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Interpretation of the Psalms 32.1–33.22

Theodoret of Cyrus · Interpretation of the Psalms · ca. 436-448 · Cyrrhus · 29 passages

Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Chapter 32

32.1PG 80 80:1093

᾿Ανεπίγραφος παρ' Ἑβραίοις. Τοῦτο οἱ Έβδομήκοντα τεθείκασι, τὸν ψαλμὸν ἑρμηνεύσαντες· Μὴ ζητήσῃς, φησὶν, ἑρμηνείαν ἐπιγραφῆς· ἐπιγραφὴν γὰρ οὐχ εὔρομεν. Εἴρηται δὲ ὁ ψαλμὸς οὗτος ὑπὸ τοῦ μακαρίου Δαβίδ, εἰς τὴν κατὰ τὸν θαυμάσιον Ἐζεκίαν ὑπόθεσιν· ἐσχημάτισται δὲ ὡς ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Ἐζεκίου, εἰς ὑμνῳδίαν τὸν λαὸν παροτρύνοντος, μετὰ τὴν παράδοξον νίκην καὶ τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων τὸν ὄλεθρον. « ᾿Αγαλλιᾶσθε, δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ.» Πολλαχοῦ τὸ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὁ μὲν ᾿Ακύλας, αἰνεῖτε; καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος ὁμοίως ἡρμήνευσεν, « Τοῖς εὐθέσι πρέπει αἴνεσις "» Τοῖς τὸν Θεὸν ἐπεγνωκόσι , καὶ πλάνης ἀπηλλαγμένοις, ἁρμόττει τὸν Θεὸν διηνεκῶς ἀνυμνεῖν. Εἶτα διδάσκει καὶ πῶς αὐτοὺς προσήκει τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν ποιεῖσθαι .

᾿Anepigraphos par' Hebraiois. Touto hoi Ebdomēkonta tetheikasi, ton psalmon hermēneusantes; Mē zētēsę̄s, phēsin, hermēneian epigraphēs; epigraphēn gar ouch euromen. Eirētai de ho psalmos houtos hypo tou makariou Dabid, eis tēn kata ton thaumasion Ezekian hypothesin; eschēmatistai de hōs ex autou tou Ezekiou, eis hymnǭdian ton laon parotrynontos, meta tēn paradoxon nikēn kai tōn ᾿Assyriōn ton olethron. « ᾿Agalliasthe, dikaioi en Kyriǭ.» Pollachou to agalliasthe, ho men ᾿Akylas, aineite? kai ho Symmachos homoiōs hērmēneusen, « Tois euthesi prepei ainesis "» Tois ton Theon epegnōkosi , kai planēs apēllagmenois, harmottei ton Theon diēnekōs anymnein. Eita didaskei kai pōs autous prosēkei tēn hymnǭdian poieisthai .

"Without title among the Hebrews." The Seventy put this when they translated the psalm: "Do not seek," they say, "an interpretation of a title; for we found no title." This psalm was spoken by the blessed David concerning the circumstances of the admirable Hezekiah. It is framed as spoken by Hezekiah himself, urging the people to hymn singing after the astonishing victory and the destruction of the Assyrians. "Exult, you righteous, in the Lord." Here, as in many places, for "exult" Aquila has "praise," and Symmachus rendered likewise. "Praise is fitting for the upright": it befits those who have come to know God and are freed from error to hymn God continually. Then he teaches how they ought to make their hymn singing.

Ps 33:1 (32:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 19:35 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 33:1: the untitled psalm is framed as Hezekiah calling the people to praise after the Assyrians' destruction.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): Πολλαχοῦ το τὸ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε → Πολλαχοῦ τὸ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.1 (PG 80 80:1093; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.2PG 80 80:1093

· Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν κιθάρᾳ, ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ δεκαχόρδῳ ψάλατε αὐτῷ. ῎Ασατε αὐτῷ ἆσμα καινὸν, καλῶς ψάλατε αὐτῷ ἐν ἀλαλαγμῷ. Ταῦτα δὲ πάντα κατὰ τὴν νομικὴν ἐπετελεῖτο λατρείαν · καὶ γὰρ κιθάραις, καὶ κυμβάλοις, καὶ τυμπάνοις, καὶ ἑτέροις μουσικοῖς ὀργάνοις ἐκέχρηντο. ᾿Αλαλαγμὸς δὲ ἐστιν ἐπινίκιος βοή, κατὰ τῶν φευγόντων ὑπὸ τῶν νικώντων γινομένη. Αρμόττει δὲ καὶ ἡμῖν τὰ εἰρημένα πνευματικῶς νοούμενα· καὶ δυνατὸν ἡμᾶς εὐηχον καὶ παναρμόνιον ὄργανον ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς · ἀποφῆναι, καὶ διὰ τῶν αἰσθητηρίων ἁπάντων τῶν αἰσθητῶν τε καὶ νοητῶν τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνῆσαι.

; Exomologeisthe tǭ Kyriǭ en kitharą, en psaltēriǭ dekachordǭ psalate autǭ. ᾿Asate autǭ asma kainon, kalōs psalate autǭ en alalagmǭ. Tauta de panta kata tēn nomikēn epeteleito latreian ; kai gar kitharais, kai kymbalois, kai tympanois, kai heterois mousikois organois ekechrēnto. ᾿Alalagmos de estin epinikios boē, kata tōn pheugontōn hypo tōn nikōntōn ginomenē. Armottei de kai hēmin ta eirēmena pneumatikōs nooumena; kai dynaton hēmas euēchon kai panarmonion organon hēmas autous ; apophēnai, kai dia tōn aisthētēriōn hapantōn tōn aisthētōn te kai noētōn ton Theon anymnēsai.

"Confess the Lord with the lyre; sing psalms to him with a ten-stringed harp. Sing to him a new song; sing psalms to him well, with shouting." All these things were done in the worship of the law; for they used lyres, cymbals, drums, and other musical instruments. Shouting is a victory cry raised by the victors against those who flee. But these words fit us too when understood spiritually: we can make ourselves a well-sounding and fully harmonious instrument, and hymn God through all the senses, both of the body and of the mind.

Ps 33:2 (32:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 33:3 (32:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 33:2–3: the instruments of the law's worship are, spiritually understood, ourselves, made an instrument to praise God with every sense.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): πνευ ματικῶς → πνευματικῶς.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.2 (PG 80 80:1093; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.4PG 80 80:1093

« Ὅτι εὐθὺς ὁ λόγος τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἐν πίστει. » Δικαίως, φησὶν, ἅπαντα ἡμῖν τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ τὴν θεωρίαν, πιστεύειν παρακαλῶν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πολυπραγμονεῖν, πῶς γεγένηται. πρυτανεύει ὁ τῶν ὅλων Κύριος· καὶ προὔθηκεν

« Hoti euthys ho logos tou Kyriou, kai panta ta erga autou en pistei. » Dikaiōs, phēsin, hapanta hēmin tōn ergōn autou tēn theōrian, pisteuein parakalōn, all᾽ ou polypragmonein, pōs gegenētai. prytaneuei ho tōn holōn Kyrios; kai prouthēken

"For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are done in faith." "Rightly," he says, "[he sets before] us the contemplation of all his works, urging us to believe, not to inquire curiously how they came to be. The Lord of all governs them." And he set forth:

Ps 33:4 (32:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 33:4: God's works are to be received in faith, not probed with curiosity.

  • The digital text of this section is defective (a verb seems lost after "Rightly"); it is translated by sense.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.4 (PG 80 80:1093; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.5PG 80 80:1095

« ᾿Αγαπᾷ ἐλεημοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν ὁ Κύριος. Τὰ μὲν γὰρ ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ γινόμενα, ἀπεριέργως ἅπαντας ἄνευ τινὸς διχονοίας, παρακελεύεται δέχεσθαι· βίου μέντοι ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, καὶ τοῦτον ἐλέῳ καὶ κρίσει κατακοσμεῖν. « Τοῦ ἐλέους Κυρίου πλήρης ἡ γῆ.» Μιμεῖσθαι, φησὶ, προσήκει τὸν Ποιητήν· ὥσπερ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐλέῳ κεχρημένος οἰκονομεῖ, καὶ τοὺς ἡδικημένους οἰκτείρει· οὕτω δεῖ καὶ ἡμᾶς τοῖς μὲν ἀδίκοις ἀπονέμειν τὴν κρίσιν, τοῖς δὲ ἡδικημένοις τὸν ἔλεον. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ φιλάνθρωπος ἡμῶν Δεσπότης τῇ μὲν κρίσει κατὰ τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐχρήσατο, ἡμᾶς δὲ φειδοῦς καὶ φιλανθρωπίας ἠξίωσεν. Οὕτω τὰ περὶ τῆς θείας προνοίας διεξελθών, ἐπὶ τὴν δημιουργίαν μεταφέρει τὸν λόγον, καὶ διδάσκει ὡς δημιουργήσας τὰ σύμπαντα, πρυτανεύει τὰ σύμπαντα, καὶ προμηθεῖται ὡς ποιημάτων οἰκείων, οὐκ ἀλλοτρίων. « Τῷ λόγῳ Κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν, καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν. » Οὐ πόνου, φησὶν, ἐδεήθη, καὶ χρόνου δημιουργῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ἤρκεσιν αὐτῷ λόγος εἰς ποίησιν · εἶπε γάρ, Γενηθήτω στερέωμα, καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως· Γενηθήτωσαν φωστῆρες ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως. • Τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐξ ἐπιπολῆς νόημα ἡ δὲ τοῦ γράμματος ἐπιφάνεια τοῦτο δηλοῖ · τοῦτο γὰρ τοῖς πάλαι ἥρμοττεν Ἰουδαίοις. Ἡ δὲ ἀληθὴς θεολογία τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῖν ὑποδείκνυσι Λόγον, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι, καὶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ τὰς οὐρανίους πεποιηκότα δυνάμεις. Καὶ τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν διδασκαλίαν προλαμβάνει ἡ προφητεία. Καὶ ὥσπερ ὁ θεσπέσιος Ἰωάννης, ὁ τῆς βροντῆς υἱὸς, πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐδίδαξεν, ὅτι · Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος · πάντα δι' αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ γέγονεν οὐδὲ ἓν, ὅ γέγονεν · · οὕτως ὁ μακάριος Δαβίδ προκηρύττει λέγων, « Τῷ Λόγῳ Κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν, καὶ τῷ Πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτῶν.» Οὐκ ἀπονέμει δὲ ἐν τῷ μὲν Θεῷ Λόγῳ τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν δημιουργίαν, τῷ δὲ παναγίῳ Πνεύματι τὴν τῶν δυνάμεων ποίησιν· ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῦτα κἀκεῖνα τὸν Θεὸν Λόγον καὶ τὸ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα πεποιηκέναι φησί. Δυνάμεις " δὲ οὐρανῶν οἱ μὲν τοὺς κατ᾿ οὐρανὸν φωστῆρας, οἱ δὲ τὰς ἀοράτους ἔφασαν εἶναι δυνάμεις. Ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον ἀληθέστερον εἶναι δοκεῖ. Δημιουργὸν γὰρ ὑποδεικνὺς τὸν Θεὸν, οὐκ ἂν μόνης τῆς ὀρωμένης ἐμνημόνευσε κτίσεως.

