Interpretation of the Psalms 145.1–149.10
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 145
145.1PG 80 80:1973
᾿Αλληλούϊα. Ἐν ἐνίοις ἀντιγράφοις πρόσκειται Ἀγγαίου καὶ Ζαχαρίου. Τοῦτο δὲ οὔτε παρὰ τῷ Ἑβραίῳ, οὔτε παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις εὗρον ἑρμηνευταῖς, οὔτε παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδομήκοντα εὗρον ἐν τῷ Ἑξαπλῷ. Ὑμνεῖν μὲν καὶ οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς παρακελεύεται τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεόν. Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφὴ δηλοῖ. Τὸ γὰρ ᾿Αλληλούϊα, Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἑρμηνεύεται, ὡς πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν.
᾿Allēlouïa. En eniois antigraphois proskeitai Angaiou kai Zachariou. Touto de oute para tǭ Hebraiǭ, oute para tois allois heuron hermēneutais, oute para tois Hebdomēkonta heuron en tǭ Hexaplǭ. Hymnein men kai houtos ho psalmos parakeleuetai ton tōn holōn Theon. Touto gar kai hē epigraphē dēloi. To gar ᾿Allēlouïa, Aineite ton Kyrion hermēneuetai, hōs pollakis eirēkamen.
Alleluia. In some copies is added "Of Haggai and Zechariah." But I found this neither in the Hebrew, nor in the other translators, nor in the Seventy in the Hexapla. This psalm too urges us to hymn the God of all; for the title too shows this. For "Alleluia" means "Praise the Lord," as we have often said.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 146:1 (145:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146 title: the ascription to Haggai and Zechariah is not in the Hebrew or the Hexapla; 'Alleluia' calls to praise.
- Migne's heading for this psalm is lost in the scan.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; split word (OCR)): πρόσ· κειται → πρόσκειται; ἐπιγραφή δηλοῖ → ἐπιγραφὴ δηλοῖ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.1 (PG 80 80:1973; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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145.2PG 80 80:1973
«Αἴνει, ἡ ψυχή μου, τὸν Κύριον. » Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Πνεύματος πᾶσιν ἡμῖν παρεγγυᾷ, εἰς τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ δοξολογίαν ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς διεγείρειν. « Αἰνέσω Κύριον ἐν τῇ ζωῇ μου, ψαλῶ τῷ Θεῷ μου ἕως ὑπάρχω.» Ἐν τῷ ἔκτῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ, «Ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ ὁ μνημονεύων σου, ἐν δὲ τῷ ᾅδῃ τίς ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι; » Τούτου χάριν κατὰ τὸν τῆς ζωῆς χρόνον ὑμνεῖν διδασκόμεθα τὸν Θεὸν, ἕως ἂν τοῦδε τοῦ βίου τὸ πέρας δεξώμεθα. «Μὴ πεποίθατε ἐπὶ ἄρχοντας. » ᾿Αγαθὴ παραίνεσις. Οὔτε γὰρ ἀεὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ἄρχουσιν, ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιρον ἔχουσιν ἐξουσίαν, οὔτε πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες τιμῶσι τὸ δίκαιον. Ἵνα δὲ προσῇ καὶ ἀμφότερα, χρὴ τῆς φύσεως ἰδεῖν τὸ ἐπίκηρον. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπιφέρει •
«Ainei, hē psychē mou, ton Kyrion. » Hē charis tou Pneumatos pasin hēmin parengyą, eis tēn tou Theou doxologian hēmas autous diegeirein. « Ainesō Kyrion en tę̄ zōę̄ mou, psalō tǭ Theǭ mou heōs hyparchō.» En tǭ ektǭ ephē psalmǭ, «Hoti ouk estin en tǭ thanatǭ ho mnēmoneuōn sou, en de tǭ hądę̄ tis exomologēsetai soi? » Toutou charin kata ton tēs zōēs chronon hymnein didaskometha ton Theon, heōs an toude tou biou to peras dexōmetha. «Mē pepoithate epi archontas. » ᾿Agathē parainesis. Oute gar aei hoi archontes archousin, alla proskairon echousin exousian, oute pantes hoi archontes timōsi to dikaion. Hina de prosę̄ kai amphotera, chrē tēs physeōs idein to epikēron. Touto gar epipherei •
"Praise the Lord, O my soul." The grace of the Spirit urges all of us to rouse ourselves to the glorification of God. "I will praise the Lord in my life; I will make melody to my God as long as I exist." In the sixth psalm he said: "For in death there is no one who remembers you; and in Hades who will confess you?" For this reason we are taught to hymn God during our lifetime, until we receive the end of this life. "Do not trust in rulers." Good advice. For rulers do not always rule, but have temporary authority; nor do all rulers honor justice. And even if both were present, one must see the perishability of nature. For he adds:
Ps 146:1 (145:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 146:2 (145:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 6:5 (6:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 146:3 (145:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146:1–3: we must praise God while we live; rulers deserve no trust, since their power is temporary, often unjust, and they themselves are mortal.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; stray space (OCR)): «Αίνει → «Αἴνει; ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι ; » → ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι; »; ᾿Αγαθή παραίνεσις → ᾿Αγαθὴ παραίνεσις.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.2 (PG 80 80:1973; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
145.3PG 80 80:1975
«Ἐπὶ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων, οἷς οὐκ ἔστι σωτηρία. » Βλέπε τὴν φύσιν, καὶ μὴ θάῤῥει τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ. • ῎Ανθρωπος γὰρ ματαιότητι ὡμοιώθη, καὶ ῎Ανθρωπος ὡσεὶ χόρτος αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ. » Οὕτω δείξας τῆς ἐπ᾿ ἀνθρώποις ἐλπίδος τὸ μάταιον, τῆς εἰς τὸν Θεὸν πεποιθήσεως τὸ ὀνησιφόρον ἐπεδείκνυσιν.
«Epi huious anthrōpōn, hois ouk esti sōtēria. » Blepe tēn physin, kai mē tharrhei tę̄ exousią. • ᾿Anthrōpos gar mataiotēti hōmoiōthē, kai ᾿Anthrōpos hōsei chortos hai hēmerai autou. » Houtō deixas tēs ep᾿ anthrōpois elpidos to mataion, tēs eis ton Theon pepoithēseōs to onēsiphoron epedeiknysin.
"In sons of men, in whom there is no salvation." "Look at the nature and do not trust in the authority. For man has become like vanity, and man, his days are like grass." Having thus shown the vanity of hope in human beings, he points out the benefit of trust in God.
Ps 146:3 (145:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 144:4 (143:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 103:15 (102:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146:3: humans, frail as vanity and grass, cannot save.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; iota subscript (OCR); stray letter and split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): τῇ ἐξουσία → τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ; καὶι ῎Ανθρω πος → καὶ ῎Ανθρωπος; αὐτοῦ. » & Οὕτω → αὐτοῦ. » Οὕτω; ὀνησιφόοον → ὀνησιφόρον.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.3 (PG 80 80:1975; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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145.4PG 80 80:1975
« Ἐξελεύσεται τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψει εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ. › Πνεῦμα ἐνταῦθα τὴν ψυχὴν καλεῖ. Ταύτης δὲ ἐξιούσης, εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν συγγένειαν τὸ σῶμα χωρεῖ, κατὰ τὴν θείαν ἀπόφασιν, «Ὅτι γῆ εἶ, καὶ εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσῃ. » « Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἀπολοῦνται πάντες οἱ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτοῦ. » Τῆς γὰρ ψυχῆς ἀποζευχθείσης, καὶ τοῦ σώματος διαλυθέντος εἰς κόνιν, ἐδείχθη ματαία τῶν λογισμῶν ἡ φαντασία. Τοῦτο καὶ διὰ τῆς παραβολῆς ἡμᾶς ὁ Κύριος ἐδίδαξεν. Εἰσαγαγὼν γὰρ τὸν πλούσιον, οὗ ηὐφόρησεν ἡ χώρα, λογιζόμενον καταλῦσαι τὰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ μείζονας οἰκοδομῆσαι, ἐπήγαγεν· «῎Αφρον, ταύτην τὴν νύκτα ἀπαιτοῦσι τὴν ψυχήν σου ἀπὸ σοῦ, ἃ δὲ ἡτοίμασας τίνι ἔσται; › Καὶ τῶν ἄλλων δὲ ἀνθρώπων, οἱ μὲν ἀρχὰς καὶ δυναστείας, οἱ δὲ κτήσεις ἀγρῶν καὶ οἰκοδομίας φαντάζονται· οἱ δὲ τὰς ἐν πολέμοις ὀνειροπολοῦσι νίκας, ἄλλοι δὲ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς τεκταίνουσιν ὄλεθρον· ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιὼν ἐξαπιναίως ὁ θάνατος ἀτέλεστον τῶν λογισμῶν τὴν φαντασίαν ἐᾷ.
« Exeleusetai to pneuma autou, kai epistrepsei eis tēn gēn autou. › Pneuma entautha tēn psychēn kalei. Tautēs de exiousēs, eis tēn oikeian syngeneian to sōma chōrei, kata tēn theian apophasin, «Hoti gē ei, kai eis gēn apeleusę̄. » « En ekeinę̄ tę̄ hēmerą apolountai pantes hoi dialogismoi autou. » Tēs gar psychēs apozeuchtheisēs, kai tou sōmatos dialythentos eis konin, edeichthē mataia tōn logismōn hē phantasia. Touto kai dia tēs parabolēs hēmas ho Kyrios edidaxen. Eisagagōn gar ton plousion, hou ēuphorēsen hē chōra, logizomenon katalysai tas apothēkas, kai meizonas oikodomēsai, epēgagen; «᾿Aphron, tautēn tēn nykta apaitousi tēn psychēn sou apo sou, ha de hētoimasas tini estai? › Kai tōn allōn de anthrōpōn, hoi men archas kai dynasteias, hoi de ktēseis agrōn kai oikodomias phantazontai; hoi de tas en polemois oneiropolousi nikas, alloi de tois echthrois tektainousin olethron; all᾽ epiōn exapinaiōs ho thanatos ateleston tōn logismōn tēn phantasian eą.
"His spirit will go out, and he will return to his earth." Here he calls the soul "spirit." When it goes out, the body goes to its own kin, according to the divine sentence, "For you are earth, and to earth you will depart." "On that day all his thoughts will perish." For when the soul has been unyoked and the body dissolved into dust, the imagination of the thoughts was shown to be vain. The Lord too taught us this by the parable. For bringing in the rich man whose land bore abundantly, reasoning to pull down his barns and build bigger ones, he added: "Fool, this night they demand your soul from you; and what you have prepared, whose will it be?" And among other people, some imagine offices and powers, others acquisitions of fields and buildings; some dream of victories in wars, others contrive destruction for their enemies; but death, coming suddenly, leaves the imagination of their thoughts unfulfilled.
Ps 146:4 (145:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 3:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 12:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 12:20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146:4: at death the soul departs and the body returns to dust, and all human plans perish, as Christ's parable of the rich fool teaches.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; OCR letter; stray space (OCR); stray stop and lost quotation mark (OCR)): « Εξελεύσεται → « Ἐξελεύσεται; ἀπελεύσῃ. ». Ἐν ἐκείνῃ → ἀπελεύσῃ. » « Ἐν ἐκείνῃ; αὐτοῦ . » → αὐτοῦ. »; διαλωθέντος → διαλυθέντος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.4 (PG 80 80:1975; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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145.5PG 80 80:1975
« Μακάριος οὗ ὁ Θεὸς Ἰακὼβ βοηθὸς αὐτοῦ, ἡ ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν αὐτοῦ. » Θεὸν Ἰακὼβ οὐχ ἁπλῶς ὠνόμασεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀναμιμνήσκων ἡμᾶς πόσης προμηθείας ἀπήλαυσεν Ἰακὼβ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐλπίσας, καὶ οἴους καὶ ὅσους ἐδρέψατο τῆς ἐλπίδος καρποὺς, εἰς τὸν τούτου Θεὸν ἐλπίζειν παρεγγυᾷ · καὶ Κύριον αὐτὸν, καὶ Θεὸν ὀνομάζει, καὶ δι᾿ ἀμφοτέρων κηρύττει τὸ δυνατόν. Εἶτα ἐκ τῆς τῶν ποιημάτων δημιουργίας διδάσκει αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀγαθότητα καὶ τὴν δύναμιν.
« Makarios hou ho Theos Iakōb boēthos autou, hē elpis autou epi Kyrion ton Theon autou. » Theon Iakōb ouch haplōs ōnomasen, all᾽ anamimnēskōn hēmas posēs promētheias apēlausen Iakōb pros ton Theon elpisas, kai oious kai hosous edrepsato tēs elpidos karpous, eis ton toutou Theon elpizein parengyą ; kai Kyrion auton, kai Theon onomazei, kai di᾿ amphoterōn kēryttei to dynaton. Eita ek tēs tōn poiēmatōn dēmiourgias didaskei autou tēn agathotēta kai tēn dynamin.
"Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God." Not without reason did he name the God of Jacob; reminding us how much providence Jacob enjoyed by hoping in God, and what and how many fruits of hope he gathered, he urges us to hope in his God. And he names him Lord and God, and by both proclaims his power. Then from the creation of his works he teaches his goodness and power.
Ps 146:5 (145:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146:5: blessed is the one who, like Jacob, hopes in the God who cared for him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misreading of quotation mark and split word): Θεὸν αὐτοῦ. ὁ Θεὸν Ἰα κὼβ → Θεὸν αὐτοῦ. » Θεὸν Ἰακὼβ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.5 (PG 80 80:1975; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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145.6PG 80 80:1975
« Τὸν ποιήσαντα τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς. » Συντόμως ἅπασαν τὴν ὁρωμένην καὶ ἀόρατον τῷ λόγῳ περιέλαβε κτίσιν. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον οὐρανοῦ, καὶ γῆς, καὶ θαλάσσης ἐμνήσθη, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς. Ἐν οὐρανῷ δὲ ἄγγελοι, καὶ τῶν ἀοράτων ἡ φύσις, καὶ ἥλιος, καὶ σελήνη, καὶ τῶν ἀστέρων τὸ πλῆθος. Ἐν γῇ δὲ καὶ θαλάσσῃ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ τῶν ἀλόγων τὰ γένη. Τοσαύτη, φησὶ, τοῦ Ποιητοῦ τῶν ὅλων ἡ δύναμις. Βλέπεις τοίνυν πόσον ἐστὶ τὸ διάφορον τῶν φθειρομένων ἀρχόντων, καὶ τοῦ δημιουργοῦ τῶν ἁπάντων. Οὕτω δείξας αὐτὸν τῶν ὅλων δημιουργὸν, δείκνυσιν αὐτὸν καὶ προμηθούμενον ὧν ἐποίησεν.
