Interpretation of the Psalms 45.1–47.13 (Interpretation of the Psalms)

Theodoret of Cyrus

Interpretation of the Psalms 45.1–47.13

Theodoret of Cyrus · Interpretation of the Psalms · ca. 436-448 · Cyrrhus · 23 passages

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Chapter 45

45.1PG 80 80:1199

« Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν υἱῶν Κορὲ, ὑπὲρ τῶν κρυφίων. • Τὰ μετὰ πολλὴν χρόνου περίοδον ἔνθεν ἐσόμενα προαγορεύων προφητικὸς λόγος, πάλιν εἰς τὸ τέλος ἐπέγραψε τὸν ψαλμὸν, ἀναμεῖναι τῆς προφητείας τὸ τέλος παρεγγυῶν. Προλέγει δὲ τὰς κατὰ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας γεγενημένας ἐπαναστάσεις, καὶ τὴν μετὰ ταῦτα παρασχεθεῖσαν οὐρανόθεν βοήθειαν, καὶ τὴν νῦν πολιτευομένην εἰρήνην. Ἰστέον μέντοι, ὥς τινες εἰς τὸν Γὼγ καὶ Μαγὼν ὑπέλαβον εἰρῆσθαι τὸν προκείμενον ψαλμόν· τινὲς δὲ εἰς τὸν ῎Αχαζ, καὶ τὸν Φακεέ · ἄλλοι δὲ εἰς τὸν Ἐζεκίαν, καὶ τὸν ᾿Ασσύριον. Δείξει δὲ σὺν Θεῷ φάναι ἡ κατὰ μέρος ἑρμηνεία, ὡς οὐδενὶ τῶν εἰρημένων ἁρμόττει ἡ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ διάνοια.

« Eis to telos, hyper tōn huiōn Kore, hyper tōn kryphiōn. • Ta meta pollēn chronou periodon enthen esomena proagoreuōn prophētikos logos, palin eis to telos epegrapse ton psalmon, anameinai tēs prophēteias to telos parengyōn. Prolegei de tas kata tēs Ekklēsias gegenēmenas epanastaseis, kai tēn meta tauta paraschetheisan ouranothen boētheian, kai tēn nyn politeuomenēn eirēnēn. Isteon mentoi, hōs tines eis ton Gōg kai Magōn hypelabon eirēsthai ton prokeimenon psalmon; tines de eis ton ᾿Achaz, kai ton Phakee ; alloi de eis ton Ezekian, kai ton ᾿Assyrion. Deixei de syn Theǭ phanai hē kata meros hermēneia, hōs oudeni tōn eirēmenōn harmottei hē tou psalmou dianoia.

"To the end; for the sons of Korah; concerning the hidden things." Foretelling what would happen a long period of time later, the prophetic word again titled the psalm "to the end," charging us to await the fulfillment of the prophecy. It foretells the uprisings that took place against the church, the help from heaven granted after them, and the peace that now prevails. One should know that some supposed the present psalm spoken of Gog and Magog, some of Ahaz and Pekah, others of Hezekiah and the Assyrian. The detailed interpretation will show, God willing, that the sense of the psalm fits none of these.

Ps 46:1 (45:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 38:2 (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 7:1 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 46, title: the psalm foretells the persecutions of the church, God's help, and the peace that followed, not Gog, Ahaz, or Hezekiah.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR letters): παρασχεθεῖαν οὐρανσόθεν → παρασχεθεῖσαν οὐρανόθεν.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 45.1 (PG 80 80:1199; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/45-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.