« ᾿Agapą eleēmosynēn kai krisin ho Kyrios. Ta men gar hyp᾿ autou ginomena, aperiergōs hapantas aneu tinos dichonoias, parakeleuetai dechesthai; biou mentoi epimeleisthai, kai touton eleǭ kai krisei katakosmein. « Tou eleous Kyriou plērēs hē gē.» Mimeisthai, phēsi, prosēkei ton Poiētēn; hōsper gar autos eleǭ kechrēmenos oikonomei, kai tous hēdikēmenous oikteirei; houtō dei kai hēmas tois men adikois aponemein tēn krisin, tois de hēdikēmenois ton eleon. Kai gar ho philanthrōpos hēmōn Despotēs tę̄ men krisei kata tōn ᾿Assyriōn echrēsato, hēmas de pheidous kai philanthrōpias ēxiōsen. Houtō ta peri tēs theias pronoias diexelthōn, epi tēn dēmiourgian metapherei ton logon, kai didaskei hōs dēmiourgēsas ta sympanta, prytaneuei ta sympanta, kai promētheitai hōs poiēmatōn oikeiōn, ouk allotriōn. « Tǭ logǭ Kyriou hoi ouranoi estereōthēsan, kai tǭ pneumati tou stomatos autou pasa hē dynamis autōn. » Ou ponou, phēsin, edeēthē, kai chronou dēmiourgōn, all᾽ ērkesin autǭ logos eis poiēsin ; eipe gar, Genēthētō stereōma, kai egeneto houtōs; Genēthētōsan phōstēres en tǭ stereōmati tou ouranou, kai egeneto houtōs. • To men oun ex epipolēs noēma hē de tou grammatos epiphaneia touto dēloi ; touto gar tois palai hērmotten Ioudaiois. Hē de alēthēs theologia ton Theon hēmin hypodeiknysi Logon, syn tǭ panagiǭ Pneumati, kai tous ouranous kai tas ouranious pepoiēkota dynameis. Kai tēn euangelikēn didaskalian prolambanei hē prophēteia. Kai hōsper ho thespesios Iōannēs, ho tēs brontēs huios, pasan tēn oikoumenēn edidaxen, hoti ; En archę̄ ēn ho Logos, kai ho Logos ēn pros ton Theon, kai Theos ēn ho Logos ; panta di' autou egeneto, kai chōris autou gegonen oude hen, ho gegonen ; ; houtōs ho makarios Dabid prokēryttei legōn, « Tǭ Logǭ Kyriou hoi ouranoi estereōthēsan, kai tǭ Pneumati tou stomatos autou pasai hai dynameis autōn.» Ouk aponemei de en tǭ men Theǭ Logǭ tēn tōn ouranōn dēmiourgian, tǭ de panagiǭ Pneumati tēn tōn dynameōn poiēsin; alla kai tauta kakeina ton Theon Logon kai to hagion Pneuma pepoiēkenai phēsi. Dynameis " de ouranōn hoi men tous kat᾿ ouranon phōstēras, hoi de tas aoratous ephasan einai dynameis. Emoi de to deuteron alēthesteron einai dokei. Dēmiourgon gar hypodeiknys ton Theon, ouk an monēs tēs orōmenēs emnēmoneuse ktiseōs.

"The Lord loves almsgiving and judgment." For he bids all accept without curiosity and without any doubt what is done by him, but to take care of their life and adorn it with mercy and judgment. "The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord." "We ought," he says, "to imitate the Maker. For as he himself governs with mercy and pities the wronged, so we too must assign judgment to the unjust and mercy to the wronged." For our loving Master used judgment against the Assyrians, but counted us worthy of sparing and love. Having thus gone through the matters of divine providence, he turns his discourse to creation, and teaches that having created all things, he governs all things and cares for them as his own works, not another's. "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and by the breath of his mouth all their host." "He needed no toil or time to create," he says, "but a word sufficed him for making. For he said, Let there be a firmament, and it was so; Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, and it was so." This is the surface meaning, and the outward appearance of the letter shows it; this fitted the Jews of old. But true theology shows us God the Word, with the all-holy Spirit, making both the heavens and the heavenly powers. The prophecy anticipates the teaching of the Gospel. And as the inspired John, the son of thunder, taught the whole world, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; all things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being that has come into being," so the blessed David proclaims beforehand, saying: "By the Word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and by the Spirit of his mouth all their powers." He does not assign the creation of the heavens to God the Word and the making of the powers to the all-holy Spirit, but says that God the Word and the Holy Spirit made both the one and the other. Some said the powers of the heavens are the lights in heaven, others the invisible powers. The second seems to me truer. For in showing God as creator he would not have mentioned the visible creation alone.

Ps 33:5 (32:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 33:6 (32:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:14 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:3 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 33:5–6: we should imitate God's mercy and judgment; the Word and Spirit by whom the heavens were made are, in true theology, the Son and the Holy Spirit, who together made heaven and the invisible powers.

  • Two lines displaced by the OCR are restored by logged corrections.
  • Theodoret's Trinitarian reading of the verse is translated as written.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (displaced line restored (OCR); line displaced by the OCR; restored below; split word with stray mark (OCR); syllables lost at a line break (OCR)): οὐκ ἀλλοτρίων. νάμεων ποίησιν· ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῦτα κἀκεῖνα τὸν ς', « → οὐκ ἀλλοτρίων. «; τὴν τῶν δυΘεὸν Λόγον → τὴν τῶν δυνάμεων ποίησιν· ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῦτα κἀκεῖνα τὸν Θεὸν Λόγον; ἐχρήἡμᾶς → ἐχρήσατο, ἡμᾶς; ἐπιφά( νεια → ἐπιφάνεια.

Topics: Trinity

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.5 (PG 80 80:1095; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.7PG 80 80:1097

« Συνάγων ὡσεὶ ἀσκὸν ὕδατα θαλάσσης· τιθεὶς ἐν θησαυροῖς ἀβύσσους. » Πᾶσαν μὲν γὰρ τῶν ὑδάτων τὴν φύσιν, ὥσπερ ἐν ταμιείοις τισὶ τοῖς ἀφωρισμένοις χωρίοις καθειργμένην ἔχει· ἕλκει δὲ ταύτην εἰς τὸν ἀέρα μετέωρον, ὅτ᾽ ἂν θέλῃ τε, καὶ ὡς ἐν ἀσκῷ τινι ταῖς νεφέλαις συνάγει. Διò λέγει το • ᾿Ανάγων νεφέλας ἐξ ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. » Καὶ τὸ ἀλλαχοῦ δὲ πάλιν ἡ θεία Γραφή · « Ὁ προσκαλούμενος τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ ἐκχέων αὐτὸ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς. •

« Synagōn hōsei askon hydata thalassēs; titheis en thēsaurois abyssous. » Pasan men gar tōn hydatōn tēn physin, hōsper en tamieiois tisi tois aphōrismenois chōriois katheirgmenēn echei; helkei de tautēn eis ton aera meteōron, hot᾽ an thelę̄ te, kai hōs en askǭ tini tais nephelais synagei. Dio legei to • ᾿Anagōn nephelas ex eschatou tēs gēs. » Kai to allachou de palin hē theia Graphē ; « Ho proskaloumenos to hydōr tēs thalassēs, kai ekcheōn auto epi prosōpon pasēs tēs gēs. •

"Gathering the waters of the sea as in a wineskin, putting the deeps in storehouses." For he keeps the whole nature of the waters shut up in their appointed places as in storerooms; and when he wishes he draws it up aloft into the air and gathers it in the clouds as in a wineskin. That is why it says, "Bringing up clouds from the end of the earth"; and again elsewhere the divine Scripture: "Who calls the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of all the earth."