« Ton poiēsanta ton ouranon kai tēn gēn, tēn thalassan, kai panta ta en autois. » Syntomōs hapasan tēn horōmenēn kai aoraton tǭ logǭ perielabe ktisin. Ou gar monon ouranou, kai gēs, kai thalassēs emnēsthē, alla kai pantōn tōn en autois. En ouranǭ de angeloi, kai tōn aoratōn hē physis, kai hēlios, kai selēnē, kai tōn asterōn to plēthos. En gę̄ de kai thalassę̄ anthrōpoi, kai tōn alogōn ta genē. Tosautē, phēsi, tou Poiētou tōn holōn hē dynamis. Blepeis toinyn poson esti to diaphoron tōn phtheiromenōn archontōn, kai tou dēmiourgou tōn hapantōn. Houtō deixas auton tōn holōn dēmiourgon, deiknysin auton kai promēthoumenon hōn epoiēsen.
"Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them." Briefly he took in the whole visible and invisible creation in his words. For he mentioned not only heaven, earth, and sea, but all that is in them. In heaven are angels and the nature of invisible beings, the sun, the moon, and the multitude of stars; in earth and sea are human beings and the kinds of irrational creatures. "Such," he says, "is the power of the Maker of all." You see, then, how great is the difference between perishing rulers and the Creator of all things. Having thus shown him to be Creator of all, he shows him also caring for what he made.
Ps 146:6 (145:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146:6: God made all things visible and invisible, unlike mortal rulers, and cares for what he made.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; split word (OCR)): ὀρωμένην → ὁρωμένην; θαλάσ σης → θαλάσσης.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.6 (PG 80 80:1975; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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145.7PG 80 80:1977
« Τὸν φυλάσσοντα ἀλήθειαν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ποιοῦντα κρῖμα τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις, διδόντα τροφὴν τοῖς πεινῶσιν. » ᾿Αψευδὴς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπισχνούμενος, καὶ φιλαλήθης τὰς ἐπαγγελίας πληροῖ. Ἐπαμύνει δὲ τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις, καὶ κρίνει δικαίως· παρέχει δὲ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς πεινῶσι τὴν κατάλληλον τροφήν. Ἐντεῦθεν καὶ τὰς διὰ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν γεγενημένας εὐεργεσίας προλέγει.
« Ton phylassonta alētheian eis ton aiōna, poiounta krima tois adikoumenois, didonta trophēn tois peinōsin. » ᾿Apseudēs gar estin hypischnoumenos, kai philalēthēs tas epangelias plēroi. Epamynei de tois adikoumenois, kai krinei dikaiōs; parechei de kai pasi tois peinōsi tēn katallēlon trophēn. Enteuthen kai tas dia tēs enanthrōpēseōs tou Sōtēros hēmōn gegenēmenas euergesias prolegei.
"Who keeps truth for ever, who executes judgment for the wronged, who gives food to the hungry." For he does not lie when he promises, and as a lover of truth he fulfills his promises. He helps the wronged and judges justly; and he provides suitable food to all who hunger. From here he also foretells the benefits that came about through the incarnation of our Savior.
Ps 146:7 (145:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146:7: God keeps his promises, defends the wronged, and feeds the hungry; the verses that follow foretell the benefits of the incarnation.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter): ποιοῦντα γρῖμα → ποιοῦντα κρῖμα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.7 (PG 80 80:1977; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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145.8PG 80 80:1977
«Κύριος λύει πεπεδημένους, Κύριος σοφοῖ τυφλούς, Κύριος ἀνορθοῖ κατεῤῥαγμένους. » Ταῦτα καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου προφήτου προηγόρευσεν ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεός. Εἰρηκὼς γὰρ, « Δέδωκά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, » ἐπήγαγεν, « ᾿Ανοῖξαι ὀφθαλμοὺς τυφλῶν, ἐξαγαγεῖν ἐκ δεσμῶν δεδεμένους, καὶ ἐξ οἴκου φυλακῆς καθημένους ἐν σκότει. » Καὶ ἑτέρωθι ἐκ προσώπου ἔφη τοῦ Δεσπότου τοῦ Χριστοῦ· « Πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ, οὗ εἶνεκεν ἔχρισέ με, εὐαγγελίσασθαι πτωχοῖς ἀπέσταλκέ με, ἰάσασθαι τοὺς συντετριμμένους τὴν καρδίαν, κηρύξαι αἰχμαλώτοις ἄφεσιν, τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν. » Καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ, « Τότε ἀκούσονται κωφοὶ λόγους βιβλίου, καὶ οἱ ἐν τῷ σκότει, καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ ὁμίχλῃ. ὀφθαλμοὶ τυφλῶν ὄψονται. » « Κύριος ἀγαπᾷ δικαίους. Κύριος φυλάσσει τοὺς προσηλύτους. » Ἑκάστῳ τὰ κατάλληλα προσφέρει τῶν ὅλων ὁ Κύριος. Καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἀγαπῶντας αὐτὸν δικαίους τοῖς ἴσοις ἀμείβεται, καὶ ἀγάπην αὐτοῖς καὶ φιλοστοργίαν ἀντιδίδωσι πατρικήν· τοὺς δὲ τὴν πατρῴαν φυγόντας ἀσέβειαν, καὶ μετὰ πίστεως αὐτῷ προσιόντας, πάσης ἀξιοῖ φυλακῆς τε καὶ προμηθείας. Προσηλύτους γὰρ τοὺς ξένους καλεῖ. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Παῦλος, ὅτι «Ἦμέν ποτε χωρὶς Χριστοῦ ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς πολιτείας τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ξένοι τῶν διαθηκῶν, τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντες · ἀλλ᾽ οἱ ποτὲ ὄντες μακρὰν ἐγγὺς ἐγενήθημεν. » « Ὀρφανὸν καὶ χήραν ἀναλήψεται, καὶ ὁδὸν ἁμαρτωλῶν ἀφανιεῖ. » ᾿Απὸ τῆς καθόλου Προνοίας ἐπὶ τὰ μερικὰ τὸν λόγον κατήγαγε, καί φησιν ὡς οὐδενὸς ἀμελεῖ τῶν ὅλων ὁ πρύτανις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἐρήμους ἀνθρωπίνης κηδεμονίας πάσης ἀξιοῖ ἐπιμελείας, καὶ τὰς κατὰ τούτων ἐπιβουλὰς διαλύει.
«Kyrios lyei pepedēmenous, Kyrios sophoi typhlous, Kyrios anorthoi katerrhagmenous. » Tauta kai dia Hēsaïou prophētou proēgoreusen ho tōn holōn Theos. Eirēkōs gar, « Dedōka se eis phōs ethnōn, » epēgagen, « ᾿Anoixai ophthalmous typhlōn, exagagein ek desmōn dedemenous, kai ex oikou phylakēs kathēmenous en skotei. » Kai heterōthi ek prosōpou ephē tou Despotou tou Christou; « Pneuma Kyriou ep᾿ eme, hou eineken echrise me, euangelisasthai ptōchois apestalke me, iasasthai tous syntetrimmenous tēn kardian, kēryxai aichmalōtois aphesin, typhlois anablepsin. » Kai allachou, « Tote akousontai kōphoi logous bibliou, kai hoi en tǭ skotei, kai hoi en tę̄ homichlę̄. ophthalmoi typhlōn opsontai. » « Kyrios agapą dikaious. Kyrios phylassei tous prosēlytous. » Hekastǭ ta katallēla prospherei tōn holōn ho Kyrios. Kai tous men agapōntas auton dikaious tois isois ameibetai, kai agapēn autois kai philostorgian antididōsi patrikēn; tous de tēn patrǭan phygontas asebeian, kai meta pisteōs autǭ prosiontas, pasēs axioi phylakēs te kai promētheias. Prosēlytous gar tous xenous kalei. Houtō kai ho makarios ephē Paulos, hoti «Ēmen pote chōris Christou apēllotriōmenoi tēs politeias tou Israēl, kai xenoi tōn diathēkōn, tēs epangelias elpida mē echontes ; all᾽ hoi pote ontes makran engys egenēthēmen. » « Orphanon kai chēran analēpsetai, kai hodon hamartōlōn aphaniei. » ᾿Apo tēs katholou Pronoias epi ta merika ton logon katēgage, kai phēsin hōs oudenos amelei tōn holōn ho prytanis, alla kai tous erēmous anthrōpinēs kēdemonias pasēs axioi epimeleias, kai tas kata toutōn epiboulas dialyei.
"The Lord sets free the prisoners, the Lord gives wisdom to the blind, the Lord sets upright the broken down." The God of all foretold these things through the prophet Isaiah too. For having said, "I have given you as a light of the nations," he added, "to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out the bound from their bonds and from the prison house those who sit in darkness." And elsewhere he spoke in the person of Christ the Master: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to captives and sight to the blind." And elsewhere: "Then the deaf will hear the words of a book, and those in darkness and in gloom; the eyes of the blind will see." "The Lord loves the righteous; the Lord guards the proselytes." The Lord of all brings to each what suits him. Those righteous who love him he repays with the same, returning them love and a father's tenderness; and those who have fled the impiety of their fathers and come to him with faith he counts worthy of every protection and providence. For he calls strangers proselytes. So too the blessed Paul said: "We were once without Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants, having no hope of the promise; but we who were once far off have come near." "He will take up the orphan and the widow, and he will destroy the way of sinners." He brought the word down from universal providence to particulars, and says that the Governor of all neglects no one, but counts those bereft of all human care worthy of all attention, and dissolves the plots against them.
Ps 146:8 (145:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 146:9 (145:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 42:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 42:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 61:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 29:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 2:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 2:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146:8–9: freeing prisoners and giving sight to the blind foretell Christ's works, as Isaiah prophesied; the 'proselytes' God guards are the Gentiles brought near, as Paul says; God cares for orphans and widows.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; stray mark and accent (OCR); stray mark and breathing (OCR); stray mark for quotation marks (OCR)): τυφλῶν ὄψονται. • Κύριος → τυφλῶν ὄψονται. » « Κύριος; τοὺς δὲ ( τὴν πατρώαν → τοὺς δὲ τὴν πατρῴαν; «Ημέν ποτε → «Ἦμέν ποτε; ἐγενήθημεν. » – « Ορφανὸν → ἐγενήθημεν. » « Ὀρφανὸν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.8 (PG 80 80:1977; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-8). (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.
145.10PG 80 80:1977
« Βασιλεύσει Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ὁ Θεός σου Σιὼν εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν. » Αἰώνιον γὰρ ἔχει τὸ κράτος, καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἀΐδιον ὁ νῦν, ὦ Σιών, μόνης σου Θεὸς νομιζόμενος.
« Basileusei Kyrios eis ton aiōna, ho Theos sou Siōn eis genean kai genean. » Aiōnion gar echei to kratos, kai tēn basileian aïdion ho nyn, ō Siōn, monēs sou Theos nomizomenos.
"The Lord will reign for ever, your God, O Zion, from generation to generation." "For he who is now thought to be the God of you alone, O Zion, has eternal power and an everlasting kingdom."
Ps 146:10 (145:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 146:10: Zion's God, now thought hers alone, reigns over all for ever.
- A fragment of the running head at the end of this section is removed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; running head (OCR)): ἄἰδιον ὁ νῦν → ἀΐδιον ὁ νῦν; νομιζόμενος. ΕΡΜΗΝ. ΤΟΥ → νομιζόμενος..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 145.10 (PG 80 80:1977; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/145-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
Chapter 146
146.1PG 80 80:1977
Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἐνταῦθα σαφῶς ἐδιδάχθημεν τοῦ ἀλληλούϊα τὴν ἑρμηνείαν. Τὸ γὰρ Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον, ᾿Αλληλούϊα ὁ Ἑβραῖος λέγει · ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος καὶ ἀνερμήνευτον αὐτὸ εἴασε· λέγει δὲ οὕτως, ᾿Αλληλούϊα, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ψαλμός. Ὁ δὲ Θεοδοτίων, Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Ἰά · αἰνεῖν καὶ οὗτος τοίνυν ὁ ψαλμὸς παρακελεύεται · προθεσπίζει δὲ τὴν ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπάνοδον, καὶ τὴν μετὰ ταῦτα γενομένην τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ οἰκοδομίαν. Οὐ γὰρ, ὡς Ἰουδαῖοι προσδοκῶσιν, αὖθις Ἱερουσαλήμ οἰκοδομηθήσεται, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἤδη γεγενημένην ὑπὸ Ζοροβάβελ οἰκοδομίαν, ὁ προφητικὸς προθεσπίζει λόγος. « Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον, ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ψαλμὸς, τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν ἡδυνθείη αἴνεσις. » Ὀνήσιμος, φησὶν, ἡ ὑμνῳδία, καὶ πρόξενος ἀγαθῶν · θυμήρης δὲ τῷ Θεῷ οὐχ ὁ ὕμνος, ἀλλὰ τῶν ὑμνούντων ὁ σκοπός · αὐτὸς δὲ ἀνενδεὴς χαίρει τῇ σωτηρίᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
Allēlouïa. Entautha saphōs edidachthēmen tou allēlouïa tēn hermēneian. To gar Aineite ton Kyrion, ᾿Allēlouïa ho Hebraios legei ; ho de Symmachos kai anermēneuton auto eiase; legei de houtōs, ᾿Allēlouïa, hoti agathos psalmos. Ho de Theodotiōn, Aineite ton Ia ; ainein kai houtos toinyn ho psalmos parakeleuetai ; prothespizei de tēn ek Babylōnos epanodon, kai tēn meta tauta genomenēn tēs Hierousalēm oikodomian. Ou gar, hōs Ioudaioi prosdokōsin, authis Hierousalēm oikodomēthēsetai, alla tēn ēdē gegenēmenēn hypo Zorobabel oikodomian, ho prophētikos prothespizei logos. « Aineite ton Kyrion, hoti agathos psalmos, tǭ Theǭ hēmōn hēdyntheiē ainesis. » Onēsimos, phēsin, hē hymnǭdia, kai proxenos agathōn ; thymērēs de tǭ Theǭ ouch ho hymnos, alla tōn hymnountōn ho skopos ; autos de anendeēs chairei tę̄ sōtērią tōn anthrōpōn.
