Interpretation of the Psalms 118.32–118.102
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 118
118.32PG 80 80:1831
« ῾Οδὸν ἐντολῶν σου ἔδραμον, ὅταν ἐπλάτυνας καρδίαν μου. » Αμφοτέρων χρεία, καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας προθυμίας, καὶ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ προμηθείας. Οὔτε γὰρ ἡ θεία χάρις δίδοται τοῖς τὴν ἀγαθὴν οὐκ ἔχουσι προθυμίαν· οὔτε ἀνθρωπεία φύσις ἀρετὴν δύναται κατορθῶσαι δίχα τῆς ἄνωθεν βοηθείας. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Προφήτης διδάσκει, ὅτι Τῶν ἐντολῶν σου τὴν ὁδὸν ἔτρεχον ἀκωλύτως, παρὰ σοῦ λαμβάνων τοῦ δρόμου τὴν εὐκολίαν. Πλατύτητα γὰρ τὴν εὐκολίαν ἐκάλεσε. Καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ φησιν· «Ἐν θλίψει ἐπλάτυνάς μοι. » Καὶ πάλιν· « Ἐπλάτυνας τὰ διαβήματά μου ὑποκάτω μου, καὶ οὐκ ἠσθένησαν τὰ ἴχνη μου.»
« ῾Odon entolōn sou edramon, hotan eplatynas kardian mou. » Amphoterōn chreia, kai tēs hēmeteras prothymias, kai tēs tou Theou promētheias. Oute gar hē theia charis didotai tois tēn agathēn ouk echousi prothymian; oute anthrōpeia physis aretēn dynatai katorthōsai dicha tēs anōthen boētheias. Touto kai ho Prophētēs didaskei, hoti Tōn entolōn sou tēn hodon etrechon akōlytōs, para sou lambanōn tou dromou tēn eukolian. Platytēta gar tēn eukolian ekalese. Kai allachou phēsin; «En thlipsei eplatynas moi. » Kai palin; « Eplatynas ta diabēmata mou hypokatō mou, kai ouk ēsthenēsan ta ichnē mou.»
"I ran the way of your commandments when you enlarged my heart." Both are needed, our eagerness and God's providence. For divine grace is not given to those who lack good eagerness, nor can human nature achieve virtue without help from above. The prophet teaches this: "I ran the way of your commandments unhindered, receiving from you ease in running." He called ease "breadth." Elsewhere too he says: "In affliction you gave me room"; and again: "You enlarged my steps under me, and my feet did not grow weak."
Ps 119:32 (118:32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 4:1 (4:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 18:36 (17:37 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:32: virtue requires both human eagerness and divine help; God's 'enlarging' is the ease he gives.
- Fragments of marginal notes printed inside a quotation are removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (fragments of marginal notes (OCR); stray mark and split word (OCR); stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): ἐκά» λεσε → ἐκάλεσε; ἐπλάτυνάς δι Τὴν ἁμαρτ. καλῶν. Τοσαύτης. ἐρευνᾷν. μοι. » → ἐπλάτυνάς μοι. »; Καὶ πάλιν· · Ἐπλάτυνας → Καὶ πάλιν· « Ἐπλάτυνας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.32 (PG 80 80:1831; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-32). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.33PG 80 80:1831
« Νομοθέτησόν με, Κύριε, τὴν ὁδὸν τῶν δικαιωμάτων σου, καὶ ἐκζητήσω αὐτὴν διαπαντός. » Τὸ νομοθέτησον ὁ Σύμμαχος ὑπόδειξον εἶπεν· ᾿Ακύλας καὶ Θεοδοτίων, φώτισον· διαπαντός, φησὶ, τῆς σῆς δέομαι φωταγωγίας καὶ νομοθεσίας, ὥστε καὶ γνῶναι τῶν δικαιωμάτων σου τὴν ὁδὸν, καὶ ταύτην ἀκωλύτως ὁδεύειν.
« Nomothetēson me, Kyrie, tēn hodon tōn dikaiōmatōn sou, kai ekzētēsō autēn diapantos. » To nomothetēson ho Symmachos hypodeixon eipen; ᾿Akylas kai Theodotiōn, phōtison; diapantos, phēsi, tēs sēs deomai phōtagōgias kai nomothesias, hōste kai gnōnai tōn dikaiōmatōn sou tēn hodon, kai tautēn akōlytōs hodeuein.
"Give me a law, O Lord, for the way of your ordinances, and I will seek it out always." For "give me a law" Symmachus said "show me"; Aquila and Theodotion, "enlighten me." "I continually need your enlightenment and legislation," he says, "both to know the way of your ordinances and to travel it unhindered."
Ps 119:33 (118:33 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:33: the psalmist needs God's continual guidance to know and walk his way.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.33 (PG 80 80:1831; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-33). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.34PG 80 80:1831
« Συνέτισόν με, καὶ ἐξερευνήσω τὸν νόμον σου· καὶ φυλάξω αὐτὸν ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου. » Καὶ ὁ Κύριος προσέταξεν ἐξερευνᾷν τὰς Γραφάς· ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐρευνῶσι χρεία τῆς ἄνωθεν αἴγλης, ἵνα καὶ εὔρωσι τὸ ζητούμενον, καὶ φυλάξωσι τὸ θηρώμενον.
« Synetison me, kai exereunēsō ton nomon sou; kai phylaxō auton en holę̄ kardią mou. » Kai ho Kyrios prosetaxen exereunąn tas Graphas; alla tois ereunōsi chreia tēs anōthen aiglēs, hina kai eurōsi to zētoumenon, kai phylaxōsi to thērōmenon.
"Give me understanding, and I will search out your law and keep it with my whole heart." The Lord too commanded us to search the Scriptures; but those who search need brightness from above, so as both to find what they seek and to keep what they pursue.
Ps 119:34 (118:34 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:39 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:34: searching the Scriptures, as Christ commanded, requires light from God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): ἐξερευνᾷνε → ἐξερευνᾷν.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.34 (PG 80 80:1831; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-34). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.35PG 80 80:1831
« Ὁδήγησόν με ἐν τῇ τρίβῳ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου, ὅτι αὐτὴν ἠθέλησα. • Οὐχ ἁπλῶς αἰτεῖ γενέσθαι ποδηγὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεόν· ἀλλὰ δεικνὺς τῆς πορείας τὸν πόθον.
« Hodēgēson me en tę̄ tribǭ tōn entolōn sou, hoti autēn ēthelēsa. • Ouch haplōs aitei genesthai podēgon autou ton tōn holōn Theon; alla deiknys tēs poreias ton pothon.
"Guide me in the path of your commandments, for I have desired it." He does not simply ask that the God of all become his guide, but shows his longing for the journey.
Ps 119:35 (118:35 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:35: the psalmist shows his desire for the path he asks God to guide him on.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): Οδήγησόν → Ὁδήγησόν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.35 (PG 80 80:1831; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-35). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.36PG 80 80:1831
« Κλῖνον τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς τὰ μαρτύριά σου, καὶ μὴ εἰς πλεονεξίαν. · Ἐπὶ τὸ πρανὲς φέρεσθαι πέφυκε τῶν ὑδάτων ἡ φύσις· κἄν τινος ἐπιλάβηται διεξόδου, ἐκεῖσε πᾶσα χωρεῖ. Οὕτω τοῦ διαβόλου τὴν ἐπὶ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ὁδὸν διανοίξαντος τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔῤῥεψεν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ἡ φύσις. Σφόδρα τοίνυν ὁ Προφήτης ἁρμοδίως ἀντιβολεῖ ἐπὶ τὰ θεῖα μαρτύρια τὴν καρδίαν κλιθῆναι, καὶ τῆς ἐπὶ τὸ θάτερον τὴν πεῖραν διαφυγεῖν.
« Klinon tēn kardian mou eis ta martyria sou, kai mē eis pleonexian. ; Epi to pranes pheresthai pephyke tōn hydatōn hē physis; kan tinos epilabētai diexodou, ekeise pasa chōrei. Houtō tou diabolou tēn epi tēn hamartian hodon dianoixantos tōn anthrōpōn errhepsen epi to cheiron hē physis. Sphodra toinyn ho Prophētēs harmodiōs antibolei epi ta theia martyria tēn kardian klithēnai, kai tēs epi to thateron tēn peiran diaphygein.
"Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to greed." The nature of water is to flow downhill; and if it finds an outlet, it all goes there. So when the devil opened the road to sin, human nature tipped toward the worse. Very fittingly, then, the prophet pleads that his heart be inclined to the divine testimonies and escape the experience of the other direction.
Ps 119:36 (118:36 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:36: since the devil opened the way to sin, human nature runs downhill like water, so the psalmist asks God to incline his heart toward his testimonies.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): μαρτύριὰ σου → μαρτύριά σου.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.36 (PG 80 80:1831; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-36). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.37PG 80 80:1833
« ᾿Απόστρεψον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, τοῦ μὴ ἰδεῖν ματαιότητα. » Καὶ μάταιόν ἐστι τὸ ἀκερδὲς, καὶ ἀνόνητον· τοιαῦτα δὲ τὰ δοκοῦντα τοῦ βίου τερπνά. Οὕτως αὐτὰ καὶ ὁ σοφὸς Σολομῶν ὀνομάζει, • Ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων, τὰ πάντα ματαιότης. » Καὶ διηγησάμενος ὅπως ᾠκοδόμησεν οἰκίας, καὶ ἐφύτευσε παραδείσους, καὶ κατεσκεύασε κολυμβήθρας ὑδάτων, ἐπήγαγεν· « Καὶ ἰδοὺ πάντα ματαιότης, καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος. » Ἱκετεύει τοίνυν ὁ Προφήτης εἰς ἑτέραν θεωρίαν ῥέψαι τῆς διανοίας τὰ ὄμματα, καὶ τῇ τῶν παρόντων ματαιότητι μὴ θελχθῆναι. « Ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου ζῆσόν με. » Κατὰ τοὺς σοὺς δός μοι πολιτεύεσθαι νόμους.
« ᾿Apostrepson tous ophthalmous mou, tou mē idein mataiotēta. » Kai mataion esti to akerdes, kai anonēton; toiauta de ta dokounta tou biou terpna. Houtōs auta kai ho sophos Solomōn onomazei, • Mataiotēs mataiotētōn, ta panta mataiotēs. » Kai diēgēsamenos hopōs ǭkodomēsen oikias, kai ephyteuse paradeisous, kai kateskeuase kolymbēthras hydatōn, epēgagen; « Kai idou panta mataiotēs, kai proairesis pneumatos. » Hiketeuei toinyn ho Prophētēs eis heteran theōrian rhepsai tēs dianoias ta ommata, kai tę̄ tōn parontōn mataiotēti mē thelchthēnai. « En tę̄ hodǭ sou zēson me. » Kata tous sous dos moi politeuesthai nomous.
"Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity." What is profitless and useless is vain; and such are the things thought pleasant in life. So the wise Solomon names them: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." And having recounted how he built houses, planted gardens, and made pools of water, he added: "And behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind." The prophet begs, then, that the eyes of his mind may turn toward another contemplation and not be charmed by the vanity of present things. "Give me life in your way." "Grant me to live by your laws."
Ps 119:37 (118:37 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Eccl 1:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Eccl 2:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Eccl 2:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:37: the pleasures of life are vanity, as Ecclesiastes shows; the psalmist asks to look away from them and live by God's laws.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; stray letters (OCR)): κατεσκεύασε θε κολυμβήθρας → κατεσκεύασε κολυμβήθρας; Ικετεύει → Ἱκετεύει.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.37 (PG 80 80:1833; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-37). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.38PG 80 80:1833
• Στῆσον τῷ δούλῳ σου τὸ λόγιόν σου, εἰς τὸν φόβον σου. » Βέβαιον ἐν τοῖς σοῖς λόγοις ἀπόφηνόν με, ἀπεριτρέπτως φυλάττων τῷ φόβῳ σου· ἀντὶ τοῦ, Ἐπικείσθω μοι ὁ φόβος σου, δεδιττόμενος, καὶ μὴ ἐῶν ἐκτραπῆναι τῶν λογίων σου.
• Stēson tǭ doulǭ sou to logion sou, eis ton phobon sou. » Bebaion en tois sois logois apophēnon me, aperitreptōs phylattōn tǭ phobǭ sou; anti tou, Epikeisthō moi ho phobos sou, dedittomenos, kai mē eōn ektrapēnai tōn logiōn sou.
"Establish your saying for your servant, for the fear of you." "Make me firm in your words, keeping me from turning aside by fear of you"; that is, "Let your fear lie upon me, frightening me and not allowing me to turn from your oracles."
Ps 119:38 (118:38 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:38: the fear of God keeps the psalmist firm in his words.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.38 (PG 80 80:1833; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-38). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.39PG 80 80:1833
« Περίελε τὸν ὀνειδισμόν μου ὃν ὑπώπτευσα, ὅτι τὰ κρίματά σου χρηστά. » Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπώπτευσα, ὑπεστάλην εἴρηκεν. Οὕτω δὴ καὶ ὁ Θεοδοτίων. Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος, ὃν εὐλαβοῦμαι· ὀνειδισμὸν δὲ ἐνταῦθα καλεῖ, τὸν ὑπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας γενόμενον. Τοῦτον γὰρ καὶ ὑπεστέλλετο, καὶ ἐδεδίει, καὶ ὕποπτον ἔζη ζωήν. Διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐπήγαγε συνήθως, Ὅτι κρίματά σου ἐξεζήτησα, ἢ ἐφύλαξα · ἀλλ᾿ • Ὅτι τὰ κρίματά σου χρηστά. • Οὐ μόνον γὰρ τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν ἀπειλεῖς τιμωρίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς μεταμελομένοις ὑπίσχνῃ σωτηρίαν. Κρίματα γὰρ καλεῖ τὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ δικαίας ψήφους.
« Periele ton oneidismon mou hon hypōpteusa, hoti ta krimata sou chrēsta. » Ho de ᾿Akylas, anti tou hypōpteusa, hypestalēn eirēken. Houtō dē kai ho Theodotiōn. Ho de Symmachos, hon eulaboumai; oneidismon de entautha kalei, ton hypo tēs hamartias genomenon. Touton gar kai hypestelleto, kai edediei, kai hypopton ezē zōēn. Dia touto ouk epēgage synēthōs, Hoti krimata sou exezētēsa, ē ephylaxa ; all᾿ • Hoti ta krimata sou chrēsta. • Ou monon gar tois hamartanousin apeileis timōrian, alla kai tois metamelomenois hypischnę̄ sōtērian. Krimata gar kalei tas tou Theou dikaias psēphous.
"Take away my reproach which I suspected, for your judgments are good." For "I suspected" Aquila said "I shrank back"; Theodotion likewise; Symmachus, "which I dread." Here he calls "reproach" the one that arose from sin. This he shrank from and feared, and lived a life of suspicion. That is why he did not add, as usual, "for I sought out your judgments" or "I kept them," but "for your judgments are good." "For you not only threaten sinners with punishment, but also promise salvation to those who repent." For he calls God's just sentences "judgments."
Ps 119:39 (118:39 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:39: the reproach is that of David's sin; he appeals not to his own obedience but to God's good judgments, which promise salvation to the penitent.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): και λεῖ → καλεῖ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.39 (PG 80 80:1833; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-39). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.40PG 80 80:1833
« Ἰδοὺ ἐπεθύμησα τὰς ἐντολάς σου, ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ζῆσόν με. » Γλιχομένῳ παράσχου τὴν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ζωήν.
