Interpretation of the Psalms 134.1–137.8
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 134
134.1PG 80 80:1913
« ᾿Αλληλούϊα. ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. » Αἶνος οὗτος ἕτερος, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς ἐλευθερίας τετυχηκότων προσενεχθεὶς τῷ Θεῷ. Τοῦ δὲ Ἀλληλούϊα καὶ ἤδη τὴν ἑρμηνείαν εἰρήκαμεν. « Αἰνεῖτε τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου· αἰνεῖτε, δοῦλοι, Κύριον. » Ἐπειδὴ ἀόρατος ἡ θεία φύσις, ὑμνεῖν δὲ ταύτην παρακελεύεται, εἰκότως εἶπεν, « Αἰνεῖτε τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου. » Ἀρκέσθητε, φησὶ, τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ προσηγορίᾳ, καὶ μὴ ζητήσητε ἰδεῖν, ἃ μὴ θέμις ἰδεῖν.
« ᾿Allēlouïa. ǭdē tōn anabathmōn. » Ainos houtos heteros, kai ho autos hypo tōn tēs eleutherias tetychēkotōn prosenechtheis tǭ Theǭ. Tou de Allēlouïa kai ēdē tēn hermēneian eirēkamen. « Aineite to onoma Kyriou; aineite, douloi, Kyrion. » Epeidē aoratos hē theia physis, hymnein de tautēn parakeleuetai, eikotōs eipen, « Aineite to onoma Kyriou. » Arkesthēte, phēsi, tę̄ tou Theou prosēgorią, kai mē zētēsēte idein, ha mē themis idein.
"Alleluia. A song of the ascents." This is another praise, offered to God by the same people who obtained freedom. We have already given the interpretation of "Alleluia." "Praise the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, you servants." Since the divine nature is invisible, yet he urges us to hymn it, he fittingly said, "Praise the name of the Lord": "Be content," he says, "with the name of God, and do not seek to see what it is not lawful to see."
Ps 135:1 (134:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:1: since God's nature is invisible, we praise his name and do not pry into what may not be seen.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; closing quotation mark lost (OCR); stray letters and breathing (OCR)): ἀναβαθμῶν σι. » Αἱνος → ἀναβαθμῶν. » Αἶνος; Τοῦ δὲ Αλληλούϊα → Τοῦ δὲ Ἀλληλούϊα; δοῦλοι, Κύριον. Ἐπειδὴ → δοῦλοι, Κύριον. » Ἐπειδὴ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.1 (PG 80 80:1913; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.2PG 80 80:1913
« Οἱ ἑστῶτες ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ἐν αὐλαῖς οἴκου Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. » Βαβυλωνίων δέ, φησὶν, ἀπαλλαγέντες δουλείας, καὶ τῆς τῶν θείων αὐλῶν ἀπολαύοντες εὐπρεπείας, τὸν τούτων χορηγὸν τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνυμνήσατε.
« Hoi hestōtes en oikǭ Kyriou, en aulais oikou Theou hēmōn. » Babylōniōn de, phēsin, apallagentes douleias, kai tēs tōn theiōn aulōn apolauontes euprepeias, ton toutōn chorēgon tōn agathōn anymnēsate.
"You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God." "Freed from slavery to the Babylonians," he says, "and enjoying the beauty of the divine courts, hymn the giver of these good things."
Ps 135:2 (134:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:2: the returned exiles in the temple courts are to praise God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): Βαβυλωνίων δε, φησὶν → Βαβυλωνίων δέ, φησὶν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.2 (PG 80 80:1913; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.3PG 80 80:1913
« Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς Κύριος. » ᾿Αφορμὴν τὴν τῆς ὑμνῳδίας ποιήσατε τοῦ ὑμνουμένου τὴν ἀγαθότητα. « Ψάλατε τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, ὅτι καλόν. • Πολὺ δὲ καὶ ἐντεῦθεν προσγινόμενον ὑμῖν κέρδος. Εἶτα τῶν εἰς αὐτοὺς γεγενημένων εὐεργεσιῶν ποιεῖται τὴν μνήμην.
« Aineite ton Kyrion, hoti agathos Kyrios. » ᾿Aphormēn tēn tēs hymnǭdias poiēsate tou hymnoumenou tēn agathotēta. « Psalate tǭ onomati autou, hoti kalon. • Poly de kai enteuthen prosginomenon hymin kerdos. Eita tōn eis autous gegenēmenōn euergesiōn poieitai tēn mnēmēn.
"Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good." "Make the goodness of the one hymned the occasion of your hymnody." "Make melody to his name, for it is lovely." "Great gain too comes to you from this." Then he recalls the benefits done to them.
Ps 135:3 (134:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:3: God's goodness is the reason for praise, and praise benefits the singers.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.3 (PG 80 80:1913; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-3). (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.
134.4PG 80 80:1913
« Ὅτι τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ ὁ Κύριος, Ἰσραὴλ εἰς περιουσιασμὸν ἑαυτῷ. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Καὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς ἐξαίρετον ἑαυτῷ. Πλείονος αὐτὸν, φησὶν, ἐπιμελείας ἠξίωσε, καὶ οἰκεῖον λαὸν ἀπεκάλεσε, καὶ πάντων ἀνθρώπων κηδόμενος τούτου διαφερόντως πεφρόντικε. Ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Μωσῆς· « Ὅτε διεμέριζεν ὁ Ὕψιστος ἔθνη, ὡς διέσπειρεν υἱοὺς ᾿Αδάμ, ἔστησεν ὅρια ἐθνῶν κατ' ἀριθμὸν ἀγγέλων Θεοῦ · καὶ ἐγενήθη μερὶς Κυρίου, λαὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ, σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ. »
« Hoti ton Iakōb exelexato heautǭ ho Kyrios, Israēl eis periousiasmon heautǭ. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Kai ton Israēl eis exaireton heautǭ. Pleionos auton, phēsin, epimeleias ēxiōse, kai oikeion laon apekalese, kai pantōn anthrōpōn kēdomenos toutou diapherontōs pephrontike. Tauta de kai ho makarios ephē Mōsēs; « Hote diemerizen ho Hypsistos ethnē, hōs diespeiren huious ᾿Adam, estēsen horia ethnōn kat' arithmon angelōn Theou ; kai egenēthē meris Kyriou, laos autou Iakōb, schoinisma klēronomias autou Israēl. »
"For the Lord chose Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession." Symmachus has: "And Israel as his special treasure." "He counted him worthy of greater care," he says, "called him his own people, and while caring for all human beings took particular thought for him." The blessed Moses too said this: "When the Most High divided the nations, when he scattered the sons of Adam, he set the boundaries of the nations according to the number of the angels of God; and his people Jacob became the Lord's portion, Israel the measured portion of his inheritance."
Ps 135:4 (134:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 32:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 32:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:4: God chose Israel as his special people while caring for all, as Deuteronomy 32 says.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (unbalanced bracket (OCR)): οὕτως]· → οὕτως·.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.4 (PG 80 80:1913; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
134.5PG 80 80:1915
« Ὅτι ἐγὼ ἔγνωκα, ὅτι μέγας ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν παρὰ πάντας τοὺς θεούς. • Δι' αὐτῶν, φησὶ, μεμαθήκαμεν τῶν πραγμάτων τοῦ ἡμετέρου Θεοῦ τὴν ἰσχὺν, καὶ ὅτι οὐδαμῶς αὐτῷ παραβληθῆναι δυνήσονται οἱ παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν προσκυνούμενοι Θεοί. Οὐδεὶς γὰρ τῷ ὄντι καὶ ἀεὶ ὄντι συγκρίνει τὸ μηδαμῶς ὄν. Εἶτα ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργίας ὑποδείκνυσι τὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ δυνατόν.
« Hoti egō egnōka, hoti megas ho Kyrios, kai ho Kyrios hēmōn para pantas tous theous. • Di' autōn, phēsi, memathēkamen tōn pragmatōn tou hēmeterou Theou tēn ischyn, kai hoti oudamōs autǭ parablēthēnai dynēsontai hoi para tōn allōn ethnōn proskynoumenoi Theoi. Oudeis gar tǭ onti kai aei onti synkrinei to mēdamōs on. Eita apo tēs dēmiourgias hypodeiknysi to tou Theou dynaton.
"For I know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods." "From the events themselves," he says, "we have learned the strength of our God, and that the gods worshiped by the other nations can in no way be compared with him." For no one compares what does not exist at all with the One who is and always is. Then from creation he shows God's power.
Ps 135:5 (134:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 135:5: experience has shown that the nations' gods, which do not exist, cannot compare with the God who is.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.5 (PG 80 80:1915; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-5). (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.
134.6PG 80 80:1915
« Πάντα ὅσα ἠθέλησεν ὁ Κύριος, ἐποίησεν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἐν ταῖς θαλάσσαις καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἀβύσσοις. » Οὐ τῇ δυνάμει σύμμετρα τὰ γενόμενα, ἀλλὰ τῇ βουλήσει. Ἠδύνατο μὲν γὰρ καὶ πολλαπλάσια τούτων, καὶ πολλῷ μείζονα δημιουργῆσαι · ἀλλὰ τοσαῦτα καὶ τοιαῦτα ἠθέλησε. Αὐτοῦ δὲ ὅμως πάντα ποιήματα, οὐρανὸς καὶ τὰ οὐράνια, γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐπίγεια, θάλασσα καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ. Ἀβύσσους δὲ καλεῖ τὸ ἄπειρον τῶν ὑδάτων πλῆθος. Πληθυντικῶς δὲ θαλάσσας ἐκάλεσεν, ἐπειδὴ εἰς πελάγη πολλὰ ἡ μία διήρηται θάλασσα. Ἀτλαντικὸς γὰρ κόλπος, καὶ Ὠκεανὸς, καὶ Τυῤῥηνικὸς, καὶ Ἰόνιός τε, καὶ Αἰγαῖος, καὶ ᾿Αραβικὸς, καὶ Ἰνδικὸς, καὶ Εὔξεινος Πόντος, καὶ Προποντὶς, καὶ Ἑλλήσποντος, καὶ ἕτερα πελάγη πολλαπλάσια τῶν εἰρημένων.
« Panta hosa ēthelēsen ho Kyrios, epoiēsen en tǭ ouranǭ kai en tę̄ gę̄, en tais thalassais kai en pasais tais abyssois. » Ou tę̄ dynamei symmetra ta genomena, alla tę̄ boulēsei. Ēdynato men gar kai pollaplasia toutōn, kai pollǭ meizona dēmiourgēsai ; alla tosauta kai toiauta ēthelēse. Autou de homōs panta poiēmata, ouranos kai ta ourania, gē kai ta epigeia, thalassa kai ta en autę̄. Abyssous de kalei to apeiron tōn hydatōn plēthos. Plēthyntikōs de thalassas ekalesen, epeidē eis pelagē polla hē mia diērētai thalassa. Atlantikos gar kolpos, kai Ōkeanos, kai Tyrrhēnikos, kai Ionios te, kai Aigaios, kai ᾿Arabikos, kai Indikos, kai Euxeinos Pontos, kai Propontis, kai Hellēspontos, kai hetera pelagē pollaplasia tōn eirēmenōn.
"Whatever the Lord willed he did, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all the deeps." What came to be is proportioned not to his power but to his will. For he could have created things many times more numerous and far greater; but he willed these, and such as these. All, however, are his works: heaven and the heavenly things, earth and the earthly things, the sea and what is in it. He calls the boundless multitude of the waters "deeps." He called the seas in the plural, since the one sea is divided into many oceans: the Atlantic gulf, the Ocean, the Tyrrhenian, the Ionian, the Aegean, the Arabian, the Indian, the Euxine Pontus, the Propontis, the Hellespont, and other seas many times more than those mentioned.
Ps 135:6 (134:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:6: God's works are measured by his will, not by his power, which could do far more; 'seas' is plural because the one sea forms many seas.
- A displaced line at the end of this section in the scan belongs to the comment on verse 7 and is moved there.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; OCR letters; joined words (OCR); stray letter, split word, and line displaced by the OCR from the comment on verse 7 (134.7)): Ηδύνατο → Ἠδύνατο; ἄπειροντῶν → ἄπειρον τῶν; Ατλαντικὸς → Ἀτλαντικὸς; Ἰσ νιός → Ἰόνιός; εἰρημέΟ νων. θησαυρὸν ἀνέμων ἐκάλεσεν. Ἅμα τε γὰρ νεύει, → εἰρημένων..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.6 (PG 80 80:1915; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.7PG 80 80:1915
« ᾿Ανάγων νεφέλας ἐξ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. • Τῷ γὰρ θείῳ Λόγῳ ἡ κατωφερὴς τῶν ὑδάτων φύσις ἀνέλκεται, καὶ μετέωρος γίνεται, καὶ ἄρδει τὴν ἤπειρον. Ἐξ ἐσχάτου δὲ τῆς γῆς ταύτην εἶπεν ἀνάγεσθαι, ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τῶν θαλαττίων ὑδάτων συνίσταται. Τέρματα δὲ τῆς γῆς οἱ θαλάττιοι κόλποι. « ᾿Αστραπὰς εἰς ὑετὸν ἐποίησεν.» Προμηνύει δὲ τῶν ὑετῶν τὴν χορηγίαν ταῖς ἀστραπαῖς, καὶ δείκνυσι θαῦμα πάντων παραδοξότατον. Ἐν ὕδασι γὰρ τὸ ἀστραπαῖον διατρέχον πῦρ, οὔτε ἐκεῖνα θερμαίνει, οὔτε αὐτὸ κατασβέννυται. « Ὁ ἐξάγων ἀνέμους ἐκ θησαυρῶν αὐτοῦ. » Θησαυροὺς ἀνέμων οὐκ ἀποθήκας εἶναι λέγει τινὰς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ ἀπήνεμον ὄντα τὸν ἀέρα πολλάκις ῥᾳδίως ἐθελήσας κινεῖ, τὸ βούλημα τὸ θεῖον θησαυρὸν ἀνέμων ἐκάλεσεν. Ἅμα τε γὰρ νεύει, καὶ πανταχόθεν προσίασιν. Οὕτω τὴν κοινὴν δημιουργίαν καὶ πρόνοιαν ὑποδείξας, τὰς Ἰουδαίων λοιπὸν εὐεργεσίας διέξεισιν.