45.2PG 80 80:1199

« Ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν καταφυγὴ καὶ δύναμις, βοηθὸς ἐν θλίψεσι ταῖς εὑρούσαις ἡμᾶς σφόδρα.» Προθεσπίσας ὁ προτεταγμένος ψαλμὸς περὶ τῆς ἐκ δυσσεβῶν ἐθνῶν συλλεγείσης Ἐκκλησίας, καὶ βασιλίδος γεγενημένης, καὶ δείξας τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῆ; ἄρχοντας πάσης ἀποφανθέντας τῆς γῆς, ὑποδείκνυσιν ἐνταῦθα τοὺς γεγενημένους θορύβους ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ κηρύγματος, τῶν ἀντιλεγόντων ἐπανισταμένων, καὶ τοῖς πιστεύουσι πολεμούντων. Εἶτα προδιαγράφει τῷ λόγῳ, ὅπως ὁ τῶν διωκομένων χορὸς τῇ εἰς τὸν Θεὸν ἐλπίδι πεφραγμένος, τῶν προσβαλλόντων καταφρονήσει κυμάτων. Περίβολον γὰρ, φησὶν , ὀχυρὸν ἔχοντες τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν, τῶν παντοδαπῶν οὐκ αἰσθανόμεθα θλίψεων. « Διὰ τοῦτο οὐ φοβηθησόμεθα ἐν τῷ ταράσσεσθαι τὴν γῆν, καὶ μετατίθεσθαι ὄρη ἐν καρδίαις θαλασσῶν. » Τοιαῦτά τινα καὶ ὁ θεῖος προηγόρευσεν Ἠσαΐας· « Πᾶσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται· καὶ ἔσται τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθεῖαν, καὶ ἡ τραχεῖα εἰς ὁδοὺς λείας. » Καὶ φάραγγα μὲν καλεῖ " τὰ κοῖλα καὶ ταπεινὰ ἔθνη, τὰ τοῦ ὕψους ἐστερημένα· ἃ τῷ διδασκαλικῷ πληρωθήσεσθαι προεθέσπισε λόγῳ. " Ορη δὲ καὶ βουνοὺς ὠνόμασε τὰ τῶν δαιμόνων τεμένη· καὶ τὰς παντοδαπὰς ἐκείνων καὶ ἀπατηλὰς ἐνεργείας ταπεινωθήσεσθαι, καὶ ἀφανεῖς ἔσεσθαι παντελῶς προηγόρευσε. Τοιγάρτος κάνταῦθα ὁ προφητικὸς δείκνυσι λόγος τοὺς τῷ Σωτῆρι πεπιστευκότας βοῶντας, ὡς Οὐδεμίαν δέους ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ δεξόμεθα ζάλην, τὴν γῆν ὁρῶντες ταραττομένην, καὶ τοὺς ἐξελαυνομένους εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον δαίμονας, κυκᾶν πειρωμένους τοὺς ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐνεργουμένους ἀνθρώπους. Προλέγει δὲ κατὰ ταὐτὸν ὁ λόγος, ὅτι φροῦδος ἔσται καθάπερ τινὶ παραπεμφθεῖσα βυθῷ ἡ πάλαι κρατήσασα τῶν δαιμόνων ἀσέβεια, ἡ τῶν ὁρῶν μιμουμένη τὸ ὕψος, καὶ τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἐσχηκυῖα τὸ κράτος.

« Ho Theos hēmōn kataphygē kai dynamis, boēthos en thlipsesi tais heurousais hēmas sphodra.» Prothespisas ho protetagmenos psalmos peri tēs ek dyssebōn ethnōn syllegeisēs Ekklēsias, kai basilidos gegenēmenēs, kai deixas tous huious autē? archontas pasēs apophanthentas tēs gēs, hypodeiknysin entautha tous gegenēmenous thorybous en archę̄ tou kērygmatos, tōn antilegontōn epanistamenōn, kai tois pisteuousi polemountōn. Eita prodiagraphei tǭ logǭ, hopōs ho tōn diōkomenōn choros tę̄ eis ton Theon elpidi pephragmenos, tōn prosballontōn kataphronēsei kymatōn. Peribolon gar, phēsin , ochyron echontes ton tōn holōn Theon, tōn pantodapōn ouk aisthanometha thlipseōn. « Dia touto ou phobēthēsometha en tǭ tarassesthai tēn gēn, kai metatithesthai orē en kardiais thalassōn. » Toiauta tina kai ho theios proēgoreusen Ēsaïas; « Pasa pharanx plērōthēsetai, kai pan oros kai bounos tapeinōthēsetai; kai estai ta skolia eis eutheian, kai hē tracheia eis hodous leias. » Kai pharanga men kalei " ta koila kai tapeina ethnē, ta tou hypsous esterēmena; ha tǭ didaskalikǭ plērōthēsesthai proethespise logǭ. " Orē de kai bounous ōnomase ta tōn daimonōn temenē; kai tas pantodapas ekeinōn kai apatēlas energeias tapeinōthēsesthai, kai aphaneis esesthai pantelōs proēgoreuse. Toigartos kantautha ho prophētikos deiknysi logos tous tǭ Sōtēri pepisteukotas boōntas, hōs Oudemian deous en tę̄ psychę̄ dexometha zalēn, tēn gēn horōntes tarattomenēn, kai tous exelaunomenous eis tēn abysson daimonas, kykan peirōmenous tous hyp᾿ autōn energoumenous anthrōpous. Prolegei de kata tauton ho logos, hoti phroudos estai kathaper tini parapemphtheisa bythǭ hē palai kratēsasa tōn daimonōn asebeia, hē tōn horōn mimoumenē to hypsos, kai tēs oikoumenēs epi pleion eschēkuia to kratos.