Alleluia. Here we are clearly taught the interpretation of "alleluia." For the Hebrew says "Alleluia" for "Praise the Lord"; Symmachus even left it untranslated, saying thus: "Alleluia, for a psalm is good"; and Theodotion: "Praise Yah." This psalm too, then, urges us to praise; and it foretells the return from Babylon and the rebuilding of Jerusalem that took place afterward. For Jerusalem will not be built again, as the Jews expect; the prophetic word foretells the building already done by Zerubbabel. "Praise the Lord, for a psalm is good; may praise be sweet to our God." "Hymnody is beneficial," he says, "and procures good things; and what pleases God is not the hymn but the aim of those who hymn. For he, lacking nothing, rejoices in the salvation of human beings."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 147:1 (146:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:1: 'Alleluia' means 'Praise the Lord'; the psalm foretells the return and Zerubbabel's rebuilding of Jerusalem, not a future rebuilding as the Jews expect; God delights in the worshipers' salvation, not in their hymns as such.
- Migne's heading for this psalm is lost in the scan. Theodoret's rejection of Jewish hopes for a rebuilt Jerusalem is polemical; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): Ονήσιμος → Ὀνήσιμος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.1 (PG 80 80:1977; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.2PG 80 80:1979
« Οἰκοδομῶν Ἱερουσαλήμ ὁ Κύριος, τὰς διασπορὰς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπισυνάξει. » Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο, φησὶν, αὐτὸν ὑμνεῖσθαι προσήκει, ὅτι καὶ τὴν καταλυθεῖσαν Ἱερουσαλήμ οἰκοδομήσει, καὶ τοὺς δορυαλώτους γεγενημένους ἀξιώσει τῆς ἐπανόδου. Εἰ δὲ μὴ πάντες ἐπανῆλθον, οὐχ ὁ θεῖος διεψεύσατο λόγος, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ ἐκείνων ἠλέγχθη πονηρία. Αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ διὰ τοῦ Κύρου πᾶσιν ἐπανελθεῖν παρεγγύησεν, οἱ δὲ ἀντίτυπον ἐσχηκότες γνώμην, τὴν ἀλλοτρίαν ἀντὶ τῆς πατρίδος προείλοντο.
« Oikodomōn Hierousalēm ho Kyrios, tas diasporas tou Israēl episynaxei. » Kai dia touto, phēsin, auton hymneisthai prosēkei, hoti kai tēn katalytheisan Hierousalēm oikodomēsei, kai tous doryalōtous gegenēmenous axiōsei tēs epanodou. Ei de mē pantes epanēlthon, ouch ho theios diepseusato logos, all᾽ hē ekeinōn ēlenchthē ponēria. Autos men gar dia tou Kyrou pasin epanelthein parengyēsen, hoi de antitypon eschēkotes gnōmēn, tēn allotrian anti tēs patridos proeilonto.
"The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he will gather the dispersed of Israel." "For this reason too," he says, "it is fitting to hymn him, because he will rebuild destroyed Jerusalem and count the captives worthy of the return." If not all returned, the divine word did not lie; their wickedness was exposed. For he urged all to return through Cyrus, but those with a resistant mind preferred a foreign land to their homeland.
Ps 147:2 (146:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ezra 1:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:2: God rebuilt Jerusalem and summoned all the exiles home through Cyrus; those who stayed showed their own perversity.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; stray space (OCR)): διασποράς τοῦ → διασπορὰς τοῦ; οἰκοδομήσει , καὶ → οἰκοδομήσει, καὶ; Ει δὲ μὴ → Εἰ δὲ μὴ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.2 (PG 80 80:1979; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.3PG 80 80:1979
« Ὁ ἱώμενος τοὺς συντετριμμένους τὴν καρδίαν, καὶ δεσμεύων τὰ συντρίμματα αὐτῶν. » Συνῆψε τοῖς σωματικοῖς τὰ πνευματικά, καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτὸν οὐ μόνον τοῖς αἰχμαλώτοις τὴν ἐλευθερίαν δωρούμενον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς τὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τραύματα δεξαμένοις τὴν ἴασιν χαριζόμενον.
« Ho hiōmenos tous syntetrimmenous tēn kardian, kai desmeuōn ta syntrimmata autōn. » Synēpse tois sōmatikois ta pneumatika, kai edeixen auton ou monon tois aichmalōtois tēn eleutherian dōroumenon, alla kai tois ta tēs hamartias traumata dexamenois tēn iasin charizomenon.
"Who heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." He joined spiritual things to bodily ones, and showed him not only granting freedom to the captives, but also granting healing to those who have received the wounds of sin.
Ps 147:3 (146:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:3: God frees captives and heals the wounds of sin.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.3 (PG 80 80:1979; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.4PG 80 80:1979
« Ὁ ἀριθμῶν πλήθη ἄστρων, καὶ πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα καλῶν.» Διὰ πάντων τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν κηρύττει. Ὁ ἀριθμῶν δὲ ἐνταῦθα τὴν γνῶσιν ἐκάλεσε, καὶ ἄστρων δὲ ὀνόματα τὰς τῶν ἀστέρων διαφορὰς, καὶ τὴν τούτων θέσιν τε καὶ διάταξιν, καὶ τὴν πρὸς ἄλληλα σχέσιν. Οὐ γὰρ ὀνόμασι κεχρημένος ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς τοὺς ἀστέρας καλεῖ · ἄψυχα γὰρ ταῦτα, καὶ λόγου ἐστερημένα. "Ανθρωποι δὲ, ἀσεβεῖ γνώμῃ χρησάμενοι, ἀπὸ μύθων ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν πεπλασμένων ἔθεσαν τοῖς ἄστροις ὀνόματα.
« Ho arithmōn plēthē astrōn, kai pasin autois onomata kalōn.» Dia pantōn tou Theou tēn dynamin kēryttei. Ho arithmōn de entautha tēn gnōsin ekalese, kai astrōn de onomata tas tōn asterōn diaphoras, kai tēn toutōn thesin te kai diataxin, kai tēn pros allēla schesin. Ou gar onomasi kechrēmenos ho tōn holōn Theos tous asteras kalei ; apsycha gar tauta, kai logou esterēmena. "Anthrōpoi de, asebei gnōmę̄ chrēsamenoi, apo mythōn hyp᾿ autōn peplasmenōn ethesan tois astrois onomata.
"Who counts the multitudes of stars and calls them all by names." Through all things he proclaims God's power. Here he called God's knowledge "counting," and by the names of the stars he means their differences, their position and arrangement, and their relation to one another. For the God of all does not call the stars using names, for they are lifeless and deprived of reason. Human beings, using an impious mind, gave names to the stars from myths they themselves invented.
Ps 147:4 (146:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:4: God's 'counting' and 'naming' the stars mean his knowledge of their order; the stars' names come from human pagan myths.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated letters and stray stop (OCR)): τοῦ Θε Θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν. κηρύττει → τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δύναμιν κηρύττει.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.4 (PG 80 80:1979; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.5PG 80 80:1979
« Μέγας ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν, καὶ μεγάλη ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός. » Ἀμέτρητα πάντα, καὶ τὸ μέγεθος, καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺς, καὶ ἡ αἴνεσις. Ὡς χωροῦμεν δὲ ὅμως ὑμνοῦμεν.
« Megas ho Kyrios hēmōn, kai megalē hē ischys autou, kai tēs syneseōs autou ouk estin arithmos. » Ametrēta panta, kai to megethos, kai hē ischys, kai hē ainesis. Hōs chōroumen de homōs hymnoumen.
"Great is our Lord, and great his strength, and of his understanding there is no number." All are immeasurable: the greatness, the strength, and the praise. Yet we hymn as we are able.
Ps 147:5 (146:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:5: God's greatness is beyond measure, yet we praise as we can.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing): » Αμέτρητα → » Ἀμέτρητα; ἡ αἵνεσις → ἡ αἴνεσις.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.5 (PG 80 80:1979; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.6PG 80 80:1979
« ᾿Αναλαμβάνων πραεῖς ὁ Κύριος, ταπεινῶν δὲ ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἕως γῆς. » Ὁ Σύμμαχος ἀνακτώμενος εἴρηκεν. Καὶ τοῦτο δὲ τῆς θείας ἴδιον προμηθείας· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ δι' ἐπιείκειαν ὑπό τινων ἐπιβουλευομένους κηδεμονίας ἀξιοῖ · τοὺς δὲ ἀδίκως αὐτοῖς ἐπιόντας παραπέμπει θανάτῳ. Καὶ τοὺς μὲν περιβλέπτους ποιεῖ καὶ περιφανεῖς· τῶν δὲ τὴν μνήμην παραδίδωσι λήθῃ. Οὕτω τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων ἀοίδιμος ὁ χορός· οὕτω πολυθρύλλητοι τῶν μαρτύρων οἱ δῆμοι. Τῶν δὲ τούτοις πεπολεμηκότων ἡ μνήμη παραδέδοται λήθῃ.
« ᾿Analambanōn praeis ho Kyrios, tapeinōn de hamartōlous heōs gēs. » Ho Symmachos anaktōmenos eirēken. Kai touto de tēs theias idion promētheias; tous men gar di' epieikeian hypo tinōn epibouleuomenous kēdemonias axioi ; tous de adikōs autois epiontas parapempei thanatǭ. Kai tous men peribleptous poiei kai periphaneis; tōn de tēn mnēmēn paradidōsi lēthę̄. Houtō tōn hagiōn apostolōn aoidimos ho choros; houtō polythryllētoi tōn martyrōn hoi dēmoi. Tōn de toutois pepolemēkotōn hē mnēmē paradedotai lēthę̄.
"The Lord lifts up the meek, but humbles sinners to the ground." Symmachus said "restoring." This too is proper to divine providence: those plotted against by others because of their gentleness he counts worthy of care, while those who unjustly attack them he sends to death. The former he makes admired and renowned; the memory of the latter he hands over to oblivion. So the choir of the holy apostles is celebrated, so the hosts of the martyrs are famous, while the memory of those who made war on them has been handed over to oblivion.
Ps 147:6 (146:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:6: God exalts the meek and humbles the wicked, so the apostles and martyrs are celebrated while their persecutors are forgotten.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (iota subscript (OCR)): παραδέδοται λήθη. → παραδέδοται λήθῃ..
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.6 (PG 80 80:1979; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.7PG 80 80:1981
· Ἐξάρξατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν ἐξομολογήσει · ψάλατε τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν ἐν κιθάρᾳ. » Ταύτην τοίνυν εἰδότες τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ἀγαθότητα, καὶ σοφίαν, καὶ δύναμιν, ἄρχεσθε τῆς ὑμνῳδίας ὀργάνοις τοῖς συνήθεσι χρώμενοι.
; Exarxate tǭ Kyriǭ en exomologēsei ; psalate tǭ Theǭ hēmōn en kitharą. » Tautēn toinyn eidotes tou Theou tēn agathotēta, kai sophian, kai dynamin, archesthe tēs hymnǭdias organois tois synēthesi chrōmenoi.
"Begin to the Lord with confession; make melody to our God on the lyre." "Knowing, then, this goodness, wisdom, and power of God, begin the hymnody, using the customary instruments."
Ps 147:7 (146:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:7: knowing God's goodness and power, the people are to begin his praise.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.7 (PG 80 80:1981; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.8PG 80 80:1981
« Τῷ περιβάλλοντι τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐν νεφέλαις, τῷ ἑτοιμάζοντι τῇ γῇ ὑετόν. » Ἀμφότερα καὶ τῆς δυνάμεως, καὶ τῆς ἀγαθότητος δείγματα. Ὡς ἀγαθὸς μὲν γὰρ, καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, προμηθεῖται τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς · ὡς παντοδύναμος δὲ, μετέωρον φέρει τῶν ὑδάτων τὴν φύσιν, καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ συγκαλύπτει τὴν θέαν, ὄροφόν τινα μέσον οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς διὰ τῶν νεφῶν τεκταινόμενος, καὶ ταῖς ὠδῖσι τούτων ἄρδων τὴν γῆν. Εἶτα τὴν ἐντεῦθεν φυομένην δείκνυσι χρείαν. « Τῷ ἐξανατέλλοντι ἐν ὄρεσι χόρτον, καὶ χλόην τῇ δουλείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.» Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὴν ὑπ᾿ ἀνθρώπων γεωργουμένην ἄρδει γῆν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ὄρη, καὶ τοὺς ἐρήμους χώρους, τὸν ἐκ τούτων φυόμενον χιλὸν προσφέρων τοῖς κτήνεσι. Καὶ τοῦτο μὲν διὰ τὴν εἰς ἀνθρώπους εὐεργεσίαν ποιεῖ· τοῖς ἀνθρώποις γὰρ ὑπουργεῖν τὰ κτήνη προσέταξεν.
« Tǭ periballonti ton ouranon en nephelais, tǭ hetoimazonti tę̄ gę̄ hyeton. » Amphotera kai tēs dynameōs, kai tēs agathotētos deigmata. Hōs agathos men gar, kai philanthrōpos, promētheitai tōn epi gēs ; hōs pantodynamos de, meteōron pherei tōn hydatōn tēn physin, kai tou ouranou synkalyptei tēn thean, orophon tina meson ouranou kai gēs dia tōn nephōn tektainomenos, kai tais ōdisi toutōn ardōn tēn gēn. Eita tēn enteuthen phyomenēn deiknysi chreian. « Tǭ exanatellonti en oresi chorton, kai chloēn tę̄ douleią tōn anthrōpōn.» Ou gar monon tēn hyp᾿ anthrōpōn geōrgoumenēn ardei gēn, alla kai ta orē, kai tous erēmous chōrous, ton ek toutōn phyomenon chilon prospherōn tois ktēnesi. Kai touto men dia tēn eis anthrōpous euergesian poiei; tois anthrōpois gar hypourgein ta ktēnē prosetaxen.
"Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth." Both are signs of his power and his goodness. As good and loving humankind, he provides for those on earth; as all-powerful, he carries the nature of water aloft and covers the sight of heaven, building through the clouds a kind of roof between heaven and earth, and watering the earth by their birth-pangs. Then he shows the use that springs from this: "Who makes grass spring up on the mountains, and green herbs for the service of human beings." For he waters not only the land cultivated by human beings, but also the mountains and deserted places, providing the fodder that grows there for the cattle. He does this for the sake of his benefit to human beings; for he ordered the cattle to serve human beings.
