judgments and lived by them."
Ps 119:6 (118:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:7 (118:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 6:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:6–7: keeping God's commandments frees one from shame, and pure praise follows learning and living by his judgments.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; marginal verse number (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): αἱσχύνη → αἰσχύνη; παρρησίαν. ζ'. « → παρρησίαν. «; Εξομολόγησιν → Ἐξομολόγησιν; κατ᾿ αὐτὰ ε βιώσω → κατ᾿ αὐτὰ βιώσω.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.6 (PG 80 80:1823; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.8PG 80 80:1823
« Τὰ δικαιώματά σου φυλάξω· μή με ἐγκαταλίπῃς ἕως σφόδρα. » Τινὰς πρὸς βραχὺ πολλάκις ἡ θεία χάρις ἀφίησιν, ὠφέλειαν αὐτοῖς ἐντεῦθεν μηχανωμένη. Οὕτως ὁ μέγας Ηλίας καταληφθεὶς τῷ τῆς δειλίας περιέπεσε πάθει, καὶ τῆς ἀνθρωπείας φύσεως μεμάθηκε τὴν ἀσθένειαν· ἀλλ᾽ εὐθὺς πάλιν τῆς θείας ἀπήλαυσε χάριτος. Οὕτως ὁ θεῖος Πέτρος ἀρνηθεὶς ὠλίσθησεν· ἀλλ᾽ εὐθὺς αὐτὸν ὁ Δεσπότης ὑπήρεισε. Γυμνὸς δὲ πάμπαν ὁ Ἰούδας τῆς θείας γενόμενος προμηθείας, ἕτοιμον ἐγένετο θήραμα τοῦ δυσμενοῦς· ἐγκατελείφθη καὶ ὁ μακάριος Δαβίδ μετὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐκείνην, καὶ ταῖς χαλεπαῖς ἐκείναις περιέπεσε συμφοραῖς· ἀλλὰ πάλιν τὴν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἀπέλαβε παῤῥησίαν, καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖθεν κηδεμονίας ἀπήλαυσεν. Ὁ δὲ Σαούλ ἔρημος ταύτης γενόμενος παντελῶς, ἐγυμνώθη μὲν τῆς τοῦ πνεύματος χάριτος, πονηρῷ δὲ πνεύματι συνεζύγη. Εἰκότως τοίνυν ὁ Προφήτης ἱκετεύει μὴ ἐγκαταλειφθῆναι ἕως σφόδρα, τουτέστι, μὴ παντάπασι τῆς προμηθουμένης χάριτος γυμνωθῆναι.
« Ta dikaiōmata sou phylaxō; mē me enkatalipę̄s heōs sphodra. » Tinas pros brachy pollakis hē theia charis aphiēsin, ōpheleian autois enteuthen mēchanōmenē. Houtōs ho megas Ēlias katalēphtheis tǭ tēs deilias periepese pathei, kai tēs anthrōpeias physeōs memathēke tēn astheneian; all᾽ euthys palin tēs theias apēlause charitos. Houtōs ho theios Petros arnētheis ōlisthēsen; all᾽ euthys auton ho Despotēs hypēreise. Gymnos de pampan ho Ioudas tēs theias genomenos promētheias, hetoimon egeneto thērama tou dysmenous; enkateleiphthē kai ho makarios Dabid meta tēn hamartian ekeinēn, kai tais chalepais ekeinais periepese symphorais; alla palin tēn pros ton Theon apelabe parrhēsian, kai tēs ekeithen kēdemonias apēlausen. Ho de Saoul erēmos tautēs genomenos pantelōs, egymnōthē men tēs tou pneumatos charitos, ponērǭ de pneumati synezygē. Eikotōs toinyn ho Prophētēs hiketeuei mē enkataleiphthēnai heōs sphodra, toutesti, mē pantapasi tēs promēthoumenēs charitos gymnōthēnai.
"I will keep your ordinances; do not forsake me utterly." Divine grace often leaves some for a short time, devising benefit for them from this. So the great Elijah, overtaken, fell into the passion of fear and learned the weakness of human nature; but at once he again enjoyed divine grace. So the divine Peter slipped by denying; but at once the Master supported him. But Judas, becoming entirely bereft of divine providence, became ready prey for the enemy. The blessed David too was forsaken after that sin and fell into those grievous misfortunes; but again he recovered his freedom of speech with God and enjoyed his care. Saul, however, becoming entirely bereft of it, was stripped of the grace of the Spirit and yoked to an evil spirit. Rightly, then, the prophet prays not to be forsaken "utterly," that is, not to be entirely stripped of providing grace.
