Interpretation of the Psalms 118.103–118.176
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 118
118.103PG 80 80:1853
« Ὡς γλυκέα τῷ λάρυγγί μου τὰ λόγιά σου, ὑπὲρ μέλι τῷ στόματί μου. » Οὐ γὰρ οὕτως ἡδύνει μου τὴν τοῦ στόματος αἴσθησιν ἡ γλυκύτης τοῦ μέλιτος, ὡς εὐφραίνει μου τὴν ψυχὴν ἡ τῶν σῶν λογίων μελέτη. Τὸν γὰρ λάρυγγα τέθεικεν, ὡς ὄργανον ὄντα φωνῆς· διὰ φωνῆς δὲ ἡ μελέτη. Τούτοις δὲ ἡ ψυχὴ κεχρημένη τὴν ἐντεῦθεν ὠφέλειαν καρποῦται.
« Hōs glykea tǭ laryngi mou ta logia sou, hyper meli tǭ stomati mou. » Ou gar houtōs hēdynei mou tēn tou stomatos aisthēsin hē glykytēs tou melitos, hōs euphrainei mou tēn psychēn hē tōn sōn logiōn meletē. Ton gar larynga tetheiken, hōs organon onta phōnēs; dia phōnēs de hē meletē. Toutois de hē psychē kechrēmenē tēn enteuthen ōpheleian karpoutai.
"How sweet are your sayings to my throat, more than honey to my mouth." "For the sweetness of honey does not please my mouth's sense of taste as meditation on your sayings gladdens my soul." He put "throat" since it is the organ of the voice, and meditation is by voice. The soul, using these, reaps the benefit from them.
Ps 119:103 (118:103 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:103: meditating aloud on God's words delights the soul more than honey delights the tongue.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.103 (PG 80 80:1853; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-103). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.104PG 80 80:1853
« ᾿Ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου συνῆκα· διὰ τοῦτο ἐμίσησα πᾶσαν ὁδὸν ἀδικίας. » Συνεὶς γὰρ τίσιν ἀρέσκῃ, ἀπεστράφην ἅπαντα τῆς κακίας τὰ εἴδη.
« ᾿Apo tōn entolōn sou synēka; dia touto emisēsa pasan hodon adikias. » Syneis gar tisin areskę̄, apestraphēn hapanta tēs kakias ta eidē.
"From your commandments I gained understanding; therefore I hated every way of unrighteousness." "For understanding what pleases you, I turned away from every form of wickedness."
Ps 119:104 (118:104 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:104: understanding God's will led the psalmist to hate every evil way.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.104 (PG 80 80:1853; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-104). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.105PG 80 80:1853
« Λύχνος τοῖς ποσί μου ὁ νόμος σου, καὶ φῶς ταῖς τρίβοις μου.» Οὐ γὰρ ἐν σκότει βαδίζω, οἷόν τινι λύχνῳ τῷ σῷ φωτιζόμενος νόμῳ· Εἰδέναι μέντοι χρὴ, ὡς ὁ μὲν νόμος λύχνος ὠνόμασται, ὁ δὲ Σωτὴρ καὶ Κύριος ἡμῶν δικαιοσύνης ἥλιος. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ οἷα δὴ λύχνος μόγις ἓν κατηύγασεν ἔθνος ὁ δὲ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐφώτισεν. Οὕτω καὶ τὸν θεσπέσιον Ἰωάννην λύχνον προσηγόρευσεν ὁ Δεσπότης Χριστὸς, ἔτι νυκτὸς οὔσης ἐπιφανέντα τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις. Ἔπειτα δὲ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ἀνέτειλεν. Καὶ τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἀποστόλους φῶς προσηγόρευσεν, ὡς ἐκείνου τοῦ φωτὸς μετειληφότας, καὶ πάντας ἀνθρώπους φωτίσαντας διὰ τῆς αὐτῶν διδαχῆς.
« Lychnos tois posi mou ho nomos sou, kai phōs tais tribois mou.» Ou gar en skotei badizō, hoion tini lychnǭ tǭ sǭ phōtizomenos nomǭ; Eidenai mentoi chrē, hōs ho men nomos lychnos ōnomastai, ho de Sōtēr kai Kyrios hēmōn dikaiosynēs hēlios. Ho men gar hoia dē lychnos mogis hen katēugasen ethnos ho de pasan tēn oikoumenēn ephōtisen. Houtō kai ton thespesion Iōannēn lychnon prosēgoreusen ho Despotēs Christos, eti nyktos ousēs epiphanenta tois Ioudaiois. Epeita de to phōs to alēthinon, ho phōtizei panta anthrōpon erchomenon eis ton kosmon, aneteilen. Kai tous hierous apostolous phōs prosēgoreusen, hōs ekeinou tou phōtos meteilēphotas, kai pantas anthrōpous phōtisantas dia tēs autōn didachēs.
"Your law is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths." "For I do not walk in darkness, being lit by your law as by a lamp." One should know, however, that the law is called a lamp, but our Savior and Lord the sun of righteousness. For the one, like a lamp, barely lit up one nation; but the other enlightened the whole world. So too Christ the Master called the inspired John a lamp, since he appeared to the Jews while it was still night. Then the true light, which enlightens every man coming into the world, rose. And he called the holy apostles light, as having shared in that light and enlightened all human beings through their teaching.
Ps 119:105 (118:105 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 4:2 (allusion, high confidence) · John 5:35 (allusion, high confidence) · John 1:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:105: the law is a lamp that lit one nation, while Christ, the sun of righteousness, enlightens the world; John was a lamp, the apostles light from Christ's light.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray mark (OCR)): Ἔπειτα · δὲ → Ἔπειτα δὲ; ὅ φωτίζει → ὃ φωτίζει; διὰ · τῆς → διὰ τῆς.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.105 (PG 80 80:1853; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-105). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.106PG 80 80:1853
« Ὥμοσα, καὶ ἔστησα τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου. » Τὴν βεβαίαν τῆς ψυχῆς κρίσιν ὅρκον ὠνόμασεν, ἐπειδὴ ὅρκῳ βεβαιοῦται τῶν πραγμάτων τὰ πλεῖστα.
« Hōmosa, kai estēsa tou phylaxasthai ta krimata tēs dikaiosynēs sou. » Tēn bebaian tēs psychēs krisin horkon ōnomasen, epeidē horkǭ bebaioutai tōn pragmatōn ta pleista.
"I have sworn and confirmed it, to keep the judgments of your righteousness." He named the firm judgment of the soul an oath, since most affairs are confirmed by an oath.
Ps 119:106 (118:106 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:106: the 'oath' is the soul's firm resolve.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἔστησα · τοῦ → ἔστησα τοῦ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.106 (PG 80 80:1853; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-106). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.107PG 80 80:1853
· Ἐταπεινώθην ἕως σφόδρα, Κύριε, ζῆσόν με κατὰ τὸν λόγον σου. » Οὐχ ἁπλῶς ἔφη τεταπεινῶσθαι, ἀλλὰ σφόδρα τεταπεινῶσθαι· καὶ ταῦτα βασιλεὺς ὢν καὶ προφήτης, καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρετῆς παῤῥησίαν ἔχων, καὶ πλούτῳ κομῶν, καὶ τῶν πολεμίων κρατῶν. Ἀλλ᾿ οὔτε τῇ σοφίᾳ, οὔτε τῇ ἀνδρείᾳ, οὔτε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ θαῤῥῆσαι ἠνέσχετο πώποτε· τῆς δὲ θείας ταῦτα χάριτος ὑπελάμβανε δῶρα. Καὶ ζωὴν δὲ αἰτῶν δοῦναι δυνάμενον, οὐκ ἀορίστως αἰτεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὴν λογικήν, τὴν ἔννομον, τὴν τῷ θείῳ νόμῳ λαμπρυνομένην.
; Etapeinōthēn heōs sphodra, Kyrie, zēson me kata ton logon sou. » Ouch haplōs ephē tetapeinōsthai, alla sphodra tetapeinōsthai; kai tauta basileus ōn kai prophētēs, kai tēn apo tēs aretēs parrhēsian echōn, kai ploutǭ komōn, kai tōn polemiōn kratōn. All᾿ oute tę̄ sophią, oute tę̄ andreią, oute tę̄ dikaiosynę̄ tharrhēsai ēnescheto pōpote; tēs de theias tauta charitos hypelambane dōra. Kai zōēn de aitōn dounai dynamenon, ouk aoristōs aitei, alla tēn logikēn, tēn ennomon, tēn tǭ theiǭ nomǭ lamprynomenēn.
"I have been humbled exceedingly, O Lord; give me life according to your word." He did not simply say he had been humbled, but exceedingly humbled; and this though he was king and prophet, had the boldness that comes from virtue, abounded in wealth, and overcame his enemies. Yet he never allowed himself to trust in wisdom, courage, or righteousness, but considered these gifts of divine grace. And asking for life from the one able to give it, he does not ask indefinitely, but for the rational life, the lawful life, made bright by the divine law.
Ps 119:107 (118:107 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:107: though king, prophet, and victor, David counted all his gifts as grace and asked for a life ruled by God's law.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word and accent (OCR)): βασι-, λεὺς ῶν → βασιλεὺς ὢν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.107 (PG 80 80:1853; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-107). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.108PG 80 80:1855
« Τὰ ἑκούσια τοῦ στόματός μου εὐδόκησον δὴ, Κύριε, καὶ τὰ κρίματά σου δίδαξόν με. › Τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς κατορθωμάτων τὰ πλεῖστα μὲν οἱ θεῖοι νόμοι διαγορεύουσιν· ἔνια δὲ καὶ ἡ γνώμη προστίθησιν. Οὕτω καὶ τῶν θυσιῶν τὰ μὲν νομικὰ, τὰ δὲ γνωμικά. Τὰ μὲν γὰρ περὶ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ πλημμελείας, καὶ περὶ ἀγνοίας, ὁ νόμος προσφέρειν ἐκέλευσεν, καὶ ταῦτα οἷόν τι χρέος ἀπεδίδοτο τῷ Θεῷ. Τὰ δὲ τῇ φιλοτιμίᾳ τῆς γνώμης προσφερόμενα, δῶρα προσηγόρευσεν. Οὕτω καὶ νῦν τὴν μὲν σωφροσύνην, καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην, οἱ εὐαγγελικοὶ διαγορεύουσι λόγοι· παρθενία δὲ, καὶ μετὰ γάμον ἐγκράτεια, καὶ ἀκτημοσύνη, καὶ μονήρης βίος, καὶ ἡ ἐν ἐρήμοις διαγωγή, τῆς γνώμης ἔργα, τοῦ νόμου ὑπερπηδῶντα. Τὰ τοιαῦτα τοίνυν ὁ Προφήτης ἑκούσια προσηγόρευσεν. "Α γὰρ οὐχ ὑπόκειται νόμων ἀνάγκῃ, ἀλλὰ φιλοθέου γνώμης ὑπάρχει καρπός, εἰκότως ἑκούσια προσηγόρευται.
« Ta hekousia tou stomatos mou eudokēson dē, Kyrie, kai ta krimata sou didaxon me. › Tōn tēs aretēs katorthōmatōn ta pleista men hoi theioi nomoi diagoreuousin; enia de kai hē gnōmē prostithēsin. Houtō kai tōn thysiōn ta men nomika, ta de gnōmika. Ta men gar peri hamartias, kai plēmmeleias, kai peri agnoias, ho nomos prospherein ekeleusen, kai tauta hoion ti chreos apedidoto tǭ Theǭ. Ta de tę̄ philotimią tēs gnōmēs prospheromena, dōra prosēgoreusen. Houtō kai nyn tēn men sōphrosynēn, kai tēn dikaiosynēn, hoi euangelikoi diagoreuousi logoi; parthenia de, kai meta gamon enkrateia, kai aktēmosynē, kai monērēs bios, kai hē en erēmois diagōgē, tēs gnōmēs erga, tou nomou hyperpēdōnta. Ta toiauta toinyn ho Prophētēs hekousia prosēgoreusen. "A gar ouch hypokeitai nomōn anankę̄, alla philotheou gnōmēs hyparchei karpos, eikotōs hekousia prosēgoreutai.
"Accept, O Lord, the freewill offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgments." Most of the achievements of virtue are prescribed by the divine laws, but some are added by free choice. So too among the sacrifices, some were prescribed by law, others by choice. Those for sin, trespass, and ignorance the law commanded to be offered, and these were paid to God as a kind of debt; but those offered from the generosity of the will it called gifts. So too now the words of the Gospel prescribe temperance and righteousness; but virginity, continence after marriage, poverty, the solitary life, and living in deserts are works of free choice that leap beyond the law. Such things the prophet called "freewill offerings." For what is not subject to the compulsion of laws but is the fruit of a God-loving will is fittingly called "freewill."
Ps 119:108 (118:108 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Lev 4:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Lev 7:16 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 7:7 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:108: as some sacrifices were obligatory and others freewill, so the gospel requires temperance and justice, while virginity, continence in marriage, poverty, and monastic life are voluntary offerings beyond the law.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): προστί θησιν → προστίθησιν; τοῦ νόμου • ὑπερπηδῶντα → τοῦ νόμου ὑπερπηδῶντα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.108 (PG 80 80:1855; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-108). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.109PG 80 80:1855
« Ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ταῖς χερσί σου διὰ παντὸς, καὶ τοῦ νόμου σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην. » Ὑπὸ τῆς σῆς γὰρ προνοίας φρουρούμενος, τὴν λήθην τῶν σῶν ἐξώρισα νόμων. « Ἔθεντο ἁμαρτωλοὶ παγίδα μοι, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου οὐκ ἐπλανήθην. • Πολλὰς καὶ παντοδαπὰς καὶ ἄνθρωποι καὶ δαίμονες ἐπιβουλάς μοι τυρεύουσιν· ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν ἀπλανῆ τῶν σῶν ἐντολῶν πορείαν προειλόμην ὁδεύειν.
« Hē psychē mou en tais chersi sou dia pantos, kai tou nomou sou ouk epelathomēn. » Hypo tēs sēs gar pronoias phrouroumenos, tēn lēthēn tōn sōn exōrisa nomōn. « Ethento hamartōloi pagida moi, kai ek tōn entolōn sou ouk eplanēthēn. • Pollas kai pantodapas kai anthrōpoi kai daimones epiboulas moi tyreuousin; egō de tēn aplanē tōn sōn entolōn poreian proeilomēn hodeuein.
"My soul is in your hands continually, and I have not forgotten your law." "For guarded by your providence, I banished forgetfulness of your laws." "Sinners set a snare for me, but I did not stray from your commandments." "Both men and demons contrive many plots of every kind against me; but I chose to travel the unerring course of your commandments."