« Idou epethymēsa tas entolas sou, en tę̄ dikaiosynę̄ sou zēson me. » Glichomenǭ paraschou tēn en dikaiosynę̄ zōēn.
"Behold, I have longed for your commandments; in your righteousness give me life." "Grant the life in righteousness to one who yearns for it."
Ps 119:40 (118:40 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:40: the psalmist longs for a righteous life.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.40 (PG 80 80:1833; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-40). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.41PG 80 80:1833
« Καὶ ἔλθοι ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τὸ ἔλεός σου, Κύριε. » Πάντες γὰρ ἐνδεεῖς τῆς θείας φιλανθρωπίας, καὶ ὁ αὐτὴν κατειληφὼς τὴν ἀκροτάτην τῆς ἀρετῆς κορυφὴν, ταύτης δεῖται διηνεκῶς. • Τὸ σωτήριόν σου κατὰ τὸν λόγον σου. Καὶ ἀποκριθήσομαι τοῖς ὀνειδίζουσί μοι λόγον. » Ην ὑπέσχου, Δέσποτα, σωτηρίαν ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς σου λόγοις παράσχου, ἵνα τοῖς ἐπιτωθάζουσί μοι σὺν παῤῥησίᾳ διαλεχθῶ. Ὁ γὰρ ἐν συμφοραῖς ὢν φέρει τὰ ὀνείδη σιγῶν· ὁ δὲ τὴν θυμήρη βιοτεύων ὁδὸν, διελέγχει τοὺς κακῶς ὀνειδίζοντας. « Ὅτι ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις σου.» Τῆς γὰρ σῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους ἐξήρτημαι, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτης ὁδεύω τῆς ἐλπίδος.
« Kai elthoi ep᾿ eme to eleos sou, Kyrie. » Pantes gar endeeis tēs theias philanthrōpias, kai ho autēn kateilēphōs tēn akrotatēn tēs aretēs koryphēn, tautēs deitai diēnekōs. • To sōtērion sou kata ton logon sou. Kai apokrithēsomai tois oneidizousi moi logon. » Ēn hypeschou, Despota, sōtērian en tois hierois sou logois paraschou, hina tois epitōthazousi moi syn parrhēsią dialechthō. Ho gar en symphorais ōn pherei ta oneidē sigōn; ho de tēn thymērē bioteuōn hodon, dielenchei tous kakōs oneidizontas. « Hoti ēlpisa epi tois logois sou.» Tēs gar sēs epangelias epi tous logous exērtēmai, kai epi tautēs hodeuō tēs elpidos.
"And let your mercy come upon me, O Lord." For all need the divine love for humankind, and even one who has reached the highest summit of virtue needs it continually. "Your salvation according to your word. And I will answer those who reproach me with a word." "Grant, Master, the salvation you promised in your sacred words, so that I may speak with confidence to those who mock me." For one in misfortune bears reproaches in silence, but one who travels the pleasant road refutes those who reproach wrongly. "For I have hoped in your words." "For I hang upon the words of your promise and travel in this hope."
Ps 119:41 (118:41 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:42 (118:42 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:41–42: even the most virtuous need God's mercy; his promised salvation will let the psalmist answer his mockers.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; stray mark for quotation mark (OCR); words lost (OCR); restored from the Septuagint verse): Κύριε., Πάντες → Κύριε. » Πάντες; παρῥησίᾳ διαλεχθῶ → παῤῥησίᾳ διαλεχθῶ; ἤλπισα σου.» → ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις σου.».
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.41 (PG 80 80:1833; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-41). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.43PG 80 80:1835
« Καὶ μὴ περιέλῃς ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου λόγον ἀληθείας ἕως σφόδρα, ὅτι ἐπὶ τοῖς κρίμασί σου ἐπήλπισα. » Ἐρᾶν ἡμᾶς τῆς ἀληθείας ὁ Προφήτης διδάσκει, καὶ ταύτην αἰτεῖν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων σὺν προθυμίᾳ πολλῇ.
« Kai mē perielę̄s ek tou stomatos mou logon alētheias heōs sphodra, hoti epi tois krimasi sou epēlpisa. » Eran hēmas tēs alētheias ho Prophētēs didaskei, kai tautēn aitein para tou Theou tōn holōn syn prothymią pollę̄.
"And do not utterly take the word of truth out of my mouth, for I have hoped in your judgments." The prophet teaches us to love the truth and to ask it from the God of all with great eagerness.
Ps 119:43 (118:43 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:43: we should love truth and ask God for it.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): λό γον → λόγον.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.43 (PG 80 80:1835; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-43). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.44PG 80 80:1835
« Καὶ φυλάξω τὸν νόμον σου διαπαντὸς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος. » Οὕτω γὰρ προθυμότερος περὶ τὴν τῶν σῶν νόμων γενήσομαι φυλακήν. Διὰ μὲν τοι τοῦ· · Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος, » ἐδήλωσε τὸν μέλλοντα βίον, ἐν ᾧ καθαρὰ καὶ ἀκραιφνὴς δοθήσεται ἅπασι τῶν θείων νόμων ἡ φυλακή.
« Kai phylaxō ton nomon sou diapantos eis ton aiōna, kai eis ton aiōna tou aiōnos. » Houtō gar prothymoteros peri tēn tōn sōn nomōn genēsomai phylakēn. Dia men toi tou; ; Eis ton aiōna, kai eis ton aiōna tou aiōnos, » edēlōse ton mellonta bion, en hǭ kathara kai akraiphnēs dothēsetai hapasi tōn theiōn nomōn hē phylakē.
"And I will keep your law continually, for ever and for ever and ever." "For so I will become more eager in keeping your laws." By "for ever and for ever and ever" he indicated the life to come, in which pure and unmixed keeping of the divine laws will be given to all.
Ps 119:44 (118:44 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:44: 'for ever and ever' refers to the life to come, where God's laws will be kept perfectly.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.44 (PG 80 80:1835; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-44). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.45PG 80 80:1835
« Καὶ ἐπορευόμην ἐν πλατυσμῷ, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἐξεζήτησα. Καὶ ἐλάλουν ἐν τοῖς μαρτυρίοις σου, ἐναντίον βασιλέων, καὶ οὐκ ἠσχυνόμην. » Μετὰ πολλῆς, φησὶν, ὁδεύων εὐκολίας, καὶ κατὰ τὰς σὰς ἐντολὰς βιοτεύων, οὐδὲ βασιλικὴν ἔδεισα δυναστείαν, ἀλλὰ σὺν παῤῥησίᾳ πολλῇ τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐποιούμην διάλεξιν. Ἡ γὰρ ἔννομος ζωὴ, παῤῥησίας δημιουργός. Καὶ τούτου μάρτυς ὁ μέγας Δαβίδ. Πρὸ μὲν γὰρ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, μετὰ πολλῆς τῷ Σαούλ διαλέγεται παῤῥησίας· μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ τὸν πατραλοίαν ἀποδιδράσκων υἱὸν, κύπτων εἰς γῆν, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν καλύπτων, ἐβάδιζεν. Καὶ Ἡλίας ὁ πάνυ τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ θαῤῥῶν, τοῦ ᾿Αχαάβ διήλεγχε τὴν ἀσέβειαν. Οὕτως ὁ θεσπέσιος Δανιὴλ τῷ Ναβουχοδονόσωρ ἔλεγεν· « Καὶ νῦν,βασιλεῦ, ἡ βουλή μου ἀρεσάτω σοι, καὶ τὰς ἀνομίας σου ἐν ἐλεημοσύναις ἀπόλουσαι, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου ἐν οἰκτιρμοῖς πενήτων. » Οὕτως ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος πρὸς Αγρίππαν, καὶ τὸν Φῆστον, καὶ τὸν Φήλικα διελέγετο. Οὗτως οἱ καλλίνικοι μάρτυρες τῶν δυσσεβῶν κατεφρόνησαν βασιλέων.
« Kai eporeuomēn en platysmǭ, hoti tas entolas sou exezētēsa. Kai elaloun en tois martyriois sou, enantion basileōn, kai ouk ēschynomēn. » Meta pollēs, phēsin, hodeuōn eukolias, kai kata tas sas entolas bioteuōn, oude basilikēn edeisa dynasteian, alla syn parrhēsią pollę̄ tēn pros autous epoioumēn dialexin. Hē gar ennomos zōē, parrhēsias dēmiourgos. Kai toutou martys ho megas Dabid. Pro men gar tēs hamartias, meta pollēs tǭ Saoul dialegetai parrhēsias; meta de tēn hamartian, kai ton patraloian apodidraskōn huion, kyptōn eis gēn, kai tēn kephalēn kalyptōn, ebadizen. Kai Hēlias ho pany tę̄ dikaiosynę̄ tharrhōn, tou ᾿Achaab diēlenche tēn asebeian. Houtōs ho thespesios Daniēl tǭ Nabouchodonosōr elegen; « Kai nyn,basileu, hē boulē mou aresatō soi, kai tas anomias sou en eleēmosynais apolousai, kai tas hamartias sou en oiktirmois penētōn. » Houtōs ho thespesios Paulos pros Agrippan, kai ton Phēston, kai ton Phēlika dielegeto. Houtōs hoi kallinikoi martyres tōn dyssebōn katephronēsan basileōn.
"And I walked in a broad place, for I sought out your commandments. And I spoke of your testimonies before kings and was not ashamed." "Traveling with great ease and living according to your commandments, I did not fear even royal power, but conversed with them with great boldness." For a lawful life produces boldness. The great David is a witness of this. Before his sin he speaks to Saul with great boldness; but after the sin, fleeing his parricidal son, he walked bowing to the ground and covering his head. And the great Elijah, trusting in his righteousness, exposed Ahab's impiety. So the inspired Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar: "And now, O king, let my counsel please you; wash away your iniquities by almsgiving and your sins by compassion on the poor." So the inspired Paul spoke to Agrippa, Festus, and Felix. So the victorious martyrs despised ungodly kings.
Ps 119:45 (118:45 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:46 (118:46 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 24:9 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Sam 15:30 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 18:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Dan 4:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 26:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 24:25 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:45–46: a lawful life gives boldness before kings, as with David before Saul (but not after his sin), Elijah, Daniel, Paul, and the martyrs.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accents; OCR letter; split word (OCR); split word and stray mark (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἠσχυνό μην'. » → ἠσχυνόμην. »; παρῥησίας δημιουργός → παῤῥησίας δημιουργός; κύπτων · εἰς → κύπτων εἰς; ἡ βουλή μου άρεσατω σοι → ἡ βουλή μου ἀρεσάτω σοι; κατεφρό νησαν → κατεφρόνησαν.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.45 (PG 80 80:1835; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-45). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.47PG 80 80:1835
« Καὶ ἐμελέτων ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου, αἷς ἠγάπησα σφόδρα. Καὶ ἦρα τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς τὰς ἐντολάς σου, ἃς ἠγάπησα. » Οὐ γὰρ ἐν λόγῳ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν δυνάμει· καὶ ὁ ποιήσας, καὶ ὁ διδάξας, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν. Διά τοι τοῦτο καὶ ὁ θεῖος Προφήτης τῇ μελέτῃ τὴν πρᾶξιν προτέθεικεν. Εἰρηκὼς γὰρ, • Ἐμελέτων ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου, αἷς ἠγάπησα σφόδρα, καὶ τὸν θερμὸν ἐπιδείξας πόθον, ἐπήγαγεν· • Καὶ ἦρα τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς τὰς ἐντολάς σου, ἃς ἠγάπησα. » "Α γὰρ διὰ τῶν θείων λόγων ἐδιδασκόμην, ταῦτα διὰ τῶν ἔργων μετῄειν. Οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἀκροαταὶ τοῦ νόμου δίκαιοι παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ, φησὶν ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος, ἀλλὰ ποιηταὶ τοῦ νόμου δικαιωθήσονται. « Καὶ ἠδολέσχουν ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου.» Ἐνδελεχῶς γὰρ τὴν τούτων ἐποιούμην μελέτην. « Μνήσθητι τῶν λόγων σου τῷ δούλῳ σου, ὧν ἐπήλπισάς με. » Νομοθετῶν ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ τοῖς φυλάττουσι τὸν νόμον τὴν οἰκείαν εὐμένειαν ἐπηγγείλατο, καὶ τοῖς παραβάταις τὴν τιμωρίαν. Μνησθῆναι τοίνυν τὸν Θεὸν τῶν οἰκείων ὑποσχέσεων ἱκετεύει. Εἰς ἐκείνας γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐλπίζειν ἐδίδαξάς με· καὶ δεικνὺς τῆς ἐλπίδος τὸ χρήσιμον, ἐπήγαγεν·
« Kai emeletōn en tais entolais sou, hais ēgapēsa sphodra. Kai ēra tas cheiras mou pros tas entolas sou, has ēgapēsa. » Ou gar en logǭ hē basileia tou Theou, all᾽ en dynamei; kai ho poiēsas, kai ho didaxas, houtos megas klēthēsetai en tę̄ basileią tōn ouranōn. Dia toi touto kai ho theios Prophētēs tę̄ meletę̄ tēn praxin protetheiken. Eirēkōs gar, • Emeletōn en tais entolais sou, hais ēgapēsa sphodra, kai ton thermon epideixas pothon, epēgagen; • Kai ēra tas cheiras mou pros tas entolas sou, has ēgapēsa. » "A gar dia tōn theiōn logōn edidaskomēn, tauta dia tōn ergōn metę̄ein. Ou gar hoi akroatai tou nomou dikaioi para tǭ Theǭ, phēsin ho theios ᾿Apostolos, alla poiētai tou nomou dikaiōthēsontai. « Kai ēdoleschoun en tois dikaiōmasi sou.» Endelechōs gar tēn toutōn epoioumēn meletēn. « Mnēsthēti tōn logōn sou tǭ doulǭ sou, hōn epēlpisas me. » Nomothetōn ho Theos, kai tois phylattousi ton nomon tēn oikeian eumeneian epēngeilato, kai tois parabatais tēn timōrian. Mnēsthēnai toinyn ton Theon tōn oikeiōn hyposcheseōn hiketeuei. Eis ekeinas gar, phēsin, elpizein edidaxas me; kai deiknys tēs elpidos to chrēsimon, epēgagen;
"And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved greatly. And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved." For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power; and "whoever does and teaches, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." For this reason the divine prophet too joined action to meditation. Having said, "I meditated on your commandments, which I loved greatly," and shown his warm longing, he added: "And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved." "For what I was taught by the divine words I pursued in deeds." For "not the hearers of the law are righteous before God," says the divine Apostle, "but the doers of the law will be justified." "And I conversed in your ordinances." "For I made them my continual meditation." "Remember your words to your servant, in which you made me hope." When giving the law, God promised his favor to those who keep the law and punishment to transgressors. He begs God, then, to remember his own promises: "For in them," he says, "you taught me to hope." And showing the usefulness of hope, he added:
Ps 119:47 (118:47 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:48 (118:48 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:49 (118:49 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 4:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 2:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:47–49: the psalmist joins action to meditation, since God's kingdom is in deeds and doers of the law are justified; he asks God to remember his promises.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): ἡγάπησα σφόδρα → ἠγάπησα σφόδρα; ἃς ἠγάπησα., Οὐ γὰρ → ἃς ἠγάπησα. » Οὐ γὰρ; ἐδιδασκόμηνο → ἐδιδασκόμην; μετῄειν". → μετῄειν.; οἰκείαν͵ εὐμένειαν → οἰκείαν εὐμένειαν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.47 (PG 80 80:1835; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-47). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.50PG 80 80:1837
« Αὕτη με παρεκάλεσεν ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει μου, ὅτι τὸ λόγιόν σου ἔζησέ με. » Ταύτην γὰρ ἔσχον παραψυχὴν ἐν ταῖς συμφοραῖς· καὶ ταύτης ὀχούμενος ὑπερέπλευσα τῶν κυμάτων.