« ᾿Anagōn nephelas ex eschatou tēs gēs. • Tǭ gar theiǭ Logǭ hē katōpherēs tōn hydatōn physis anelketai, kai meteōros ginetai, kai ardei tēn ēpeiron. Ex eschatou de tēs gēs tautēn eipen anagesthai, epeidē ek tōn thalattiōn hydatōn synistatai. Termata de tēs gēs hoi thalattioi kolpoi. « ᾿Astrapas eis hyeton epoiēsen.» Promēnyei de tōn hyetōn tēn chorēgian tais astrapais, kai deiknysi thauma pantōn paradoxotaton. En hydasi gar to astrapaion diatrechon pyr, oute ekeina thermainei, oute auto katasbennytai. « Ho exagōn anemous ek thēsaurōn autou. » Thēsaurous anemōn ouk apothēkas einai legei tinas, all᾽ epeidē apēnemon onta ton aera pollakis rhądiōs ethelēsas kinei, to boulēma to theion thēsauron anemōn ekalesen. Hama te gar neuei, kai pantachothen prosiasin. Houtō tēn koinēn dēmiourgian kai pronoian hypodeixas, tas Ioudaiōn loipon euergesias diexeisin.
"Bringing up clouds from the end of the earth." For by the divine Word the downward-tending nature of water is drawn up, becomes airborne, and waters the land. He said that it is brought up from the end of the earth, since it is formed from the waters of the sea; and the gulfs of the sea are the ends of the earth. "He made lightnings for the rain." He announces the supply of rains beforehand by lightnings, and shows the most extraordinary wonder of all: for the fire of the lightning running through the waters neither heats them nor is itself quenched. "Who brings out the winds from his treasuries." He does not say that the treasuries of the winds are certain storehouses; but since the divine will, when it wishes, easily moves the air that is often windless, he called the divine will the treasury of the winds. For as soon as he nods, they come from every side. Having thus shown the common creation and providence, he then recounts the benefits to the Jews.
Ps 135:7 (134:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:7: God raises clouds from the sea, sends lightning in the rain without the fire being quenched, and his will is the 'treasury' of the winds.
- A line displaced in the scan into the previous section is restored here, where the sentence is broken.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent and stray letters; line displaced by the OCR into 134.6, restored; stray letters (OCR)): νεφέλας σε ἐξ → νεφέλας ἐξ; ἡπειρον στ. → ἤπειρον.; ὑετῶν Γλαν τὴν → ὑετῶν τὴν; κινεῖ τὸ βούλημα τὸ θεῖον, καὶ πανταχόθεν → κινεῖ, τὸ βούλημα τὸ θεῖον θησαυρὸν ἀνέμων ἐκάλεσεν. Ἅμα τε γὰρ νεύει, καὶ πανταχόθεν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.7 (PG 80 80:1915; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
134.8PG 80 80:1915
« Ὃς ἐπάταξε τὰ πρωτότοκα Αἰγύπτου ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους. » Τὴν τελευταίαν πληγὴν τέθεικε πρώτην, ἐπειδὴ μετὰ ταύτην τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἐδέξαντο.
« Hos epataxe ta prōtotoka Aigyptou apo anthrōpou heōs ktēnous. » Tēn teleutaian plēgēn tetheike prōtēn, epeidē meta tautēn tēn eleutherian edexanto.
"Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, from man to beast." He put the last plague first, since after it they received their freedom.
Ps 135:8 (134:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:8: the death of the firstborn, which won Israel's freedom, is mentioned first.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.8 (PG 80 80:1915; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.9PG 80 80:1917
· Ἐξαπέστειλε σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν μέσῳ σου, Αἴγυπτε. › Τὰς παντοδαπὰς θαυματουργίας καὶ παιδείας διὰ τούτων ἐδήλωσεν. « Ἐν Φαραῷ, καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ. › Οὐ γὰρ ἤρκεσεν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν θεηλάτων αὐτὸν ἀπαλλάξαι μαστίγων, ἀλλὰ τοῖς αὐτοῖς καὶ οἱ βασιλευόμενοι καὶ ὁ βασιλεύων κακοῖς περιέπεσεν. Οὕτω καὶ πρὸς τὸν μέγαν Μωσῆν ἔφη ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεός · · Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πατάσσω πᾶν πρωτότοκον τῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἀπὸ πρωτοτόκου Φαραὼ τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, ἕως πρωτοτόκου τῆς αἰχμαλωτίδος τῆς παρὰ τὸν μύλον. »
; Exapesteile sēmeia kai terata en mesǭ sou, Aigypte. › Tas pantodapas thaumatourgias kai paideias dia toutōn edēlōsen. « En Pharaǭ, kai en pasi tois doulois autou. › Ou gar ērkesen hē basileia tōn theēlatōn auton apallaxai mastigōn, alla tois autois kai hoi basileuomenoi kai ho basileuōn kakois periepesen. Houtō kai pros ton megan Mōsēn ephē ho tōn holōn Theos ; ; Idou egō patassō pan prōtotokon tēs Aigyptou, apo prōtotokou Pharaō tou kathēmenou epi tou thronou autou, heōs prōtotokou tēs aichmalōtidos tēs para ton mylon. »
"He sent signs and wonders in your midst, O Egypt." By this he showed the wonders and disciplines of every kind. "On Pharaoh and on all his servants." For his kingship was not enough to free him from the scourges sent by God; subjects and ruler fell into the same evils. So the God of all said to the great Moses: "Behold, I strike every firstborn of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the captive woman at the mill."
Ps 135:9 (134:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 11:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:9: the plagues struck Pharaoh and his servants alike, from the king's firstborn to the slave's.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misreading of quotation mark): τὸν μύλον. ο → τὸν μύλον. ».
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.9 (PG 80 80:1917; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.10PG 80 80:1917
« "Ος ἐπάταξεν ἔθνη πολλά.» Τὰ τὴν Παλαιστίνην πάλαι οἰκήσαντα. • Καὶ ἀπέκτεινε βασιλεῖς κραταιούς· τὸν Σηὼν βασιλέα τῶν ᾿Αμοῤῥαίων · καὶ τὸν Ὥγ βασιλέα τῆς Βασάν. » Τούτων ὁ θεῖος Μωσῆς τὴν βασιλείαν κατέλυσεν. « Καὶ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας Χαναάν. » Τούτους ὁ μακάριος Ἰησοῦς ἐχειρώσατο, καὶ τὰς ὑπ᾿ ἐκείνων κατεχομένας χώρας καὶ πόλεις διένειμε τῷ λαῷ. Τοῦτο καὶ ἐνταῦθα ὁ Προφήτης φησί.
« "Os epataxen ethnē polla.» Ta tēn Palaistinēn palai oikēsanta. • Kai apekteine basileis krataious; ton Sēōn basilea tōn ᾿Amorrhaiōn ; kai ton Hōg basilea tēs Basan. » Toutōn ho theios Mōsēs tēn basileian katelysen. « Kai pasas tas basileias Chanaan. » Toutous ho makarios Iēsous echeirōsato, kai tas hyp᾿ ekeinōn katechomenas chōras kai poleis dieneime tǭ laǭ. Touto kai entautha ho Prophētēs phēsi.
"Who struck many nations," those that formerly inhabited Palestine. "And killed mighty kings: Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan." The divine Moses destroyed their kingdom. "And all the kingdoms of Canaan." These the blessed Joshua subdued, and he distributed to the people the lands and cities they held. This is what the prophet says here too.
Ps 135:10 (134:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 135:11 (134:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Num 21:24 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 21:35 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 12:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:10–11: God destroyed Sihon and Og through Moses and the kings of Canaan through Joshua.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR punctuation): κραταιούς. Τὸν Σηὼν → κραταιούς· τὸν Σηὼν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.10 (PG 80 80:1917; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.12PG 80 80:1917
« Καὶ ἔδωκε τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν κληρονομίαν· κληρονομίαν Ἰσραὴλ τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ. » Καθάπερ γάρ τινα κλῆρον πατρῷον, τὴν ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνων τῶν δυσσεβῶν βασιλέων πάλαι κατασχεθεῖσαν γῆν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ δέδωκεν ὁ τούτων Θεός.
« Kai edōke tēn gēn autōn klēronomian; klēronomian Israēl tǭ laǭ autou. » Kathaper gar tina klēron patrǭon, tēn hyp᾽ ekeinōn tōn dyssebōn basileōn palai kataschetheisan gēn tǭ Israēl dedōken ho toutōn Theos.
"And he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance for Israel his people." "As a kind of ancestral lot, the God of these gave Israel the land formerly held by those ungodly kings."
Ps 135:12 (134:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:12: God gave Israel the land of the ungodly kings as its inheritance.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters): δυσσε σῶν → δυσσεβῶν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.12 (PG 80 80:1917; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.13PG 80 80:1917
« Κύριε, τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνόν σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν. » Τὸ μὲν γὰρ μέγεθος τῶν ὑπὸ σοῦ γεγενημένων θαυμάτων τὸ σὸν ἅπαντας ἐδίδαξεν ὄνομα· καὶ μέντοι καὶ εἰς τὰς ἐσομένας γενεὰς ἡ τῶν σῶν εὐεργεσιῶν φυλαχθήσεται μνήμη.
« Kyrie, to onoma sou eis ton aiōna, kai to mnēmosynon sou eis genean kai genean. » To men gar megethos tōn hypo sou gegenēmenōn thaumatōn to son hapantas edidaxen onoma; kai mentoi kai eis tas esomenas geneas hē tōn sōn euergesiōn phylachthēsetai mnēmē.
"O Lord, your name is for ever, and your memorial from generation to generation." "For the greatness of the wonders you worked taught all your name; and the memory of your benefits will be kept for the generations to come."
Ps 135:13 (134:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 135:13: God's wonders made his name known, and his benefits will be remembered for ever.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.13 (PG 80 80:1917; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.14PG 80 80:1917
« Ὅτι κρινεῖ Κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς δούλοις αὑτοῦ παρακληθήσεται. » Οὐ γὰρ περιόψῃ παρὰ τῶν δυσμενῶν ἡμᾶς πολεμουμένους ὁρῶν, οὐδὲ ἀξίας τῶν ἡμετέρων ἁμαρτάδων τιμωρίας ἐπάξεις, ἀλλ᾽ ἵλεως ἔσῃ καὶ εὐμενής · οὕτω δείξας τοῦ ὄντος Θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν, κωμῳδεῖ τῶν καλουμένων μὲν, οὐκ ὄντων δὲ θεῶν τὴν ἀσθένειαν· καὶ ἐπειδὴ θεοὺς ὠνόμασεν, ἀνέδειξεν αὐτοὺς μετὰ τοῦ πράγματος καὶ τῆς προσηγορίας ἐρήμους.
« Hoti krinei Kyrios ton laon autou, kai epi tois doulois hautou paraklēthēsetai. » Ou gar periopsę̄ para tōn dysmenōn hēmas polemoumenous horōn, oude axias tōn hēmeterōn hamartadōn timōrias epaxeis, all᾽ hileōs esę̄ kai eumenēs ; houtō deixas tou ontos Theou tēn dynamin, kōmǭdei tōn kaloumenōn men, ouk ontōn de theōn tēn astheneian; kai epeidē theous ōnomasen, anedeixen autous meta tou pragmatos kai tēs prosēgorias erēmous.
"For the Lord will judge his people and be comforted over his servants." "For you will not overlook us when you see us warred upon by our foes, nor bring punishments worthy of our sins, but you will be gracious and favorable." Having thus shown the power of the God who is, he mocks the weakness of the so-called but nonexistent gods; and since he had named them gods, he showed them bereft of both the reality and the name.
Ps 135:14 (134:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 135:14: God will vindicate his people mercifully; the psalm then turns to mock the nonexistent gods.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): ἴλεως ἔσῃ → ἵλεως ἔσῃ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.14 (PG 80 80:1917; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.15PG 80 80:1917
« Τὰ εἴδωλα τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον ἔργα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων. » Ὁ μὲν ἡμέτερος Θεὸς τῶν ἁπάντων ἐστὶ, φησὶ, ποιητὴς, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐ μόνον δημιουργικὴν οὐκ ἔχουσι δύναμιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ εἶδος παρὰ τέχνης ἀνθρωπείας ἐδέξαντο. Ἐξ ὕλης γὰρ αὐτοῖς καὶ τέχνης ἡ σύστασις.
« Ta eidōla tōn ethnōn argyrion kai chrysion erga cheirōn anthrōpōn. » Ho men hēmeteros Theos tōn hapantōn esti, phēsi, poiētēs, ekeinoi de ou monon dēmiourgikēn ouk echousi dynamin, alla kai auto to eidos para technēs anthrōpeias edexanto. Ex hylēs gar autois kai technēs hē systasis.
"The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of human hands." "Our God is the Maker of all things," he says; "but those not only have no creative power, but received their very form from human craft. For their existence comes from material and craft."