Ps 119:109 (118:109 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:110 (118:110 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:109–110: guarded by God, the psalmist kept the law despite the snares of men and demons.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (marginal verse number (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): νόμων. μι'. « → νόμων. «; ἐντολῶν Ο πορείαν → ἐντολῶν πορείαν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.109 (PG 80 80:1855; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-109). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.111PG 80 80:1855
« Ἐκληρονόμησα τὰ μαρτύριά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ὅτι ἀγαλλίαμα τῆς καρδίας μού εἰσιν. • Κλῆρον αἰώνιόν τε καὶ ἄσυλον τὰ μαρτύριά σου εἶναι πιστεύων, ἐπὶ τῇ κτήσει τούτων ἀγάλλομαί τε καὶ εὐφραίνομαι.
« Eklēronomēsa ta martyria sou eis ton aiōna, hoti agalliama tēs kardias mou eisin. • Klēron aiōnion te kai asylon ta martyria sou einai pisteuōn, epi tę̄ ktēsei toutōn agallomai te kai euphrainomai.
"I have inherited your testimonies for ever, for they are the exultation of my heart." "Believing that your testimonies are an eternal and inviolable inheritance, I exult and rejoice in possessing them."
Ps 119:111 (118:111 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:111: God's testimonies are an eternal inheritance and joy.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): μού είσιν → μού εἰσιν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.111 (PG 80 80:1855; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-111). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.112PG 80 80:1855
« Ἔκλινα τὴν καρδίαν μου τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὰ δικαιώματά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, δι᾽ ἀντάμειψιν. » Τρυτάνῃ ἔοικε τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς βουλευτήριον· κατέχει δὲ τὴν τρυτάνην ὁ νοῦς ἡγεμονεύειν λαχών. Ἐὰν τοίνυν τοῖς εὐσεβέσι προσθῆται λογισμοῖς, ἀνάγκη κλίνειν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀμείνω τὰ ζυγά. Τοῦτο δεδρακέναι ὁ Προφήτης φησίν· « Ἔκλινα τὴν καρδίαν μου, τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὰ δικαιώματά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, δι᾿ ἀντάμειψιν. » Τὸ γὰρ ἐκ τούτων φυόμενον θεασάμενος κέρδος, ἀσπασίως τοὺς ὑπὲρ τούτων ἀνεδεξάμην ἰδρῶτας. Καὶ διδάσκων ὅπως τὰ θεῖα προείλετο, ἐπήγαγε·
« Eklina tēn kardian mou tou poiēsai ta dikaiōmata sou eis ton aiōna, di᾽ antameipsin. » Trytanę̄ eoike to tēs psychēs bouleutērion; katechei de tēn trytanēn ho nous hēgemoneuein lachōn. Ean toinyn tois eusebesi prosthētai logismois, anankē klinein epi ta ameinō ta zyga. Touto dedrakenai ho Prophētēs phēsin; « Eklina tēn kardian mou, tou poiēsai ta dikaiōmata sou eis ton aiōna, di᾿ antameipsin. » To gar ek toutōn phyomenon theasamenos kerdos, aspasiōs tous hyper toutōn anedexamēn idrōtas. Kai didaskōn hopōs ta theia proeileto, epēgage;
"I inclined my heart to perform your ordinances for ever, for the sake of reward." The soul's council chamber is like a balance, and the mind, which has the lot of ruling, holds the balance. If, then, it adds pious thoughts, the scales must incline to the better. The prophet says he has done this: "I inclined my heart to perform your ordinances for ever, for the sake of reward." "For seeing the gain that springs from them, I gladly took on the sweat for them." And teaching how he chose divine things, he added:
Ps 119:112 (118:112 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:112: the mind tips the balance of the soul toward good by pious thoughts, seeing the reward of obedience.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): ἀντάμειψιν ". Τρυτάνῃ ὁ ἔοικε → ἀντάμειψιν. » Τρυτάνῃ ἔοικε; τρυτάνην· ὁ νοῦς → τρυτάνην ὁ νοῦς; ἀντη άμειψιν → ἀντάμειψιν; ὅπως " τὰ θεῖα → ὅπως τὰ θεῖα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.112 (PG 80 80:1855; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-112). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.113PG 80 80:1855
« Παρανόμους ἐμίσησα, τὸν δὲ νόμον σου ἠγάπησα. » Τοὺς γὰρ παρανομεῖν ὑποτιθεμένους ἀποσεισάμενος λογισμοὺς, τὸν σὸν προτετίμηκα νόμον.
« Paranomous emisēsa, ton de nomon sou ēgapēsa. » Tous gar paranomein hypotithemenous aposeisamenos logismous, ton son protetimēka nomon.
"I hated the lawless, but I loved your law." "For shaking off the thoughts that suggest lawlessness, I preferred your law."
Ps 119:113 (118:113 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:113: rejecting lawless thoughts, the psalmist loved God's law.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.113 (PG 80 80:1855; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-113). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.114PG 80 80:1855
« Βοηθός μου, καὶ ἀντιλήπτωρ μου εἶ, εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ἐπήλπισα. • Οὐ δίχα δὲ τοῦτο τῆς σῆς βοηθείας κατώρθωσα, ἀλλὰ τῆς σῆς ἀπολαύσας ῥοπῆς, καὶ τῇ σῇ ἐλπίδι τρεφόμενος.
« Boēthos mou, kai antilēptōr mou ei, eis tous logous sou epēlpisa. • Ou dicha de touto tēs sēs boētheias katōrthōsa, alla tēs sēs apolausas rhopēs, kai tę̄ sę̄ elpidi trephomenos.
"You are my helper and my protector; I have hoped in your words." "I did not achieve this without your help, but by enjoying your aid and being nourished by hope in you."
Ps 119:114 (118:114 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:114: the psalmist's obedience depended on God's help.
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- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): ἀντιλήπτωρ ορ μου → ἀντιλήπτωρ μου.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.114 (PG 80 80:1855; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-114). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.115PG 80 80:1857
« Ἐκκλίνατε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ πονηρευόμενοι, καὶ ἐξερευνήσω τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ μου. » Ταῦτα, φησὶ, καὶ τοῖς ἀτόποις ἔλεγον λογισμοῖς, καὶ τοῖς τὰ φαῦλα συμβουλεύειν ἐπιχειροῦσιν, ὅτι μηδεμίαν μοι τοιαύτην ὑποτίθεσθε συμβουλήν· ἐμοὶ γὰρ κατὰ τὰς θείας ἐντολὰς προαιρετέα ζωή. Οὐχ ἁπλῶς δὲ ταύταις ἀκολουθήσω, ἀλλὰ μετὰ πάσης αὐτὰς ἀκριβείας ἀνερευνήσω· ὥστε μηδέν με τούτων λαθεῖν, ἀλλὰ πάντα πληρῶσαι, ὅσα τῶν ὅλων ὁ Κύριος ἐνετείλατο.
« Ekklinate ap᾿ emou ponēreuomenoi, kai exereunēsō tas entolas tou Theou mou. » Tauta, phēsi, kai tois atopois elegon logismois, kai tois ta phaula symbouleuein epicheirousin, hoti mēdemian moi toiautēn hypotithesthe symboulēn; emoi gar kata tas theias entolas proairetea zōē. Ouch haplōs de tautais akolouthēsō, alla meta pasēs autas akribeias anereunēsō; hōste mēden me toutōn lathein, alla panta plērōsai, hosa tōn holōn ho Kyrios eneteilato.
"Turn away from me, you evildoers, and I will search out the commandments of my God." "I said this," he says, "both to strange thoughts and to those who try to give bad advice: Suggest no such counsel to me; for I must choose a life according to the divine commandments. And I will not simply follow them, but search them out with all precision, so that none of them escapes me, but I fulfill all that the Lord of all commanded."
Ps 119:115 (118:115 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:115: the psalmist rejects evil counsel and thoughts and resolves to search out and fulfill all God's commandments.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): τοιαύτην " ὑποτίθεσθε → τοιαύτην ὑποτίθεσθε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.115 (PG 80 80:1857; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-115). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.116PG 80 80:1857
« Ἀντιλαβοῦ μου κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου, καὶ ζῆσόν με, καὶ μὴ καταισχύνῃς με ἀπὸ τῆς προσδοκίας μου. » Τοῦτον τοίνυν ἔχοντα τὸν σκοπὸν τῆς σῆς προνοίας ἀξίωσον, ἵνα μὴ διαμαρτὼν τῆς ἐλπίδος αἰσχύνης ἀναπλησθῶ· τὸ δὲ λόγιον ἐνταῦθα τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν λέγει, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Τὴν ἐπαγγελθεῖσαν μοι παράσχου σωτηρίαν.
« Antilabou mou kata to logion sou, kai zēson me, kai mē kataischynę̄s me apo tēs prosdokias mou. » Touton toinyn echonta ton skopon tēs sēs pronoias axiōson, hina mē diamartōn tēs elpidos aischynēs anaplēsthō; to de logion entautha tēn hyposchesin legei, anti tou, Tēn epangeltheisan moi paraschou sōtērian.
"Uphold me according to your saying, and give me life, and do not put me to shame in my expectation." "Count me, then, with this aim, worthy of your providence, so that I may not miss my hope and be filled with shame." Here "saying" means the promise: that is, "Grant me the salvation promised to me."
Ps 119:116 (118:116 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:116: the psalmist asks God to fulfill his promise so his hope is not shamed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): Αντιλαβοῦ → Ἀντιλαβοῦ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.116 (PG 80 80:1857; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-116). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.117PG 80 80:1857
« Βοήθησόν μοι, καὶ σωθήσομαι, καὶ μελετήσω ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου διαπαντός. » Καὶ γὰρ τυχεῖν τῆς σωτηρίας τῶν σῶν δικαιωμάτων οὐκ ἀμελήσω, ἀλλὰ διαπαντὸς τὴν τούτων μελέτην ποιήσομαι. Μελέτην δὲ λέγει, οὐ τὴν ἐν λόγοις μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἐν ἔργοις.
« Boēthēson moi, kai sōthēsomai, kai meletēsō en tois dikaiōmasi sou diapantos. » Kai gar tychein tēs sōtērias tōn sōn dikaiōmatōn ouk amelēsō, alla diapantos tēn toutōn meletēn poiēsomai. Meletēn de legei, ou tēn en logois monon, alla kai tēn en ergois.
"Help me, and I shall be saved, and I will meditate on your ordinances continually." "For having obtained salvation, I will not neglect your ordinances, but will meditate on them continually." He means meditation not in words only, but also in deeds.
Ps 119:117 (118:117 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:117: once saved, the psalmist will meditate on God's ordinances in word and deed.
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- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): μελει τήσω → μελετήσω.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.117 (PG 80 80:1857; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-117). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.118PG 80 80:1857
« Ἐξουδένωσας πάντας τοὺς ἀποστατοῦντας ἀπὸ τῶν δικαιωμάτων σου, ὅτι ἄδικον τὸ ἐνθύμημα αὐτῶν. » Ταύτην δὲ περὶ τὰς σὰς ἐντολὰς σχήσω τὴν προθυμίαν, ἐπονειδίστους καὶ καταγελάστους γεγενημένους τοὺς τούτων παραβάτας εἰδώς.
« Exoudenōsas pantas tous apostatountas apo tōn dikaiōmatōn sou, hoti adikon to enthymēma autōn. » Tautēn de peri tas sas entolas schēsō tēn prothymian, eponeidistous kai katagelastous gegenēmenous tous toutōn parabatas eidōs.
"You have set at nought all who depart from your ordinances, for their thought is unjust." "I will have this eagerness for your commandments, knowing that those who transgress them have become objects of reproach and ridicule."
Ps 119:118 (118:118 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:118: seeing transgressors disgraced makes the psalmist more eager to obey.
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- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): τοὺς, τούτων → τοὺς τούτων.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.118 (PG 80 80:1857; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-118). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.119PG 80 80:1857
« Παραβαίνοντας ἐλογισάμην πάντας τοὺς ἁμαρτωλοὺς τῆς γῆς· διὰ τοῦτο ἠγάπησα τὰ μαρτύριά σου. • Ἀντὶ τοῦ παραβαίνοντας, ὁ μὲν Θεοδοτίων εἰς οὐδὲν εἴρηκεν· ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος σκωρίαν. ῾Ο δὲ Προφήτης δεδήλωκεν, ὡς ἐξουθενῶν καὶ αὐτὸς τῷ Θεῷ παραπλησίως τοὺς παραβάτας, πᾶσαν προθυμίαν εἰς τὴν ἐκπλήρωσιν τῶν θείων λογίων προσήνεγκεν· ὅτε δὴ τὴν τῆς παρανομίας ζημίαν εἰδώς.
« Parabainontas elogisamēn pantas tous hamartōlous tēs gēs; dia touto ēgapēsa ta martyria sou. • Anti tou parabainontas, ho men Theodotiōn eis ouden eirēken; ho de Symmachos skōrian. ῾O de Prophētēs dedēlōken, hōs exouthenōn kai autos tǭ Theǭ paraplēsiōs tous parabatas, pasan prothymian eis tēn ekplērōsin tōn theiōn logiōn prosēnenken; hote dē tēn tēs paranomias zēmian eidōs.
"I counted all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore I loved your testimonies." For "transgressors" Theodotion said "as nothing," and Symmachus "dross." The prophet showed that, despising the transgressors like God, he brought all eagerness to fulfilling the divine oracles, since he knew the penalty of lawlessness.
Ps 119:119 (118:119 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:119: the psalmist, like God, counts sinners as dross and so loves God's testimonies.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): προσἡνεγκεν → προσήνεγκεν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.119 (PG 80 80:1857; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-119). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.120PG 80 80:1857
« Καθήλωσον ἐκ τοῦ φόβου σου τὰς σάρκας μου· ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν κριμάτων σου ἐφοβήθην. » Ἡ ψυχή μου, φησί, τὸν σὸν περίκειται φόβον. Αλλ' ἐπειδὴ τὸ σῶμα κατεξανίσταται ταύτης, καὶ τὰ τούτου μέλη, παρακαλῶ τούτῳ καθηλωθῆναι τῷ φόβῳ· ὥστε αὐτὰ νεκρὰ τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ γενόμενα, τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀκολουθεῖν ποδηγίᾳ. Τοῦτο ἔοικε τῷ ἀποστολικῷ ἐκείνῳ ῥητῷ, « Νεκρώσατε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, πορνείαν, ἀκαθαρσίαν, πάθος, ἐπιθυμίαν κακὴν, καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν, ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρεία. • Καὶ πάλιν, « Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι, ζῶ δὲ οὐκ ἔτι ἐγὼ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός. »
« Kathēlōson ek tou phobou sou tas sarkas mou; apo gar tōn krimatōn sou ephobēthēn. » Hē psychē mou, phēsi, ton son perikeitai phobon. All' epeidē to sōma katexanistatai tautēs, kai ta toutou melē, parakalō toutǭ kathēlōthēnai tǭ phobǭ; hōste auta nekra tę̄ hamartią genomena, tę̄ tēs psychēs akolouthein podēgią. Touto eoike tǭ apostolikǭ ekeinǭ rhētǭ, « Nekrōsate ta melē hymōn ta epi tēs gēs, porneian, akatharsian, pathos, epithymian kakēn, kai tēn pleonexian, hētis estin eidōlolatreia. • Kai palin, « Christǭ synestaurōmai, zō de ouk eti egō, zę̄ de en emoi Christos. »
"Nail my flesh with fear of you; for I am afraid of your judgments." "My soul," he says, "is clothed with fear of you. But since the body rises up against it, and its members, I ask that it be nailed down with this fear, so that its members, become dead to sin, may follow the soul's guidance." This resembles that apostolic saying: "Put to death your members that are on earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry." And again: "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me."
