Interpretation of the Psalms 138.1–141.8
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 138
138.1PG 80 80:1933
« Εἰς τὸ τέλος· Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαβίδ. » Ἐν ἐνίοις ἀντιγράφοις πρόσκειται, « Ζαχαρίου εἰς τὴν διασποράν. » Τοῦτο οὔτε παρὰ τῷ Ἑβραίῳ, οὔτε παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδομήκοντα, οὔτε παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις εὖρον ἑρμηνευταῖς· ἀλλὰ τις ὡς ἠβουλήθη νενοηκὼς τὸν ψαλμὸν, τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς ἐποιήσατο τὴν προσθήκην. Ὁ μέντοι ψαλμὸς τοῦ Ἰωσίου τοῦ βασιλέως πρόῤῥησιν ἔχει. Οὗτος γὰρ ἐκ δυσσεβοῦς βλαστήσας πατρὸς, τοιούτου δὲ καὶ πάππου γενόμενος ἔκγονος, τὴν μὲν ἐκείνων ἀσέβειαν ἐβδελύξατο, διὰ πάσης δὲ ὥδευσεν ἀρετῆς, καὶ ζήλῳ θείῳ πυρποληθεὶς, τοὺς τῶν εἰδώλων ἱερέας κατηκόντισεν ἅπαντας· τοὺς δὲ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἀσπαζομένους πάσης θεραπείας ἠξίωσε. Ταῦτα προλέγει ὁ ψαλμός. Εἰσάγει δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος προσευχόμενον, καὶ τὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ πρόγνωσιν ἐκπληττόμενον. « Κύριε, ἐδοκίμασάς με, καὶ ἔγνως με. » Βάσανος ἀρετῆς οὐ μόνον πενία καὶ ἀθυμία, ἀλλὰ καὶ βασιλεία καὶ εὐπραξία. Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ἀνιαροῖς δοκιμαζόμεθα, εἰ φέρειν γενναίως δυνάμεθα τὰ προσπίπτοντα λυπηρά· οὕτως καὶ ἐν ταῖς εὐημερίαις γυμναζόμεθα, καὶ δεικνύμεθα, εἴτε συνεπαιρόμεθα ταῖς εὐκληρίαις, εἴτε τὴν τούτων ἐπιστάμεθα φύσιν. Βασιλείαν τοίνυν ἐγχειρισθεὶς ὁ μακάριος Ἰωσίας, καὶ μετ᾿ εὐσεβείας αὐτὴν κυβερνήσας, εἰκότως ἔφη · «Κύριε, ἐδοκίμασάς με, καὶ ἔγνως με. Σὺ ἔγνως τὴν καθέδραν μου, καὶ τὴν ἔγερσίν μου. » Πάντα, φησί, μεμάθηκας ἀκριβῶς, τίνα εἰργαζόμην καθήμενος, τίνα ἔδρων ἀνιστάμενος. Διὰ γὰρ τῆς καθέδρας καὶ τῆς ἐγέρσεως, πάντα τὸν βίον ἐδήλωσε. Καθαρᾶς δὲ ψυχῆς καὶ συνειδότος ἐῤῥωμένου τὰ ῥήματα. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ εἶπεν, « Ἐδοκίμασας με καὶ ἔγνως με, » ἵνα μὴ τις ὑπολάβῃ μετὰ τὸ τέλος τῶν πραγμάτων μανθάνειν τὸν Θεὸν τὰ γινόμενα, ἁρμοδίως μάλα ἐπήγαγε ·
« Eis to telos; Psalmos tǭ Dabid. » En eniois antigraphois proskeitai, « Zachariou eis tēn diasporan. » Touto oute para tǭ Hebraiǭ, oute para tois Hebdomēkonta, oute para tois allois euron hermēneutais; alla tis hōs ēboulēthē nenoēkōs ton psalmon, tēs epigraphēs epoiēsato tēn prosthēkēn. Ho mentoi psalmos tou Iōsiou tou basileōs prorrhēsin echei. Houtos gar ek dyssebous blastēsas patros, toioutou de kai pappou genomenos ekgonos, tēn men ekeinōn asebeian ebdelyxato, dia pasēs de hōdeusen aretēs, kai zēlǭ theiǭ pyrpolētheis, tous tōn eidōlōn hiereas katēkontisen hapantas; tous de tēn eusebeian aspazomenous pasēs therapeias ēxiōse. Tauta prolegei ho psalmos. Eisagei de auton ho prophētikos logos proseuchomenon, kai tēn peri autou prognōsin ekplēttomenon. « Kyrie, edokimasas me, kai egnōs me. » Basanos aretēs ou monon penia kai athymia, alla kai basileia kai eupraxia. Hōsper gar en tois aniarois dokimazometha, ei pherein gennaiōs dynametha ta prospiptonta lypēra; houtōs kai en tais euēmeriais gymnazometha, kai deiknymetha, eite synepairometha tais euklēriais, eite tēn toutōn epistametha physin. Basileian toinyn encheiristheis ho makarios Iōsias, kai met᾿ eusebeias autēn kybernēsas, eikotōs ephē ; «Kyrie, edokimasas me, kai egnōs me. Sy egnōs tēn kathedran mou, kai tēn egersin mou. » Panta, phēsi, memathēkas akribōs, tina eirgazomēn kathēmenos, tina edrōn anistamenos. Dia gar tēs kathedras kai tēs egerseōs, panta ton bion edēlōse. Katharas de psychēs kai syneidotos errhōmenou ta rhēmata. Kai epeidē eipen, « Edokimasas me kai egnōs me, » hina mē tis hypolabę̄ meta to telos tōn pragmatōn manthanein ton Theon ta ginomena, harmodiōs mala epēgage ;
"For the end; a psalm of David." In some copies is added: "Of Zechariah, in the dispersion." I found this neither in the Hebrew, nor in the Seventy, nor in the other translators; but someone, understanding the psalm as he pleased, made the addition to the title. The psalm contains a prediction of King Josiah. For he, sprung from an ungodly father and descendant of a grandfather of the same kind, loathed their impiety, traveled through every virtue, and, inflamed with divine zeal, struck down all the priests of the idols, while he counted those who embraced piety worthy of every honor. The psalm foretells these things. The prophetic word brings him in praying and astonished at God's foreknowledge concerning him. "O Lord, you have tested me and known me." The touchstone of virtue is not only poverty and despondency, but also kingship and prosperity. For as in distresses we are tested whether we can nobly bear the sorrows that befall us, so in good fortune too we are exercised and shown whether we are elated by our successes or understand their nature. The blessed Josiah, entrusted with the kingdom and governing it with piety, fittingly said: "O Lord, you have tested me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up." "You have learned everything precisely," he says, "what I did when sitting, what I did when rising." By sitting and rising he indicated the whole of life. These are the words of a pure soul and a strong conscience. And since he said, "You have tested me and known me," lest anyone suppose that God learns what happens after the event, he very fittingly added:
Ps 139:1 (138:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:2 (138:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 22:2 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 23:20 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 139:1–2: the psalm foretells King Josiah, who rejected his fathers' idolatry; prosperity as well as hardship tests virtue, and God knows all one's life.
- Theodoret rejects the added title 'Of Zechariah, in the dispersion' as found in neither the Hebrew nor the translators.
Notes on the original text
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Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.1 (PG 80 80:1933; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
138.3PG 80 80:1933
« Σὺ συνῆκας τοὺς διαλογισμούς μου ἀπὸ μακρόθεν. » "Ανωθεν γὰρ, καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, καὶ πρὸ πολλῶν γενεῶν τῆς ἐμῆς διαπλάσεως, οὐ μόνον τὰς ἐμὰς προεώρακας πράξεις, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἐσομένους μοι προεώρακας λογισμούς. « Τὴν τρίβον μου, καὶ τὴν σχοῖνόν μου σὺ ἐξιχνίασας. » Ὁ δὲ Θεοδοτίων οὕτως, Τὴν τρίβον μου, καὶ τὴν ὀδόν μου ἐξιχνίασας. Ὁδὸν καὶ τρίβον τὰς πράξεις καλεῖ, σχοῖνον δὲ τὴν τούτων εὐθύτητα· ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν οἰκοδομούντων, καὶ σπαρτίῳ τοὺς τοίχους διευθυνόντων. Ἔγνως, φησὶν, ἀκριβῶς μου τὰς πράξεις, καὶ οὐδὲν τῶν ἐμῶν τὴν σὴν ἔλαθε γνῶσιν. ἔστι δόλος ἐν τῇ γλώσσῃ μου.» Οὐ μόνον προ
« Sy synēkas tous dialogismous mou apo makrothen. » "Anōthen gar, kai ex archēs, kai pro pollōn geneōn tēs emēs diaplaseōs, ou monon tas emas proeōrakas praxeis, alla tous esomenous moi proeōrakas logismous. « Tēn tribon mou, kai tēn schoinon mou sy exichniasas. » Ho de Theodotiōn houtōs, Tēn tribon mou, kai tēn odon mou exichniasas. Hodon kai tribon tas praxeis kalei, schoinon de tēn toutōn euthytēta; ek metaphoras tōn oikodomountōn, kai spartiǭ tous toichous dieuthynontōn. Egnōs, phēsin, akribōs mou tas praxeis, kai ouden tōn emōn tēn sēn elathe gnōsin. esti dolos en tę̄ glōssę̄ mou.» Ou monon pro
"You understood my thoughts from afar." "For from of old, from the beginning, and many generations before my formation, you foresaw not only my deeds but also the thoughts I would have." "My path and my measuring line you have tracked out." Theodotion has: "My path and my way you have tracked out." He calls deeds a way and path, and their uprightness a measuring line, by a metaphor from builders who straighten walls with a cord. "You knew my deeds precisely," he says, "and none of my affairs escaped your knowledge." "[For] there is no deceit on my tongue." Not only …
Ps 139:3 (138:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:4 (138:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:3–4: God foresaw Josiah's deeds and thoughts generations before his birth; the 'measuring line' is the uprightness of his deeds.
- A garbled word in the scan (flagged) is removed. The section breaks off in the comment on verse 4, whose opening words of the lemma are also lost; the Septuagint has 'For there is no deceit on my tongue.'
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR letter; garbled OCR word; stray quotation mark (OCR)): σχοϊνόν → σχοῖνόν; Θευδοτίων → Θεοδοτίων; ἐξιχνίασας » Ὁδὸν → ἐξιχνίασας. Ὁδὸν; τὰς πράξεις Τυ γυονίςti , καλεῖ → τὰς πράξεις καλεῖ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.3 (PG 80 80:1933; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-3). (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.
138.4PG 80 80:1935
« Καὶ πάσας τὰς ὁδοὺς μου προεῖδες, ὅτι οὐκ εἶδεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ προείρηκεν ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς διὰ τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ τῷ Ἱεροβοάμ θύοντι, καὶ ταῖς δαμάλεσι τὸ θεῖον σέβας προσφέροντι προεθέσπισεν, ὡς ἀναστήσεται υἱὸς τῷ Δαβίδ, Ἰωσίας ὄνομα αὐτῷ, καὶ τοὺς τῶν εἰδώλων ἱερέας παραδώσει θανάτῳ, καὶ τὰ τούτων ὀστᾶ ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ βωμῷ κατακαύσει.
« Kai pasas tas hodous mou proeides, hoti ouk eiden, alla kai proeirēken ho tōn holōn Theos dia tōn prophētōn, kai tǭ Hieroboam thyonti, kai tais damalesi to theion sebas prospheronti proethespisen, hōs anastēsetai huios tǭ Dabid, Iōsias onoma autǭ, kai tous tōn eidōlōn hiereas paradōsei thanatǭ, kai ta toutōn osta en ekeinǭ tǭ bōmǭ katakausei.
"And you foresaw all my ways." For the God of all not only saw but also foretold through the prophets; to Jeroboam, as he sacrificed and offered divine reverence to the heifers, he foretold that a son would arise to David, Josiah by name, who would hand the priests of the idols over to death and burn their bones on that altar.
Ps 139:4 (138:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 13:2 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:4: God foresaw Josiah and even named him in advance to Jeroboam.
- The opening words of the comment are damaged in the scan ('not only saw'); translated by sense.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.4 (PG 80 80:1935; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-4). (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.
138.5PG 80 80:1935
« Ἰδοὺ, Κύριε, σὺ ἔγνως πάντα, τὰ ἔσχατα καὶ τὰ ἀρχαῖα. » Δι' αὐτῶν μεμάθηκα τῶν πραγμάτων, ὡς ἅπασαν ἔχεις τὴν γνῶσιν, καὶ τῶν πάλαι γεγενημένων, καὶ τῶν μηδέπω γεγενημένων. « Σὺ ἔπλασάς με, καὶ ἔθηκας ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου. » Πῶς γὰρ οἷόν τε λαθεῖν τι τῶν ἐμῶν τὸν ἐμὸν ποιητὴν, τὸν ἔνδον ἐν τῇ μητρῴᾳ με διαπλάσαντα νηδύϊ, καὶ πάσης ἀξιώσαντα προμηθείας; Τὸ δὲ, « Ἔθηκας ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου, » ἔοικε τῷ, « Αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐποίησάν με, καὶ ἔπλασάν με. › Σημαίνει δὲ κατὰ ταυτὸν καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὴν διάπλασιν προμηθείαν.
« Idou, Kyrie, sy egnōs panta, ta eschata kai ta archaia. » Di' autōn memathēka tōn pragmatōn, hōs hapasan echeis tēn gnōsin, kai tōn palai gegenēmenōn, kai tōn mēdepō gegenēmenōn. « Sy eplasas me, kai ethēkas ep᾿ eme tēn cheira sou. » Pōs gar hoion te lathein ti tōn emōn ton emon poiētēn, ton endon en tę̄ mētrǭą me diaplasanta nēdyï, kai pasēs axiōsanta promētheias? To de, « Ethēkas ep᾿ eme tēn cheira sou, » eoike tǭ, « Hai cheires sou epoiēsan me, kai eplasan me. › Sēmainei de kata tauton kai tēn meta tēn diaplasin promētheian.
"Behold, O Lord, you have known all things, the last and the ancient." "I have learned from the events themselves that you have all knowledge, both of what happened long ago and of what has not yet happened." "You formed me and laid your hand upon me." "For how could anything of mine escape my Maker, who formed me inside my mother's womb and counted me worthy of all providence?" "You laid your hand upon me" resembles "Your hands made me and fashioned me." At the same time it signifies the providence after the forming.
Ps 139:5 (138:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:73 (118:73 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:5: God knows past and future; the One who formed Josiah in the womb cannot be unaware of anything in his life.
- Two lines are transposed in the scan; restored to their order.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (lines transposed by the OCR, restored; accents): « Σ γὰρ οἷόν τε λαθεῖν τι τῶν ἐμῶν τὸν ἐμὸν ποιητὴν, ἔπλασάς με, καὶ ἔθηκας ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου. » Πῶς τὸν ἔνδον ἐν τῇ μητρώᾳ με διαπλάσαντα νηδύῖ → « Σὺ ἔπλασάς με, καὶ ἔθηκας ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου. » Πῶς γὰρ οἷόν τε λαθεῖν τι τῶν ἐμῶν τὸν ἐμὸν ποιητὴν, τὸν ἔνδον ἐν τῇ μητρῴᾳ με διαπλάσαντα νηδύϊ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.5 (PG 80 80:1935; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-5). (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.
138.6PG 80 80:1935
« Ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ γνῶσίς σου ἐξ ἐμοῦ· ἐκραταιώθη, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πρὸς αὐτήν. » Ἐκ τῶν εἰς ἐμὲ γεγενημένων τὴν σὴν ἔγνωκα δύναμιν· καὶ ὑμνῆσαι τὴν σὴν θέλων σοφίαν, εἶτα τῆς ἀξίας διαμαρτάνων, τὴν ἧτταν ὁμολογῶ. Οὕτω καὶ τὴν γνῶσιν, καὶ τὴν πρόγνωσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων θαυμάσας, καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲν αὐτὸν ἔλαθεν, οὔτε τῶν γεγενημένων οὔτε τῶν ἐσομένων, ἐφ᾿ ἕτερον μεταβαίνει ταῦτα διηγούμενος·
« Ethaumastōthē hē gnōsis sou ex emou; ekrataiōthē, ou mē dynōmai pros autēn. » Ek tōn eis eme gegenēmenōn tēn sēn egnōka dynamin; kai hymnēsai tēn sēn thelōn sophian, eita tēs axias diamartanōn, tēn hēttan homologō. Houtō kai tēn gnōsin, kai tēn prognōsin tou Theou tōn holōn thaumasas, kai hoti ouden auton elathen, oute tōn gegenēmenōn oute tōn esomenōn, eph᾿ heteron metabainei tauta diēgoumenos;
"Your knowledge has been made wonderful from me; it is mighty, I cannot reach it." "From what has happened to me I have known your power; and wishing to hymn your wisdom, and then falling short of its worth, I confess my defeat." Having thus marveled at the knowledge and foreknowledge of the God of all, and that nothing escaped him, neither of what has happened nor of what will be, he passes to another point, recounting these things:
Ps 139:6 (138:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:6: God's knowledge is too great for the psalmist to praise worthily.