Ps 119:8 (118:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 19:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 26:70 (allusion, high confidence) · John 13:27 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Sam 12:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Sam 16:14 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:8: God sometimes withdraws briefly for our benefit, as with Elijah, Peter, and David, but total abandonment ruined Judas and Saul; so the psalmist prays not to be forsaken utterly.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (lost punctuation (OCR); stray letter and split word (OCR)): γεΟ νόμενος → γενόμενος; συμφοραῖς ἀλλὰ → συμφοραῖς· ἀλλὰ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.8 (PG 80 80:1823; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.9PG 80 80:1823
« Ἐν τίνι κατορθώσει νεώτερος τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ; Ἐν τῷ φυλάξασθαι τοὺς λόγους σου. » Εὐρίπιστος ἡ νεότης, καὶ πρὸς κακίαν ὀξύῤῥοπος. Διαφόροις γὰρ παθημάτων περικλύζεται κύμασι· δεῖται τοίνυν τοῦ ποδηγοῦντος πρὸς τοὺς λιμένας εὐθύνοντος. Τοῦτο δὲ τῶν θείων λογίων ἴδιον. Ταῦτα γὰρ τῶν ἐναντίων ὁδῶν ἀποτρέποντα, ῥυθμίζειν ἱκανὰ, καὶ πρὸς τὴν θείαν ὁδὸν ποδηγεῖν. Ὅπερ γάρ ἐστιν, νέῳ πώλῳ χαλινὸς, καὶ πωλοδάμνης, τοῦτο τοῖς νέοις ὁ θεῖος γίνεται λόγος. « Ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐξεζήτησά σε, μὴ ἀπώσῃ με ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου, » Ζητοῦσι μὲν πολλοὶ τὸν Θεὸν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ· μερίζουσι γάρ ταύτην, οὐ μόνον εἰς φροντίδας πραγμάτων βιωτικῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς ἐπιθυμίας ἀτόπους, καὶ φθόνους, καὶ δόλους, καὶ τὰς τῶν πλησίων ἐπιβουλάς. Ὁ δὲ τῶν θείων ἐραστὴς πᾶσαν ἀφιεροῖ τῷ Θεῷ τὴν διάνοιαν, καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖθεν ἀπαιωρεῖται προνοίας.
« En tini katorthōsei neōteros tēn hodon autou? En tǭ phylaxasthai tous logous sou. » Euripistos hē neotēs, kai pros kakian oxyrrhopos. Diaphorois gar pathēmatōn periklyzetai kymasi; deitai toinyn tou podēgountos pros tous limenas euthynontos. Touto de tōn theiōn logiōn idion. Tauta gar tōn enantiōn hodōn apotreponta, rhythmizein hikana, kai pros tēn theian hodon podēgein. Hoper gar estin, neǭ pōlǭ chalinos, kai pōlodamnēs, touto tois neois ho theios ginetai logos. « En holę̄ kardią mou exezētēsa se, mē apōsę̄ me apo tōn entolōn sou, » Zētousi men polloi ton Theon, all᾽ ouk en holę̄ kardią; merizousi gar tautēn, ou monon eis phrontidas pragmatōn biōtikōn, alla kai eis epithymias atopous, kai phthonous, kai dolous, kai tas tōn plēsiōn epiboulas. Ho de tōn theiōn erastēs pasan aphieroi tǭ Theǭ tēn dianoian, kai tēs ekeithen apaiōreitai pronoias.
"How shall a young man direct his way? By keeping your words." Youth is easily swayed and quick to tip toward vice; for it is flooded by the waves of various passions. It needs, then, one who guides it and steers it toward the harbors. This is the work of the divine oracles; for by turning it from the opposite roads they are able to discipline it and lead it to the divine road. What the bit and the colt-breaker are to a young colt, the divine word becomes to the young. "With my whole heart I sought you; do not thrust me away from your commandments." Many seek God, but not with their whole heart. They divide it, not only among cares for worldly affairs, but also among strange desires, envy, deceit, and plots against their neighbors. But the lover of divine things dedicates his whole mind to God and hangs upon his providence.
Ps 119:9 (118:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:10 (118:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:9–10: the divine word bridles and guides unstable youth; the lover of God seeks him with an undivided heart.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters; split word (OCR); stray marks and OCR letters): λόγος. . · Ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐζήτησάσο σε, μὴ ἀπὠσῃρι με → λόγος. « Ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐξεζήτησά σε, μὴ ἀπώσῃ με; βιωτι κῶν → βιωτικῶν; ἀπαιωρεῖ σε προνοίας → ἀπαιωρεῖται προνοίας.
Topics: Ethics, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.9 (PG 80 80:1823; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.11PG 80 80:1825
« Ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου ἔκρυψα τὰ λόγιά σου, ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἁμάρτω σοι. » Ὁ χρυσὸν κεκτημένος, ἢ ἄργυρον, ἢ λίθους τιμίους, οὐκ ἔξω ταῦτα προτίθησιν· ἀλλ᾽ ἔνδον ἐν τοῖς ταμιείοις καὶ τοῖς θαλάμοις ἐναποκρύπτει, ὥστε διαφυγεῖν τῶν τοιχωρύχων τὰς χεῖρας. Οὕτως ὁ τὸν πλοῦτον ἔχων τῆς ἀρετῆς κρύπτει τοῦτον ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ· ὡς ἂν μὴ διὰ δόξης κενῆς τοῦτον οἱ τῶν ψυχῶν συλήσαιεν λωποδύται. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ ἕτερον ὁ λόγος· οὐ γὰρ ἅπασι τὰ θεῖα λόγια προσφέρειν παρεγγυᾷ· « Μὴ δῶτε γὰρ, φησὶ, τὰ ἅγια τοῖς κυσὶ, μηδὲ ῥίψητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν χοίρων.
« En tę̄ kardią mou ekrypsa ta logia sou, hopōs an mē hamartō soi. » Ho chryson kektēmenos, ē argyron, ē lithous timious, ouk exō tauta protithēsin; all᾽ endon en tois tamieiois kai tois thalamois enapokryptei, hōste diaphygein tōn toichōrychōn tas cheiras. Houtōs ho ton plouton echōn tēs aretēs kryptei touton en tę̄ psychę̄; hōs an mē dia doxēs kenēs touton hoi tōn psychōn sylēsaien lōpodytai. Didaskei de kai heteron ho logos; ou gar hapasi ta theia logia prospherein parengyą; « Mē dōte gar, phēsi, ta hagia tois kysi, mēde rhipsēte tous margaritas hymōn emprosthen choirōn.