Ps 119:120 (118:120 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Col 3:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 2:20 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:120: the psalmist asks that fear of God nail down the rebellious body, as Paul speaks of putting members to death and being crucified with Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): Ή ψυχή → Ἡ ψυχή.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.120 (PG 80 80:1857; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-120). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.121PG 80 80:1859
· Ἐποίησα κρῖμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην, μὴ παραδῷς με τοῖς ἀδικοῦσί με. » Τοῖς σοῖς, φησὶν, ἀκολουθεῖν προελόμενος νόμοις, μὴ γένωμαι τοῖς δυσμενέσιν εὐάλωτος. Τίς δὲ νῦν ἔχει τοσαύτης ψυχῆς καθαρότητα, ὥστε σὺν παῤῥησίᾳ τοιούτοις χρήσασθαι λόγοις; Τούτοις μέν τοι καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος προσόμοια εἴρηκεν, « Ἡ γὰρ καύχησις ἡμῶν αὕτη ἐστὶ, τὸ μαρτύριον τῆς συνειδήσεως ἡμῶν. » « Ἔκδεξαι τὸν δοῦλόν σου εἰς ἀγαθόν. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος, Ἀνάδεξαί με εἰς ἀγαθὸν τὸν δοῦλόν σου. Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας, καὶ ὁ Θεοδοτίων, ἐγγύησαι · ἀντὶ τοῦ, ᾿Αληθεύων, οὐ ψεύδομαι, πίστευσον ὑποσχομένῳ τῷ δούλῳ σου· αὐτὸς ἐγγυητὴς γενοῦ τῆς ἐμῆς ὑποσχέσεως, ὅτι σου πληρῶσαι σπουδάσω τοὺς νόμους. « Μὴ συκοφαντησάτωσάν με ὑπερήφανοι. » Ἀλγεινὸν ἡ συκοφαντία, κἂν μέγαν ἔχῃ μισθόν. Ταύτῃ καὶ ὁ θαυμάσιος περιπέπτωκεν Ἰωσὴφ, καὶ ἕτεροι μυρίοι. Παρακελεύεται δὲ καὶ ὁ Κύριος εὔχεσθαι μὴ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς πειρασμόν. Οὐδὲν οὖν ἀπεικὸς οὐδὲ ὁ Προφήτης πεποίηκε, ταύτην αἰτήσας τὴν αἴτησιν. Διαφερόντως γὰρ ἡ τῶν ἀλαζόνων καὶ δυνατῶν συκοφαντία χαλεπωτέρα. ᾿Αδικία γὰρ προσλαβοῦσα τὴν δυναστείαν μείζονα τὴν λώβην ἐργάζεται.
; Epoiēsa krima kai dikaiosynēn, mē paradǭs me tois adikousi me. » Tois sois, phēsin, akolouthein proelomenos nomois, mē genōmai tois dysmenesin eualōtos. Tis de nyn echei tosautēs psychēs katharotēta, hōste syn parrhēsią toioutois chrēsasthai logois? Toutois men toi kai ho theios ᾿Apostolos prosomoia eirēken, « Hē gar kauchēsis hēmōn hautē esti, to martyrion tēs syneidēseōs hēmōn. » « Ekdexai ton doulon sou eis agathon. » Ho de Symmachos, Anadexai me eis agathon ton doulon sou. Ho de ᾿Akylas, kai ho Theodotiōn, engyēsai ; anti tou, ᾿Alētheuōn, ou pseudomai, pisteuson hyposchomenǭ tǭ doulǭ sou; autos engyētēs genou tēs emēs hyposcheseōs, hoti sou plērōsai spoudasō tous nomous. « Mē sykophantēsatōsan me hyperēphanoi. » Algeinon hē sykophantia, kan megan echę̄ misthon. Tautę̄ kai ho thaumasios peripeptōken Iōsēph, kai heteroi myrioi. Parakeleuetai de kai ho Kyrios euchesthai mē eiselthein eis peirasmon. Ouden oun apeikos oude ho Prophētēs pepoiēke, tautēn aitēsas tēn aitēsin. Diapherontōs gar hē tōn alazonōn kai dynatōn sykophantia chalepōtera. ᾿Adikia gar proslabousa tēn dynasteian meizona tēn lōbēn ergazetai.
"I have done judgment and righteousness; do not hand me over to those who wrong me." "Having chosen to follow your laws," he says, "let me not become easy prey for my foes." Who now has such purity of soul as to use such words with confidence? The divine Apostle said something similar: "For this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience." "Receive your servant for good." Symmachus has: "Take up me your servant for good"; Aquila and Theodotion, "Be surety": that is, "Speaking the truth, I do not lie; trust your servant's promise; become yourself the guarantor of my promise that I will strive to fulfill your laws." "Let not the proud falsely accuse me." False accusation is painful, even if it brings a great reward. The admirable Joseph fell into it, and countless others. And the Lord bids us pray not to enter into temptation. So the prophet did nothing unfitting in making this request. For the false accusation of the arrogant and powerful is especially grievous; injustice joined to power works greater harm.
Ps 119:121 (118:121 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 1:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:122 (118:122 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 39:17 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 26:41 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:121–122: few can claim such a clear conscience as Paul did; the psalmist asks God to be guarantor of his promise and to spare him false accusation, as Christ teaches us to pray against temptation.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; marginal verse number (OCR); split word (OCR)): ἡμῶν. ρκβ΄· « → ἡμῶν. » «; σπου. δάσω → σπουδάσω; Μή συκοφαντησάτωσάν → Μὴ συκοφαντησάτωσάν; Αλγεινὸν → Ἀλγεινὸν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.121 (PG 80 80:1859; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-121). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.123PG 80 80:1859
« Οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἐξέλιπον εἰς τὸ σωτήριόν σου, καὶ εἰς τὸ λόγιον τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου. » Πάλιν ἐνταῦθα λόγιον τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν καλεῖ. Διηνεκῶς, φησὶ, τὴν παρὰ σοῦ σωτηρίαν προσμένω, καὶ τῆς ὑποσχέσεως ἀναμένω τὸ τέλος. Τὸ δὲ ἐξέλιπον τέθεικε, τὴν ἐπιτεταμένην ἐπιθυμίαν δηλῶν.
« Hoi ophthalmoi mou exelipon eis to sōtērion sou, kai eis to logion tēs dikaiosynēs sou. » Palin entautha logion tēn hyposchesin kalei. Diēnekōs, phēsi, tēn para sou sōtērian prosmenō, kai tēs hyposcheseōs anamenō to telos. To de exelipon tetheike, tēn epitetamenēn epithymian dēlōn.
"My eyes have failed for your salvation and for the saying of your righteousness." Here again he calls the promise a "saying." "I continually await salvation from you," he says, "and wait for the fulfillment of the promise." He put "failed" to show his intense desire.
Ps 119:123 (118:123 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:123: the psalmist's eyes 'fail' with longing for God's promised salvation.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): Διηνεκῶς, – φησὶ → Διηνεκῶς, φησὶ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.123 (PG 80 80:1859; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-123). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.124PG 80 80:1859
« Ποίησον μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου κατὰ τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ τὰ δικαιώματά σου δίδαξόν με. » Ὁ τοσαύτης ἀρετῆς ἐργάτης ἐλέους τυχεῖν ἀξιοῖ, καὶ διὰ τούτου σωτηρίας ἀπολαῦσαι αἰτεῖ. Καὶ οὐκ ἀπαιτεῖ μισθὸν, ἀλλὰ φιλανθρωπίαν αἰτεῖ.
« Poiēson meta tou doulou sou kata to eleos sou, kai ta dikaiōmata sou didaxon me. » Ho tosautēs aretēs ergatēs eleous tychein axioi, kai dia toutou sōtērias apolausai aitei. Kai ouk apaitei misthon, alla philanthrōpian aitei.
"Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances." The worker of such virtue asks to obtain mercy and through it to enjoy salvation. He does not demand a wage, but asks for love for humankind.
Ps 119:124 (118:124 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:124: though virtuous, the psalmist asks for mercy, not wages.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.124 (PG 80 80:1859; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-124). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.125PG 80 80:1859
« Δοῦλός σού εἰμι ἐγὼ, συνέτισόν με, καὶ γνώσομαι τὰ μαρτύριά σου.» Πάντες μὲν ἄνθρωποι φύσει δοῦλοι Θεοῦ, διαθέσει δὲ οἱ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δεσποτείαν ἀσπασίως αἱρούμενοι. Ταύτης ὧν τῆς συμμορίας ὁ Προφήτης δοῦλον ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάζει, καὶ συνέσεως ἀξιωθῆναι παρακαλεῖ, ὥστε γνῶναι τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ μαρτύρια.
« Doulos sou eimi egō, synetison me, kai gnōsomai ta martyria sou.» Pantes men anthrōpoi physei douloi Theou, diathesei de hoi tou Theou tēn despoteian aspasiōs hairoumenoi. Tautēs hōn tēs symmorias ho Prophētēs doulon heauton onomazei, kai syneseōs axiōthēnai parakalei, hōste gnōnai tou Theou ta martyria.
"I am your servant; give me understanding, and I will know your testimonies." All human beings are God's servants by nature, but those who gladly choose God's lordship are so by disposition. Being of this company, the prophet names himself a servant and asks to be counted worthy of understanding, so as to know God's testimonies.
Ps 119:125 (118:125 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:125: all are God's servants by nature, but the godly by choice; the psalmist asks for understanding.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray mark and split word (OCR)): συν) έσεως → συνέσεως; παρακαλεί, → παρακαλεῖ,.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.125 (PG 80 80:1859; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-125). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.126PG 80 80:1859
« Καιρὸς τοῦ ποιῆσαι τῷ Κυρίῳ, διεσκέδασαν τὸν νόμον σου.» Ὁ πάντα σταθμῷ καὶ μέτρῳ πρυτανεύων Θεὸς φέρει μὲν ἐπὶ πλεῖστον τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὰς ἁμαρτίας· ὅταν δὲ αὐξηθεῖσαν ἴδῃ τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ τὴν πονηρίαν, τότε τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐπάγει. Τοῦτο τοίνυν καὶ ἐνταῦθά φησι. Καιρὸς διαναστῆναι εἰς ἐπικουρίαν τῶν ἀδικουμένων, ὦ Δέσποτα· κομιδῆ γάρ σου τὸν νόμον ἐπάτησαν οἱ πολέμιοι. « Διὰ τοῦτο ἡγάπησα τὰς ἐντολάς σου ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ τοπάζιον. » Ἐκεῖνοι μὲν οὖν τοῦ σοῦ κατεφρόνησαν νόμου. Ἐγὼ δὲ ἀξιεραστοτέρας ἡγοῦμαι τὰς σὰς ἐντολὰς χρυσίου καὶ λίθων πολυτελῶν. Τῶν γὰρ τιμίων λίθων τοπάζιος· ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἑνὸς παρεδήλωσεν ἅπαντας. Εἰκὸς δὲ κατ᾿ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον προτιμᾶσθαι τῶν ἄλλων.
« Kairos tou poiēsai tǭ Kyriǭ, dieskedasan ton nomon sou.» Ho panta stathmǭ kai metrǭ prytaneuōn Theos pherei men epi pleiston tōn anthrōpōn tas hamartias; hotan de auxētheisan idę̄ tę̄ makrothymią tēn ponērian, tote tēn timōrian epagei. Touto toinyn kai entautha phēsi. Kairos dianastēnai eis epikourian tōn adikoumenōn, ō Despota; komidē gar sou ton nomon epatēsan hoi polemioi. « Dia touto hēgapēsa tas entolas sou hyper chrysion kai topazion. » Ekeinoi men oun tou sou katephronēsan nomou. Egō de axierastoteras hēgoumai tas sas entolas chrysiou kai lithōn polytelōn. Tōn gar timiōn lithōn topazios; apo de tou henos paredēlōsen hapantas. Eikos de kat᾿ ekeinon ton kairon touton protimasthai tōn allōn.
"It is time for the Lord to act; they have broken up your law." God, who governs all by weight and measure, bears with human sins for a very long time; but when he sees wickedness increased by his long-suffering, then he brings punishment. He says this here too: "It is time to rise to the help of the wronged, Master; for the enemies have utterly trampled your law." "Therefore I loved your commandments more than gold and topaz." "They despised your law; but I consider your commandments more lovable than gold and precious stones." Topaz is among the precious stones, and by one he indicated all. It is likely that at that time this was valued above the others.
Ps 119:126 (118:126 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:127 (118:127 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:126–127: God bears long with sin but at last acts; while others trample his law, the psalmist loves it more than gold and gems.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; marginal verse number (OCR)): ἐπἀγει → ἐπάγει; πολέμιοι. ραζ'. « → πολέμιοι. «.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.126 (PG 80 80:1859; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-126). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.128PG 80 80:1861
« Διὰ τοῦτο πρὸς πάσας τὰς ἐντολάς σου κατωρθούμην· πᾶσαν ὁδὸν ἄδικον ἐμίσησα. » Ὁ γὰρ πόθος τὴν προθυμίαν ἐργάζεται· ἡ δὲ προθυμία τὴν μὲν εὐθεῖαν παραινεῖν ὁδὸν παρεσκεύαζε, τὴν δὲ τῆς ἀδικίας ἐμυσάττετο τρίβον. « Θαυμαστὰ τὰ μαρτύριά σου· διὰ τοῦτο ἐξηρεύνησε ταῦτα ἡ ψυχή μου. » Ἔδειξεν ὡς οὐ μάτην τούτων ἠράσθη. Ἀξιάγαστα γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐστὶ, καὶ ἱκανὰ καταθέλξαι, καὶ εἰς ἔρωτα διεγείραι τοὺς κατιδεῖν δυναμένους. Καὶ πόθεν τούτων κατέμαθες ἀρετήν;
« Dia touto pros pasas tas entolas sou katōrthoumēn; pasan hodon adikon emisēsa. » Ho gar pothos tēn prothymian ergazetai; hē de prothymia tēn men eutheian parainein hodon pareskeuaze, tēn de tēs adikias emysatteto tribon. « Thaumasta ta martyria sou; dia touto exēreunēse tauta hē psychē mou. » Edeixen hōs ou matēn toutōn ērasthē. Axiagasta gar, phēsin, esti, kai hikana katathelxai, kai eis erōta diegeirai tous katidein dynamenous. Kai pothen toutōn katemathes aretēn?
"Therefore I directed myself toward all your commandments; I hated every unjust way." For longing produces eagerness; and eagerness made me commend the straight road and abhor the path of injustice. "Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul has searched them out." He showed that he did not love them in vain. "For they are admirable," he says, "and able to charm and rouse to love those who can behold them." And from where did you learn their excellence?