Ps 147:8 (146:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:8: the clouds and rain show God's power and goodness; he waters even the mountains to feed the cattle that serve humanity.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; stray letter (OCR)): » Αμφότερα → » Ἀμφότερα; γῆν, Τἀλλὰ → γῆν, ἀλλὰ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.8 (PG 80 80:1981; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.9PG 80 80:1981
« Καὶ διδόντι κτήνεσι τροφὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ τοῖς νεοσσοῖς τῶν κοράκων τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένοις αὐτόν. » Οὐ λογικὴ τῶν κοράκων ἡ φύσις, οὐδ᾽ ὅτι λογικῶς ἐπικαλεῖται τὸν ποιητήν· ἀλλ᾽ ἡ διὰ τὴν χρείαν κραυγὴ μιμεῖται τὴν αἴτησιν. Ἐντεῦθεν ἡγοῦμαι καὶ τὸν Δεσπότην Χριστὸν, τῶν ἄλλων πτηνῶν καταλιπόντα τὴν μνήμην, τῶν κοράκων μνησθῆναι, καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς εἰπεῖν, « ᾿Αποβλέψατε εἰς τοὺς κόρακας, ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν, οὐδὲ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτούς. »
« Kai didonti ktēnesi trophēn autōn, kai tois neossois tōn korakōn tois epikaloumenois auton. » Ou logikē tōn korakōn hē physis, oud᾽ hoti logikōs epikaleitai ton poiētēn; all᾽ hē dia tēn chreian kraugē mimeitai tēn aitēsin. Enteuthen hēgoumai kai ton Despotēn Christon, tōn allōn ptēnōn kataliponta tēn mnēmēn, tōn korakōn mnēsthēnai, kai tois mathētais eipein, « ᾿Apoblepsate eis tous korakas, hoti ou speirousin, oude synagousin eis apothēkas, kai ho Patēr hymōn ho ouranios trephei autous. »
"And who gives the cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him." The nature of ravens is not rational, nor do they call upon the Maker rationally; but their cry from need imitates a request. From this, I think, Christ the Master too, leaving out mention of the other birds, mentioned the ravens and said to his disciples: "Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them."
Ps 147:9 (146:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 12:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 6:26 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:9: the young ravens' cry is like a prayer God answers, which is why Christ pointed to the ravens.
- Theodoret's wording of Christ's saying combines Luke 12:24 (ravens) and Matt 6:26.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; opening quotation mark lost (OCR); stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): Καὶ διδόντι κτήνεσι → « Καὶ διδόντι κτήνεσι; ἐπικαλουμένοις αὐτόν. • Οὐ → ἐπικαλουμένοις αὐτόν. » Οὐ; κραυγή μιμεῖται → κραυγὴ μιμεῖται.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.9 (PG 80 80:1981; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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146.10PG 80 80:1981
« Οὐκ ἐν τῇ δυναστείᾳ τοῦ ἵππου θελήσει, οὐδὲ ἐν ταῖς κνήμαις τοῦ ἀνδρὸς εὐδοκεῖ. Εὐδοκεῖ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐλπίζουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. » Οὐ ῥώμῃ σώματος, φησὶ, καὶ ἱππικῇ τέχνῃ, καὶ ταχύτητι ποδῶν ὁ Θεὸς ἐπιτέρπεται · ἀλλὰ καλαῖς πράξεσιν, ὧν δημιουργὸς ἡ εὐλάβεια. Οὐ μόνον δὲ τούτων προμηθεῖται σπουδαίως, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν περιπεπτωκότων ἁμαρτίαις, μεταμελείᾳ δὲ χρησαμένων, καὶ στηριχθέντων τῇ τῆς φιλανθρωπίας ἐλπίδι. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τοῖς τελείοις τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀθληταῖς ἔφη τὸν Θεὸν εὐδοκεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς τὸν θεῖον προσμένουσιν ἔλεον.
« Ouk en tę̄ dynasteią tou hippou thelēsei, oude en tais knēmais tou andros eudokei. Eudokei Kyrios en tois phoboumenois auton, kai en tois elpizousin epi to eleos autou. » Ou rhōmę̄ sōmatos, phēsi, kai hippikę̄ technę̄, kai tachytēti podōn ho Theos epiterpetai ; alla kalais praxesin, hōn dēmiourgos hē eulabeia. Ou monon de toutōn promētheitai spoudaiōs, alla kai tōn peripeptōkotōn hamartiais, metameleią de chrēsamenōn, kai stērichthentōn tę̄ tēs philanthrōpias elpidi. Ou gar monon tois teleiois tēs aretēs athlētais ephē ton Theon eudokein, alla kai epi tois ton theion prosmenousin eleon.
"He will not delight in the strength of the horse, nor take pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him and in those who hope in his mercy." "God does not delight," he says, "in bodily strength, horsemanship, or speed of foot, but in good deeds, of which reverence is the maker." And he provides earnestly not only for these, but also for those who have fallen into sins but have used repentance and been established in the hope of his love for humankind. For he said that God takes pleasure not only in the perfect athletes of virtue, but also in those who wait for the divine mercy.
Ps 147:10 (146:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 147:11 (146:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 147:10–11: God delights not in strength or speed but in reverence, and also in penitent sinners who hope in his mercy.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): στηρι χθέντων → στηριχθέντων.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 146.10 (PG 80 80:1981; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/146-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 147
147.12PG 80 80:1981
᾿Αλληλούϊα. Ὑμνεῖν καὶ ἐνταῦθα παρακελεύεται ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος. Προλέγει δὲ καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον γεγενημένην νίκην. Πρὸς δὲ ταύτῃ, καὶ τὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων προθεσπίζει κηρύγματα, πᾶσαν ὅτι τάχιστα διαδραμόντα τὴν οἰκουμένην. «Ἐπαίνει, Ἱερουσαλήμ, τὸν Κύριον, αἴνει τὸν Θεόν σου, Σιών. Ὅτι ἐνίσχυσε τοὺς μοχλοὺς τῶν πυλῶν σου.» Διὰ τὴν ἄμαχον τοῦ Θεοῦ ῥοπὴν, καὶ τῶν πολεμίων ἀπαλλαγεῖσα, καὶ ἀπολιόρκητος, ὦ Ἱερουσαλήμ, μείνασα, ὕμνοις ἀμείβου τὸν εὐεργέτην. Ἱερουσαλήμ δὲ οὐ τὰς οἰκοδομίας καλεῖ, ἀλλὰ τοὺς ταύτης οἰκήτορας. « Εὐλόγησε τοὺς υἱούς σου ἐν σοί. » Εὐπαιδίας γὰρ καὶ πολυπαιδίας εὐλογίαν λαβοῦσα εἰς πλῆθος ηὐξήθης.
᾿Allēlouïa. Hymnein kai entautha parakeleuetai ho prophētikos logos. Prolegei de kai tēn meta tēn epanodon gegenēmenēn nikēn. Pros de tautę̄, kai ta tōn apostolōn prothespizei kērygmata, pasan hoti tachista diadramonta tēn oikoumenēn. «Epainei, Hierousalēm, ton Kyrion, ainei ton Theon sou, Siōn. Hoti enischyse tous mochlous tōn pylōn sou.» Dia tēn amachon tou Theou rhopēn, kai tōn polemiōn apallageisa, kai apoliorkētos, ō Hierousalēm, meinasa, hymnois ameibou ton euergetēn. Hierousalēm de ou tas oikodomias kalei, alla tous tautēs oikētoras. « Eulogēse tous huious sou en soi. » Eupaidias gar kai polypaidias eulogian labousa eis plēthos ēuxēthēs.
Alleluia. Here too the prophetic word urges us to hymn. It also foretells the victory that came after the return, and besides this foretells the proclamations of the apostles, which ran over the whole world very quickly. "Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates." "Freed from your enemies by the invincible help of God and remaining unbesieged, O Jerusalem, repay your benefactor with hymns." By Jerusalem he means not the buildings but its inhabitants. "He has blessed your sons within you." "For receiving the blessing of fine and numerous children, you increased to a multitude."
Ps 147:12 (147:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 147:13 (147:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 147:12–13: the psalm foretells the victory after the return and the apostles' swift preaching; Jerusalem's people are to praise God, who protected and multiplied them.
- Migne numbers the verses of this psalm (Septuagint Psalm 147) from 12, as in the Hebrew (Ps 147:12–20); the Septuagint numbers them 1–9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; split word (OCR)): παρακε λεύεται → παρακελεύεται; οίκουμένην → οἰκουμένην.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 147.12 (PG 80 80:1981; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/147-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.14PG 80 80:1983
«Ὁ τιθεὶς τὰ ὅριά σου εἰρήνην. » Δεδώρηταί σοι καὶ πανταχόθεν εἰρήνην. Ἐκδειματωθέντες γὰρ τῷ δέει τῶν ἀναιρεθέντων ἕτεροι πάλιν ἐπανελθεῖν οὐ τολμῶσιν. « Καὶ στέαρ πυροῦ ἐμπιπλῶν σε. › Ἐπέκλυσέ τε καὶ τοῖς ἀπὸ γῆς ἀγαθοῖς. Στέαρ γὰρ πυροῦ τῶν καρπῶν τὴν ἀφθονίαν ἐκάλεσεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ μέρους τὸ πᾶν ὀνομάσας. Πυρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ σῖτος, στέαρ δὲ πυροῦ ὁ κάλλιστος ἄρτος. Δεδήλωκε δὲ διὰ τούτου καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους καρπούς. ᾿Αλλὰ ταύτης πάλαι τῆς προνοίας ἀπήλαυον Ἰουδαῖοι· κατὰ δὲ τοῦ Σωτῆρος λυττήσαντες ἔρημοι πάντων ἐγένοντο τῶν ἀγαθῶν. Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος ταῦτα περὶ ἐκείνων διεξελθὼν, τῶν ἐθνῶν προθεσπίζει τὴν σωτηρίαν.
«Ho titheis ta horia sou eirēnēn. » Dedōrētai soi kai pantachothen eirēnēn. Ekdeimatōthentes gar tǭ deei tōn anairethentōn heteroi palin epanelthein ou tolmōsin. « Kai stear pyrou empiplōn se. › Epeklyse te kai tois apo gēs agathois. Stear gar pyrou tōn karpōn tēn aphthonian ekalesen, apo tou merous to pan onomasas. Pyros gar estin ho sitos, stear de pyrou ho kallistos artos. Dedēlōke de dia toutou kai tous allous karpous. ᾿Alla tautēs palai tēs pronoias apēlauon Ioudaioi; kata de tou Sōtēros lyttēsantes erēmoi pantōn egenonto tōn agathōn. Dia touto kai ho prophētikos logos tauta peri ekeinōn diexelthōn, tōn ethnōn prothespizei tēn sōtērian.
"Who makes your borders peace." "He has given you peace on every side; for others, terrified by fear of those who were slain, do not dare to come against you again." "And fills you with the fat of wheat." "He has flooded you with the good things of the earth too." By "the fat of wheat" he meant the abundance of crops, naming the whole from the part. For wheat is grain, and the fat of wheat is the finest bread; and by this he indicated the other crops too. The Jews once enjoyed this providence; but having raged against the Savior, they became bereft of all good things. That is why the prophetic word, having recounted these things about them, foretells the salvation of the nations.
Ps 147:14 (147:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:14: God gave the returned exiles peace and plenty; Theodoret says the Jews lost these blessings after rejecting the Savior, and the psalm turns to the salvation of the nations.
- Polemical application to the Jews; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; OCR quotation mark; stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): εἰρήνην. • Δεδώρηταί → εἰρήνην. » Δεδώρηταί; οὐ τολμῶσιν. » Καὶ στέαρ → οὐ τολμῶσιν. « Καὶ στέαρ; Ἑπέκλυσέ → Ἐπέκλυσέ; Πυρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ σίτος → Πυρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ σῖτος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 147.14 (PG 80 80:1983; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/147-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.15PG 80 80:1983
«Ὁ ἀποστέλλων τὸ λόγιον αὐτοῦ τῇ γῇ, ἕως τάχους δραμεῖται ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ. » Λόγον ἐνταῦθα εὐαγγελικὸν ἐκάλεσε κήρυγμα. Τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ Ἰουδαίοις μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἀπέστειλε. « Πορευθέντες γὰρ, φησὶ, μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. » Ἔδειξε δὲ καὶ τὴν ὀξύτητα τοῦ δρόμου. Ἐν ὀλίγῳ γὰρ χρόνῳ πᾶσαν γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν τῆς διδασκαλίας ἐπλήρωσαν. Τοῦτο προορῶν ὁ Προφήτης ἔφη, «Ἕως τάχους δραμεῖται ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ.» Καὶ καινὸν οὐδὲν, οὐδὲ παράδοξον. Πάντα γὰρ εἴκει τῷ θείῳ βουλήματι. Αὐτίκα τοίνυν τῶν ὑδάτων τὴν φύσιν μίαν οὖσαν εἰς μυρίας ἰδέας βουληθεὶς μεταβάλλει.
«Ho apostellōn to logion autou tę̄ gę̄, heōs tachous drameitai ho logos autou. » Logon entautha euangelikon ekalese kērygma. Touto de ouk Ioudaiois monon, alla kai tois allois pasin anthrōpois apesteile. « Poreuthentes gar, phēsi, mathēteusate panta ta ethnē. » Edeixe de kai tēn oxytēta tou dromou. En oligǭ gar chronǭ pasan gēn kai thalassan tēs didaskalias eplērōsan. Touto proorōn ho Prophētēs ephē, «Heōs tachous drameitai ho logos autou.» Kai kainon ouden, oude paradoxon. Panta gar eikei tǭ theiǭ boulēmati. Autika toinyn tōn hydatōn tēn physin mian ousan eis myrias ideas boulētheis metaballei.
"Who sends his saying to the earth; his word will run swiftly." Here he called the gospel proclamation the "word." This he sent not to the Jews alone, but to all other human beings as well: "Go," he says, "make disciples of all the nations." He also showed the swiftness of its course; for in a short time they filled every land and sea with the teaching. Foreseeing this, the prophet said, "His word will run swiftly." And there is nothing new or strange in this; for all things yield to the divine will. For instance, the nature of water, which is one, he changes at will into countless forms.
Ps 147:15 (147:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 28:19 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 147:15: God's swift-running word is the gospel, which the apostles quickly carried to all nations.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark and split word (OCR)): δρό ( μου → δρόμου.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 147.15 (PG 80 80:1983; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/147-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.16PG 80 80:1983
« Διδόντος χιόνα αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ ἔριον, ὁμίχλην ὡσεὶ σποδὸν πάσσοντος. Βάλλοντος κρύσταλλον αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ ψωμούς. » Ἐκ γὰρ τῆς μιᾶς τῶν ὑδάτων οὐσίας γίνεται μὲν ἀντίτυπος κρύσταλλος· γίνεται δὲ χιὼν μανή τε καὶ μαλακή, καὶ ἐρίου κάταγμα μιμουμένη· γίνεται δὲ καὶ κόνις ὑγρά. Τοιαύτη γὰρ τῆς ὁμίχλης ἡ φύσις. « Κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ ψύχους αὐτοῦ τίς ὑποστήσεται; › Καὶ τὸν ἀέρα δὲ μεταβάλλει ῥᾳδίως, καὶ τὸν ἄρτι φλογώδη μετ' ὀλίγον κρυμώδη ποιεῖ.