"In my heart I hid your oracles, so that I might not sin against you." One who has gold, silver, or precious stones does not set them out in the open, but hides them inside in storerooms and chambers, so as to escape the hands of burglars. So one who has the wealth of virtue hides it in the soul, so that the robbers of souls may not plunder it through vainglory. The text also teaches something else: it does not urge us to offer the divine oracles to everyone. "For do not give," it says, "what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine."
Ps 119:11 (118:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 7:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:11: virtue, like treasure, should be hidden from vainglory, and the divine words should not be thrown to the unworthy.
- 'Vainglory' renders δόξης κενῆς; the scan prints καινῆς ('new'), a common confusion.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters; stray space (OCR)): ἐναποκρύπτει , ὥστε → ἐναποκρύπτει, ὥστε; δόξης καινῆς → δόξης κενῆς.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.11 (PG 80 80:1825; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.12PG 80 80:1825
« Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε· δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, ἥμερος εἶ καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, καὶ ἄξιος παρὰ πάντων ὑμνεῖσθαι. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ἀντιβολῶ σε μαθεῖν παρὰ σοῦ τὰ δικαιῶσαι δυνάμενα.
« Eulogētos ei, Kyrie; didaxon me ta dikaiōmata sou. » ᾿Anti tou, hēmeros ei kai philanthrōpos, kai axios para pantōn hymneisthai. Hou dē charin antibolō se mathein para sou ta dikaiōsai dynamena.
"Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your ordinances." That is, "You are gentle and love humankind and deserve to be hymned by all. For this reason I plead to learn from you what can justify me."
Ps 119:12 (118:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:12: because God is good, the psalmist asks to learn his ordinances.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.12 (PG 80 80:1825; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.13PG 80 80:1825
· Ἐν τοῖς χείλεσί μου ἐξήγγειλα πάντα τὰ κρίματα τοῦ στόματός σου. » "Α γὰρ ἂν παρὰ τῆς σῆς ἀγαθότητος μάθοιμι, ταῦτα διδάξω τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας.
; En tois cheilesi mou exēngeila panta ta krimata tou stomatos sou. » "A gar an para tēs sēs agathotētos mathoimi, tauta didaxō tous agnoountas.
"With my lips I have declared all the judgments of your mouth." "Whatever I learn from your goodness I will teach to those who do not know it."
Ps 119:13 (118:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:13: what he learns from God he will teach others.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.13 (PG 80 80:1825; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.14PG 80 80:1825
« Ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τῶν μαρτυρίων σου ἐτέρφθην, ὡς ἐπὶ παντὶ πλούτῳ. · Ἐπίπονος μὲν ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς ὁδὸς, ἀλλὰ τοῖς τελείοις τριπόθητος. Διά τοι τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Δεσπότης ἔφη Χριστός· « Λάβετε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ὁ ζυγός μου χρηστὸς, καὶ τὸ φορτίον μου ἐλαφρόν ἐστι. • Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ προφητικὸς ἔφη λόγος, ὅτι πλούτου παντὸς θυμηρεστέρα μοι τῶν σῶν μαρτυρίων ἡ κτῆσις. Τὸ δὲ, « Ἐπὶ παντὶ πλούτῳ, » οὐχ ἁπλῶς πρόσκειται, ἀλλὰ τὸν παντοδαπὸν πλοῦτον παραδηλοῖ· πολλὰ γὰρ τοῦ πλούτου τὰ εἴδη. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ χρυσὸν ἔχων ὀνομάζεται πλούσιος, ὁ δὲ ἄργυρον, ὁ δὲ γῆν πλείστην, τὴν μὲν πεφυτευμένην, τὴν δὲ καὶ σπειρομένην· ὁ δὲ βοσκήματα. ᾿Αλλὰ ταῦτα πάντα περιλαβὼν ὁ Προφήτης, καὶ τοῖς θείοις μαρτυρίοις παραβαλών, ἔφησεν ἀξιέραστα εἶναι αὐτῷ τὰ θεῖα μαρτύρια, ὡς τοῖς φιλοπλούτοις ἅπαντα τοῦ πλούτου τὰ εἴδη.
« En tę̄ hodǭ tōn martyriōn sou eterphthēn, hōs epi panti ploutǭ. ; Epiponos men hē tēs aretēs hodos, alla tois teleiois tripothētos. Dia toi touto kai ho Despotēs ephē Christos; « Labete ton zygon mou eph᾽ hymas, hoti ho zygos mou chrēstos, kai to phortion mou elaphron esti. • Touto kai ho prophētikos ephē logos, hoti ploutou pantos thymērestera moi tōn sōn martyriōn hē ktēsis. To de, « Epi panti ploutǭ, » ouch haplōs proskeitai, alla ton pantodapon plouton paradēloi; polla gar tou ploutou ta eidē. Ho men gar chryson echōn onomazetai plousios, ho de argyron, ho de gēn pleistēn, tēn men pephyteumenēn, tēn de kai speiromenēn; ho de boskēmata. ᾿Alla tauta panta perilabōn ho Prophētēs, kai tois theiois martyriois parabalōn, ephēsen axierasta einai autǭ ta theia martyria, hōs tois philoploutois hapanta tou ploutou ta eidē.
"In the way of your testimonies I have delighted, as in all riches." The road of virtue is laborious, but thrice longed for by the perfect. For this reason Christ the Master too said: "Take my yoke upon you, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light." The prophetic word said this too: "The possession of your testimonies is more delightful to me than all wealth." "In all riches" is not added idly, but indicates wealth of every kind; for the kinds of wealth are many. One who has gold is called rich, another silver, another very much land, some planted and some sown, another flocks. Taking all these together and comparing them with the divine testimonies, the prophet said that the divine testimonies are as lovable to him as all the kinds of wealth are to lovers of wealth.