Ps 119:128 (118:128 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:129 (118:129 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:128–129: love of God's commandments makes one embrace the straight road; his testimonies are wonderful and inspire love.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; marginal verse number (OCR)): τρίβον. ραθ΄. « → τρίβον. «; Αξιάγαστα → Ἀξιάγαστα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.128 (PG 80 80:1861; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-128). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.130PG 80 80:1861
« Ἡ δήλωσις τῶν λόγων σου φωτιεῖ, καὶ συνετιεῖ νηπίους. › Τῷ σῷ, φησὶ, καταυγαζόμενος φωτὶ ταύτην ἐδεξάμην τὴν γνῶσιν· καὶ πάντας δὲ τοὺς ἀγνοίᾳ κατεχομένους, καὶ βρέφεσιν ἐοικότας, ὁ σὸς νόμος συνέσεως ἐμφορεῖ.
« Hē dēlōsis tōn logōn sou phōtiei, kai synetiei nēpious. › Tǭ sǭ, phēsi, kataugazomenos phōti tautēn edexamēn tēn gnōsin; kai pantas de tous agnoią katechomenous, kai brephesin eoikotas, ho sos nomos syneseōs emphorei.
"The disclosure of your words will enlighten and give understanding to the simple." "Lit by your light," he says, "I received this knowledge; and your law fills with understanding all who are held by ignorance and are like infants."
Ps 119:130 (118:130 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:130: God's word enlightens the ignorant as it enlightened the psalmist.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; iota subscript (OCR)): ἀγνοία κατεχομένους → ἀγνοίᾳ κατεχομένους; ἑοικότας → ἐοικότας.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.130 (PG 80 80:1861; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-130). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.131PG 80 80:1861
« Τὸ στόμα μου ἥνοιξα, καὶ εἴλκυσα πνεῦμα, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἐπεπόθουν. » Στόμα ἐνταῦθα καλεῖ τῆς διανοίας τὴν προθυμίαν. Αὕτη γὰρ ἕλκει τὴν χάριν τοῦ πνεύματος. Καὶ γὰρ ἀλλαχοῦ φησι· · Πλάτυνον τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ πληρώσω αὐτό. » Καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος ἐν ἀνοίξει τοῦ στόματος λόγον δοθῆναι παρεκάλεσε. Καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Προφήτης ἐν ἑτέρῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ· « Κύριος δώσει ῥῆμα τοῖς εὐαγγελιζομένοις δυνάμει πολλῇ. » Τοῦτο καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἔφη, « Τὸ στόμα μου ἤνοιξα, καὶ εἴλκυσα πνεῦμα, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἐπεπόθουν. » Γλιχόμενόν με γὰρ τῶν σῶν ἐντολῶν θεασάμενος τῆς σῆς ἠξίωσας χάριτος. « Ἐπίβλεψον ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ, καὶ ἐλέησόν με, κατὰ τὸ κρίμα τῶν ἀγαπώντων τὸ ὄνομά σου. » Τῆς θείας εὐμενείας ἱκετεύει τυχεῖν, οὐχ ἁπλῶς, ἀλλ' ὡς εἴωθας, φησὶ, τοῖς ἀγαπῶσί σε παρέχειν τὸν ἔλεον. Τοῦτο γὰρ εἶπε, « Κατὰ τὸ κρῖμα τῶν ἀγαπώντων τὸ ὄνομά σου· · ἀντὶ τοῦ, Τῆς ἴσης τούτοις ἀπολαῦσαι ψήφου παρακαλῶ.
« To stoma mou hēnoixa, kai eilkysa pneuma, hoti tas entolas sou epepothoun. » Stoma entautha kalei tēs dianoias tēn prothymian. Hautē gar helkei tēn charin tou pneumatos. Kai gar allachou phēsi; ; Platynon to stoma sou, kai plērōsō auto. » Kai ho theios ᾿Apostolos en anoixei tou stomatos logon dothēnai parekalese. Kai autos de ho Prophētēs en heterǭ ephē psalmǭ; « Kyrios dōsei rhēma tois euangelizomenois dynamei pollę̄. » Touto kai entautha ephē, « To stoma mou ēnoixa, kai eilkysa pneuma, hoti tas entolas sou epepothoun. » Glichomenon me gar tōn sōn entolōn theasamenos tēs sēs ēxiōsas charitos. « Epiblepson ep᾿ eme, kai eleēson me, kata to krima tōn agapōntōn to onoma sou. » Tēs theias eumeneias hiketeuei tychein, ouch haplōs, all' hōs eiōthas, phēsi, tois agapōsi se parechein ton eleon. Touto gar eipe, « Kata to krima tōn agapōntōn to onoma sou; ; anti tou, Tēs isēs toutois apolausai psēphou parakalō.
"I opened my mouth and drew in breath, for I longed for your commandments." Here he calls the eagerness of the mind "mouth"; for it draws in the grace of the Spirit. Elsewhere too he says: "Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it." And the divine Apostle asked that a word be given him in the opening of his mouth. And the prophet himself said in another psalm: "The Lord will give a word to those who proclaim the good news with great power." He said this here too: "I opened my mouth and drew in breath (pneuma), for I longed for your commandments." "For seeing me yearning for your commandments, you counted me worthy of your grace." "Look upon me and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of those who love your name." He begs to obtain the divine favor, not without qualification, but "as you are accustomed," he says, "to give mercy to those who love you." For that is what he meant by "according to the judgment of those who love your name"; that is, "I ask to enjoy the same sentence as they."
Ps 119:131 (118:131 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 81:10 (80:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 6:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 68:11 (67:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:132 (118:132 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:131–132: the open 'mouth' is the eager mind that draws in the Spirit's grace; the psalmist asks for the mercy God shows those who love him.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; marginal verse number (OCR)): ἀνοίξει τὸ στόματος → ἀνοίξει τοῦ στόματος; χάριτος. Τρλβ'. Ἐπίβλεψον → χάριτος. « Ἐπίβλεψον.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.131 (PG 80 80:1861; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-131). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.133PG 80 80:1861
Τὰ διαβήματά μου κατεύθυνον κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου· καὶ μὴ κατακυριευσάτω μου πᾶσα ἀνομία.» Ἡμῶν γὰρ προεκφερόντων τὴν προθυμίαν, καὶ Θεοῦ παρέχοντος τὴν βοήθειαν, καὶ τὴν πορείαν εὐθύνοντος, χώραν οὐκ ἔχει τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἡ δυναστεία.
Ta diabēmata mou kateuthynon kata to logion sou; kai mē katakyrieusatō mou pasa anomia.» Hēmōn gar proekpherontōn tēn prothymian, kai Theou parechontos tēn boētheian, kai tēn poreian euthynontos, chōran ouk echei tēs hamartias hē dynasteia.
"Direct my steps according to your saying, and let no lawlessness rule over me." For when we bring forward our eagerness, and God supplies help and directs our course, the dominion of sin has no room.
Ps 119:133 (118:133 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:133: when our eagerness meets God's help, sin cannot rule.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.133 (PG 80 80:1861; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-133). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.134PG 80 80:1861
« Λύτρωσαί με ἀπὸ συκοφαντίας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ φυλάξω τὰς ἐντολάς σου. » Καὶ ὁ Δεσπότης Χριστὸς τοὺς ὀνειδιζομένους καὶ συκοφαντιζομένους ζηλωτοὺς καὶ μακαρίους ἐκάλεσεν· ἀλλὰ καὶ εὔξασθαι παρεγγύησε μὴ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς πειρασμόν. Συμβαίνει τοίνυν τοῖς εὐαγγελικοῖς νόμοις καὶ τοῦ Προφήτου ἡ προσευχή.
« Lytrōsai me apo sykophantias anthrōpōn, kai phylaxō tas entolas sou. » Kai ho Despotēs Christos tous oneidizomenous kai sykophantizomenous zēlōtous kai makarious ekalesen; alla kai euxasthai parengyēse mē eiselthein eis peirasmon. Symbainei toinyn tois euangelikois nomois kai tou Prophētou hē proseuchē.
"Redeem me from the false accusation of men, and I will keep your commandments." Christ the Master too called those reproached and falsely accused enviable and blessed; but he also urged us to pray not to enter into temptation. The prophet's prayer, then, agrees with the laws of the Gospel.
Ps 119:134 (118:134 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 26:41 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:134: Christ called the slandered blessed but taught us to pray against temptation, so the prayer agrees with the gospel.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.134 (PG 80 80:1861; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-134). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.135PG 80 80:1863
« Τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπίφανον ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλόν σου, καὶ δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου. » ᾿Ασώματον μὲν τὸ Θεῖον, καὶ ἁπλοῦν, καὶ ἀσύνθετον. Σωματικώτερον δὲ καὶ παχύτερον ἡ θεία Γραφὴ περὶ αὐτοῦ διαλέγεται, τῇ φύσει τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων μετροῦσα τοὺς λόγους. Τοιγαροῦν τοῦ θείου προσώπου τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν νοητέον τὴν λύσιν τῶν λυπηρῶν, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀγαθῶν χορηγίαν.
« To prosōpon sou epiphanon epi ton doulon sou, kai didaxon me ta dikaiōmata sou. » ᾿Asōmaton men to Theion, kai haploun, kai asyntheton. Sōmatikōteron de kai pachyteron hē theia Graphē peri autou dialegetai, tę̄ physei tę̄ tōn anthrōpōn metrousa tous logous. Toigaroun tou theiou prosōpou tēn epiphaneian noēteon tēn lysin tōn lypērōn, kai tēn tōn agathōn chorēgian.
"Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your ordinances." The divine is bodiless, simple, and uncompounded. But the divine Scripture speaks of it in more bodily and coarser terms, measuring its words to human nature. So the appearing of the divine face is to be understood as release from sorrows and the supply of good things.
Ps 119:135 (118:135 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:135: Scripture speaks of God's 'face' in human terms; its shining means relief and blessing.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): ἐπίφανον ἐπι τὸν → ἐπίφανον ἐπὶ τὸν; ᾿Ασωματον → ᾿Ασώματον; ἀὐτοῦ → αὐτοῦ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.135 (PG 80 80:1863; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-135). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.136PG 80 80:1863
« Διεξόδους ὑδάτων κατέδυσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἐφύλαξα τὸν νόμον σου. » ᾿Αποστολικὸς καὶ οὗτος ὁ νόμος, « Εἰ γὰρ πάσχῃ, φησὶν, ἓν μέλος, συμπάσχει, φησὶ, πάντα τὰ μέλη. » Τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν τοίνυν ὁ Προφήτης μετέρχεται τελειότητα, τὰς τῶν ἄλλων παρανομίας ὀλοφυρόμενος. Διεξόδους δὲ ὑδάτων τὸ πλῆθος τῶν δακρύων ἐκάλεσεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Κρουνηδὸν ἔφερον τὰ δάκρυα, τὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων παρανομίας θεώμενος.
« Diexodous hydatōn katedysan hoi ophthalmoi mou, epei ouk ephylaxa ton nomon sou. » ᾿Apostolikos kai houtos ho nomos, « Ei gar paschę̄, phēsin, hen melos, sympaschei, phēsi, panta ta melē. » Tēn euangelikēn toinyn ho Prophētēs meterchetai teleiotēta, tas tōn allōn paranomias olophyromenos. Diexodous de hydatōn to plēthos tōn dakryōn ekalesen, anti tou, Krounēdon epheron ta dakrya, tas tōn anthrōpōn paranomias theōmenos.
"My eyes poured down streams of water, because I did not keep your law." This too is an apostolic law: "For if one member suffers," it says, "all the members suffer together." The prophet, then, pursues the perfection of the Gospel by lamenting the transgressions of others. By "streams of water" he meant the abundance of tears; that is, "I shed tears in torrents, seeing the lawlessness of human beings."
Ps 119:136 (118:136 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:26 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:136: the psalmist weeps for the sins of others, as Paul says that all members suffer together.
- The Septuagint wording is 'because they did not keep,' which Theodoret's comment presupposes; the printed lemma has 'I did not keep.'
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): ᾿Απο- στολικὸς → ᾿Αποστολικὸς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.136 (PG 80 80:1863; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-136). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.137PG 80 80:1863
« Δίκαιος εἶ, Κύριε, καὶ εὐθεῖς αἱ κρίσεις σου. Ἐνετείλω δικαιοσύνην τὰ μαρτύριά σου, καὶ ἀλήθειαν σφόδρα. » Δικαίως ἅπαντα διέπεις, ὦ Δέσποτα, καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κηδόμενος, καὶ δικαιοσύνης ἐργάτας ἀποφῆναι βουλόμενος. Καὶ νόμον ἔδωκας, καὶ διαμαρτύρῃ τοὺς παραβαίνοντας, ὁποίας τίσουσι δίκας, καὶ ὑπισχνῇ τοῖς φυλάττουσι τὰς ἀγαθὰς ἀντιδόσεις, καὶ βεβαιοῖς τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τοῖς ἔργοις. Τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὸ ᾿Αλήθειαν σφόδρα.
« Dikaios ei, Kyrie, kai eutheis hai kriseis sou. Eneteilō dikaiosynēn ta martyria sou, kai alētheian sphodra. » Dikaiōs hapanta diepeis, ō Despota, kai tōn anthrōpōn kēdomenos, kai dikaiosynēs ergatas apophēnai boulomenos. Kai nomon edōkas, kai diamartyrę̄ tous parabainontas, hopoias tisousi dikas, kai hypischnę̄ tois phylattousi tas agathas antidoseis, kai bebaiois tas epangelias tois ergois. Touto gar dēloi to ᾿Alētheian sphodra.
"You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are upright. You commanded your testimonies as righteousness, and truth exceedingly." "You govern all things justly, Master, both caring for human beings and wishing to make them workers of righteousness. You gave a law, you solemnly warn transgressors what penalties they will pay, you promise good rewards to those who keep it, and you confirm your promises by deeds." This is what "truth exceedingly" shows.
Ps 119:137 (118:137 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:138 (118:138 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:137–138: God governs justly, gives his law with warnings and promises, and keeps his promises.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark and split word (OCR)): ἐπαγγε( λίας → ἐπαγγελίας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.137 (PG 80 80:1863; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-137). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.139PG 80 80:1863
· Ἐξέτηξέ με ὁ ζῆλός σου, ὅτι ἐπελάθοντο τῶν λόγων σου οἱ ἐχθροί μου. » Καὶ τοὺς παρανομίᾳ συζῶντας ὁ Προφήτης θρηνεῖ, καὶ καταφρονούμενον ὁρῶν τὸν νομοθέτην, ἐνδίκως ἀγανακτεῖ. Οὗτος ὁ ζῆλος τὸν Φινεὲς ἀνεκήρυξεν. Οὗτος τὸν μέγαν Ἡλίαν ἀοίδιμον ἀπετέλεσε. Τούτῳ πυρπολούμενος ὁ καλλίνικος Στέφανος τὴν Ἰουδαίων ἀπιστίαν διήλεγξε. Τοῦτον ἐν ἑαυτῷ περιφέρων ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος ἐβόα λέγων, « Τίς ἀσθενεῖ, καὶ οὐκ ἀσθενῶ; τίς σκανδαλίζεται, καὶ οὐκ ἐγὼ πυροῦμαι; › Καὶ ὁ μακάριος δὲ Λουκᾶς περὶ αὐτοῦ φησιν, ὡς ἐν ᾿Αθήναις συνείχετο τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ θεωροῦντι κατείδωλον οὖσαν τὴν πόλιν.