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Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (two columns interleaved by the OCR, restored to their order; stray marks removed; a line moved to 138.7): · Ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ γνῶσίς σου ἐξ ἐμοῦ, τῶν εἰς ἐμὲ γεγενημένων τὴν σὴν ἔγνωκα δύναμιν · ἐκραταιώθη, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πρὸς αὐτήν. » Ἐκ καὶ ὑμνῆσαι τὴν σὴν θέλων σοφίαν, εἶτα τῆς ἀξίας & γνῶσιν, καὶ τὴν πρόγνωσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων θαυδιαμαρτάνων, τὴν ἧτταν ὁμολογῶ. Οὕτω καὶ τὴν μάσας, καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲν αὐτὸν ἔλαθεν, οὔτε τῶν γεγενημένων οὔτε τῶν ἐσομένων, ἐφ᾿ ἕτερον μεταβαίνει ταῦτα διηγούμενος· ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω; » Τὸν οὕτω πάντα → « Ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ γνῶσίς σου ἐξ ἐμοῦ· ἐκραταιώθη, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πρὸς αὐτήν. » Ἐκ τῶν εἰς ἐμὲ γεγενημένων τὴν σὴν ἔγνωκα δύναμιν· καὶ ὑμνῆσαι τὴν σὴν θέλων σοφίαν, εἶτα τῆς ἀξίας διαμαρτάνων, τὴν ἧτταν ὁμολογῶ. Οὕτω καὶ τὴν γνῶσιν, καὶ τὴν πρόγνωσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων θαυμάσας, καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲν αὐτὸν ἔλαθεν, οὔτε τῶν γεγενημένων οὔτε τῶν ἐσομένων, ἐφ᾿ ἕτερον μεταβαίνει ταῦτα διηγούμενος·.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.6 (PG 80 80:1935; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.7PG 80 80:1935
« Ποῦ πορευθῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός σου; καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω; » Τὸν οὕτω πάντα σαφῶς ἐπιστάμενον πῶς δυνατὸν λαθεῖν δραπετεύοντα; Ἐπισημήνασθαι δὲ προσήκει, ὅτι τὴν αὐτὴν ἐνέργειαν ἔχειν ἐδίδαξε, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ τὸ πανάγιον Πνεῦμα· « Ποῦ πορευθῶ, φησὶν, ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός σου, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω; » Ὧν δὲ μία ἡ ἐνέργεια, μία πάντως καὶ ἡ δύναμις· ὧν δὲ μία ἡ δύναμις, μία ἡ φύσις· μία ἄρα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος ἡ φύσις.
« Pou poreuthō apo tou pneumatos sou? kai apo tou prosōpou sou pou phygō? » Ton houtō panta saphōs epistamenon pōs dynaton lathein drapeteuonta? Episēmēnasthai de prosēkei, hoti tēn autēn energeian echein edidaxe, kai ton Theon, kai to panagion Pneuma; « Pou poreuthō, phēsin, apo tou pneumatos sou, kai apo prosōpou sou pou phygō? » Hōn de mia hē energeia, mia pantōs kai hē dynamis; hōn de mia hē dynamis, mia hē physis; mia ara tou Theou kai tou Pneumatos hē physis.
"Where shall I go from your Spirit? And from your face where shall I flee?" "How is it possible for a runaway to escape one who knows all things so clearly?" It should be noted that he taught that God and the all-holy Spirit have the same operation: "Where shall I go," he says, "from your Spirit, and from your face where shall I flee?" Those whose operation is one have wholly one power too; and those whose power is one have one nature. One, therefore, is the nature of God and of the Spirit.
Ps 139:7 (138:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:7: no one can flee God; since God and the Holy Spirit have one operation, they have one power and one nature.
- A Trinitarian argument for the Spirit's consubstantiality; translated as written. The text, interleaved in the scan, is restored to its probable order; the next verse's lemma is moved to 138.8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (two columns interleaved by the OCR, restored to their order; a line received from 138.6 and a line moved to 138.8): « Ποῦ πορευθῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός σου; καὶ σαφῶς ἐπιστάμενον πῶς δυνατὸν λαθεῖν δραπε τεύοντα; Επισημήνασθαι δὲ προσήκει, ὅτι τὴν αὐτὴν άγιον Πνεῦμα· « Ποῦ πορευθῶ, φησὶν, ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύ ἐνέργειαν ἔχειν ἐδίδαξε, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ τὸ πανματός σου, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω; ὧν δὲ μία ἡ δύναμὶς, μία ἡ φύσις· μία ἄρα τοῦ Θεοῦ Ὧν δὲ μία ἡ ἐνέργεια, μία πάντως καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος ἡ φύσις. ἐὰν καταβῶ εἰς τὸν ἅδην, πάρει. » "Απαντα, φησί, → « Ποῦ πορευθῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός σου; καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω; » Τὸν οὕτω πάντα σαφῶς ἐπιστάμενον πῶς δυνατὸν λαθεῖν δραπετεύοντα; Ἐπισημήνασθαι δὲ προσήκει, ὅτι τὴν αὐτὴν ἐνέργειαν ἔχειν ἐδίδαξε, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ τὸ πανάγιον Πνεῦμα· « Ποῦ πορευθῶ, φησὶν, ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός σου, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω; » Ὧν δὲ μία ἡ ἐνέργεια, μία πάντως καὶ ἡ δύναμις· ὧν δὲ μία ἡ δύναμις, μία ἡ φύσις· μία ἄρα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος ἡ φύσις..
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.7 (PG 80 80:1935; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.8PG 80 80:1935
« Ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ· ἐὰν καταβῶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, πάρει. » Ἅπαντα, φησί, πληροῖς, καὶ τὰ ἄνω καὶ τὰ κάτω. Τὸ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ ὕψους ἔσχατον, τὸ δὲ τοῦ βάθους. Καλῶς δὲ τῷ μὲν οὐρανῷ τὸ, « Σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ, » συνέζευξε, τῷ δὲ ᾅδῃ τὸ πάρει. Τοῖς γὰρ ἐν οὐρανῷ διαιτωμένοις ἀγγέλοις ἐπαναπαύεται. Πανταχοῦ δὲ πάρεστι, καὶ τοῖς πᾶσι παρίσταται· « καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, κατὰ τὸν θεῖον ᾿Απόστολον, καὶ κινούμεθα, καὶ ἐσμέν. »
« Ean anabō eis ton ouranon, sy ekei ei; ean katabō eis ton hądēn, parei. » Hapanta, phēsi, plērois, kai ta anō kai ta katō. To men gar tou hypsous eschaton, to de tou bathous. Kalōs de tǭ men ouranǭ to, « Sy ekei ei, » synezeuxe, tǭ de hądę̄ to parei. Tois gar en ouranǭ diaitōmenois angelois epanapauetai. Pantachou de paresti, kai tois pasi paristatai; « kai en autǭ zōmen, kata ton theion ᾿Apostolon, kai kinoumetha, kai esmen. »
"If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to Hades, you are present." "You fill all things," he says, "both above and below." For the one is the extreme of height, the other of depth. He fittingly joined "you are there" to heaven and "you are present" to Hades. For he rests upon the angels who live in heaven; but he is present everywhere and stands by all; "and in him we live," according to the divine Apostle, "and move and have our being."
Ps 139:8 (138:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 17:28 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:8: God fills height and depth, resting among the angels in heaven yet present everywhere, as Paul said at Athens.
- The text, interleaved in the scan, is restored to its probable order, with the lemma received from 138.7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (two columns interleaved by the OCR, restored to their order; lemma received from 138.7): · Ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ· ὕψους ἔσχατον, τὸ δὲ τοῦ βάθους. Καλῶς δὲ τῷ μὲν πληροῖς, καὶ τὰ ἄνω καὶ τὰ κάτω. Τὸ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ πάρει. Τοῖς γὰρ ἐν οὐρανῷ διαιτωμένοις ἀγγέλοις οὐρανῷ τὸ, « Σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ, » συνέζευξε, τῷ δὲ ᾅδῃ τὸ ἐπαναπαύεται. Πανταχοῦ δὲ πάρεστι, καὶ τοῖς πᾶσι παρίσταται · · καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, κατὰ τὸν θεῖαν ᾿Απόστολον, καὶ κινούμεθα, καὶ ἐσμέν.» → « Ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ· ἐὰν καταβῶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, πάρει. » Ἅπαντα, φησί, πληροῖς, καὶ τὰ ἄνω καὶ τὰ κάτω. Τὸ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ ὕψους ἔσχατον, τὸ δὲ τοῦ βάθους. Καλῶς δὲ τῷ μὲν οὐρανῷ τὸ, « Σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ, » συνέζευξε, τῷ δὲ ᾅδῃ τὸ πάρει. Τοῖς γὰρ ἐν οὐρανῷ διαιτωμένοις ἀγγέλοις ἐπαναπαύεται. Πανταχοῦ δὲ πάρεστι, καὶ τοῖς πᾶσι παρίσταται· « καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, κατὰ τὸν θεῖον ᾿Απόστολον, καὶ κινούμεθα, καὶ ἐσμέν. ».
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.8 (PG 80 80:1935; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
138.9PG 80 80:1937
Ἐὰν ἀναλάβοιμι τὰς πτέρυγάς μου κατ' ὄρθρον, καὶ κατασκηνώσω εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα τῆς θαλάσσης. Καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖ ἡ χείρ σου ὁδηγήσει με, καὶ καθέξει με ἡ δεξιά σου.» ῎Ορθρον τὰς ἀνατολὰς ἐκάλεσε, δυσμὰς δὲ τῆς θαλάττης τὰ ἔσχατα. Τῷ γὰρ ὕψει καὶ τῷ βάθει τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὸ πλάτος προσέθηκε, διδάσκων τὸ τῆς θείας φύσεως ἀπερίγραφον. Ταύτης δὲ τῆς δυνάμεως τὴν πεῖραν ἔλαβε καὶ Ἰωνᾶς ὁ προφήτης. Φυγεῖν γὰρ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν ἐπιχειρήσας, καὶ ἤλω, καὶ τοῖς κύμασιν ἐπεδήθη, καὶ οἷον εἰρκτῇ τινι παρεδόθη τῷ κήτει, καὶ πρὸς ἣν ἀπεστάλη πόλιν ἐποδηγήθη. Ἀληθῆ τοίνυν καὶ ἐνταῦθα δείκνυται τῆς προφητείας τὰ ῥήματα· ὅτι • Εἰ κατασκηνώσαιμι εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα τῆς θαλάσσης, ἐκεῖ ἡ χείρ σου ὁδηγήσει με, καὶ καθέξει με ἡ δεξιά σου. Καὶ εἶπα, "Αρα σκότος καταπατήσει με, καὶ νὺξ φωτισμὸς ἐν τῇ τρυφῇ μου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἐὰν εἴπω, Ἴσως σκότος περισκεπάσει με, ἀλλὰ καὶ νὺξ φωτεινὴ περὶ ἐμέ. Κἂν πρὸς ἀνίσχοντα, φησὶ, κἂν πρὸς δυόμενον ἥλιον καταφύγω, τὴν σὴν οὐ διαφεύξομαι δύναμιν · κἂν τῷ σκότει τῆς νυκτὸς κατακαλύψασθαι πειραθῶ, οὐδ' οὕτως λήσομαι. Σοὶ γὰρ φῶς ἐστι καὶ τὸ σκότος.
Ean analaboimi tas pterygas mou kat' orthron, kai kataskēnōsō eis ta eschata tēs thalassēs. Kai gar ekei hē cheir sou hodēgēsei me, kai kathexei me hē dexia sou.» ᾿Orthron tas anatolas ekalese, dysmas de tēs thalattēs ta eschata. Tǭ gar hypsei kai tǭ bathei to mēkos kai to platos prosethēke, didaskōn to tēs theias physeōs aperigraphon. Tautēs de tēs dynameōs tēn peiran elabe kai Iōnas ho prophētēs. Phygein gar ton tōn holōn Theon epicheirēsas, kai ēlō, kai tois kymasin epedēthē, kai hoion eirktę̄ tini paredothē tǭ kētei, kai pros hēn apestalē polin epodēgēthē. Alēthē toinyn kai entautha deiknytai tēs prophēteias ta rhēmata; hoti • Ei kataskēnōsaimi eis ta eschata tēs thalassēs, ekei hē cheir sou hodēgēsei me, kai kathexei me hē dexia sou. Kai eipa, "Ara skotos katapatēsei me, kai nyx phōtismos en tę̄ tryphę̄ mou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Ean eipō, Isōs skotos periskepasei me, alla kai nyx phōteinē peri eme. Kan pros anischonta, phēsi, kan pros dyomenon hēlion kataphygō, tēn sēn ou diapheuxomai dynamin ; kan tǭ skotei tēs nyktos katakalypsasthai peirathō, oud' houtōs lēsomai. Soi gar phōs esti kai to skotos.
"If I take up my wings at dawn and settle at the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, and your right hand will hold me." He called the east "dawn," and the uttermost parts of the sea the west. To height and depth he added length and breadth, teaching that the divine nature is uncircumscribed. The prophet Jonah too experienced this power. For trying to flee the God of all, he was caught, thrown to the waves, handed over to the sea monster as to a prison, and guided to the city to which he had been sent. Here too, then, the words of the prophecy are shown true: "If I settle at the uttermost parts of the sea, there your hand will guide me, and your right hand will hold me." "And I said: Perhaps darkness will trample me, and night is light in my delight." Symmachus has: "If I say, Perhaps darkness will cover me, yet even night is light around me." "Whether I flee to the rising or to the setting sun," he says, "I will not escape your power; and if I try to cover myself with the darkness of night, not even so will I escape notice. For to you even darkness is light."
Ps 139:9 (138:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:10 (138:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:11 (138:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jonah 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Jonah 1:17 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 139:9–11: God's presence fills every direction, as Jonah found; neither distance nor darkness can hide anyone from him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; lost quotation mark (OCR)): ἐν τῇ τρυφῇ μου, Ὁ δὲ → ἐν τῇ τρυφῇ μου. » Ὁ δὲ; φωτεινή περὶ → φωτεινὴ περὶ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.9 (PG 80 80:1937; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-9). (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.
138.12PG 80 80:1937
« Ὅτι σκότος οὐ σκοτισθήσεται ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ νὺξ ὡς ἡμέρα φωτισθήσεται. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Οὔτε σκότος σκοτεινὸν ἔσται ὑπὲρ σὲ, ἀλλὰ καὶ νὺξ ὡς ἡμέρα φανεῖται. Τὸ σκότος, φησὶν, ἐμοὶ ἐστι σκότος· ἐγὼ γὰρ ἔχω φωτὸς καὶ σκότους διαφοράν. Σοὶ δὲ τῷ νοερῷ φωτὶ, καὶ νὺξ φανωτάτη, καὶ πάσης μεσημβρίας φωτεινοτέρα. « Ὡς τὸ σκότος αὐτῆς, οὕτως καὶ τὸ φῶς αὐτῆς. » Καθάπερ γὰρ ἐμοὶ ζοφώδης ἡ νὺξ, οὕτως ἐστί σοι φωτεινή.
« Hoti skotos ou skotisthēsetai apo sou, kai nyx hōs hēmera phōtisthēsetai. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Oute skotos skoteinon estai hyper se, alla kai nyx hōs hēmera phaneitai. To skotos, phēsin, emoi esti skotos; egō gar echō phōtos kai skotous diaphoran. Soi de tǭ noerǭ phōti, kai nyx phanōtatē, kai pasēs mesēmbrias phōteinotera. « Hōs to skotos autēs, houtōs kai to phōs autēs. » Kathaper gar emoi zophōdēs hē nyx, houtōs esti soi phōteinē.
"For darkness will not be darkness with you, and night will be lit up like day." Symmachus has: "Neither will darkness be dark beyond you, but even night will shine like day." "Darkness is darkness to me," he says; "for I have the difference between light and darkness. But to you, the intellectual light, even night is most bright and brighter than any midday." "As its darkness, so also its light." "For as night is gloomy to me, so it is bright to you."
Ps 139:12 (138:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:12: to God, the light of the mind, darkness is as bright as day.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; joined words (OCR)): νὺξὡς → νὺξ ὡς; οῦτως → οὕτως.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.12 (PG 80 80:1937; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
138.13PG 80 80:1937
« Ὅτι σὺ ἐκτήσω τοὺς νεφρούς μου. » Ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶν, οὐχ ἁπλῶς λέγω, ἀλλὰ τῇ σῇ φωτιζόμενος χάριτι, καὶ τοῖς λογισμοῖς τὴν σὴν αἴγλην δεχόμενος. Νεφροὺς γὰρ ἐνταῦθα τοὺς λογισμοὺς προσηγόρευσεν. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ τὸ ἐπιθυμητικὸν ἔγκειται τοῖς νεφροῖς, οἱ λογισμοὶ δὲ τὴν ταύτης δέχονται προσβολήν, λογισμοὺς ἐκάλεσε τοὺς νεφρούς. • ᾿Αντελάβου μου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου.» Σύ μου γέγονας καὶ παιδοτρίβης, καὶ κηδεμὼν, καὶ διδάσκαλος, καὶ εὐθὺς τῆς μήτρας ἐξελθὼν τῆς σῆς προνοίας ἀπήλαυσα.