Ps 119:14 (118:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:29 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:30 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:14: the hard road of virtue is delightful to the perfect, more desirable than every kind of wealth.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): θυμηρεστέρα μοι δε τῶν → θυμηρεστέρα μοι τῶν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.14 (PG 80 80:1825; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.15PG 80 80:1825
« Ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου ἀδολεσχήσω, καὶ κατανοήσω τὰς ὁδούς σου.» Τούτου χάριν, φησὶν, ἐνδελεχῶς τῶν σῶν λόγων τὴν μελέτην αὐχήσω, καὶ ταῖς σαῖς ὁδοῖς τὴν πορείαν ποιήσομαι.
« En tais entolais sou adoleschēsō, kai katanoēsō tas hodous sou.» Toutou charin, phēsin, endelechōs tōn sōn logōn tēn meletēn auchēsō, kai tais sais hodois tēn poreian poiēsomai.
"I will converse in your commandments and consider your ways." "For this reason," he says, "I will continually take pride in meditating on your words and will travel in your ways."
Ps 119:15 (118:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:15: continual meditation on God's commandments.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.15 (PG 80 80:1825; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.16PG 80 80:1825
· Ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου μελετήσω, οὐκ ἐπιλήσομαι τῶν λόγων σου. » "Αληστον τῶν σῶν λογίων ἐμαυτῷ φυλάξω τὴν μνήμην.
; En tois dikaiōmasi sou meletēsō, ouk epilēsomai tōn logōn sou. » "Alēston tōn sōn logiōn emautǭ phylaxō tēn mnēmēn.
"I will meditate on your ordinances; I will not forget your words." "I will keep the memory of your oracles unforgetting in myself."
Ps 119:16 (118:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:16: the psalmist will never forget God's words.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.16 (PG 80 80:1825; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.17PG 80 80:1827
«᾿Ανταπόδος τῷ δούλῳ σου. » Οὐ παντός ἐστι ταύτῃ χρήσασθαι τῇ φωνῇ· οὐδεὶς γὰρ πονηρὸν συνειδὸς περιφέρων εἰς ἀνταπόδοσιν τὸν κριτὴν διεγείρει· ὁ δὲ καθαροῖς χρώμενος λογισμοῖς, σὺν παῤῥησίᾳ ταύτῃ κέχρηται τῇ φωνῇ. « Ζῆσόν με, καὶ φυλάξω τοὺς λόγους σου. • Τῆς σῆς γὰρ ἀπολαύων ἐπικουρίας, διαφεύξομαι τῆς ἁμαρτίας τὸν θάνατον, καὶ τὴν ἐκ τῶν λόγων σου τρυγήσω ζωήν.
«᾿Antapodos tǭ doulǭ sou. » Ou pantos esti tautę̄ chrēsasthai tę̄ phōnę̄; oudeis gar ponēron syneidos peripherōn eis antapodosin ton kritēn diegeirei; ho de katharois chrōmenos logismois, syn parrhēsią tautę̄ kechrētai tę̄ phōnę̄. « Zēson me, kai phylaxō tous logous sou. • Tēs sēs gar apolauōn epikourias, diapheuxomai tēs hamartias ton thanaton, kai tēn ek tōn logōn sou trygēsō zōēn.
"Reward your servant." Not everyone can use this cry; for no one carrying a bad conscience rouses the judge to recompense. But one who has pure thoughts uses this cry with confidence. "Give me life, and I will keep your words." "Enjoying your help, I will escape the death of sin and reap the life that comes from your words."
Ps 119:17 (118:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:17: only one with a clear conscience can ask God for recompense; God's help gives life and escape from sin.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.17 (PG 80 80:1827; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.18PG 80 80:1827
« ᾿Αποκάλυψον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, καὶ κατανοήσω τὰ θαυμάσια ἐκ τοῦ νόμου σου. » Οὐχ ἅπαντες οἱ τοῖς θείοις ἐντυγχάνοντες λογίοις τὰ τούτων κατανοοῦσι θαυμάσια, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ τῆς ἄνωθεν ἀπολαύοντες αἴγλης. Ο δὴ καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Παῦλος • « Ὅτ᾿ ἂν δὲ ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς Κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα· ὁ δὲ Κύριος τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν.» Αὐτὸς μὲν τοι τῷ φωτὶ τῷ θείῳ καταυγαζόμενος εἰκότως ἐβόα· « Ἡμεῖς δὲ ἅπαντες ἀνακεκαλυμμένῳ προσώπῳ τὴν δόξαν Κυρίου κατοπτριζόμενοι τὴν αὐτὴν εἰκόνα μεταμορφούμεθα ἀπὸ δόξης εἰς δόξαν, καθάπερ ἀπὸ Κυρίου πνεύματος. » Ἡμᾶς δὲ προσήκει τὸν Δεσπότην ἀντιβολεῖν, ἵνα τὸ κάλυμμα τῶν τῆς διανοίας ἡμῶν περιελὼν ὀφθαλμῶν, ἀποδείξῃ τῶν θείων λογίων τὴν δύναμιν.
« ᾿Apokalypson tous ophthalmous mou, kai katanoēsō ta thaumasia ek tou nomou sou. » Ouch hapantes hoi tois theiois entynchanontes logiois ta toutōn katanoousi thaumasia, all᾽ hoi tēs anōthen apolauontes aiglēs. O dē kai ho makarios ephē Paulos • « Hot᾿ an de epistrepsę̄ pros Kyrion, periaireitai to kalymma; ho de Kyrios to pneuma estin.» Autos men toi tǭ phōti tǭ theiǭ kataugazomenos eikotōs eboa; « Hēmeis de hapantes anakekalymmenǭ prosōpǭ tēn doxan Kyriou katoptrizomenoi tēn autēn eikona metamorphoumetha apo doxēs eis doxan, kathaper apo Kyriou pneumatos. » Hēmas de prosēkei ton Despotēn antibolein, hina to kalymma tōn tēs dianoias hēmōn perielōn ophthalmōn, apodeixę̄ tōn theiōn logiōn tēn dynamin.