; Exetēxe me ho zēlos sou, hoti epelathonto tōn logōn sou hoi echthroi mou. » Kai tous paranomią syzōntas ho Prophētēs thrēnei, kai kataphronoumenon horōn ton nomothetēn, endikōs aganaktei. Houtos ho zēlos ton Phinees anekēryxen. Houtos ton megan Hēlian aoidimon apetelese. Toutǭ pyrpoloumenos ho kallinikos Stephanos tēn Ioudaiōn apistian diēlenxe. Touton en heautǭ peripherōn ho thespesios Paulos eboa legōn, « Tis asthenei, kai ouk asthenō? tis skandalizetai, kai ouk egō pyroumai? › Kai ho makarios de Loukas peri autou phēsin, hōs en ᾿Athēnais syneicheto to pneuma autou en autǭ theōrounti kateidōlon ousan tēn polin.
"Your zeal has consumed me, because my enemies forgot your words." The prophet both laments those who live in lawlessness and, seeing the lawgiver despised, is justly indignant. This zeal made Phinehas famous. This made the great Elijah celebrated. Burning with this, the victorious Stephen exposed the unbelief of the Jews. Carrying this in himself, the inspired Paul cried: "Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?" And the blessed Luke says of him that in Athens his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
Ps 119:139 (118:139 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Num 25:11 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 19:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 7:51 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Cor 11:29 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 17:16 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:139: the psalmist burns with zeal for God, like Phinehas, Elijah, Stephen, and Paul.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); unbalanced bracket (OCR)): καλλίνικος] Στέφανος → καλλίνικος Στέφανος; θεω ροῦντι → θεωροῦντι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.139 (PG 80 80:1863; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-139). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.140PG 80 80:1863
« Πεπυρωμένον τὸ λόγιόν σου σφόδρα, καὶ ὁ δοῦλός σου ἠγάπησεν αὐτό. » Δόκιμος, φησὶν, ἐστὶ καὶ ἀκίβδηλος ὁ σὸς λόγος, καὶ μώμου παντὸς ἐλεύθερος· ἐγὼ δὲ περὶ τοῦτον θερμὸν ἔχω τὸ φίλτρον.
« Pepyrōmenon to logion sou sphodra, kai ho doulos sou ēgapēsen auto. » Dokimos, phēsin, esti kai akibdēlos ho sos logos, kai mōmou pantos eleutheros; egō de peri touton thermon echō to philtron.
"Your saying is tried in the fire exceedingly, and your servant has loved it." "Your word," he says, "is proven and pure and free of all blemish; and I have a warm affection for it."
Ps 119:140 (118:140 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:140: God's word is refined and pure, and the psalmist loves it.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.140 (PG 80 80:1863; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-140). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.141PG 80 80:1863
« Νεώτερος ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ ἐξουδενωμένος, τὰ δικαιώματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην. » Ἡνίκα τῷ θείῳ Σαμουήλ παρηγγύησεν ὁ Θεὸς ἕνα τῶν παίδων τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ βασιλέα χειροτονῆσαι, τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους καὶ ῥώμῃ, καὶ δυνάμει, καὶ κάλλει σώματος κεκοσμημένους ἀπεδοκίμασεν ἅπαντας, ἤρετο δὲ τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ εἰ ἐκλελοίπει τὰ παιδάρια· τοῦ δὲ εἰρηκότος, ὑπολελείφθαι μειράκιον σμικρὸν, ὃ ποιμαίνει τὰ ποίμνια, καὶ ὡς ἀνάρμοστον βασιλείᾳ, ἐκέλευσεν ὁ προφήτης τοῦτον ἀχθῆναι, καὶ ἔχρισεν ἀφικόμενον παραχρῆμα. Ταύτης ἐνταῦθα τῆς δωρεᾶς ὁ Προφήτης ἐμνήσθη, καὶ φησί· Καὶ νέον ὄντα με, καὶ τοῖς γεγεννηκόσιν εὐτελῆ νομισθέντα, σὺ τοσαύτης ἠξίωσας χάριτος, καὶ προφήτην ὁμοῦ καὶ βασιλέα πεποίηκας · οὗ δὴ χάριν σὺν πάσῃ προθυμίᾳ τὰ σὰ φυλάττειν ἐφίεμαι δικαιώματα.
« Neōteros egō eimi, kai exoudenōmenos, ta dikaiōmata sou ouk epelathomēn. » Hēnika tǭ theiǭ Samouēl parēngyēsen ho Theos hena tōn paidōn tou Iessai basilea cheirotonēsai, tous men allous kai rhōmę̄, kai dynamei, kai kallei sōmatos kekosmēmenous apedokimasen hapantas, ēreto de tou Iessai ei ekleloipei ta paidaria; tou de eirēkotos, hypoleleiphthai meirakion smikron, ho poimainei ta poimnia, kai hōs anarmoston basileią, ekeleusen ho prophētēs touton achthēnai, kai echrisen aphikomenon parachrēma. Tautēs entautha tēs dōreas ho Prophētēs emnēsthē, kai phēsi; Kai neon onta me, kai tois gegennēkosin eutelē nomisthenta, sy tosautēs ēxiōsas charitos, kai prophētēn homou kai basilea pepoiēkas ; hou dē charin syn pasę̄ prothymią ta sa phylattein ephiemai dikaiōmata.
"I am young and despised; I have not forgotten your ordinances." When God bade the divine Samuel anoint one of Jesse's sons king, he rejected all the others, adorned with strength, power, and bodily beauty; and he asked Jesse whether his boys had run out. When he said there remained a small lad who was tending the flocks, as one unfit for kingship, the prophet ordered him brought and anointed him at once when he arrived. Here the prophet remembered this gift and says: "Though I was young and thought worthless by my parents, you counted me worthy of such grace and made me prophet and king at once; for this reason I long with all eagerness to keep your ordinances."
Ps 119:141 (118:141 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 16:11 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 16:13 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:141: David recalls that though young and despised, he was chosen and anointed by Samuel, and so is eager to keep God's ordinances.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): ἐξουδενωμένος,, τὰ → ἐξουδενωμένος, τὰ; ἐπελαθόμην·, Ἡνίκα → ἐπελαθόμην. » Ἡνίκα; τοῦ δι Ἰεσσαὶ εἰ ἐκλελοίπει δ τὰ → τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ εἰ ἐκλελοίπει τὰ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.141 (PG 80 80:1863; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-141). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.142PG 80 80:1865
« Ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου δικαιοσύνη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ὁ νόμος σου ἀλήθεια. » Ὁ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις νόμοις πειθόμενος οὐδὲ κατὰ τὸν παρόντα βίον τῆς παρὰ τῶν νομοθετούντων ἀπολαύει τιμῆς· ὁ δὲ ταῖς θείαις ἀκολουθῶν ἐντολαῖς, μισθὸν ἔχει τῶν πόνων τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον. Καὶ οἱ νόμοι δὲ οἱ ἀνθρώπειοι οὐ πάντως πάντες τὸ δίκαιον ἔχουσιν· ὁ δὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ νόμος ἀληθείᾳ λαμπρύνεται. Εἰκότως τοίνυν ἔφη· • Ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου δικαιοσύνη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ὁ νόμος σου ἀλήθεια. »
« Hē dikaiosynē sou dikaiosynē eis ton aiōna, kai ho nomos sou alētheia. » Ho tois anthrōpinois nomois peithomenos oude kata ton paronta bion tēs para tōn nomothetountōn apolauei timēs; ho de tais theiais akolouthōn entolais, misthon echei tōn ponōn tēn zōēn tēn aiōnion. Kai hoi nomoi de hoi anthrōpeioi ou pantōs pantes to dikaion echousin; ho de tou Theou nomos alētheią lamprynetai. Eikotōs toinyn ephē; • Hē dikaiosynē sou dikaiosynē eis ton aiōna, kai ho nomos sou alētheia. »
"Your righteousness is righteousness for ever, and your law is truth." One who obeys human laws does not enjoy honor from the lawgivers even in the present life; but one who follows the divine commandments has eternal life as the reward of his labors. And human laws do not all have justice in every case; but God's law shines with truth. Rightly, then, he said: "Your righteousness is righteousness for ever, and your law is truth."
Ps 119:142 (118:142 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:142: unlike human laws, God's law is wholly just and rewards obedience with eternal life.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): δίκαιον ἔχουσι᾿ ὁ δὲ → δίκαιον ἔχουσιν· ὁ δὲ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.142 (PG 80 80:1865; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-142). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.143PG 80 80:1865
« Θλίψεις καὶ ἀνάγκαι εὔροσάν με. » Ταῦτα γὰρ συνέζευκται τοῖς ἐρασταῖς τῆς ἀρετῆς. «Αἱ ἐντολαί σου μελέτη μου. · Ἐκ τῆς γὰρ τούτων διδασκαλίας τὴν ἀνδρίαν μανθάνω, καὶ φέρω γενναίως τὰ λυπηρά.
« Thlipseis kai anankai eurosan me. » Tauta gar synezeuktai tois erastais tēs aretēs. «Hai entolai sou meletē mou. ; Ek tēs gar toutōn didaskalias tēn andrian manthanō, kai pherō gennaiōs ta lypēra.
"Afflictions and distresses found me." For these are yoked to the lovers of virtue. "Your commandments are my meditation." "For from their teaching I learn courage and bear sorrows nobly."
Ps 119:143 (118:143 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:143: trials accompany virtue, and God's commandments teach courage to bear them.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray word (OCR)): ἐρασταῖς δὲ τῆς → ἐρασταῖς τῆς; λυπηρά. να. → λυπηρά..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.143 (PG 80 80:1865; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-143). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.144PG 80 80:1865
« Δικαιοσύνη τὰ μαρτύριά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, Πρόξενα τῶν αἰωνίων ἐστὶν ἀγαθῶν. « Συνέτισόν με, καὶ ζήσομαι. » Ὑπὸ σοῦ γὰρ φωτιζόμενος τῆς ἀληθοῦς ζωῆς ἀπολαύσομαι.
« Dikaiosynē ta martyria sou eis ton aiōna. » ᾿Anti tou, Proxena tōn aiōniōn estin agathōn. « Synetison me, kai zēsomai. » Hypo sou gar phōtizomenos tēs alēthous zōēs apolausomai.
"Your testimonies are righteousness for ever." That is, they procure eternal good things. "Give me understanding, and I shall live." "For enlightened by you I will enjoy true life."
Ps 119:144 (118:144 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:144: God's testimonies bring eternal goods, and his enlightenment gives true life.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (letters lost (OCR)): εἰς τὸν αἰῶ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ → εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. » ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.144 (PG 80 80:1865; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-144). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.145PG 80 80:1865
· Ἐκέκραξα ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, ἐπάκουσόν μου, Κύριε, τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐκζητήσω. » Κραυγὴν πάλιν τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς προθυμίαν καλεῖ· διὰ τοῦτο προστέθεικε τὸ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου. Οὕτω καὶ Μωσῆς ἐβόα σιγῶν· καὶ προσευχομένῳ κατὰ διάνοιαν ὁ Θεὸς ἔφη, « Τί βοᾷς πρὸς ἐμέ;»
; Ekekraxa en holę̄ kardią mou, epakouson mou, Kyrie, ta dikaiōmata sou ekzētēsō. » Kraugēn palin tēn tēs psychēs prothymian kalei; dia touto prostetheike to en holę̄ kardią mou. Houtō kai Mōsēs eboa sigōn; kai proseuchomenǭ kata dianoian ho Theos ephē, « Ti boąs pros eme?»
"I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will seek out your ordinances." Again he calls the eagerness of the soul a "cry"; that is why he added "with my whole heart." So too Moses cried out while silent; and to him praying in his mind God said, "Why do you cry to me?"
Ps 119:145 (118:145 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 14:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:145: the 'cry' is the soul's eagerness, as with Moses, who cried to God in silence.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter): Κρανγὴν → Κραυγὴν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.145 (PG 80 80:1865; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-145). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.146PG 80 80:1865
· Ἐκέκραξά σοι, σῶσόν με, καὶ φυλάξω τὰ μαρτύριά σου. » Παρὰ σοῦ γὰρ τὴν σωτηρίαν δεχόμενος, φύλαξ τῶν σῶν γενήσομαι νόμων.
; Ekekraxa soi, sōson me, kai phylaxō ta martyria sou. » Para sou gar tēn sōtērian dechomenos, phylax tōn sōn genēsomai nomōn.
"I cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies." "For receiving salvation from you, I will become a keeper of your laws."
Ps 119:146 (118:146 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:146: saved by God, the psalmist will keep his laws.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.146 (PG 80 80:1865; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-146). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.147PG 80 80:1865
« Προέφθασα ἐν ἀωρίᾳ, καὶ ἐκέκραξα, εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ἐπήλπισα. » Βασιλεὺς ὢν ὁ Προφήτης, καὶ μυρίαις φροντίσι περικλυζόμενος, καὶ πολεμικοὺς πρὸς ταύταις ἀναδεδεγμένος ἀγῶνας, οὐ μόνον ἡμέρας ὑπολαμπούσης τῷ Θεῷ τὰς ἱκετείας προσέφερεν · ἀλλὰ καὶ μεσούσης νυκτὸς, οὐκ ἀναμένων τὰς τῶν ἀλεκτρυόνων ᾠδάς. Οὕτως ἐπόθει τὸν πεποιηκότα Θεὸν, οὕτω προθύμως τὴν ἐκεῖθεν ᾔτει βοήθειαν.
« Proephthasa en aōrią, kai ekekraxa, eis tous logous sou epēlpisa. » Basileus ōn ho Prophētēs, kai myriais phrontisi periklyzomenos, kai polemikous pros tautais anadedegmenos agōnas, ou monon hēmeras hypolampousēs tǭ Theǭ tas hiketeias prosepheren ; alla kai mesousēs nyktos, ouk anamenōn tas tōn alektryonōn ǭdas. Houtōs epothei ton pepoiēkota Theon, houtō prothymōs tēn ekeithen ę̄tei boētheian.
"I came early, in the untimely hour, and cried; I hoped in your words." Though the prophet was king, flooded with countless cares, and had taken on military contests besides, he offered his supplications to God not only when day was dawning, but in the middle of the night, not waiting for the crowing of the cocks. So he longed for the God who made him; so eagerly he asked help from him.