« Didontos chiona autou hōsei erion, homichlēn hōsei spodon passontos. Ballontos krystallon autou hōsei psōmous. » Ek gar tēs mias tōn hydatōn ousias ginetai men antitypos krystallos; ginetai de chiōn manē te kai malakē, kai eriou katagma mimoumenē; ginetai de kai konis hygra. Toiautē gar tēs homichlēs hē physis. « Kata prosōpon tou psychous autou tis hypostēsetai? › Kai ton aera de metaballei rhądiōs, kai ton arti phlogōdē met' oligon krymōdē poiei.
"Who gives snow like wool, scattering mist like ashes; who casts his ice like morsels." For from the one substance of water comes hard ice, comes snow, loose and soft, imitating carded wool, and comes moist dust; for such is the nature of mist. "Who will stand before the face of his cold?" He also changes the air easily, and makes what was just now fiery wintry soon after.
Ps 147:16 (147:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 147:17 (147:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 147:16–17: God turns the one substance of water into snow, mist, and ice, and changes heat to cold.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter; stray letters (OCR); stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): Διδόντος δι χιόνα → Διδόντος χιόνα; ψωμούς. · Ἐκ γὰρ → ψωμούς. » Ἐκ γὰρ; κρύσταλλο; · → κρύσταλλος·.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 147.16 (PG 80 80:1983; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/147-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.18PG 80 80:1983
«Ἐξαποστελεῖ δὲ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τήξει αὐτὰ· πνεύσει τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ῥυήσεται ὕδατα. » Ἀλλὰ πάλιν βουληθεὶς τὸ παγὲν ὕδωρ διαλύει ῥᾳδίως, καὶ κρουνηδὸν φέρεσθαι τοῦτο ποιεῖ. Τοῦ γὰρ νότου πνέοντος, καὶ χιὼν, καὶ κρύσταλλος λύεται. Οὐχ ἁπλῶς δὲ τούτων ἐποιήσατο τὴν διήγησιν, ἀλλὰ ἕτερα διὰ τούτων σημαίνων. Καθάπερ γὰρ ἡ χιὼν καταφερομένη τὰ ὄρη πληροῖ· τηκομένη δὲ εἰς τοὺς παρακειμένους χωρεῖ ποταμοὺς, καὶ χωρίοις ἑτέροις ἀρδεία προσφέρεται· οὕτω τῶν θεοσδότων ἀγαθῶν ἡ φορὰ πρώτοις μὲν προσηνέχθη τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις· ἐκείνων δὲ παραπεμψαμένων τὴν χάριν, διὰ τῶν ἱερῶν ἀποστόλων, ὥσπερ διά τινων ποταμῶν, ἡ τῆς διδασκαλίας ἀρδεία προσηνέχθη τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.
«Exapostelei de ton logon autou, kai tēxei auta; pneusei to pneuma autou, kai rhyēsetai hydata. » Alla palin boulētheis to pagen hydōr dialyei rhądiōs, kai krounēdon pheresthai touto poiei. Tou gar notou pneontos, kai chiōn, kai krystallos lyetai. Ouch haplōs de toutōn epoiēsato tēn diēgēsin, alla hetera dia toutōn sēmainōn. Kathaper gar hē chiōn katapheromenē ta orē plēroi; tēkomenē de eis tous parakeimenous chōrei potamous, kai chōriois heterois ardeia prospheretai; houtō tōn theosdotōn agathōn hē phora prōtois men prosēnechthē tois Ioudaiois; ekeinōn de parapempsamenōn tēn charin, dia tōn hierōn apostolōn, hōsper dia tinōn potamōn, hē tēs didaskalias ardeia prosēnechthē tois ethnesin.
"He will send out his word and melt them; his wind will blow, and waters will flow." But again, when he wills, he easily dissolves the frozen water and makes it flow in torrents. For when the south wind blows, both snow and ice are melted. He did not recount these things idly, but signifies other things through them. For just as snow, falling, fills the mountains, and, melting, goes into the nearby rivers and is brought as irrigation to other places, so the flood of God-given good things was brought first to the Jews; but when they rejected the grace, the irrigation of the teaching was brought to the nations through the holy apostles, as through rivers.
Ps 147:18 (147:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 147:18: as melting snow flows down to water other lands, God's gifts came first to the Jews and, when they refused them, flowed through the apostles to the nations.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 147.18 (PG 80 80:1983; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/147-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.19PG 80 80:1985
« Ὁ δὲ ἀποστέλλων τὸ λόγιον αὐτοῦ τῷ Ἰακώβ· δικαιώματα καὶ κρίματα αὐτοῦ τῷ Ἰσραήλ. » Πάλαι μὲν τὸν νόμον, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ τὴν χάριν· ἀλλ' ἀνάξιοι ἑκατέρων ἐδείχθησαν.
« Ho de apostellōn to logion autou tǭ Iakōb; dikaiōmata kai krimata autou tǭ Israēl. » Palai men ton nomon, meta de tauta kai tēn charin; all' anaxioi hekaterōn edeichthēsan.
"Who sends his saying to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel." Of old the law, and after that grace too; but they were shown unworthy of both.
Ps 147:19 (147:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 147:19: Israel received both law and grace but proved unworthy of both.
- Polemical; translated as written.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 147.19 (PG 80 80:1985; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/147-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.20PG 80 80:1985
« Οὐκ ἐποίησεν οὕτως παντὶ ἔθνει, καὶ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐδήλωσεν. › Οὐδενὶ γὰρ τῶν ἐθνῶν τὸν διὰ Μωσοῦ δέδωκε νόμον, οὔτε τὴν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν προσενήνοχεν ὠφέλειαν. Τούτους δὲ μόνους τῆς τοιαύτης ἀρδείας ἠξίωσεν· ἀλλ᾽ ἀχάριστοι περὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην ἐγένοντο. Τὰ δὲ ἔθνη, διὰ τῶν ἱερῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦ νοεροῦ φωτὸς τὴν αἴγλην δεξάμενα, τὸν οἰκεῖον ἐπέγνω δημιουργὸν, καὶ τούτῳ προσφέρει τὸ σέβας διηνεκῶς.
« Ouk epoiēsen houtōs panti ethnei, kai ta krimata autou ouk edēlōsen. › Oudeni gar tōn ethnōn ton dia Mōsou dedōke nomon, oute tēn dia tōn prophētōn prosenēnochen ōpheleian. Toutous de monous tēs toiautēs ardeias ēxiōsen; all᾽ acharistoi peri ton euergetēn egenonto. Ta de ethnē, dia tōn hierōn apostolōn tou noerou phōtos tēn aiglēn dexamena, ton oikeion epegnō dēmiourgon, kai toutǭ prospherei to sebas diēnekōs.
"He has not done so for any nation, and he has not shown them his judgments." For to none of the nations did he give the law through Moses, nor did he bring the benefit through the prophets. He counted these alone worthy of such irrigation; but they became ungrateful toward their benefactor. But the nations, receiving through the holy apostles the brightness of the spiritual light, recognized their own Creator and offer him reverence continually.
Ps 147:20 (147:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 147:20: only Israel received the law and prophets, but proved ungrateful, while the nations, taught by the apostles, came to know their Creator.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 147.20 (PG 80 80:1985; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/147-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 148
148.1PG 80 80:1985
« Ἀλληλούϊα, ἀλληλούϊα. » Διπλῆν ἐποιήσατο τὴν παρακέλευσιν ὁ Προφήτης, εἰς πλείονα προθυμίαν τὰς ψυχὰς παραθήγων. Ὕμνος δὲ καὶ οὗτος ἕτερος τὴν κτίσιν ἅπασαν, νοητήν τε καὶ αἰσθητὴν, λογικήν τε καὶ ἄλογον, ἔμψυχόν τε καὶ ἄψυχον, εἰς μίαν συμφωνίαν τῆς ὑμνῳδίας διεγείρων. Οὐρανὸν μέντοι καὶ γῆν, καὶ ἀβύσσους, καὶ τοὺς κατ᾿ οὐρανὸν φωστῆρας, καὶ ὄρη, καὶ φυτά, καὶ τ᾿ ἄλλα ὅσα τοιαῦτα, ὅσα σε ψυχῆς καὶ λόγου μετέχοντα, προσφέρειν τὸν ὕμνον παρεγγυᾷ. Ἀλλ᾽ εἰς ταῦτα τοῦ λόγου μετειληχότας ἀποβλέπειν κελεύει, καὶ τὴν ἐν τούτοις φαινομένην σοφίαν καταμανθάνοντας τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀνυμνεῖν. • Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις. » Δύο οὐρανοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγενῆσθαι ὁ μέγας ἡμᾶς ἐδίδαξε Μωσῆς· τόνδε σὺν τῇ γῇ γεγενημένον, καὶ τὸν ὕστερον μέσον τῶν ὑδάτων προσταχθέντα γενέσθαι, ὃν καὶ στερέωμα προσηγόρευσε. Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὑψίστων, ὑμνεῖσθαι προσέταξε τὸν Θεόν· ἀντὶ τοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἐν τούτῳ καὶ τοὺς ἐν ἐκείνῳ διάγοντας τῶν ἀσωμάτων χορούς. Ἐπειδὴ καὶ ὁ θεῖος Μωσῆς οὐδὲν ἡμᾶς περὶ τῆς τῶν νοερῶν φύσεων δημιουργίας ἐδίδαξεν, ἀναγκαίως ὁ Προφήτης ἐνταῦθα καὶ τὴν τούτων ἐποιήσατο μνήμην. Διὸ καὶ προσφέρειν τῷ Ποιητῇ τὸν ὕμνον παρεγγυᾷ. Τοῦτο γὰρ αὐτῷ παρὰ τῶν ποιημάτων τὸ χρέος ὀφείλεται, καὶ πᾶν ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ γενόμενον, καὶ λόγῳ τετιμημένον, προσήκει τοῦτο διὰ παντὸς ἐκτίνειν τὸ ὄφλημα. Εἰ δὲ τὰ κτιστὴν ἔχοντα φύσιν ὑμνεῖ, οὔτε δὲ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῖς ὑμνοῦσιν, οὔτε τὸ πανάγιον συντέτακται Πνεῦμα, δῆλον ὅτι τῆς κτιστῆς οὐχ ὑπάρχουσι φύσεως· ἢ γὰρ ἂν, πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων τὸν ποιητὴν ὕμνησαν, ὡς δικαιοσύνης πηγαὶ τιμῶσαι τὸ δίκαιον. Ἀλλ' οὔτε ὁ Υἱὸς ὑμνεῖ, οὔτε τὸ πανάγιον Πνεῦμα · οὐ τοίνυν κτιστῆς ἐστι φύσεως, οὔτε ὁ Υἱὸς, οὔτε τὸ πανάγιον Πνεῦμα. Ὑμνεῖται δηλονότι καὶ αὐτὸς, καὶ τὸ πανάγιον Πνεῦμα· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἄλλο τι μέσον τῶν ὑμνούντων καὶ ὑμνουμένων, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ μὲν κτίσις ὑμνεῖ, ὁ δὲ Κτίστης ὑμνεῖται. Εἰ δέ τις τὸν Κτίστην οὐχ ὑμνεῖ, ὡς ἀχάριστος οὐχ ὑμνεῖ. Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα πλατύτερον ἐν τοῖς περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος διεξήλθομεν λόγοις. Οὐκοῦν ἐπὶ τὰ συνεχῆ τῆς ἑρμηνείας βαδίσωμεν.
« Allēlouïa, allēlouïa. » Diplēn epoiēsato tēn parakeleusin ho Prophētēs, eis pleiona prothymian tas psychas parathēgōn. Hymnos de kai houtos heteros tēn ktisin hapasan, noētēn te kai aisthētēn, logikēn te kai alogon, empsychon te kai apsychon, eis mian symphōnian tēs hymnǭdias diegeirōn. Ouranon mentoi kai gēn, kai abyssous, kai tous kat᾿ ouranon phōstēras, kai orē, kai phyta, kai t᾿ alla hosa toiauta, hosa se psychēs kai logou metechonta, prospherein ton hymnon parengyą. All᾽ eis tauta tou logou meteilēchotas apoblepein keleuei, kai tēn en toutois phainomenēn sophian katamanthanontas ton Poiētēn anymnein. • Aineite ton Kyrion ek tōn ouranōn, aineite auton en tois hypsistois. » Dyo ouranous hypo tou Theou gegenēsthai ho megas hēmas edidaxe Mōsēs; tonde syn tę̄ gę̄ gegenēmenon, kai ton hysteron meson tōn hydatōn prostachthenta genesthai, hon kai stereōma prosēgoreuse. Dia touto ek tōn ouranōn, kai ek tōn hypsistōn, hymneisthai prosetaxe ton Theon; anti tou, kai tous en toutǭ kai tous en ekeinǭ diagontas tōn asōmatōn chorous. Epeidē kai ho theios Mōsēs ouden hēmas peri tēs tōn noerōn physeōn dēmiourgias edidaxen, anankaiōs ho Prophētēs entautha kai tēn toutōn epoiēsato mnēmēn. Dio kai prospherein tǭ Poiētę̄ ton hymnon parengyą. Touto gar autǭ para tōn poiēmatōn to chreos opheiletai, kai pan hyp᾿ autou genomenon, kai logǭ tetimēmenon, prosēkei touto dia pantos ektinein to ophlēma. Ei de ta ktistēn echonta physin hymnei, oute de ho Huios tois hymnousin, oute to panagion syntetaktai Pneuma, dēlon hoti tēs ktistēs ouch hyparchousi physeōs; ē gar an, pro tōn allōn ton poiētēn hymnēsan, hōs dikaiosynēs pēgai timōsai to dikaion. All' oute ho Huios hymnei, oute to panagion Pneuma ; ou toinyn ktistēs esti physeōs, oute ho Huios, oute to panagion Pneuma. Hymneitai dēlonoti kai autos, kai to panagion Pneuma; ou gar estin allo ti meson tōn hymnountōn kai hymnoumenōn, all᾽ hē men ktisis hymnei, ho de Ktistēs hymneitai. Ei de tis ton Ktistēn ouch hymnei, hōs acharistos ouch hymnei. Alla tauta platyteron en tois peri tou hagiou Pneumatos diexēlthomen logois. Oukoun epi ta synechē tēs hermēneias badisōmen.