"Unveil my eyes, and I will perceive wonders out of your law." Not all who read the divine oracles perceive their wonders, but those who enjoy the brightness from above. The blessed Paul said this too: "Whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away; now the Lord is the Spirit." He himself, lit by the divine light, rightly cried: "And we all, with unveiled face beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Lord, the Spirit." We must entreat the Master to remove the veil from the eyes of our mind and show the power of the divine oracles.
Ps 119:18 (118:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 3:16 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 3:17 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 3:18 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:18: only those enlightened from above see the wonders of Scripture; as Paul says, the veil is removed by turning to the Lord.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): προσἡκει → προσήκει.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.18 (PG 80 80:1827; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.19PG 80 80:1827
« Πάροικος ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν τῇ γῇ· μὴ ἀποκρύψῃς ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ τὰς ἐντολάς σου. • Τὴν γῆν οὐ κατοικοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ παροικοῦμεν· βραχὺν γὰρ διαβιώσαντες χρόνον, εἰς ἕτερον μεταβαίνομεν βίον. Τοῦτο δὲ οὐ πάντες ἐθέλουσιν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀγαθοῖς, ὡς ἐπὶ μονίμοις καὶ διαρκέσι βρενθύοντες. Ὁ δὲ τὰ θεῖα πεπαιδευμένος οἶδε τοῦ βίου τὸ πρόσκαιρον. Διὸ δὴ καὶ πάροικον ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάζει, καὶ ἱκετεύει τὰς θείας ἐντολὰς μηδαμῶς ἀγνοῆσαι.
« Paroikos egō eimi en tę̄ gę̄; mē apokrypsę̄s ap᾿ emou tas entolas sou. • Tēn gēn ou katoikoumen, alla paroikoumen; brachyn gar diabiōsantes chronon, eis heteron metabainomen bion. Touto de ou pantes ethelousin eidenai, all᾽ hoi epi tois parousin agathois, hōs epi monimois kai diarkesi brenthyontes. Ho de ta theia pepaideumenos oide tou biou to proskairon. Dio dē kai paroikon heauton onomazei, kai hiketeuei tas theias entolas mēdamōs agnoēsai.
"I am a sojourner on the earth; do not hide your commandments from me." We do not dwell on the earth but sojourn; for after living a short time we pass to another life. Not all wish to know this, especially those who swagger over present goods as permanent and lasting. But one taught divine things knows the transience of life. That is why he names himself a sojourner and prays never to be ignorant of the divine commandments.
Ps 119:19 (118:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:19: we are only sojourners on earth, and the one who knows it prays to know God's commands.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.19 (PG 80 80:1827; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.20PG 80 80:1827
« Ἐπεπόθησεν ἡ ψυχή μου τοῦ ἐπιθυμῆσαι τὰ κρίματά σου ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ. › Ἐπιθυμοῦσι τῶν θείων κριμάτων πολλοὶ, καὶ τῆς οὐρανῶν ἐφίενται βασιλείας, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀεί. Νῦν μὲν θείοις ἀρέσκονται, νῦν δὲ τοῖς τοῦ σώματος ἀκολουθοῦσι παθήμασιν· ὁ δὲ προφήτης ἱμείρεται τοῦτον ἔχειν τὸν πόθον διηνεκῶς.
« Epepothēsen hē psychē mou tou epithymēsai ta krimata sou en panti kairǭ. › Epithymousi tōn theiōn krimatōn polloi, kai tēs ouranōn ephientai basileias, all᾽ ouk aei. Nyn men theiois areskontai, nyn de tois tou sōmatos akolouthousi pathēmasin; ho de prophētēs himeiretai touton echein ton pothon diēnekōs.
"My soul has longed to desire your judgments at all times." Many desire the divine judgments and aim at the kingdom of heaven, but not always. Now they are pleased with divine things, now they follow the passions of the body. But the prophet yearns to have this longing continually.
Ps 119:20 (118:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:20: the psalmist longs for God's judgments constantly, not intermittently.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.20 (PG 80 80:1827; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.21PG 80 80:1827
· Ἐπετίμησας ὑπερηφάνοις. » Οἱ τῶν θείων νόμων καταφρονοῦντες τῇ τῆς ὑπερηφανίας περιπίπτουσι νόσῳ· ἀλλὰ τὴν παρὰ τοῦ δικαίου κριτοῦ δέχονται τιμωρίαν. Τοῦτο δὲ πέπονθε ᾿Αβεσσαλὼμ, τοῦτο Σαούλ, τοῦτο Φαραώ, καὶ Σενναχηρεὶμ, καὶ Ναβουχοδονόσορ, καὶ ἕτεροι μυρίοι. Τοῦτο εἰδὼς ὁ Προφήτης, ἅτε δὴ προφήτης, ἐπήγαγεν· • Ἐπικατάρατοι οἱ ἐκκλίνοντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου. • Ταύτην καὶ ὁ νόμος τὴν ἀρὰν τοῖς παραβάταις προσφέρει· « Ἐπικατάρατος γὰρ, φησὶ, πᾶς, ὃς οὐκ ἐμμένει τοῖς ἐγκειμένοις ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τοῦ νόμου, τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτά.