Ps 119:147 (118:147 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:147: though a busy king and warrior, David prayed even before dawn.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter): ἐπάθει τὸν → ἐπόθει τὸν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.147 (PG 80 80:1865; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-147). (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.
118.148PG 80 80:1865
« Προέφθασαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου πρὸς ὄρθρον, τοῦ μελετᾷν τὰ λόγιά σου. » Οὐ μόνον δὲ κατὰ τὸν τοῦ γλυκέως ὕπνου καιρὸν, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρὰ τὸν ὄρθρον, τῶν θείων νόμων ἐπεποίητο μελέτην. Ἡμεῖς δὲ πενίᾳ συζῶντες, καὶ πάσης φροντίδος ἀπηλλαγμένοι, ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης διανυκτερεύομεν καλινδούμενοι καὶ οὐδὲ ἀρχομένης ἡμέρας τῷ δοτῆρι τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὸν ὕμνον προσφέρομεν.
« Proephthasan hoi ophthalmoi mou pros orthron, tou meletąn ta logia sou. » Ou monon de kata ton tou glykeōs hypnou kairon, alla kai para ton orthron, tōn theiōn nomōn epepoiēto meletēn. Hēmeis de penią syzōntes, kai pasēs phrontidos apēllagmenoi, epi tēs klinēs dianyktereuomen kalindoumenoi kai oude archomenēs hēmeras tǭ dotēri tōn agathōn ton hymnon prospheromen.
"My eyes came early to the dawn, to meditate on your sayings." "Not only at the time of sweet sleep, but also at dawn, I made meditation on the divine laws." But we, living in poverty and freed from every care, pass the night rolling on our beds, and do not offer the hymn to the giver of good things even when day begins.
Ps 119:148 (118:148 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:148: David meditated at dawn, a reproach to those who, though free of cares, sleep through the night and morning without praise.
- Theodoret applies the reproach to himself and his fellow ascetics ('we, living in poverty').
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ὄρθρον ", τοῦ → ὄρθρον, τοῦ; ἐπεποίητο σε μελέτην → ἐπεποίητο μελέτην; και λινδούμενοι → καλινδούμενοι.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.148 (PG 80 80:1865; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-148). (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.
118.149PG 80 80:1867
« Τῆς φωνῆς μου ἄκουσον, Κύριε, κατὰ τὸ ἔλεός σου, κατὰ τὸ κρῖμά σου ζῆσόν με. » Ὁ τοσούτοις κομῶν ἀγαθοῖς ἐλέου τυχεῖν ἀξιοῖ, καὶ οὐκ ἀορίστως αἰτεῖ τὸν ἔλεον · ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν ὀνησιφόρον ψῆφον.
« Tēs phōnēs mou akouson, Kyrie, kata to eleos sou, kata to krima sou zēson me. » Ho tosoutois komōn agathois eleou tychein axioi, kai ouk aoristōs aitei ton eleon ; alla kata tēn onēsiphoron psēphon.
"Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your mercy; according to your judgment give me life." The one abounding in so many good things asks to obtain mercy; and he does not ask for mercy without qualification, but according to the beneficial sentence.
Ps 119:149 (118:149 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:149: even the virtuous psalmist asks for mercy in accordance with God's beneficial judgment.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray letters (OCR)): κρῖμά σου σε ζῆσόν → κρῖμά σου ζῆσόν; ἀξιοῦ, καὶ → ἀξιοῖ, καὶ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.149 (PG 80 80:1867; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-149). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.150PG 80 80:1867
« Προσήγγισαν οἱ καταδιώκοντές με ἀνομίᾳ, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ νόμου σου ἐμακρύνθησαν. • Πόρρω γὰρ τῶν θείων νόμων εἰσὶν οἱ τῷ δικαίῳ πειρώμενοι πολεμεῖν. • Ὁ ἀθετῶν γὰρ ὑμᾶς, φησὶν, οὐχ ὑμᾶς ἀθετεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντα ὑμᾶς. » Καί· « Ἐχθρεύσω τοῖς ἐχθροῖς σου, καὶ ἀντικείσομαι τοῖς ἀντικειμένοις σοι.
« Prosēngisan hoi katadiōkontes me anomią, apo de tou nomou sou emakrynthēsan. • Porrō gar tōn theiōn nomōn eisin hoi tǭ dikaiǭ peirōmenoi polemein. • Ho athetōn gar hymas, phēsin, ouch hymas athetei, alla ton aposteilanta hymas. » Kai; « Echthreusō tois echthrois sou, kai antikeisomai tois antikeimenois soi.
"Those who persecute me lawlessly drew near; they were far from your law." For those who try to make war on the righteous are far from the divine laws. "For he who rejects you," he says, "rejects not you but him who sent you." And: "I will be an enemy to your enemies and oppose those who oppose you."
Ps 119:150 (118:150 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 10:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 23:22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:150: those who attack the righteous are far from God's law, for God counts their enemies as his own.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; stray letters (OCR)): ἀνομίᾳ σο, ἀπὸ → ἀνομίᾳ, ἀπὸ; Έχθρεύσω → Ἐχθρεύσω.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.150 (PG 80 80:1867; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-150). (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.
118.151PG 80 80:1867
« Ἐγγὺς εἶ σὺ, Κύριε, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοί σου ἀλήθεια. » Ὁρᾶς, φησὶν, ἅπαντα, Κύριε· οὐ γὰρ ἀφέστηκας, ἀλλὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην πληροῖς, καὶ ἀληθείᾳ χρώμενος πρυτανεύεις τὴν κτίσιν. Τοῦτο καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Θεὸς διὰ τοῦ προφήτου φησί · « Θεὸς ἐγγίζων ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ οὐ Θεὸς πόῤῥωθεν. » Καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος, « Ἐν αὐτῷ, φησὶ, ζῶμεν, καὶ κινούμεθα, καὶ ἐσμέν. » « Κατ' ἀρχὰς ἔγνων ἐκ τῶν μαρτυρίων σου, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐθεμελίωσας αὐτά. • Μαρτύρια καλεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ τὴν γῆν. « Καταβάς, φησὶ, διαμάρτυρε αὐτοῖς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ τὴν γῆν. » Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ Μωσῆς ὁ μέγας τῆς ᾠδῆς ἀρχόμενος ἔφη · · Πρόσεχε, οὐρανὲ, καὶ λαλήσω· καὶ ἀκουέτω γῆ ῥήματα ἐκ στόματός μου. » Ἐν δὲ τούτοις ὁρᾶται διηνεκῶς ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρόνοια · μετὰ πολλῆς γὰρ ὁδεύει τάξεως ἅπαντα. Ἐντεῦθεν, φησὶν, ἔγνων ἀκριβῶς, ὡς ἐγγὺς εἶ σὺ, καὶ παρεῖ τοῖς γινομένοις, καὶ λανθάνει σε τῶν πραγμάτων οὐδέν.
« Engys ei sy, Kyrie, kai pasai hai hodoi sou alētheia. » Horas, phēsin, hapanta, Kyrie; ou gar aphestēkas, alla tēn oikoumenēn plērois, kai alētheią chrōmenos prytaneueis tēn ktisin. Touto kai autos ho Theos dia tou prophētou phēsi ; « Theos engizōn egō eimi, kai ou Theos porrhōthen. » Kai ho makarios Paulos, « En autǭ, phēsi, zōmen, kai kinoumetha, kai esmen. » « Kat' archas egnōn ek tōn martyriōn sou, hoti eis ton aiōna ethemeliōsas auta. • Martyria kalei ton ouranon, kai tēn gēn. « Katabas, phēsi, diamartyre autois ton ouranon, kai tēn gēn. » Dia touto kai Mōsēs ho megas tēs ǭdēs archomenos ephē ; ; Proseche, ourane, kai lalēsō; kai akouetō gē rhēmata ek stomatos mou. » En de toutois horatai diēnekōs hē tou Theou pronoia ; meta pollēs gar hodeuei taxeōs hapanta. Enteuthen, phēsin, egnōn akribōs, hōs engys ei sy, kai parei tois ginomenois, kai lanthanei se tōn pragmatōn ouden.
"You are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truth." "You see all things, Lord," he says; "for you are not far off, but fill the world and govern creation using truth." God himself says this through the prophet: "I am a God who draws near, and not a God far off." And the blessed Paul: "In him," he says, "we live and move and have our being." "From the beginning I knew from your testimonies that you founded them for ever." He calls heaven and earth "testimonies": "Go down," it says, "and call heaven and earth to witness against them." That is why the great Moses too, beginning his song, said: "Give heed, O heaven, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth." In these God's providence is continually seen; for all things proceed in great order. "From this," he says, "I knew precisely that you are near, are present to what happens, and that nothing of what takes place escapes you."
Ps 119:151 (118:151 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 23:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 17:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:152 (118:152 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 19:21 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 4:26 (allusion, medium confidence) · Deut 32:1 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:151–152: God fills the world and is near, as Jeremiah and Paul say; heaven and earth, his 'witnesses,' show his ordered providence.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
- The saying 'Go down and call heaven and earth to witness against them' combines Exod 19:21 and Deut 4:26.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; marginal verse number (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): ὁδοί σε σου → ὁδοί σου; Κύριε · σε οὐ γὰρ → Κύριε· οὐ γὰρ; ἐσμέν. » ρυβ΄. « → ἐσμέν. » «; « Καταβάς, ο, φησὶ → « Καταβάς, φησὶ; τὴν γῆν.. & Διὰ → τὴν γῆν. » Διὰ; ὀδεύει τάξεως → ὁδεύει τάξεως.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.151 (PG 80 80:1867; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-151). (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.
118.153PG 80 80:1867
« Ἴδε τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου, καὶ ἐξελοῦ με, ὅτι τοῦ νόμου σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην. » «Ὁ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται, » κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου φωνήν. Καί · • Μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. » Ταύτῃ καὶ ὁ θεῖος Προφήτης τὰς ἄλλας ἐκόσμησεν ἀρετάς · καὶ ταύτην προϊσχόμενος τὴν θείαν ἐπαγγέλλει βοήθειαν.
« Ide tēn tapeinōsin mou, kai exelou me, hoti tou nomou sou ouk epelathomēn. » «Ho tapeinōn heauton hypsōthēsetai, » kata tēn tou Kyriou phōnēn. Kai ; • Makarioi hoi ptōchoi tǭ pneumati, hoti autōn estin hē basileia tōn ouranōn. » Tautę̄ kai ho theios Prophētēs tas allas ekosmēsen aretas ; kai tautēn proïschomenos tēn theian epangellei boētheian.
"See my humiliation and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law." "He who humbles himself will be exalted," according to the Lord's word; and: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." With this the divine prophet adorned his other virtues; and holding this forward, he calls for the divine help.
Ps 119:153 (118:153 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 14:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:153: humility, which Christ blessed, crowned David's virtues and grounds his plea for help.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): » -«Ὁ ταπεινῶν → » «Ὁ ταπεινῶν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.153 (PG 80 80:1867; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-153). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.154PG 80 80:1867
« Κρῖνον τὴν κρίσιν μου, καὶ λύτρωσαί με διὰ τὸν λόγον σου ζῆσόν με. » Τῶν ὑποσχέσεων τὸν Δεσπότην ἀναμιμνήσκει, καὶ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ τὴν σωτηρίαν αἰτεῖ, καὶ κρῖναι αὐτῷ καὶ τοῖς δυσμενέσιν ἀντιβολεῖ.
« Krinon tēn krisin mou, kai lytrōsai me dia ton logon sou zēson me. » Tōn hyposcheseōn ton Despotēn anamimnēskei, kai par᾿ autou tēn sōtērian aitei, kai krinai autǭ kai tois dysmenesin antibolei.
"Judge my cause and redeem me; for your word's sake give me life." He reminds the Master of his promises, asks salvation from him, and pleads with him to judge between him and his foes.
Ps 119:154 (118:154 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:154: the psalmist recalls God's promises and asks him to judge his cause.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): ἀντιβολεί. → ἀντιβολεῖ..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.154 (PG 80 80:1867; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-154). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.155PG 80 80:1867
« Μακρὰν ἀπὸ ἁμαρτωλῶν σωτηρία, ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου οὐκ ἐξεζήτησαν. » Τῆς παρὰ σοῦ, φησὶ, σωτηρίας σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐστέρησαν οἱ παρανομίᾳ συζῶντες, μὴ βουληθέντες καταμαθεῖν τίνα πράττειν ἐνομοθέτησας.
« Makran apo hamartōlōn sōtēria, hoti ta dikaiōmata sou ouk exezētēsan. » Tēs para sou, phēsi, sōtērias sphas autous esterēsan hoi paranomią syzōntes, mē boulēthentes katamathein tina prattein enomothetēsas.
"Salvation is far from sinners, for they have not sought out your ordinances." "Those who live in lawlessness have deprived themselves of salvation from you," he says, "not wishing to learn what you have legislated to be done."
Ps 119:155 (118:155 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:155: sinners deprive themselves of salvation by refusing to learn God's law.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.155 (PG 80 80:1867; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-155). (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.
118.156PG 80 80:1869
« Οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου πολλοί, Κύριε, κατὰ τὸ κρῖμά σου ζῆσόν με. » Πολὺς τῆς σῆς φιλανθρωπίας ὁ πλοῦτος · δικαία σου ἡ ψῆφος. Τὴν ἀπὸ τούτων σωτηρίαν αἰτῶ. « Πολλοὶ οἱ ἐκδιώκοντές με, καὶ θλίβοντές με· ἐκ τῶν μαρτυρίων σου οὐκ ἐξέκλινα. • Οὐδὲ πολλαῖς, φησὶ, περιστοιχιζόμενος συμφοραῖς, τῶν ὑπὸ σοῦ νενομοθετημένων ἠνεσχόμην τι παραβῆναι. Καὶ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν εἰρηκότες ἔφαμεν, ὡς πάντα ὁ θεῖος Δαβὶδ τὰ συμβεβηκότα αὐτῷ ἐν τῷδε συνήγαγε τῷ ψαλμῷ· καὶ ὅτι τὰ μὲν ἀρμόττει τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ προγεγενημένοις αὐτῷ λυπηροῖς· τὰ δὲ τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ ᾿Αβεσσαλώμ. Ταῦτα μέντοι δῆλον ὡς ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ διωκόμενος εἴρηκε. Τηνικαῦτα γὰρ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἀπείραστος ἦν.
« Hoi oiktirmoi sou polloi, Kyrie, kata to krima sou zēson me. » Polys tēs sēs philanthrōpias ho ploutos ; dikaia sou hē psēphos. Tēn apo toutōn sōtērian aitō. « Polloi hoi ekdiōkontes me, kai thlibontes me; ek tōn martyriōn sou ouk exeklina. • Oude pollais, phēsi, peristoichizomenos symphorais, tōn hypo sou nenomothetēmenōn ēneschomēn ti parabēnai. Kai tou psalmou tēn hypothesin eirēkotes ephamen, hōs panta ho theios Dabid ta symbebēkota autǭ en tǭde synēgage tǭ psalmǭ; kai hoti ta men armottei tois hypo tou Saoul progegenēmenois autǭ lypērois; ta de tois hypo tou ᾿Abessalōm. Tauta mentoi dēlon hōs hypo tou Saoul diōkomenos eirēke. Tēnikauta gar tēs hamartias apeirastos ēn.