Ps 33:7 (32:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 135:7 (134:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:8 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 33:7: God keeps the waters in their places and draws them up into the clouds at will.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): ἀσκὸν το ὕδατα → ἀσκὸν ὕδατα; τῶν ἱ ὑδάτων → τῶν ὑδάτων.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.7 (PG 80 80:1097; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.8PG 80 80:1097

« Φοβηθήτω τὸν Κύριον πᾶσα ἡ γῆ· ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ δὲ σαλευθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην. Ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν, καὶ ἐγενήθησαν· αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο, καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν. Τῶν οὐρανῶν μνημονεύσας, καὶ τῶν ἀοράτων δυνάμεων, ἔπειτα τῆς τῶν ὑδάτων οὐσίας, ἄγει καὶ τὴν γῆν εἰς μέσον, καὶ τοὺς ταύτην κατοικοῦντας, ποιήματα αὐτοῦ εἶναι διδάσκων, καὶ παρεγγυῶν δεδιέναι καὶ τρέμειν τὸν Ποιητὴν, καὶ τοῖς αὐτοῦ νεύμασι· πείθεσθαι. Τὸ γὰρ σαλευθήτωσαν, ὁ μὲν Σύμμαχος εύλαβείσθωσαν, ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας ὑποσταλήσονται εἴρηκε, τῷ ἐπιόντι χρόνῳ τὴν τῆς οἰκουμένης παραπέμψας εὐλάβειαν. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἡνίκα τούσδε τοὺς λόγους ἐποιήσατο, ταύτην ἔσχον οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν, καὶ τὸ πάθος, καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν τοῦ Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ.

« Phobēthētō ton Kyrion pasa hē gē; ap᾿ autou de saleuthētōsan pantes hoi katoikountes tēn oikoumenēn. Hoti autos eipen, kai egenēthēsan; autos eneteilato, kai ektisthēsan. Tōn ouranōn mnēmoneusas, kai tōn aoratōn dynameōn, epeita tēs tōn hydatōn ousias, agei kai tēn gēn eis meson, kai tous tautēn katoikountas, poiēmata autou einai didaskōn, kai parengyōn dedienai kai tremein ton Poiētēn, kai tois autou neumasi; peithesthai. To gar saleuthētōsan, ho men Symmachos eulabeisthōsan, ho de ᾿Akylas hypostalēsontai eirēke, tǭ epionti chronǭ tēn tēs oikoumenēs parapempsas eulabeian. Oude gar hēnika tousde tous logous epoiēsato, tautēn eschon hoi anthrōpoi, alla meta tēn enanthrōpēsin, kai to pathos, kai tēn anastasin tou Despotou Christou.

"Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all who dwell in the world be shaken by him. For he spoke, and they came to be; he commanded, and they were created." Having mentioned the heavens and the invisible powers, then the substance of the waters, he also brings in the earth and its inhabitants, teaching that they are his works and charging them to fear and tremble before the Maker and obey his commands. For "let them be shaken" Symmachus said "let them revere," and Aquila "they will shrink back," referring the reverence of the world to time to come. For people did not have it when he spoke these words, but after the incarnation, the passion, and the resurrection of Christ the Lord.

Ps 33:8 (32:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 33:9 (32:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:8–9: the earth and its inhabitants, as God's works, are called to fear him, which the world did after Christ's incarnation and resurrection.

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  • Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): Τὸ γὰρ το σαλευθήτωσαν → Τὸ γὰρ σαλευθήτωσαν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.8 (PG 80 80:1097; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.10PG 80 80:1097

« Κύριος διασκεδάζει βουλὰς ἐθνῶν, ἀθε τεῖ δὲ λογισμοὺς λαῶν· καὶ ἀθετεῖ βουλὰς ἀρχόντων. Ἡ δὲ βουλὴ τοῦ Κυρίου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένει, λογισμοὶ τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰν δὲ καὶ γενεάν. » Διπλῆν ἔχει τὴν ἑρμηνείαν τὰ εἰρημένα· οὐ γὰρ μόνον τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων, καὶ τοῦ Σενναχηρεὶμ, καὶ τοῦ Ῥαψάκου διεσκέδασε τὰς βουλάς· καὶ τῆς οἰκείας βουλῆς τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἔδειξεν. ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐθνῶν τὰς κατὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐπαναστάσεις διέλυσε, καὶ τῆς οἰκείας δυνάμεως τὸ κράτος δῆλον πεποίηκεν ἅπασι· τοῦτο γὰρ ὁ προφητικὸς ἡνίξατο λόγος, εἰπών· « Λογισμοὶ τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν. » Τῶν δύο γενεῶν ἡ μνήμη διδάσκει καὶ τὰ τηνικαῦτα γενόμενα, καὶ τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐσόμενα.

« Kyrios diaskedazei boulas ethnōn, athe tei de logismous laōn; kai athetei boulas archontōn. Hē de boulē tou Kyriou eis ton aiōna menei, logismoi tēs kardias autou eis genean de kai genean. » Diplēn echei tēn hermēneian ta eirēmena; ou gar monon tōn ᾿Assyriōn, kai tou Sennachēreim, kai tou Rhapsakou dieskedase tas boulas; kai tēs oikeias boulēs tēn dynamin kai tēn alētheian edeixen. alla kai tōn kata tēn oikoumenēn ethnōn tas kata tōn apostolōn epanastaseis dielyse, kai tēs oikeias dynameōs to kratos dēlon pepoiēken hapasi; touto gar ho prophētikos hēnixato logos, eipōn; « Logismoi tēs kardias autou eis genean kai genean. » Tōn dyo geneōn hē mnēmē didaskei kai ta tēnikauta genomena, kai ta meta tauta esomena.

"The Lord scatters the counsels of nations, sets aside the reasonings of peoples, and sets aside the counsels of rulers. But the counsel of the Lord abides forever, the thoughts of his heart to generation and generation." What is said has a double interpretation. For not only did he scatter the counsels of the Assyrians, of Sennacherib, and of the Rabshakeh, and show the power and truth of his own counsel; he also undid the uprisings of the nations throughout the world against the apostles and made the might of his power plain to all. This is what the prophetic word hinted at in saying, "the thoughts of his heart to generation and generation": the mention of two generations teaches both what happened then and what would happen later.

Ps 33:10 (32:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 33:11 (32:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 19:35 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:10–11: God foiled both Sennacherib's plans and the nations' attacks on the apostles; the two generations point to both events.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.10 (PG 80 80:1097; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.12PG 80 80:1097

« Μακάριον τὸ ἔθνος, οὗ ἐστι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς αὐτοῦ· λαὸς ὃν ἐξελέξατο εἰς κληρονομίαν ἑαυτῷ. Δεῖ, φησὶ, μακαρίζειν, οὐ τοὺς πλούτῳ κομῶντας, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τῷ Θεῷ πεποιθότας, καὶ τῆς παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ῥοπῆς ἀπολαύοντας. Ἐκλεκτὸς δὲ λαὸς κληρονομία Θεοῦ προσαγορευόμενος, πάλαι μὲν ὁ Ἰουδαϊκὸς, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα, ὁ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐκλεγεὶς, καὶ τῆς πίστεως τὰς ἀκτῖνας δεχόμενος. « Αἴτησαι γὰρ, φησὶ, καὶ δώσω σοι ἔθνη τὴν κληρονομίαν σου, καὶ τὴν κατάσχεσίν σου τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς.

« Makarion to ethnos, hou esti Kyrios ho Theos autou; laos hon exelexato eis klēronomian heautǭ. Dei, phēsi, makarizein, ou tous ploutǭ komōntas, alla tous tǭ Theǭ pepoithotas, kai tēs par᾿ autou rhopēs apolauontas. Eklektos de laos klēronomia Theou prosagoreuomenos, palai men ho Ioudaïkos, meta de tauta, ho ek tōn ethnōn eklegeis, kai tēs pisteōs tas aktinas dechomenos. « Aitēsai gar, phēsi, kai dōsō soi ethnē tēn klēronomian sou, kai tēn kataschesin sou ta perata tēs gēs.

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose as his inheritance." "We should call blessed," he says, "not those who pride themselves on wealth, but those who trust in God and enjoy his aid." The chosen people called God's inheritance was of old the Jewish people, but afterwards the one chosen from the nations and receiving the rays of faith. "For ask of me," he says, "and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as your possession."

Ps 33:12 (32:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 2:8 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:12: the blessed nation chosen as God's inheritance was once Israel and is now the people called from the nations.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.12 (PG 80 80:1097; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.13PG 80 80:1099

· Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐπέβλεψεν ὁ Κύριος, εἶδε πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Ἐξ ἑτοίμου κατοικητηρίου αὐτοῦ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν. » Ταῦτα καὶ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ καὶ δεκάτῳ ἔφη ψαλμῷ, τὴν αὐτὴν ποιούμενος πρόῤῥησιν. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ εἶπεν ἐπέβλεψεν, ἵνα μὴ τις αὐτὸν ἀγνοεῖν οἰηθῇ τὰ παρὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τολμώμενα, εἰς καιρὸν ἐπήγαγεν ·

; Ex ouranou epeblepsen ho Kyrios, eide pantas tous huious tōn anthrōpōn. Ex hetoimou katoikētēriou autou epeblepsen epi pantas tous katoikountas tēn gēn. » Tauta kai en tǭ tritǭ kai dekatǭ ephē psalmǭ, tēn autēn poioumenos prorrhēsin. Kai epeidē eipen epeblepsen, hina mē tis auton agnoein oiēthę̄ ta para tōn anthrōpōn tolmōmena, eis kairon epēgagen ;

"The Lord looked down from heaven; he saw all the sons of men. From his prepared dwelling place he looked upon all who dwell on the earth." He said this in the thirteenth psalm too, making the same prediction. And since he said "he looked down," lest anyone think he does not know what people dare to do, he aptly added:

Ps 33:13 (32:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 33:14 (32:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 14:2 (13:2 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:13–14: God looks down on all humankind from heaven.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.13 (PG 80 80:1099; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.15PG 80 80:1099

« Ὁ πλάσας κατὰ μόνας τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν, ὁ συνιεὶς πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν.» Εἶπον, φησὶν, ἐπιβλέψαι τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν, οὐχ ὡς ἀγνοοῦντα καὶ μαθεῖν ἐφιέμενον, ἀλλ' ὡς κρίνοντα καὶ δικάζοντα. Πῶς γὰρ οἷόν τε ἀγνοεῖν τῆς ψυχῆς τὰ κινήματα τὸν ταύτην πεποιηκότα; Τὰς καρδίας γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ λογικοῦ τέθεικεν.