« Hoti sy ektēsō tous nephrous mou. » Tauta de, phēsin, ouch haplōs legō, alla tę̄ sę̄ phōtizomenos chariti, kai tois logismois tēn sēn aiglēn dechomenos. Nephrous gar entautha tous logismous prosēgoreusen. Epeidē gar to epithymētikon enkeitai tois nephrois, hoi logismoi de tēn tautēs dechontai prosbolēn, logismous ekalese tous nephrous. • ᾿Antelabou mou ek gastros mētros mou.» Sy mou gegonas kai paidotribēs, kai kēdemōn, kai didaskalos, kai euthys tēs mētras exelthōn tēs sēs pronoias apēlausa.
"For you have possessed my kidneys." "I say these things not idly, but enlightened by your grace and receiving your brightness in my thoughts." Here he called thoughts "kidneys." For since the desiring part lies in the kidneys, and the thoughts receive its attack, he called the thoughts kidneys. "You took hold of me from my mother's womb." "You became my trainer, guardian, and teacher, and as soon as I came out of the womb I enjoyed your providence."
Ps 139:13 (138:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:13: the 'kidneys' are the thoughts; God guided Josiah from birth.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἔγκει ται → ἔγκειται; δέχον ται → δέχονται; τῆς σῆς ) προνοίας → τῆς σῆς προνοίας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.13 (PG 80 80:1937; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.14PG 80 80:1937
· Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, ὅτι φοβερῶς ἐθαυμαστώθης· θαυμάσια τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ ἡ ψυχή μου γινώσκει σφόδρα. » Τούτου δὲ χάριν ὑμνῶν διατελῶ, ταῖς σαῖς μεγαλουργίαις καταυγαζόμενος, καὶ εἰς τοῦτο διεγειρόμενος.
; Exomologēsomai soi, hoti phoberōs ethaumastōthēs; thaumasia ta erga sou, kai hē psychē mou ginōskei sphodra. » Toutou de charin hymnōn diatelō, tais sais megalourgiais kataugazomenos, kai eis touto diegeiromenos.
"I will confess you, for you have been fearfully made wonderful; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it very well." "For this reason I continue hymning you, lit by your mighty works and roused to this by them."
Ps 139:14 (138:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:14: God's wonderful works move the psalmist to constant praise.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἐθαυμαστώθης - → ἐθαυμαστώθης·.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.14 (PG 80 80:1937; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.15PG 80 80:1939
« Οὐκ ἐκρύβη τὸ ὀστοῦν μου ἀπὸ σοῦ, ὃ ἐποίησας ἐν κρυφῇ, καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτοις τῆς γῆς. » Ἅπαντα, φησὶν, ἀκριβῶς γινώσκεις τὰ κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ. Σὺ γὰρ ἔτι με τῇ μητρῴᾳ νηδύϊ κρυπτόμενον ἔπλασας, καὶ οἱονεὶ ἐν τῷ ἐσχάτῳ μέρει τῆς γῆς ὄντα, εἰς φῶς ἤγαγες. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ὁ ᾿Ακύλας ἡρμήνευσεν· Οὐκ ἐπεκαλύφθη ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ σοῦ, οἷς ἐποιήθην ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ, ἐποικίλθην ὡς ἐν κατωτάτῳ τῆς γῆς. Οὐδέν σε, φησὶ, λαθεῖν δυνατὸν ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ τῆς φύσεως ἐργαστηρίῳ διαπλάττοντα τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν φύσιν.
« Ouk ekrybē to ostoun mou apo sou, ho epoiēsas en kryphę̄, kai hē hypostasis mou en tois katōtatois tēs gēs. » Hapanta, phēsin, akribōs ginōskeis ta kat᾿ emou. Sy gar eti me tę̄ mētrǭą nēdyï kryptomenon eplasas, kai hoionei en tǭ eschatǭ merei tēs gēs onta, eis phōs ēgages. Houtō gar kai ho ᾿Akylas hērmēneusen; Ouk epekalyphthē osta mou apo sou, hois epoiēthēn en apokryphǭ, epoikilthēn hōs en katōtatǭ tēs gēs. Ouden se, phēsi, lathein dynaton en tǭ kryptǭ tēs physeōs ergastēriǭ diaplattonta tōn anthrōpōn tēn physin.
"My bone was not hidden from you, which you made in secret, and my substance in the lowest parts of the earth." "You know precisely all that concerns me," he says. "For you formed me while I was still hidden in my mother's womb, and, as it were, in the uttermost part of the earth, you brought me into the light." So too Aquila rendered: "My bones were not covered from you, with which I was made in secret; I was embroidered as in the lowest part of the earth." "Nothing," he says, "can escape you as you fashion human nature in the hidden workshop of nature."
Ps 139:15 (138:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 139:15: God, who formed him in the hidden 'workshop' of the womb, knows everything about him.
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- Digital text corrected (two columns interleaved by the OCR, restored to their order; split words and accents): « Οὐκ ἐκρύβη τὸ ὀστοῦν μου ἀπὸ σοῦ, ὁ ἐποίησας ἐν κρυφῇ, καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτοις τῆς γῆς. » ᾿Απαντα, φησὶν, ἀκριβῶς τῇ μητρώᾳ κρυπτόμενον ἔπλασας, καὶ οἱονεὶ ἐν τῷ γινώσκεις τὰ κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ . Σὺ γὰρ ἔτι με τῇ νηδύς ἐσχάτῳ μέρει τῆς γῆς ὄντα, εἰς φῶς ἤγαγες. Οὕτω ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ σοῦ , οἷς ἐποιήθην ἐν ἀποκρύγὰρ καὶ ὁ ᾿Ακύλας ἡρμήνευσεν · Οὐκ ἐπεκαλύφθη φῳ, ἐποικίλθην ὡς ἐν κατωτάτῳ τῆς γῆς. Οὐδέν σε, φησὶ, λαθεῖν δυνατὸν ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ τῆς φύ σεως ἐργαστηρίῳ διαπλάττοντα τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν φύσιν. → « Οὐκ ἐκρύβη τὸ ὀστοῦν μου ἀπὸ σοῦ, ὃ ἐποίησας ἐν κρυφῇ, καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτοις τῆς γῆς. » Ἅπαντα, φησὶν, ἀκριβῶς γινώσκεις τὰ κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ. Σὺ γὰρ ἔτι με τῇ μητρῴᾳ νηδύϊ κρυπτόμενον ἔπλασας, καὶ οἱονεὶ ἐν τῷ ἐσχάτῳ μέρει τῆς γῆς ὄντα, εἰς φῶς ἤγαγες. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ὁ ᾿Ακύλας ἡρμήνευσεν· Οὐκ ἐπεκαλύφθη ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ σοῦ, οἷς ἐποιήθην ἐν ἀποκρύφῳ, ἐποικίλθην ὡς ἐν κατωτάτῳ τῆς γῆς. Οὐδέν σε, φησὶ, λαθεῖν δυνατὸν ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ τῆς φύσεως ἐργαστηρίῳ διαπλάττοντα τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν φύσιν..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.15 (PG 80 80:1939; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-15). (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.
138.16PG 80 80:1939
« Τὸ ἀκατέργαστόν μου εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον σου πάντες γραφήσονται· ἡμέραι πλασθήσονται, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐν αὐτοῖς. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἀμόρφωτόν με προεῖδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου, σὺν τοῖς ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ σου πᾶσι γεγραμμένοις, ἡμέρας πλασσομένοις, ἐνδεούσης οὐδεμιᾶς. Οὕτω με, φησὶν, εἶδες πρὶν διαπλασθῆναι καὶ μορφωθῆναι, ὡς τοὺς ἤδη γεννηθέντας, καὶ τελείους γεγενημένους, καὶ οὐδεμιᾶς ἐνδεεῖς ἡμέρας, καὶ ἐν τοῖς σοῖς βιβλίοις ἀναγεγραμμένους. Τούτων τῶν βιβλίων καὶ ὁ μακάριος μέμνηται Δανιήλ· « Κριτήριον γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐκάθισε, καὶ βίβλοι ἠνεῴχθησαν. » Καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις· « Ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ τρίχες τῆς κεφαλῆς πᾶσαι ἠριθμημέναι εἰσί. » Βίβλους δὲ νοητέον τὴν πάντα περιέχουσαν τοῦ Θεοῦ γνῶσιν, καὶ τὴν ἄληστον τοῦ Θεοῦ μνήμην. Οὕτω τὰ θεῖα διηγησάμενος, τὸν οἰκεῖον ἀποκαλύπτει σκοπὸν, οὐ φιλοτιμίᾳ χρώμενος, ἀλλ᾿ ὠφελείας ἀρχέτυπον προτιθείς.
« To akatergaston mou eidon hoi ophthalmoi sou, kai epi to biblion sou pantes graphēsontai; hēmerai plasthēsontai, kai oudeis en autois. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Amorphōton me proeidon hoi ophthalmoi sou, syn tois en tę̄ biblǭ sou pasi gegrammenois, hēmeras plassomenois, endeousēs oudemias. Houtō me, phēsin, eides prin diaplasthēnai kai morphōthēnai, hōs tous ēdē gennēthentas, kai teleious gegenēmenous, kai oudemias endeeis hēmeras, kai en tois sois bibliois anagegrammenous. Toutōn tōn bibliōn kai ho makarios memnētai Daniēl; « Kritērion gar, phēsin, ekathise, kai bibloi ēneǭchthēsan. » Kai ho Kyrios en tois hierois Euangeliois; « Hymōn kai hai triches tēs kephalēs pasai ērithmēmenai eisi. » Biblous de noēteon tēn panta periechousan tou Theou gnōsin, kai tēn alēston tou Theou mnēmēn. Houtō ta theia diēgēsamenos, ton oikeion apokalyptei skopon, ou philotimią chrōmenos, all᾿ ōpheleias archetypon protitheis.
"Your eyes saw my unwrought substance, and in your book all will be written; days will be formed, and no one among them." Symmachus has: "Your eyes saw me beforehand unformed, with all things written in your book, days being formed, none lacking." "So you saw me," he says, "before I was fashioned and formed, like those already born and brought to completion, lacking no day, and recorded in your books." The blessed Daniel too mentions these books: "The court sat," he says, "and books were opened." And the Lord in the holy Gospels: "Even the hairs of your head are all numbered." By the books one should understand the knowledge of God that contains all things and the unforgetting memory of God. Having thus recounted divine things, he reveals his own aim, not out of ambition, but setting forth a pattern for others' benefit.
Ps 139:16 (138:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:30 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 139:16: God saw Josiah before he was formed and recorded all his days; God's 'books' are his all-embracing knowledge and memory.
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- Digital text corrected (two columns interleaved by the OCR, restored to their order; stray letters removed; words moved to 138.17): « Τὸ ἀκατέργαστόν μου εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί ἡμέραι πλασθήσονται, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐν αὐτοῖς. » Ὁ σου, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον σου πάντες γραφήσονται· δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Αμόρφωτόν με προείδον οὐκ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου, σὺν τοῖς ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ σου πᾶσι γεγραμμένοις, ἡμέρας πλασσομένοις δι διαπλασθῆναι καὶ μορφωθῆναι, ὡς τοὺς ἤδη γεννητ ἐνδεούσης οὐδεμιᾶς . Οὕτω μὲ, φησὶν, εἶδες πρὶν θέντας, καὶ τελείους γεγενημένους, καὶ οὐδεμιᾶς ἐντ δεεῖς ἡμέρας, καὶ ἐν τοῖς σοῖς βιβλίοις ἀναγεγραμμέ- γίν νους. Τούτων τῶν βιβλίων καὶ ὁ μακάριος μέμνηται Δανιήλ· « Κριτήριον γὰρ, φησὶν, σε ἐκάθισε, καὶ βέγελίοις, « Ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ τρίχες τῆς κεφαλῆς πᾶσαι βλοι ἠνεώχθησαν.» Καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγ ἠριθμημέναι εἰσί. · Βίβλους δὲ νοητέον τὴν πάντα περιέχουσαν τοῦ Θεοῦ γνῶσιν, καὶ τὴν ἄληστον τοῦ Θεοῦ μνήμην. Οὕτω τὰ θεῖα διηγησάμενος, τὸν οἱς ( κεῖον ἀποκαλύπτει σκοπὸν, οὐ φιλοτιμίᾳ χρώμε νος, ἀλλ᾿ ὠφελείας ἀρχέτυπον προτιθείς. Θεὸς, λίαν → « Τὸ ἀκατέργαστόν μου εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον σου πάντες γραφήσονται· ἡμέραι πλασθήσονται, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐν αὐτοῖς. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἀμόρφωτόν με προεῖδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου, σὺν τοῖς ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ σου πᾶσι γεγραμμένοις, ἡμέρας πλασσομένοις, ἐνδεούσης οὐδεμιᾶς. Οὕτω με, φησὶν, εἶδες πρὶν διαπλασθῆναι καὶ μορφωθῆναι, ὡς τοὺς ἤδη γεννηθέντας, καὶ τελείους γεγενημένους, καὶ οὐδεμιᾶς ἐνδεεῖς ἡμέρας, καὶ ἐν τοῖς σοῖς βιβλίοις ἀναγεγραμμένους. Τούτων τῶν βιβλίων καὶ ὁ μακάριος μέμνηται Δανιήλ· « Κριτήριον γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐκάθισε, καὶ βίβλοι ἠνεῴχθησαν. » Καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις· « Ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ τρίχες τῆς κεφαλῆς πᾶσαι ἠριθμημέναι εἰσί. » Βίβλους δὲ νοητέον τὴν πάντα περιέχουσαν τοῦ Θεοῦ γνῶσιν, καὶ τὴν ἄληστον τοῦ Θεοῦ μνήμην. Οὕτω τὰ θεῖα διηγησάμενος, τὸν οἰκεῖον ἀποκαλύπτει σκοπὸν, οὐ φιλοτιμίᾳ χρώμενος, ἀλλ᾿ ὠφελείας ἀρχέτυπον προτιθείς..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.16 (PG 80 80:1939; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.17PG 80 80:1939
« Ἐμοὶ δὲ λίαν ἐτιμήθησαν οἱ φίλοι σου, ὁ Θεὸς, λίαν ἐκραταιώθησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ αὐτῶν. » Τοῦτο σαφῶς καὶ ἡ ἱστορία διδάσκει· πάσης γὰρ τοὺς θείους ἱερέας ἠξίωσε θεραπείας. Ἤκουσαν γὰρ πάντες τῶν ὑποσχέσεων, ἃς πρὸς τὸν ᾿Ἀβραὰμ ὁ Θεὸς ἐποιήσατο, « Εὐλογήσω, λέγων, τοὺς εὐλογοῦντάς σε, καὶ τοὺς καταρωμένους σε καταράσομαι. » Τὸ δὲ, « Ἐκραταιώθησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ αὐτῶν, » ὁ Θεοδοτίων οὕτως ἡρμήνευσεν, Ἐκραταιώθησαν οἱ πένητες αὐτῶν. Οἱ γὰρ πάλαι διὰ τὰς τῶν δυσσεβῶν βασιλέων παρανομίας ἐν εὐτελείᾳ καὶ πενίᾳ διάγοντες πάσης ἀπήλαυσαν παρὰ τῷ Ἰωσίᾳ τιμῆς. « Ἐξαριθμήσομαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἄμμον πληθυνθήσονται. » Τῇ γὰρ τοῦ βασιλέως εὐσεβείᾳ, καὶ οἱ πάλαι δυσσεβεῖς, τὴν διάνοιαν φωτισθέντες, παλινῳδίαν ᾖσαν, καὶ τὴν κατὰ νόμον πολιτείαν ἠσπάσαντο, καὶ οἱ πάλαι εὐαρίθμητοι ἀριθμοῦ κρείττους ἐγένοντο. Προθεσπίζει δὲ κατὰ ταυτὸν ὁ λόγος, καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν γεγενημένην τῆς οἰκουμένης μεταβολήν. Νικῶσι γὰρ κατὰ πόλιν ἑκάστην καὶ χώραν τὸν ἀριθμὸν οἱ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ θεραπείας ἐπιμελούμενοι. « Ἐξεγέρθην καὶ ἔτι εἰμὶ μετὰ σοῦ. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Ἐξυπνήσω, καὶ ἀεὶ ἔσομαι παρὰ σοί. ᾿Αεὶ γὰρ ἐμαυτὸν διεγείρων, καὶ τῆς ῥᾳθυμίας τὸν ὕπνον ἀπώσομαι, καὶ τὴν σὴν μνήμην ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ φυλάξω. Οὕτω γὰρ τῆς σῆς ἀπολαύσομαι προμηθείας.