"Your compassions are many, O Lord; according to your judgment give me life." "Great is the wealth of your love for humankind; just is your sentence. I ask the salvation that comes from these." "Many are those who persecute me and afflict me; I have not turned aside from your testimonies." "Even surrounded by many misfortunes," he says, "I did not allow myself to transgress anything you legislated." When stating the subject of the psalm we said that the divine David gathered into this psalm all that had befallen him, and that some things fit the sorrows he suffered earlier from Saul, others those from Absalom. These words, plainly, he spoke while pursued by Saul; for at that time he had no experience of sin.
Ps 119:156 (118:156 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:157 (118:157 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:156–157: God's mercy is rich and his judgment just; these words date from Saul's persecution, before David's sin.
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Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (marginal verse number (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): τῆς σῆς σε φιλανθρωπίας → τῆς σῆς φιλανθρωπίας; αἰτῶ. ρυζ΄. « → αἰτῶ. «.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.156 (PG 80 80:1869; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-156). (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.
118.158PG 80 80:1869
« Εἶδον ἀσυνετοῦντας, καὶ ἐξετηκόμην, ὅτι τὰ λόγιά σου οὐκ ἐφυλάξαντο. » Οὕτως ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος Ἰουδαίους ὠδύρετο· οὕτως αὐτὸς ὁ Δεσπότης τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ ὠλοφύρετο· οὕτως ὁ θεῖος Ἱερεμίας τὴν τοῦ λαοῦ παρανομίαν ἐθρήνησεν. « Ἴδε ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἠγάπησα, Κύριε, ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου ζῆσόν με. » Συνεχῶς ἐντολῶν, καὶ νόμων, καὶ δικαιωμάτων μνημονεύει, καὶ μαρτυριῶν, τῶν περὶ ταῦτα πόθον δεικνύς.
« Eidon asynetountas, kai exetēkomēn, hoti ta logia sou ouk ephylaxanto. » Houtōs ho makarios Paulos Ioudaious ōdyreto; houtōs autos ho Despotēs tēn Hierousalēm ōlophyreto; houtōs ho theios Hieremias tēn tou laou paranomian ethrēnēsen. « Ide hoti tas entolas sou ēgapēsa, Kyrie, en tǭ eleei sou zēson me. » Synechōs entolōn, kai nomōn, kai dikaiōmatōn mnēmoneuei, kai martyriōn, tōn peri tauta pothon deiknys.
"I saw those without understanding and wasted away, because they did not keep your sayings." So the blessed Paul mourned the Jews; so the Master himself lamented Jerusalem; so the divine Jeremiah bewailed the lawlessness of the people. "See that I have loved your commandments, O Lord; in your mercy give me life." He continually mentions commandments, laws, ordinances, and testimonies, showing his longing for them.
Ps 119:158 (118:158 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 9:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 19:41 (allusion, high confidence) · Jer 9:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 119:159 (118:159 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:158–159: the psalmist grieves over the disobedient, as Paul, Christ, and Jeremiah did, and shows his love for God's law by naming it constantly.
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Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters; marginal verse number (OCR)): Οὗτως ὁ μακάμιος → Οὕτως ὁ μακάριος; ἐθρήνησεν. ρυθ΄. « → ἐθρήνησεν. «.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.158 (PG 80 80:1869; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-158). (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.
118.160PG 80 80:1869
« ᾿Αρχὴ τῶν λόγων σου ἀλήθεια, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα πάντα τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου. » ᾿Αψευδεῖς ἔχεις τὰς ὑποσχέσεις · ἀληθείᾳ τὰς σὰς ἐπαγγελίας κοσμεῖς, ἔργῳ βεβαιοῖς τοὺς λόγους. Ἀρχὴν δὲ λόγων καλεῖ τὰς πρὸς τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἐπαγγελίας. Ἐξ ἐκείνου γὰρ τὸ Ἰουδαίων συνέστη γένος. ᾿Αλλ' ἐπλήρωσε τὰς ὑποσχέσεις, καὶ ηὔξησε τὸν λαὸν ὡσεὶ τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει, καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ηὐλόγησε κατὰ τὰς ἐπαγγελίας πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. Τοῦτο γὰρ παρεδήλωσεν εἰρηκὼς, • Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα πάντα τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου. » Προφήτης γὰρ ὢν ἑώρα τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὸ αἰώνιον κράτος. Διὸ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ ἔφη κεκοσμῆσθαι τὴν τῶν θείων λογίων ἀρχήν.
« ᾿Archē tōn logōn sou alētheia, kai eis ton aiōna panta ta krimata tēs dikaiosynēs sou. » ᾿Apseudeis echeis tas hyposcheseis ; alētheią tas sas epangelias kosmeis, ergǭ bebaiois tous logous. Archēn de logōn kalei tas pros ton Abraam epangelias. Ex ekeinou gar to Ioudaiōn synestē genos. ᾿All' eplērōse tas hyposcheseis, kai ēuxēse ton laon hōsei ta astra tou ouranou tǭ plēthei, kai en tǭ spermati autou ēulogēse kata tas epangelias panta ta ethnē. Touto gar paredēlōsen eirēkōs, • Eis ton aiōna panta ta krimata tēs dikaiosynēs sou. » Prophētēs gar ōn heōra tou Christou to aiōnion kratos. Dio kai alētheią ephē kekosmēsthai tēn tōn theiōn logiōn archēn.
"The beginning of your words is truth, and all the judgments of your righteousness are for ever." "You have promises that do not lie; you adorn your promises with truth and confirm your words by deed." He calls the promises to Abraham the "beginning of words"; for from him the race of the Jews was formed. And he fulfilled the promises, increased the people like the stars of heaven in number, and in his seed blessed all the nations according to the promises. He indicated this by saying, "All the judgments of your righteousness are for ever." For being a prophet he saw the eternal power of Christ. That is why he said that the beginning of the divine oracles was adorned with truth.
Ps 119:160 (118:160 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 22:17 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 22:18 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:160: the 'beginning' of God's words is his promise to Abraham, fulfilled in Israel's growth and in the blessing of all nations through Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray letters and breathing (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ᾿Αψευδεῖς τὰ ἔχεις → ᾿Αψευδεῖς ἔχεις; τοὺς το λόγους. Αρχὴν → τοὺς λόγους. Ἀρχὴν; αὐτοῦ " ηὐλόγησε → αὐτοῦ ηὐλόγησε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.160 (PG 80 80:1869; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-160). (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.
118.161PG 80 80:1869
« ῎Αρχοντες κατεδίωξάν με δωρεάν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων σου ἐδειλίασεν ἡ καρδία μου. » Τοὺς πολεμοῦντας, φησὶ, καὶ διώκοντας οὐκ ἐφοβήθην, τοὺς δὲ σοὺς ἔδεισα νόμους. Διὸ καὶ καθεύδοντα τὸν πολέμιον εὑρὼν, ἀνελεῖν οὐκ ἐτολμήθην· καὶ τὸν πατραλοίαν δὲ ἐκεῖνον καὶ μυσαρὸν παῖδα οἰκτείρων, ἔλεγον· « Φείσασθέ μοι τοῦ παιδαρίου. » « ᾿Αγαλλιάσομαι ἐγὼ ἐπὶ τὰ λόγιά σου, ὡς ὁ εὑρίσκων σκῦλα πολλά. » Ἐπειδὴ πολεμίων ἐμνημόνευσε διωκόντων, εἰκότως καὶ τῶν σκύλων τὴν μνήμην παρήγαγε. Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι Πάντας εἰ ἀνεῖλον ἐκείνους, καὶ σκυλεύσας πλεῖστα ὅσα συνήγαγον λάφυρα, οὐκ ἂν οὕτως ηὐφράνθην, ὡς τοῖς σοῖς ἐπαγαλλόμενος νόμοις.
« ᾿Archontes katediōxan me dōrean, kai apo tōn logōn sou edeiliasen hē kardia mou. » Tous polemountas, phēsi, kai diōkontas ouk ephobēthēn, tous de sous edeisa nomous. Dio kai katheudonta ton polemion heurōn, anelein ouk etolmēthēn; kai ton patraloian de ekeinon kai mysaron paida oikteirōn, elegon; « Pheisasthe moi tou paidariou. » « ᾿Agalliasomai egō epi ta logia sou, hōs ho heuriskōn skyla polla. » Epeidē polemiōn emnēmoneuse diōkontōn, eikotōs kai tōn skylōn tēn mnēmēn parēgage. Legei de, hoti Pantas ei aneilon ekeinous, kai skyleusas pleista hosa synēgagon laphyra, ouk an houtōs ēuphranthēn, hōs tois sois epagallomenos nomois.
"Rulers persecuted me without cause, and my heart was afraid of your words." "I did not fear those who made war on me and pursued me," he says, "but I feared your laws." "That is why, finding my enemy asleep, I did not dare to kill him; and pitying that parricidal and abominable son, I said: Spare for me the young man." "I will exult over your sayings like one who finds much spoil." Since he mentioned pursuing enemies, he fittingly brought in mention of spoils too. He says: "If I had killed them all and, despoiling them, gathered very great plunder, I would not have rejoiced so much as I exult in your laws."
Ps 119:161 (118:161 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 26:9 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Sam 18:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:162 (118:162 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:161–162: fear of God's law, not of enemies, kept David from killing the sleeping Saul and made him spare Absalom; God's words delight him more than spoil.
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Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters; marginal verse number (OCR); split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): πο λεμοῦντας → πολεμοῦντας; ἀνελεῖν οὐκ ἐτολμήθην • → ἀνελεῖν οὐκ ἐτολμήθην·; Φείσασθαί μοι → Φείσασθέ μοι; παιδαρίου. » ρξβ'. « → παιδαρίου. » «; Πάντας εἰ το ἀνεῖλον → Πάντας εἰ ἀνεῖλον.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.161 (PG 80 80:1869; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-161). (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.
118.163PG 80 80:1871
« ᾿Αδικίαν ἐμίσησα καὶ ἐβδελυξάμην· τὸν δὲ νόμον σου ἠγάπησα. • ᾿Αληθὴς καὶ οὗτος ὁ λόγος. ῾Ο γὰρ θερμῶς περὶ τὰ θεῖα διακείμενος τἀναντία μυσάττεται.
« ᾿Adikian emisēsa kai ebdelyxamēn; ton de nomon sou ēgapēsa. • ᾿Alēthēs kai houtos ho logos. ῾O gar thermōs peri ta theia diakeimenos tanantia mysattetai.
"I hated and abhorred injustice, but I loved your law." This saying too is true. For one warmly disposed toward divine things loathes their opposites.
Ps 119:163 (118:163 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:163: love of God's law brings hatred of injustice.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.163 (PG 80 80:1871; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-163). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.164PG 80 80:1871
« Ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ἤνεσά σε, ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου. » Τινὲς τὸ ἐπτάκις, πλειστάκις ἡρμήνευσαν. Καὶ τοῦτο δὲ κἀκεῖνο τὸν θερμὸν ἔρωτα τοῦ Προφήτου δηλοῖ· τῆς γὰρ θείας ὑμνῳδίας οὐκ ἐλάμβανε κόρον.
« Heptakis tēs hēmeras ēnesa se, epi ta krimata tēs dikaiosynēs sou. » Tines to eptakis, pleistakis hērmēneusan. Kai touto de kakeino ton thermon erōta tou Prophētou dēloi; tēs gar theias hymnǭdias ouk elambane koron.
"Seven times a day I praised you for the judgments of your righteousness." Some interpreted "seven times" as "very many times." Either way it shows the prophet's warm love; for he never had his fill of divine hymnody.
Ps 119:164 (118:164 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:164: 'seven times' may mean 'very often'; either way it shows untiring praise.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.164 (PG 80 80:1871; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-164). (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.
118.165PG 80 80:1871
« Εἰρήνη πολλὴ τοῖς ἀγαπῶσι τὸν νόμον σου, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς σκάνδαλον. • Οἱ τῷ θείῳ πυρπολούμενοι φίλτρῳ, καὶ τὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰρήνην διὰ τῆς τῶν ἐντολῶν προσκτώμενοι φυλακῆς, κἂν ὑπὸ πάντων ἀνθρώπων πολεμῶνται, θυμήρη ζῶσι ζωήν. Καὶ μάρτυς ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος βοῶν, « Ἐν παντὶ θλιβόμενοι, ἀλλ' οὐ στενοχωρούμενοι· ἀπορούμενοι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐξαπορούμενοι· διωκόμενοι, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐγκαταλιμπανόμενοι · καταβαλλόμενοι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀπολλύμενοι. » Καὶ ὁ Κύριος δὲ τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἀποστόλους, ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων, εἰς πᾶσαν ἀποστείλας τὴν οἰκουμένην, ἔφη πρὸς αὐτούς· « Εἰρήνην τὴν ἐμὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν, εἰρήνην τὴν ἐμὴν ἀφίημι ὑμῖν. » « Προσεδόκων τὸ σωτήριόν σου, Κύριε, καὶ τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἠγάπησα. » Οὐδὲ συμφοραῖς περιστοιχιζόμενος ἀπέκοψα τὰς χρηστοτέρας ἐλπίδας · ἀλλὰ τὴν σὴν ἀναμένων διετέλεσα σωτηρίαν, καὶ ταῖς σαῖς ἑπόμενος ἐντολαῖς. « Ἐφύλαξεν ἡ ψυχή μου τὰ μαρτύριά σου, καὶ ἠγάπησεν αὐτὰ σφόδρα. Ἐφύλαξα τὰς ἐντολάς σου, καὶ τὰ μαρτύριά σου, ὅτι πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοί μου ἐναντίον σου, Κύριε. » Εἰδὼς γὰρ ὡς ἅπαντα ἐφορᾶς, ὡς ὑπὸ σοὶ θεατῇ πολιτευόμενος, οὐ μόνον ἐπλήρωσά σου τὰς ἐντολὰς, ἀλλὰ καὶ μετὰ θερμῆς τοῦτο δέδρακα διαθέσεως.