Ps 135:15 (134:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 135:15: idols, unlike God the Creator, owe their form to human craft.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter): αὐνὸ τὸ εἶδος → αὐτὸ τὸ εἶδος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.15 (PG 80 80:1917; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.16PG 80 80:1917
« Στόμα ἔχουσι, καὶ οὐ λαλήσουσιν ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχουσι, καὶ οὐκ ὄψονται. Ὦτα ἔχουσι, καὶ οὐκ ἐνωτισθήσονται. » Εἰκόνας, φησὶν, αἰσθήσεων ἔχουσι, τῆς δὲ ἐνεργείας ἐστέρηνται. • Οὐδὲ γάρ ἐστι πνεῦμα ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν. » Τούτου δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀλόγων ἡ φύσις μετέλαχεν· ἀναπνεῖ γὰρ τῶν ζώων ἕκαστον. Τὰ δὲ εἴδωλα οὐδὲ τοῖς ἀλόγοις παραπλησίως τούτου μετέχει.
« Stoma echousi, kai ou lalēsousin ophthalmous echousi, kai ouk opsontai. Ōta echousi, kai ouk enōtisthēsontai. » Eikonas, phēsin, aisthēseōn echousi, tēs de energeias esterēntai. • Oude gar esti pneuma en tǭ stomati autōn. » Toutou de kai tōn alogōn hē physis metelachen; anapnei gar tōn zōōn hekaston. Ta de eidōla oude tois alogois paraplēsiōs toutou metechei.
"They have a mouth and will not speak; they have eyes and will not see; they have ears and will not give ear." "They have images of the senses," he says, "but are deprived of their operation." "For there is no breath in their mouth." Even the nature of irrational creatures shares in this; for every living creature breathes. But the idols do not share in it even as the irrational creatures do.
Ps 135:16 (134:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 135:17 (134:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 135:16–17: idols have the shapes of senses but no function, not even the breath that animals have.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; OCR misreading of quotation mark): Ώτα ἔχουσι → Ὦτα ἔχουσι; αὐτῶν. : Τούτου → αὐτῶν. » Τούτου.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.16 (PG 80 80:1917; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.18PG 80 80:1919
« Ὅμοιοι αὐτοῖς γένοιντο οἱ ποιοῦντες αὐτὰ, καὶ πάντες οἱ πεποιθότες ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς. » Ταύτης εἰσὶν ἄξιοι τῆς ἀναισθησίας μεταλαχεῖν, καὶ οἱ δημιουργοῦντες αὐτὰ, καὶ οἱ προσκυνοῦντες. Τοὺς γὰρ λόγου μετέχοντας, καὶ θεοὺς ὑπολαμβάνοντας τὰ ζωῆς ἐστερημένα καὶ λόγου, δίκαιον τῆς ἐκείνων μετασχεῖν ἀλογίας.
« Homoioi autois genointo hoi poiountes auta, kai pantes hoi pepoithotes ep᾿ autois. » Tautēs eisin axioi tēs anaisthēsias metalachein, kai hoi dēmiourgountes auta, kai hoi proskynountes. Tous gar logou metechontas, kai theous hypolambanontas ta zōēs esterēmena kai logou, dikaion tēs ekeinōn metaschein alogias.
"May those who make them become like them, and all who trust in them." Both those who make them and those who worship them deserve to share this insensibility. For it is just that those who share in reason, and suppose things deprived of life and reason to be gods, should share their unreason.
Ps 135:18 (134:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 135:18: idol-makers and worshipers deserve the senselessness of their idols.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.18 (PG 80 80:1919; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.19PG 80 80:1919
« Οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ, εὐλογήσατε τὸν Κύριον. » Ἐκεῖνοι μὲν, φησὶ, τοσαύτην ἀπονέμουσι θεραπείαν τοῖς ἀψύχοις εἰδώλοις · ὑμεῖς δὲ τὸν τῶν ἁπάντων ὑμνήσατε Ποιητήν. « Οἶκος ᾿Ααρών, εὐλογήσατε τὸν Κύριον. » Διέκρινε τοῦ λαοῦ τοὺς ἱερέας, καὶ καθ' ἑαυτοὺς ὑμνεῖν παρηγγύησε, ταύτῃ δεικνὺς τὸ διάφορον.
« Oikos Israēl, eulogēsate ton Kyrion. » Ekeinoi men, phēsi, tosautēn aponemousi therapeian tois apsychois eidōlois ; hymeis de ton tōn hapantōn hymnēsate Poiētēn. « Oikos ᾿Aarōn, eulogēsate ton Kyrion. » Diekrine tou laou tous hiereas, kai kath' heautous hymnein parēngyēse, tautę̄ deiknys to diaphoron.
"House of Israel, bless the Lord." "They," he says, "give such service to lifeless idols; but you, hymn the Maker of all." "House of Aaron, bless the Lord." He distinguished the priests from the people and bade them hymn by themselves, showing their distinction in this way.
Ps 135:19 (134:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 135:19: Israel and, separately, the priests are called to bless the true God.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.19 (PG 80 80:1919; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.20PG 80 80:1919
« Οἶκος Λευῖ, εὐλογήσατε τὸν Κύριον. • Ἑτέρα πάλιν ἐνταῦθα διαφορά. Οἱ γὰρ Λευῖται τῶν μὲν ἄλλων τιμιώτεροι, τῶν δὲ ἱερέων ὑποδεέστεροι. Ἵνα τοίνυν μὴ καὶ οὗτοι τὴν ἱερατικὴν ἀξίαν ἁρπάσωσιν (ἐτόλμησαν γὰρ καὶ πάλαι τοῦτο τοῦ θεσπεσίου Μωσοῦ περιόντος), ἀναγκαίως καὶ τούτους ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερέων ἀπέκρινεν. « Οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, εὐλογήσατε τὸν Κύριον. » Ἕτερον καὶ τοῦτο τάγμα, ἐκ μὲν τοῦ Ἰακὼβ οὐ κατάγον τὸ γένος, ἐκείνου δὲ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἀσπαζόμενον. Οὕτω δὲ καὶ τοὺς εὐσεβεῖς ὠνόμαζον προσηλύτους. ἱκανὸν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο Ἰουδαίους διδάξαι, ὡς ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς τῆς σωματικῆς συγγενείας τὴν τῶν τρόπων προκρίνει συγγένειαν.
« Oikos Leui, eulogēsate ton Kyrion. • Hetera palin entautha diaphora. Hoi gar Leuitai tōn men allōn timiōteroi, tōn de hiereōn hypodeesteroi. Hina toinyn mē kai houtoi tēn hieratikēn axian harpasōsin (etolmēsan gar kai palai touto tou thespesiou Mōsou periontos), anankaiōs kai toutous apo tōn hiereōn apekrinen. « Hoi phoboumenoi ton Kyrion, eulogēsate ton Kyrion. » Heteron kai touto tagma, ek men tou Iakōb ou katagon to genos, ekeinou de tēn eusebeian aspazomenon. Houtō de kai tous eusebeis ōnomazon prosēlytous. hikanon de kai touto Ioudaious didaxai, hōs ho tōn holōn Theos tēs sōmatikēs syngeneias tēn tōn tropōn prokrinei syngeneian.
"House of Levi, bless the Lord." Here again is another distinction. For the Levites are more honored than the others but lower than the priests. So, lest these too seize the priestly rank (for they dared this long ago while the inspired Moses was alive), he necessarily separated them too from the priests. "You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord." This too is another rank, not tracing its race from Jacob but embracing his piety. So they called the pious proselytes. And this is enough to teach the Jews that the God of all prefers kinship of conduct to bodily kinship.
Ps 135:20 (134:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Num 16:10 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 135:20: the Levites are named apart from the priests, recalling Korah's rebellion; 'those who fear the Lord' are proselytes, showing that God prefers kinship in conduct to kinship by blood.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; letters lost (OCR)): θεσπεσίου Μ σοῦ → θεσπεσίου Μωσοῦ; ἱκανὸν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο Ιουδαίους → ἱκανὸν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο Ἰουδαίους.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.20 (PG 80 80:1919; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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134.21PG 80 80:1919
« Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ἐκ Σιών, ὁ κατοικῶν Ἱερουσαλήμ. » Εὐλογούμενος ὁ Θεὸς εὐλογεῖ· ἀλλ᾽ εὐλογεῖ μὲν ἔργῳ, εὐλογεῖται δὲ λόγῳ. Καὶ οἱ μὲν ὑμνοῦντες προσφέρουσι ῥήματα, αὐτὸς δὲ τὴν διὰ πραγμάτων ἀντιδίδωσιν εὐλογίαν. Κατοικεῖν δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ ἔφη, οὐ τὴν θείαν ἐκεῖ περιγράφων φύσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖ τηνικαῦτα τὴν θείαν ἐπιφάνειαν εἰδώς.
« Eulogētos Kyrios ek Siōn, ho katoikōn Hierousalēm. » Eulogoumenos ho Theos eulogei; all᾽ eulogei men ergǭ, eulogeitai de logǭ. Kai hoi men hymnountes prospherousi rhēmata, autos de tēn dia pragmatōn antididōsin eulogian. Katoikein de auton en Hierousalēm ephē, ou tēn theian ekei perigraphōn physin, all᾽ ekei tēnikauta tēn theian epiphaneian eidōs.
"Blessed be the Lord from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem." God, being blessed, blesses; but he blesses in deed, and is blessed in word. Those who hymn offer words, but he returns the blessing in deeds. He said that he dwells in Jerusalem, not circumscribing the divine nature there, but knowing that the divine appearing was there at that time.
Ps 135:21 (134:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 135:21: we bless God with words and he blesses us with deeds; he 'dwelt' in Jerusalem by his manifest presence, not by being contained.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): ἐπιφάνειαν εἰδώς σ. → ἐπιφάνειαν εἰδώς..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 134.21 (PG 80 80:1919; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/134-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 135
135.1PG 80 80:1919
᾿Αλληλούϊα. Καὶ τόνδε τὸν ὕμνον τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἡ προφητικὴ συνέγραψε χάρις, διὰ πλειόνων αὐτοῖς παιδευμάτων πραγματευομένη τὴν ὠφέλειαν. « Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ ὅτι ἀγαθὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Προσενέγκατε, φησὶ, τῷ Θεῷ τὸν χαριστήριον ὕμνον, τῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ χορηγηθέντων ἀγαθῶν μεμνημένοι, καὶ τὸν ἀμέτρητον αὐτοῦ θαυμάζοντες ἔλεον.
᾿Allēlouïa. Kai tonde ton hymnon tois autois hē prophētikē synegrapse charis, dia pleionōn autois paideumatōn pragmateuomenē tēn ōpheleian. « Exomologeisthe tǭ Kyriǭ hoti agathos, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Prosenenkate, phēsi, tǭ Theǭ ton charistērion hymnon, tōn hyp' autou chorēgēthentōn agathōn memnēmenoi, kai ton ametrēton autou thaumazontes eleon.
Alleluia. The prophetic grace also composed this hymn for the same people, bringing about their benefit through more lessons. "Confess the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is for ever." "Offer God the hymn of thanksgiving," he says, "remembering the good things he supplied and marveling at his immeasurable mercy."
Ps 136:1 (135:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 136:1: a further hymn of thanks for God's good gifts and endless mercy.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.1 (PG 80 80:1919; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.2PG 80 80:1919
« Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Θεῷ τῶν θεῶν, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. › Θεῶν ἐνταῦθα οὐ τῶν εἰδώλων λέγει · οὐ γὰρ ἂν αὐτὸν ἐκάλεσε τῶν οὐκ ὄντων Θεόν. Οὐ γὰρ ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων. Καλεῖ τοίνυν θεοὺς τοὺς ἱερωσύνῃ τετιμημένους, τοὺς υἱοὺς Θεοῦ χρηματίσαντας. Οὕτω καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ φησί · • Θεοὺς οὐ κακολογήσεις, καὶ ἄρχοντα τοῦ λαοῦ σου οὐκ ἐρεῖς κακῶς. » Καί · • Υἱὸς πρωτότοκός μου Ἰσραήλ. » Καὶ διὰ τοῦ Ἡσαΐου • Υἱοὺς ἐγέννησα καὶ ὕψωσα.» Καὶ ἐν τοῖς ψαλμοῖς· « Ἐγὼ εἶπον· Θεοί ἐστε, καὶ υἱοὶ Ὑψίστου πάντες. » Τούτους θεοὺς ἐκάλεσεν, ὡς υἱοὺς Θεοῦ χρηματίσαντας.
« Exomologeisthe tǭ Theǭ tōn theōn, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. › Theōn entautha ou tōn eidōlōn legei ; ou gar an auton ekalese tōn ouk ontōn Theon. Ou gar estin ho Theos Theos nekrōn, alla zōntōn. Kalei toinyn theous tous hierōsynę̄ tetimēmenous, tous huious Theou chrēmatisantas. Houtō kai en tǭ nomǭ phēsi ; • Theous ou kakologēseis, kai archonta tou laou sou ouk ereis kakōs. » Kai ; • Huios prōtotokos mou Israēl. » Kai dia tou Hēsaïou • Huious egennēsa kai hypsōsa.» Kai en tois psalmois; « Egō eipon; Theoi este, kai huioi Hypsistou pantes. » Toutous theous ekalesen, hōs huious Theou chrēmatisantas.
"Confess the God of gods, for his mercy is for ever." Here he does not mean the gods of the idols; for he would not have called him God of things that do not exist. For God is not God of the dead but of the living. He calls "gods," then, those honored with the priesthood, who bore the name of sons of God. So too in the law he says: "You shall not revile gods, nor speak evil of the ruler of your people"; and: "Israel is my firstborn son"; and through Isaiah: "I begot sons and raised them up"; and in the psalms: "I said, You are gods, and all sons of the Most High." He called these gods, as having borne the name of sons of God.