"Alleluia, alleluia." The prophet made the exhortation double, sharpening souls to greater eagerness. This too is another hymn, rousing all creation, intelligible and sensible, rational and irrational, animate and inanimate, to one harmony of hymnody. But he does not urge heaven and earth, the deeps, the luminaries of heaven, mountains, plants, and the like to offer the hymn as if they shared in soul and reason; rather, he bids those who share in reason to look at these and, learning the wisdom that appears in them, to hymn the Maker. "Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the highest." The great Moses taught us that two heavens were made by God: this one, made with the earth, and the later one, commanded to come into being in the midst of the waters, which he also called the firmament. For this reason he commanded God to be hymned from the heavens and from the highest, that is, by the choirs of bodiless beings who live in this one and in that. Since the divine Moses taught us nothing about the creation of the intellectual natures, the prophet here necessarily mentioned them too. That is why he urges them to offer the hymn to the Maker. For this debt is owed him by his works, and everything made by him and honored with reason should pay this due continually. But if things with a created nature hymn, and neither the Son nor the all-holy Spirit is ranked among those who hymn, it is plain that they are not of created nature; otherwise they would have hymned the Maker before the others, as springs of righteousness honoring what is just. But neither the Son nor the all-holy Spirit hymns; therefore neither the Son nor the all-holy Spirit is of created nature. Clearly the Son himself is hymned, and the all-holy Spirit; for there is nothing in between those who hymn and the one hymned: creation hymns, the Creator is hymned. And if anyone does not hymn the Creator, he fails to hymn as one ungrateful. But we have treated these things more fully in our discourses on the Holy Spirit. Let us proceed, then, to the continuous interpretation.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 148:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 1:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 1:8 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 148:1: all creation is summoned to praise, inanimate things by giving rational beings cause; the two heavens of Genesis hold angelic choirs; since the Son and Spirit are never among those who praise but are praised, they are not creatures.
- A Trinitarian argument against those who made the Son or the Spirit creatures. Theodoret refers to his own (lost) discourses on the Holy Spirit.
- The clause 'not … as if they shared in soul and reason' is translated by sense; the printed text is damaged (ὅσα σε).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR accent and breathing; OCR accents; closing quotation mark lost (OCR)): « Ἀλληλούϊα, ἀλληλούϊα. Διπλῆν → « Ἀλληλούϊα, ἀλληλούϊα. » Διπλῆν; διἁγοντας → διάγοντας; τιμῶσαι το δίκαιον. Αλλ' → τιμῶσαι τὸ δίκαιον. Ἀλλ'; Εἰ δὲ τις τὸν Κτιστὴν → Εἰ δέ τις τὸν Κτίστην.
Topics: Trinity, Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.1 (PG 80 80:1985; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.2PG 80 80:1987
« Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν, πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ· αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν, πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ. » Ἀγγέλους καὶ δυνάμεις τὰς νοερὰς φύσεις καλεῖ. Ἀγγέλους μὲν, ὡς τὰ θεῖα διαπορθμεύοντας ῥήματα· δυνάμεις δὲ, ὡς τῶν σωματικῶν παθῶν ἐλευθέρας, καὶ πληροῦν τὰ κελευόμενα δυναμένας. « Δυνατοὶ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἰσχύϊ ποιοῦντες τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ. » Πᾶσαν μέν τοι τῶν νοερῶν τὴν φύσιν διὰ τούτων περιέλαβε τῶν ὀνομάτων. Μάλα δὲ ἁρμοδίως τοὺς ἐπουρανίους χοροὺς πρώτους εἰς ὑμνῳδίαν ἐκάλεσε.
« Aineite auton, pantes hoi angeloi autou; aineite auton, pasai hai dynameis autou. » Angelous kai dynameis tas noeras physeis kalei. Angelous men, hōs ta theia diaporthmeuontas rhēmata; dynameis de, hōs tōn sōmatikōn pathōn eleutheras, kai plēroun ta keleuomena dynamenas. « Dynatoi gar, phēsin, ischyï poiountes ton logon autou. » Pasan men toi tōn noerōn tēn physin dia toutōn perielabe tōn onomatōn. Mala de harmodiōs tous epouranious chorous prōtous eis hymnǭdian ekalese.
"Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his powers." He calls the intellectual natures angels and powers: angels, as carrying the divine words across; powers, as free from bodily passions and able to fulfill what is commanded. "For they are mighty in strength," it says, "doing his word." By these names he took in the whole nature of intellectual beings. And very fittingly he called the heavenly choirs first to hymnody.
Ps 148:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 103:20 (102:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 148:2: the angels and powers, messengers able to do God's will, are called first to praise.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR); split word (OCR)): δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ. Ἀγγέλους → δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ. » Ἀγγέλους; χο ροὺς → χοροὺς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.2 (PG 80 80:1987; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.3PG 80 80:1987
« Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν, ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν, πάντα τὰ ἄστρα καὶ τὸ φῶς. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Ὑμνεῖτε αὐτὸν, πάντες ἀστέρες φωτός· οὕτω δὲ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι. Κατὰ τοὺς Ἑβδομήκοντα δὲ οὕτω νοητέον· Τῇ πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τὸ φῶς ἐδημιούργησεν ὁ Θεὸς, τῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ τοὺς φωστῆρας· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τοῦ φωτὸς χωρὶς ἐμνημόνευσεν, οὐχ ὡς καθ' ἑαυτὸ ὑφεστῶτος, ἀλλ' ὡς ἐν τοῖς φωστῆρσι διανεμηθέντος. Ταῦτα δὲ, ὡς καὶ ἤδη προειρήκαμεν, οὐκ ἔμψυχα καὶ λογικὰ συγκαλεῖ· ἀλλ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἀφορᾶν εἰς ταῦτα, καὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν σοφίαν καταμανθάνειν, καὶ διὰ πάντων αὐτῷ πλέκειν τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν παρεγγυᾷ.
« Aineite auton, hēlios kai selēnē, aineite auton, panta ta astra kai to phōs. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs, Hymneite auton, pantes asteres phōtos; houtō de kai hoi alloi. Kata tous Hebdomēkonta de houtō noēteon; Tę̄ prōtę̄ hēmerą to phōs edēmiourgēsen ho Theos, tę̄ tetartę̄ de tous phōstēras; kai dia touto tou phōtos chōris emnēmoneusen, ouch hōs kath' heauto hyphestōtos, all' hōs en tois phōstērsi dianemēthentos. Tauta de, hōs kai ēdē proeirēkamen, ouk empsycha kai logika synkalei; all᾽ hēmas aphoran eis tauta, kai tou Theou tēn sophian katamanthanein, kai dia pantōn autǭ plekein tēn hymnǭdian parengyą.
"Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you stars and light." Symmachus has: "Hymn him, all you stars of light"; and so the others. According to the Seventy it is to be understood thus: on the first day God created light, and on the fourth the luminaries; and for this reason he mentioned light separately, not as subsisting by itself, but as distributed among the luminaries. These things, as we have already said, he does not summon as animate and rational; but he urges us to look at them, learn God's wisdom, and weave hymnody to him through all things.
Ps 148:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 1:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 148:3: light, made on the first day, is named apart from the luminaries of the fourth day; creation's 'praise' is our praise of God's wisdom in it.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent): λογικά συγκαλεῖ → λογικὰ συγκαλεῖ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.3 (PG 80 80:1987; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.4PG 80 80:1987
« Αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν, οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν. » Τῷ στερεώματι διεχώρισεν ὁ Θεὸς τῶν ὑδάτων τὴν φύσιν, τῇ ἀῤῥήτῳ σοφίᾳ τὴν ἐπὶ πλεῖστον αὐτοῖς διαμονὴν μηχανώμενος. Καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πεπηγότων ὑδάτων τὸ ἄπειρον τῶν φωστήρων ὁδεύειν προσέταξε πῦρ· ὕδωρ δὲ καὶ πῦρ ἐναντία ἀλλήλοις· ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως οὔτε τοῖς ὕδασι τὸ πῦρ κατασβέννυται, οὔτε τὸ πεπηγὸς ὕδωρ τῷ ἀπείρῳ πυρὶ κατατήκεται. Δείκνυσι δὲ ταῦτα τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ἄῤῥητον δύναμιν. Πληθυντικῶς δὲ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ὠνόμασεν, οὐ πολλοὺς τούτους εἰδὼς, ἀλλὰ τῇ Ἑβραίων ἀκολουθήσας φωνῇ · πληθυντικῶς γὰρ τούτους ἐκεῖνοι καλοῦσιν, ὡς ἡμεῖς ᾿Αθήνας, καὶ τὰς Θήβας. Ἀμέλει οὓς ἐνταῦθα οὐρανοὺς οὐρανῶν ἐκάλεσεν, ἑτέρωθι οὐρανὸν οὐρανοῦ προσηγόρευσεν. « Ὁ οὐρανὸς γὰρ, φησὶ, τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ. »
« Aineite auton, hoi ouranoi tōn ouranōn, kai to hydōr to hyperanō tōn ouranōn. » Tǭ stereōmati diechōrisen ho Theos tōn hydatōn tēn physin, tę̄ arrhētǭ sophią tēn epi pleiston autois diamonēn mēchanōmenos. Kai epi tōn pepēgotōn hydatōn to apeiron tōn phōstērōn hodeuein prosetaxe pyr; hydōr de kai pyr enantia allēlois; all᾿ homōs oute tois hydasi to pyr katasbennytai, oute to pepēgos hydōr tǭ apeirǭ pyri katatēketai. Deiknysi de tauta tou Theou tēn arrhēton dynamin. Plēthyntikōs de tous ouranous ōnomasen, ou pollous toutous eidōs, alla tę̄ Hebraiōn akolouthēsas phōnę̄ ; plēthyntikōs gar toutous ekeinoi kalousin, hōs hēmeis ᾿Athēnas, kai tas Thēbas. Amelei hous entautha ouranous ouranōn ekalesen, heterōthi ouranon ouranou prosēgoreusen. « Ho ouranos gar, phēsi, tou ouranou tǭ Kyriǭ. »
"Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and the water above the heavens." By the firmament God separated the nature of the waters, contriving by his ineffable wisdom their very long endurance. And he commanded the boundless fire of the luminaries to travel upon the frozen waters. Water and fire are opposed to each other; yet neither is the fire quenched by the waters, nor is the frozen water melted by the boundless fire. These things show God's ineffable power. He named the heavens in the plural, not knowing them to be many, but following the Hebrew idiom; for they call them in the plural, as we say Athens and Thebes. Indeed, what here he called heavens of heavens, elsewhere he named heaven of heaven: "For the heaven of heaven is the Lord's."
Ps 148:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 115:16 (113:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 148:4: God set the waters above the firmament and the fire of the stars together without either destroying the other; 'heavens' is plural by Hebrew idiom, as Psalm 115 says 'heaven of heaven.'
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing; OCR letters; closing quotation mark lost (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): διανομίαν μηχανώμενος → διαμονὴν μηχανώμενος; Αμέλει οὓς → Ἀμέλει οὓς; ἑτέρωθι δ οὐρανὸν → ἑτέρωθι οὐρανὸν; τῷ Κυρίῳ. → τῷ Κυρίῳ. ».
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.4 (PG 80 80:1987; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.5PG 80 80:1987
« Αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου· ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπε καὶ ἐγενήθησαν· αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν.» ῎Αξιον γὰρ, φησὶν, ὑμνεῖν τὸν λόγῳ πάντα ταῦτα τεκτηνάμενον.
« Ainesatōsan to onoma Kyriou; hoti autos eipe kai egenēthēsan; autos eneteilato kai ektisthēsan.» ᾿Axion gar, phēsin, hymnein ton logǭ panta tauta tektēnamenon.
"Let them praise the name of the Lord; for he spoke, and they came to be; he commanded, and they were created." "For it is worthy," he says, "to hymn the one who built all these things by a word."
Ps 148:5 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 148:5: creation should praise the One who made it by his word.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.5 (PG 80 80:1987; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.6PG 80 80:1989
« Ἔστησεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος · πρόσταγμα ἔθετο, καὶ οὐ παρελεύσεται. » Οὐ μόνον δὲ ἐδημιούργησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ προμηθούμενος αὐτῶν διατελεῖ· ὅθεν καὶ τὸ διαρκὲς ἔχουσιν, ὡς ἂν αὐτὸς ἐθελήσῃ. Οὐδὲ γὰρ τοὺς ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τεθέντας ὅρους παραβῆναι δυνήσεται. Τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄψυχα, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τῶν ἀλόγων τὰ γένη, τοὺς τεθέντας αἰσχύνεται νόμους· μόνη δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ φύσις, ἡ λόγῳ τετιμημένη, παραβαίνει τοὺς νόμους. Καὶ ἡ μὲν θάλασσα τοὺς ὅρους ἐπίσταται, καὶ τὴν ψάμμον αἰσχύνεται, καὶ νὺξ καὶ ἡμέρα τὰ τεθέντα φυλάττουσι μέτρα· ἄνθρωποι δὲ τῶν θείων νόμων καταφρονοῦσιν. Οὕτω δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐπουράνια καὶ οὐράνια εἰς κοινωνίαν τῆς ὑμνῳδίας καλέσας, εἰς τὴν γῆν μεταβαίνει τὴν κοινὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ τῶν ἀλόγων μητέρα.
« Estēsen auta eis ton aiōna, kai eis ton aiōna tou aiōnos ; prostagma etheto, kai ou pareleusetai. » Ou monon de edēmiourgēsen, alla kai promēthoumenos autōn diatelei; hothen kai to diarkes echousin, hōs an autos ethelēsę̄. Oude gar tous hyp᾿ autou tethentas horous parabēnai dynēsetai. Ta men oun apsycha, kai mentoi kai tōn alogōn ta genē, tous tethentas aischynetai nomous; monē de tōn anthrōpōn hē physis, hē logǭ tetimēmenē, parabainei tous nomous. Kai hē men thalassa tous horous epistatai, kai tēn psammon aischynetai, kai nyx kai hēmera ta tethenta phylattousi metra; anthrōpoi de tōn theiōn nomōn kataphronousin. Houtō de kai ta epourania kai ourania eis koinōnian tēs hymnǭdias kalesas, eis tēn gēn metabainei tēn koinēn tōn anthrōpōn, kai tōn alogōn mētera.
"He established them for ever and for ever and ever; he set a command, and it will not pass away." He not only created them but continues caring for them; hence they have their endurance as long as he wills. For they will not be able to transgress the limits he set. The inanimate things, then, and the irrational kinds too, respect the laws set for them; human nature alone, honored with reason, transgresses the laws. The sea knows its limits and respects the sand, and night and day keep the measures set; but human beings despise the divine laws. Having thus called the beings above the heavens and in the heavens to fellowship in hymnody, he passes to the earth, the common mother of human beings and irrational creatures.