"Our God is a refuge and strength, a helper in the afflictions that have greatly found us." The psalm placed before foretold the church gathered from impious nations and become queen, and showed her sons made rulers of all the earth; here he shows the tumults that arose at the beginning of the preaching, when the opponents rose up and made war on the believers. Then he sketches beforehand in words how the choir of the persecuted, fortified by hope in God, will despise the waves that assail it. "For having the God of all as a strong wall," he says, "we do not feel afflictions of every kind." "Therefore we will not fear when the earth is troubled and mountains are moved into the hearts of the seas." The divine Isaiah too foretold some such things: "Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill brought low; and the crooked will become straight, and the rough into smooth roads." He calls valleys the low and humble nations, deprived of height, which he foretold would be filled by the word of teaching. Mountains and hills he named the precincts of the demons, and foretold that their varied and deceitful workings would be brought low and wholly disappear. Here too, then, the prophetic word shows those who have believed in the Savior crying: "We will admit no storm of fear into our soul, seeing the earth troubled and the demons driven into the abyss, as they try to stir up the people they work in." At the same time the word foretells that the impiety of the demons, which once prevailed, imitating the height of the mountains and holding sway over much of the world, will vanish as though sent to the deep.

Ps 46:1 (45:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 46:2 (45:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 40:4 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 46:1–2: the church, attacked at the beginning of the preaching, did not fear, since God was its wall; the mountains cast into the sea are the demons' shrines brought low.

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Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (interleaved line restored (OCR); lines interleaved by the OCR; restored below; marginal verse number (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): ταράσσε ὁρῶντες ταραττομένην, καὶ τοὺς ἐξελαυνομένους σθαι τὴν γῆν → ταράσσεσθαι τὴν γῆν; ζάλην, τὴν γῆν εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον → ζάλην, τὴν γῆν ὁρῶντες ταραττομένην, καὶ τοὺς ἐξελαυνομένους εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον; ἀποφανθέντας ει τῆς γῆς → ἀποφανθέντας τῆς γῆς; θλίψεων. γ΄. « → θλίψεων. «.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 45.2 (PG 80 80:1199; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/45-2). (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.