Ps 136:2 (135:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 22:32 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 22:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 4:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 1:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 82:6 (81:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:2: the 'gods' are not idols but those honored as God's sons, priests and rulers, as in Exodus, Isaiah, and Psalm 82.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; joined words (OCR)): Υίὸς πρωτότοκός → Υἱὸς πρωτότοκός; καὶυἱοὶ → καὶ υἱοὶ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.2 (PG 80 80:1919; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.3PG 80 80:1921
Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ τῶν κυρίων, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Καὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἄρχοντες, παρὰ Θεοῦ λαβόντες τὴν ἐξουσίαν, τῶν ὑπηκόων δεσπόζουσιν. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἔφη· « Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν. » Εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄγγελοί τινες ὀνομαζόμενοι κυριότητες. Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος ἔφη· « Καὶ γὰρ εἴπερ εἰσὶ λεγόμενοι θεοί (πολλοὶ λεγόμενοι, οὐκ ὄντες, ὀνόματος μετέχοντες, οὐ πράγματος), εἴτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, εἴτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὥσπερ εἰσὶ θεοὶ πολλοί · ἀλλ᾽ ἡμῖν εἷς Θεὸς ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς αὐτόν· καὶ εἷς Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἡμεῖς δι᾿ αὐτοῦ. » Τοῦτον ἐκάλεσεν ὁ ψαλμὸς Κύριον τῶν ἀληθῶν κυρίων.
Exomologeisthe tǭ Kyriǭ tōn kyriōn, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Kai basileis kai archontes, para Theou labontes tēn exousian, tōn hypēkoōn despozousin. Houtō kai ho Kyrios ephē; « Hoi basileis tōn ethnōn katakyrieuousin autōn, kai hoi archontes katexousiazousin autōn. » Eisi de kai angeloi tines onomazomenoi kyriotētes. Dia touto kai ho theios ᾿Apostolos ephē; « Kai gar eiper eisi legomenoi theoi (polloi legomenoi, ouk ontes, onomatos metechontes, ou pragmatos), eite en tǭ ouranǭ, eite epi tēs gēs, hōsper eisi theoi polloi ; all᾽ hēmin heis Theos ho Patēr, ex hou ta panta, kai hēmeis eis auton; kai heis Kyrios Iēsous Christos, di' hou ta panta, kai hēmeis di᾿ autou. » Touton ekalesen ho psalmos Kyrion tōn alēthōn kyriōn.
"Confess the Lord of lords, for his mercy is for ever." Kings and rulers, having received authority from God, rule over their subjects. So too the Lord said: "The kings of the nations lord it over them, and their rulers exercise authority over them." And there are also certain angels named Dominions. For this reason the divine Apostle said: "For even if there are so-called gods" (many so called, not being so, sharing the name, not the reality) "whether in heaven or on earth, as there are many gods, yet for us there is one God the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him." The psalm called him the Lord of those who are truly lords.
Ps 136:3 (135:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 22:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 1:16 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 8:5 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 8:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:3: kings, rulers, and the angelic Dominions are lords by God's gift, but Christ is the one Lord of all, as Paul teaches.
- Theodoret inserts his own gloss into the quotation of 1 Cor 8:5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word lost (OCR)): ἔφη· « βασιλεῖς → ἔφη· « Οἱ βασιλεῖς.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.3 (PG 80 80:1921; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.4PG 80 80:1921
« Τῷ ποιήσαντι θαυμάσια μεγάλα μόνῳ, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. • Μεγαλουργίαι καὶ αἱ τῶν εὔνων αὐτοῦ θεραπόντων. ᾿Αλλὰ θεῖα καλοῦμεν καὶ τὰ Μωσοῦ, καὶ τὰ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ τὰ Ἠλίου θαυμάσια · ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν ἀποστόλων γεγενημένα σημεῖα. Εἰκότως τοίνυν αὐτὸν ὁ Προφήτης μόνον ἔφη τῶν μεγάλων θαυμάτων δημιουργόν. Εἶτα δείκνυσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ μεγάλα ποιήματα.
« Tǭ poiēsanti thaumasia megala monǭ, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. • Megalourgiai kai hai tōn eunōn autou therapontōn. ᾿Alla theia kaloumen kai ta Mōsou, kai ta Iēsou, kai ta Ēliou thaumasia ; hōsautōs de kai ta hypo tōn hierōn apostolōn gegenēmena sēmeia. Eikotōs toinyn auton ho Prophētēs monon ephē tōn megalōn thaumatōn dēmiourgon. Eita deiknysin autou kai ta megala poiēmata.
"To him who alone did great wonders, for his mercy is for ever." The deeds of his faithful servants too are mighty works. But we call the wonders of Moses, Joshua, and Elijah divine; and likewise the signs done by the holy apostles. Rightly, then, the prophet said that he alone is the maker of great wonders. Then he shows his great works too.
Ps 136:4 (135:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:4: the miracles of Moses, Joshua, Elijah, and the apostles are really God's, so he alone works great wonders.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): τῶν εὐνῶν αὐτοῦ → τῶν εὔνων αὐτοῦ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.4 (PG 80 80:1921; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.5PG 80 80:1921
« Τῷ ποιήσαντι τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἐν συνέσει, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. • Κηρύττει γὰρ καὶ μόνον ὁρώμενος οὐρανὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν σοφίαν. Πολὺ γὰρ τὸ μέγεθος, καὶ τὸ κάλλος, καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον διαμονή.
« Tǭ poiēsanti tous ouranous en synesei, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. • Kēryttei gar kai monon horōmenos ouranos tou Theou tēn sophian. Poly gar to megethos, kai to kallos, kai hē epi to pleiston diamonē.
"To him who made the heavens with understanding, for his mercy is for ever." For even merely seen, heaven proclaims the wisdom of God; great is its size, its beauty, and its very long endurance.
Ps 136:5 (135:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:5: the heavens show God's wisdom by their size, beauty, and permanence.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): μόνον ὀρώμενος → μόνον ὁρώμενος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.5 (PG 80 80:1921; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.6PG 80 80:1921
« Τῷ στερεώσαντι τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Καὶ τοῦτο δὲ ἀξιάγαστον, καὶ τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην ὑπερβαῖνον διάνοιαν, καὶ πανταχόθεν τὴν γῆν περικλυζομένην τοῖς ὕδασιν ἑστάναι, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκείας φύσεως διαμένειν. Εἰκότως δὲ τοῖς ῥητοῖς ἅπασι τὸν αἰώνιον ἔλεον ὁ μεγαλογράφος συνέζευξεν, ἐπειδὴ οὐ διὰ χρείαν οἰκείαν, ἀλλὰ διὰ μόνην φιλανθρωπίαν ἐδημιούργησεν ὁ φιλάνθρωπος ἅπαντα.
« Tǭ stereōsanti tēn gēn epi tōn hydatōn, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Kai touto de axiagaston, kai tēn anthrōpinēn hyperbainon dianoian, kai pantachothen tēn gēn periklyzomenēn tois hydasin hestanai, kai epi tēs oikeias physeōs diamenein. Eikotōs de tois rhētois hapasi ton aiōnion eleon ho megalographos synezeuxen, epeidē ou dia chreian oikeian, alla dia monēn philanthrōpian edēmiourgēsen ho philanthrōpos hapanta.
"To him who established the earth upon the waters, for his mercy is for ever." This too is admirable and surpasses human understanding: that the earth, flooded by waters on every side, stands and remains in its own nature. The great writer fittingly yoked the everlasting mercy to all the sayings, since the One who loves humankind created all things not from any need of his own but from love for humankind alone.
Ps 136:6 (135:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 136:6: the earth set firm amid the waters is a wonder; the refrain on mercy shows that God created everything out of love, not need.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.6 (PG 80 80:1921; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.7PG 80 80:1921
« Τῷ ποιήσαντι φῶτα μεγάλα μόνῳ, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Τῆς θείας μεταλαχόντες Προνοίας οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐξάπτειν λαμπάδας εἰώθασιν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅλον τὸ περίγειον πῦρ ἑνὸς ἀστέρος οὐ μιμεῖται λαμπρότητα. Πάντων δὲ ἀστέρων καὶ σελήνης αὐτῆς φανώτατος ἥλιος. Κἀκείνους γὰρ φαινόμενος κρύπτει, καὶ αὐτῆς τὰς ἀκτῖνας ἀμβλύνει.
« Tǭ poiēsanti phōta megala monǭ, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Tēs theias metalachontes Pronoias hoi anthrōpoi exaptein lampadas eiōthasin, all᾽ holon to perigeion pyr henos asteros ou mimeitai lamprotēta. Pantōn de asterōn kai selēnēs autēs phanōtatos hēlios. Kakeinous gar phainomenos kryptei, kai autēs tas aktinas amblynei.
"To him who alone made great lights, for his mercy is for ever." Human beings, sharing in divine providence, are accustomed to kindle lamps; but all the fire on earth does not imitate the brightness of one star. And the sun is the brightest of all stars and of the moon itself; for when it appears it hides them and dulls even the moon's rays.
Ps 136:7 (135:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:7: human lights cannot match one star, and the sun outshines them all.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; stray letters (OCR)): αὐτοῦ το. » → αὐτοῦ. »; Κάκείνους → Κἀκείνους.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.7 (PG 80 80:1921; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.8PG 80 80:1921
« Τὸν ἥλιον εἰς ἐξουσίαν τῆς ἡμέρας, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Τὴν σελήνην, καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας, εἰς ἐξουσίαν τῆς νυκτὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Διένειμε, φησὶ, τοῖς φωστῆρσι τὸν χρόνον, καὶ ταῖς μὲν ἡλιακαῖς ἀκτῖσι τὴν ἡμέραν ποιεῖ, σελήνῃ δὲ καὶ ἄστροις καταφωτίζει τὴν νύκτα. Διὰ τούτων γινομένων τὴν οἰκείαν δεικνὺς ἀγαθότητα.
« Ton hēlion eis exousian tēs hēmeras, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. Tēn selēnēn, kai tous asteras, eis exousian tēs nyktos, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Dieneime, phēsi, tois phōstērsi ton chronon, kai tais men hēliakais aktisi tēn hēmeran poiei, selēnę̄ de kai astrois kataphōtizei tēn nykta. Dia toutōn ginomenōn tēn oikeian deiknys agathotēta.
"The sun to rule the day, for his mercy is for ever. The moon and the stars to rule the night, for his mercy is for ever." "He divided time among the luminaries," he says; "by the sun's rays he makes the day, and by the moon and stars he lights the night," showing his goodness through what is done by them.
Ps 136:8 (135:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 136:9 (135:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:8–9: God divided day and night between the sun and the moon and stars.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): ὅτι το εἰς → ὅτι εἰς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.8 (PG 80 80:1921; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.10PG 80 80:1923
« Τῷ πατάξαντι Αἴγυπτον σὺν τοῖς πρωτοτόκοις αὐτῶν, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » ᾿Αλλ' ἴσως ἄν τις ἐπαπορήσειε, πῶς ἐλέῳ τεκταίνεται θάνατος; Σκοπείτω τοίνυν τὴν λύσιν τῶν προκειμένων ῥητῶν · ὡς ὁ τοὺς ἀδικουμένους οἰκτείρων, τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας κολάζει. Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἐνταῦθα ὁ Προφήτης ἐπήγαγε.
« Tǭ pataxanti Aigypton syn tois prōtotokois autōn, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » ᾿All' isōs an tis epaporēseie, pōs eleǭ tektainetai thanatos? Skopeitō toinyn tēn lysin tōn prokeimenōn rhētōn ; hōs ho tous adikoumenous oikteirōn, tous adikountas kolazei. Touto gar kai entautha ho Prophētēs epēgage.
"To him who struck Egypt with their firstborn, for his mercy is for ever." But perhaps someone might raise the difficulty: how is death contrived by mercy? Let him consider the solution in the words before us: the one who pities the wronged punishes the wrongdoers. The prophet added this here too.
Ps 136:10 (135:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 136:10: the slaying of the firstborn was mercy because God, pitying the oppressed, punishes the oppressors.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.10 (PG 80 80:1923; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.11PG 80 80:1923
«Καὶ ἐξαγαγόντι τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Ὁ περὶ τούτους ἔλεος ἐκείνοις τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐπήγαγε. Κἀκεῖνος δὲ, καὶ αὕτη, δικαιοσύνῃ συγκέκραται. Καὶ τούτους γὰρ δικαίως ἠλέησε, κἀκείνους ἐνδίκως ἐκόλασεν.
«Kai exagagonti ton Israēl ek mesou autōn, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Ho peri toutous eleos ekeinois tēn timōrian epēgage. Kakeinos de, kai hautē, dikaiosynę̄ synkekratai. Kai toutous gar dikaiōs ēleēse, kakeinous endikōs ekolasen.
"And brought Israel out from their midst, for his mercy is for ever." The mercy toward these brought punishment on those. Both the one and the other are blended with justice; for he justly pitied these and justly punished those.
Ps 136:11 (135:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 136:11: God's mercy to Israel and punishment of Egypt were both just.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (lost quotation mark, OCR letters, and stray letters): αὐτοῦ. Ὁ περὶ τοῦτον Εἰ ἔλεος → αὐτοῦ. » Ὁ περὶ τούτους ἔλεος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.11 (PG 80 80:1923; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.12PG 80 80:1923
« Ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ, καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Χεῖρα τὴν ἐνέργειαν ἐκάλεσε, βραχίονα δὲ τὴν ἰσχύν. Δι᾿ ἀμφοτέρων μέντοι ἐδήλωσεν, ὡς διὰ τῆς γεγενημένης τοῦ λαοῦ σωτηρίας τὴν οἰκείαν ἀπεκάλυψε δύναμιν.