Ps 148:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 148:6: all creation keeps God's laws, the sea its bounds and day and night their measures; only rational humanity breaks them.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letters and stray letters; stray letters (OCR); stray stop (OCR)): Τὰ . μὲν οὖν → Τὰ μὲν οὖν; τῶν ἄλλων το τὰ γένη → τῶν ἀλόγων τὰ γένη; Οὕτω δὲ καὶ τὶ τὰ ἐπουράνια → Οὕτω δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐπουράνια.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.6 (PG 80 80:1989; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.7PG 80 80:1989
« Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῆς γῆς. » Εἶτα κατὰ μέρος, « Δράκοντες, καὶ πᾶσαι ἄβυσσοι. » Μέρος τῆς γῆς ἡ θάλασσα, ἐν δὲ ταύτῃ τὰ κήτη. ᾿Αξιάγαστος δὲ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ καὶ αὕτη ἡ πρόνοια, ὅτι τὰ ὑπερμεγέθη καὶ ὑπέρογκα ζῶα δημιουργήσας, τοῖς ἀπλώτοις ἐγκαθεῖρξε πελάγεσι· δείξας μὲν τῇ δημιουργίᾳ, καὶ τῇ τούτων μνήμῃ δεδιττόμενος τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, τῷ δὲ τὴν ἐντεῦθεν κωλύσαι λώβην κηρύττων τὴν ἀγαθότητα.
« Aineite ton Kyrion ek tēs gēs. » Eita kata meros, « Drakontes, kai pasai abyssoi. » Meros tēs gēs hē thalassa, en de tautę̄ ta kētē. ᾿Axiagastos de tou Dēmiourgou kai hautē hē pronoia, hoti ta hypermegethē kai hyperonka zōa dēmiourgēsas, tois aplōtois enkatheirxe pelagesi; deixas men tę̄ dēmiourgią, kai tę̄ toutōn mnēmę̄ dedittomenos tous anthrōpous, tǭ de tēn enteuthen kōlysai lōbēn kēryttōn tēn agathotēta.
"Praise the Lord from the earth." Then in detail: "Dragons and all deeps." The sea is part of the earth, and in it are the sea monsters. Admirable too is this providence of the Creator: having created the huge and enormous creatures, he shut them up in unnavigable oceans, showing his power by creating them and frightening human beings by the memory of them, while proclaiming his goodness by preventing harm from them.
Ps 148:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 148:7: God made the great sea creatures and confined them to the open ocean, showing both power and goodness.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (closing quotation mark lost (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray marks for quotation marks (OCR)): ἐκ τῆς γῆς. • Εἶτα κατὰ μέρος, Δράκοντες → ἐκ τῆς γῆς. » Εἶτα κατὰ μέρος, « Δράκοντες; ἄβυσσοι. Μέρος → ἄβυσσοι. » Μέρος; ζῶα τ δημιουργήσας → ζῶα δημιουργήσας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.7 (PG 80 80:1989; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.8PG 80 80:1989
« Πῦρ, χάλαζα, χιών, κρύσταλλος, πνεῦμα καταιγίδος. » Καὶ ταῦτα ἐξ ὑδάτων ἔχει τὴν ἀφορμήν. Ἐν ἀέρι δὲ γίνεται καὶ χάλαζα, καὶ χιὼν, καὶ κρύσταλλος, καὶ τὰ σφοδρὰ πνεύματα. Ταῦτα γὰρ καταιγίδας ἐκάλεσε. Καὶ τὸ πῦρ δὲ ὡσαύτως οὐ μόνον ἐν γῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν ἀέρι φαινόμενον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν. Καὶ γὰρ ἀστραπαὶ, καὶ κεραυνοὶ, καὶ πρηστῆρες, ἐξ ἀέρος ἐπιφέρονται. « Τὰ ποιοῦντα τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ. › Καὶ ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶ, τοῖς αὐτοῦ νεύμασιν εἴκει, οὐχ ὡς ἔμψυχα καὶ λογικὰ, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἑπόμενα τῷ βουλήματι. Νεύοντος γὰρ τοῦ Θεοῦ τούτων ἕκαστον γίνεται.
« Pyr, chalaza, chiōn, krystallos, pneuma kataigidos. » Kai tauta ex hydatōn echei tēn aphormēn. En aeri de ginetai kai chalaza, kai chiōn, kai krystallos, kai ta sphodra pneumata. Tauta gar kataigidas ekalese. Kai to pyr de hōsautōs ou monon en gę̄, alla kai en aeri phainomenon estin idein. Kai gar astrapai, kai keraunoi, kai prēstēres, ex aeros epipherontai. « Ta poiounta ton logon autou. › Kai tauta de, phēsi, tois autou neumasin eikei, ouch hōs empsycha kai logika, all᾽ hōs hepomena tǭ boulēmati. Neuontos gar tou Theou toutōn hekaston ginetai.
"Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind." These too have their origin from waters. Hail, snow, ice, and the violent winds come about in the air; he called these storms. And fire likewise can be seen appearing not only on earth but also in the air; for lightnings, thunderbolts, and fiery whirlwinds are carried from the air. "Which do his word." "These too," he says, "yield to his nods, not as animate and rational, but as following his will." For each of them comes to be at God's nod.
Ps 148:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 148:8: the elements of the weather obey God's will without having life or reason.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; stray letter (OCR)): Καὶ ἡ ταῦτα → Καὶ ταῦτα; καὶ χιῶν → καὶ χιὼν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.8 (PG 80 80:1989; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.9PG 80 80:1989
« Τὰ ὄρη καὶ πάντες οἱ βουνοὶ, ξύλα καρποφόρα, καὶ πᾶσαι κέδροι. » Ἱκανὰ καὶ ταῦτα εἰς εὐχαριστίαν κινῆσαι ἡμῶν τὰς γλώττας. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὸ τούτων μέγεθος ἀξιάγαστον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ ἐντεῦθεν φυομένη χρεία· πλείστη γὰρ καὶ παντοδαπή.
« Ta orē kai pantes hoi bounoi, xyla karpophora, kai pasai kedroi. » Hikana kai tauta eis eucharistian kinēsai hēmōn tas glōttas. Ou gar monon to toutōn megethos axiagaston, alla kai hē enteuthen phyomenē chreia; pleistē gar kai pantodapē.
"Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars." These too are enough to move our tongues to thanksgiving. For not only is their size admirable, but also the use that springs from them, which is very great and of every kind.
Ps 148:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 148:9: mountains and trees, by their size and usefulness, move us to thank God.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.9 (PG 80 80:1989; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.10PG 80 80:1989
« Τὰ θηρία, καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη. » Κατὰ διαίρεσιν καὶ ταῦτα. Οὐ γὰρ ἁπλῶς εἶπε τὰ τετράποδα, ἀλλὰ διέκρινε τῶν ἡμέρων τὰ ἄγρια. Καὶ διὰ τούτων μέντοι, καὶ δι᾽ ἐκείνων, κελεύει τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀνυμνεῖν. Οὐδὲν γὰρ περιττὸν καὶ ἀχάριστον, εἰ καὶ τὴν ἡμετέραν διαφεύγει γνῶσιν. « Ἑρπετὰ καὶ πετεινὰ πτερωτά.» Τῇ μνήμῃ τῶν ἑρπετῶν καὶ τῶν νηκτῶν ἡ φύσις συνέζευκται· ἔρπει γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν. Οὕτω δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ ὁ Θεὸς προσηγόρευσεν. « Ἐξαγαγέτω γὰρ, ἔφη, τὰ ὕδατα ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν ζωσῶν, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ πετόμενα κατὰ τὸ στερέωμα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. » Μετὰ ταῦτα πάντα τὸν διὰ πάντων ὑμνοῦντα καλεῖ· μετὰ πάντα γὰρ τῆς θείας ἠξιώθη δημιουργίας ὁ ἄνθρωπος. Καὶ τοῦτον δὲ κατὰ συμμορίας ἀγείρει· πρῶτον δὲ τὸν τῶν βασιλέων εἰσάγει χορὸν, εἶτα τῶν ὑπηκόων τοὺς δήμους, καί φησιν·
« Ta thēria, kai panta ta ktēnē. » Kata diairesin kai tauta. Ou gar haplōs eipe ta tetrapoda, alla diekrine tōn hēmerōn ta agria. Kai dia toutōn mentoi, kai di᾽ ekeinōn, keleuei ton Poiētēn anymnein. Ouden gar peritton kai achariston, ei kai tēn hēmeteran diapheugei gnōsin. « Herpeta kai peteina pterōta.» Tę̄ mnēmę̄ tōn herpetōn kai tōn nēktōn hē physis synezeuktai; erpei gar en tois hydasin. Houtō de auta kai ho Theos prosēgoreusen. « Exagagetō gar, ephē, ta hydata herpeta psychōn zōsōn, kai ta peteina petomena kata to stereōma tou ouranou. » Meta tauta panta ton dia pantōn hymnounta kalei; meta panta gar tēs theias ēxiōthē dēmiourgias ho anthrōpos. Kai touton de kata symmorias ageirei; prōton de ton tōn basileōn eisagei choron, eita tōn hypēkoōn tous dēmous, kai phēsin;
"Wild beasts and all cattle." These too by division. For he did not simply say "four-footed creatures," but distinguished the wild from the tame. And through both he bids us hymn the Maker; for nothing is superfluous or useless, even if it escapes our knowledge. "Creeping things and winged birds." With the mention of creeping things the nature of swimming creatures is joined; for they creep in the waters. So God too named them: "Let the waters bring forth creeping things of living souls," he said, "and birds flying across the firmament of heaven." After all these he calls the one who hymns through all; for after all, man was counted worthy of divine creation. And him too he gathers in companies: first he brings in the choir of kings, then the populations of subjects, and says:
Ps 148:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:20 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 148:10: wild and tame animals, swimming and flying creatures all have a purpose; after them, as in creation, humanity is called to praise.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent; OCR breathing; repeated word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): τὸν Ποιητὴν · ἀνυμνεῖν → τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀνυμνεῖν; ἐρπετὰ ψυχῶν → ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν; κατὰ τὸ τὸ στερέωμα → κατὰ τὸ στερέωμα; και φησιν· → καί φησιν·.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.10 (PG 80 80:1989; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.11PG 80 80:1991
« Βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ πάντες λαοί. » Οὐκ ἀποστερεῖ δὲ τῆς ὑμνῳδίας, οὔτε τοὺς δευτέρους ἄρχοντας, οὔτε τοὺς μετὰ τούτους κριτὰς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τούτους τῆς ἐντεῦθεν μεταδίδωσιν ὠφελείας. « ῎Αρχοντες, καὶ πάντες κριταὶ γῆς. » Καὶ ἡλικίαν δὲ ἑκάστην, καὶ γένος ἑκάτερον, τό τε ἄρσεν καὶ τὸ θῆλυ, τοῦτο κελεύει ποιεῖν· καὶ πρώτους μὲν καὶ πρώτας τοὺς τελείαν ἄγοντας τὴν ἡλικίαν.
« Basileis tēs gēs, kai pantes laoi. » Ouk aposterei de tēs hymnǭdias, oute tous deuterous archontas, oute tous meta toutous kritas, alla kai toutous tēs enteuthen metadidōsin ōpheleias. « ᾿Archontes, kai pantes kritai gēs. » Kai hēlikian de hekastēn, kai genos hekateron, to te arsen kai to thēly, touto keleuei poiein; kai prōtous men kai prōtas tous teleian agontas tēn hēlikian.
"Kings of the earth and all peoples." He does not deprive of hymnody either the second rulers or the judges after them, but gives these too a share in the benefit from it. "Rulers and all judges of the earth." And he bids every age and both sexes, male and female, to do this; and first the men and women in the prime of life.
Ps 148:11 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 148:11: kings, peoples, rulers, and judges are all called to praise.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.11 (PG 80 80:1991; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.12PG 80 80:1991
« Νεανίσκοι καὶ παρθένοι. » Εἶτα ἑκάτερον ἄκρον, « Πρεσβύτεροι μετὰ νεωτέρων αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου. » Καὶ ἡ ἄωρος, φησὶν, καὶ ἔξωρος ἡλικία τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνείτω.
« Neaniskoi kai parthenoi. » Eita hekateron akron, « Presbyteroi meta neōterōn ainesatōsan to onoma Kyriou. » Kai hē aōros, phēsin, kai exōros hēlikia ton Theon anymneitō.
"Young men and virgins." Then both extremes: "Old men with the younger, let them praise the name of the Lord." "Let the age before its prime and the age past its prime hymn God," he says.
Ps 148:12 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 148:12: young and old, men and women, all are to praise God.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.12 (PG 80 80:1991; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.13PG 80 80:1991
« Ὅτι ὑψώθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μόνου. » Ἔσβεσται γὰρ ἡ μνήμη τῶν ψευδωνύμων θεῶν, καὶ μόνου τοῦ ὄντος Θεοῦ σεπτὸν τὸ ὄνομα πέφηνεν.
« Hoti hypsōthē to onoma autou monou. » Esbestai gar hē mnēmē tōn pseudōnymōn theōn, kai monou tou ontos Theou septon to onoma pephēnen.
"For his name alone has been exalted." For the memory of the falsely named gods has been extinguished, and the name of the God who is alone has been shown venerable.
Ps 148:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 148:13: the false gods are forgotten and only the true God's name is honored.
- A displaced line at the end of this section in the scan belongs to the next comment and is moved there.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line displaced by the OCR from the next comment (148.14)): σεπτὸν τὸ ὄνομα πέφηνεν. γὰρ τὴν ἰσχὺν ἐκάλεσεν, ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν κερασ- → σεπτὸν τὸ ὄνομα πέφηνεν..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.13 (PG 80 80:1991; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.14PG 80 80:1991
« Ἡ ἐξομολόγησις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ οὐρανοῦ. › Οὐκ ἔτι γὰρ αὐτὸν μόνον δὲ ὑμνεῖ τὰ ἐπουράνια, ἀλλ᾽ « Ἐπληρώθη ἡ σύμπασα γῆ τοῦ γνῶναι τὸν Κύριον · ὡς ὕδωρ πολὺ κατακαλύψαι θαλάσσας. » « Καὶ ὑψώσει κέρας λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. » ῎Αμαχον δὲ, φησὶ, δείξει καὶ περίβλεπτον τὸν οἰκεῖον λαόν. Κέρας γὰρ τὴν ἰσχὺν ἐκάλεσεν, ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν κερασφόρων ζώων, ἃ τὴν ἰσχὺν ἔχειν ἐν ἐκείνοις σεμνύνεται. « Ὕμνος πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ. » Οὐ μόνον γὰρ ἰσχυροὺς τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν πεπιστευκότας, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀοιδίμους παρὰ πᾶσι ποιεῖ. « Τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, λαῷ ἐγγίζοντι αὐτῷ. » Ταύτης δὲ τῆς εὐκλείας καὶ ὁ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπήλαυσεν, ἡνίκα ἐπέλαζε τῷ Θεῷ· μετέβη δὲ νῦν μετὰ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἡ περιφάνεια, καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐγυμνώθησαν ταύτης, τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ταῖς θείαις ἀγάλλεται δωρεαῖς.