45.4PG 80 80:1201

« Ήχησαν καὶ ἐταράχθησαν τὰ ὕδατα αὐτῶν· ἐταράχθησαν τὰ ὄρη ἐν τῇ κραταιότητι αὐτοῦ. » Διδάσκει δὲ ἡμᾶς καὶ ἡ τῶν Πράξεων ἱστορία, ὅπως τῶν ἱερῶν ἀποστόλων τὴν οἰκουμένην περινοστούντων, ζάλης ἐμπίπλαντο καὶ θορύβου αἱ πόλεις. Καὶ γὰρ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ Δημήτριος πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν ἐκύκησεν καὶ ἐν Λύστροις καὶ Δέρβῃ ταὐτὸ τοῦτο γεγένηται· καὶ πάλιν ἐν Φιλιππησίοις, καὶ Θεσσαλονίκῃ, καὶ ᾿Αθήναις, καὶ Κορίνθῳ, τῶν τῆς ἀπάτης πνευμάτων ταῦτα διεγειρόντων τὰ κύματα. Ὑπὸ τούτων τινὲς ἐνεργούμενοι κατὰ τῶν ἱερῶν ἐβόων ἀποστόλων, « Οἱ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἀναστατώσαντες, οὗτοι καὶ ἐνθάδε πάρεισι. » Ταῦτα καὶ ὁ μακάριος προηγόρευσεν ᾿Αββακούμ · « Ἐπεβίβασας γὰρ, φησὶν, εἰς θάλασσαν τοὺς ἵππους σου ταράσσοντας ὕδατα πολλά. » Ἴππους δὴ προσηγόρευσεν ὡς ὄχημα θεῖον γεγενημένους τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἀποστόλους. Ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν γὰρ ἐποχούμενος ὁ Δεσπότης, τὰ πολλὰ καὶ διάφορα τῆς ἀσεβείας δόγματα, οἷά τινα ὕδατα διεσκέδασε. Λέγει τοίνυν κἀνταῦθα ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος, ὡς καὶ τὰ ὕδατα ζάλην ἐδέξατο, καὶ τὰ ὄρη κλόνους ὑπέμεινε, τοῦ εὐαγγελικοῦ διαπορθμευομένου κηρύγματος. Ἐνταῦθα δὲ ὄρη τὸ τῶν δαιμόνων προσηγόρευσε στίφος, διὰ τὸν τῆς ἀλαζονείας ὄγκον, καὶ τοῦ τύφου τὸ ὑψηλόν· ὕδατα δὲ τὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων γνώμας, τὰς δίκην ὑδάτων τῇδε κἀκεῖσε φερομένας ῥᾳδίως, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς ἀπάτης κυκωμένας πνευμάτων.

« Ēchēsan kai etarachthēsan ta hydata autōn; etarachthēsan ta orē en tę̄ krataiotēti autou. » Didaskei de hēmas kai hē tōn Praxeōn historia, hopōs tōn hierōn apostolōn tēn oikoumenēn perinostountōn, zalēs empiplanto kai thorybou hai poleis. Kai gar en Ephesǭ Dēmētrios pasan tēn polin ekykēsen kai en Lystrois kai Derbę̄ tauto touto gegenētai; kai palin en Philippēsiois, kai Thessalonikę̄, kai ᾿Athēnais, kai Korinthǭ, tōn tēs apatēs pneumatōn tauta diegeirontōn ta kymata. Hypo toutōn tines energoumenoi kata tōn hierōn eboōn apostolōn, « Hoi tēn oikoumenēn anastatōsantes, houtoi kai enthade pareisi. » Tauta kai ho makarios proēgoreusen ᾿Abbakoum ; « Epebibasas gar, phēsin, eis thalassan tous hippous sou tarassontas hydata polla. » Ippous dē prosēgoreusen hōs ochēma theion gegenēmenous tous hierous apostolous. Ep᾿ autōn gar epochoumenos ho Despotēs, ta polla kai diaphora tēs asebeias dogmata, hoia tina hydata dieskedase. Legei toinyn kantautha ho prophētikos logos, hōs kai ta hydata zalēn edexato, kai ta orē klonous hypemeine, tou euangelikou diaporthmeuomenou kērygmatos. Entautha de orē to tōn daimonōn prosēgoreuse stiphos, dia ton tēs alazoneias onkon, kai tou typhou to hypsēlon; hydata de tas tōn anthrōpōn gnōmas, tas dikēn hydatōn tę̄de kakeise pheromenas rhądiōs, kai hypo tōn tēs apatēs kykōmenas pneumatōn.

"Their waters roared and were troubled; the mountains were troubled by his might." The history of the Acts teaches us how, as the holy apostles went around the world, the cities were filled with storm and tumult. For in Ephesus Demetrius stirred up the whole city; in Lystra and Derbe the same thing happened; and again at Philippi, Thessalonica, Athens, and Corinth, the spirits of deceit raising these waves. Worked on by them, some cried out against the holy apostles, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too." The blessed Habakkuk too foretold this: "You mounted your horses on the sea, troubling many waters." He called the holy apostles horses, as having become a divine chariot. For riding on them the Lord scattered the many and various doctrines of impiety like waters. Here too, then, the prophetic word says that the waters were stormed and the mountains shaken while the Gospel preaching was carried across. Here he called the throng of demons mountains, because of the bulk of their boastfulness and the height of their conceit; and waters the minds of people, which are easily carried here and there like waters and stirred by the spirits of deceit.