« En cheiri krataią, kai en brachioni hypsēlǭ, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Cheira tēn energeian ekalese, brachiona de tēn ischyn. Di᾿ amphoterōn mentoi edēlōsen, hōs dia tēs gegenēmenēs tou laou sōtērias tēn oikeian apekalypse dynamin.
"With a strong hand and a high arm, for his mercy is for ever." He called God's action "hand" and his strength "arm." By both he showed that he revealed his own power through the salvation of the people.
Ps 136:12 (135:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 136:12: God's 'hand' and 'arm' are his action and strength revealed in saving Israel.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.12 (PG 80 80:1923; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.13PG 80 80:1923
« Τῷ καταδιελόντι τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν εἰς διαιρέσεις, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Τινὲς τοῖς Ἰουδαϊκοῖς ἀκολουθήσαντες μύθοις ἰσαρίθμους ταῖς δυοκαίδεκα φυλαῖς ἔφασαν τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ γεγενῆσθαι τὰς διαιρέσεις, ἐπειδὴ ὁ Προφήτης οὐ διαίρεσιν, ἀλλὰ διαιρέσεις εἶπεν. Ἔδει δὲ αὐτοὺς συνιδεῖν, ὅτι διχῆ τμηθὲν τὸ πέλαγος δύο ἀνθ᾽ ἑνὸς ἐγένετο. Τὸ γὰρ ὕδωρ αὐτοῖς τεῖχος ἐκ δεξιῶν, καὶ τεῖχος ἐξ εὐωνύμων · οὗ δὴ χάριν διαιρέσεις ἐκάλεσε, τὴν εἰς δύο τοῦ πελάγους τομήν.
« Tǭ katadielonti tēn Erythran thalassan eis diaireseis, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Tines tois Ioudaïkois akolouthēsantes mythois isarithmous tais dyokaideka phylais ephasan tę̄ Erythrą thalassę̄ gegenēsthai tas diaireseis, epeidē ho Prophētēs ou diairesin, alla diaireseis eipen. Edei de autous synidein, hoti dichē tmēthen to pelagos dyo anth᾽ henos egeneto. To gar hydōr autois teichos ek dexiōn, kai teichos ex euōnymōn ; hou dē charin diaireseis ekalese, tēn eis dyo tou pelagous tomēn.
"To him who divided the Red Sea into divisions, for his mercy is for ever." Some, following Jewish fables, have said that the divisions made in the Red Sea were equal in number to the twelve tribes, since the prophet said not "division" but "divisions." But they ought to have seen that the sea, cut in two, became two instead of one. For the water was a wall to them on the right and a wall on the left; for this reason he called the cutting of the sea in two "divisions."
Ps 136:13 (135:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 14:22 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 136:13: the 'divisions' of the sea are its two parts, not twelve paths for the twelve tribes as a Jewish legend held.
- Theodoret rejects a tradition (found in rabbinic sources) that the sea split into twelve paths.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (iota subscript (OCR)): θαλάσση γεγενῆσθαι → θαλάσσῃ γεγενῆσθαι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.13 (PG 80 80:1923; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.14PG 80 80:1923
« Καὶ διαγαγόντι τὸν Ἰσραὴλ διὰ μέσου αὐτῆς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐκτινάξαντι Φαραὼ καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ εἰς θάλασσαν Ἐρυθρὰν, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ.» Ἀμφότερα γὰρ τῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως ἔργα, καὶ τὸ τούτους εὐπετῶς διαβῆναι τὸ πέλαγος, καὶ τὸ ἐκεῖνον ὑποβρύχιον γενέσθαι τοῖς ὕδασι.
« Kai diagagonti ton Israēl dia mesou autēs, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. Kai ektinaxanti Pharaō kai tēn dynamin autou eis thalassan Erythran, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou.» Amphotera gar tēs autou dynameōs erga, kai to toutous eupetōs diabēnai to pelagos, kai to ekeinon hypobrychion genesthai tois hydasi.
"And led Israel through its midst, for his mercy is for ever. And shook off Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his mercy is for ever." Both are works of his power: that these crossed the sea easily, and that he went under the waters.
Ps 136:14 (135:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 136:15 (135:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:14–15: Israel's easy crossing and Pharaoh's drowning both show God's power.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): » Αμφότερα → » Ἀμφότερα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.14 (PG 80 80:1923; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.16PG 80 80:1923
« Καὶ διαγαγόντι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Καὶ τοῦτο δὲ τῆς θείας ἰσχύος ἀπόδειξις, τοσοῦτον λαὸν ἐπὶ χρόνῳ τοσούτῳ ἐν ἐρήμῳ διαθρέψαι, καὶ τῶν ἀναγκαίων αὐτῷ χορηγῆσαι τὴν ἀφθονίαν.
« Kai diagagonti ton laon autou en tę̄ erēmǭ, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Kai touto de tēs theias ischyos apodeixis, tosouton laon epi chronǭ tosoutǭ en erēmǭ diathrepsai, kai tōn anankaiōn autǭ chorēgēsai tēn aphthonian.
"And led his people through the wilderness, for his mercy is for ever." This too is a proof of divine strength: to nourish so great a people for so long a time in the wilderness and to supply them abundantly with what they needed.
Ps 136:16 (135:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:16: sustaining Israel so long in the desert proves God's power.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): « Καὶ " διαγαγόντι → « Καὶ διαγαγόντι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.16 (PG 80 80:1923; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.17PG 80 80:1923
« Τῷ πατάξαντι βασιλεῖς μεγάλους, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἀποκτείναντι βασιλεῖς κραταιούς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Ἐν κεφαλαίῳ καὶ τούτων ἤδη τὴν ἑρμηνείαν ἐποιησάμεθα.
« Tǭ pataxanti basileis megalous, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. Kai apokteinanti basileis krataious, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » En kephalaiǭ kai toutōn ēdē tēn hermēneian epoiēsametha.
"To him who struck great kings, for his mercy is for ever. And killed mighty kings, for his mercy is for ever." We have already given the interpretation of these in summary.
Ps 136:17 (135:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 136:18 (135:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:17–18: God defeated great kings, as already explained.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR)): τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Ἐν κεφαλαίῳ → τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Ἐν κεφαλαίῳ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.17 (PG 80 80:1923; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.19PG 80 80:1925
« Τὸν Σηὼν βασιλέα τῶν Ἀμοῤῥαίων, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Καὶ τὸν Ωγ βασιλέα τῆς Βασὰν, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Οὐχ ἁπλῶς δὲ, τοὺς ἄλλους παραλιπὼν βασιλέας, τούτων διαφερόντως ἐμνήσθη, ἀλλὰ τὸν λαὸν τῆς θεοσδότου νίκης ἀναμιμνήσκων· ἐπὶ ῥώμῃ γὰρ οὗτοι, καὶ δυναστείᾳ, καὶ μεγέθει σώματος ἐσεμνύνοντο. Ὁ δὲ Ὢγ καὶ κλίνῃ ἐκέχρητο σιδηρᾷ, διὰ τὸ τοῦ σώματος μέγεθος ἐννέα μὲν πήχεις τὸ μῆκος, πέντε δὲ τὸ εὖρος ἐχούσῃ.
« Ton Sēōn basilea tōn Amorrhaiōn, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. Kai ton Ōg basilea tēs Basan, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Ouch haplōs de, tous allous paralipōn basileas, toutōn diapherontōs emnēsthē, alla ton laon tēs theosdotou nikēs anamimnēskōn; epi rhōmę̄ gar houtoi, kai dynasteią, kai megethei sōmatos esemnynonto. Ho de Ōg kai klinę̄ ekechrēto sidērą, dia to tou sōmatos megethos ennea men pēcheis to mēkos, pente de to euros echousę̄.
"Sihon king of the Amorites, for his mercy is for ever. And Og king of Bashan, for his mercy is for ever." Not without reason did he pass over the other kings and mention these particularly, but to remind the people of the God-given victory; for these prided themselves on strength, power, and size of body. Og even used an iron bed because of the size of his body, nine cubits long and five wide.
Ps 136:19 (135:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 136:20 (135:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 3:11 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 136:19–20: Sihon and Og are named because their famed strength made God's victory over them memorable; Og's iron bed was nine cubits long.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): παραλιπών βασιλέας → παραλιπὼν βασιλέας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.19 (PG 80 80:1925; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.21PG 80 80:1925
« Καὶ δόντι τὴν γῆν κληρονομίαν, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Κληρονομίαν Ἰσραὴλ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » ῞Απαντας γὰρ ἐκείνους θανάτῳ καταναλώσας, τὸν Ἰσραὴλ δεσπότην τῆς ἐκείνων ἀπέφηνε γῆς.
« Kai donti tēn gēn klēronomian, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. Klēronomian Israēl doulǭ autou, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » ῾Apantas gar ekeinous thanatǭ katanalōsas, ton Israēl despotēn tēs ekeinōn apephēne gēs.
"And gave their land as an inheritance, for his mercy is for ever; an inheritance for Israel his servant, for his mercy is for ever." For having consumed all of them by death, he made Israel master of their land.
Ps 136:21 (135:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 136:22 (135:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:21–22: God gave the conquered kings' land to Israel.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter and stray letters; stray mark (OCR)): δούλῳ· αὐτοῦ → δούλῳ αὐτοῦ; ἐπέφηνε το γῆς → ἀπέφηνε γῆς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.21 (PG 80 80:1925; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.23PG 80 80:1925
« "Ὅτι ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει ἡμῶν ἐμνήσθη ἡμῶν ὁ Κύριος, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐλυτρώσατο ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Μέμνηται τούτων καὶ ὁ μακάριος Μωσῆς · · Ἐστέναξαν γὰρ, φησὶν, οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων, καὶ ἀνέβη ἡ βοὴ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. » Καὶ αἰχμαλώτους δὲ πάλιν γενομένους ᾤκτειρε, καὶ εἰς τὴν πατρώαν ἐπανήγαγε γῆν.
« "Hoti en tę̄ tapeinōsei hēmōn emnēsthē hēmōn ho Kyrios, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. Kai elytrōsato hēmas ek tōn echthrōn hēmōn, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Memnētai toutōn kai ho makarios Mōsēs ; ; Estenaxan gar, phēsin, hoi huioi Israēl apo tōn ergōn, kai anebē hē boē autōn pros ton Theon. » Kai aichmalōtous de palin genomenous ǭkteire, kai eis tēn patrōan epanēgage gēn.
"For in our humiliation the Lord remembered us, for his mercy is for ever. And he redeemed us from our enemies, for his mercy is for ever." The blessed Moses too mentions these things: "For the sons of Israel groaned," he says, "because of their labors, and their cry went up to God." And when they had again become captives, he pitied them and brought them back to their ancestral land.
Ps 136:23 (135:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 136:24 (135:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 2:23 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:23–24: God remembered Israel in its affliction in Egypt and again in captivity.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR); stray quotation mark (OCR)): πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. Καὶ αἰχμαλώτους → πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. » Καὶ αἰχμαλώτους; ἐπανήγαγε γῆν.» → ἐπανήγαγε γῆν..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.23 (PG 80 80:1925; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.25PG 80 80:1925
« Ὁ διδοὺς τροφὴν πάσῃ σαρκὶ, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. • Ἀπὸ τῆς μερικῆς προνοίας πάλιν ἐπὶ τὴν καθόλου μετέβη, τὴν περὶ πάντας τοῦ Θεοῦ κηρύττων κηδεμονίαν. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἀλόγοις τὴν κατάλληλον προσφέρει τροφήν. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις · « ᾿Αποβλέψατε εἰς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἃ οὔτε σπείρει, οὔτε συνάγει εἰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά.
« Ho didous trophēn pasę̄ sarki, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. • Apo tēs merikēs pronoias palin epi tēn katholou metebē, tēn peri pantas tou Theou kēryttōn kēdemonian. Ou gar monon tois anthrōpois, alla kai tois alogois tēn katallēlon prospherei trophēn. Houtō kai ho Kyrios en tois hierois Euangeliois ; « ᾿Apoblepsate eis ta peteina tou ouranou, ha oute speirei, oute synagei eis apothēkas, kai ho Patēr hymōn ho ouranios trephei auta.
"Who gives food to all flesh, for his mercy is for ever." From particular providence he passed again to the universal, proclaiming God's care for all. For he provides suitable food not only to human beings but also to irrational creatures. So too the Lord in the holy Gospels: "Look at the birds of the air, which neither sow nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them."