« Hē exomologēsis autou epi gēs kai ouranou. › Ouk eti gar auton monon de hymnei ta epourania, all᾽ « Eplērōthē hē sympasa gē tou gnōnai ton Kyrion ; hōs hydōr poly katakalypsai thalassas. » « Kai hypsōsei keras laou autou. » ᾿Amachon de, phēsi, deixei kai periblepton ton oikeion laon. Keras gar tēn ischyn ekalesen, ek metaphoras tōn kerasphorōn zōōn, ha tēn ischyn echein en ekeinois semnynetai. « Hymnos pasi tois hosiois autou. » Ou monon gar ischyrous tous eis auton pepisteukotas, alla kai aoidimous para pasi poiei. « Tois huiois Israēl, laǭ engizonti autǭ. » Tautēs de tēs eukleias kai ho Israēl apēlausen, hēnika epelaze tǭ Theǭ; metebē de nyn meta tēs eusebeias hē periphaneia, kai hoi men egymnōthēsan tautēs, ta de ethnē tais theiais agalletai dōreais.
"His confession is upon earth and heaven." For no longer do the heavenly beings alone hymn him, but "the whole earth has been filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as much water covers the seas." "And he will exalt the horn of his people." "He will show his own people invincible and admired." He called strength a "horn," by a metaphor from horned animals, which pride themselves on having their strength in them. "A hymn for all his saints." For he makes those who have believed in him not only strong but also celebrated among all. "For the sons of Israel, a people drawing near to him." Israel too enjoyed this glory when it drew near to God; but now the renown has passed along with piety, and they have been stripped of it, while the nations exult in the divine gifts.
Ps 148:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 11:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 148:14: now the whole earth knows God; he makes his people strong and renowned; Israel had this glory when it drew near to God, but it has passed with piety to the nations.
- A line displaced in the scan into the previous section is restored here. Theodoret's closing remark on Israel is polemical; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misreading of quotation mark; line displaced by the OCR into 148.13, restored; split word (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): οὐρα νοῦ → οὐρανοῦ; ἀλλ᾽ς Ἐπληρώθη → ἀλλ᾽ « Ἐπληρώθη; θαλάσσας. » --- Καὶ ὑψώσει → θαλάσσας. » « Καὶ ὑψώσει; λαόν. Κέρας φόρων ζώων → λαόν. Κέρας γὰρ τὴν ἰσχὺν ἐκάλεσεν, ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν κερασφόρων ζώων.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 148.14 (PG 80 80:1991; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/148-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 149
149.1PG 80 80:1991
Ἀλληλούϊα, ἀλληλούϊα. Τοῦτον προσφέρειν τὸν ὕμνον παρακελεύονται οἱ μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον τὰ πολλὰ ἔθνη ἐκεῖνα διὰ τῆς θείας νενικηκότες ῥοπῆς. Ἔχει δὲ πρόῤῥησιν καὶ τῶν ὑπὸ τῶν Μακκαβαίων κατορθωθέντων.
Allēlouïa, allēlouïa. Touton prospherein ton hymnon parakeleuontai hoi meta tēn epanodon ta polla ethnē ekeina dia tēs theias nenikēkotes rhopēs. Echei de prorrhēsin kai tōn hypo tōn Makkabaiōn katorthōthentōn.
"Alleluia, alleluia." Those who after the return conquered those many nations by divine help are urged to offer this hymn. It also contains a prediction of the achievements of the Maccabees.
Ps 149:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 149:1: the psalm is a victory hymn of the returned exiles and foretells the Maccabees' deeds.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (lost punctuation (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): Ἀλληλούϊα, ἀλληλούϊα Τοῦτον → Ἀλληλούϊα, ἀλληλούϊα. Τοῦτον; νενικηκότες Ο ῥοπῆς → νενικηκότες ῥοπῆς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.1 (PG 80 80:1991; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.2PG 80 80:1991
« ῎Ασατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἆσμα καινὸν, ἡ αἴνεσις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὁσίων. » Οὐ γὰρ τῶν παρανόμων, ἀλλὰ τῶν ὁσίων ἴδιον τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνεῖν.
« ᾿Asate tǭ Kyriǭ asma kainon, hē ainesis autou en ekklēsią hosiōn. » Ou gar tōn paranomōn, alla tōn hosiōn idion ton Theon anymnein.
"Sing to the Lord a new song; his praise is in the assembly of the saints." For hymning God belongs not to the lawless but to the saints.
Ps 149:1 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 149:1: praise belongs to the holy.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.2 (PG 80 80:1991; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.3PG 80 80:1993
« Εὐφρανθήτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν, καὶ υἱοὶ Σιὼν ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν. » Πάντων μὲν Θεὸς ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, ἰδίως δὲ τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν ἐχρημάτιζε βασιλεύς. Αὐτίκα τοίνυν τὴν ἀχαριστίαν νενοσηκότων, καὶ ἕτερον αὐτοῖς αἰτησάντων βασιλέα γενέσθαι, φησὶ πρὸς τὸν Σαμουήλ ὁ Θεὸς, «Οὐ σὲ ἐξουδενήκασιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐμὲ, τοῦ μὴ βασιλεύειν αὐτῶν. »
« Euphranthētō Israēl epi tǭ poiēsanti auton, kai huioi Siōn agalliasthōsan epi tǭ basilei autōn. » Pantōn men Theos ho tōn holōn Theos, idiōs de tōn Israēlitōn echrēmatize basileus. Autika toinyn tēn acharistian nenosēkotōn, kai heteron autois aitēsantōn basilea genesthai, phēsi pros ton Samouēl ho Theos, «Ou se exoudenēkasin, all᾽ eme, tou mē basileuein autōn. »
"Let Israel rejoice in the one who made him, and let the sons of Zion exult in their king." The God of all is God of all, but he was specially called the king of the Israelites. For instance, when they were sick with ingratitude and asked for another king, God said to Samuel: "They have not rejected you, but me, from reigning over them."
Ps 149:2 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 8:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 149:2: God was in a special sense Israel's king, as he told Samuel when they asked for a human king.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark for quotation mark (OCR)): τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν. • Πάντων → τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν. » Πάντων.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.3 (PG 80 80:1993; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.4PG 80 80:1993
« Αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐν χορῷ, ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ ψαλτηρίῳ ψαλάτωσαν αὐτῷ. » Διὰ παντὸς ὀργάνου, φησὶ, κατὰ τὸν νόμον τὸν ἡμέτερον ὑμνήσωμεν τὸν εὐεργέτην.
« Ainesatōsan to onoma autou en chorǭ, en tympanǭ kai psaltēriǭ psalatōsan autǭ. » Dia pantos organou, phēsi, kata ton nomon ton hēmeteron hymnēsōmen ton euergetēn.
"Let them praise his name in the dance; with timbrel and harp let them make melody to him." "With every instrument," he says, "according to our law, let us hymn our benefactor."
Ps 149:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 149:3: praise with every instrument the law allowed.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.4 (PG 80 80:1993; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.5PG 80 80:1993
« Ὅτι εὐδοκεῖ Κύριος ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ. » Πολλῆς ἡμᾶς, φησὶ, φιλανθρωπίας ἠξίωσε, καὶ τὴν οἰκείαν ἡμῖν ἔδειξεν ἀγαθότητα. « Καὶ ὑψώσει πραεῖς ἐν σωτηρίᾳ. » Τοὺς δὲ ἐρήμους βοηθείας, καὶ τρόποις ἀγαθοῖς κεχρημένους, ὑψηλοὺς ἀποφανεῖ καὶ περιβλέπτους.
« Hoti eudokei Kyrios en tǭ laǭ autou. » Pollēs hēmas, phēsi, philanthrōpias ēxiōse, kai tēn oikeian hēmin edeixen agathotēta. « Kai hypsōsei praeis en sōtērią. » Tous de erēmous boētheias, kai tropois agathois kechrēmenous, hypsēlous apophanei kai peribleptous.
"For the Lord takes pleasure in his people." "He counted us worthy of great love for humankind," he says, "and showed us his goodness." "And he will exalt the meek with salvation." "Those bereft of help and practicing good conduct he will make lofty and admired."
Ps 149:4 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 149:4: God delights in his people and exalts the meek.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.5 (PG 80 80:1993; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-5). (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.
149.6PG 80 80:1993
« Καυχήσονται ὅσιοι ἐν δόξῃ, καὶ ἀγαλλιάσονται ἐπὶ τῶν κοιτῶν αὐτῶν. » Καὶ οἱ τὸ δίκαιον τιμῶντες, ἐν εὐκλείᾳ γενήσονται, πολλῆς ἀπολαύοντες ἀναπαύλης. Κοίτην γὰρ τὴν ἀνάπαυλαν ἐκάλεσεν· ἀναπαύλης γὰρ ἡ κλίνη σημαντική.
« Kauchēsontai hosioi en doxę̄, kai agalliasontai epi tōn koitōn autōn. » Kai hoi to dikaion timōntes, en eukleią genēsontai, pollēs apolauontes anapaulēs. Koitēn gar tēn anapaulan ekalesen; anapaulēs gar hē klinē sēmantikē.
"The saints will boast in glory and exult upon their beds." Those who honor justice will be in renown, enjoying much rest. He called rest a "bed," for the bed signifies rest.
Ps 149:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 149:5: the holy will enjoy glory and rest.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.6 (PG 80 80:1993; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.7PG 80 80:1993
« Αἱ ὑψώσεις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν. » Διηνεκῶς δὲ τὰς θείας εὐεργεσίας κηρύττουσι, τὸν τούτων αἴτιον ἀνυμνοῦντες. • Καὶ ῥομφαῖαι δίστομοι ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν.
« Hai hypsōseis tou Theou en tǭ laryngi autōn. » Diēnekōs de tas theias euergesias kēryttousi, ton toutōn aition anymnountes. • Kai rhomphaiai distomoi en tais chersin autōn.
"The exaltations of God are in their throat." They continually proclaim the divine benefits, hymning their cause. "And two-edged swords in their hands,"
Ps 149:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 149:6: the faithful praise God with their mouths and bear swords in their hands.
- The lemma continues in the next section.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.7 (PG 80 80:1993; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.8PG 80 80:1993
« Τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐκδίκησιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἐλεγμοὺς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς. » Οὐκ ἐναντίον τῇ ἀναπαύλῃ τὸ ἐν πολέμοις νικᾷν. Πάσης γὰρ ἀναπαύλης τὸ νικᾶν θυμηρέστερον. Προλέγει μέντοι διὰ τούτων τὴν τῶν Μακκαβαίων ἀνδρίαν, ᾗ χρησάμενοι, καὶ τοὺς πλησιοχώρους ἐχειρώσαντο, καὶ τοὺς Μακεδόνας κατηγωνίσαντο.
« Tou poiēsai ekdikēsin en tois ethnesin, elegmous en tois laois. » Ouk enantion tę̄ anapaulę̄ to en polemois nikąn. Pasēs gar anapaulēs to nikan thymēresteron. Prolegei mentoi dia toutōn tēn tōn Makkabaiōn andrian, hę̄ chrēsamenoi, kai tous plēsiochōrous echeirōsanto, kai tous Makedonas katēgōnisanto.
"to execute vengeance on the nations, rebukes among the peoples." Victory in war is not contrary to rest; for victory is more delightful than any rest. By this he foretells the courage of the Maccabees, by which they both subdued their neighbors and defeated the Macedonians.
Ps 149:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 149:7: the vengeance on the nations foretells the Maccabees' victories over their neighbors and the Macedonian kings.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word and stray mark (OCR); stray mark (OCR); unbalanced bracket for quotation mark (OCR)): ] Τοῦ ποιῆσαι → « Τοῦ ποιῆσαι; θυμηρέ- ( στερον → θυμηρέστερον; κατηγωνίσαντο. · → κατηγωνίσαντο..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.8 (PG 80 80:1993; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.9PG 80 80:1993
« Τοῦ δῆσαι τοὺς βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν ἐν πέδαις, καὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους αὐτῶν ἐν χειροπέδαις σιδηραῖς. » Πολλὰ τοιαῦτα ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνων κατορθῶσθαι ἡ ἱστορία διδάσκει, καὶ ῥάδιον τοῖς ἐντυχεῖν βουλομένοις τῆς προφητείας καταμαθεῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν.
« Tou dēsai tous basileis autōn en pedais, kai tous endoxous autōn en cheiropedais sidērais. » Polla toiauta hyp᾽ ekeinōn katorthōsthai hē historia didaskei, kai rhadion tois entychein boulomenois tēs prophēteias katamathein tēn alētheian.
"To bind their kings with fetters and their nobles with iron manacles." The history teaches that many such things were achieved by them, and those who wish to read it can easily learn the truth of the prophecy.
Ps 149:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 149:8: the Maccabees' captures of kings and nobles fulfilled this prophecy.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.9 (PG 80 80:1993; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.10PG 80 80:1993
« Τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐν αὐτοῖς κρίμα ἔγγραπτον. » "Α γὰρ εἰς ἐκείνους ἐνδίκως εἰργάσαντο, ἀνάγραπτα γέγονε, καὶ μέχρι τήμερον ἀείμνηστον αὐτῶν τὸ κλέος διέμεινε. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγε· « Δόξα αὕτη ἔσται πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ. » Μήτηρ γὰρ τῆς εὐκλείας ἡ ὁσιότης, καὶ οἱ ταύτης ἐργάται δι᾿ αὐτὴν ἀοίδιμοι γίνονται.
« Tou poiēsai en autois krima engrapton. » "A gar eis ekeinous endikōs eirgasanto, anagrapta gegone, kai mechri tēmeron aeimnēston autōn to kleos diemeine. Touto gar epēgage; « Doxa hautē estai pasi tois hosiois autou. » Mētēr gar tēs eukleias hē hosiotēs, kai hoi tautēs ergatai di᾿ autēn aoidimoi ginontai.
"To execute on them the written judgment." For what they justly did to them was recorded in writing, and their fame has remained ever-remembered to this day. For he added this: "This glory will be for all his saints." For holiness is the mother of renown, and its workers become celebrated through it.
Ps 149:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 149:9: the Maccabees' just deeds were written down and their glory endures, for holiness brings renown.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): ἔσται οἱ πᾶσι → ἔσται πᾶσι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 149.10 (PG 80 80:1993; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/149-10). (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.