« Hautē me parekalesen en tę̄ tapeinōsei mou, hoti to logion sou ezēse me. » Tautēn gar eschon parapsychēn en tais symphorais; kai tautēs ochoumenos hyperepleusa tōn kymatōn.
"This comforted me in my humiliation, for your saying gave me life." "For I had this consolation in misfortunes; and carried on it I sailed over the waves."
Ps 119:50 (118:50 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:50: hope in God's word comforted the psalmist in misfortune.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): τὸ βλόγιόν → τὸ λόγιόν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.50 (PG 80 80:1837; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-50). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.51PG 80 80:1837
« Ὑπερήφανοι παρηνόμουν ἕως σφόδρα, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ νόμου σου οὐκ ἐξέκλινα. › Ὑπερηφάνους καλεῖ τὸν Σαούλ, τὸν Ἀβεσσαλώμ, τὸν τῶν Ἀμμανιτῶν βασιλέα, τὸν τὰ παράνομα ἐκεῖνα εἰς τοὺς ἀποσταλέντας παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ πεποιηκότα. Ἀλλὰ ἐκεῖνοι μὲν, φησὶ, παράνομον ἡσπάσαντο βίον· ἐγὼ δὲ τοῖς σοῖς ἠκολούθησα νόμοις. Ταῦτα δὲ εἴποιεν ἂν καὶ οἱ καλλίνικοι μάρτυρες, ἀπὸ τῶν ἀπανθρώπων καὶ δυσσεβῶν τυράννων τὰ δεινὰ ἐκεῖνα καὶ χαλεπὰ πεπονθότες.
« Hyperēphanoi parēnomoun heōs sphodra, apo de tou nomou sou ouk exeklina. › Hyperēphanous kalei ton Saoul, ton Abessalōm, ton tōn Ammanitōn basilea, ton ta paranoma ekeina eis tous apostalentas par᾿ autou pepoiēkota. Alla ekeinoi men, phēsi, paranomon hēspasanto bion; egō de tois sois ēkolouthēsa nomois. Tauta de eipoien an kai hoi kallinikoi martyres, apo tōn apanthrōpōn kai dyssebōn tyrannōn ta deina ekeina kai chalepa peponthotes.
"The proud transgressed greatly, but I did not turn aside from your law." He calls "proud" Saul, Absalom, and the king of the Ammonites who did those lawless things to the envoys David had sent. "They embraced a lawless life," he says, "but I followed your laws." The victorious martyrs too might say this, having suffered those terrible and grievous things from inhuman and ungodly tyrants.
Ps 119:51 (118:51 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Sam 10:4 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:51: the proud are Saul, Absalom, and the Ammonite king who abused David's envoys; the martyrs can say the same of their persecutors.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.51 (PG 80 80:1837; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-51). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.52PG 80 80:1837
« Ἐμνήσθην τῶν κριμάτων σου ἀπ' αἰῶνος, Κύριε, καὶ παρεκλήθην. » Ἔλαβον γὰρ εἰς νοῦν τὰ κατὰ τὸν ῎Αβελ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἰακώβ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἰὼβ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Μωσῆ, ὅπως καὶ ποικίλοις περιπεσεῖν συνεχωρήθησαν πειρασμοῖς καὶ περιφανεῖς αὐτοὺς ὕστερον καὶ περιβλέπτους ἀπέφηνας, ψυχαγωγίαν ἐντεῦθεν ἀποχρῶσαν ἐπορισάμην.
« Emnēsthēn tōn krimatōn sou ap' aiōnos, Kyrie, kai pareklēthēn. » Elabon gar eis noun ta kata ton ᾿Abel, ta kata ton Abraam, ta kata ton Isaak, ta kata ton Iakōb, ta kata ton Iōsēph, ta kata ton Iōb, ta kata ton Mōsē, hopōs kai poikilois peripesein synechōrēthēsan peirasmois kai periphaneis autous hysteron kai peribleptous apephēnas, psychagōgian enteuthen apochrōsan eporisamēn.
"I remembered your judgments from of old, O Lord, and was comforted." "For I called to mind what happened with Abel, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, and Moses: how they were allowed to fall into various trials, and afterwards you made them famous and admired; and from this I obtained sufficient consolation."
Ps 119:52 (118:52 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:52: recalling how God tested and then glorified Abel, the patriarchs, Job, and Moses gave the psalmist comfort.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.52 (PG 80 80:1837; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-52). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.53PG 80 80:1837
« ᾿Αθυμία κατέσχε με ἀπὸ ἁμαρτωλῶν τῶν ἐγκαταλιμπανόντων τὸν νόμον σου. » Ἐγὼ μὲν κακῶς πάσχων τῇ μνήμῃ τῶν σῶν ἐψυχαγωγούμην κριμάτων· ἡνιώμην δὲ ὅμως, καὶ διετέλουν ἀσχάλλων, πολλοὺς ὁρῶν ἀδεῶς τοὺς σοὺς παραβαίνοντας νόμους.
« ᾿Athymia katesche me apo hamartōlōn tōn enkatalimpanontōn ton nomon sou. » Egō men kakōs paschōn tę̄ mnēmę̄ tōn sōn epsychagōgoumēn krimatōn; hēniōmēn de homōs, kai dieteloun aschallōn, pollous horōn adeōs tous sous parabainontas nomous.
"Despondency seized me because of the sinners who forsake your law." "Suffering ill, I was comforted by the memory of your judgments; but still I was grieved and continued distressed, seeing many transgress your laws without fear."
Ps 119:53 (118:53 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:53: the psalmist grieved to see many break God's law without fear.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.53 (PG 80 80:1837; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-53). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.54PG 80 80:1837
« Ψαλτὰ ἦσάν μοι τὰ δικαιώματά σου, ἐν τόπῳ παροικίας μου. » Παρώκησεν ὁ μακάριος Δαβὶδ ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ διωκόμενος παρὰ τοῖς ᾿Αλλοφύλοις. Παροικίαν δὲ οἶμαι αὐτὸν καλεῖν, οὐκ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον, ἀλλὰ πάντα τὸν βίον. Οὐ γὰρ ὡς κατοικῶν, ἀλλὰ ὡς παροικῶν αὐτὸν διετέλεσε, καὶ ᾄδων τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δικαιώματα τὸν βίον διώδευσεν. Οὕτω γὰρ ἡρμήνευσαν καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἑρμηνευταί · « ῎Ασματα ἦν μοι πάντα τὰ προστάγματά σου, ἐν τόπῳ τῆς παροικίας μου.»
« Psalta ēsan moi ta dikaiōmata sou, en topǭ paroikias mou. » Parōkēsen ho makarios Dabid hypo tou Saoul diōkomenos para tois ᾿Allophylois. Paroikian de oimai auton kalein, ouk ekeinon ton chronon, alla panta ton bion. Ou gar hōs katoikōn, alla hōs paroikōn auton dietelese, kai ądōn ta tou Theou dikaiōmata ton bion diōdeusen. Houtō gar hērmēneusan kai hoi loipoi hermēneutai ; « ᾿Asmata ēn moi panta ta prostagmata sou, en topǭ tēs paroikias mou.»
"Your ordinances were songs to me in the place of my sojourning." The blessed David sojourned among the Philistines when pursued by Saul. But I think he calls not that time but his whole life a sojourning. For he spent it not as one dwelling but as one sojourning, and he traveled through life singing God's ordinances. So the other translators too rendered: "All your precepts were songs to me in the place of my sojourning."
Ps 119:54 (118:54 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 27:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:54: the psalmist's 'sojourning' is his whole earthly life, spent singing God's ordinances.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.54 (PG 80 80:1837; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-54). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.55PG 80 80:1837
«᾿ Εμνήσθην ἐν νυκτὶ τοῦ ὀνόματός σου, Κύριε, καὶ ἐφύλαξα τὸν νόμον σου. » Νύκτωρ μὲν ἀεὶ διανιστάμενος ὁ τῶν ἁγίων χορὸς, καὶ προσεύχεται, καὶ ἀνυμνεῖ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεόν. Οἶμαι δὲ νύκτα ἐνταῦθα τῶν πειρασμῶν τὸν καιρὸν ὀνομάζεσθαι. Ζόφον γὰρ ἐπιφέρει, καὶ νυκτὸς δίκην τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπέρχεται. Ἐν δὲ τούτῳ διαφερόντως ἀναγκαία τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων ἡ μνήμη, ψυχαγωγοῦσα, καὶ παραθαρρύνουσα, καὶ τοὺς ἐναντίους ἐξελαύνουσα λογισμούς. « Αὕτη ἐγενήθη μοι, ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐξεζήτησα. » Οὕτω, φησὶν, ἠδυνήθην περιγενέσθαι, καὶ τῶν σῶν δικαιωμάτων προελέσθαι τὴν κτῆσιν.
«᾿ Emnēsthēn en nykti tou onomatos sou, Kyrie, kai ephylaxa ton nomon sou. » Nyktōr men aei dianistamenos ho tōn hagiōn choros, kai proseuchetai, kai anymnei ton tōn holōn Theon. Oimai de nykta entautha tōn peirasmōn ton kairon onomazesthai. Zophon gar epipherei, kai nyktos dikēn tois anthrōpois eperchetai. En de toutǭ diapherontōs anankaia tou Theou tōn holōn hē mnēmē, psychagōgousa, kai paratharrynousa, kai tous enantious exelaunousa logismous. « Hautē egenēthē moi, hoti ta dikaiōmata sou exezētēsa. » Houtō, phēsin, ēdynēthēn perigenesthai, kai tōn sōn dikaiōmatōn proelesthai tēn ktēsin.
"I remembered your name in the night, O Lord, and kept your law." The choir of the saints always rises at night, prays, and hymns the God of all. But I think "night" here names the time of trials. For it brings gloom and comes upon human beings like night. In it especially the remembrance of the God of all is needed, consoling, encouraging, and driving out contrary thoughts. "This came to me because I sought out your ordinances." "In this way," he says, "I was able to prevail and to choose the possession of your ordinances."
Ps 119:55 (118:55 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:56 (118:56 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:55–56: the saints pray at night, but 'night' here is the time of trial, when remembering God is most needed.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (marginal verse number (OCR); stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): λογισμούς. να΄. « → λογισμούς. «; ἐξεζήτησα. : Οὕτω → ἐξεζήτησα. » Οὕτω.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.55 (PG 80 80:1837; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-55). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.57PG 80 80:1839
« Μερίς μου εἶ, Κύριε, εἶπα τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὸν νόμον σου. » Οὐ πάντων ἐστὶ μερὶς ὁ Θεὸς, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἀσπαζομένων τὰ τέλεια. Οὕτω τῶν ἱερέων καὶ Λευϊτῶν μερὶς καὶ κλῆρος ἐγένετο. « Τοῖς γὰρ υἱοῖς, φησὶ, Λευΐ οὐκ ἔσται μερὶς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν, ὅτι μερὶς αὐτῶν ἐγὼ Κύριος. » Οὕτω καὶ ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ καὶ δεκάτῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ, « Κύριος μερὶς τῆς κληρονομίας μου, καὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου μου.» Λέγει τοίνυν καὶ ἐνταῦθα, ὅτι Τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων ὑπεριδών σε ἔχω μερίδα, καὶ περιουσίαν, καὶ πλοῦτον. Διὸ δὴ καὶ φυλάξαι τοὺς σοὺς ἐπείγομαι νόμους.
« Meris mou ei, Kyrie, eipa tou phylaxasthai ton nomon sou. » Ou pantōn esti meris ho Theos, alla tōn aspazomenōn ta teleia. Houtō tōn hiereōn kai Leuïtōn meris kai klēros egeneto. « Tois gar huiois, phēsi, Leuï ouk estai meris en mesǭ tōn adelphōn autōn, hoti meris autōn egō Kyrios. » Houtō kai en tǭ pemptǭ kai dekatǭ ephē psalmǭ, « Kyrios meris tēs klēronomias mou, kai tou potēriou mou.» Legei toinyn kai entautha, hoti Tōn allōn hapantōn hyperidōn se echō merida, kai periousian, kai plouton. Dio dē kai phylaxai tous sous epeigomai nomous.
"You are my portion, O Lord; I said I would keep your law." God is not the portion of all, but of those who embrace perfect things. So he became the portion and lot of the priests and Levites: "For the sons of Levi," it says, "there will be no portion among their brothers, for I the Lord am their portion." So too he said in the fifteenth psalm: "The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup." Here too, then, he says: "Disregarding all other things, I have you as my portion, my substance, and my wealth. That is why I hasten to keep your laws."
Ps 119:57 (118:57 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Num 18:20 (quotation, medium confidence) · Deut 10:9 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 16:5 (15:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:57: God is the portion of those who seek perfection, as of the Levites and as in Psalm 16.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.57 (PG 80 80:1839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-57). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.58PG 80 80:1839
« Ἐδεήθην τοῦ προσώπου σου ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου. » Πανταχοῦ τὸ « ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, προστίθησι, τῷ νόμῳ καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πειθόμενος. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς ἐνετείλατο, « ᾿Αγαπήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου, ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δυνάμεώς σου. » « Ἐλέησόν με κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου. » Οὐκ ἀορίστως ἐλεηθῆναι παρακαλεῖ· ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ θεῖον λόγιον τοῦ ἐλέους τυχεῖν. Τοῦτο δ' ἂν εἴποι καὶ συνετὸς ἄῤῥωστος τῷ ἰατρῷ, Ὡς οἶδας θεράπευσον, ὡς ἡ τέχνη διαγορεύει. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ συνετὸς ἔμπορος εἴποι ἂν τῷ κυβερνήτῃ, Κατὰ τοὺς νόμους τῆς τέχνης ἴθυνον τὸ σκάφος, ὡς καὶ ἡ ἐπιστήμη κελεύει, κυβέρνησον. Οὕτω καὶ ἡμᾶς προσήκει τὸν θεῖον ἔλεον ἐπαγγέλλειν. Ὁ γὰρ αἰτούμενος οἶδε τοῦ ἐλέου τὸν τρόπον· πολλάκις γὰρ διὰ παιδείας πραγματεύεται σωτηρίαν, καὶ γίνεται ἡ τιμωρία φιλανθρωπία. Οὕτω καὶ ἰατρὸς, καὶ τέμνει, καὶ καίει, τῷ κάμνοντι τὴν ὑγίειαν πραγματευόμενος. Οὕτω καὶ ἡμᾶς αἰτεῖν τὸν ἔλεον χρή. Ἔστι γὰρ ὅτε καὶ διὰ πενίαν ἔλεος χορηγεῖται, καὶ δι᾿ ἀῤῥωστίας φιλανθρωπίαν παρέχεται, καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἰατρικὸν λόγον τοῖς ἐναντίοις τὰ ἐναντία ἰᾶται.