« Emoi de lian etimēthēsan hoi philoi sou, ho Theos, lian ekrataiōthēsan hai archai autōn. » Touto saphōs kai hē historia didaskei; pasēs gar tous theious hiereas ēxiōse therapeias. Ēkousan gar pantes tōn hyposcheseōn, has pros ton ᾿Abraam ho Theos epoiēsato, « Eulogēsō, legōn, tous eulogountas se, kai tous katarōmenous se katarasomai. » To de, « Ekrataiōthēsan hai archai autōn, » ho Theodotiōn houtōs hērmēneusen, Ekrataiōthēsan hoi penētes autōn. Hoi gar palai dia tas tōn dyssebōn basileōn paranomias en euteleią kai penią diagontes pasēs apēlausan para tǭ Iōsią timēs. « Exarithmēsomai autous, kai hyper ammon plēthynthēsontai. » Tę̄ gar tou basileōs eusebeią, kai hoi palai dyssebeis, tēn dianoian phōtisthentes, palinǭdian ę̄san, kai tēn kata nomon politeian ēspasanto, kai hoi palai euarithmētoi arithmou kreittous egenonto. Prothespizei de kata tauton ho logos, kai tēn meta tēn enanthrōpēsin tou Theou kai Sōtēros hēmōn gegenēmenēn tēs oikoumenēs metabolēn. Nikōsi gar kata polin hekastēn kai chōran ton arithmon hoi tēs tou Theou therapeias epimeloumenoi. « Exegerthēn kai eti eimi meta sou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs, Exypnēsō, kai aei esomai para soi. ᾿Aei gar emauton diegeirōn, kai tēs rhąthymias ton hypnon apōsomai, kai tēn sēn mnēmēn en tę̄ dianoią phylaxō. Houtō gar tēs sēs apolausomai promētheias.
"But to me your friends have been greatly honored, O God; their rules have been greatly strengthened." The history too teaches this clearly; for he counted the divine priests worthy of every honor. For all had heard of the promises God made to Abraham, saying: "I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you." "Their rules have been strengthened" Theodotion rendered thus: "Their poor have been strengthened." For those who formerly, because of the lawlessness of the ungodly kings, lived in meanness and poverty, enjoyed every honor with Josiah. "I will count them, and they will be multiplied beyond the sand." "For by the king's piety even those formerly ungodly, enlightened in mind, sang a palinode and embraced the way of life according to the law, and those formerly easily counted became beyond counting." At the same time the word foretells the change of the world that came about after the incarnation of our God and Savior. For in every city and land those who care for the service of God surpass number. "I awoke, and I am still with you." Symmachus has: "I will awake, and I will always be with you." "For always rousing myself, I will drive away the sleep of sloth and keep your memory in my mind. So I will enjoy your providence."
Ps 139:17 (138:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:18 (138:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 12:3 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 23:9 (allusion, low confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 139:17–18: Josiah honored the faithful priests and raised the poor; under him the godly multiplied, as later the worshipers of God multiplied everywhere after the incarnation; the psalmist resolves to stay awake to God.
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- Digital text corrected (two columns interleaved by the OCR, restored to their order; marginal verse number and stray letters removed; words received from 138.16): · Ἐμοὶ δὲ λίαν ἐτιμήθησαν οἱ φίλοι σου, ὁ Τοῦτο σαφῶς καὶ ἡ ἱστορία διδάσκει· πάσης γὰρ τοὺς ἐκραταιώθησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ αὐτῶν. » πάντες τῶν ὑποσχέσεων, ἃς πρὸς τὸν ᾿Ἀβραὰμ ὁ θείους ἱερέας ἠξίωσε θεραπείας. Ἤκουσαν γὰρ Θεὸς ἐποιήσατο, « Εὐλογήσω, λέγων, τοὺς εὐλογοῦνΤὸ δὲ, « Ἐκραταιώθησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ αὐτῶν, » ὁ Θεοδο τὰς σε, καὶ τοὺς καταρωμένους σε καταράσομαι. » τίων οὕτως ἡρμήνευσεν, Ἐκραταιώθησαν οἱ πένησιλέων παρανομίας ἐν εὐτελείᾳ καὶ πενίᾳ διάγοντες τες αὐτῶν. Οἱ γὰρ πάλαι διὰ τὰς τῶν δυσσεβῶν βαπάσης ἀπήλαυσαν παρὰ τῷ Ἰωσίᾳ τιμῆς. ει Ρ πληθυνθήσονται. · Τῇ γὰρ τοῦ βασιλέως εὐσεβείᾳ, της. · Ἐξαριθμήσομαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἄμμον καὶ οἱ πάλαι δυσσεβεῖς, τὴν διάνοιαν φωτισθέντες, παλινωδίαν ἦσαν, καὶ τὴν κατὰ νόμον πολιτείαν ἠσπάσαντο, καὶ οἱ πάλαι εὐαρίθμητοι ἀριθμοῦ κρείτ τους ἐγένοντο. Προθεσπίζει δὲ κατὰ ταυτὸν ὁ λόγος, καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν γεγενημένην τῆς οἰκουμένης μεταβολήν. Νικῶσι γὰρ κατὰ πόλιν ἑκάστην καὶ χώραν τὸν ἀριθμὸν οἱ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ θεραπείας ἐπιμελούμενοι. · Ἐξεγέρθην καὶ ἔτι εἰμὶ μετὰ σοῦ. », δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Ἐξυπνήσω, καὶ ἀεὶ ἔσομαι παρὰ σοί. ᾿Αεὶ γὰρ ἐμαυτὸν διεγείρων, καὶ τῆς ῥᾳ θυμίας τὸν ὕπνον ἀπώσομαι, καὶ τὴν σὴν μνήμην ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ φυλάξω. Οὕτω γὰρ τῆς σῆς ἀπολαύσομαι προμηθείας. ορε. → « Ἐμοὶ δὲ λίαν ἐτιμήθησαν οἱ φίλοι σου, ὁ Θεὸς, λίαν ἐκραταιώθησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ αὐτῶν. » Τοῦτο σαφῶς καὶ ἡ ἱστορία διδάσκει· πάσης γὰρ τοὺς θείους ἱερέας ἠξίωσε θεραπείας. Ἤκουσαν γὰρ πάντες τῶν ὑποσχέσεων, ἃς πρὸς τὸν ᾿Ἀβραὰμ ὁ Θεὸς ἐποιήσατο, « Εὐλογήσω, λέγων, τοὺς εὐλογοῦντάς σε, καὶ τοὺς καταρωμένους σε καταράσομαι. » Τὸ δὲ, « Ἐκραταιώθησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ αὐτῶν, » ὁ Θεοδοτίων οὕτως ἡρμήνευσεν, Ἐκραταιώθησαν οἱ πένητες αὐτῶν. Οἱ γὰρ πάλαι διὰ τὰς τῶν δυσσεβῶν βασιλέων παρανομίας ἐν εὐτελείᾳ καὶ πενίᾳ διάγοντες πάσης ἀπήλαυσαν παρὰ τῷ Ἰωσίᾳ τιμῆς. « Ἐξαριθμήσομαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἄμμον πληθυνθήσονται. » Τῇ γὰρ τοῦ βασιλέως εὐσεβείᾳ, καὶ οἱ πάλαι δυσσεβεῖς, τὴν διάνοιαν φωτισθέντες, παλινῳδίαν ᾖσαν, καὶ τὴν κατὰ νόμον πολιτείαν ἠσπάσαντο, καὶ οἱ πάλαι εὐαρίθμητοι ἀριθμοῦ κρείττους ἐγένοντο. Προθεσπίζει δὲ κατὰ ταυτὸν ὁ λόγος, καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν γεγενημένην τῆς οἰκουμένης μεταβολήν. Νικῶσι γὰρ κατὰ πόλιν ἑκάστην καὶ χώραν τὸν ἀριθμὸν οἱ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ θεραπείας ἐπιμελούμενοι. « Ἐξεγέρθην καὶ ἔτι εἰμὶ μετὰ σοῦ. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Ἐξυπνήσω, καὶ ἀεὶ ἔσομαι παρὰ σοί. ᾿Αεὶ γὰρ ἐμαυτὸν διεγείρων, καὶ τῆς ῥᾳθυμίας τὸν ὕπνον ἀπώσομαι, καὶ τὴν σὴν μνήμην ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ φυλάξω. Οὕτω γὰρ τῆς σῆς ἀπολαύσομαι προμηθείας..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.17 (PG 80 80:1939; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.19PG 80 80:1941
· Ἐὰν ἀποκτείνῃς ἁμαρτωλοὺς, ὁ Θεὸς, ἄνδρες αἱμάτων ἐκκλίνατε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι ἐρισταί ἐστε εἰς διαλογισμούς. » Ἴδιον τῶν τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἀγαπώντων τοὺς ἐναντίους βδελύττεσθαι. Διό φησιν, ὅτι Σοῦ τοῦ φιλανθρώπου τοὺς ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἀναιροῦντος, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐγὼ τὴν τούτων ἀποστραφήσομαι συνουσίαν, τὴν φιλόνεικον αὐτῶν ἐπιστάμενος γνώμην. Οὐ γὰρ ἀνέχονται τῶν ἀγαθῶν παραινέσεων, ἀλλὰ τῇ δυσκολίᾳ τῆς γνώμης ἀποσείονται ταύτας.
; Ean apokteinę̄s hamartōlous, ho Theos, andres haimatōn ekklinate ap᾿ emou, hoti eristai este eis dialogismous. » Idion tōn tous agathous agapōntōn tous enantious bdelyttesthai. Dio phēsin, hoti Sou tou philanthrōpou tous hamartōlous anairountos, pollǭ mallon egō tēn toutōn apostraphēsomai synousian, tēn philoneikon autōn epistamenos gnōmēn. Ou gar anechontai tōn agathōn paraineseōn, alla tę̄ dyskolią tēs gnōmēs aposeiontai tautas.
"If you slay sinners, O God; men of blood, turn away from me; for you are contentious in your reasonings." It is the mark of those who love the good to loathe their opposites. Therefore he says: "When you who love humankind slay sinners, much more will I turn away from their company, knowing their contentious mind. For they do not bear good exhortations, but shake them off by the perversity of their mind."
Ps 139:19 (138:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:19–20: the godly shun the company of the wicked, who reject good counsel.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (iota subscript (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): ἀποκτείνης → ἀποκτείνῃς; ὅτι σο ἐρισταί → ὅτι ἐρισταί.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.19 (PG 80 80:1941; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.20PG 80 80:1941
« Λήψονται εἰς ματαιότητα τὰς πόλεις σου. » ᾿Αποκτενεῖς δὲ αὐτοὺς, φησὶν, οὐκ ἀδίκως, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπειδὴ μάτην τὰς πόλεις οἰκήσουσιν, ὄνησιν οὐδεμίαν ἐκ τῶν σῶν νόμων καρπούμενοι.
« Lēpsontai eis mataiotēta tas poleis sou. » ᾿Apokteneis de autous, phēsin, ouk adikōs, all᾿ epeidē matēn tas poleis oikēsousin, onēsin oudemian ek tōn sōn nomōn karpoumenoi.
"They will take your cities in vain." "You will kill them," he says, "not unjustly, but because they will inhabit the cities in vain, reaping no benefit from your laws."
Ps 139:20 (138:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 139:20: the wicked dwell in God's cities without profiting from his laws, and so are justly punished.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; closing quotation mark lost (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): Λήψονται οι εἰς → Λήψονται εἰς; πόλεις σου. ᾿Αποκτενεῖς → πόλεις σου. » ᾿Αποκτενεῖς; ούδεμίαν → οὐδεμίαν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.20 (PG 80 80:1941; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.21PG 80 80:1941
Οὐχὶ τοὺς μισοῦντάς σε, Κύριε, ἐμίσησα, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ἐξετηκόμην; Τέλειον μίσος ἐμίσουν αὐτοὺς, εἰς ἐχθροὺς ἐγένοντό μοι. » Τῆς σῆς ἐξήρτημαι ἀγάπης, ὦ Δέσποτα. Ταυτὰ σοὶ βούλομαι καὶ φιλεῖν καὶ μισεῖν. Διά τοι τοῦτο τοὺς μὲν τῆς σῆς ἀντεχομένους θεραπείας καὶ φιλῶ καὶ γεραίρω· τοὺς δὲ μισοῦντάς σε, οὐ μόνον μισῶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀνιώμενος ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς, καὶ τηκόμενος διατελῶ. Μισῶ μὲν γὰρ ὡς παρανόμους, οἰκτείρω δὲ ὡς ἀνθρώπους. Καὶ πενθεῖν μὲν αὐτοὺς διὰ τὴν φυσικὴν συμπάθειαν ἀναγκάζομαι · βδελύττομαι δὲ πάλιν αὐτοὺς διὰ τὴν πολλὴν πονηρίαν.
Ouchi tous misountas se, Kyrie, emisēsa, kai epi tous echthrous sou exetēkomēn? Teleion misos emisoun autous, eis echthrous egenonto moi. » Tēs sēs exērtēmai agapēs, ō Despota. Tauta soi boulomai kai philein kai misein. Dia toi touto tous men tēs sēs antechomenous therapeias kai philō kai gerairō; tous de misountas se, ou monon misō, alla kai aniōmenos ep᾿ autois, kai tēkomenos diatelō. Misō men gar hōs paranomous, oikteirō de hōs anthrōpous. Kai penthein men autous dia tēn physikēn sympatheian anankazomai ; bdelyttomai de palin autous dia tēn pollēn ponērian.
"Did I not hate those who hate you, O Lord, and waste away over your enemies? I hated them with perfect hatred; they became my enemies." "I hang upon love for you, Master. I wish to love and hate the same things as you. That is why I both love and honor those who hold fast to your service; but those who hate you I not only hate, but also continue grieving and wasting away over them. For I hate them as lawless, but pity them as human beings. I am compelled to mourn them by natural sympathy, but again I loathe them for their great wickedness."
Ps 139:21 (138:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:22 (138:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 139:21–22: the psalmist hates God's enemies as lawless yet pities and mourns them as fellow humans.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἐξετηκόμην "; → ἐξετηκόμην;; τοῦτο & τοὺς → τοῦτο τοὺς.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.21 (PG 80 80:1941; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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138.23PG 80 80:1941
« Δοκίμασόν με, ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ γνῶθι τὴν καρδίαν μου· ἔτασόν με, καὶ γνῶθι τὰς τρίβους μου. Καὶ ἴδε εἰ ὁδὸς ἀνομίας ἐν ἐμοὶ, καὶ ὁδήγησόν με ἐν ὁδῷ αἰωνίᾳ. » Ταῦτα ἐγὼ μὲν οὕτως ἔχειν ὑπολαμβάνω· σὲ δὲ παρακαλῶ, τὸν ἄριστον τῶν ψυχῶν ἰατρὸν, τὸν ἐμὸν βίον καταμαθεῖν ἀκριβῶς, καὶ τὰ τῆς καρδίας ἐξετάσαι κινήματα · κἄν τι τῶν σῶν νόμων ἐναντίον ἐν τούτοις εὑρεθῇ, ὑπὸ τῆς σῆς εὐθυνθῆναι σοφίας ἀντιβολῶ, καὶ πρὸς τὴν αἰώνιον ὁδηγηθῆναι πορείαν. Ταῦτα ἐῤῥέθη μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ μακαρίου Δαβίδ, προεῤῥέθη δὲ εἰς Ἰωσίαν τὸν εὐσεβῆ, πρόκειται δὲ πᾶσι τοῖς βουλομένοις ἀφορμὴ σωτηρίας.
« Dokimason me, ho Theos, kai gnōthi tēn kardian mou; etason me, kai gnōthi tas tribous mou. Kai ide ei hodos anomias en emoi, kai hodēgēson me en hodǭ aiōnią. » Tauta egō men houtōs echein hypolambanō; se de parakalō, ton ariston tōn psychōn iatron, ton emon bion katamathein akribōs, kai ta tēs kardias exetasai kinēmata ; kan ti tōn sōn nomōn enantion en toutois heurethę̄, hypo tēs sēs euthynthēnai sophias antibolō, kai pros tēn aiōnion hodēgēthēnai poreian. Tauta errhethē men hypo tou makariou Dabid, proerrhethē de eis Iōsian ton eusebē, prokeitai de pasi tois boulomenois aphormē sōtērias.
"Test me, O God, and know my heart; examine me and know my paths. And see if there is a way of lawlessness in me, and guide me in the everlasting way." "I suppose these things are so; but I ask you, the best physician of souls, to learn my life precisely and examine the movements of my heart; and if anything contrary to your laws is found in them, I plead to be straightened by your wisdom and guided to the everlasting journey." These words were spoken by the blessed David, spoken beforehand of the pious Josiah, and set before all who wish as an occasion of salvation.