« Ho plasas kata monas tas kardias autōn, ho synieis panta ta erga autōn.» Eipon, phēsin, epiblepsai ton tōn holōn Theon, ouch hōs agnoounta kai mathein ephiemenon, all' hōs krinonta kai dikazonta. Pōs gar hoion te agnoein tēs psychēs ta kinēmata ton tautēn pepoiēkota? Tas kardias gar epi tou logikou tetheiken.

"He who fashioned their hearts one by one, who understands all their works." "I said," he says, "that the God of all looked down, not as one who does not know and wishes to learn, but as one who judges and gives sentence. For how could the one who made the soul not know its movements?" He set hearts for the rational faculty.

Ps 33:15 (32:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:15: God, who made each heart, knows all its movements and looks down as judge.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.15 (PG 80 80:1099; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.16PG 80 80:1099

« Οὐ σώζεται βασιλεὺς διὰ πολλὴν δύναμιν, καὶ γίγας οὐ σωθήσεται ἐν πλήθει ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ. Ψευδὴς ἵππος εἰς σωτηρίαν, ἐν δὲ πλήθει δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ οὐ σωθήσεται. » Δι᾿ αὐτῶν μεμαθήκαμεν τῶν πραγμάτων, ὡς οὐ δεῖ θαῤῥεῖν, οὐ ῥώμῃ σώματος, οὐκ ἀνδρείᾳ ψυχῆς, οὐχ ἵππων ὀξύτητι, οὐχ ὑπηκόων πλήθει· ἐν τούτοις γὰρ ἅπασιν ὁ Σενναχηρεὶμ πλουτῶν, οὐδὲν ἐντεῦθεν ἀπώνατο, ἀλλὰ τὴν πανωλεθρίαν ἐδέξατο· τί οὖν ποιητέον, ὑπόδειξον, ὦ προφῆτα.

« Ou sōzetai basileus dia pollēn dynamin, kai gigas ou sōthēsetai en plēthei ischyos autou. Pseudēs hippos eis sōtērian, en de plēthei dynameōs autou ou sōthēsetai. » Di᾿ autōn memathēkamen tōn pragmatōn, hōs ou dei tharrhein, ou rhōmę̄ sōmatos, ouk andreią psychēs, ouch hippōn oxytēti, ouch hypēkoōn plēthei; en toutois gar hapasin ho Sennachēreim ploutōn, ouden enteuthen apōnato, alla tēn panōlethrian edexato; ti oun poiēteon, hypodeixon, ō prophēta.

"A king is not saved by a great army, and a giant will not be saved by the abundance of his strength. A horse is a false hope for safety, and by the abundance of its power it will not be saved." We have learned from the events themselves that one must not trust in bodily strength, nor courage of soul, nor swiftness of horses, nor the number of subjects. For Sennacherib, rich in all these, gained nothing from them but suffered utter destruction. What then must we do? Show us, O prophet.

Ps 33:16 (32:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 33:17 (32:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:16–17: Sennacherib's fate shows that neither armies, strength, nor horses save.

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  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): παν- ωλεθρίαν → πανωλεθρίαν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.16 (PG 80 80:1099; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.18PG 80 80:1099

« Ἰδοὺ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτὸν, τοὺς ἐλπίζοντας ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. Ῥύσασθαι ἐκ θανάτου τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ διαθρέψαι αὐτοὺς ἐν λιμῷ. › ᾿Απάντων, φησὶ, τῶν ἀγαθῶν πρόξενος ἡ εὐσέβεια · τὴν γὰρ θείαν προμήθειαν ἐφέλκεται, αὕτη δὲ καὶ θάνατον τὸν ἐπιόντα κωλύει καὶ ἔνδειανει· χαρίζεται δὲ θὰ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὴν φοράν · εἰκὸς δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς πολιορκίας ἐκείνης, ἐν σπάνει γενέσθαι τῶν ἀναγκαίων τοὺς καθειργμέν νους, εἶτα τῷ των πολεμίων ὀλέθρῳ καὶ ταύτης ἀπαλλαγῆναι τῆς συμφορᾶς.

« Idou hoi ophthalmoi Kyriou epi tous phoboumenous auton, tous elpizontas epi to eleos autou. Rhysasthai ek thanatou tas psychas autōn, kai diathrepsai autous en limǭ. › ᾿Apantōn, phēsi, tōn agathōn proxenos hē eusebeia ; tēn gar theian promētheian ephelketai, hautē de kai thanaton ton epionta kōlyei kai endeianei; charizetai de tha tōn agathōn tēn phoran ; eikos de epi tēs poliorkias ekeinēs, en spanei genesthai tōn anankaiōn tous katheirgmen nous, eita tǭ tōn polemiōn olethrǭ kai tautēs apallagēnai tēs symphoras.

"Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, those who hope in his mercy, to rescue their souls from death and to keep them alive in famine." "Piety," he says, "is the cause of all good things; for it draws divine providence, and this both prevents the death that comes on and grants an abundance of good things in place of want." It is likely that in that siege those shut in lacked necessities, and then by the destruction of the enemies were freed from this misfortune too.

Ps 33:18 (32:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 33:19 (32:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:18–19: piety draws God's providence, which saved the besieged of Jerusalem from death and famine.

  • The digital text is defective at "want"; translated by sense.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.18 (PG 80 80:1099; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.20PG 80 80:1099

« Η δὲ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ὑπομενεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ ὅτι βοηθὸς καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς ἡμῶν ἐστιν. Ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐφρανθήσεται ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν · καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ ἠλπίσαμεν. » Τοσούτων τοίνυν ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύσαντες, βεβαίαν ἔχομεν εἰς τὸν Θεὸν τὴν ἐλπίδα · καὶ τὴν παρ' αὐτοῦ βοήθειαν προσμενοῦμεν ἀεί· αὐτὸς γὰρ ἡμῖν καὶ τὴν παροῦσαν θυμηδίαν δεδώρηται. Εἶτα εἰρηκὼς ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ ἠλπίσαμεν, ἱκετεύει λαβεῖν ἰσόμετρον τῇ ἐλπίδι τὸν ἔλεον.

« Ē de psychē hēmōn hypomenei tǭ Kyriǭ hoti boēthos kai hyperaspistēs hēmōn estin. Hoti en autǭ euphranthēsetai hē kardia hēmōn ; kai en tǭ onomati tǭ hagiǭ autou ēlpisamen. » Tosoutōn toinyn agathōn apolausantes, bebaian echomen eis ton Theon tēn elpida ; kai tēn par' autou boētheian prosmenoumen aei; autos gar hēmin kai tēn parousan thymēdian dedōrētai. Eita eirēkōs hoti en tǭ onomati tǭ hagiǭ autou ēlpisamen, hiketeuei labein isometron tę̄ elpidi ton eleon.

"Our soul will wait for the Lord, for he is our helper and protector. For in him our heart will rejoice, and in his holy name we have hoped." "Having enjoyed so many good things, then, we have a firm hope in God, and we will always await help from him; for he himself has granted us our present cheer." Then, having said, "in his holy name we have hoped," he begs to receive mercy equal in measure to the hope.

Ps 33:20 (32:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 33:21 (32:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:20–21: the delivered people place firm hope in God and ask for mercy measured to their hope.

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  • Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ὑπομενεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ ) ὅτι → ὑπομενεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ ὅτι.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.20 (PG 80 80:1099; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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32.22PG 80 80:1101

« Γένοιτο (γὰρ φησὶν), Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς, καθάπερ ἡλπίσαμεν ἐπὶ σέ. » Παῤῥησίας δὲ μεγίστης ὁ λόγος, καὶ τοῖς καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς τολμηρός Τις γὰρ οὕτως ἤλπισεν, ὡς θαῤῥαλέως εἰπεῖν, Τῇ ἐμῇ ἐλπίδι τὸν ἔλεον μέτρησον; Τοῦτο μέντοι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις ὁ Δεσπότης ἐδίδαξεν· • Ὦ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, ἀντιμετρηθήσεται” ὑμῖν· › καὶ τὴν ᾿ ἐλπίδα τοίνυν τελείαν καὶ γνησίαν κτησώμεθα, καὶ τὸν ἄλλον βίον τῇ ἐλπίδι κατάλληλον, ἵνα ἕλεον πολὺν καρπωσώμεθα.