« Edeēthēn tou prosōpou sou en holę̄ kardią mou. » Pantachou to « en holę̄ kardią mou, prostithēsi, tǭ nomǭ kai en toutǭ peithomenos. Houtō gar kai tōn holōn Theos eneteilato, « ᾿Agapēseis Kyrion ton Theon sou, ex holēs tēs kardias sou, kai ex holēs tēs psychēs sou, kai ex holēs tēs ischyos sou, kai ex holēs tēs dynameōs sou. » « Eleēson me kata to logion sou. » Ouk aoristōs eleēthēnai parakalei; alla kata to theion logion tou eleous tychein. Touto d' an eipoi kai synetos arrhōstos tǭ iatrǭ, Hōs oidas therapeuson, hōs hē technē diagoreuei. Touto kai ho synetos emporos eipoi an tǭ kybernētę̄, Kata tous nomous tēs technēs ithynon to skaphos, hōs kai hē epistēmē keleuei, kybernēson. Houtō kai hēmas prosēkei ton theion eleon epangellein. Ho gar aitoumenos oide tou eleou ton tropon; pollakis gar dia paideias pragmateuetai sōtērian, kai ginetai hē timōria philanthrōpia. Houtō kai iatros, kai temnei, kai kaiei, tǭ kamnonti tēn hygieian pragmateuomenos. Houtō kai hēmas aitein ton eleon chrē. Esti gar hote kai dia penian eleos chorēgeitai, kai di᾿ arrhōstias philanthrōpian parechetai, kai kata ton iatrikon logon tois enantiois ta enantia iatai.
"I entreated your face with my whole heart." Everywhere he adds "with my whole heart," obeying the law in this too. For so the God of all commanded: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your power." "Have mercy on me according to your saying." He does not ask to receive mercy indefinitely, but to obtain mercy according to the divine saying. A sensible sick man too might say this to the physician: "Heal me as you know how, as your art prescribes." A sensible merchant too might say to the helmsman: "Steer the ship according to the laws of the art; pilot it as your science commands." So too we ought to ask for the divine mercy. For the one who is asked knows the manner of mercy: often he brings about salvation through discipline, and punishment becomes love for humankind. So too a physician both cuts and burns, bringing about health for the patient. So too we must ask for mercy. For sometimes mercy is supplied through poverty, and love for humankind provided through sickness; and, as the medical saying has it, opposites are cured by opposites.
Ps 119:58 (118:58 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 6:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 12:30 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:58: the psalmist prays wholeheartedly and asks mercy 'according to God's word,' leaving the manner to God, who like a physician may heal through discipline, poverty, or sickness.
- 'To ask for' renders the printed ἐπαγγέλλειν ('to announce'), probably a slip for a verb of asking.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray marks (OCR); stray space (OCR)): σου. • - - Ἐλέησόν → σου. » « Ἐλέησόν; ἐπαγγέλλειν . → ἐπαγγέλλειν..
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.58 (PG 80 80:1839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-58). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.59PG 80 80:1839
« Διελογισάμην τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ ἐπέστρεψα τοὺς πόδας μου εἰς τὰ μαρτύριά σου. » Ὁ Ἑβραῖος δὲ τὰς ὁδοὺς μου ἔχει· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ἡρμήνευσαν ἑρμηνευταὶ, καὶ οἱ Ἑβδομήκοντα ἐν τῷ Ἑξαπλῷ. Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι Λογιστεύων μου τὰς ὁδοὺς, πρὸς τὰ μαρτύριά σου τοὺς ἐμοὺς πόδας κατεύθυνον, καὶ οὐκ εἴων ἐκτρέπεσθαι τῆς πρὸς σὲ φερούσης ὁδοῦ.
« Dielogisamēn tas hodous sou, kai epestrepsa tous podas mou eis ta martyria sou. » Ho Hebraios de tas hodous mou echei; hōsautōs de kai hoi alloi hērmēneusan hermēneutai, kai hoi Hebdomēkonta en tǭ Hexaplǭ. Legei de, hoti Logisteuōn mou tas hodous, pros ta martyria sou tous emous podas kateuthynon, kai ouk eiōn ektrepesthai tēs pros se pherousēs hodou.
"I considered your ways and turned my feet to your testimonies." The Hebrew has "my ways"; and so the other translators rendered, and the Seventy in the Hexapla. He says: "Reckoning up my ways, I directed my feet to your testimonies and did not allow them to turn aside from the road leading to you."
Ps 119:59 (118:59 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:59: reading 'my ways' with the Hebrew, the psalmist examined his life and turned to God's testimonies.
- Theodoret prefers the reading 'my ways,' which he finds in the Hebrew, the other translators, and the Septuagint column of the Hexapla.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters and split word; split word (OCR)): ήρω μήνευσαν → ἡρμήνευσαν; φε ρούσης → φερούσης.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.59 (PG 80 80:1839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-59). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.60PG 80 80:1839
« Ἡτοιμάσθην καὶ οὐκ ἐταράχθην τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὰς ἐντολάς σου. » Εὐτρεπῆ γὰρ ἐμαυτὸν πρὸς τὰς τῶν δεινῶν ἐμβολὰς καταστήσας, ἐκ τῆς ἀθρόας προσβολῆς οὐχ ὑπέμεινα ζάλην. Οὕτως ὁ θεῖος Δανιὴλ, οὕτως οἱ μακάριοι παῖδες, οὕτως οἱ θαυμάσιοι Μακκαβαῖοι, οὕτως ἅπαντες τοῦ Σωτῆρος οἱ μάρτυρες, τὰς τῶν δυσσεβῶν ἐνίκησαν προσβολάς. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις παρεγγυᾷ · « Γρηγορεῖτε, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε ποίᾳ ὥρᾳ ὁ κλέπτης ἔρχεται.»
« Hētoimasthēn kai ouk etarachthēn tou phylaxasthai tas entolas sou. » Eutrepē gar emauton pros tas tōn deinōn embolas katastēsas, ek tēs athroas prosbolēs ouch hypemeina zalēn. Houtōs ho theios Daniēl, houtōs hoi makarioi paides, houtōs hoi thaumasioi Makkabaioi, houtōs hapantes tou Sōtēros hoi martyres, tas tōn dyssebōn enikēsan prosbolas. Touto kai ho Kyrios en tois hierois Euangeliois parengyą ; « Grēgoreite, hoti ouk oidate poią hōrą ho kleptēs erchetai.»
"I was prepared and was not troubled, to keep your commandments." "For having made myself ready for the onsets of dangers, I did not suffer turmoil from their sudden attack." So the divine Daniel, so the blessed youths, so the admirable Maccabees, so all the martyrs of the Savior overcame the attacks of the ungodly. The Lord too urges this in the holy Gospels: "Watch, for you do not know at what hour the thief is coming."
Ps 119:60 (118:60 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 24:42 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 24:43 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:60: preparedness kept Daniel, the three youths, the Maccabees, and the martyrs unshaken, as Christ commands watchfulness.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.60 (PG 80 80:1839; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-60). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.61PG 80 80:1841
« Σχοινία ἁμαρτωλῶν περιεπλάκησάν μοι, καὶ τοῦ νόμου σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην. » Τὰς ἐπιβουλὰς, ἤ τοι δαιμόνων, ἤ τοι ἀνθρώπων, σχοινία ἐκάλεσεν· ἐκ τῆς πλοκῆς τὴν ἀφορμὴν λαβὼν τῆς τροπῆς. Οὕτω καὶ Ἡσαΐας · « Οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπισπώμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν ὡς σχοινίῳ μακρῷ. » Τούτων δὲ, φησί, τῶν σχοινίων περιταθέντων μοι, οὐκ ἀπεσεισάμην τοῦ θείου νόμου τὴν μνήμην. Εἶτα διδάσκει καὶ τῆς μνήμης τὰ αἴτια.
« Schoinia hamartōlōn perieplakēsan moi, kai tou nomou sou ouk epelathomēn. » Tas epiboulas, ē toi daimonōn, ē toi anthrōpōn, schoinia ekalesen; ek tēs plokēs tēn aphormēn labōn tēs tropēs. Houtō kai Hēsaïas ; « Ouai hoi epispōmenoi tas hamartias autōn hōs schoiniǭ makrǭ. » Toutōn de, phēsi, tōn schoiniōn peritathentōn moi, ouk apeseisamēn tou theiou nomou tēn mnēmēn. Eita didaskei kai tēs mnēmēs ta aitia.
"The cords of sinners entangled me, and I did not forget your law." He called the plots, whether of demons or of human beings, cords, taking the occasion of the figure from their twisting. So too Isaiah: "Woe to those who drag their sins as with a long cord!" "Though these cords were stretched around me," he says, "I did not shake off the memory of the divine law." Then he teaches the causes of the remembrance.
Ps 119:61 (118:61 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 5:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:61: the 'cords' are the plots of demons and men, which did not make the psalmist forget God's law.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): μακρῷ ! » → μακρῷ. ».
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.61 (PG 80 80:1841; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-61). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.62PG 80 80:1841
« Μεσονύκτιον ἐξεγειρόμην τοῦ ἐξομολογεῖσθαί σοι ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου. » Οὐ γὰρ μεθ' ἡμέραν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ νύκτωρ κατ᾿ αὐτὸ τῆς νυκτὸς τὸ μεσαίτατον, ἐν ᾧ μετὰ πλείονος ἡδονῆς ὁ ὕπνος τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπέρχεται, ὑμνῶν σε διετέλουν, τὰς δικαίας σου ψήφους ἀνευφήμουν. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος μετὰ τοῦ Σίλα πεποίηκεν · πεπεδημένος γὰρ σὺν τῷ Σίλᾳ καὶ τῇ ποδοκάκῃ προσδεδεμένος μετὰ αἰκίας καὶ μάστιγος, τῇ προσευχῇ τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν ἐκέρασε, καὶ τῆς καλῆς ἀγρυπνίας ἐτρύγησαν τὸν καρπόν· τῆς θείας γὰρ φιλοτιμίας ἀπήλαυσαν.
« Mesonyktion exegeiromēn tou exomologeisthai soi epi ta krimata tēs dikaiosynēs sou. » Ou gar meth' hēmeran monon, alla kai nyktōr kat᾿ auto tēs nyktos to mesaitaton, en hǭ meta pleionos hēdonēs ho hypnos tois anthrōpois eperchetai, hymnōn se dieteloun, tas dikaias sou psēphous aneuphēmoun. Touto kai ho theios ᾿Apostolos meta tou Sila pepoiēken ; pepedēmenos gar syn tǭ Silą kai tę̄ podokakę̄ prosdedemenos meta aikias kai mastigos, tę̄ proseuchę̄ tēn hymnǭdian ekerase, kai tēs kalēs agrypnias etrygēsan ton karpon; tēs theias gar philotimias apēlausan.
"At midnight I rose to confess you for the judgments of your righteousness." "For not only by day, but also at night, at the very middle of the night, when sleep comes to human beings with greater pleasure, I continued hymning you and praising your just sentences." The divine Apostle did this with Silas. For bound with Silas and fastened in the stocks after maltreatment and scourging, he mixed hymnody with prayer, and they reaped the fruit of that good vigil; for they enjoyed the divine generosity.
Ps 119:62 (118:62 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 16:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 16:26 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:62: the psalmist praised God even at midnight, as Paul and Silas did in prison.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; unbalanced bracket (OCR)): μονον, ἀλλὰ → μόνον, ἀλλὰ; ήδονῆς → ἡδονῆς; σὺν τῷ Σίλᾳ] καὶ → σὺν τῷ Σίλᾳ καὶ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.62 (PG 80 80:1841; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-62). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.63PG 80 80:1841
• Μέτοχος ἐγώ εἰμι πάντων τῶν φοβουμένων σε καὶ τῶν φυλασσόντων τὰς ἐντολάς σου.» Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος, ἀντὶ τοῦ μέτοχος, συνημμένος εἴρηκεν, ὁ δὲ Σύρος, φίλος. ᾿Αποστρεφόμενος γὰρ τοὺς τἀναντία τοῖς σοῖς νόμοις προαιρουμένους, κοινωνοὺς εἶχον καὶ συνήθεις τοὺς τὸν σὸν φόβον περὶ πολλοῦ ποιουμένους, καὶ βιοτεύειν ἐννόμως προαιρουμένους. Τοῦτο καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ, «Ἐμοὶ δὲ λίαν ἐτιμήθησαν οἱ φίλοι σου, ὁ Θεός»
• Metochos egō eimi pantōn tōn phoboumenōn se kai tōn phylassontōn tas entolas sou.» Ho de Symmachos, anti tou metochos, synēmmenos eirēken, ho de Syros, philos. ᾿Apostrephomenos gar tous tanantia tois sois nomois proairoumenous, koinōnous eichon kai synētheis tous ton son phobon peri pollou poioumenous, kai bioteuein ennomōs proairoumenous. Touto kai en heterǭ ephē psalmǭ, «Emoi de lian etimēthēsan hoi philoi sou, ho Theos»
"I am a companion of all who fear you and keep your commandments." For "companion" Symmachus said "joined," and the Syriac "friend." "For turning away from those who choose what is contrary to your laws, I had as companions and intimates those who set great store by fear of you and chose to live lawfully." He said this in another psalm too: "But to me your friends, O God, are greatly honored."
Ps 119:63 (118:63 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:17 (138:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:63: the psalmist chose God-fearing friends, as in Psalm 139.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (unbalanced bracket (OCR)): τὸν σὸν], φόβον → τὸν σὸν φόβον.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.63 (PG 80 80:1841; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-63). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.64PG 80 80:1841
« Τοῦ ἐλέους σου, Κύριε, πλήρης ἡ γῆ· τὰ δικαιώματά σου δίδαξόν με. · Ἐπὶ πάντας, φησί, πλουσίως ἐκχέεις τὰς τοῦ ἐλέους πηγὰς, καὶ ἀνατέλλεις τὸν ἥλιόν σου ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς, καὶ βρέχεις ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους, καὶ οὐκ ἐπάγεις τὴν ὀργὴν καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, ἀλλὰ φέρεις μακροθύμως τοὺς μὲν γάμους διορύττοντας ἀλλοτρίους, τοὺς δὲ αἵματι μιαινομένους ἀδίκῳ · ἄλλους δὲ σφετεριζομένους τὰ μὴ προσήκοντα · τοὺς δὲ βλασφημίαις τὴν γλῶτταν μολύνοντας, καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἄλλο τι τῶν παρανόμων τολμῶντας. Τοσαύτῃ τοίνυν φιλανθρωπίᾳ χρώμενος, κἀμὲ ταύτης ἀξίωσον, Δέσποτα, τῶν σῶν μοι δικαιωμάτων παρέχων τὴν γνῶσιν.