; Epetimēsas hyperēphanois. » Hoi tōn theiōn nomōn kataphronountes tę̄ tēs hyperēphanias peripiptousi nosǭ; alla tēn para tou dikaiou kritou dechontai timōrian. Touto de peponthe ᾿Abessalōm, touto Saoul, touto Pharaō, kai Sennachēreim, kai Nabouchodonosor, kai heteroi myrioi. Touto eidōs ho Prophētēs, hate dē prophētēs, epēgagen; • Epikataratoi hoi ekklinontes apo tōn entolōn sou. • Tautēn kai ho nomos tēn aran tois parabatais prospherei; « Epikataratos gar, phēsi, pas, hos ouk emmenei tois enkeimenois en tǭ bibliǭ tou nomou, tou poiēsai auta.
"You rebuked the proud." Those who despise the divine laws fall into the disease of pride; but they receive punishment from the just judge. Absalom suffered this, Saul suffered this, Pharaoh, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, and countless others. Knowing this, the prophet, being a prophet, added: "Cursed are those who turn aside from your commandments." The law too brings this curse on transgressors: "For cursed," it says, "is everyone who does not abide by the things written in the book of the law, to do them."
Ps 119:21 (118:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 27:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 3:10 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:21: the proud who despise God's laws are punished, as Absalom, Saul, Pharaoh, Sennacherib, and Nebuchadnezzar were; the law itself curses transgressors.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): ὑπερηφανοις → ὑπερηφάνοις.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.21 (PG 80 80:1827; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.22PG 80 80:1829
« Περίελε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ ὄνειδος καὶ ἐξουδένωσιν, ὅτι τὰ μαρτύριά σου ἐξεζήτησα. » Ὠνείδισε τὸν Προφήτην ὁ Νάβαλ, δοῦλον δραπέτην ἀποκαλέσας· ὠνείδισαν αὐτὸν οἱ Γετθαῖοι. Αλγυνόμενος τοίνυν ἐπὶ τούτοις, ἀποτρίψασθαι τὰ ὀνείδη παρακαλεῖ, ἅτε δὴ τὰ θεῖα ἐκζητήσας μαρτύρια· οὐχ ἁρμόττει τοίνυν τοῖς παρὰ τοῦ Σεμεεὶ ὀνείδεσι τὰ παρόντα ῥητά. Ἐκεῖνα γὰρ μετὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐγένετο· τὰ δὲ τοῦ Νάβαλ, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων, πρὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας.
« Periele ap᾿ emou oneidos kai exoudenōsin, hoti ta martyria sou exezētēsa. » Ōneidise ton Prophētēn ho Nabal, doulon drapetēn apokalesas; ōneidisan auton hoi Getthaioi. Algynomenos toinyn epi toutois, apotripsasthai ta oneidē parakalei, hate dē ta theia ekzētēsas martyria; ouch harmottei toinyn tois para tou Semeei oneidesi ta paronta rhēta. Ekeina gar meta tēn hamartian egeneto; ta de tou Nabal, kai tōn allōn, pro tēs hamartias.
"Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I have sought out your testimonies." Nabal reproached the prophet, calling him a runaway slave; the men of Gath reproached him. Pained by these things, then, he asks for the reproaches to be wiped away, since he has sought out the divine testimonies. These words, then, do not fit the reproaches of Shimei; for those came after the sin, while those of Nabal and the others came before the sin.
Ps 119:22 (118:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 25:10 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 21:11 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Sam 16:7 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:22: David asks God to remove the undeserved reproaches of Nabal and the Philistines, which came before his sin, unlike Shimei's.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἐξουδενωσιν → ἐξουδένωσιν; ὀνείδεσιτο τὰ → ὀνείδεσι τὰ; ἁμαρτίαν, ἐγένετο → ἁμαρτίαν ἐγένετο.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.22 (PG 80 80:1829; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.23PG 80 80:1829
« Καὶ γὰρ ἐκάθισαν ἄρχοντες, καὶ κατελάλουν κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ.» Καὶ Σαούλ, καὶ ᾿Αβενὴρ, καὶ ᾿Αχιτόφελ, καὶ ᾿Αβεσσαλώμ, ἐλοιδόρουν τὸν Δαβίδ. « Ὁ δὲ δοῦλός σου ἠδολέσχει ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου.» Ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν σὴν δεσποτείαν ὁμολογῶν, μελέτην εἶχον τὰ σὰ δικαιώματα.
« Kai gar ekathisan archontes, kai katelaloun kat᾿ emou.» Kai Saoul, kai ᾿Abenēr, kai ᾿Achitophel, kai ᾿Abessalōm, eloidoroun ton Dabid. « Ho de doulos sou ēdoleschei en tois dikaiōmasi sou.» Egō de tēn sēn despoteian homologōn, meletēn eichon ta sa dikaiōmata.
"For rulers sat and spoke against me." Saul, Abner, Ahithophel, and Absalom reviled David. "But your servant meditated on your ordinances." "But I, confessing your lordship, made your ordinances my meditation."
Ps 119:23 (118:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:23: while powerful men reviled David, he meditated on God's ordinances.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.23 (PG 80 80:1829; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.24PG 80 80:1829
« Καὶ γὰρ τὰ μαρτύριά σου μελέτη μού ἐστι, καὶ αἱ συμβουλαί μου τὰ δικαιώματά σου. » Πᾶσαν γὰρ ἀνθρωπίνην εἰσήγησιν ἀπωσάμενος, ταῖς σαῖς ὑποθήκαις ἀκολουθῶ.
« Kai gar ta martyria sou meletē mou esti, kai hai symboulai mou ta dikaiōmata sou. » Pasan gar anthrōpinēn eisēgēsin apōsamenos, tais sais hypothēkais akolouthō.