« Eirēnē pollē tois agapōsi ton nomon sou, kai ouk estin autois skandalon. • Hoi tǭ theiǭ pyrpoloumenoi philtrǭ, kai tēn pros auton eirēnēn dia tēs tōn entolōn prosktōmenoi phylakēs, kan hypo pantōn anthrōpōn polemōntai, thymērē zōsi zōēn. Kai martys ho thespesios Paulos boōn, « En panti thlibomenoi, all' ou stenochōroumenoi; aporoumenoi, all᾽ ouk exaporoumenoi; diōkomenoi, all' ouk enkatalimpanomenoi ; kataballomenoi, all᾽ ouk apollymenoi. » Kai ho Kyrios de tous hierous apostolous, hōs probata en mesǭ lykōn, eis pasan aposteilas tēn oikoumenēn, ephē pros autous; « Eirēnēn tēn emēn didōmi hymin, eirēnēn tēn emēn aphiēmi hymin. » « Prosedokōn to sōtērion sou, Kyrie, kai tas entolas sou ēgapēsa. » Oude symphorais peristoichizomenos apekopsa tas chrēstoteras elpidas ; alla tēn sēn anamenōn dietelesa sōtērian, kai tais sais hepomenos entolais. « Ephylaxen hē psychē mou ta martyria sou, kai ēgapēsen auta sphodra. Ephylaxa tas entolas sou, kai ta martyria sou, hoti pasai hai hodoi mou enantion sou, Kyrie. » Eidōs gar hōs hapanta ephoras, hōs hypo soi theatę̄ politeuomenos, ou monon eplērōsa sou tas entolas, alla kai meta thermēs touto dedraka diatheseōs.
"Great peace have those who love your law, and they have no stumbling block." Those who burn with divine love and acquire peace with him by keeping the commandments live a delightful life even if they are warred on by all people. The inspired Paul is a witness, crying: "Afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed." And the Lord, sending the holy apostles into the whole world like sheep among wolves, said to them: "My peace I give to you, my peace I leave with you." "I looked for your salvation, O Lord, and loved your commandments." "Not even when surrounded by misfortunes did I cut off my better hopes; but I continued awaiting your salvation and following your commandments." "My soul kept your testimonies and loved them exceedingly. I kept your commandments and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you, O Lord." "Knowing that you see all things, and living as under your eye, I not only fulfilled your commandments, but did so with warm affection."
Ps 119:165 (118:165 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 4:8 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 4:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:16 (allusion, high confidence) · John 14:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:166 (118:166 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:167 (118:167 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:168 (118:168 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:165–168: those who love God's law have peace even when attacked, as Paul and the apostles did; the psalmist waited for God's salvation and kept his commands, knowing God sees all.
- Marginal verse numbers printed in the text are removed. A displaced line at the end of this section in the scan belongs to the comment on verse 169 and is moved there.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; line displaced by the OCR from the comment on verse 169 (118.169); lost punctuation (OCR); marginal verse number (OCR); marginal verse numbers (OCR); split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): πυρ πολούμενοι → πυρπολούμενοι; ἀλλ' οὐ δε στενοχωρούμενοι → ἀλλ' οὐ στενοχωρούμενοι; ὑμῖν. » αρξς'. « Προσεδόκων → ὑμῖν. » « Προσεδόκων; ἠγάπησα Οὐδὲ → ἠγάπησα. » Οὐδὲ; ἐντολαῖς. ρεζ', ρξη'. « → ἐντολαῖς. «; ἡγάπησεν αὐτὰ → ἠγάπησεν αὐτὰ; διαθέσεως. μὴ ἀποῤῥιφθῆναι τὴν δέησιν· καὶ παρακαλεῖ σύνεσιν → διαθέσεως..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.165 (PG 80 80:1871; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-165). (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.
118.169PG 80 80:1871
· Ἐγγισάτω ἡ δέησίς μου ἐνώπιόν σου, Κύριε, κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου συνέτισόν με. » Πᾶσαν τὴν ἱκετείαν προσενεγκὼν, ἀντιβολεῖ δεχθῆναι καὶ μὴ ἀποῤῥιφθῆναι τὴν δέησιν· καὶ παρακαλεῖ σύνεσιν λαβεῖν, οὐκ ἀνθρωπίνην, ἀλλὰ τῶν θείων λογίων τὴν γνῶσιν.
; Engisatō hē deēsis mou enōpion sou, Kyrie, kata to logion sou synetison me. » Pasan tēn hiketeian prosenenkōn, antibolei dechthēnai kai mē aporrhiphthēnai tēn deēsin; kai parakalei synesin labein, ouk anthrōpinēn, alla tōn theiōn logiōn tēn gnōsin.
"Let my petition come near before you, O Lord; according to your saying give me understanding." Having offered his whole supplication, he pleads that his petition be received and not cast away, and asks to receive understanding, not human understanding, but knowledge of the divine oracles.
Ps 119:169 (118:169 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:169: the psalmist asks that his prayer be accepted and that he receive understanding of God's word.
- A line displaced in the scan into the previous section is restored here; the order of the restored words is probable.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line displaced by the OCR into 118.165, restored; stray letters (OCR)): Πᾶσαν ει τὴν → Πᾶσαν τὴν; ἀντιβολεῖ δεχθῆναι καὶ λαβεῖν → ἀντιβολεῖ δεχθῆναι καὶ μὴ ἀποῤῥιφθῆναι τὴν δέησιν· καὶ παρακαλεῖ σύνεσιν λαβεῖν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.169 (PG 80 80:1871; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-169). (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.
118.170PG 80 80:1871
« Εἰσέλθοι τὸ ἀξίωμά μου ἐνώπιόν σου, Κύριε · κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου ῥῦσαί με. » ᾿Αξίωμα τὴν ἱκετείαν καλεῖ· τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις εὗρον ἑρμηνευταῖς. Διαφόροις μέντοι χρώμενος λόγοις, τὸν Δεσπότην μειλίσσεται.
« Eiselthoi to axiōma mou enōpion sou, Kyrie ; kata to logion sou rhysai me. » ᾿Axiōma tēn hiketeian kalei; touto gar kai para tois allois heuron hermēneutais. Diaphorois mentoi chrōmenos logois, ton Despotēn meilissetai.
"Let my request come in before you, O Lord; according to your saying deliver me." He calls the supplication a "request"; for I found this in the other translators too. Using various words, he propitiates the Master.
Ps 119:170 (118:170 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:170: the psalmist varies his words in pleading with God.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.170 (PG 80 80:1871; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-170). (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.
118.171PG 80 80:1873
« Ἐξερεύξαιντο τὰ χείλη μου ὕμνον, ὅταν διδάξῃς με τὰ δικαιώματά σου. » Κατάλληλος ἡ ἐρυγὴ τῇ τροφῇ · τὰ γὰρ σὰ, φησὶ, μανθάνων δικαιώματα, σοὶ τῷ τῶν τοιούτων διδασκάλῳ προσοίσω τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν.
« Exereuxainto ta cheilē mou hymnon, hotan didaxę̄s me ta dikaiōmata sou. » Katallēlos hē erygē tę̄ trophę̄ ; ta gar sa, phēsi, manthanōn dikaiōmata, soi tǭ tōn toioutōn didaskalǭ prosoisō tēn hymnǭdian.
"Let my lips pour forth a hymn, when you teach me your ordinances." The outpouring corresponds to the food; "for learning your ordinances," he says, "I will offer hymnody to you, the teacher of such things."
Ps 119:171 (118:171 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:171: what the psalmist learns from God overflows in praise to him.
- The Greek ἐξερεύγομαι suggests 'belching forth,' hence Theodoret's remark that the outpouring matches the food taken in.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing): Εξερεύξαιντο → Ἐξερεύξαιντο; ἐρυγή τῇ → ἐρυγὴ τῇ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.171 (PG 80 80:1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-171). (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.
118.172PG 80 80:1873
« Φθέγξαιτο ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὰ λόγιά σου, ὅτι πᾶσαι αἱ ἐντολαί σου δικαιοσύνη. » Εἰς μελέτην τῶν σῶν λογίων τὴν γλῶτταν ἀφιερώσω, εἰδὼς πάσῃ σου δικαιοσύνῃ κεκοσμημένας τὰς ἐντολάς.
« Phthenxaito hē glōssa mou ta logia sou, hoti pasai hai entolai sou dikaiosynē. » Eis meletēn tōn sōn logiōn tēn glōttan aphierōsō, eidōs pasę̄ sou dikaiosynę̄ kekosmēmenas tas entolas.
"Let my tongue speak your sayings, for all your commandments are righteousness." "I will dedicate my tongue to meditation on your sayings, knowing your commandments adorned with all righteousness."
Ps 119:172 (118:172 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:172: the psalmist will devote his tongue to God's words.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.172 (PG 80 80:1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-172). (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.
118.173PG 80 80:1873
« Γενέσθω ἡ χείρ σου τοῦ σῶσαί με, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ᾑρετισάμην. » Ὁ μὲν Σύμμαχος εἰλόμην, ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας καὶ Θεοδοτίων ἐξελεξάμην εἰρήκασι. Χεῖρα δὲ καλεῖ τὴν θείαν ἐνέργειαν, ὑφ᾽ ἧς ἀντιβολεῖ τῆς θείας σωτηρίας τυχεῖν.
« Genesthō hē cheir sou tou sōsai me, hoti tas entolas sou hę̄retisamēn. » Ho men Symmachos eilomēn, ho de ᾿Akylas kai Theodotiōn exelexamēn eirēkasi. Cheira de kalei tēn theian energeian, hyph᾽ hēs antibolei tēs theias sōtērias tychein.
"Let your hand be there to save me, for I have chosen your commandments." Symmachus said "I took," Aquila and Theodotion "I chose out." He calls the divine action a "hand," by which he pleads to obtain divine salvation.
Ps 119:173 (118:173 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:173: God's 'hand' is his saving action.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing and stray marks): ήρετισάμην. » '() μὲν → ᾑρετισάμην. » Ὁ μὲν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.173 (PG 80 80:1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-173). (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.
118.174PG 80 80:1873
· Ἐπεπόθησα τὸ σωτήριόν σου, Κύριε, καὶ ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μου ἐστί. » Ἱμείρομαι, φησὶ, παρὰ σοῦ σωτηρίας τυχεῖν, τὸν σὸν νόμον μελέτην ἔχων ἐνδελεχῆ.
; Epepothēsa to sōtērion sou, Kyrie, kai ho nomos sou meletē mou esti. » Himeiromai, phēsi, para sou sōtērias tychein, ton son nomon meletēn echōn endelechē.
"I longed for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my meditation." "I yearn to obtain salvation from you, having your law as my continual meditation."
Ps 119:174 (118:174 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:174: the psalmist longs for God's salvation.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): παρὰ οι σοῦ → παρὰ σοῦ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.174 (PG 80 80:1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-174). (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.
118.175PG 80 80:1873
« Ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ αἰνέσει σε, καὶ τὰ κρίματά σου βοηθήσει μοι. » Οἶδα δὲ ὡς οὐχ ἁμαρτήσομαι τῆς ἐλπίδος, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἀληθοῦς ζωῆς παρὰ σοῦ τεύξομαι, καὶ αἰνέσω σε τὸν δοτῆρα τῶν ἀγαθῶν.
« Zēsetai hē psychē mou, kai ainesei se, kai ta krimata sou boēthēsei moi. » Oida de hōs ouch hamartēsomai tēs elpidos, alla tēs alēthous zōēs para sou teuxomai, kai ainesō se ton dotēra tōn agathōn.
"My soul will live and praise you, and your judgments will help me." "I know that I will not miss my hope, but will obtain true life from you and praise you, the giver of good things."
Ps 119:175 (118:175 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:175: the psalmist is confident of life and praise from God.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.175 (PG 80 80:1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-175). (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.
118.176PG 80 80:1873
« Ἐπλανήθην ὡς πρόβατον ἀπολωλός. » Τοῦτο καὶ τῷ Προφήτῃ λέγειν μετὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἥρμοττεν, καὶ πάσῃ τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσει. « Ζήτησον τὸν δοῦλόν σου, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην. » Εἰ γὰρ καὶ παρέβη τινὰς, ἀλλὰ λήθην τούτων οὐκ ἐδέξατο παντελῆ. Ἀλλὰ ταύτην μὲν ὁ Προφήτης προσενήνοχε τὴν εὐχήν · τετύχηκε δὲ πᾶσα τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ φύσις τῆς σωτηρίας. Ἔδραμε γὰρ ὁ καλὸς ποιμὴν ἐπὶ τὸ πλανώμενον πρόβατον, καὶ περιελθὼν τὰ ὄρη καὶ τοὺς βουνούς · παρὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἐπλανᾶτο λατρεῦον τοῖς δαίμοσιν · εὖρε, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἐπανήγαγεν · καὶ εὐφράνθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐννενήκοντα ἐννέα τοῖς μὴ πεπλανημένοις. Ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ τὴν ἑρμηνείαν ἐν κεφαλαίῳ ποιησάμενοι, παρακαλοῦμεν τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας, μὴ ἀρκεσθῆναι τοῖς γεγραμμένοις, μηδὲ νομίσαι μόνον ταῦτα τῷ Προφήτῃ προσήκειν· ἀλλ᾽ ἕκαστον τὴν πρόσφορον ἐκ τούτων ὠφέλειαν λαβεῖν, καὶ φάρμακον ἀλεξητήριον τοῖς οἰκείοις κατασκευάσαι παθήμασιν.
« Eplanēthēn hōs probaton apolōlos. » Touto kai tǭ Prophētę̄ legein meta tēn hamartian hērmotten, kai pasę̄ tę̄ tōn anthrōpōn physei. « Zētēson ton doulon sou, hoti tas entolas sou ouk epelathomēn. » Ei gar kai parebē tinas, alla lēthēn toutōn ouk edexato pantelē. Alla tautēn men ho Prophētēs prosenēnoche tēn euchēn ; tetychēke de pasa tōn anthrōpōn hē physis tēs sōtērias. Edrame gar ho kalos poimēn epi to planōmenon probaton, kai perielthōn ta orē kai tous bounous ; para tauta gar eplanato latreuon tois daimosin ; eure, kai epi tōn ōmōn epanēgagen ; kai euphranthē ep᾿ autǭ mallon ē epi tois ennenēkonta ennea tois mē peplanēmenois. Hēmeis de tou psalmou tēn hermēneian en kephalaiǭ poiēsamenoi, parakaloumen tous entynchanontas, mē arkesthēnai tois gegrammenois, mēde nomisai monon tauta tǭ Prophētę̄ prosēkein; all᾽ hekaston tēn prosphoron ek toutōn ōpheleian labein, kai pharmakon alexētērion tois oikeiois kataskeuasai pathēmasin.
"I have gone astray like a lost sheep." It suited both the prophet after his sin and all human nature to say this. "Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments." For even if he transgressed some, he did not fall into complete forgetfulness of them. The prophet offered this prayer, but the whole of human nature obtained salvation. For the good shepherd ran after the straying sheep, went about the mountains and hills (for it was straying among them, serving the demons), found it, brought it back on his shoulders, and rejoiced over it more than over the ninety-nine that had not gone astray. Having made the interpretation of the psalm in summary, we exhort the readers not to be content with what is written, nor to think that these things belong to the prophet alone, but that each should take the appropriate benefit from them and prepare a healing remedy for his own passions.
Ps 119:176 (118:176 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 15:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 15:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 18:12 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 18:13 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:176: the lost sheep is David after his sin and all humanity, which Christ the good shepherd sought and found; readers are urged to apply the psalm to their own ills.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray space (OCR)): πεπλανημένοις . Ἡμεῖς → πεπλανημένοις. Ἡμεῖς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.176 (PG 80 80:1873; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-176). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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