« Tou eleous sou, Kyrie, plērēs hē gē; ta dikaiōmata sou didaxon me. ; Epi pantas, phēsi, plousiōs ekcheeis tas tou eleous pēgas, kai anatelleis ton hēlion sou epi ponērous kai agathous, kai brecheis epi dikaious kai adikous, kai ouk epageis tēn orgēn kath' hekastēn hēmeran, alla phereis makrothymōs tous men gamous dioryttontas allotrious, tous de haimati miainomenous adikǭ ; allous de spheterizomenous ta mē prosēkonta ; tous de blasphēmiais tēn glōttan molynontas, kai tous allous allo ti tōn paranomōn tolmōntas. Tosautę̄ toinyn philanthrōpią chrōmenos, kame tautēs axiōson, Despota, tōn sōn moi dikaiōmatōn parechōn tēn gnōsin.
"The earth is full of your mercy, O Lord; teach me your ordinances." "You pour out the springs of mercy richly on all," he says; "you make your sun rise on the evil and the good and send rain on the just and the unjust, and you do not bring your wrath every day, but patiently bear with those who break into others' marriages, those defiled with unjust blood, others who appropriate what does not belong to them, those who pollute their tongue with blasphemies, and others who dare one or another lawless thing. Since you show such love for humankind, count me too worthy of it, Master, by granting me knowledge of your ordinances."
Ps 119:64 (118:64 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:45 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:64: God's patient mercy extends to all, even to adulterers, murderers, and blasphemers; the psalmist asks for the mercy of knowing God's ordinances.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; iota subscript (OCR)): άλλοτρίους → ἀλλοτρίους; φιλανθρωπία χρώμενος → φιλανθρωπίᾳ χρώμενος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.64 (PG 80 80:1841; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-64). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.65PG 80 80:1841
« Χρηστότητα ἐποίησας μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου, Κύριε, κατὰ τὸν λόγον σου. » Πεῖραν τῆς σῆς ἔλαβον ἀγαθότητος· διόπερ αὖθις ταύτης ἀπολαῦσαι παρακαλῶ, καὶ κατὰ τοὺς σοὺς διαβιῶναι νόμους ἀντιβολῶ.
« Chrēstotēta epoiēsas meta tou doulou sou, Kyrie, kata ton logon sou. » Peiran tēs sēs elabon agathotētos; dioper authis tautēs apolausai parakalō, kai kata tous sous diabiōnai nomous antibolō.
"You have dealt kindly with your servant, O Lord, according to your word." "I have experienced your goodness; therefore I ask to enjoy it again and plead to live by your laws."
Ps 119:65 (118:65 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:65: having known God's kindness, the psalmist asks for it again.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.65 (PG 80 80:1841; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-65). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.66PG 80 80:1843
« Χρηστότητα καὶ παιδείαν καὶ γνῶσιν δίδαξόν με, ὅτι ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου ἐπίστευσα. • Οἶδεν ὁ Προφήτης παιδείας τὸ χρήσιμον· καὶ ὅτι φιλανθρωπίᾳ χρώμενος ὁ Δεσπότης ταύτην ἐπιφέρει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ταύτης μεταλαχεῖν ἀξιοῖ. Χρηστότητι γὰρ χρώμενος ὁ Θεὸς τὴν παιδείαν ἐπάγει, ἡ δὲ παιδεία τὴν γνῶσιν ἐργάζεται. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ προφήτης Ἱερεμίας ἀντιβολεῖ, « Παίδευσον ἡμᾶς, Κύριε · πλὴν ἐν κρίσει, καὶ μὴ ἐν θυμῷ, ἵνα μὴ ὀλιγοστοὺς ποιήσῃς ἡμᾶς. » Οὕτω καὶ ἄῤῥωστος ὑγίειαν ποθῶν, καὶ σιδήρου τομὴν, καὶ καυστήρια ἐπιζητεῖ. Εἶτα διδάσκει πόθεν ἔγνω τῆς παιδείας τὸ χρήσιμον.
« Chrēstotēta kai paideian kai gnōsin didaxon me, hoti tais entolais sou episteusa. • Oiden ho Prophētēs paideias to chrēsimon; kai hoti philanthrōpią chrōmenos ho Despotēs tautēn epipherei tois anthrōpois. Hou dē charin tautēs metalachein axioi. Chrēstotēti gar chrōmenos ho Theos tēn paideian epagei, hē de paideia tēn gnōsin ergazetai. Houtō kai ho prophētēs Hieremias antibolei, « Paideuson hēmas, Kyrie ; plēn en krisei, kai mē en thymǭ, hina mē oligostous poiēsę̄s hēmas. » Houtō kai arrhōstos hygieian pothōn, kai sidērou tomēn, kai kaustēria epizētei. Eita didaskei pothen egnō tēs paideias to chrēsimon.
"Teach me kindness and discipline and knowledge, for I have believed in your commandments." The prophet knows the usefulness of discipline, and that the Master brings it on human beings out of love for humankind. For this reason he asks to share in it. For God, showing kindness, brings discipline, and discipline produces knowledge. So too the prophet Jeremiah pleads: "Discipline us, O Lord, but with judgment, and not in anger, lest you make us few." So too a sick man longing for health seeks the cut of the knife and cautery. Then he teaches how he came to know the usefulness of discipline.
Ps 119:66 (118:66 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 10:24 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:66: discipline comes from God's kindness and produces knowledge, as Jeremiah's prayer and a patient seeking surgery show.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): ἀντιβολεί, → ἀντιβολεῖ,.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.66 (PG 80 80:1843; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-66). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.67PG 80 80:1843
« Πρὸ τοῦ με ταπεινωθῆναι, ἐγὼ ἐπλημμέλησα· διὰ τοῦτο τὸ λόγιόν σου ἐφύλαξα. » Ἐγὼ, φησὶν, ἐμαυτῷ τὴν παιδείαν προὐξένησα. ᾿Αδικίας ἐλευθέρα τῆς τιμωρίας ἡ ψῆφος · τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἠκολούθησεν ἡ παιδεία· τῇ παιδείᾳ, τῶν νόμων ἡ φυλακή. Ἠῤῥώστησα, ἐτμήθην, ἐῤῥώσθην.
« Pro tou me tapeinōthēnai, egō eplēmmelēsa; dia touto to logion sou ephylaxa. » Egō, phēsin, emautǭ tēn paideian prouxenēsa. ᾿Adikias eleuthera tēs timōrias hē psēphos ; tę̄ hamartią ēkolouthēsen hē paideia; tę̄ paideią, tōn nomōn hē phylakē. Ērrhōstēsa, etmēthēn, errhōsthēn.
"Before I was humbled, I went astray; therefore I kept your saying." "I myself," he says, "brought discipline on myself." Where there is no wrongdoing, the sentence is free of punishment. Discipline followed sin, and the keeping of the laws followed discipline. "I fell sick, I was cut, I was made well."
Ps 119:67 (118:67 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:67: sin brought discipline, and discipline led to keeping God's law, like illness, surgery, and recovery.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters): Πρρώστησα → Ἠῤῥώστησα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.67 (PG 80 80:1843; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-67). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.68PG 80 80:1843
« Χρηστὸς εἶ σὺ, Κύριε. » Τῷ ὄντι [ γάρ] χρηστὸς ὑπάρχεις καὶ φιλάνθρωπος. « Καὶ ἐν τῇ χρηστότητί σου δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου. » Διὰ τοῦτο θαῤῥῶν αἰτῶ παρὰ σοῦ λαβεῖν τῶν σῶν δικαιωμάτων τὴν γνῶσιν.
« Chrēstos ei sy, Kyrie. » Tǭ onti [ gar] chrēstos hyparcheis kai philanthrōpos. « Kai en tę̄ chrēstotēti sou didaxon me ta dikaiōmata sou. » Dia touto tharrhōn aitō para sou labein tōn sōn dikaiōmatōn tēn gnōsin.
"You are good, O Lord." "For truly you are good and love humankind." "And in your goodness teach me your ordinances." "For this reason I confidently ask to receive from you the knowledge of your ordinances."
Ps 119:68 (118:68 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:68: trusting God's goodness, the psalmist asks to know his ordinances.
- The bracketed word 'for' is bracketed in the edition.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray space (OCR)): Κύριε . » → Κύριε. ».
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.68 (PG 80 80:1843; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-68). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.69PG 80 80:1843
« Ἐπληθύνθη ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἀδικία ὑπερηφάνων· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐξερευνήσω τὰς ἐντολάς σου. • Οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἀλαζονείᾳ χρώμενοι πᾶν εἶδος ἐπιβουλῆς καττύουσι κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ· ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως πρὸς τὴν αὐτῶν παρανομίαν οὐκ ἐρεθίζομαι, ταῖς σαῖς ἐντολαῖς ῥυθμιζόμενος.
« Eplēthynthē ep᾿ eme adikia hyperēphanōn; egō de en holę̄ kardią mou exereunēsō tas entolas sou. • Hoi men gar alazoneią chrōmenoi pan eidos epiboulēs kattyousi kat᾿ emou; all᾽ homōs pros tēn autōn paranomian ouk erethizomai, tais sais entolais rhythmizomenos.
"The unrighteousness of the proud has multiplied against me; but I will search out your commandments with my whole heart." "Those given to arrogance stitch together every kind of plot against me; yet I am not provoked by their lawlessness, being regulated by your commandments."
Ps 119:69 (118:69 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:69: the psalmist is not provoked by the plots of the proud.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): παρανομίαν δι οὐκ → παρανομίαν οὐκ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.69 (PG 80 80:1843; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-69). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.70PG 80 80:1843
« Ἐτυρώθη ὡς γάλα ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν· ἐγὼ δὲ τὸν νόμον σου ἐμελέτησα. » Ἔοικε τοῦτο τῷ προφητικῷ ῥητῷ, « Ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶ βαρέως ἤκουσαν, καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκάμμυσαν. » Ἔοικε δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῇ Ἐξόδῳ περὶ τοῦ Φαραὼ εἰρημένοις, « Καὶ ἐσκληρύνθη ἡ καρδία Φαραώ. » Ἐκεῖνοι μὲν οὖν, φησὶν, ἀντίτυπον ἐσχήκασι τὴν καρδίαν, αὐτοὶ τὸ ἀπαλὸν αὐτῆς σκληρὸν ἐργασάμενοι, καὶ καθάπερ γάλα πήξαντες, καὶ τυρώσαντες· ἐγὼ δὲ τῇ μελέτῃ τοῦ νόμου σου προστέτηκα.
« Etyrōthē hōs gala hē kardia autōn; egō de ton nomon sou emeletēsa. » Eoike touto tǭ prophētikǭ rhētǭ, « Epachynthē gar hē kardia tou laou toutou, kai tois ōsi bareōs ēkousan, kai tous ophthalmous ekammysan. » Eoike de kai tois en tę̄ Exodǭ peri tou Pharaō eirēmenois, « Kai esklērynthē hē kardia Pharaō. » Ekeinoi men oun, phēsin, antitypon eschēkasi tēn kardian, autoi to apalon autēs sklēron ergasamenoi, kai kathaper gala pēxantes, kai tyrōsantes; egō de tę̄ meletę̄ tou nomou sou prostetēka.
"Their heart has curdled like milk; but I have meditated on your law." This resembles the prophetic saying: "For the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have shut their eyes." It also resembles what is said about Pharaoh in Exodus: "And Pharaoh's heart was hardened." "They," he says, "have a resistant heart, having made its softness hard themselves, curdling it like milk and making it cheese; but I have melted into meditation on your law."
Ps 119:70 (118:70 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 6:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 7:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:70: the wicked have hardened their own hearts, as Isaiah and Exodus describe, while the psalmist is softened by God's law.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; OCR breathing and stray letters; stray letter (OCR)): Ετυρώθη ὡς γάλα σε ἡ → Ἐτυρώθη ὡς γάλα ἡ; Εοικε τοῦτο → Ἔοικε τοῦτο; Ἕοικε δὲ → Ἔοικε δὲ; σου Η προστέτηκα → σου προστέτηκα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.70 (PG 80 80:1843; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-70). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.71PG 80 80:1843
« ᾿Αγαθόν μοι, ὅτι ἐταπείνωσάς με, ὅπως ἂν μάθω τὰ δικαιώματά σου. » Χάριν ὁ Προφήτης ὁμολογεῖ, τοῖς αὐστηροτέροις τοῦ ἰατροῦ φαρμάκοις, τὴν ἐντεῦθεν γενομένην καταμαθὼν ὑγίειαν.
« ᾿Agathon moi, hoti etapeinōsas me, hopōs an mathō ta dikaiōmata sou. » Charin ho Prophētēs homologei, tois austēroterois tou iatrou pharmakois, tēn enteuthen genomenēn katamathōn hygieian.
"It is good for me that you humbled me, that I might learn your ordinances." The prophet acknowledges gratitude for the physician's harsher medicines, having learned the health that came from them.
Ps 119:71 (118:71 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:71: the psalmist thanks God for the harsh remedy of humiliation that healed him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing and split word): όμο λογεῖ → ὁμολογεῖ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.71 (PG 80 80:1843; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-71). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.72PG 80 80:1845
« ᾿Αγαθός μοι ὁ νόμος τοῦ στόματός σου, ὑπὲρ χιλιάδας χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου. » Εἰ γὰρ καὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς ἐξηλάθην, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς παιδείας τὸν σὸν νόμον ἀνεκτησάμην, ὃν τοῦ πλούτου παντὸς τιμιώτερον ἔχω.
« ᾿Agathos moi ho nomos tou stomatos sou, hyper chiliadas chrysiou kai argyriou. » Ei gar kai tēs basileias apo tou paidos exēlathēn, alla dia tēs paideias ton son nomon anektēsamēn, hon tou ploutou pantos timiōteron echō.
"The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver." "For even if I was driven from the kingdom by my son, yet through the discipline I recovered your law, which I hold more precious than all wealth."
Ps 119:72 (118:72 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Sam 15:14 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:72: though driven out by Absalom, David regained through discipline God's law, worth more than riches.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (joined words (OCR)): μοιὁ νόμος → μοι ὁ νόμος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.72 (PG 80 80:1845; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-72). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.73PG 80 80:1845
« Αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐποίησάν με, καὶ ἔπλασάν με· συνέτισόν με, καὶ μαθήσομαι τὰς ἐντολάς σου. » Τῆς περὶ τὴν ἀνθρωπείαν φύσιν φιλοστοργίας ἀναμιμνήσκει τὸν Ποιητήν. Λόγῳ γὰρ ἅπαντα τεκτηνάμενος αὐτὸς λέγεται διαπλᾶσαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν φύσιν, οὐ χερσὶ χρησάμενος· ἀσώματος γάρ· ἀλλὰ τὴν πλείονα περὶ τόδε τὸ ποίημα διάθεσιν ἐνδειξάμενος. Ἱκετεύει τοίνυν τὸν διαπλάσαντα χορηγῆσαι τῷ ποιήματι σύνεσιν.
« Hai cheires sou epoiēsan me, kai eplasan me; synetison me, kai mathēsomai tas entolas sou. » Tēs peri tēn anthrōpeian physin philostorgias anamimnēskei ton Poiētēn. Logǭ gar hapanta tektēnamenos autos legetai diaplasai tōn anthrōpōn tēn physin, ou chersi chrēsamenos; asōmatos gar; alla tēn pleiona peri tode to poiēma diathesin endeixamenos. Hiketeuei toinyn ton diaplasanta chorēgēsai tǭ poiēmati synesin.