"For your testimonies are my meditation, and your ordinances are my counselors." "For rejecting all human suggestion, I follow your precepts."
Ps 119:24 (118:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:24: God's precepts are the psalmist's only counselors.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): δικαιώματά σου., Πᾶσαν → δικαιώματά σου. » Πᾶσαν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.24 (PG 80 80:1829; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.25PG 80 80:1829
« Ἐκολλήθη τῷ ἐδάφει ἡ ψυχή μου. » Τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ταπεινώσεως διὰ τούτων ἐδήλωσεν. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ἐν τῷ τεσσαρακοστῷ καὶ τρίτῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ· « Ὅτι ἐταπεινώθη εἰς χοῦν ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν· ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. » « Ζῆσόν με κατὰ τὸν λόγον σου. » Οὐκ ἀορίστως αἰτεῖ ζωήν, ἀλλὰ τὴν κατὰ νόμον ζωήν.
« Ekollēthē tǭ edaphei hē psychē mou. » Tēn hyperbolēn tēs tapeinōseōs dia toutōn edēlōsen. Houtō gar kai en tǭ tessarakostǭ kai tritǭ ephē psalmǭ; « Hoti etapeinōthē eis choun hē psychē hēmōn; ekollēthē eis gēn hē gastēr hēmōn. » « Zēson me kata ton logon sou. » Ouk aoristōs aitei zōēn, alla tēn kata nomon zōēn.
"My soul has cleaved to the ground." By this he showed the extreme of his humiliation. So too in the forty-third psalm he said: "For our soul has been humbled to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth." "Give me life according to your word." He does not ask for life indefinitely, but for life according to the law.
Ps 119:25 (118:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 44:25 (43:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:25: in deep humiliation the psalmist asks for a life lived according to God's law.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR); stray marks (OCR); transposed words (OCR)): ψυχή μου». » → ψυχή μου. »; Οὕτω καὶ γὰρ ἐν → Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ἐν; ἡμῶν. » – • Ζῆσόν → ἡμῶν. » « Ζῆσόν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.25 (PG 80 80:1829; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.26PG 80 80:1829
« Τὰς ὁδοὺς μου ἐξήγγειλα, καὶ ἐπήκουσάς μου· δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου. · Πάσας σοι, Δέσποτα, τὰς ἐμὰς δεδήλωκα πράξεις· καὶ οὐδέν σε λαθεῖν τῶν ἐμῶν ἀνεσχόμην. Διά τοι τοῦτο ταῖς ἐμαῖς ἱκεσίαις ἐπίνευσον· ἀντιβολῶ δὲ μαθεῖν ἀκριβῶς τὰ σὰ δικαιώματα.
« Tas hodous mou exēngeila, kai epēkousas mou; didaxon me ta dikaiōmata sou. ; Pasas soi, Despota, tas emas dedēlōka praxeis; kai ouden se lathein tōn emōn aneschomēn. Dia toi touto tais emais hikesiais epineuson; antibolō de mathein akribōs ta sa dikaiōmata.
"I declared my ways, and you heard me; teach me your ordinances." "I have shown you all my deeds, Master, and have not allowed any of my affairs to escape you. For this reason, nod assent to my supplications; and I plead to learn your ordinances precisely."
Ps 119:26 (118:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:26: having laid all his ways open to God, the psalmist asks to be taught.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἀντιβολῶ δὲ · μαθεῖν → ἀντιβολῶ δὲ μαθεῖν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.26 (PG 80 80:1829; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.27PG 80 80:1829
• ῾Ὁδὸν δικαιωμάτων σου συνέτισόν με, καὶ ἀδολεσχήσω ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις σου. » Θείας ἡμῖν συνέσεως δεῖ, ὥστε κατὰ τὸν θεῖον νόμον τὴν ἀρετὴν μετελθεῖν, καὶ τὸν φιλανθρωπίᾳ χρώμενον μὴ πρὸς κενοδοξίαν ἰδεῖν, καὶ τὸν ἀσκητικὸν μὴ θηρᾶσαι τὸν ἀνθρώπειον ἔπαινον, τὸν σώφρονα μὴ διὰ τὴν τῆς ἀκολασίας αἰσχύνην, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν πόθον τῆς ἀρετῆς, μετιέναι τὴν σωφροσύνην. Εἰκότως τοίνυν ὁ Προφήτης ἀντιβολεῖ συνέσεως θείας μεταλαχεῖν, ὡς διαγνῶναι τὴν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὁδόν.
• ῾Hodon dikaiōmatōn sou synetison me, kai adoleschēsō en tois thaumasiois sou. » Theias hēmin syneseōs dei, hōste kata ton theion nomon tēn aretēn metelthein, kai ton philanthrōpią chrōmenon mē pros kenodoxian idein, kai ton askētikon mē thērasai ton anthrōpeion epainon, ton sōphrona mē dia tēn tēs akolasias aischynēn, alla dia ton pothon tēs aretēs, metienai tēn sōphrosynēn. Eikotōs toinyn ho Prophētēs antibolei syneseōs theias metalachein, hōs diagnōnai tēn tēs dikaiosynēs hodon.
"Make me understand the way of your ordinances, and I will converse in your wonders." We need divine understanding to pursue virtue according to the divine law: so that one who practices kindness does not look to vainglory, the ascetic does not hunt for human praise, and the temperate pursues temperance not from shame at licentiousness but from longing for virtue. Rightly, then, the prophet pleads to share in divine understanding, so as to discern the way of righteousness.