« Genoito (gar phēsin), Kyrie, to eleos sou eph᾿ hēmas, kathaper hēlpisamen epi se. » Parrhēsias de megistēs ho logos, kai tois kath᾽ hēmas tolmēros Tis gar houtōs ēlpisen, hōs tharrhaleōs eipein, Tę̄ emę̄ elpidi ton eleon metrēson? Touto mentoi kai en tois hierois Euangeliois ho Despotēs edidaxen; • Ō metrǭ metreite, antimetrēthēsetai” hymin; › kai tēn ᾿ elpida toinyn teleian kai gnēsian ktēsōmetha, kai ton allon bion tę̄ elpidi katallēlon, hina heleon polyn karpōsōmetha.

"Let your mercy, O Lord," he says, "be upon us, as we have hoped in you." The saying is one of the greatest boldness, and daring for people like us. For who has hoped so as to say confidently, "Measure the mercy by my hope"? Yet the Master taught this in the holy Gospels: "With the measure you measure, it will be measured to you in return." Let us then acquire a perfect and genuine hope, and the rest of our life in keeping with that hope, so that we may reap much mercy.

Ps 33:22 (32:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 7:2 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 33:22: asking mercy in proportion to hope is bold, but Christ taught that God measures as we measure.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 32.22 (PG 80 80:1101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/32-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 33

33.1PG 80 80:1101

« Τῷ Δαβίδ, ὁπότε ἠλλοίωσε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐναντίον ᾿Αβιμέλεχ καὶ ἀπέλυσεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν. » Τοῦ Σαούλ τὴν πικρὰν γνώμην καὶ βάσκανον θεασάμενος ὁ θεῖος Δαβίδ, καὶ συμβούλῳ χρησάμενος τῷ θαυμασίῳ Ἰωνάθαν, ἀπέδρα, καὶ Νομβὰν τὴν πόλιν κατέλαβεν. Ἐκεῖ τοίνυν ᾿Αβιμέλεχ τῷ ἱερεῖ συγγενόμενος, ἔκρυψε · τὴν φυγήν, ἀπεστάλθαι δὲ εἴρηκεν ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως εἴς τινα χρείαν σπουδαίαν, καὶ ζητήσας ἄρτους, ἑτέρους μὲν οὐχ εὖρε, μόνους δὲ τοὺς τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀπονενεμημένους , καὶ τούτους ἔλαβεν, δεδωκότος τοῦ ἱερέως παρὰ τὸ δόγμα τοῦ νόμου. Μόνοις γὰρ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀπονενέμητο ἡ τοιαύτη τροφή · ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως προδιεγράφη· τῆς χάριτος τὰ μυστήρια, καὶ προανεῴγει τοῖς πιστεύουσι τῆς θείας φιλοτιμίας ἡ θύρα· οὐκ ἔτι γὰρ μόνοις τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀφώρισται ἡ θεία τροφὴ, ἀλλὰ πρόκειται τοῖς βουλομένοις ἡ τῶν θείων μετάληψις. Ἕλαβε μέντοι κατ' ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν ὁ μέγας Δαβὶδ καὶ τοῦ Γολιάθ τὴν ῥομφαίαν, ἣν ὥσπερ ἀκροθίνιον ἐξ ἐκείνης τῆς παρατάξεως ἀνέθηκε τῷ Θεῷ · ᾿Αβιμέλεχ δὲ τὸν ᾿Αβιάθαρ προσηγόρευσε, ὡς διώνυμον. Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν φεύγων, οὐκ ἐγνώρισε τῷ ἱερεῖ τὴν φυγὴν, ἀλλὰ βασιλικὴν ἔφη χρείαν ἐξανύειν τινὰ , ἠλλοιῶσθαι τὸ πρόσωπον λέγεται, ὡς μὴ τῇ συνήθει χρησάμενος ἀληθείᾳ ἕτερον δὲ πρόσωπον ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰωθότος ἀνειληφώς. Τινὲς δὲ τῶν συγγραφέων ἑτέραν ἔδωκαν ὑπόθεσιν τῷ ψαλμῷ. Ἔφασαν γὰρ ἠλλοιωκέναι τὸ πρόσωπον τὸν Δαβὶδ, ἡνίκα πρὸς τὸν ᾿Αγχούς εἰσελήλυθεν· εἶτα φοβηθεὶς τὰς τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἐπιβουλὰς, κορυβαντιᾶν ἐσκήψατο, καὶ τούτῳ τῷ. τρόπῳ τῆς σωτηρίας τετύχηκεν. ᾿Αλλ' οὐδεμίαν ἔχει πρὸς τήνδε τὴν ὑπόθεσιν τοῦ ψαλμοῦ συμφωνίαν τὰ `ῥήματα · ἁρμόττει δὲ τοῖς εἰρημένοις, ὡς αὐτίκα σὺν Θεῷ φάναι δειχθήσεται.

« Tǭ Dabid, hopote ēlloiōse to prosōpon autou enantion ᾿Abimelech kai apelysen auton, kai apēlthen. » Tou Saoul tēn pikran gnōmēn kai baskanon theasamenos ho theios Dabid, kai symboulǭ chrēsamenos tǭ thaumasiǭ Iōnathan, apedra, kai Nomban tēn polin katelaben. Ekei toinyn ᾿Abimelech tǭ hierei syngenomenos, ekrypse ; tēn phygēn, apestalthai de eirēken hypo tou basileōs eis tina chreian spoudaian, kai zētēsas artous, heterous men ouch eure, monous de tous tois hiereusin aponenemēmenous , kai toutous elaben, dedōkotos tou hiereōs para to dogma tou nomou. Monois gar tois hiereusin aponenemēto hē toiautē trophē ; all᾿ homōs prodiegraphē; tēs charitos ta mystēria, kai proaneǭgei tois pisteuousi tēs theias philotimias hē thyra; ouk eti gar monois tois hiereusin aphōristai hē theia trophē, alla prokeitai tois boulomenois hē tōn theiōn metalēpsis. Helabe mentoi kat' ekeinon ton kairon ho megas Dabid kai tou Goliath tēn rhomphaian, hēn hōsper akrothinion ex ekeinēs tēs parataxeōs anethēke tǭ Theǭ ; ᾿Abimelech de ton ᾿Abiathar prosēgoreuse, hōs diōnymon. Epeidē toinyn pheugōn, ouk egnōrise tǭ hierei tēn phygēn, alla basilikēn ephē chreian exanyein tina , ēlloiōsthai to prosōpon legetai, hōs mē tę̄ synēthei chrēsamenos alētheią heteron de prosōpon anti tou eiōthotos aneilēphōs. Tines de tōn syngrapheōn heteran edōkan hypothesin tǭ psalmǭ. Ephasan gar ēlloiōkenai to prosōpon ton Dabid, hēnika pros ton ᾿Anchous eiselēlythen; eita phobētheis tas tōn allophylōn epiboulas, korybantian eskēpsato, kai toutǭ tǭ. tropǭ tēs sōtērias tetychēken. ᾿All' oudemian echei pros tēnde tēn hypothesin tou psalmou symphōnian ta `rhēmata ; harmottei de tois eirēmenois, hōs autika syn Theǭ phanai deichthēsetai.

"Of David, when he changed his face before Abimelech, and he let him go, and he departed." The divine David, seeing Saul's bitter and envious mind and taking the admirable Jonathan as counselor, ran away and reached the city of Nob. There, meeting Abimelech the priest, he hid his flight and said he had been sent by the king on some urgent business; and asking for bread, he found no other, only that allotted to the priests, and took it, the priest giving it contrary to the ordinance of the law. For such food was allotted to the priests alone. Yet the mysteries of grace were sketched beforehand, and the door of divine generosity was opened in advance to believers. For the divine food is no longer set apart for the priests alone, but participation in the divine things is set before those who wish. At that time the great David also took the sword of Goliath, which he had dedicated to God as firstfruits from that battle. He called Abiathar Abimelech, as having two names. Since, then, in his flight he did not make his flight known to the priest, but said he was carrying out some royal business, he is said to have changed his face, as not using his customary truthfulness but taking on another face in place of his usual one. Some of the writers gave the psalm another setting. They said that David changed his face when he went in to Achish, and then, fearing the plots of the foreigners, pretended to be frenzied and by this means obtained safety. But the words of the psalm have no agreement with this setting; they fit what was said above, as will shortly be shown, God willing.

Ps 34:1 (33:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 20:42 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Sam 21:1 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 21:6 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 21:9 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 21:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 2:26 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34, title: David "changed his face" when he hid his flight from the priest at Nob; the holy bread he received foreshadowed the sacrament open to all believers.

  • Theodoret identifies the priest at Nob (Ahimelech, LXX "Abimelech") with Abiathar, as having two names (compare Mark 2:26).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray bracket (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): Νομβὰν ὁ τὴν → Νομβὰν τὴν; ἀνειληφώς]. Τινὲς → ἀνειληφώς. Τινὲς.

Topics: Eucharist

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.1 (PG 80 80:1101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.2PG 80 80:1103

« Εὐλογήσω τὸν Κύριον ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ· διαπαντὸς ἡ αἵνεσις αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ στόματί μου. » Καὶ φεύγων, φησὶ, καὶ διώκων, καὶ ἐν εὐκληρίᾳ καὶ δυσκληρίᾳ, τὸν ἐμὸν Δεσπότην ὑμνῶ.

« Eulogēsō ton Kyrion en panti kairǭ; diapantos hē hainesis autou en tǭ stomati mou. » Kai pheugōn, phēsi, kai diōkōn, kai en euklērią kai dysklērią, ton emon Despotēn hymnō.

"I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise will be continually in my mouth." "Whether fleeing or pursuing," he says, "in good fortune and bad, I hymn my Master."