"Your hands made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments." He reminds the Maker of his tender love for human nature. For having made all things by a word, he himself is said to have fashioned human nature, not using hands (for he is bodiless), but showing greater affection toward this work. He begs the one who fashioned him, then, to supply understanding to his work.
Ps 119:73 (118:73 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 2:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:73: God 'fashioned' humanity with special care, though bodiless; the psalmist asks his Maker for understanding.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray iota subscript (OCR)): πλείονᾳ → πλείονα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.73 (PG 80 80:1845; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-73). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.74PG 80 80:1845
« Οἱ φοβούμενοι σε, ὄψονταί με καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται, ὅτι εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ἐπήλπισα. » Πρόφασις, φησὶν, εὐφροσύνης τοῖς εὐσεβέσι γενήσομαι, ἐλπίσας εἰς σὲ, καὶ κατάλληλον εὑρὼν τῇ ἐλπίδι τὸ τέλος.
« Hoi phoboumenoi se, opsontai me kai euphranthēsontai, hoti eis tous logous sou epēlpisa. » Prophasis, phēsin, euphrosynēs tois eusebesi genēsomai, elpisas eis se, kai katallēlon heurōn tę̄ elpidi to telos.
"Those who fear you will see me and be glad, for I have hoped in your words." "I will become an occasion of gladness to the pious," he says, "having hoped in you and found an end matching my hope."
Ps 119:74 (118:74 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:74: the godly will rejoice to see the psalmist's hope fulfilled.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray marks and split word (OCR)): ἐπήλπισα·, Πρό. φασις → ἐπήλπισα. » Πρόφασις.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.74 (PG 80 80:1845; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-74). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.75PG 80 80:1845
Ἔγνων, Κύριε, ὅτι δικαιοσύνη τὰ κρίματά σου, καὶ ἀληθείᾳ ἐταπείνωσάς με.» Ταῦτα διαφερόντως λέγει τὴν οἰκείαν εὐγνωμοσύνην δεικνύς. Οἶδα, φησὶν, ἀκριβῶς, ὡς ὀρθῶς μου καὶ δικαίως κατεψηφήσω, καὶ ταῖς παντοδαπαῖς περιέβαλες συμφοραῖς.
Egnōn, Kyrie, hoti dikaiosynē ta krimata sou, kai alētheią etapeinōsas me.» Tauta diapherontōs legei tēn oikeian eugnōmosynēn deiknys. Oida, phēsin, akribōs, hōs orthōs mou kai dikaiōs katepsēphēsō, kai tais pantodapais periebales symphorais.
"I know, O Lord, that your judgments are righteousness, and in truth you humbled me." He says this especially to show his gratitude. "I know precisely," he says, "that you condemned me rightly and justly and surrounded me with misfortunes of every kind."
Ps 119:75 (118:75 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:75: the psalmist gratefully acknowledges that God's chastisement was just.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): διαφερόντως σε λέγει → διαφερόντως λέγει.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.75 (PG 80 80:1845; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-75). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.76PG 80 80:1845
« Γενηθήτω δὴ τὸ ἔλεός σου, Κύριε, τοῦ παρακαλέσαι με. » Ἀλλὰ φιλανθρωπίας λοιπὸν καὶ ψυχαγωγίας καιρός. « Κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου τῷ δούλῳ σου.» Τῇ γὰρ μεταμελείᾳ χρωμένοις τὴν σὴν εὐμένειαν ἐπηγγείλω. Τοῦτο καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου ἔφη· • Ὅταν ἀποστραφῇς καὶ στενάξῃς, τότε σωθήσῃ. • Καὶ διὰ τοῦ Ἱερεμίου βοᾷ, « Ἐπιστράφητε πρός με, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. ›
« Genēthētō dē to eleos sou, Kyrie, tou parakalesai me. » Alla philanthrōpias loipon kai psychagōgias kairos. « Kata to logion sou tǭ doulǭ sou.» Tę̄ gar metameleią chrōmenois tēn sēn eumeneian epēngeilō. Touto kai dia Hēsaïou ephē; • Hotan apostraphę̄s kai stenaxę̄s, tote sōthēsę̄. • Kai dia tou Hieremiou boą, « Epistraphēte pros me, kai epistraphēsomai pros hymas. ›
"Let your mercy be for my comfort, O Lord." "But now it is the time for love and consolation." "According to your saying to your servant." "For you promised your favor to those who repent." He said this through Isaiah too: "When you turn back and groan, then you will be saved." And he cries through Jeremiah: "Return to me, and I will return to you."
Ps 119:76 (118:76 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 30:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Zech 1:3 (quotation, medium confidence) · Mal 3:7 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:76: after chastisement comes the time of mercy, which God promised to the repentant through Isaiah and the prophets.
- The second saying, attributed to Jeremiah, is found in this form in Zech 1:3 and Mal 3:7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; OCR letters and stray letters; stray letters and lost quotation mark (OCR)): Γενηθήτω δὲ σε τὸ → Γενηθήτω δὴ τὸ; παρακαλέσαι κι με. Ἀλλὰ → παρακαλέσαι με. » Ἀλλὰ; Ἑπιστράφητε → Ἐπιστράφητε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.76 (PG 80 80:1845; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-76). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.77PG 80 80:1845
· Ἐλθέτωσάν μοι οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου, καὶ ζήσομαι· ὅτι ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μού ἐστιν. » Νεκρὸν ἑαυτὸν ἡγεῖται τῆς θείας ἐστερημένον εὐμενείας · οὗ δὴ χάριν ὥσπερ ἀναβιῶναι διὰ τῆς θείας φιλανθρωπίας παρακαλεῖ.
; Elthetōsan moi hoi oiktirmoi sou, kai zēsomai; hoti ho nomos sou meletē mou estin. » Nekron heauton hēgeitai tēs theias esterēmenon eumeneias ; hou dē charin hōsper anabiōnai dia tēs theias philanthrōpias parakalei.
"Let your compassions come to me, and I shall live; for your law is my meditation." He considers himself dead while deprived of the divine favor; for this reason he asks, as it were, to come back to life through the divine love for humankind.
Ps 119:77 (118:77 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:77: without God's favor the psalmist counts himself dead and asks to be revived.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): ζήσο μαι → ζήσομαι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.77 (PG 80 80:1845; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-77). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.78PG 80 80:1845
« Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν ὑπερήφανοι ὅτι ἀδίκως ἡνόμησαν εἰς ἐμέ · ἐγὼ δὲ ἀδολεσχήσω ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου. » Οὐκ ἐπαρᾶται τοῖς ἐχθροῖς, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπερεύχεται τούτων· ἡ γὰρ αἰσχύνη σωτηρίαν πραγματεύεται· ἧς τοίνυν ἀπήλαυσεν ἰατρείας, κἀκείνους τυχεῖν ἀξιοῖ.
« Aischynthētōsan hyperēphanoi hoti adikōs hēnomēsan eis eme ; egō de adoleschēsō en tais entolais sou. » Ouk eparatai tois echthrois, all᾽ hypereuchetai toutōn; hē gar aischynē sōtērian pragmateuetai; hēs toinyn apēlausen iatreias, kakeinous tychein axioi.
"Let the proud be put to shame, for they acted lawlessly against me unjustly; but I will converse in your commandments." He is not cursing his enemies but praying for them; for shame brings about salvation. He asks, then, that they too obtain the treatment he himself enjoyed.
Ps 119:78 (118:78 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:78: the psalmist prays that the proud be shamed for their own salvation, not as a curse.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): κάκείνους → κἀκείνους.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.78 (PG 80 80:1845; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-78). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.79PG 80 80:1845
« Ἐπιστρεψάτωσάν μοι οἱ φοβούμενοί σε, καὶ οἱ γινώσκοντες τὰ μαρτύριά σου.» Ὡς πόῤῥω τοῦ χοροῦ τῶν δικαίων διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν γενόμενος, καὶ πάντων αὐτῶν τῷ Θεῷ παραπλησίως ἀποστραφέντων, ἱκετεύει πάλιν αὐτοῖς ἑνωθῆναι, καὶ τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς κοινωνίαν ἀπολαβεῖν. Τοῦτο γὰρ ὁ Σύμμαχος σαφέστερον παρεδήλωσεν, Ἀναστρεψάτωσάν με οἱ φοβούμενοι σε.
« Epistrepsatōsan moi hoi phoboumenoi se, kai hoi ginōskontes ta martyria sou.» Hōs porrhō tou chorou tōn dikaiōn dia tēn hamartian genomenos, kai pantōn autōn tǭ Theǭ paraplēsiōs apostraphentōn, hiketeuei palin autois henōthēnai, kai tēn pros autous koinōnian apolabein. Touto gar ho Symmachos saphesteron paredēlōsen, Anastrepsatōsan me hoi phoboumenoi se.
"Let those who fear you turn to me, and those who know your testimonies." As one who had become far from the choir of the righteous because of sin, and as all of them had turned away like God, he begs to be united with them again and to recover fellowship with them. Symmachus indicated this more clearly: "Let those who fear you bring me back."
Ps 119:79 (118:79 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:79: after his sin David asks to be restored to the fellowship of the godly who had turned from him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): Επιστρεψάτωσάν → Ἐπιστρεψάτωσάν; Αναστρεψάτωσάν → Ἀναστρεψάτωσάν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.79 (PG 80 80:1845; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-79). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.80PG 80 80:1847
« Γενηθήτω ἡ καρδία μου ἄμωμος ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασί σου, ὅπως ἂν μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ. › Μώμου παντὸς ἐλευθέραν ἔχειν καρδίαν ἐφίεται. Ἡ τοιαύτη γὰρ αἰσχύνης ἀπήλλακται. Διά τοι τοῦτο καὶ εὐθὺς ἀρξάμενος τοῦ ψαλμοῦ τοὺς ἀμώμους ἐμακάρισεν.
« Genēthētō hē kardia mou amōmos en tois dikaiōmasi sou, hopōs an mē aischynthō. › Mōmou pantos eleutheran echein kardian ephietai. Hē toiautē gar aischynēs apēllaktai. Dia toi touto kai euthys arxamenos tou psalmou tous amōmous emakarisen.
"Let my heart be blameless in your ordinances, that I may not be put to shame." He longs to have a heart free of all blame; for such a heart is free of shame. That is why at the very beginning of the psalm he called the blameless blessed.
Ps 119:80 (118:80 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:1 (118:1 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 119:80: a blameless heart is free of shame, as the psalm's opening blessing says.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray space (OCR)): ἀπήλλακται . Διά → ἀπήλλακται. Διά.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.80 (PG 80 80:1847; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-80). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.81PG 80 80:1847
· Ἐκλείπει εἰς τὸ σωτήριόν σου ἡ ψυχή μου, ὅτι εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ἐπήλπισα. » Οἱ σφόδρα τι ποθοῦντες, καὶ ἐστερημένοι τοῦ ποθουμένου, ἐκλείπειν φασίν. Οὕτως οἱ ἄγαν διψῶντες, καὶ σπανίζοντες ὕδατος. Οὕτως οἱ τινα τῶν γνωρίμων ἐξ ἀποδημίας προσμένοντες, ἱμείρονται μὲν ἀεὶ, κατατήκονται δὲ τῷ πόθῳ διαμαρτάνοντες. Οὕτω καὶ οἱ συμφοραῖς τισι προσπαλαιόντες, καὶ τὴν θείαν εὐμένειαν προσμένοντες, ἀναβαλλομένην ταύτην ὁρῶντες ἐκλείπουσιν.
; Ekleipei eis to sōtērion sou hē psychē mou, hoti eis tous logous sou epēlpisa. » Hoi sphodra ti pothountes, kai esterēmenoi tou pothoumenou, ekleipein phasin. Houtōs hoi agan dipsōntes, kai spanizontes hydatos. Houtōs hoi tina tōn gnōrimōn ex apodēmias prosmenontes, himeirontai men aei, katatēkontai de tǭ pothǭ diamartanontes. Houtō kai hoi symphorais tisi prospalaiontes, kai tēn theian eumeneian prosmenontes, anaballomenēn tautēn horōntes ekleipousin.
"My soul fails for your salvation, for I have hoped in your words." Those who greatly long for something and are deprived of what they long for say that they "fail." So do those very thirsty and lacking water. So do those who await an acquaintance returning from abroad: they yearn always, and melt with longing when disappointed. So too those wrestling with misfortunes and awaiting the divine favor, seeing it delayed, "fail."
Ps 119:81 (118:81 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:81: 'fail' expresses the intense longing of those who wait for God's delayed help.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters and split word (OCR)): ὁρῶντες το ἐκλεί πουσιν → ὁρῶντες ἐκλείπουσιν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.81 (PG 80 80:1847; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-81). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.82PG 80 80:1847
« Ἐξέλιπον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου εἰς τὸ λόγιόν σου, λέγοντες, Πότε παρακαλέσεις με; » Λόγιον καὶ ὑπόσχεσις ἡ θεία καλεῖται, καὶ ἡ θεόπνευστος Γραφή. Ἐκλείπει τοίνυν οὐ μόνον ὁ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν τὴν θείαν ἀναμένων, καὶ τὴν λύσιν τῶν ἐπικειμένων κακῶν προσδεχόμενος· ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ τοῖς θείοις ἐντυγχάνων λογίοις, καὶ τὴν τούτων διάνοιαν καταμαθεῖν ἀκριβῶς ἐφιέμενος, καὶ παράκλησιν καὶ ψυχαγωγίαν ὑπολαμβάνει τὴν εὔρεσιν.
« Exelipon hoi ophthalmoi mou eis to logion sou, legontes, Pote parakaleseis me? » Logion kai hyposchesis hē theia kaleitai, kai hē theopneustos Graphē. Ekleipei toinyn ou monon ho tēn hyposchesin tēn theian anamenōn, kai tēn lysin tōn epikeimenōn kakōn prosdechomenos; alla kai ho tois theiois entynchanōn logiois, kai tēn toutōn dianoian katamathein akribōs ephiemenos, kai paraklēsin kai psychagōgian hypolambanei tēn euresin.
"My eyes have failed for your saying, saying: When will you comfort me?" Both the divine promise and the divinely inspired Scripture are called a "saying." Not only does the one awaiting the divine promise and expecting release from present evils "fail," but also the one who reads the divine oracles and longs to learn their sense precisely; and he takes the discovery as comfort and consolation.
Ps 119:82 (118:82 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:82: 'saying' means both God's promise and Scripture; longing for the meaning of Scripture is also a kind of 'failing,' and finding it brings comfort.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; stray space (OCR)): Εξέλιπον → Ἐξέλιπον; παρακαλέσεις με ; » → παρακαλέσεις με; ».