Ps 136:25 (135:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 6:26 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:25: God feeds all living things, as Christ said of the birds.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): « ῾Ὁ διδοὺς → « Ὁ διδοὺς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.25 (PG 80 80:1925; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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135.26PG 80 80:1925
· Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Θεῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Πάντων μὲν Θεὸς ὁ Θεός· πάντων γάρ ἐστι ποιητής· οὐρανοῦ δὲ κυρίως χρηματίζει Θεὸς, ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ διαιτωμένων ἀγγέλων θεραπευόμενος· ἐκεῖνο γὰρ τὸ χωρίον καθαρὸν ἁμαρτίας. Οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς ἀνεπίγραφος παρ' Ἑβραίοις· θρασὺ δὲ τινες πρᾶγμα τετολμηκότες ἐπέγραψαν, • Τῷ Δαβὶδ διὰ Ἱερεμίου, » καὶ προσέθεσαν τὸ, • ᾿Ανεπίγραφος παρ' Ἑβραίοις. » Καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ πλάσμα τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς κηρύττει τῶν ἐπιγεγραφότων τὴν ἄνοιαν. Ἱερεμίας γὰρ οὐκ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα μετὰ τῶν δορυαλώτων ἀπήχθη, ἀλλ᾽ ὀλίγον ἐν τῇ Ἱερουσαλήμ διάγων χρόνον, ὑπὸ τῶν παρανόμων βιασθεὶς Ἰουδαίων, τῆς εἰς Αἴγυπτον αὐτοῖς ὁδοῦ κεκοινώνηκε· πῶς τοίνυν ἁρμόττει τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ λέγειν, • Ἐπὶ τῶν ποταμῶν Βαβυλῶνος, ἐκεῖ ἐκαθίσαμεν καὶ ἐκλαύσαμεν;» Ὅτι μὲν οὐδαμῶς ἐκείνῳ τῷ προφήτῃ προσήκει, δῆλον ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων. Σαφὴς δὲ ὅμως τοῦ ψαλμοῦ ἡ ὑπόθεσις. Οἱ γὰρ ἀπαχθέντες αἰχμάλωτοι, καὶ τῆς ἐπανόδου τετυχηκότες, διηγοῦνται τὰ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι συμβεβηκότα.
; Exomologeisthe tǭ Theǭ tou ouranou, hoti eis ton aiōna to eleos autou. » Pantōn men Theos ho Theos; pantōn gar esti poiētēs; ouranou de kyriōs chrēmatizei Theos, hypo tōn en ouranǭ diaitōmenōn angelōn therapeuomenos; ekeino gar to chōrion katharon hamartias. Houtos ho psalmos anepigraphos par' Hebraiois; thrasy de tines pragma tetolmēkotes epegrapsan, • Tǭ Dabid dia Hieremiou, » kai prosethesan to, • ᾿Anepigraphos par' Hebraiois. » Kai auto de to plasma tēs epigraphēs kēryttei tōn epigegraphotōn tēn anoian. Hieremias gar ouk eis Babylōna meta tōn doryalōtōn apēchthē, all᾽ oligon en tę̄ Hierousalēm diagōn chronon, hypo tōn paranomōn biastheis Ioudaiōn, tēs eis Aigypton autois hodou kekoinōnēke; pōs toinyn harmottei tǭ Hieremią legein, • Epi tōn potamōn Babylōnos, ekei ekathisamen kai eklausamen?» Hoti men oudamōs ekeinǭ tǭ prophētę̄ prosēkei, dēlon ek tōn eirēmenōn. Saphēs de homōs tou psalmou hē hypothesis. Hoi gar apachthentes aichmalōtoi, kai tēs epanodou tetychēkotes, diēgountai ta en Babylōni symbebēkota.
"Confess the God of heaven, for his mercy is for ever." God is God of all, for he is the Maker of all; but he is properly called God of heaven, being served by the angels who live in heaven; for that place is pure of sin. This psalm is without a title among the Hebrews; but some, daring a rash thing, gave it the title "Of David, through Jeremiah," and added "Without a title among the Hebrews." The very fabrication of the title proclaims the folly of those who wrote it. For Jeremiah was not carried away to Babylon with the captives; he stayed a little while in Jerusalem, and, forced by the lawless Jews, shared their journey to Egypt. How, then, could it suit Jeremiah to say, "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept"? That it in no way belongs to that prophet is plain from what has been said. Yet the subject of the psalm is clear: those carried off captive, having obtained the return, recount what happened in Babylon.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 136:26 (135:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 137:1 (136:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 43:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Jer 43:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 136:26: God is 'God of heaven' as served by sinless angels. The section ends with the introduction to the next psalm: its title 'through Jeremiah' is spurious, since Jeremiah went to Egypt, not Babylon; the returned exiles recount their captivity.
- The last part ('This psalm is without a title …') is Theodoret's introduction to Psalm 137 (Septuagint 136), whose heading is lost in the scan; a fragment of the running head is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; closing quotation mark lost (OCR); running head (OCR); split word (OCR)): ἁμαρτίας. ΕΡΜΗΝ. ΤΟΥ Οὗτος → ἁμαρτίας. Οὗτος; διὰ Ἱερεμίου καὶ προσέθεσαν → διὰ Ἱερεμίου, » καὶ προσέθεσαν; Εβραίοις. » → Ἑβραίοις. »; Ἱε· ρουσαλήμ → Ἱερουσαλήμ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 135.26 (PG 80 80:1925; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/135-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 136
136.1PG 80 80:1927
· Ἐπὶ τῶν ποταμῶν Βαβυλῶνος, ἐκεῖ ἐκαθίσαμεν, καὶ ἐκλαύσαμεν, ἐν τῷ μνησθῆναι ἡμᾶς τῆς Σιών. » Οἱ ἀθυμοῦντες εἰώθασι τὰ ἐρημότερα καταλαμβάνειν χωρία, κἀκεῖ τὰς οἰκείας ὀλοφύρεσθαι συμφοράς. Καὶ οὗτοι τοίνυν ταῖς ὄχθαις τῶν ποταμῶν προσκαθήμενοι, καὶ τῆς μητροπόλεως αὐτῶν λογιζόμενοι τὴν ἐρημίαν, πολλὰ προέχεον δάκρυα, τῶν ποταμῶν μιμούμενοι ῥεύματα.
; Epi tōn potamōn Babylōnos, ekei ekathisamen, kai eklausamen, en tǭ mnēsthēnai hēmas tēs Siōn. » Hoi athymountes eiōthasi ta erēmotera katalambanein chōria, kakei tas oikeias olophyresthai symphoras. Kai houtoi toinyn tais ochthais tōn potamōn proskathēmenoi, kai tēs mētropoleōs autōn logizomenoi tēn erēmian, polla proecheon dakrya, tōn potamōn mimoumenoi rheumata.
"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, when we remembered Zion." The despondent are accustomed to seek out lonelier places and there lament their misfortunes. So these too, sitting on the banks of the rivers and reflecting on the desolation of their capital, poured out many tears, imitating the streams of the rivers.
Ps 137:1 (136:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 137:1: the exiles wept by Babylon's rivers, remembering desolate Zion.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 136.1 (PG 80 80:1927; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/136-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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136.2PG 80 80:1927
· Ἐπὶ ταῖς ἰτέαις ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ἐκρεμάσαμεν τὰ ὄργανα ἡμῶν. » ῎Αχρηστα γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἦν παντελῶς, τοῦ νόμου διαγορεύοντος ἐν ἑνὶ τόπῳ τὴν λειτουργίαν πληροῦν.
; Epi tais iteais en mesǭ autēs ekremasamen ta organa hēmōn. » ᾿Achrēsta gar autois ēn pantelōs, tou nomou diagoreuontos en heni topǭ tēn leitourgian plēroun.
"On the willows in its midst we hung up our instruments." For they were entirely useless to them, since the law prescribed that the service be performed in one place.
Ps 137:2 (136:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 12:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 137:2: the instruments were useless in exile, since the law allowed worship only in one place.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 136.2 (PG 80 80:1927; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/136-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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136.3PG 80 80:1927
« Ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐπηρώτησαν ἡμᾶς οἱ αἰχμαλωτεύσαντες ἡμᾶς, λόγους ᾠδῶν· καὶ οἱ ἀπαγαγόντες ἡμᾶς· Ὕμνον ᾄσατε ἡμῖν ἐκ τῶν ᾠδῶν Σιών.» Ἐπιτωθάζοντες ἡμῖν, καὶ ταῖς ἡμετέραις ἐπεμβαίνοντες συμφοραῖς, ἄδειν ἡμῖν ἐκέλευον, καὶ ταῖς ἡμετέραις αὐτοὺς καταθέλγειν ᾠδαῖς, οὐχ ἵνα ἐντεῦθέν τινα λάβωσιν ὠφέλειαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα γελάσωσι τὰ ἡμέτερα.
« Hoti ekei epērōtēsan hēmas hoi aichmalōteusantes hēmas, logous ǭdōn; kai hoi apagagontes hēmas; Hymnon ąsate hēmin ek tōn ǭdōn Siōn.» Epitōthazontes hēmin, kai tais hēmeterais epembainontes symphorais, adein hēmin ekeleuon, kai tais hēmeterais autous katathelgein ǭdais, ouch hina enteuthen tina labōsin ōpheleian, all᾽ hina gelasōsi ta hēmetera.
"For there those who took us captive asked us for words of songs, and those who led us away: Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion." "Mocking us and trampling on our misfortunes, they ordered us to sing and charm them with our songs, not to gain any benefit from them, but to laugh at our plight."
Ps 137:3 (136:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 137:3: the captors demanded Zion's songs only to mock the exiles.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 136.3 (PG 80 80:1927; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/136-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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136.4PG 80 80:1927
« Πῶς ἄσωμεν τὴν ᾠδὴν Κυρίου ἐπὶ γῆς ἀλλοτρίας;» Ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ προστεταγμένου τὸ παράνομον εἰδότες, οὐκ εἴξαμεν τοῖς κελεύουσιν· ἔλεγχος δὲ ταῦτα Ἰουδαίων τῶν παρανόμων, πληροῦν σπουδαζόντων τὸν νόμον, καὶ ἔξω τῶν νενομισμένων χωρίων ἐπιτελούντων τὰ νόμιμα.
« Pōs asōmen tēn ǭdēn Kyriou epi gēs allotrias?» Hēmeis de tou prostetagmenou to paranomon eidotes, ouk eixamen tois keleuousin; elenchos de tauta Ioudaiōn tōn paranomōn, plēroun spoudazontōn ton nomon, kai exō tōn nenomismenōn chōriōn epitelountōn ta nomima.
"How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a foreign land?" "But we, knowing the command to be unlawful, did not yield to those who ordered it." This is a reproof of the lawless Jews who are eager to fulfill the law and perform its rites outside the appointed places.
Ps 137:4 (136:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 137:4: the exiles refused to sing God's songs abroad, a reproof to Jews who practice the law's rites outside the appointed place.
- The closing remark targets Jewish practice of Theodoret's time; translated as written.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 136.4 (PG 80 80:1927; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/136-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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136.5PG 80 80:1927
· Ἐὰν ἐπιλάθωμαί σου, Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐπιλησθείη ἡ δεξιά μου. Κολληθείη ἡ γλῶσσά μου τῷ λάρυγγί μου, ἐὰν μή σου μνησθῶ. » Ταῦτα ὑπὸ τοῦ Προφήτου διδάσκονται λέγειν, ἵνα τὴν τῆς ἱερᾶς πόλεως ἄληστον ἔχωσι μνήμην, ἐν ταῖς ἐλπίσι τῆς ἐπανόδου ψυχαγωγούμενοι, τῶν ἀνδραποδισάντων μὴ μάθωσι τὴν ἀσέβειαν. Λέγουσι τοίνυν, ὅτι Οὐδὲ πόῤῥω σου τυγχάνων, ὦ Ἱερουσαλήμ, λήθῃ τὴν μνήμην παραδέδωκα · εἰ δὲ τοῦτο ποιήσαιμι, τοῦτο πάθοιμι, καὶ τῆς ἄνωθεν βοηθείας μὴ τύχοιμι. Ταύτην γὰρ καλεῖ δεξιάν. · Ἐὰν μὴ προσανατάξωμαι τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὡς ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς εὐφροσύνης μου. › Ὡς κεφάλαιον, φησὶ, τῆς εὐφροσύνης τὴν σὴν ἔχω θέαν, καὶ τὴν σὴν νεουργίαν, καὶ τὰς ἐν σοὶ πανηγύρεις. Δι' ἐκείνων γὰρ καρποῦμαι τὴν ἀληθῆ θυμηδίαν.
; Ean epilathōmai sou, Hierousalēm, epilēstheiē hē dexia mou. Kollētheiē hē glōssa mou tǭ laryngi mou, ean mē sou mnēsthō. » Tauta hypo tou Prophētou didaskontai legein, hina tēn tēs hieras poleōs alēston echōsi mnēmēn, en tais elpisi tēs epanodou psychagōgoumenoi, tōn andrapodisantōn mē mathōsi tēn asebeian. Legousi toinyn, hoti Oude porrhō sou tynchanōn, ō Hierousalēm, lēthę̄ tēn mnēmēn paradedōka ; ei de touto poiēsaimi, touto pathoimi, kai tēs anōthen boētheias mē tychoimi. Tautēn gar kalei dexian. ; Ean mē prosanataxōmai tēn Hierousalēm, hōs en archę̄ tēs euphrosynēs mou. › Hōs kephalaion, phēsi, tēs euphrosynēs tēn sēn echō thean, kai tēn sēn neourgian, kai tas en soi panēgyreis. Di' ekeinōn gar karpoumai tēn alēthē thymēdian.
"If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. Let my tongue cleave to my throat if I do not remember you." They are taught by the prophet to say this, so that they may keep an unforgetting memory of the holy city, and, comforted by hopes of the return, not learn the impiety of their captors. They say, then: "Though I am far from you, O Jerusalem, I have not handed your memory over to forgetfulness; and if I should do so, may I suffer this and not obtain help from above"; for he calls this the right hand. "If I do not set Jerusalem above all, as at the head of my joy." "I hold the sight of you, your renewal, and the festivals in you as the chief of my joy; for through them I reap true delight."