Ps 119:27 (118:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:27: divine understanding is needed so that virtue is practiced for its own sake, not for praise.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (iota subscript (OCR)): φιλανθρωπία χρώμενον → φιλανθρωπίᾳ χρώμενον.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.27 (PG 80 80:1829; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.28PG 80 80:1829
« Ἐνύσταξεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἀπὸ ἀκηδίας · βεβαίωσόν με ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου. » Ἡ συνεχὴς προσβολὴ τῆς ἁμαρτίας διαλύει πολλάκις τὸν τόνον τῶν λογισμῶν, καὶ ἀπαυδῆσαι παρασκευάζει τὸν ἀθλητὴν, καὶ τὴν καλουμένην ἀκηδίαν ἐργάζεται · χαυνουμένη δὲ ἡ ψυχὴ τὸν ὕπνον εἰσδέχεται· ὁ δὲ ὕπνος ἐπάγει τὸν θάνατον. Διόπερ βεβαιωθῆναι καὶ στηριχθῆναι ὁ Προφήτης ἀντιβολεῖ. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ· · Φώτισον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, μήποτε ὑπνώσω εἰς θάνατον· · θάνατον τὴν ἁμαρτίαν καλῶν.
« Enystaxen hē psychē mou apo akēdias ; bebaiōson me en tois logois sou. » Hē synechēs prosbolē tēs hamartias dialyei pollakis ton tonon tōn logismōn, kai apaudēsai paraskeuazei ton athlētēn, kai tēn kaloumenēn akēdian ergazetai ; chaunoumenē de hē psychē ton hypnon eisdechetai; ho de hypnos epagei ton thanaton. Dioper bebaiōthēnai kai stērichthēnai ho Prophētēs antibolei. Touto de kai en heterǭ ephē psalmǭ; ; Phōtison tous ophthalmous mou, mēpote hypnōsō eis thanaton; ; thanaton tēn hamartian kalōn.
"My soul has slumbered from weariness; strengthen me in your words." The continual assault of sin often loosens the tension of one's thoughts, makes the athlete give up, and produces what is called listlessness (akedia); and the soul, slackened, admits sleep, and sleep brings death. For this reason the prophet pleads to be strengthened and established. He said this in another psalm too: "Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death," calling sin death.
Ps 119:28 (118:28 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 13:3 (12:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:28: constant temptation produces spiritual listlessness (akedia), which leads to the 'sleep' and 'death' of sin; the psalmist asks for strength.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing): Ενύσταξεν → Ἐνύσταξεν; συνεχής προσβολὴ → συνεχὴς προσβολὴ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.28 (PG 80 80:1829; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.29PG 80 80:1831
« Ὁδὸν ἀδικίας ἀπόστησον ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, καὶ τῷ νόμῳ σου ἐλέησόν με. Ὁδὸν ἀληθείας ᾑρετισάμην, τὰ κρίματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην.» ᾿Αναγκαία καὶ αὕτη ἡ δέησις. Προσήκει γὰρ ἡμᾶς αἰτεῖν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων βοήθειαν, ὥστε τῆς ἀδικίας ἐκτρέπεσθαι τὴν ὁδὸν, καὶ τὴν τῆς ἀληθείας προαιρεῖσθαι πορείαν, καὶ ἄληστον ἐπιφέρειν τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ μαρτυρίων τὴν μνήμην.
« Hodon adikias apostēson ap᾿ emou, kai tǭ nomǭ sou eleēson me. Hodon alētheias hę̄retisamēn, ta krimata sou ouk epelathomēn.» ᾿Anankaia kai hautē hē deēsis. Prosēkei gar hēmas aitein para tou Theou tōn holōn boētheian, hōste tēs adikias ektrepesthai tēn hodon, kai tēn tēs alētheias proaireisthai poreian, kai alēston epipherein tōn tou Theou martyriōn tēn mnēmēn.
"Remove from me the way of unrighteousness, and in your law have mercy on me. I have chosen the way of truth; I have not forgotten your judgments." This petition too is necessary. For we ought to ask help from the God of all to turn from the way of unrighteousness, choose the course of truth, and keep an unforgetting memory of God's testimonies.
Ps 119:29 (118:29 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:30 (118:30 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:29–30: we need God's help to turn from unrighteousness and choose truth.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.29 (PG 80 80:1831; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-29). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.31PG 80 80:1831
« Ἐκολλήθην τοῖς μαρτυρίοις σου, Κύριε, μή με καταισχύνῃς. • Οὐχ ἁπλῶς εἶπεν, ἠκολούθησα, ἀλλ' ἐκολλήθην, τουτέστιν, οὐδὲ πρὸς βραχὺ τούτων ἐχώρισα τὸν ἐμαυτοῦ λογισμόν. Ζητεῖ δὲ τρυγῆσαι τῆς τοσαύτης διαθέσεως καρπὸν, τὸ μηδεμίας πεῖραν αἰσχύνης λαβεῖν.
« Ekollēthēn tois martyriois sou, Kyrie, mē me kataischynę̄s. • Ouch haplōs eipen, ēkolouthēsa, all' ekollēthēn, toutestin, oude pros brachy toutōn echōrisa ton emautou logismon. Zētei de trygēsai tēs tosautēs diatheseōs karpon, to mēdemias peiran aischynēs labein.
"I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; do not put me to shame." He did not simply say "I followed," but "I cleaved," that is, "I did not separate my thought from them even for a little." He asks to reap the fruit of such devotion: to have no experience of shame.
Ps 119:31 (118:31 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:31: 'cleaved' expresses unbroken attachment to God's testimonies.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; iota subscript (OCR)): καταισχύνης → καταισχύνῃς; βραχύ τούτων → βραχὺ τούτων.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.31 (PG 80 80:1831; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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