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.82 (PG 80 80:1847; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-82). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.83PG 80 80:1847
« "Ὅτι ἐγενήθην ὡς ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ· τὰ δικαιώματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην. » Ὁ ἀσκὸς θερμαινόμενος χαυνοῦται, καὶ φυσώμενος ἐξογκοῦται· ἐν δὲ τῇ πάχνῃ σκληρύνεται καὶ πήγνυται. Οὕτω καὶ τοῦ σώματος ἡ φύσις χαυνοῦται μὲν τῇ τρυφῇ, καὶ ἐξογκοῦται, καὶ κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐξανίσταται· τῆς δὲ ἀσκητικῆς κακουχίᾳ ταπεινοῦται καὶ πιέζεται. Καὶ τούτου μάρτυς ὁ Παῦλος βοῶν, « ᾿Αλλ᾽ ὑποπιέζω μου τὸ σῶμα, καὶ δουλαγωγῶ, μήπως ἄλλοις κηρύξας αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι. » Τοιγάρτοι καὶ ὁ Προφήτης, ἐπειδὴ διωκόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ, κρείττων ἦν τῶν παθῶν· εἰρήνης δὲ ἀπολαύσας, τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς τρυφῆς ἐβλάβη σκιρτήμασι, ταπεινώσας τὸ σῶμα, τῶν θείων νόμων τὴν μνήμην ἀνενεώσατο.
« "Hoti egenēthēn hōs askos en pachnę̄; ta dikaiōmata sou ouk epelathomēn. » Ho askos thermainomenos chaunoutai, kai physōmenos exonkoutai; en de tę̄ pachnę̄ sklērynetai kai pēgnytai. Houtō kai tou sōmatos hē physis chaunoutai men tę̄ tryphę̄, kai exonkoutai, kai kata tēs psychēs exanistatai; tēs de askētikēs kakouchią tapeinoutai kai piezetai. Kai toutou martys ho Paulos boōn, « ᾿All᾽ hypopiezō mou to sōma, kai doulagōgō, mēpōs allois kēryxas autos adokimos genōmai. » Toigartoi kai ho Prophētēs, epeidē diōkomenos hypo tou Saoul, kreittōn ēn tōn pathōn; eirēnēs de apolausas, tois apo tēs tryphēs eblabē skirtēmasi, tapeinōsas to sōma, tōn theiōn nomōn tēn mnēmēn aneneōsato.
"For I have become like a wineskin in the frost; I have not forgotten your ordinances." A wineskin, when warmed, slackens and, when inflated, swells; but in frost it hardens and stiffens. So too the nature of the body slackens with luxury, swells, and rises up against the soul; but by ascetic hardship it is humbled and pressed down. Paul is a witness of this, crying: "But I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified." So the prophet too, since while pursued by Saul he was stronger than the passions, but on enjoying peace was harmed by the friskiness that comes from luxury, humbled his body and renewed the memory of the divine laws.
Ps 119:83 (118:83 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 9:27 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:83: as a wineskin stiffens in frost, the body is subdued by ascetic hardship, as Paul says; David, harmed by the ease of peace, humbled his body and renewed his obedience.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray letters and split word (OCR)): πάχνῃ τι · τὰ δι καιώματά → πάχνῃ· τὰ δικαιώματά; θερμαι– νόμενος → θερμαινόμενος; φυσώμενος τὰ ἐξογκοῦται → φυσώμενος ἐξογκοῦται; Οὕτω τα καὶ → Οὕτω καὶ; μάρτυς το ὁ Παῦλος → μάρτυς ὁ Παῦλος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.83 (PG 80 80:1847; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-83). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.84PG 80 80:1847
« Πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ δούλου σου; πότε ποιήσεις μοι ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με κρίσιν; › Ὁλίγος, φησὶν, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως ὁ χρόνος. « Αἱ γὰρ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν ἡμῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη. Πότε τοίνυν μοι δικάσεις, καὶ τῶν δυσμενῶν ἀπαλλάξεις;
« Posai eisin hai hēmerai tou doulou sou? pote poiēseis moi ek tōn katadiōkontōn me krisin? › Holigos, phēsin, tēs anthrōpinēs physeōs ho chronos. « Hai gar hēmerai tōn etōn hēmōn en autois hebdomēkonta etē. Pote toinyn moi dikaseis, kai tōn dysmenōn apallaxeis?
"How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment for me on those who persecute me?" "Short," he says, "is the time of human nature: 'For the days of our years in them are seventy years.' When, then, will you judge for me and rid me of my foes?"
Ps 119:84 (118:84 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:84: life is short, as Psalm 90 says, so the psalmist asks God to judge his persecutors soon.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark for quotation mark (OCR); stray space (OCR)): κρίσιν ; › → κρίσιν; ›; χρόνος. ". Αἱ γὰρ → χρόνος. « Αἱ γὰρ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.84 (PG 80 80:1847; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-84). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.85PG 80 80:1847
« Διηγήσαντό μοι παράνομοι ἀδολεσχίας, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὡς ὁ νόμος σου, Κύριε. » Τῷ μὲν Προφήτῃ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἀνελεῖν συνεβούλευσαν· αὐτὸς δὲ τῷ θείῳ νόμῳ πειθόμενος, τὴν θείαν ψῆφον ἀνέμενεν. ᾿Αλλὰ καὶ ἡμῖν τῶν λογίων τούτων διδασκαλία χρησιμωτάτη. Προσήκει γὰρ φυγεῖν οὐ μόνον τοὺς Ἑλλήνων μύθους, καὶ τὴν Ἰουδαίων ἀπιστίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν αἱρετικῶν τὰ βλάσφημα δόγματα.
« Diēgēsanto moi paranomoi adoleschias, all᾽ ouch hōs ho nomos sou, Kyrie. » Tǭ men Prophētę̄ tous echthrous anelein synebouleusan; autos de tǭ theiǭ nomǭ peithomenos, tēn theian psēphon anemenen. ᾿Alla kai hēmin tōn logiōn toutōn didaskalia chrēsimōtatē. Prosēkei gar phygein ou monon tous Hellēnōn mythous, kai tēn Ioudaiōn apistian, alla kai tōn hairetikōn ta blasphēma dogmata.
"The lawless told me idle tales, but not like your law, O Lord." They advised the prophet to kill his enemies; but he, obeying the divine law, waited for the divine sentence. But for us too the teaching of these words is most useful. For we should shun not only the myths of the Greeks and the unbelief of the Jews, but also the blasphemous doctrines of the heretics.
Ps 119:85 (118:85 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 24:4 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 26:8 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:85: David rejected advice to kill his enemies; Christians must likewise reject pagan myths, Jewish unbelief, and heretical doctrines.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): Διηγήσαντό τη μοι → Διηγήσαντό μοι; ἀνέμε νεν → ἀνέμενεν.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.85 (PG 80 80:1847; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-85). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.86PG 80 80:1849
« Πᾶσαι αἱ ἐντολαί σου ἀλήθεια. » Διὰ τοῦτο γάρ σου προαιροῦμαι τὸν νόμον, ἐπειδὴ πάσας σου τὰς ἐντολὰς ἀληθείᾳ κοσμουμένας ὁρῶ. • ᾿Αδίκως κατεδίωξάν με, βοήθησόν μοι. Παρὰ βραχὺ συνετέλεσαν με ἐν τῇ γῇ· ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπον τὰς ἐντολάς σου. • Πολλή, φησὶν, ἡ ἀδικία, καὶ ἡ δυναστεία τῶν δυσμενῶν· καὶ αὐτῆς γάρ με μικροῦ δεῖν ἐστέρησαν τῆς ζωῆς.
« Pasai hai entolai sou alētheia. » Dia touto gar sou proairoumai ton nomon, epeidē pasas sou tas entolas alētheią kosmoumenas horō. • ᾿Adikōs katediōxan me, boēthēson moi. Para brachy synetelesan me en tę̄ gę̄; egō de ouk enkatelipon tas entolas sou. • Pollē, phēsin, hē adikia, kai hē dynasteia tōn dysmenōn; kai autēs gar me mikrou dein esterēsan tēs zōēs.
"All your commandments are truth." "For this reason I choose your law, since I see all your commandments adorned with truth." "They persecuted me unjustly; help me. They almost made an end of me on the earth; but I did not forsake your commandments." "Great," he says, "is the injustice and the power of my foes; for they nearly deprived me of life itself."
Ps 119:86 (118:86 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:87 (118:87 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:86–87: God's commandments are true; though persecutors nearly killed him, the psalmist did not abandon them.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR accents; stray mark (OCR)): βραχύ συνετέλεσαν → βραχὺ συνετέλεσαν; ἐγκατἐλιπον τὰς εντολάς → ἐγκατέλιπον τὰς ἐντολάς; Πολλή, φησὶν, ἡ ἀδικία, · καὶ → Πολλή, φησὶν, ἡ ἀδικία, καὶ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.86 (PG 80 80:1849; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-86). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.88PG 80 80:1849
« Κατὰ τὸ ἔλεός σου ζῆσόν με, καὶ φυλάξω τὰ μαρτύρια τοῦ στόματός σου. » Ταπεινοφροσύνῃ τὸν λόγον ἐκόσμησεν. Οὐ γὰρ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἀντίδοσιν ᾔτησε τὴν ζωὴν, ἀλλὰ δῶρον ἐλέου ταύτην λαβεῖν ἠντιβόλησε, φυλάττειν ὑποσχόμενος τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ μαρτύρια.
« Kata to eleos sou zēson me, kai phylaxō ta martyria tou stomatos sou. » Tapeinophrosynę̄ ton logon ekosmēsen. Ou gar tēs dikaiosynēs antidosin ę̄tēse tēn zōēn, alla dōron eleou tautēn labein ēntibolēse, phylattein hyposchomenos tou Theou ta martyria.
"According to your mercy give me life, and I will keep the testimonies of your mouth." He adorned his words with humility. For he did not ask for life as a reward for righteousness, but pleaded to receive it as a gift of mercy, promising to keep God's testimonies.
Ps 119:88 (118:88 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:88: the psalmist humbly asks for life as a gift of mercy, not a reward.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): ἡντιβόλησε → ἠντιβόλησε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.88 (PG 80 80:1849; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-88). (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.
118.89PG 80 80:1849
« Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, Κύριε, ὁ λόγος σου διαμένει ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. » Πάντα γὰρ, φησὶ, ῥᾴδιά σοι τῷ Δεσπότῃ καὶ δυνατά. Τὸ πρόσταγμα γὰρ τὸ σὸν ἀκίνητα φυλάττει τῶν οὐρανῶν τὰ κύτη. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ τῷ ἑκατοστῷ καὶ τεσσαρακοστῷ ὀγδόῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ· • Ἔστησεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος· πρόσταγμα ἔθετο, καὶ οὐ παρελεύσεται. » Αἰνίττεται δὲ κατὰ ταὐτὸν, ὡς τῶν ἀγγέλων οἱ δῆμοι τὸν οὐρανὸν κατοικοῦντες τὸν θεῖον διαφυλάττουσι νόμον, καὶ παραβάσεώς εἰσιν ἁπάσης ἐλεύθεροι. « Εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν ἡ ἀλήθειά σου. » Ταύτην γὰρ καὶ τῇ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐφύλαξας γενεᾷ, καὶ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ τῇ μετ᾿ ἐκείνην γεγενημένῃ· λέγει δὲ τὸν ἐξ ἐθνῶν λαὸν, τὸν διὰ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας τετυχηκότα. • Ἐθεμελίωσας τὴν γῆν, καὶ διαμένει. Τῇ διατάξει σου διαμένει ἡμέρα. » Ἔδωκας τῇ γῇ τὸ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον διαρκὲς, καὶ μεμένηκεν ὡς προσέταξας· διώρισας ἀπὸ τῆς νυκτὸς τὴν ἡμέραν, καὶ κατὰ τοὺς σοὺς ὁδεύει νόμους. « Ὅτι τὰ σύμπαντα δοῦλα σά.» Πάντα γάρ σοι δουλεύει, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς νεύμασιν εἴκει· σὺ γὰρ ὁ Δημιουργὸς τῶν ὅλων. « Εἰ μὴ ὅτι ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μού ἐστι, τότε ἂν ἀπωλόμην ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει μου. » Ταῦτα ἕκαστος εἴποι ἂν τῶν εὐσεβῶν περιπεσὼν συμφοραῖς· καὶ Ἰωσὴφ δουλείαν, μοιχείαν, καὶ συκοφαντίαν φυγών· καὶ Δανιὴλ εὔξασθαι κωλυθεὶς, καὶ οἱ τρεῖς ἐκεῖνοι προσκυνῆσαι καταναγκαζόμενοι τὴν εἰκόνα· καὶ οἱ νικηφόροι μάρτυρες παντοδαπῆς τιμωρίας ὑπομείναντες εἴδη. Εἰκότως δὲ ταῦτα ἔφη ὁ μακάριος Δαβίδ, ἐξελασθεὶς μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ, ᾿Αλλοφύλοις δὲ καὶ δυσσεβέσιν ἀνθρώποις συνδιάγειν ἀναγκαζόμενος. Ἐκοινώνησε γὰρ ἂν τῆς ἀσεβείας, εἰ μὴ τῶν θείων νόμων συμπεριέφερε τὴν μελέτην. «Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα οὐ μὴ ἐπιλάθωμαι τῶν δικαιωμάτων σου, ὅτι ἐν αὐτοῖς ἔζησάς με. » Τῇ πείρᾳ γὰρ μαθὼν, ὅτι ζωὴν τὰ σὰ δικαιώματα φύει, ἄσβεστον τούτων διατηρήσω τὴν μνήμην. « Σός εἰμι ἐγὼ, σῶσόν με· ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐξεζήτησα. » Οὐ πάντες ταύτῃ κεχρῆσθαι δυνάμεθα τῇ φωνῇ. Ψεύδεται γὰρ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὢν ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάζων· ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ καὶ δεδούλωται. Ἐὰν τοίνυν ἐκείνης ἀπαλλαγέντες, τοὺς θείους προελώμεθα νόμους, ταύτῃ κεχρῆσθαι δυνάμεθα τῇ φωνῇ. « Ἐμὲ ὑπέμειναν ἁμαρτωλοὶ τοῦ ἀπολέσαι με, τὰ μαρτύριά σου συνῆκα. » Τὸ ὑπέμειναν, προσεδόκησαν ὁ Σύμμαχος καὶ ὁ Θεοδοτίων εἰρήκαν. Ἐκεῖνοι μὲν ἤλπισάν με παραδοῦναι θανάτῳ· ἐγὼ δὲ τοῖς σοῖς προσέχων μαρτυρίοις τὴν ἐντεῦθεν ἐκαρπούμην ζωήν. « Πάσης συντελείας εἶδον πέρας, πλατεία ἡ ἐντολή σου σφόδρα. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Πάσης κατασκευῆς εἶδον πέρας, εὐρύχωρος ἡ ἐντολή σου σφόδρα. Πάντα, φησὶ, τὰ ἀνθρώπεια, καὶ πλοῦτος, καὶ περιουσία, καὶ δυναστεία, καὶ ἡγεμονίαι, καὶ στρατηγίαι, τυραννίδες καὶ βασιλεῖαι, τέλος ἔχουσι, καὶ τέλος ταχύ· ἡ δὲ σὴ ἐντολὴ πλατεῖά ἐστι, καὶ ἀνώλεθρος, καὶ τοῖς φυλάττουσι προξενεῖ τὸν ἀπέραντον ἐκεῖνον καὶ αἰώνιον βίον, καὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ μεταβολὴν οὐδεμίαν δεχόμενα. « Ὡς ἠγάπησα τὸν νόμον σου, Κύριε, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν μελέτη μού ἐστιν. • Οὐ πᾶς τὸν θεῖον νόμον πληρῶν ἀγαπῶν τοῦτον πληροῖ, ἀλλὰ οἱ μὲν δέει καὶ φόβῳ τῆς τιμωρίας, οἱ δὲ δόξαν τὴν παρὰ ἀνθρώπων θηρώμενοι. Οἱ δὲ γνήσιοι τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐρασταὶ τῇ περὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ διαθέσει πληροῦν ἐπείγονται τὰ θεῖα προστάγματα. « Ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἐσόφισάς με τὴν ἐντολήν σου, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐμοί ἐστιν. » Θερμῶς νόμον, τῇ θείᾳ χάριτι τὸ πᾶν ἀνατίθησι. Παρὰ σοῦ γὰρ, φησὶ, σοφίαν καὶ γνῶσιν δεξάμενος, τὸν σὸν ἔστερξα νόμον· πλείονα γάρ μοι τῶν ἐχθρῶν εἴδησιν ἔδωκας. Διὸ οἱ μὲν ἀνελεῖν με σπουδάζουσιν, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐδὲ ἀμύνασθαι τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας ἀνέχομαι. Τὸ γὰρ αἰώνιον τῆς ἀρετῆς φαντάζομαι κέρδος. « Ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς διδάσκοντάς με συνῆκα, ὅτι μαρτύριά σου μελέτη μού ἐστιν. Ὑπὲρ πρεσβυτέρους συνῆκα, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἐξεζήτησα. » Βασιλέων ἴδιον τὸ διδάσκειν, τὸ δὲ διδάσκεσθαι, τῶν ἀρχομένων. Ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ Σαούλ, πρεσβύτερος ἦν καὶ τῷ χρόνῳ· ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως οὔτε ἡ ἐξουσία τῆς βασιλείας, οὔτε τῆς ἡλικίας ὁ χρόνος, σωφρονεῖν αὐτὸν παρεσκεύαζεν, ἀλλὰ τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀνελεῖν ἐπεθύμει. Ὁ δὲ μέγας Δαυΐδ, τοῖς ὑπηκόοις ἔτι συντεταγμένος, καὶ νέαν ἄγων τὴν ἡλικίαν, τὴν φιλοσοφίαν ἠγάπησε, καὶ οὔτε ἄρξαι χειρῶν ἀδίκων ἠνέσχετο, οὔτε τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας ἀμύνασθαι.