Ps 137:5 (136:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 137:6 (136:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 137:5–6: the exiles vow never to forget Jerusalem, so that hope of return keeps them from their captors' impiety.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; OCR letters): πόρῥω σου → πόῤῥω σου; › Η κεφάλαιον → › Ὡς κεφάλαιον.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 136.5 (PG 80 80:1927; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/136-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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136.7PG 80 80:1927
« Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τῶν υἱῶν Ἐδὼμ τὴν ἡμέραν Ἱερουσαλήμ, τῶν λεγόντων· Ἐκκενοῦτε, ἐκκενοῦτε ἕως τῶν θεμελίων αὐτῆς. · Ἐκ τοῦ Ἡσαῦ οἱ Ἰδουμαῖοι καταγόμενοι διέμειναν τὴν πατρώαν δυσμένειαν ἔχοντες. Οὗτοι τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ ἐμπιπραμένης καὶ καταλυομένης, ἔλεγον ἐφηδόμενοι· « Ἐκκενοῦτε, ἐκκενοῦτε ἕως τῶν θεμελίων αὐτῆς· · ἀντὶ τοῦ, Ἐκ βάθρων αὐτὴν ἀνασπάσατε, ὥστε μηδὲ αὐτὰ μεῖναι τῶν θεμελίων τὰ ἴχνη.
« Mnēsthēti, Kyrie, tōn huiōn Edōm tēn hēmeran Hierousalēm, tōn legontōn; Ekkenoute, ekkenoute heōs tōn themeliōn autēs. ; Ek tou Hēsau hoi Idoumaioi katagomenoi diemeinan tēn patrōan dysmeneian echontes. Houtoi tēs Hierousalēm empipramenēs kai katalyomenēs, elegon ephēdomenoi; « Ekkenoute, ekkenoute heōs tōn themeliōn autēs; ; anti tou, Ek bathrōn autēn anaspasate, hōste mēde auta meinai tōn themeliōn ta ichnē.
"Remember, O Lord, the sons of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said: Empty it, empty it, to its foundations." The Idumeans, descended from Esau, kept their ancestral hostility. While Jerusalem was being burned and destroyed, they said, gloating: "Empty it, empty it, to its foundations"; that is, "Tear it up from its base, so that not even the traces of its foundations remain."
Ps 137:7 (136:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Obad 1:11 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 137:7: the Edomites, keeping Esau's enmity, gloated over Jerusalem's destruction.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (letters lost (OCR)): ἐφηδόμενοι· « κενοῦτε → ἐφηδόμενοι· « Ἐκκενοῦτε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 136.7 (PG 80 80:1927; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/136-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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136.8PG 80 80:1929
« Θυγάτηρ Βαβυλῶνος ἡ ταλαίπωρος. » Οὕτω παραδοὺς τῷ θεῷ τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὴν κρίσιν, προλέγει καὶ τῇ Βαβυλῶνι τὸν ἐσόμενον ὅλεθρον. Ταλαίπωρον δὲ αὐτὴν, ὡς ἀθλίαν ἐσομένην, καλεῖ. Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας, ἀντὶ τοῦ ταλαίπωρος, ἡ προνενομευμένη εἴρηκεν. • Μακάριος ὃς ἀνταποδώσει σοι τὸ ἀνταπόδομά σου, ὃ ἀνταπέδωκας ἡμῖν. • Τι δὲ τοῦτό ἐστιν;
« Thygatēr Babylōnos hē talaipōros. » Houtō paradous tǭ theǭ tōn Ioudaiōn tēn krisin, prolegei kai tę̄ Babylōni ton esomenon holethron. Talaipōron de autēn, hōs athlian esomenēn, kalei. Ho de ᾿Akylas, anti tou talaipōros, hē pronenomeumenē eirēken. • Makarios hos antapodōsei soi to antapodoma sou, ho antapedōkas hēmin. • Ti de touto estin?
"Daughter of Babylon, the wretched one." Having thus handed the judgment of the Jews over to God, he also foretells the destruction that would come on Babylon. He calls her wretched, as one who would be miserable. For "wretched" Aquila said "already plundered." "Blessed is he who will repay you your recompense, which you repaid us." What is this?
Ps 137:8 (136:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 137:8: the psalm foretells Babylon's ruin and repayment.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἀνταπόδομά σου, · ὃ → ἀνταπόδομά σου, ὃ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 136.8 (PG 80 80:1929; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/136-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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136.9PG 80 80:1929
« Μακάριος ὃς κρατήσει, καὶ ἐδαφιεῖ τὰ νήπιά σου πρὸς τὴν πέτραν. · Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ καὶ αὐτοὶ τοῖς αὐτῶν νηπίοις ὠμῶς ἐχρήσαντο, τὴν ἴσην αὐτοῖς τιμωρίαν ὁ Προφήτης προείρηκε. Μακαρίζεται τοίνυν ὁ Κῦρος, ὁ κἀκείνους κολάσας, καὶ τούτους ἐλευθερώσας· οὐκ ἐπειδὴ τῆς εἰλικρινοῦς εὐσεβείας τρόφιμος ἦν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι τὸν εὐσεβῆ λαὸν τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἠξίωσε, καὶ τὸν θεῖον νεῶν οἰκοδομηθῆναι προσέταξε. Δέχεται δὲ Θεὸς καὶ τοὺς ὀλίγους καρποὺς, καὶ τὰς μεγάλας ἀντιδόσεις παρέχει· οὕτω τοὺς δύο τῆς χήρας ὀβολοὺς ἀνεκήρυξεν.
« Makarios hos kratēsei, kai edaphiei ta nēpia sou pros tēn petran. ; Epeidē gar kai autoi tois autōn nēpiois ōmōs echrēsanto, tēn isēn autois timōrian ho Prophētēs proeirēke. Makarizetai toinyn ho Kyros, ho kakeinous kolasas, kai toutous eleutherōsas; ouk epeidē tēs eilikrinous eusebeias trophimos ēn, all᾽ hoti ton eusebē laon tēs eleutherias ēxiōse, kai ton theion neōn oikodomēthēnai prosetaxe. Dechetai de Theos kai tous oligous karpous, kai tas megalas antidoseis parechei; houtō tous dyo tēs chēras obolous anekēryxen.
"Blessed is he who will seize and dash your infants against the rock." Since they too had treated their infants cruelly, the prophet foretold an equal punishment for them. So Cyrus is called blessed, who both punished them and freed these; not because he was a nursling of sincere piety, but because he counted the pious people worthy of freedom and ordered the divine temple to be built. God accepts even small fruits and gives great rewards; so he proclaimed the widow's two obols.
Ps 137:9 (136:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ezra 1:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 12:42 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 137:9: the dashing of Babylon's infants is foretold as a just repayment; 'blessed' is Cyrus, who punished Babylon and freed the Jews, rewarded by God for his good deed though not truly pious.
- Theodoret reads the verse as a prophecy of just retribution on Babylon through Cyrus; translated as written.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 136.9 (PG 80 80:1929; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/136-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 137
137.1PG 80 80:1929
Τῷ Δαβίδ. Μετὰ τὴν ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπάνοδον, τὰ ἐπαναστάντα αὐτοῖς οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καταλύσαντες ἔθνη διὰ τῆς θείας ῥοπῆς, ὕμνον χαριστήριον προσφέρουσι τῷ Θεῷ. Ταῦτα τοίνυν ὁ θεῖος προαγορεύει Δαβίδ. « Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, Κύριε, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου. » Οὐκ ἐγένοντο περὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀχάριστοι. ᾿Αλλ' ἱκετείαν προσενεγκόντες, καὶ βοηθείας τετυχηκότες, τοῖς δυνατοῖς τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἀμείβονται, καὶ ὕμνους ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐπικουρίας προσφέρουσιν. • Καὶ ἐναντίον ἀγγέλων ψαλῶ σοι. » Μιμησόμεθα, φησὶ, τῶν ἀγγέλων τοὺς δήμους· καὶ καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἐκεῖνοι χορεύοντες ὑμνοῦσι τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν, οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τὴν πνευματικήν σοι μελῳδίαν προσοίσομεν.
Tǭ Dabid. Meta tēn apo Babylōnos epanodon, ta epanastanta autois hoi Ioudaioi katalysantes ethnē dia tēs theias rhopēs, hymnon charistērion prospherousi tǭ Theǭ. Tauta toinyn ho theios proagoreuei Dabid. « Exomologēsomai soi, Kyrie, en holę̄ kardią mou. » Ouk egenonto peri ton euergetēn acharistoi. ᾿All' hiketeian prosenenkontes, kai boētheias tetychēkotes, tois dynatois tas euergesias ameibontai, kai hymnous hyper tēs epikourias prospherousin. • Kai enantion angelōn psalō soi. » Mimēsometha, phēsi, tōn angelōn tous dēmous; kai kathaper en tois ouranois ekeinoi choreuontes hymnousi ton tōn holōn Theon, houtō kai hēmeis epi tēs gēs tēn pneumatikēn soi melǭdian prosoisomen.
"Of David." After the return from Babylon, the Jews, having destroyed by divine help the nations that rose against them, offer a hymn of thanksgiving to God. The divine David foretells these things. "I will confess you, O Lord, with my whole heart." They were not ungrateful to their benefactor. Having offered supplication and obtained help, they repay the benefits as they can and offer hymns for the help. "And before angels I will make melody to you." "We will imitate the hosts of angels," he says; "and just as they in the heavens dance and hymn the God of all, so we on earth will offer you the spiritual song."
Ps 138:1 (137:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 138:1: after defeating the nations that attacked them following the return, the Jews thank God and imitate the angels' praise.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters and split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray mark and split word (OCR)): Μετὰ θὰ τὴν ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπα ἀνοδον → Μετὰ τὴν ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπάνοδον; Κύριε ", ἐν → Κύριε, ἐν; ἀμείβον- & ται → ἀμείβονται.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 137.1 (PG 80 80:1929; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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137.2PG 80 80:1929
« Προσκυνήσω πρὸς ναὸν ἅγιόν σου, καὶ ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ ὀνόματί σου, ἐπὶ τῷ ἐλέει σου, καὶ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου. » Ἔσται δέ μοι ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὁ ἀφιερωμένος τῷ ὀνόματί σου νεώς. Ἐν ἐκείνῳ προσκυνήσω σε, καὶ τὴν χαριστήριον δοξολογίαν ποιήσομαι, τὴν εἰς ἐμὲ φιλανθρωπίαν, καὶ τὴν κατὰ τῶν πολεμίων δικαιοσύνην ὁρῶν. Τῶν μὲν γὰρ, ὡς ἀδικούντων, ἀληθείᾳ χρησάμενος κατεψηφίσω τὸν ὄλεθρον· ἐμὲ δὲ τῷ σῷ ἐλέῳ διέσωσας. Ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνας ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἅγιόν σου. » Διὰ πάντων γὰρ σεπτὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου· καὶ παρὰ πᾶσιν ᾄδεται τοῖς τὴν σὴν θεασαμένοις ἰσχύν.
« Proskynēsō pros naon hagion sou, kai exomologēsomai tǭ onomati sou, epi tǭ eleei sou, kai tę̄ alētheią sou. » Estai de moi anti tou ouranou ho aphierōmenos tǭ onomati sou neōs. En ekeinǭ proskynēsō se, kai tēn charistērion doxologian poiēsomai, tēn eis eme philanthrōpian, kai tēn kata tōn polemiōn dikaiosynēn horōn. Tōn men gar, hōs adikountōn, alētheią chrēsamenos katepsēphisō ton olethron; eme de tǭ sǭ eleǭ diesōsas. Hoti emegalynas epi pan to onoma to hagion sou. » Dia pantōn gar septon to onoma sou; kai para pasin ądetai tois tēn sēn theasamenois ischyn.
"I will worship toward your holy temple, and confess your name for your mercy and your truth." "For me the temple dedicated to your name will take the place of heaven. In it I will worship you and make the doxology of thanksgiving, seeing your love for humankind toward me and your justice against my enemies. For you condemned them to destruction in truth, as wrongdoers; but me you saved by your mercy." "For you have magnified your holy name above all." "For your name is revered through all things, and sung by all who have seen your strength."
Ps 138:2 (137:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 138:2: in the temple the people praise God's mercy to them and justice to their enemies, which made his name revered.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): ἀδικούν των → ἀδικούντων.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 137.2 (PG 80 80:1929; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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137.3PG 80 80:1929
· Ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε, ταχὺ ἐπάκουσόν μου.» Ταύτης τῆς εὐφροσύνης διηνεκῶς ἀπολαύειν ἀντιβολῶ. « Πολυωρήσεις με· ἐν ψυχῇ μου δυνάμει σου. » Τουτέστιν, Ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου τὴν ψυχήν μου πολυωρήσεις, καὶ ψυχαγωγίας καὶ θάρσους ἐμπλήσεις. Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Συνέστης τῆς ψυχῆς μου δυνάμει. Πολλῆς με, φησὶν, ἐπικουρίας καὶ προνοίας ἠξίωσας.
; En hę̄ an hēmerą epikalesōmai se, tachy epakouson mou.» Tautēs tēs euphrosynēs diēnekōs apolauein antibolō. « Polyōrēseis me; en psychę̄ mou dynamei sou. » Toutestin, En tę̄ dynamei sou tēn psychēn mou polyōrēseis, kai psychagōgias kai tharsous emplēseis. Ho de Symmachos houtōs, Synestēs tēs psychēs mou dynamei. Pollēs me, phēsin, epikourias kai pronoias ēxiōsas.
"In whatever day I call upon you, hear me quickly." "I plead to enjoy this gladness continually." "You will greatly care for me; in my soul by your power." That is: "By your power you will greatly care for my soul and fill it with consolation and courage." Symmachus has: "You stood by my soul with power." "You counted me worthy," he says, "of much help and providence."