Ps 34:1 (33:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:1: David praises God in every fortune.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.2 (PG 80 80:1103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.3PG 80 80:1103

« Ἐν τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐπαινεθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου. » Αὐτὸς ἐμὲ καὶ πεποίηκε περιφανῆ, καὶ ποιήσει περίβλεπτον. Ακουσάτωσαν πραεῖς καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν. . Μεγαλύνατε τὸν Κύριον σὺν ἐμοὶ, καὶ ὑψώσωμεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. » Οὐκ ἀνέχεται μόνος ὑφῆναι τὸν ὕμνον, ἀλλὰ τοὺς κοινωνοὺς τῆς πραότητος κοινωνοὺς ποιεῖται τῆς ὑμνῳδίας· εἶτα τῆς εὐχαριστίας ὑποδείκνυσι τὴν αἰτίαν. « Ἐξεζήτησα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐπήκουσέ μου, καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεών μου ἐῤῥύσατό με. » Ικέτευσα, φησὶν, αὐτὸν, καὶ κρείττων ἐγενόμην τῶν συμφορῶν.

« En tǭ Kyriǭ epainethēsetai hē psychē mou. » Autos eme kai pepoiēke periphanē, kai poiēsei periblepton. Akousatōsan praeis kai euphranthētōsan. . Megalynate ton Kyrion syn emoi, kai hypsōsōmen to onoma autou epi to auto. » Ouk anechetai monos hyphēnai ton hymnon, alla tous koinōnous tēs praotētos koinōnous poieitai tēs hymnǭdias; eita tēs eucharistias hypodeiknysi tēn aitian. « Exezētēsa ton Kyrion, kai epēkouse mou, kai ek pasōn tōn thlipseōn mou errhysato me. » Iketeusa, phēsin, auton, kai kreittōn egenomēn tōn symphorōn.

"In the Lord my soul will be praised." "He has made me illustrious and will make me admired." "Let the meek hear and be glad. Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together." He does not bear to weave the hymn alone, but makes those who share his meekness sharers in the hymn singing. Then he shows the cause of his thanksgiving: "I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and he rescued me from all my afflictions." "I entreated him," he says, "and became stronger than my misfortunes."

Ps 34:2 (33:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:3 (33:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:4 (33:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:2–4: David calls the meek to praise God with him, since God answered him in his afflictions.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (marginal verse number (OCR)): τὴν αἰτίαν ἐ'. « → τὴν αἰτίαν. «.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.3 (PG 80 80:1103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.6PG 80 80:1103

– Προσέλθετε πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ φωτίσθητε, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα ὑμῶν οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ. » Ὁ γὰρ μετὰ πίστεως αὐτῷ προσιών, φωτὸς ἀκτῖνας δέχεται νοεροῦ. Οὕτω καὶ Μωσῆς ὁ μέγας τὸ ὁρώμενον πρόσωπον ἐδοξάσθη · τοῦτο καὶ ἤδη προείρηκεν ὁ Δαβίδ. • Ἐσημειώθη ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς τὸ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου σου, Κύριε. » Οὕτω προτρέψας τοὺς ὁμοτρόπους, ἀρχέτυπον αὐτοῖς προτίθησιν ἑαυτόν.

– Proselthete pros auton kai phōtisthēte, kai ta prosōpa hymōn ou mē kataischynthę̄. » Ho gar meta pisteōs autǭ prosiōn, phōtos aktinas dechetai noerou. Houtō kai Mōsēs ho megas to horōmenon prosōpon edoxasthē ; touto kai ēdē proeirēken ho Dabid. • Esēmeiōthē eph᾿ hēmas to phōs tou prosōpou sou, Kyrie. » Houtō protrepsas tous homotropous, archetypon autois protithēsin heauton.

"Come to him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be put to shame." For the one who comes to him with faith receives the rays of spiritual light. So the great Moses too was glorified in his visible face. This David had already said before: "The light of your face, O Lord, has been signed upon us." Having thus urged those like him, he sets himself before them as a pattern.

Ps 34:5 (33:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 34:29 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 4:6 (4:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 34:5: those who come to God in faith are enlightened, as Moses' face shone.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.6 (PG 80 80:1103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.7PG 80 80:1103

« Οὗτος ὁ πτωχὸς ἐκέκραξε· καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἰσήκουσεν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτοῦ ἔσωσεν αὐτόν. » Μάθετε, φησὶν, ἐκ τῶν κατ᾿ ἐμὲ, θαῤῥεῖν τῷ τῶν ὅλων Θεῷ. Εὐτελῆ γὰρ ὄντα με καὶ ἱπροβατέα, τῆς οἰκείας προμηθείας ἠξίωσε, καὶ κρείττονα τῶν πολεμούντων ἀπέφηνεν.

« Houtos ho ptōchos ekekraxe; kai ho Kyrios eisēkousen autou; kai ek pasōn tōn thlipseōn autou esōsen auton. » Mathete, phēsin, ek tōn kat᾿ eme, tharrhein tǭ tōn holōn Theǭ. Eutelē gar onta me kai hiprobatea, tēs oikeias promētheias ēxiōse, kai kreittona tōn polemountōn apephēnen.

"This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his afflictions." "Learn," he says, "from my case to trust in the God of all. For though I was lowly and a shepherd, he counted me worthy of his providence and made me stronger than those who warred against me."

Ps 34:6 (33:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:6: David offers his own rescue as proof that God hears the poor.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.7 (PG 80 80:1103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.8PG 80 80:1103

« Παρεμβαλεῖ ἄγγελος Κυρίου κύκλῳ τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτὸν, καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτούς. » Τούτοις συμφωνεῖ καὶ τοῦ ᾿Αποστόλου τὰ ῥήματα · περὶ γὰρ τῶν ἀγγέλων οὕτω φησίν • « Οὐχὶ πάντες εἰσὶ λειτουργικὰ πνεύματα εἰς διακονίαν ἀποστελλόμενα διὰ τοὺς μέλλοντας κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν; » Οὕτω καὶ ὁ μακάριος Ἰακώβ προσευχόμενος ἔφη· «Ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ ῥυόμενός με ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν. » Οὕτω καὶ ὁ πατριάρχης Ἀβραὰμ πρὸς τὸν θαυμάσιον οἰκέτην ἔφη - « Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἀποστελεῖ τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώπου σου, καὶ λήψῃ γυναῖκα τῷ υἱῷ μου Ἰσαὰκ ἐκεῖθεν. » Οὕτως ὁ μακάριος λέγει Ζαχαρίας· « Ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοί. »

« Parembalei angelos Kyriou kyklǭ tōn phoboumenōn auton, kai rhysetai autous. » Toutois symphōnei kai tou ᾿Apostolou ta rhēmata ; peri gar tōn angelōn houtō phēsin • « Ouchi pantes eisi leitourgika pneumata eis diakonian apostellomena dia tous mellontas klēronomein sōtērian? » Houtō kai ho makarios Iakōb proseuchomenos ephē; «Ho angelos ho rhyomenos me ek pantōn tōn kakōn. » Houtō kai ho patriarchēs Abraam pros ton thaumasion oiketēn ephē - « Kyrios ho Theos apostelei ton angelon autou pro prosōpou sou, kai lēpsę̄ gynaika tǭ huiǭ mou Isaak ekeithen. » Houtōs ho makarios legei Zacharias; « Ho angelos ho lalōn en emoi. »

"The angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear him and will rescue them." The words of the Apostle agree with this; for of the angels he says thus: "Are they not all ministering spirits sent out for service for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?" So too the blessed Jacob said in prayer, "The angel who rescues me from all evils." So too the patriarch Abraham said to his admirable servant: "The Lord God will send his angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son Isaac from there." So the blessed Zechariah says, "The angel who spoke in me."

Ps 34:7 (33:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 48:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 24:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Zech 1:9 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:7: Scripture often shows angels sent to guard and help those who fear God.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.8 (PG 80 80:1103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.9PG 80 80:1105

« Γεύσασθε, καὶ ἴδετε ὅτι χρηστὸς ὁ Κύριος• μακάριος ἀνὴρ, ὃς ἐλπίζει ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν. » Εἰρηκὼς, • Προσέλθετε πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ φωτίσθητε, » προτρέπει · καὶ γεύσασθε. » Τῇ πείρα, φησί, μάθετε τὴν ἀγαθότητα τοῦ Δεσπότου· μακαρισμὸν γὰρ ἐντεῦθεν τρυγήσετε. Ἰστέον μέντοι ὡς τοῖς πάλαι Ἰουδαίοις ἡ εἰρημένη ἁρμόττει διάνοια. Ὁ δὲ γε ἐν τῷ βάθει τοῦ γράμματος κρυπτόμενος νοῦς, τῶν θείων μυστηρίων τὴν χάριν αἰνίττεται. Διὰ γὰρ τοῦ παναγίου βαπτίσματος ὁ ἀληθὴς φωτισμὸς τοῖς προσιοῦσι προσγίνεται, καὶ τῆς ζωοποιοῦ τροφῆς ἡ γεῦσις τὴν ἀγαθότητα τοῦ Σωτῆρος δείκνυσιν ἐναργῶς. Τί γὰρ οὕτως αὐτοῦ σαφῶς τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν ὑποδείκνυσιν, ὡς σταυρὸς, καὶ τὸ πάθος, καὶ ὁ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν γενόμενος θάνατος, καὶ τὸ γενέσθαι τῶν οἰκείων προβάτων τροφὴν ὁμοῦ καὶ πηγήν:

« Geusasthe, kai idete hoti chrēstos ho Kyrios• makarios anēr, hos elpizei ep᾿ auton. » Eirēkōs, • Proselthete pros auton kai phōtisthēte, » protrepei ; kai geusasthe. » Tę̄ peira, phēsi, mathete tēn agathotēta tou Despotou; makarismon gar enteuthen trygēsete. Isteon mentoi hōs tois palai Ioudaiois hē eirēmenē harmottei dianoia. Ho de ge en tǭ bathei tou grammatos kryptomenos nous, tōn theiōn mystēriōn tēn charin ainittetai. Dia gar tou panagiou baptismatos ho alēthēs phōtismos tois prosiousi prosginetai, kai tēs zōopoiou trophēs hē geusis tēn agathotēta tou Sōtēros deiknysin enargōs. Ti gar houtōs autou saphōs tēn philanthrōpian hypodeiknysin, hōs stauros, kai to pathos, kai ho hyper hēmōn genomenos thanatos, kai to genesthai tōn oikeiōn probatōn trophēn homou kai pēgēn:

"Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who hopes in him." Having said, "Come to him and be enlightened," he urges, "and taste." "Learn by experience," he says, "the goodness of the Master; for from this you will reap blessedness." One should know that the sense given fits the Jews of old. But the meaning hidden in the depth of the letter hints at the grace of the divine mysteries. For through all-holy baptism true enlightenment comes to those who approach, and the taste of the life-giving food shows clearly the goodness of the Savior. For what shows his love for humankind so clearly as the cross, the passion, the death he underwent for us, and his becoming both food and spring for his own sheep?

Ps 34:8 (33:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:5 (33:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:8: the deeper sense of "be enlightened" and "taste" is baptism and the Eucharist, which show the Savior's goodness.

Topics: Baptism, Eucharist

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.9 (PG 80 80:1105; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.10PG 80 80:1105

« Φοβήθητε τὸν Κύριον, πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὑστέρημα τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν. Πλούσιοι ἐπτώχευσαν καὶ ἐπείνασαν· οἱ δὲ ἐκζητοῦντες τὸν Κύριον, οὐκ ἐλαττωθήσονται παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ. » Σύμφωνα δὲ καὶ ταῦτα τοῖς ἄνω ῥηθεῖσι · παραινεῖ γὰρ τοῖς ἤδη τὸν ἁγιασμὸν διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος δεξαμένοις, φόβῳ τὴν ἀγάπην κεράσαι, καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὴν ἀφθονίαν ἀναμένειν παρὰ μόνου Θεοῦ. Ὁ γὰρ πλοῦτος πολλὰς ἔχει μεταβολάς· καὶ ὁ σήμερον πλούσιος, εἰς πενίαν μετ᾿ ὀλίγον μετέπεσε. Καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι δὲ πάλαι τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν κηδεμονίαν πλουτήσαντες, ἐπτώχευσαν καὶ ἐπείνασαν ἀπιστήσαντες. Τὰ δὲ πιστεύσαντα ἔθνη παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τὴν ἀφθονίαν ἐδέξατο.

« Phobēthēte ton Kyrion, pantes hoi hagioi autou, hoti ouk estin hysterēma tois phoboumenois auton. Plousioi eptōcheusan kai epeinasan; hoi de ekzētountes ton Kyrion, ouk elattōthēsontai pantos agathou. » Symphōna de kai tauta tois anō rhētheisi ; parainei gar tois ēdē ton hagiasmon dia tou baptismatos dexamenois, phobǭ tēn agapēn kerasai, kai tōn agathōn tēn aphthonian anamenein para monou Theou. Ho gar ploutos pollas echei metabolas; kai ho sēmeron plousios, eis penian met᾿ oligon metepese. Kai Ioudaioi de palai tou Theou tēn kēdemonian ploutēsantes, eptōcheusan kai epeinasan apistēsantes. Ta de pisteusanta ethnē para tou Theou tōn agathōn tēn aphthonian edexato.

"Fear the Lord, all you his holy ones, for there is no want to those who fear him. The rich became poor and hungry, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing." These words too agree with what was said above. For he exhorts those who have already received sanctification through baptism to mix love with fear and to await the abundance of good things from God alone. For wealth has many changes, and the one rich today falls into poverty shortly after. And the Jews, once rich in God's care, became poor and hungry through unbelief; while the nations that believed received from God the abundance of good things.

Ps 34:9 (33:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:10 (33:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:9–10: the baptized should fear God and look to him alone, for wealth changes, as the unbelieving Jews lost what the believing nations received.

  • Theodoret's statement about the Jews is translated as written.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray bracket (OCR)): ἀπιστήσαντες]. Τὰ → ἀπιστήσαντες. Τὰ.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.10 (PG 80 80:1105; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.12PG 80 80:1105

« Δεῦτε, τέκνα, ἀκούσατέ μου, φόβον Κυρίου διδάξω ὑμᾶς. Τίς ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὁ θέλων ζωὴν, ἀγαπῶν ἡμέρας ἰδεῖν ἀγαθάς; › Καὶ προτεθεικὼς, οἷόν τι ἄθλον ἀξιέραστον, τὴν ζωὴν τὴν ἄλυπον, καὶ τὴν τριπόθητον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀγῶνας προτρέπει.

« Deute, tekna, akousate mou, phobon Kyriou didaxō hymas. Tis estin anthrōpos ho thelōn zōēn, agapōn hēmeras idein agathas? › Kai protetheikōs, hoion ti athlon axieraston, tēn zōēn tēn alypon, kai tēn tripothēton, epi tous agōnas protrepei.

"Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is the man who wants life and loves to see good days?" Having set forth, as a lovely prize, the life free of grief that is so much desired, he urges them to the contests.

Ps 34:11 (33:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:12 (33:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:11–12: David offers the prize of a happy life to spur his hearers to the struggle of virtue.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.12 (PG 80 80:1105; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.14PG 80 80:1105

« Παῦσον τὴν γλῶσσάν σου ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ χείλη σου τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον. Ἔκκλινον ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ ποίησον ἀγαθόν· ζήτησον εἰρήνην, καὶ δίωξον αὐτήν. » Πρότερον ἀποτρέπει κακίας, εἶθ' οὕτω τὰ εἴδη τῆς ἀρετῆς μετιέναι κελεύει· καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τὴν γλῶτταν, ὡς εὐόλισθον μόριον, καθαρεύειν παντὸς δόλου καὶ πονηρίας παρεγγυᾷ • τῇ γλώττῃ δὲ τὰ χείλη συνάπτει, ὡς καὶ αὐτὰ συνεργοῦνται τοῖς ἐκείνης κινήμασι. Δεύτερον τῆς κακίας ἀπαγορεύει τὴν πρᾶξιν· « Ἔκκλινον γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀπὸ κακοῦ. » Εἶτα τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐνέργειαν νομοθετεῖ· « Ποίησον γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀγαθόν. » Τί δὲ τὸ κεφάλαιον τῶν ἀγαθῶν; « Ζήτησον εἰρήνην, καὶ δίωξον αὐτήν. » Ὁ γὰρ εἰρηνικὸς εἰρήνην πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀσπαζόμενος, οὔτε κρύβδην τὰ τοῦ πέλας ὑφαιρεῖται· οὐ μιαιφονίας κατατολμᾷ, οὐ γάμοις ἐπιβουλεύει, οὐ λέγει κακῶς, οὐ πράττει κακῶς· εὐεργετεῖ, προμηθεῖται, μεταδίδωσι, συνηγορεί, συγκινδυνεύει, συναγωνίζεται· τοιαύτη γὰρ ἡ εἰλικρινὴς ἀγάπη, καὶ γνησία φιλία. Εἶτα πάλιν δείκνυσι τὸν τούτων καρπόν.

« Pauson tēn glōssan sou apo kakou, kai cheilē sou tou mē lalēsai dolon. Ekklinon apo kakou, kai poiēson agathon; zētēson eirēnēn, kai diōxon autēn. » Proteron apotrepei kakias, eith' houtō ta eidē tēs aretēs metienai keleuei; kai prōton men tēn glōttan, hōs euolisthon morion, kathareuein pantos dolou kai ponērias parengyą • tę̄ glōttę̄ de ta cheilē synaptei, hōs kai auta synergountai tois ekeinēs kinēmasi. Deuteron tēs kakias apagoreuei tēn praxin; « Ekklinon gar, phēsin, apo kakou. » Eita tēn agathēn energeian nomothetei; « Poiēson gar, phēsin, agathon. » Ti de to kephalaion tōn agathōn? « Zētēson eirēnēn, kai diōxon autēn. » Ho gar eirēnikos eirēnēn pros hapantas aspazomenos, oute krybdēn ta tou pelas hyphaireitai; ou miaiphonias katatolmą, ou gamois epibouleuei, ou legei kakōs, ou prattei kakōs; euergetei, promētheitai, metadidōsi, synēgorei, synkindyneuei, synagōnizetai; toiautē gar hē eilikrinēs agapē, kai gnēsia philia. Eita palin deiknysi ton toutōn karpon.

"Stop your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it." First he turns them from vice, and then bids them pursue the forms of virtue. And first he charges them to keep the tongue, as a part prone to slip, clean of all deceit and wickedness; and he joins the lips to the tongue, since they work together with its movements. Second, he forbids the doing of vice: "Turn away," he says, "from evil." Then he lays down the law of good action: "Do good," he says. And what is the sum of good things? "Seek peace and pursue it." For the peaceable man, embracing peace with all, does not secretly take what is his neighbor's, does not dare murder, does not plot against marriages, does not speak ill nor do ill; he does good, takes care, shares, defends, shares dangers, and struggles alongside. Such is sincere love and genuine friendship. Then again he shows their fruit.