« Eis ton aiōna, Kyrie, ho logos sou diamenei en tǭ ouranǭ. » Panta gar, phēsi, rhądia soi tǭ Despotę̄ kai dynata. To prostagma gar to son akinēta phylattei tōn ouranōn ta kytē. Touto de kai tǭ hekatostǭ kai tessarakostǭ ogdoǭ ephē psalmǭ; • Estēsen auton eis ton aiōna, kai eis ton aiōna tou aiōnos; prostagma etheto, kai ou pareleusetai. » Ainittetai de kata tauton, hōs tōn angelōn hoi dēmoi ton ouranon katoikountes ton theion diaphylattousi nomon, kai parabaseōs eisin hapasēs eleutheroi. « Eis genean kai genean hē alētheia sou. » Tautēn gar kai tę̄ tōn Ioudaiōn ephylaxas geneą, kai tę̄ heterą tę̄ met᾿ ekeinēn gegenēmenę̄; legei de ton ex ethnōn laon, ton dia tou Sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou tēs sōtērias tetychēkota. • Ethemeliōsas tēn gēn, kai diamenei. Tę̄ diataxei sou diamenei hēmera. » Edōkas tę̄ gę̄ to epi pleiston diarkes, kai memenēken hōs prosetaxas; diōrisas apo tēs nyktos tēn hēmeran, kai kata tous sous hodeuei nomous. « Hoti ta sympanta doula sa.» Panta gar soi douleuei, kai tois sois neumasin eikei; sy gar ho Dēmiourgos tōn holōn. « Ei mē hoti ho nomos sou meletē mou esti, tote an apōlomēn en tę̄ tapeinōsei mou. » Tauta hekastos eipoi an tōn eusebōn peripesōn symphorais; kai Iōsēph douleian, moicheian, kai sykophantian phygōn; kai Daniēl euxasthai kōlytheis, kai hoi treis ekeinoi proskynēsai katanankazomenoi tēn eikona; kai hoi nikēphoroi martyres pantodapēs timōrias hypomeinantes eidē. Eikotōs de tauta ephē ho makarios Dabid, exelastheis men hypo tou Saoul, ᾿Allophylois de kai dyssebesin anthrōpois syndiagein anankazomenos. Ekoinōnēse gar an tēs asebeias, ei mē tōn theiōn nomōn symperiephere tēn meletēn. «Eis ton aiōna ou mē epilathōmai tōn dikaiōmatōn sou, hoti en autois ezēsas me. » Tę̄ peirą gar mathōn, hoti zōēn ta sa dikaiōmata phyei, asbeston toutōn diatērēsō tēn mnēmēn. « Sos eimi egō, sōson me; hoti ta dikaiōmata sou exezētēsa. » Ou pantes tautę̄ kechrēsthai dynametha tę̄ phōnę̄. Pseudetai gar tēs hamartias ōn ho doulos tou Theou heauton onomazōn; hǭ gar tis hēttētai, toutǭ kai dedoulōtai. Ean toinyn ekeinēs apallagentes, tous theious proelōmetha nomous, tautę̄ kechrēsthai dynametha tę̄ phōnę̄. « Eme hypemeinan hamartōloi tou apolesai me, ta martyria sou synēka. » To hypemeinan, prosedokēsan ho Symmachos kai ho Theodotiōn eirēkan. Ekeinoi men ēlpisan me paradounai thanatǭ; egō de tois sois prosechōn martyriois tēn enteuthen ekarpoumēn zōēn. « Pasēs synteleias eidon peras, plateia hē entolē sou sphodra. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Pasēs kataskeuēs eidon peras, eurychōros hē entolē sou sphodra. Panta, phēsi, ta anthrōpeia, kai ploutos, kai periousia, kai dynasteia, kai hēgemoniai, kai stratēgiai, tyrannides kai basileiai, telos echousi, kai telos tachy; hē de sē entolē plateia esti, kai anōlethros, kai tois phylattousi proxenei ton aperanton ekeinon kai aiōnion bion, kai ta agatha metabolēn oudemian dechomena. « Hōs ēgapēsa ton nomon sou, Kyrie, holēn tēn hēmeran meletē mou estin. • Ou pas ton theion nomon plērōn agapōn touton plēroi, alla hoi men deei kai phobǭ tēs timōrias, hoi de doxan tēn para anthrōpōn thērōmenoi. Hoi de gnēsioi tēs aretēs erastai tę̄ peri ta agatha diathesei plēroun epeigontai ta theia prostagmata. « Hyper tous echthrous mou esophisas me tēn entolēn sou, hoti eis ton aiōna emoi estin. » Thermōs nomon, tę̄ theią chariti to pan anatithēsi. Para sou gar, phēsi, sophian kai gnōsin dexamenos, ton son esterxa nomon; pleiona gar moi tōn echthrōn eidēsin edōkas. Dio hoi men anelein me spoudazousin, egō de oude amynasthai tous adikountas anechomai. To gar aiōnion tēs aretēs phantazomai kerdos. « Hyper pantas tous didaskontas me synēka, hoti martyria sou meletē mou estin. Hyper presbyterous synēka, hoti tas entolas sou exezētēsa. » Basileōn idion to didaskein, to de didaskesthai, tōn archomenōn. Ebasileusen ho Saoul, presbyteros ēn kai tǭ chronǭ; all᾿ homōs oute hē exousia tēs basileias, oute tēs hēlikias ho chronos, sōphronein auton pareskeuazen, alla ton euergetēn anelein epethymei. Ho de megas Dauïd, tois hypēkoois eti syntetagmenos, kai nean agōn tēn hēlikian, tēn philosophian ēgapēse, kai oute arxai cheirōn adikōn ēnescheto, oute tous adikountas amynasthai.
"For ever, O Lord, your word remains in heaven." "For all things are easy and possible for you, the Master. Your command keeps the vaults of the heavens unmoved." He said this in the hundred and forty-eighth psalm too: "He established them for ever and for ever and ever; he set a command, and it will not pass away." At the same time he hints that the hosts of angels who dwell in heaven keep the divine law and are free of all transgression. "Your truth is from generation to generation." "For you kept it both for the generation of the Jews and for the other generation that came after it"; he means the people from the nations who obtained salvation through our Savior Jesus Christ. "You established the earth, and it remains. By your ordinance the day remains." "You gave the earth very long endurance, and it has remained as you commanded; you separated day from night, and it travels according to your laws." "For all things are your servants." "For all things serve you and yield to your nods; for you are the Creator of all." "Unless your law had been my meditation, I would then have perished in my humiliation." Each of the pious who fell into misfortunes might say this: Joseph, escaping slavery, adultery, and false accusation; Daniel, prevented from praying; those three, compelled to worship the image; and the victorious martyrs, who endured every form of punishment. The blessed David rightly said this, driven out by Saul and forced to live among Philistines and ungodly men. For he would have shared in their impiety had he not carried about with him meditation on the divine laws. "I will never forget your ordinances, for by them you gave me life." "Having learned by experience that your ordinances produce life, I will keep their memory unquenched." "I am yours; save me, for I have sought out your ordinances." Not all of us can use this cry. For one who is a slave of sin lies in naming himself a servant of God; for by whatever a man is overcome, to that he is enslaved. If, then, freed from sin, we choose the divine laws, we can use this cry. "Sinners waited for me to destroy me; I understood your testimonies." For "waited" Symmachus and Theodotion said "expected." "They hoped to hand me over to death; but heeding your testimonies, I reaped the life that comes from them." "I saw the end of all perfection; your commandment is exceedingly broad." Symmachus has: "I saw the end of all preparation; your commandment is exceedingly spacious." "All human things," he says, "wealth, substance, power, governorships, commands, tyrannies, and kingdoms, have an end, and a swift one; but your commandment is broad and indestructible, and procures for those who keep it that endless and eternal life and good things that admit no change." "How I have loved your law, O Lord; all day it is my meditation." Not everyone who fulfills the divine law fulfills it out of love; some do so from dread and fear of punishment, others hunting for glory from men. But true lovers of virtue hasten to fulfill the divine commands from their disposition toward the good. "You made me wiser than my enemies in your commandment, for it is mine for ever." Having loved the law warmly, he ascribes everything to divine grace. "Having received wisdom and knowledge from you," he says, "I cherished your law; for you gave me more knowledge than my enemies. So they strive to kill me, while I do not allow myself even to avenge myself on those who wrong me; for I picture the eternal gain of virtue." "I understood more than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understood more than the elders, for I sought out your commandments." Teaching belongs to kings, being taught to subjects. Saul was king, and older in years too; yet neither the authority of kingship nor the length of years made him prudent; he wished to kill his benefactor. But the great David, still ranked among the subjects and young in age, loved wisdom and would neither start unjust violence nor avenge himself on those who wronged him.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 119:89 (118:89 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 148:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:90 (118:90 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:91 (118:91 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:92 (118:92 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 39:12 (allusion, high confidence) · Dan 6:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Dan 3:12 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 119:93 (118:93 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:94 (118:94 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Pet 2:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:95 (118:95 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:96 (118:96 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:97 (118:97 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:98 (118:98 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:99 (118:99 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:100 (118:100 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 24:10 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:89–100: God's word upholds heaven and earth; meditation on his law kept Joseph, Daniel, the three youths, the martyrs, and David from perishing; only those freed from sin can call themselves God's servants; human power ends but God's commandment is eternal; true lovers keep the law from love; young David surpassed old King Saul in wisdom.
- Several marginal verse numbers printed in the text are removed.
- Some words are lost in the scan at the beginning of the comment on verse 98 ('Having loved the law warmly'); supplied by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; iota subscript (OCR); joined words (OCR); lost punctuation (OCR); marginal verse number (OCR); marginal verse numbers and split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray space (OCR); stray stop (OCR); word lost (OCR)): ἐλεύθεροι. . « Εἰς γενεὰν → ἐλεύθεροι. « Εἰς γενεὰν; διαμένει. διατάξει σου διαμένει ἡμέρα. → διαμένει. Τῇ διατάξει σου διαμένει ἡμέρα.; ἐπιπλείστον → ἐπὶ πλεῖστον; εἴκει σὺ γὰρ → εἴκει· σὺ γὰρ; ὅλων. ηβ΄. « → ὅλων. «; μελέτην. Αγ'. « → μελέτην. «; Τῇ πείρα γὰρ → Τῇ πείρᾳ γὰρ; μνήμην. ἰδ΄. « → μνήμην. «; φωνῇ. με΄. « → φωνῇ. «; είρηκαν → εἰρήκαν; πλατεῖὰ ἐστι → πλατεῖά ἐστι; ὅλην ( τὴν → ὅλην τὴν; προστάγματα. μη'. « → προστάγματα. «; κέρδος. ηθ', ρ'. Ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς διδάσκοντάς με συν· ἥκα → κέρδος. « Ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς διδάσκοντάς με συνῆκα; ἐξεζήτησα . » → ἐξεζήτησα. ».
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.89 (PG 80 80:1849; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-89). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.101PG 80 80:1853
· Ἐκ πάσης ὁδοῦ πονηρᾶς ἐκώλυσα τοὺς πόδας μου, ὅπως ἂν φυλάξω τοὺς λόγους σου. » Οὔτε γὰρ δυνατὸν δύο κατὰ ταὐτὸν ὁδεύειν ὁδοὺς, ἀκολασίας καὶ σωφροσύνης, δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἀδικίας· ἀλλὰ δεῖ τὰς ἐναντίας φυγεῖν, καὶ τὴν εὐθεῖαν ὁδεῦσαι· οὕτω γὰρ οἷόν τε γίνεσθαι τῶν θείων φύλακας λόγων.
; Ek pasēs hodou ponēras ekōlysa tous podas mou, hopōs an phylaxō tous logous sou. » Oute gar dynaton dyo kata tauton hodeuein hodous, akolasias kai sōphrosynēs, dikaiosynēs kai adikias; alla dei tas enantias phygein, kai tēn eutheian hodeusai; houtō gar hoion te ginesthai tōn theiōn phylakas logōn.
"I restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your words." For it is not possible to travel two roads at once, of licentiousness and temperance, of righteousness and unrighteousness; one must flee the contrary roads and travel the straight one. For so one can become a keeper of the divine words.
Ps 119:101 (118:101 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:101: one cannot walk the roads of vice and virtue at once.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.101 (PG 80 80:1853; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-101). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.102PG 80 80:1853
« ᾿Ἀπὸ τῶν κριμάτων σου οὐκ ἐξέκλινα, ὅτι σὺ ἐνομοθέτησάς με. » Σὲ γὰρ τούτων ἐπιστάμενος νομοθέτην, μετὰ πάσης αὐτὰ διαθέσεως ἠσπαζόμην.
« ᾿Apo tōn krimatōn sou ouk exeklina, hoti sy enomothetēsas me. » Se gar toutōn epistamenos nomothetēn, meta pasēs auta diatheseōs ēspazomēn.
"I did not turn aside from your judgments, for you gave me the law." "For knowing you to be their lawgiver, I embraced them with all affection."
Ps 119:102 (118:102 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 119:102: knowing God gave the law, the psalmist embraced it.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 118.102 (PG 80 80:1853; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/118-102). (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.