Ps 139:23 (138:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:24 (138:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 139:23–24: the psalmist asks God, the physician of souls, to examine and correct him; the psalm was spoken by David, foretold of Josiah, and offered to all.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray space and letters, OCR letter): τρίβους μου . Καὶ εἶδε εἰ ὁδὸς ἀνομίας σε ἐν ἐμοὶ → τρίβους μου. Καὶ ἴδε εἰ ὁδὸς ἀνομίας ἐν ἐμοὶ; ἀκρι βῶς → ἀκριβῶς; κᾶν τι → κἄν τι; καὶ ῾πρὸς → καὶ πρὸς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 138.23 (PG 80 80:1941; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/138-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 139
139.1PG 80 80:1941
« Εἰς τὸ τέλος, Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαβίδ. » Διωκόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ ὁ μακάριος Δαβίδ, εἰς ἐπικουρίαν καλεῖ τὸν τῶν ὅλων θεόν. « Ἐξελοῦ με, Κύριε, ἐξ ἀνθρώπου πονηροῦ, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀδίκου ῥῦσαί με. » "Αδικος ὁ Σαούλ, καὶ περὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀχάριστος. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον οὐδὲν ἠδικηκότα τὸν θεῖον Δαβίδ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλῶν αὐτῷ γενόμενον πρόξενον ἀγαθῶν, ἐσπούδαζεν ἀνελεῖν.
« Eis to telos, Psalmos tǭ Dabid. » Diōkomenos hypo tou Saoul ho makarios Dabid, eis epikourian kalei ton tōn holōn theon. « Exelou me, Kyrie, ex anthrōpou ponērou, apo andros adikou rhysai me. » "Adikos ho Saoul, kai peri ton euergetēn acharistos. Ou gar monon ouden ēdikēkota ton theion Dabid, alla kai pollōn autǭ genomenon proxenon agathōn, espoudazen anelein.
"For the end; a psalm of David." Pursued by Saul, the blessed David calls the God of all to his help. "Rescue me, O Lord, from an evil man; deliver me from an unjust man." Saul was unjust and ungrateful toward his benefactor. For he strove to kill the divine David, who had not only done him no wrong but had brought him many good things.
Ps 140:1 (139:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 140:1 (139:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 23:14 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:1: David, pursued by Saul, asks rescue from the unjust and ungrateful king.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (marginal verse number (OCR)): θεόν. β'. « → θεόν. «.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.1 (PG 80 80:1941; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.3PG 80 80:1943
« Οἵτινες ἐλογίσαντο ἀδικίαν ἐν καρδίᾳ, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν παρετάσσοντο πολέμους. » Οὐ γὰρ μόνον πονηροῖς ἐχρήσατο λογισμοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἔργα προσέθηκε τοῖς λογισμοῖς. Τὸ δὲ, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, ὁ Σύμμαχος, κατὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέραν, ἡρμήνευσεν.
« Hoitines elogisanto adikian en kardią, holēn tēn hēmeran paretassonto polemous. » Ou gar monon ponērois echrēsato logismois, alla kai ta erga prosethēke tois logismois. To de, holēn tēn hēmeran, ho Symmachos, kata pasan hēmeran, hērmēneusen.
"Who devised injustice in their heart; all day long they set battles in array." For he not only used evil thoughts but also added deeds to the thoughts. "All day long" Symmachus rendered "every day."
Ps 140:2 (139:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 140:2: Saul turned his evil plans into deeds every day.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.3 (PG 80 80:1943; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.4PG 80 80:1943
« Ἠκόνησαν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ὄφεως· ἰὲς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν. » Δόλῳ γὰρ χρησάμενος πολλάκις ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπεχείρησε· καὶ πολλάκις ὀμωμοκὼς, καὶ φιλικοῖς χρησάμενος λόγοις, παρέβη τοὺς ὅρκους. Τὴν ὕπουλον τοίνυν γνώμην, καὶ τὸν κεκρυμμένον δόλον, εἰκότως ἀπείκασε τῷ τῶν ἑρπιστικῶν θηρίων ἰῷ.
« Ēkonēsan glōssan autōn hōsei opheōs; ies aspidōn hypo ta cheilē autōn. » Dolǭ gar chrēsamenos pollakis anelein auton epecheirēse; kai pollakis omōmokōs, kai philikois chrēsamenos logois, parebē tous horkous. Tēn hypoulon toinyn gnōmēn, kai ton kekrymmenon dolon, eikotōs apeikase tǭ tōn herpistikōn thēriōn iǭ.
"They sharpened their tongue like a serpent's; the venom of asps is under their lips." For using deceit he often tried to kill him; and often, after swearing and using friendly words, he broke his oaths. Fittingly, then, he likened the treacherous mind and the hidden deceit to the venom of creeping beasts.
Ps 140:3 (139:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 19:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 3:13 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:3: Saul's broken oaths and friendly words hid deadly venom.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray letter and split word (OCR)): γάρ χρησάμενος → γὰρ χρησάμενος; λότ γοις → λόγοις.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.4 (PG 80 80:1943; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.5PG 80 80:1943
« Φύλαξόν με, Κύριε, ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων ἀδίκων ἐξελοῦ με. » Δικαίῳ πρέπουσα ἡ εὐχή. Οὐ γὰρ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ὅλεθρον, ἀλλ᾿ ἑαυτῷ σωτηρίαν αἰτεῖ, « Οἵτινες διελογίσαντο τοῦ ὑποσκελίσαι τὰ διαβήματά μου. » Ἐξελαυνόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ ὁ μακάριος Δαβὶδ πρὸς τοὺς ᾿Αλλοφύλους κατέφυγε · δυσσεβεῖς δὲ ἐκεῖνοι, καὶ πάσης παρανομίας ἐργάται. Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τοιγαροῦν ἀξιάγαστος, ὡς πανταχοῦ φύλαξ τῆς εὐσεβείας γενόμενος, καὶ δουλεῦσαι ταῖς ἀνάγκαις οὐκ ἀνεχόμενος. ᾿Αλλ' ὁ μὲν, φησὶν, οὗτος ὁ ἐξελαύνων με, μικροῦ δεῖν ὑπεσκέλισέ μου τῆς εὐσεβείας τὰ διαβήματα.
« Phylaxon me, Kyrie, ek cheiros hamartōlou, apo anthrōpōn adikōn exelou me. » Dikaiǭ prepousa hē euchē. Ou gar tois echthrois holethron, all᾿ heautǭ sōtērian aitei, « Hoitines dielogisanto tou hyposkelisai ta diabēmata mou. » Exelaunomenos hypo tou Saoul ho makarios Dabid pros tous ᾿Allophylous katephyge ; dyssebeis de ekeinoi, kai pasēs paranomias ergatai. Kai dia touto toigaroun axiagastos, hōs pantachou phylax tēs eusebeias genomenos, kai douleusai tais anankais ouk anechomenos. ᾿All' ho men, phēsin, houtos ho exelaunōn me, mikrou dein hypeskelise mou tēs eusebeias ta diabēmata.
"Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust men." The prayer befits a righteous man. For he does not ask destruction for his enemies, but salvation for himself. "Who devised to trip up my steps." Driven out by Saul, the blessed David fled to the Philistines; and they were ungodly and workers of every lawlessness. And for this reason he is admirable, since he proved a guardian of piety everywhere and did not consent to be enslaved to necessities. "But this man who drove me out," he says, "almost tripped up the steps of my piety."
Ps 140:4 (139:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 27:1 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:4: David prays for his own safety, not his enemies' ruin; driven by Saul among the ungodly Philistines, he kept his piety.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): ἐξελοῦ με. • Δικαίῳ → ἐξελοῦ με. » Δικαίῳ; διελογίσαντο το τοῦ → διελογίσαντο τοῦ; οὐκ · ἀνεχόμενος → οὐκ ἀνεχόμενος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.5 (PG 80 80:1943; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.6PG 80 80:1943
« Ἔκρυψαν ὑπερήφανοι παγίδα μοι, καὶ σχοινίοις διέτειναν παγίδα τοῖς ποσί μου, ἐχόμενα τρίβου σκάνδαλα ἔθεντό μοι. » Ὑπερήφανον αὐτὸν καλεῖ τὸν Σαούλ. Παγίδα δὲ, καὶ σχοινία, καὶ σκάνδαλα, τὰς διαφόρους ἐπιβουλὰς, τοὺς λόχους, τὰς ἐνέδρας. Εἴρηκε δὲ ταῦτα τροπικῶς, ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν θηρευόντων καὶ ἁρπεδόνας, καὶ ποδάγρας, καὶ δίκτυα διατεινόντων.
« Ekrypsan hyperēphanoi pagida moi, kai schoiniois dieteinan pagida tois posi mou, echomena tribou skandala ethento moi. » Hyperēphanon auton kalei ton Saoul. Pagida de, kai schoinia, kai skandala, tas diaphorous epiboulas, tous lochous, tas enedras. Eirēke de tauta tropikōs, ek metaphoras tōn thēreuontōn kai harpedonas, kai podagras, kai diktya diateinontōn.
"The proud hid a snare for me, and with cords spread a snare for my feet; beside the path they set stumbling blocks for me." He calls Saul himself proud; and the snare, cords, and stumbling blocks are the various plots, ambushes, and lurking places. He said this figuratively, by a metaphor from hunters who stretch out nooses, foot-traps, and nets.
Ps 140:5 (139:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:5: the snares are Saul's various plots and ambushes.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word and stray letters (OCR); stray quotation mark (OCR)): σχοι νίοις διέτειναν παγίδατε → σχοινίοις διέτειναν παγίδα; Σαούλ. « Παγίδα → Σαούλ. Παγίδα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.6 (PG 80 80:1943; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.7PG 80 80:1943
Εἶπα τῷ Κυρίῳ· Θεός μου εἶ σύ.» Ἐγὼ δὲ, τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἁπάντων καταφρονήσας ἐμαυτόν σοι ἀνέθηκα, καὶ σὲ οἶδα Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν, καὶ τὴν παρὰ σοῦ προσμένω βοήθειαν. « Ἐνώτισαι, Κύριε, τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.
Eipa tǭ Kyriǭ; Theos mou ei sy.» Egō de, tōn anthrōpinōn hapantōn kataphronēsas emauton soi anethēka, kai se oida Kyrion kai Theon, kai tēn para sou prosmenō boētheian. « Enōtisai, Kyrie, tēn phōnēn tēs deēseōs mou.
"I said to the Lord: You are my God." "But I, despising all human things, dedicated myself to you; I know you as Lord and God and wait for help from you." "Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication."
Ps 140:6 (139:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:6: David trusts in God alone.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark and breathing (OCR)): • Ενώτισαι → « Ἐνώτισαι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.7 (PG 80 80:1943; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.8PG 80 80:1943
« Κύριε, Κύριε, δύναμις τῆς σωτηρίας μου.» Πιστεύοντος καὶ ποθοῦντος ὁ διπλασιασμός. Ἐν σοὶ, φησὶν, ἔχω τὴν τῆς σωτηρίας ἐλπίδα · σὺ γὰρ μόνος παρέχειν τὴν σωτηρίαν ἰσχύεις. · Ἐπεσκίασας ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου. » Καὶ τοῦτο τῇ πείρᾳ μεμάθηκα. Καὶ γὰρ ἡνίκα τὴν πρὸς τὸν Γολιάθ ἀνεδεξάμην μονομαχίαν, καὶ ὅτε τοῖς ᾿Αλλοφύλοις παρεταξάμην, καθάπερ ἀσπίδι με τῇ σῇ ῥοπῇ περιέφραξας.
« Kyrie, Kyrie, dynamis tēs sōtērias mou.» Pisteuontos kai pothountos ho diplasiasmos. En soi, phēsin, echō tēn tēs sōtērias elpida ; sy gar monos parechein tēn sōtērian ischyeis. ; Epeskiasas epi tēn kephalēn mou en hēmerą polemou. » Kai touto tę̄ peirą memathēka. Kai gar hēnika tēn pros ton Goliath anedexamēn monomachian, kai hote tois ᾿Allophylois paretaxamēn, kathaper aspidi me tę̄ sę̄ rhopę̄ periephraxas.
"O Lord, O Lord, the power of my salvation." The doubling belongs to one who believes and longs. "In you," he says, "I have the hope of salvation; for you alone are able to provide salvation." "You overshadowed my head in the day of battle." "And this I have learned by experience. For when I took on the single combat with Goliath, and when I was drawn up against the Philistines, you fenced me about with your help as with a shield."
Ps 140:7 (139:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 17:49 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:7: God shielded David in his fight with Goliath and the Philistines.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): ; Κύριε, Κύριε → « Κύριε, Κύριε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.8 (PG 80 80:1943; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.9PG 80 80:1945
« Μὴ παραδῷς με, Κύριε, ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας μου ἁμαρτωλῷ. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Μὴ δῷς, Κύριε, τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τοῦ παρανόμου. Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ Θεοδοτίων, καὶ ὁ ᾿Ακύλας. Τῆς ἐμῆς, φησὶν, ἐφιεμένῳ σφαγῆς μὴ δῶς τὴν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἀπόλαυσιν. Καὶ κατὰ τοὺς Ἑβδομήκοντα οὕτω νοητέον, Μὴ δι' ἐμοῦ ἀπολαύσαι ὧν γλίχεται. Ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ἐπιθυμῶ σωθῆναι· ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἐπιθυμεῖ ἀνελεῖν με. Μὴ τοίνυν τὴν ἐμὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἐκείνῳ παράσχῃς. « Διελογίσαντο κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με, μήποτε ὑψωθῶσιν. • Πάντα λογισμὸν κινοῦσι κατὰ τῆς ἐμῆς σφαγῆς· μὴ τοίνυν με τῆς σῆς γυμνώσῃς προνοίας, ἵνα μὴ πρόφασιν αὐτοῖς ἀλαζονείας παράσχῃς. « Ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ κυκλώματος αὐτῶν, κόπος τῶν χειλέων αὐτῶν καλύψει αὐτούς. » Ἐντεῦθεν προλέγει τὰ ἐσόμενα αὐτοῖς κακά. Τοῦτο δὲ σαφέστερον ὁ Σύμμαχος ἡρμήνευσεν· Ὁ πικρασμός τῶν κυκλούντων με, ὁμόχθος τῶν χειλέων αὐτῶν πωμασάτω αὐτούς. Ταῖς οἰκείαις, φησὶν, ἐπιβουλαῖς περιπέσοιεν, καὶ ἃ κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ τεκταίνουσιν ὑπομείναιεν, καὶ ἡ κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ τυρευομένη πικρία τοὺς ταύτῃ χρωμένους παντελῶς συγκαλύψαι. Τοῦτο ἔοικε τῷ ἐν τῷ ἑβδόμῳ εἰρημένῳ ψαλμῷ· « Λάκκον ὥρυξε καὶ ἔσκαψεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς βόθρον, ὃν εἰργάσατο. »
« Mē paradǭs me, Kyrie, apo tēs epithymias mou hamartōlǭ. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Mē dǭs, Kyrie, tas epithymias tou paranomou. Homoiōs de kai ho Theodotiōn, kai ho ᾿Akylas. Tēs emēs, phēsin, ephiemenǭ sphagēs mē dōs tēn tēs epithymias apolausin. Kai kata tous Hebdomēkonta houtō noēteon, Mē di' emou apolausai hōn glichetai. Egō men gar epithymō sōthēnai; ekeinos de epithymei anelein me. Mē toinyn tēn emēn epithymian ekeinǭ paraschę̄s. « Dielogisanto kat᾿ emou mē enkatalipę̄s me, mēpote hypsōthōsin. • Panta logismon kinousi kata tēs emēs sphagēs; mē toinyn me tēs sēs gymnōsę̄s pronoias, hina mē prophasin autois alazoneias paraschę̄s. « Hē kephalē tou kyklōmatos autōn, kopos tōn cheileōn autōn kalypsei autous. » Enteuthen prolegei ta esomena autois kaka. Touto de saphesteron ho Symmachos hērmēneusen; Ho pikrasmos tōn kyklountōn me, homochthos tōn cheileōn autōn pōmasatō autous. Tais oikeiais, phēsin, epiboulais peripesoien, kai ha kat᾿ emou tektainousin hypomeinaien, kai hē kat᾿ emou tyreuomenē pikria tous tautę̄ chrōmenous pantelōs synkalypsai. Touto eoike tǭ en tǭ hebdomǭ eirēmenǭ psalmǭ; « Lakkon hōryxe kai eskapsen auton, kai empeseitai eis bothron, hon eirgasato. »
"Do not hand me over, O Lord, from my desire to the sinner." Symmachus has: "Do not give, O Lord, the desires of the lawless man"; Theodotion and Aquila likewise. "Do not give him," he says, "who longs for my slaughter, the enjoyment of his desire." And according to the Seventy it is to be understood thus: "Let him not enjoy through me what he craves. For I desire to be saved, and he desires to kill me. Do not, then, give my desire to him." "They plotted against me; do not forsake me, lest they be exalted." "They stir every thought against my life; do not, then, strip me of your providence, lest you give them occasion for arrogance." "The head of their encircling, the toil of their lips will cover them." From here he foretells the evils that will befall them. Symmachus rendered this more clearly: "The bitterness of those who surround me, the toil of their lips, let it cover them." "May they fall into their own plots," he says, "and suffer what they contrive against me, and may the bitterness devised against me entirely cover those who use it." This resembles what is said in the seventh psalm: "He dug a pit and hollowed it out, and he will fall into the hole he made."