Ps 34:13 (33:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:14 (33:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:13–14: guard the tongue, shun evil, do good, and above all pursue peace, which sums up love of neighbor.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): «ο Ποίησον γὰρ, φησὶν βἀγαθόν → « Ποίησον γὰρ, φησὶν, ἀγαθόν; κρύβδην δι τὰ → κρύβδην τὰ; δείτ κνυσι → δείκνυσι.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.14 (PG 80 80:1105; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.16PG 80 80:1107

« Ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους, καὶ ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν. » Ἑποπτεύοντα: γὰρ, φησὶν, οἱ ταῦτα δρῶντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Δεσπότου Θεοῦ, καὶ αἰτοῦντες ἀγαθὰ τυγχάνουσι τῶν αἰτήσεων. Ἔπειτα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐναντίου τὰ εἰρημένα κρατύνει.

« Ophthalmoi Kyriou epi dikaious, kai ōta autou eis deēsin autōn. » Hepopteuonta: gar, phēsin, hoi tauta drōntes hypo tou Despotou Theou, kai aitountes agatha tynchanousi tōn aitēseōn. Epeita apo tou enantiou ta eirēmena kratynei.

"The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears toward their supplication." "For those who do these things," he says, "are watched over by the Lord God, and when they ask for good things they obtain their requests." Then he confirms what was said from its opposite.

Ps 34:15 (33:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:15: God watches over the righteous and grants their prayers.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.16 (PG 80 80:1107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.17PG 80 80:1107

• Πρόσωπον δὲ Κυρίου ἐπὶ ποιοῦντας κακά, τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι ἐκ γῆς τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν.» Ὁρᾷ δὲ, φησὶ, καὶ τοὺς τἀναντία τολμῶντας, καὶ τῆς πανωλεθρίας κατ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐκφέρει τὴν ψῆφον.

• Prosōpon de Kyriou epi poiountas kaka, tou exolothreusai ek gēs to mnēmosynon autōn.» Horą de, phēsi, kai tous tanantia tolmōntas, kai tēs panōlethrias kat᾿ autōn ekpherei tēn psēphon.

"But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to destroy their memory from the earth." "He also sees," he says, "those who dare the opposite, and pronounces the sentence of utter destruction against them."

Ps 34:16 (33:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:16: God sees evildoers and sentences them to destruction.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.17 (PG 80 80:1107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.18PG 80 80:1107

« Ἐκέκραξαν οἱ δίκαιοι, καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτῶν ἐῤῥύσατο αὐτούς. Ἐγγὺς Κύριος τοῖς συντετριμ μένοις τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ τοὺς ταπεινοὺς τῷ πνεύματι σώσει. » Πάρεστι, φησὶ, τοῖς δικαίοις ὁ Δεσπότης, καὶ τὰς τούτων ἀσμένως δέχεται προσευχάς· διαφερόντως δὲ κήδεται τῶν μετρίῳ φρονήματι κεχρημένων· τούτους γὰρ τῇ καρδίᾳ συντετριμμένους ἐκάλεσε. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ λέγει ψαλμῳ· « Καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει. »

« Ekekraxan hoi dikaioi, kai ho Kyrios eisēkousen autōn; kai ek pasōn tōn thlipseōn autōn errhysato autous. Engys Kyrios tois syntetrim menois tę̄ kardią, kai tous tapeinous tǭ pneumati sōsei. » Paresti, phēsi, tois dikaiois ho Despotēs, kai tas toutōn asmenōs dechetai proseuchas; diapherontōs de kēdetai tōn metriǭ phronēmati kechrēmenōn; toutous gar tę̄ kardią syntetrimmenous ekalese. Touto de kai en heterǭ legei psalmǭ; « Kardian syntetrimmenēn kai tetapeinōmenēn ho Theos ouk exoudenōsei. »

"The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them and rescued them out of all their afflictions. The Lord is near to those broken in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit." "The Master is present," he says, "to the righteous and gladly receives their prayers; but he especially cares for those who have a modest mind." These he called broken in heart. He says this in another psalm too: "A broken and humbled heart God will not despise."

Ps 34:17 (33:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:18 (33:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 51:17 (50:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:17–18: God hears the righteous and is especially near the humble.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.18 (PG 80 80:1107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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33.20PG 80 80:1107

« Πολλαὶ αἱ θλίψεις τῶν δικαίων, καὶ ἐκ πασῶν αὐτῶν ῥύσεται αὐτοὺς ὁ Κύριος, Φυλάσσει Κύριος πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν, ἓν ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐ συντριβήσεται. » Συγχωρεῖ μὲν γὰρ αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ τῶν θλίψεων κατιέναι γυμνάσιον· ἐπαρκεῖ δὲ, καὶ κρείττους ἀποφαίνει τῶν προσπιπτουσῶν συμφορῶν, κρατύνων αὐτῶν τοὺς λογισμοὺς, καὶ στεγανοὺς ἐργαζόμενος· ὀστᾶ γὰρ τοὺς λογισμοὺς ἀπεκάλεσε· καθάπερ γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀστῶν, ὡς στερεμνίων, τὸ λοιπὸν φέρεται σῶμα, οὕτω διὰ τῶν λογισμῶν ἡ ψυχὴ τὴν σωτηρίαν καρποῦται.

« Pollai hai thlipseis tōn dikaiōn, kai ek pasōn autōn rhysetai autous ho Kyrios, Phylassei Kyrios panta ta osta autōn, hen ex autōn ou syntribēsetai. » Synchōrei men gar autous eis to tōn thlipseōn katienai gymnasion; eparkei de, kai kreittous apophainei tōn prospiptousōn symphorōn, kratynōn autōn tous logismous, kai steganous ergazomenos; osta gar tous logismous apekalese; kathaper gar hypo tōn ostōn, hōs steremniōn, to loipon pheretai sōma, houtō dia tōn logismōn hē psychē tēn sōtērian karpoutai.

"Many are the afflictions of the righteous, and the Lord will rescue them out of them all. The Lord guards all their bones; not one of them will be broken." He allows them to go down into the training ground of afflictions, but he helps them and makes them stronger than the misfortunes that befall them, strengthening their thoughts and making them watertight. For he called the thoughts bones. For as the rest of the body is carried by the bones, being solid, so through the thoughts the soul reaps salvation.

Ps 34:19 (33:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:20 (33:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 34:19–20: God lets the righteous be trained by afflictions but strengthens their thoughts, the soul's bones.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (syllables displaced between lines (OCR)): καὶ δε στεγανοὺς ἀπεκάἐργαζόμενος· ὀστᾶ γὰρ τοὺς λογισμοὺς ὅτ λεσε → καὶ στεγανοὺς ἐργαζόμενος· ὀστᾶ γὰρ τοὺς λογισμοὺς ἀπεκάλεσε.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.20 (PG 80 80:1107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-20). (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.

33.22PG 80 80:1107

« Θάνατος ἁμαρτωλῶν πονηρός· καὶ οἱ μισοῦντες τὸν δίκαιον πλημμελήσουσιν. Λυτρώσεται Κύριος ψυχὰς δούλων αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ πλημμελήσουσι πάντες οἱ ἐλπίζοντες ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν. • μὲν οὖν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐρασταὶ τοσούτων ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύσουσιν. Οἱ δὲ πονηρίᾳ συζῶντες προσφυᾶ δέξονται τὴν τελευτὴν τῇ ζωῇ, καὶ πονηρᾶς βιοτῆς πονηρὸν ἔσται τὸ τέλος. Οἱ δὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν θεραπείαν ἑλόμενοι, καὶ τὴν εἰς αὐτὸν ἐλπίδα κτησάμενοι, τῆς παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ τεύξονται σωτηρίας · ἅτε δὴ πλημμελῆσαι παντελῶς εἰς τοὺς ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τεθέντας οὐκ ἀνασχόμενοι νόμους. Καὶ

« Thanatos hamartōlōn ponēros; kai hoi misountes ton dikaion plēmmelēsousin. Lytrōsetai Kyrios psychas doulōn autou, kai ou mē plēmmelēsousi pantes hoi elpizontes ep᾿ auton. • men oun tēs aretēs erastai tosoutōn agathōn apolausousin. Hoi de ponērią syzōntes prosphya dexontai tēn teleutēn tę̄ zōę̄, kai ponēras biotēs ponēron estai to telos. Hoi de tou Theou tēn therapeian helomenoi, kai tēn eis auton elpida ktēsamenoi, tēs par᾿ autou teuxontai sōtērias ; hate dē plēmmelēsai pantelōs eis tous hyp᾿ autou tethentas ouk anaschomenoi nomous. Kai

"The death of sinners is evil, and those who hate the righteous will go wrong. The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants, and none who hope in him will go wrong." The lovers of virtue, then, will enjoy so many good things. But those who live with wickedness will receive an end suited to their life, and an evil life will have an evil end. But those who have chosen the service of God and acquired hope in him will obtain salvation from him, since they would not bear to offend at all against the laws he has laid down.

Ps 34:21 (33:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:22 (33:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 34:21–22: the wicked meet an evil end, while God redeems those who serve and hope in him.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word with stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): ἐρασταὶ ει τοσούτων → ἐρασταὶ τοσούτων; δέΟ ξονται → δέξονται.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 33.22 (PG 80 80:1107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/33-22). (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.