Ps 138:3 (137:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 138:3: the psalmist asks God to answer quickly and strengthen his soul.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; split word (OCR); stray space (OCR)): ἐπἀκουσόν → ἐπάκουσόν; δυνάμει σου . » → δυνάμει σου. »; ἐπικου ρίας → ἐπικουρίας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 137.3 (PG 80 80:1929; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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137.4PG 80 80:1931
« Ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν σοι, Κύριε, πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἤκουσαν πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου. » Καὶ τηνικαῦτα μὲν ἅπαντες τὴν μεγίστην ἐκείνην μεμαθηκότες νίκην, ἐθαύμασαν τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων τὴν δύναμιν. Διαφερόντως δὲ μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐνανθρώπησιν, καὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἄρχοντες τὸν ἁπάντων ὑμνοῦσι Ποιητήν. Ἐπ' ἐκείνης μέντοι τῆς νίκης, οὐ ῥημάτων ἤκουσαν, ἀλλὰ πρᾶγμα παράδοξον ἐθεάσαντο · νῦν δὲ καὶ ῥημάτων ἤκουσαν, καὶ τῶν εὐαγγελικῶν ἀπολαύουσι κηρυγμάτων.
« Exomologēsasthōsan soi, Kyrie, pantes hoi basileis tēs gēs, hoti ēkousan panta ta rhēmata tou stomatos mou. » Kai tēnikauta men hapantes tēn megistēn ekeinēn memathēkotes nikēn, ethaumasan tou Theou tōn holōn tēn dynamin. Diapherontōs de meta tēn tou Theou kai Sōtēros hēmōn enanthrōpēsin, kai basileis kai archontes ton hapantōn hymnousi Poiētēn. Ep' ekeinēs mentoi tēs nikēs, ou rhēmatōn ēkousan, alla pragma paradoxon etheasanto ; nyn de kai rhēmatōn ēkousan, kai tōn euangelikōn apolauousi kērygmatōn.
"Let all the kings of the earth confess you, O Lord, for they have heard all the words of my mouth." At that time all, having learned of that very great victory, marveled at the power of the God of all. But especially after the incarnation of our God and Savior, kings and rulers hymn the Maker of all. At that victory they heard no words, but saw an extraordinary deed; but now they have both heard words and enjoy the proclamations of the Gospel.
Ps 138:4 (137:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 138:4: kings marveled at God's victory then, but after the incarnation they hear the gospel and praise the Creator.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; letter lost (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): ἡκουσαν → ἤκουσαν; στόματός ὁ μου → στόματός μου; βασιλεῖς κα ἄρχοντες → βασιλεῖς καὶ ἄρχοντες.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 137.4 (PG 80 80:1931; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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137.5PG 80 80:1931
« Καὶ ᾀσάτωσαν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς Κυρίου, ὅτι μεγάλη ἡ δόξα Κυρίου. » Εὐκτικῶς τὰ ἐσόμενα λέγει, καὶ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων προλέγει μεταβολήν· ὅτι τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν πρόνοιαν καὶ τὴν οἰκονομίαν θαυμάσουσιν ἅπαντες. Ὁδοὺς γὰρ τὰς οἰκονομίας καλεῖ.
« Kai ąsatōsan en tais hodois Kyriou, hoti megalē hē doxa Kyriou. » Euktikōs ta esomena legei, kai tēn tōn pragmatōn prolegei metabolēn; hoti tou Theou tēn pronoian kai tēn oikonomian thaumasousin hapantes. Hodous gar tas oikonomias kalei.
"And let them sing in the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord." He speaks of what will be in the form of a wish, and foretells the change of affairs: that all will marvel at God's providence and dispensation. For he calls the dispensations "ways."
Ps 138:5 (137:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 138:5: all will praise God's ways, that is, his dispensations.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray letter (OCR)): ἀσάτωσαν → ᾀσάτωσαν; Εὐκτικῶς ὁ τὰ ἐσόμενα → Εὐκτικῶς τὰ ἐσόμενα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 137.5 (PG 80 80:1931; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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137.6PG 80 80:1931
« Ὅτι ὑψηλὸς Κύριος, καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορᾷ. » Τοῦτο καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ · · Ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν, καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν. » Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι φύσει ὑψηλὸς ὢν καὶ ἄῤῥητος, οὐδὲ τῶν σμικρῶν ἀμελεῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τούτους τῆς οἰκείας ἀξιοῖ προμηθείας. • Καὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν γινώσκει. » Γινώσκει γὰρ πάντα πρὶν γενέσεως αὐτῶν· καὶ πόῤῥωθεν τοὺς ἐν δυναστείαις ὁρῶν, ἑκάστῳ φάρμακα προσφέρει
« Hoti hypsēlos Kyrios, kai ta tapeina ephorą. » Touto kai en heterǭ ephē psalmǭ ; ; Ho en hypsēlois katoikōn, kai ta tapeina ephorōn. » Legei de, hoti physei hypsēlos ōn kai arrhētos, oude tōn smikrōn amelei, alla kai toutous tēs oikeias axioi promētheias. • Kai ta hypsēla apo makrothen ginōskei. » Ginōskei gar panta prin geneseōs autōn; kai porrhōthen tous en dynasteiais horōn, hekastǭ pharmaka prospherei
"For the Lord is high and looks upon the lowly." He said this in another psalm too: "He who dwells on high and looks upon the lowly." He says that, being high by nature and ineffable, he does not neglect even the small, but counts them too worthy of his providence. "And knows the lofty from afar." For he knows all things before they come to be; and seeing from afar those in power, he applies remedies to each.
Ps 138:6 (137:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 113:5 (112:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 113:6 (112:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 138:6: the transcendent God cares for the lowly and foresees and treats the powerful.
- 'Who knows all things before they come to be' echoes Susanna 42.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (letters lost (OCR); split word and accent (OCR)): Ὅτι ὑψη ὸς ὑριος → Ὅτι ὑψηλὸς Κύριος; φύ σει ὑψηλὸς ὧν → φύσει ὑψηλὸς ὢν.
Extrabiblical texts: Sus 42 (Susanna [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 137.6 (PG 80 80:1931; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-6). (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.
137.7PG 80 80:1931
« Ἐὰν πορευθῶ ἐν μέσῳ θλίψεως, ζήσεις με. » Πίστεως εἰλικρινοῦς ἡ φωνή. Θαῤῥῶ, φησὶν, ὅτι κἂν πανταχόθεν ὑπὸ συμφορῶν περικλύζωμαι, κρείττων ἔσομαι τῶν δυσχερῶν, καὶ ζωὴν ἀπὸ τῆς σῆς ἐπικουρίας καρπώσομαι. « Ἐπ' ὀργὴν ἐχθρῶν ἐξέτεινας χεῖράς σου, καὶ ἔσωσέ με ἡ δεξιά σου.» Ὀργισθεὶς γὰρ κατὰ τῶν ἐμῶν δυσμενῶν, ἐκείνους μὲν τιμωρίᾳ παρέδωκας, ἐμὲ δὲ σωτηρίας ἠξίωσας. Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον, ὡς χεῖρα μὲν τὴν ἐνέργειαν καλεῖ, δεξιὰν δὲ τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐνέργειαν. Τῇ γὰρ τιμωρίᾳ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τὴν χεῖρα συνέζευξε· τῇ δὲ εἰς αὐτὸν εὐεργεσίᾳ τὴν δεξιάν.
« Ean poreuthō en mesǭ thlipseōs, zēseis me. » Pisteōs eilikrinous hē phōnē. Tharrhō, phēsin, hoti kan pantachothen hypo symphorōn periklyzōmai, kreittōn esomai tōn dyscherōn, kai zōēn apo tēs sēs epikourias karpōsomai. « Ep' orgēn echthrōn exeteinas cheiras sou, kai esōse me hē dexia sou.» Orgistheis gar kata tōn emōn dysmenōn, ekeinous men timōrią paredōkas, eme de sōtērias ēxiōsas. Kai enteuthen dēlon, hōs cheira men tēn energeian kalei, dexian de tēn agathēn energeian. Tę̄ gar timōrią tōn echthrōn tēn cheira synezeuxe; tę̄ de eis auton euergesią tēn dexian.
"If I walk in the midst of affliction, you will give me life." This is the voice of sincere faith. "I am confident," he says, "that even if I am flooded by misfortunes on every side, I will be stronger than the difficulties and reap life from your help." "Against the wrath of enemies you stretched out your hands, and your right hand saved me." "For being angry with my foes, you handed them over to punishment, but counted me worthy of salvation." And from this it is plain that he calls God's action a "hand," and his good action a "right hand"; for he joined the hand to the punishment of the enemies, and the right hand to the benefit toward himself.
Ps 138:7 (137:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 138:7: faith trusts God for life amid trouble; his 'hand' punishes the enemies and his 'right hand' saves his own.
- A displaced word at the end of this section in the scan belongs to the next comment and is moved there.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing, stray mark, and split word; split word (OCR); split word and breathing (OCR); stray mark (OCR); word displaced by the OCR from the next comment (137.8)): Πίστεως ' εἰλικρινοῦς → Πίστεως εἰλικρινοῦς; κρείτ των → κρείττων; « Ἑπ' ὀργὴν ἐχθρῶν· ἐξ έτεινας → « Ἐπ' ὀργὴν ἐχθρῶν ἐξέτεινας; Όρ. γισθεὶς → Ὀργισθεὶς; τὴν δεξιάν. Ο φησὶν, → τὴν δεξιάν..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 137.7 (PG 80 80:1931; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
137.8PG 80 80:1931
« Κύριος ἀνταποδώσει ὁ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ. » Ἐγὼ, φησὶν, ἄνθρωπος ὢν, καὶ ἁμαρτίαις ἐγκαλινδούμενος, ἀμείψασθαι τὰς εὐεργεσίας οὐ δύναμαι· αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Κύριος, ὁ τούτων μοι γενόμενος χορηγός, ἐνανθρωπήσας, καὶ τὴν ἐμὴν φύσιν ἀνειληφὼς, τὸ ἐμὸν ἐκτίσει χρέος. Συμφωνεῖ τούτοις καὶ ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος, λέγων, τὸν Δεσπότην Χριστὸν ἐξαλείψας τὸ καθ' ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον. « Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ παρίδῃς. » Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ἀμέτρητός σου ὁ ἔλεος, καὶ τῷ αἰῶνι συνεκτεινόμενος, ταχεῖαν τοῖς σοῖς ποιήμασι παράσχου τὴν σωτηρίαν. Ταύτην δὲ ὁ Προφήτης προσενήνοχεν ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ παναγίου Πνεύματος μεμαθηκὼς χάριτος, ὡς τὸ χρέος τῆς φύσεως ὁ Ποιητὴς ἐκτίσει τῆς φύσεως.
« Kyrios antapodōsei ho hyper emou. » Egō, phēsin, anthrōpos ōn, kai hamartiais enkalindoumenos, ameipsasthai tas euergesias ou dynamai; autos de ho Kyrios, ho toutōn moi genomenos chorēgos, enanthrōpēsas, kai tēn emēn physin aneilēphōs, to emon ektisei chreos. Symphōnei toutois kai ho theios ᾿Apostolos, legōn, ton Despotēn Christon exaleipsas to kath' hēmōn cheirographon. « Kyrie, to eleos sou eis ton aiōna, ta erga tōn cheirōn sou mē paridę̄s. » Epeidē toinyn ametrētos sou ho eleos, kai tǭ aiōni synekteinomenos, tacheian tois sois poiēmasi paraschou tēn sōtērian. Tautēn de ho Prophētēs prosenēnochen hypo tēs tou panagiou Pneumatos memathēkōs charitos, hōs to chreos tēs physeōs ho Poiētēs ektisei tēs physeōs.
"The Lord will repay on my behalf." "I," he says, "being human and wallowing in sins, cannot repay the benefits; but the Lord himself, who supplied them to me, having become man and assumed my nature, will pay my debt." The divine Apostle agrees with this, saying that Christ the Master has wiped out the handwriting that was against us. "O Lord, your mercy is for ever; do not overlook the works of your hands." "Since, then, your mercy is immeasurable and extends with the ages, grant swift salvation to your works." The prophet offered this prayer having learned from the grace of the all-holy Spirit that the Maker of nature would pay the debt of nature.
Ps 138:8 (137:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Col 2:14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 138:8: humans cannot repay God's gifts, but the Lord, by becoming man, would pay their debt, as Paul says of the canceled bond.
- A word displaced in the scan into the previous section ('he says') is restored here.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR accent and letter; iota subscript and lost quotation mark (OCR); letter lost (OCR); opening quotation mark lost (OCR); split word (OCR); word displaced by the OCR into 137.7, restored; accent): Ἐγὼ, αν, ἄνθρωπος ῶν → Ἐγὼ, φησὶν, ἄνθρωπος ὢν; ἐναν θρωπήσας → ἐνανθρωπήσας; τ ἐμὸν ἐκτίσει → τὸ ἐμὸν ἐκτίσει; Συμφωνεί → Συμφωνεῖ; χειρόγραφον. Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου → χειρόγραφον. « Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου; μὴ παρίδης. Ἐπειδὴ → μὴ παρίδῃς. » Ἐπειδὴ; ἀμέτρητὸς σου ὁ ἔλεος, καὶ τῷ αἰῶν: συνεκτεινόμενος → ἀμέτρητός σου ὁ ἔλεος, καὶ τῷ αἰῶνι συνεκτεινόμενος; προσενἦνοχεν → προσενήνοχεν; μεμαθηκώς χάριτος → μεμαθηκὼς χάριτος.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 137.8 (PG 80 80:1931; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/137-8
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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.