Ps 140:8 (139:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 140:9 (139:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 7:15 (7:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:8–9: David asks God not to grant Saul his murderous wish, and foretells that his enemies will fall into their own plots, as in Psalm 7.
- A marginal verse number printed in the text is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; marginal verse number and iota subscript (OCR); split word and stray letters (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray letters and mark (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): · Μή τα παραδῷς → « Μὴ παραδῷς; Ομοίως δὲ → Ὁμοίως δὲ; ᾿Ακύλας». → ᾿Ακύλας.; ἀπολαύσαι το ὧν γλίχεται. Ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ το ἐπιθυμῶ → ἀπολαύσαι ὧν γλίχεται. Ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ἐπιθυμῶ; Διελογίσαντο τη κατ᾿ → Διελογίσαντο κατ᾿; παράσχης. ι. Ἡ κεφαλὴ → παράσχῃς. « Ἡ κεφαλὴ; σαφέ· στερον το ὁ Σύμμαχος → σαφέστερον ὁ Σύμμαχος; ἔσκαψεν δι αὐτὸν → ἔσκαψεν αὐτὸν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.9 (PG 80 80:1945; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.11PG 80 80:1945
« Πεσοῦνται ἐπὶ αὐτοὺς ἄνθρακες, ἐν πυρὶ καταβαλεῖς αὐτούς. » Οἷον γάρ τινι πυρὶ τῇ ὀργῇ καταναλώσεις αὐτούς. « Ἐν ταλαιπωρίαις, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑποστῶσιν. • Περιπεσοῦνται συμφοραῖς, καὶ οὐ περιέσονται τούτων. Ταῦτα δὲ συνέβη τῷ Σαούλ ἐν τῷ κατὰ τοὺς ᾿Αλλοφύλους πολέμῳ. Ἐκεῖ γὰρ σφαγεὶς ἐδέξατο τοῦ βίου τὸ πέρας.
« Pesountai epi autous anthrakes, en pyri katabaleis autous. » Hoion gar tini pyri tę̄ orgę̄ katanalōseis autous. « En talaipōriais, kai ou mē hypostōsin. • Peripesountai symphorais, kai ou periesontai toutōn. Tauta de synebē tǭ Saoul en tǭ kata tous ᾿Allophylous polemǭ. Ekei gar sphageis edexato tou biou to peras.
"Coals will fall upon them, and you will cast them down in fire." "As by a kind of fire you will consume them with your wrath." "In miseries, and they will not stand." "They will fall into misfortunes and will not survive them." This befell Saul in the war against the Philistines; for there he was slain and received the end of his life.
Ps 140:10 (139:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 31:4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:10: God's wrath consumed Saul, who died in battle with the Philistines.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated words and stray mark (OCR); stray words (OCR)): ἄνθρακες, καὶ δὲ ἐν πυρὶ → ἄνθρακες, ἐν πυρὶ; τινι πυρὶ πυρί τῇ τῇ - ὀργῇ → τινι πυρὶ τῇ ὀργῇ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.11 (PG 80 80:1945; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.12PG 80 80:1945
« ᾿Ανήρ γλωσσώδης οὐ κατευθυνθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. » Τοὺς διαβάλλοντας αὐτὸν συνεχῶς παρὰ τῷ Σαούλ διὰ τούτων αἰνίττεται, τὸν Δωήκ, τοὺς Ζιφαίους, τοὺς ἄλλους, οἱ πολλαῖς συκοφαντίαις ἐκέχρηντο. Καὶ διδάσκει ὡς διαμαρτάνουσι τοῦ σκοποῦ οἱ πλούτου χάριν καὶ δυναστείας τῇ ψευδολογίᾳ χρώμενοι, καὶ οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ὧν ἐφίενται. • ῎Ανδρα ἄδικον κακὰ θηρεύσει εἰς διαφθοράν. » Ταῦτα γὰρ καὶ ὁ Σαούλ ὑπέμεινεν· ἤλω γὰρ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, καὶ ἐδέξατο τὴν θανατηφόρον πληγήν.
« ᾿Anēr glōssōdēs ou kateuthynthēsetai epi tēs gēs. » Tous diaballontas auton synechōs para tǭ Saoul dia toutōn ainittetai, ton Dōēk, tous Ziphaious, tous allous, hoi pollais sykophantiais ekechrēnto. Kai didaskei hōs diamartanousi tou skopou hoi ploutou charin kai dynasteias tę̄ pseudologią chrōmenoi, kai ou tynchanousin hōn ephientai. • ᾿Andra adikon kaka thēreusei eis diaphthoran. » Tauta gar kai ho Saoul hypemeinen; ēlō gar en tǭ polemǭ, kai edexato tēn thanatēphoron plēgēn.
"A talkative man will not prosper on the earth." By this he hints at those who continually slandered him before Saul, Doeg, the Ziphites, and the others who used many false accusations. And he teaches that those who use lying for the sake of wealth and power miss their aim and do not obtain what they seek. "Evils will hunt down the unjust man to destruction." For Saul too suffered these things; he was caught in the war and received the fatal blow.
Ps 140:11 (139:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 22:9 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 23:19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:11: the slanderers of David, like Doeg and the Ziphites, will fail, and evil overtook Saul.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR); iota subscript (OCR)): ψευδολογία χρώμενοι → ψευδολογίᾳ χρώμενοι; εἰς διαφθοράν. Ταῦτα → εἰς διαφθοράν. » Ταῦτα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.12 (PG 80 80:1945; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.13PG 80 80:1945
« "Ἔγνων ὅτι ποιήσει Κύριος τὴν κρίσιν τῶν πτωχῶν, καὶ τὴν δίκην τῶν πενήτων. » Μεμάθηκα, φησὶ, τῆς θείας ψήφου τὸ δίκαιον, καὶ οἶδα ὅτι τοὺς πάσης ἀνθρωπείας βοηθείας ἐρήμους οὐκ ἐάσει προχείρους τοῖς πολεμοῦσιν εἰς βλάβην, ἀλλὰ πράξεται δίκας τοὺς ἀδίκους ἀξίας.
« "Egnōn hoti poiēsei Kyrios tēn krisin tōn ptōchōn, kai tēn dikēn tōn penētōn. » Memathēka, phēsi, tēs theias psēphou to dikaion, kai oida hoti tous pasēs anthrōpeias boētheias erēmous ouk easei procheirous tois polemousin eis blabēn, alla praxetai dikas tous adikous axias.
"I know that the Lord will execute judgment for the poor and justice for the needy." "I have learned the justice of the divine sentence," he says, "and I know that he will not leave those bereft of all human help ready to be harmed by those who make war on them, but will exact the penalty the unjust deserve."
Ps 140:12 (139:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:12: God defends the helpless and punishes the unjust.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.13 (PG 80 80:1945; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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139.14PG 80 80:1945
« Πλὴν δίκαιοι ἐξομολογήσονται τῷ ὀνόματί σου, καὶ κατοικήσουσιν εὐθεῖς σὺν τῷ προσώπῳ σου. » Τούτου δὴ χάριν ὁ τῶν δικαίων ἀνυμνεῖ σε χορός, ταύτης παρὰ σοῦ τῆς κηδεμονίας τυγχάνων. Καὶ τὴν σὴν ἀγαπῶσι προεδρείαν, ἀεί σε φανταζόμενοι, καὶ τὸ σὸν ὁρᾶν ὑπολαμβάνοντες πρόσωπον. Τοιοῦτόν ἐστι τὸ ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ καὶ δεκάτῳ εἰρημένον ψαλμῷ, « Προωρώμην τὸν Κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διαπαντὸς, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἐστιν, ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ. »
« Plēn dikaioi exomologēsontai tǭ onomati sou, kai katoikēsousin eutheis syn tǭ prosōpǭ sou. » Toutou dē charin ho tōn dikaiōn anymnei se choros, tautēs para sou tēs kēdemonias tynchanōn. Kai tēn sēn agapōsi proedreian, aei se phantazomenoi, kai to son horan hypolambanontes prosōpon. Toiouton esti to en tǭ pemptǭ kai dekatǭ eirēmenon psalmǭ, « Proōrōmēn ton Kyrion enōpion mou diapantos, hoti ek dexiōn mou estin, hina mē saleuthō. »
"Surely the righteous will confess your name, and the upright will dwell with your face." "For this reason the choir of the righteous hymns you, obtaining this care from you. And they love your presence, always picturing you and supposing they see your face." Such is what is said in the fifteenth psalm: "I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken."
Ps 140:13 (139:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 16:8 (15:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 140:13: the righteous praise God and live as in his presence, as in Psalm 16.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ὀνόματί » σου → ὀνόματί σου; φανταζό μενοι → φανταζόμενοι; σαλευθώ. → σαλευθῶ..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 139.14 (PG 80 80:1945; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/139-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 140
140.1PG 80 80:1947
« Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαβίδ. » Καὶ οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει τῷ προτεταγμένῳ διάνοιαν · διωκόμενος γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ ἀντιβολεῖ τὸν Θεόν. • Κύριε, ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σὲ, εἰσάκουσόν μου. » Κραυγὴν γὰρ καλεῖ τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς προθυμίαν. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ Μωσοῦ σιγῶντος ὁ Θεὸς ἔφη, « Τί βοᾷς πρός με; » « Πρόσχες τῇ φωνῇ τῆς δεήσεώς μου ἐν τῷ κεκραγέναι με πρὸς σέ. » Εὐμενῶς, φησὶ, Δέσποτα, δέξαι τὴν ἐμὴν ἱκετείαν.
« Psalmos tǭ Dabid. » Kai houtos ho psalmos tēn autēn echei tǭ protetagmenǭ dianoian ; diōkomenos gar hypo tou Saoul antibolei ton Theon. • Kyrie, ekekraxa pros se, eisakouson mou. » Kraugēn gar kalei tēn tēs psychēs prothymian. Houtō gar kai Mōsou sigōntos ho Theos ephē, « Ti boąs pros me? » « Prosches tę̄ phōnę̄ tēs deēseōs mou en tǭ kekragenai me pros se. » Eumenōs, phēsi, Despota, dexai tēn emēn hiketeian.
"A psalm of David." This psalm too has the same sense as the one before it; for, pursued by Saul, he entreats God. "O Lord, I cried to you; hear me." He calls the eagerness of the soul a "cry." So too when Moses was silent God said, "Why do you cry to me?" "Attend to the voice of my supplication when I cry to you." "Accept my supplication favorably, Master."
Ps 141:1 (140:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 14:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 141:1: David, pursued by Saul, cries to God, the 'cry' being the soul's eagerness, as with Moses.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters; closing quotation mark lost (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): εἰσάκουσόν μου, Κραυγὴν → εἰσάκουσόν μου. » Κραυγὴν; με; » - « Πρόσχες → με; » « Πρόσχες; μουζὲν τῷ → μου ἐν τῷ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.1 (PG 80 80:1947; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.2PG 80 80:1947
« Κατευθυνθήτω ἡ προσευχή μου, ὡς θυμίαμα ἐνώπιόν σου· ἔπαρσις τῶν χειρῶν μου θυσία ἑσπερινή.» Τῇ προσευχῇ συνέζευξε τὴν πρᾶξιν τῆς ἀρετῆς. Ἡ γὰρ ἔπαρσις τῶν χειρῶν ταύτην παραδηλοῖ· τὴν ἐργασίαν γὰρ αἱ χεῖρες ἐνεχειρίσθησαν. Ἱκετεύει δὲ τῷ τοῦ θυμιάματος ἀτμῷ παραπλησίως ἀναπεμφθῆναι τὴν προσευχὴν, καὶ τὴν ἐκείνου εὐοσμίαν μιμήσασθαι. Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τῶν χειρῶν τὴν ἔκτασιν ἑσπερινῇ θυσίᾳ φανῆναι παραπλησίαν, Ἑσπερινῆς μέντοι, καὶ οὐχ ἑωθινῆς ἐμνημόνευσεν, ἐπειδὴ ἐν συμφοραῖς ἦν καὶ λύπαις· σκότῳ δὲ ἔοικεν ἡ συμφορὰ καὶ νυκτί.
« Kateuthynthētō hē proseuchē mou, hōs thymiama enōpion sou; eparsis tōn cheirōn mou thysia hesperinē.» Tę̄ proseuchę̄ synezeuxe tēn praxin tēs aretēs. Hē gar eparsis tōn cheirōn tautēn paradēloi; tēn ergasian gar hai cheires enecheiristhēsan. Hiketeuei de tǭ tou thymiamatos atmǭ paraplēsiōs anapemphthēnai tēn proseuchēn, kai tēn ekeinou euosmian mimēsasthai. Hōsautōs de kai tōn cheirōn tēn ektasin hesperinę̄ thysią phanēnai paraplēsian, Hesperinēs mentoi, kai ouch heōthinēs emnēmoneusen, epeidē en symphorais ēn kai lypais; skotǭ de eoiken hē symphora kai nykti.
"Let my prayer be directed as incense before you; the lifting of my hands an evening sacrifice." He joined the practice of virtue to prayer; for the lifting of the hands indicates this, since the hands have been entrusted with work. He begs that his prayer may be sent up like the smoke of incense and imitate its fragrance; likewise that the stretching out of his hands may appear like an evening sacrifice. He mentioned the evening and not the morning sacrifice since he was in misfortunes and sorrows; and misfortune resembles darkness and night.
Ps 141:2 (140:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 141:2: prayer joined to good deeds (the raised hands) should rise like incense; the 'evening' sacrifice reflects David's dark circumstances.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; split word (OCR)): Ἰκετεύει → Ἱκετεύει; παραπλη σίως → παραπλησίως; Ωσαύτως → Ὡσαύτως; Ἑσπερινὴς μέντοι → Ἑσπερινῆς μέντοι.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.2 (PG 80 80:1947; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.3PG 80 80:1947
« Θοῦ, Κύριε, φυλακὴν τῷ στόματί μου, καὶ θύραν περιοχῆς περὶ τὰ χείλη μου. » Δύο μὲν ὁ Δημιουργὸς ἔδωκε τῇ γλώττῃ τείχεα, τὸ τῶν ὀδόντων, καὶ τὸ τῶν χειλέων, τὰς ἀλόγους αὐτῆς ὑπέχων ὁρμάς. ᾿Αλλ᾿ ὅμως ὁ Προφήτης καὶ ἑτέρας ἀπολαῦσαι παρακαλεῖ φυλακῆς, δεδιὼς μή τι φθέγξηται σχετλιάζων οὐκ εὐπρεπές. Ὅτι γὰρ οὐδ᾽ ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ διωκόμενος εἰπεῖν τι βλάσφημον ἠνέσχετο πώποτε, μαρτυρεῖ ἡ ἱστορία. ᾿Αλλὰ γὰρ ἀναιρεῖν αὐτὸν πειραθέντων, αὐτὸς Χριστὸν ὠνόμασε Κυρίου. Καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν διαλεγόμενος, δοῦλον ἑαυτὸν ἀποκαλεῖ, καὶ τὸν μηνύσαντα τὴν σφαγὴν αὐτοῦ, ταύτην πεποιηκέναι νεανιευσάμενον, ἀνεῖλεν, εἰρηκώς · · Τὸ αἷμά σου ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν σου, ὅτε σὲ εἶπας ἀνῃρηκέναι τὸν Χριστὸν Κυρίου. »
« Thou, Kyrie, phylakēn tǭ stomati mou, kai thyran periochēs peri ta cheilē mou. » Dyo men ho Dēmiourgos edōke tę̄ glōttę̄ teichea, to tōn odontōn, kai to tōn cheileōn, tas alogous autēs hypechōn hormas. ᾿All᾿ homōs ho Prophētēs kai heteras apolausai parakalei phylakēs, dediōs mē ti phthenxētai schetliazōn ouk euprepes. Hoti gar oud᾽ hypo tou Saoul diōkomenos eipein ti blasphēmon ēnescheto pōpote, martyrei hē historia. ᾿Alla gar anairein auton peirathentōn, autos Christon ōnomase Kyriou. Kai pros auton dialegomenos, doulon heauton apokalei, kai ton mēnysanta tēn sphagēn autou, tautēn pepoiēkenai neanieusamenon, aneilen, eirēkōs ; ; To haima sou epi tēn kephalēn sou, hote se eipas anę̄rēkenai ton Christon Kyriou. »
"Set, O Lord, a guard on my mouth and a door of enclosure about my lips." The Creator gave the tongue two walls, the teeth and the lips, restraining its irrational impulses. Yet the prophet asks to enjoy another guard as well, fearing lest in complaint he utter something unseemly. For the history bears witness that even when pursued by Saul he never allowed himself to say anything blasphemous. On the contrary, when they tried to kill Saul, he himself named him the Lord's anointed. And conversing with him, he calls himself his servant; and the man who reported Saul's slaying, boasting that he had done it, he killed, saying: "Your blood be upon your head, for you said you had killed the Lord's anointed."
Ps 141:3 (140:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 24:6 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 26:18 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Sam 1:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 141:3: David asks for a guard on his tongue; even under persecution he never spoke against Saul, but called him the Lord's anointed and punished his killer.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accents; OCR breathing; closing quotation mark lost (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray space (OCR)): παρακαλεί φυλακής → παρακαλεῖ φυλακῆς; ἡνέσχετο → ἠνέσχετο; ἀναιρεῖν᾿ αὐτὸν → ἀναιρεῖν αὐτὸν; ἀποκαλεῖ , καὶ → ἀποκαλεῖ, καὶ; ἀνῃρηκέναι τὸν Χριστὸν Κυρίου. → ἀνῃρηκέναι τὸν Χριστὸν Κυρίου. ».
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.3 (PG 80 80:1947; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.4PG 80 80:1947
« Μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς λόγους πονηρίας, τοῦ προφασίζεσθαι προφάσεις ἐν ἁμαρτίαις. » Οὐ μόνον γλῶτταν φρουρηθῆναι παρακαλεῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὰ τῆς διανοίας κινήματα, ἵνα μηδὲ ἐν ἐκείνοις ἕτερός τις παρὰ τοὺς θείους νόμους εὑρεθῇ λογισμός. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, « Προφασίζεσθαι προφάσεις ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, » ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκεν, ἐννοίας παρανόμους. Καὶ κατὰ τοὺς Ἑβδομήκοντα δὲ οὕτω νοητέον· Ἠδύνατο λογίσασθαι ὁ μακάριος Δαβίδ, ὅτι Ἐχθρὸς καὶ πολέμιος ὁ Σαούλ, καὶ τῆς σφαγῆς ἐφιέμενος τῆς ἐμῆς· οὐκ ἄδικον τοίνυν ἀνελεῖν τὸν τοιοῦτον, τοῦ νόμου διαγορεύοντος, • ᾿Αγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου, καὶ μισήσεις τὸν ἐχθρόν σου. » ᾿Αλλὰ τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν προθεωρῶν πολιτείαν, κατ᾿ ἐκείνην ἤθελε βιοῦν· καὶ εὔχεται μηδεμίαν πρόφασιν εἰς ἁμαρτίαν λαβεῖν. • Σὺν ἀνθρώποις ἐργαζομένοις τὴν ἀνομίαν, καὶ οὐ μὴ συνδυάσω μετὰ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτῶν. » Ταῦτα γὰρ, φησὶ, δρῶσιν οἱ τῆς παρανομίας ἐργάται· ἐμοὶ δὲ μὴ εἴη τις πρὸς αὐτοὺς κοινωνία, κἂν τὴν ἄκραν ἔχωσιν εὐκληρίαν. Ἐκλεκτοὺς γὰρ ἐνταῦθα τῶν πονηρῶν τοὺς εὐημεροῦντας καλεῖ,
« Mē ekklinę̄s tēn kardian mou eis logous ponērias, tou prophasizesthai prophaseis en hamartiais. » Ou monon glōttan phrourēthēnai parakalei, alla kai auta tēs dianoias kinēmata, hina mēde en ekeinois heteros tis para tous theious nomous heurethę̄ logismos. ᾿Anti tou, « Prophasizesthai prophaseis en hamartiais, » ho Symmachos eirēken, ennoias paranomous. Kai kata tous Hebdomēkonta de houtō noēteon; Ēdynato logisasthai ho makarios Dabid, hoti Echthros kai polemios ho Saoul, kai tēs sphagēs ephiemenos tēs emēs; ouk adikon toinyn anelein ton toiouton, tou nomou diagoreuontos, • ᾿Agapēseis ton plēsion sou, kai misēseis ton echthron sou. » ᾿Alla tēn euangelikēn protheōrōn politeian, kat᾿ ekeinēn ēthele bioun; kai euchetai mēdemian prophasin eis hamartian labein. • Syn anthrōpois ergazomenois tēn anomian, kai ou mē syndyasō meta tōn eklektōn autōn. » Tauta gar, phēsi, drōsin hoi tēs paranomias ergatai; emoi de mē eiē tis pros autous koinōnia, kan tēn akran echōsin euklērian. Eklektous gar entautha tōn ponērōn tous euēmerountas kalei,
"Do not incline my heart to words of wickedness, to make excuses in sins." He asks that not only his tongue be guarded but also the very movements of his mind, so that not even in them may any thought be found contrary to the divine laws. For "to make excuses in sins" Symmachus said "lawless thoughts." According to the Seventy it is to be understood thus: the blessed David could have reasoned: "Saul is my enemy and foe and longs for my slaughter; it is not unjust, then, to kill such a man, since the law says, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But foreseeing the way of life of the Gospel, he wished to live by it, and he prays to take no occasion for sin. "With men who work lawlessness; and I will not join with their chosen ones." "For the workers of lawlessness do these things; but may I have no fellowship with them, even if they have the height of good fortune." Here he calls the prosperous among the wicked "chosen ones."
Ps 141:4 (140:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:43 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:44 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 141:4: David asks that his thoughts be guarded too, so he would not justify killing Saul by the old maxim 'hate your enemy,' but live by the gospel; he refuses fellowship with the prosperous wicked.
- 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy' is the saying quoted in Matt 5:43; Theodoret attributes it to the law as Christ's hearers did.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter and punctuation; lost quotation mark and stray mark (OCR); repeated letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray marks and letters (OCR)): ἐν ἁμαρτίαις. Οὐ μόνον γλῶτταν" φρουρηθῆναι → ἐν ἁμαρτίαις. » Οὐ μόνον γλῶτταν φρουρηθῆναι; αὐτὰ· τῆς διανοίας κινήματα, ἵνα δὲ οὔτ μηδὲ → αὐτὰ τῆς διανοίας κινήματα, ἵνα μηδὲ; ᾿Αντὶ ' τοῦ → ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ; ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκεν, ἐνγοίας παρανόμους, → ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, » ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκεν, ἐννοίας παρανόμους.; νοητέον· τέον· → νοητέον·.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.4 (PG 80 80:1947; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.5PG 80 80:1949
« Παιδεύσει με δίκαιος ἐν ἐλέει, καὶ ἐλέγξει με· ἔλαιον δὲ ἁμαρτωλοῦ μὴ λιπανάτω τὴν κεφαλήν μου. » Αἱρετώτερά μοι φησὶ, τὰ παρὰ τῶν δικαίων παιδείας χάριν γινόμενα καὶ ὠφελείας λυπηρά, τῶν παρὰ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν προσφερομένων ἡδέων, κἂν δίκην ἐλαίου λαμπρύναντος κεφαλὴν, θυμηρεστέραν μοι ταῦτα παρέχει ζωήν. Αἱροῦμαι γὰρ παρὰ τῶν δικαίων παιδεύεσθαι, ἢ παρὰ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν θεραπεύεσθαι. « "Ὅτι ἔτι καὶ ἡ προσευχή μου ἐν ταῖς εὐδοκίαις αὐτῶν. › Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ προσευχή μου ἐντὸς τῶν κακιῶν αὐτῶν. Τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἀπέχω τοῦ τὴν ἐκείνων εὐημερίαν ζηλῶσαι, ὅτι καὶ αὐτοὺς εὔχομαι μεταβληθῆναι, ἵνα μεταβληθείσης τῆς εὐπραξίας λάβωσι κακίας μεταβολήν.
« Paideusei me dikaios en eleei, kai elenxei me; elaion de hamartōlou mē lipanatō tēn kephalēn mou. » Hairetōtera moi phēsi, ta para tōn dikaiōn paideias charin ginomena kai ōpheleias lypēra, tōn para tōn hamartōlōn prospheromenōn hēdeōn, kan dikēn elaiou lamprynantos kephalēn, thymēresteran moi tauta parechei zōēn. Hairoumai gar para tōn dikaiōn paideuesthai, ē para tōn hamartōlōn therapeuesthai. « "Hoti eti kai hē proseuchē mou en tais eudokiais autōn. › Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Eti de kai hē proseuchē mou entos tōn kakiōn autōn. Tosouton gar apechō tou tēn ekeinōn euēmerian zēlōsai, hoti kai autous euchomai metablēthēnai, hina metablētheisēs tēs eupraxias labōsi kakias metabolēn.
"The righteous will discipline me in mercy and reprove me; but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head." "The painful things done by the righteous for discipline and benefit," he says, "are more to be chosen by me than the pleasures offered by sinners, even if, like oil brightening the head, they give me a more pleasant life. For I prefer to be disciplined by the righteous rather than flattered by sinners." "For still my prayer too is in their good pleasures." Symmachus has: "And still my prayer is in the midst of their wickednesses." "I am so far from envying their prosperity that I pray even for them to be changed, so that, when their good fortune is changed, they may receive a change of their wickedness."
Ps 141:5 (140:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 141:5: the psalmist prefers the rebukes of the righteous to the flattery of sinners, and prays for the sinners' conversion through adversity.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing): παρά τῶν δικαίων → παρὰ τῶν δικαίων; ἠδέων → ἡδέων.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.5 (PG 80 80:1949; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.6PG 80 80:1949
« Κατεπόθησαν ἐχόμενα πέτρας οἱ κριταὶ αὐτῶν. » Οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν, φησὶ, φροῦδοι γενήσονται, καὶ οἱ τῆς ἄκρας δυναστείας ἐπειλημμένοι, πέτραις ὑφάλοις ὑπὸ ὑδάτων καλυπτομέναις ὑποβρύχιοι παραπλησίως ἔσονται, ἀντὶ τοῦ, λήθη παραδοθήσονται. « ᾿Ακούσονται τὰ ῥήματά μου, ὅτι ἡδύνθησαν. » Τῇ πείρᾳ δὲ μαθόντες τῶν ἐμῶν ῥημάτων τὸ ἀληθὲς, καὶ τῆς τούτων ἡδονῆς καὶ ὠφελείας αἰσθήσονται.
« Katepothēsan echomena petras hoi kritai autōn. » Ouk eis makran, phēsi, phroudoi genēsontai, kai hoi tēs akras dynasteias epeilēmmenoi, petrais hyphalois hypo hydatōn kalyptomenais hypobrychioi paraplēsiōs esontai, anti tou, lēthē paradothēsontai. « ᾿Akousontai ta rhēmata mou, hoti hēdynthēsan. » Tę̄ peirą de mathontes tōn emōn rhēmatōn to alēthes, kai tēs toutōn hēdonēs kai ōpheleias aisthēsontai.
"Their judges were swallowed up near the rock." "Before long," he says, "even those who hold the highest power will vanish and be sunk like rocks hidden under water"; that is, they will be handed over to oblivion. "They will hear my words, for they were made sweet." "Learning by experience the truth of my words, they will perceive both their sweetness and their benefit."
Ps 141:6 (140:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 141:6: the powerful wicked will soon vanish, and then they will learn the truth of the psalmist's words.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misreading of quotation mark; split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): ἡδύνθησαν. ι Τῇ πείρᾳ → ἡδύνθησαν. » Τῇ πείρᾳ; ῥημά των → ῥημάτων; αἰσθήσονται. ν → αἰσθήσονται..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.6 (PG 80 80:1949; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.7PG 80 80:1949
« Ὡσεὶ πάχος γῆς ἐῤῥάγη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, διεσκορπίσθη τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν παρὰ τὸν ᾅδην. » Πάχος γῆς τὸ συνεχὲς τῆς γῆς καλεῖ, ὃ τῷ ἀρότρῳ τεμνόμενον εἰς βώλους διαιρεῖται. Τούτοις, φησὶ, τοῖς βώλοις παραπλησίως οἱ νῦν ἑστῶτες διαλυθήσονται τῷ θανάτῳ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς τάφοις τὰ τούτων ὀστᾶ σκεδασθήσονται. Παρὰ τὸν ᾄδην γὰρ τοὺς τάφους ἐκάλεσεν.
« Hōsei pachos gēs errhagē epi tēs gēs, dieskorpisthē ta osta autōn para ton hądēn. » Pachos gēs to syneches tēs gēs kalei, ho tǭ arotrǭ temnomenon eis bōlous diaireitai. Toutois, phēsi, tois bōlois paraplēsiōs hoi nyn hestōtes dialythēsontai tǭ thanatǭ, kai en tois taphois ta toutōn osta skedasthēsontai. Para ton ądēn gar tous taphous ekalesen.
"As a clod of earth is broken upon the earth, their bones were scattered beside Hades." He calls the continuous mass of the earth "a clod of earth," which, cut by the plow, is divided into lumps. "Like these lumps," he says, "those who now stand will be dissolved by death, and their bones will be scattered in the tombs." By "beside Hades" he meant the tombs.
Ps 141:7 (140:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 141:7: the wicked will be broken by death like plowed clods, their bones scattered in the grave.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray mark (OCR); stray marks and accent (OCR)): « Ὡσεὶ " πάχος → « Ὡσεὶ πάχος; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, · διεσκορπίσθη → ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, διεσκορπίσθη; ἄδην., Πάχος → ᾅδην. » Πάχος; καλεῖ, ὅ τῷ → καλεῖ, ὃ τῷ; τοῖς " βώλοις → τοῖς βώλοις; τὰφους → τάφους.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.7 (PG 80 80:1949; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.8PG 80 80:1951
« Ὅτι πρὸς σὲ, Κύριε, Κύριε, οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα, μὴ ἀντανέλῃς τὴν ψυχήν μου. » Ἐγὼ δὲ οὐδενὶ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων θαῤῥῶ, ἀλλὰ τὴν σὴν προσμένω βοήθειαν, καὶ παρακαλῶ ταύτης τὴν ἐμὴν μὴ γυμνωθῆναι ψυχήν.
« Hoti pros se, Kyrie, Kyrie, hoi ophthalmoi mou, epi soi ēlpisa, mē antanelę̄s tēn psychēn mou. » Egō de oudeni tōn anthrōpinōn tharrhō, alla tēn sēn prosmenō boētheian, kai parakalō tautēs tēn emēn mē gymnōthēnai psychēn.
"For to you, O Lord, O Lord, are my eyes; in you I hoped; do not take away my soul." "I trust in nothing human, but wait for your help, and I ask that my soul be not stripped of it."
Ps 141:8 (140:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 141:8: the psalmist trusts God alone and asks not to be deprived of his help.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): ψυχήν μου. · Ἐγὼ → ψυχήν μου. » Ἐγὼ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.8 (PG 80 80:1951; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.9PG 80 80:1951
« Φύλαξόν με ἀπὸ παγίδος, ἧς συνεστήσαντό μοι, καὶ ἀπὸ σκανδάλων τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν.» Τῶν παγίδων τούτων καὶ τῶν σκανδάλων ἐμνημόνευσε καὶ ἐν τῷ πρὸ τούτου ψαλμῷ. Παγίδας δὲ καὶ σκάνδαλα τὰς ἐπιβουλὰς καλεῖ, ὧν ἀπαλλαγῆναι παρακαλεῖ.
« Phylaxon me apo pagidos, hēs synestēsanto moi, kai apo skandalōn tōn ergazomenōn tēn anomian.» Tōn pagidōn toutōn kai tōn skandalōn emnēmoneuse kai en tǭ pro toutou psalmǭ. Pagidas de kai skandala tas epiboulas kalei, hōn apallagēnai parakalei.
"Keep me from the snare they set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of those who work lawlessness." He mentioned these snares and stumbling blocks in the psalm before this too. He calls the plots snares and stumbling blocks, and asks to be freed from them.
Ps 141:9 (140:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 141:9: the snares are the plots against him, as in the previous psalm.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.9 (PG 80 80:1951; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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140.10PG 80 80:1951
« Πεσοῦνται ἐν ἀμφιβλήστρῳ αὐτοῦ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί.» Τουτέστι, τοῦ Θεοῦ. Οἱ γὰρ τοῖς ἄλλοις τὰς παγίδας πηγνύντες, καθάπερ τινὶ δικτύῳ, τῇ θείᾳ συλληφθήσονται τιμωρίᾳ, καὶ ἅπερ δρῶσιν ὑπομενοῦσιν, καὶ πείσονται ἃ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπάγουσιν. • Καταμόνας εἰμὶ ἐγὼ, ἕως οὗ παρέλθω. » Ἐγὼ δὲ τούτων κεχωρισμένος διατελέσω, ἕως ἂν δέξωμαι τοῦ βίου τὸ πέρας.
« Pesountai en amphiblēstrǭ autou hoi hamartōloi.» Toutesti, tou Theou. Hoi gar tois allois tas pagidas pēgnyntes, kathaper tini diktyǭ, tę̄ theią syllēphthēsontai timōrią, kai haper drōsin hypomenousin, kai peisontai ha tois allois epagousin. • Katamonas eimi egō, heōs hou parelthō. » Egō de toutōn kechōrismenos diatelesō, heōs an dexōmai tou biou to peras.
"Sinners will fall into his net," that is, God's. "For those who fix snares for others will be caught, as in a net, by divine punishment, and will undergo what they do, and suffer what they bring on others." "I am alone until I pass by." "But I will continue separated from them until I receive the end of my life."
Ps 141:10 (140:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 141:10: the wicked will be caught in God's net, while the psalmist keeps apart from them all his life.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): ἀμφιβληστρῳ → ἀμφιβλήστρῳ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 140.10 (PG 80 80:1951; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/140-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 141
141.1PG 80 80:1951
« Συνέσεως τῷ Δαβίδ, ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ προσευχόμενον. » Δήλη τοῦ ψαλμοῦ ἡ ὑπόθεσις. Διωκόμενος γὰρ ὁ θεῖος Δαβὶδ ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ, καταφεύγει μὲν ὑπὸ τὸ σπήλαιον, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐνδοτάτοις τούτου κατακρύπτεται χωρίοις. Εἶτα θεασάμενος τὸν Σαούλ ἐκεῖ καταχθέντα, τὴν μὲν δειλίαν τῆς διανοίας ἐξήλασε· τὴν δὲ θείαν ἐπικουρίαν ἐκάλεσε, καὶ ταύτης τετύχηκε.
« Syneseōs tǭ Dabid, en tǭ einai auton en tǭ spēlaiǭ proseuchomenon. » Dēlē tou psalmou hē hypothesis. Diōkomenos gar ho theios Dabid hypo tou Saoul, katapheugei men hypo to spēlaion, kai en tois endotatois toutou katakryptetai chōriois. Eita theasamenos ton Saoul ekei katachthenta, tēn men deilian tēs dianoias exēlase; tēn de theian epikourian ekalese, kai tautēs tetychēke.
"Of understanding, for David, when he was in the cave, praying." The subject of the psalm is plain. Pursued by Saul, the divine David took refuge in the cave and hid in its innermost places. Then, seeing Saul come down there, he drove fear from his mind, called on the divine help, and obtained it.
Ps 142:1 (141:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 24:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 142 title: David's prayer in the cave where he hid from Saul.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; stray letter and split word (OCR)): Δαβὶὸ → Δαβὶδ; ἐπικουΕ ρίαν → ἐπικουρίαν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 141.1 (PG 80 80:1951; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/141-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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141.2PG 80 80:1951
« Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐδεήθην. » Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον, ὡς κραυγὴν τὴν τῆς διανοίας προθυμίαν καλεῖ. Πῶς γὰρ ἂν ἐκέκραξε φωνῇ χρησάμενος ὁ κρυπτόμενος, καὶ λαθεῖν προθυμούμενος; Λέγει τοίνυν, ὅτι Μετὰ πάσης προθυμίας ἱκέτευσα τὸν Θεόν.
« Phōnę̄ mou pros Kyrion ekekraxa, phōnę̄ mou pros Kyrion edeēthēn. » Kai enteuthen dēlon, hōs kraugēn tēn tēs dianoias prothymian kalei. Pōs gar an ekekraxe phōnę̄ chrēsamenos ho kryptomenos, kai lathein prothymoumenos? Legei toinyn, hoti Meta pasēs prothymias hiketeusa ton Theon.
"With my voice I cried to the Lord; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord." From this too it is plain that he calls the eagerness of the mind a "cry." For how could one hiding and eager to escape notice have cried out with his voice? He says, then: "With all eagerness I entreated God."
Ps 142:1 (141:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 142:1: hiding in the cave, David could not shout; his 'cry' was the eagerness of his mind.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR misreading of quotation mark; stray mark (OCR)): ι Φωνῇ μου → « Φωνῇ μου; κραυγήν τὴν → κραυγὴν τὴν; Πῶς · γὰρ → Πῶς γὰρ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 141.2 (PG 80 80:1951; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/141-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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141.3PG 80 80:1951
« Ἐκχεῶ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τὴν δέησίν μου, τὴν θλίψιν μου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐπαγγελῶ. » Καὶ τὴν συμφοράν, φησὶν, αὐτῷ πεποίηκα δήλην, καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ ταύτης ἱκετείαν ἐπιμελῶς προσενήνοχα · τὸ πολὺ δὲ τῆς δεήσεως διὰ τοῦ ἐκχεῶ παρεδήλωσεν.
« Ekcheō enōpion autou tēn deēsin mou, tēn thlipsin mou enōpion autou epangelō. » Kai tēn symphoran, phēsin, autǭ pepoiēka dēlēn, kai tēn hyper tautēs hiketeian epimelōs prosenēnocha ; to poly de tēs deēseōs dia tou ekcheō paredēlōsen.
"I will pour out my supplication before him; I will declare my affliction before him." "I made my misfortune plain to him," he says, "and offered supplication about it with care." By "pour out" he indicated the abundance of the petition.
Ps 142:2 (141:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 142:2: David poured out his distress before God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter and stray mark): · Ἐγχεῶ → « Ἐκχεῶ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 141.3 (PG 80 80:1951; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/141-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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141.4PG 80 80:1951
« Ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν ἐξ ἐμοῦ τὸ πνεῦμά μου. » Ταῦτα δὲ ἔδρων τὴν ὑπερβολὴν θεώμενος τῶν κακῶν· παρ᾿ αὐτὸν γὰρ ἐσκηνούμην τὸν θάνατον. • Καὶ σὺ ἔγνως τὰς τρίβους μου. » Πάντα δῆλά σοι τὰ ἐμὰ, καὶ οὐδὲν τῶν ἐμῶν πράξεων τὸν σὸν ἔλαθεν ὀφθαλμόν. « Ἐν ὁδῷ ταύτῃ, ᾗ ἐπορευόμην, ἔκρυψαν παγίδα μοι. » Καὶ οἱ θηρεύοντες τῶν θηρίων τὰς ὁδοὺς ἀνιχνεύουσι, καὶ ἐν ἐκείναις ἱστᾶσι τὰ θήρατρα. Τούτους μιμούμενος ὁ Σαούλ, περιεργαζόμενος τὰ κατὰ τὸν Δαβὶδ διετέλει, καὶ ἔνθα διάγειν αὐτὸν ἐμάνθανεν, ἐκεῖ ταῖς ἐνέδραις ἐκέχρητο. Τοῦτο καὶ τετύχηκε. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ διάβολος δρᾷ· καὶ τῷ μὲν ὁδεύοντι τὴν τῆς σωφροσύνης ὁδὸν, τίθησι τῆς φιληδονίας τὴν πάγην· τῷ δὲ ἐλεημοσύνῃ χαίροντι, τῆς κενοδοξίας τὸ δίκτυον· τῷ ἀφιλοχρημάτῳ, τῆς πλεονεξίας τὰς ἀφορμάς · τῇ παρθενίᾳ τὴν ἀλαζονείαν, καὶ ἀπαξαπλῶς ἑκάστῳ βίῳ τὸν εὐθήρατον λόχον.
« En tǭ ekleipein ex emou to pneuma mou. » Tauta de edrōn tēn hyperbolēn theōmenos tōn kakōn; par᾿ auton gar eskēnoumēn ton thanaton. • Kai sy egnōs tas tribous mou. » Panta dēla soi ta ema, kai ouden tōn emōn praxeōn ton son elathen ophthalmon. « En hodǭ tautę̄, hę̄ eporeuomēn, ekrypsan pagida moi. » Kai hoi thēreuontes tōn thēriōn tas hodous anichneuousi, kai en ekeinais histasi ta thēratra. Toutous mimoumenos ho Saoul, periergazomenos ta kata ton Dabid dietelei, kai entha diagein auton emanthanen, ekei tais enedrais ekechrēto. Touto kai tetychēke. Touto kai ho diabolos drą; kai tǭ men hodeuonti tēn tēs sōphrosynēs hodon, tithēsi tēs philēdonias tēn pagēn; tǭ de eleēmosynę̄ chaironti, tēs kenodoxias to diktyon; tǭ aphilochrēmatǭ, tēs pleonexias tas aphormas ; tę̄ parthenią tēn alazoneian, kai apaxaplōs hekastǭ biǭ ton euthēraton lochon.
"When my spirit was failing within me." "I did this seeing the excess of the evils; for I was living right next to death itself." "And you knew my paths." "All my affairs are plain to you, and none of my deeds escaped your eye." "In this way in which I walked they hid a snare for me." Hunters too track the paths of wild beasts and set their traps on them. Imitating them, Saul kept busying himself with David's affairs, and wherever he learned he was staying, there he set his ambushes. This indeed happened. The devil does the same: for one traveling the road of temperance he sets the trap of love of pleasure; for one who delights in almsgiving, the net of vainglory; for one free from love of money, the occasions of greed; for virginity, arrogance; and, in a word, for every way of life an ambush that easily catches it.
Ps 142:3 (141:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 23:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 142:3: as Saul laid ambushes on David's paths, the devil sets traps suited to each virtue, such as vainglory for the almsgiver and pride for the virgin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR); split word (OCR); words lost (OCR)): πνεῦμά μου. Ταῦτα → πνεῦμά μου. » Ταῦτα; και κῶν → κακῶν; Τοῦτο καὶ τετύχηκε. ὁ διάβολος δρᾷ → Τοῦτο καὶ τετύχηκε. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ διάβολος δρᾷ.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 141.4 (PG 80 80:1951; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/141-4). (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.
141.5PG 80 80:1953
« Κατενόουν εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ, καὶ ἐπέβλεπον, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἐπιγινώσκων με. » Οὐδένα, φησὶν, οὐδαμόθεν ἑώρων ἐπίκουρον. Δεξιὰ γὰρ τὸ πρᾶγμα τῶν εὐνουστέρων ἐκάλεσεν. « ᾿Απώλετο φυγὴ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου. » Ἀφύκτοις ἕρκεσι περιέπεσα, καὶ πόρον οὐχ εὑρίσκω φυγῆς, οὐδὲ τὸν ἐπαμυνόμενον.
« Katenooun eis ta dexia, kai epeblepon, kai ouk ēn ho epiginōskōn me. » Oudena, phēsin, oudamothen heōrōn epikouron. Dexia gar to pragma tōn eunousterōn ekalesen. « ᾿Apōleto phygē ap' emou, kai ouk estin ho ekzētōn tēn psychēn mou. » Aphyktois herkesi periepesa, kai poron ouch heuriskō phygēs, oude ton epamynomenon.
"I looked to the right and saw, and there was no one who knew me." "I saw no helper from anywhere," he says. For he called the matter of the more friendly the "right." "Escape has perished from me, and there is no one who seeks out my soul." "I have fallen into inescapable nets and find no way of escape, nor anyone to help."
Ps 142:4 (141:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 142:4: David saw no friend or way of escape.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (lost quotation mark and breathing (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): Κατενόουνς εἰς → Κατενόουν εἰς; καὶ ὰ οὐκ ἦν → καὶ οὐκ ἦν; τὴν ψυχήν μου. Ἀφύκτοις ἔρκεσι → τὴν ψυχήν μου. » Ἀφύκτοις ἕρκεσι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 141.5 (PG 80 80:1953; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/141-5). (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.
141.6PG 80 80:1953
«Ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σὲ, Κύριε, εἶπα· Σὺ εἶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου. » Σὲ τοίνυν ἱκετεύω, οὗ τὰς ἐμὰς ἐλπίδας ἐξήρτησα. • Μερίς μου εἶ ἐν γῇ ζώντων. Πρόσχες πρὸς τὴν δέησίν μου, ὅτι ἐταπεινώθην σφόδρα. » Πολλάκις ὁ θεῖος Δαβὶδ μερίδα οἰκείαν ἐκάλεσε τὸν Θεόν καὶ νῦν δὲ ὡσαύτως τοῦτο πεποίηκεν. Οὐδεμίαν γὰρ, φησὶν, ἄλλην ἔχω βοήθειαν, ἀλλὰ σὲ μόνον ἐπίκουρον, καὶ διὰ σοῦ τυχεῖν ἀντιβολῶ τῆς ζωῆς. Ταπείνωσιν δὲ τὰς συμφορὰς ἐνταῦθα καλεῖ. Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος παρεδήλωσεν, ᾿Ακρόασαι τὰς λαλιάς μου, ὅτι ἡτόνησα σφόδρα. • ῾Ρῦσαί με ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με, ὅτι ἐκραταιώθησαν ὑπὲρ ἐμέ. » Ἰσχυρότεροί μοι γεγένηνται οἱ πολέμιοι· διὰ δὲ τῆς σῆς ῥοπῆς τὰς τούτων διαφεύξομαι χεῖρας.
«Ekekraxa pros se, Kyrie, eipa; Sy ei hē elpis mou. » Se toinyn hiketeuō, hou tas emas elpidas exērtēsa. • Meris mou ei en gę̄ zōntōn. Prosches pros tēn deēsin mou, hoti etapeinōthēn sphodra. » Pollakis ho theios Dabid merida oikeian ekalese ton Theon kai nyn de hōsautōs touto pepoiēken. Oudemian gar, phēsin, allēn echō boētheian, alla se monon epikouron, kai dia sou tychein antibolō tēs zōēs. Tapeinōsin de tas symphoras entautha kalei. Touto gar kai ho Symmachos paredēlōsen, ᾿Akroasai tas lalias mou, hoti hētonēsa sphodra. • ῾Rysai me ek tōn katadiōkontōn me, hoti ekrataiōthēsan hyper eme. » Ischyroteroi moi gegenēntai hoi polemioi; dia de tēs sēs rhopēs tas toutōn diapheuxomai cheiras.
"I cried to you, O Lord; I said: You are my hope." "I implore you, then, on whom I have hung my hopes." "You are my portion in the land of the living. Attend to my supplication, for I have been greatly humbled." The divine David often called God his own portion, and now too he has done the same. "I have no other help," he says, "but you alone as helper, and through you I plead to obtain life." Here he calls misfortunes humiliation. Symmachus too indicated this: "Hear my words, for I have grown very weak." "Deliver me from those who persecute me, for they are stronger than I." "My enemies have become stronger than I; but by your help I will escape their hands."
Ps 142:5 (141:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 142:6 (141:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 142:5–6: God alone is David's portion and help against stronger enemies.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; split word (OCR)): ἐλ πίς → ἐλπίς; Μερίς μου εἰ ἐν → Μερίς μου εἶ ἐν; Πολλά κις → Πολλάκις; Ισχυρότεροί → Ἰσχυρότεροί.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 141.6 (PG 80 80:1953; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/141-6). (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.
141.8PG 80 80:1953
« Ἐξάγαγε ἐκ φυλακῆς τὴν ψυχήν μου, τοῦ ἐξομολογήσασθαι ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου. » Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας οὕτως, Ἐξάγαγε ἐξ ἀποκλεισμοῦ τὴν ψυχήν μου. Ὡς ἐν εἰρκτῇ γάρ τινι καὶ δεσμωτηρίῳ κατείχετο, τῶν πολεμίων τῇ θύρᾳ τοῦ σπηλαίου προσκαθημένων. Ὑπισχνεῖται δὲ τῆς σωτηρίας τυχὼν ὕμνοις τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἀμείβεσθαι. « Ἐμὲ ὑπομενοῦσι δίκαιοι, ἕως οὗ ἀνταποδῷς μοι.» Ὁ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Τὸ ὄνομά σου στεφανώσονται δίκαιοι, ὅταν εὐεργετήσῃς με· τὴν γὰρ εἰς ἐμὲ γεγενημένην εὐεργεσίαν ἐνέχυρον τῆς εἰς αὐτοὺς λήψονται σωτηρίας, καὶ σὲ τὸν δίκαιον κριτὴν ἀνυμνήσουσιν.
« Exagage ek phylakēs tēn psychēn mou, tou exomologēsasthai en tǭ onomati sou. » Ho de ᾿Akylas houtōs, Exagage ex apokleismou tēn psychēn mou. Hōs en eirktę̄ gar tini kai desmōtēriǭ kateicheto, tōn polemiōn tę̄ thyrą tou spēlaiou proskathēmenōn. Hypischneitai de tēs sōtērias tychōn hymnois tas euergesias ameibesthai. « Eme hypomenousi dikaioi, heōs hou antapodǭs moi.» Ho Symmachos houtōs, To onoma sou stephanōsontai dikaioi, hotan euergetēsę̄s me; tēn gar eis eme gegenēmenēn euergesian enechyron tēs eis autous lēpsontai sōtērias, kai se ton dikaion kritēn anymnēsousin.
"Bring my soul out of prison, that I may confess your name." Aquila has: "Bring my soul out of confinement." For he was held as in a prison or jail, while the enemies sat at the mouth of the cave. He promises, if he obtains salvation, to repay the benefits with hymns. "The righteous will wait for me until you reward me." Symmachus has: "The righteous will crown your name when you do me good"; "for they will take the benefit done to me as a pledge of their own salvation and hymn you, the just judge."
Ps 142:7 (141:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 142:7: trapped in the cave as in a prison, David promises praise; his deliverance will encourage the righteous.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin letter in a Greek word (OCR); OCR accent; OCR accents; OCR breathing; OCR letter; split word (OCR)): Εξάγαγε ἐκ → Ἐξάγαγε ἐκ; ᾿Ακúλας → ᾿Ακύλας; τῇ Ούρᾳ → τῇ θύρᾳ; Ὑπισχνείται → Ὑπισχνεῖται; τυχών ὕμνοις → τυχὼν ὕμνοις; ὑπο μενοῦσι → ὑπομενοῦσι; και σε τὸν → καὶ σὲ τὸν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 141.8 (PG 80 80:1953; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/141-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.