Ps 46:3 (45:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 19:24 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 14:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 16:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 17:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Hab 3:15 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 46:3: the roaring waters and shaken mountains are the uproar the demons stirred in the cities against the apostles' preaching.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): περινοστούν των → περινοστούντων; οἷά ε τινα → οἷά τινα.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 45.4 (PG 80 80:1201; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/45-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.

45.5PG 80 80:1201

« Τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὰ ὁρμήματα εὐφραίνουσι τὴν πόλιν τοῦ Θεοῦ. › Ποταμὸν δὲ ἐνταῦθα τὸ εὐαγγελικὸν προσηγόρευσε κήρυγμα· πόλιν δὲ, τῶν εὐσεβῶν πολίτευμα, τὸ τοῖς τοῦ ποταμοῦ ῥεύμασιν εἰς καρπογονίαν ἀρδόμενον. Τοῦτο σαφέστερον οἱ τρεῖς ἡρμηνεύκασιν· Τοῦ ποταμοῦ αἱ διαιρέσεις εὐφραίνουσι τὴν πόλιν τοῦ Θεοῦ. Καθάπερ γὰρ ἡ τοῦ παραδείσου πηγὴ εἰς τέσσαρας ποταμοὺς διῃρέθη· οὕτως οὗτος ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ ποταμὸς μυρίας ἔσχε καὶ ἀριθμοῦ κρείττους διωρυγας, εἰς πάντα τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὰ φῦλα διαδραμούσας. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἔδραμε πρὸς Ἰνδοὺς, ὁ δὲ πρὸς Ισπανούς· καὶ ὁ μὲν τὴν Αἴγυπτον, ὁ δὲ τὴν Ἑλλάδα κατέλαβε· καὶ ἕτεροι μὲν τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἐπιστεύθησαν ἄρδειν, ἕτεροι δὲ Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν, ἄλλοι δὲ ἄλλων ἐθνῶν τὴν γεωργίαν ἐνεχειρίσθησαν. Καὶ τοῦτο δὲ γε ὁ μακάριος προεθέσπισεν ᾿Αββακούμ· « Ποταμῶν γὰρ, φησὶ, ῥαγήσεται γῆ, ἀντὶ τοῦ, διανεμηθήσεται κατὰ διωρυγὰς ἡ γῆ, τοῦ μεγάλου ποταμοῦ δεχομένη τὰ ῥεῖθρα. Τὰς γὰρ τούτου διαιρέσεις ὠνόμασε ποταμούς. « Ἡγίασε τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ ὁ Ὕψιστος. » Ἣν ἐκάλεσε πόλιν, ταύτην ὠνόμασε σκήνωμα. « Ενοικήσω γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν Θεὸς, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἕσονταί μοι λαὸς, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ. » Τοὺς αὐτοὺς τοίνυν ἔφη καὶ ἄρδεσθαι καὶ ἁγιάζεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ τῶν ὅλων Θεοῦ. « Ὁ Θεὸς ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σαλευθήσεται. » Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Εὐαγγελίοις ὑπέσχετο· « Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος. » Καὶ, • Ὅπου δύο ἢ τρεῖς εἰσι συνηγμένοι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα, ἐκεῖ εἰμι ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν. » – « Βοηθήσει αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς τὸ πρωί πρωΐ. • Ταχεῖαν, φησί, καὶ ὀξεῖαν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ πόλει παρέξει βοήθειαν τῶν ὅλων ὁ Κύριος. Πρωὶ γὰρ πρωί τὸ ταχὺ καὶ ὀξὺ προσηγόρευσεν.

« Tou potamou ta hormēmata euphrainousi tēn polin tou Theou. › Potamon de entautha to euangelikon prosēgoreuse kērygma; polin de, tōn eusebōn politeuma, to tois tou potamou rheumasin eis karpogonian ardomenon. Touto saphesteron hoi treis hērmēneukasin; Tou potamou hai diaireseis euphrainousi tēn polin tou Theou. Kathaper gar hē tou paradeisou pēgē eis tessaras potamous dię̄rethē; houtōs houtos ho tou Theou potamos myrias esche kai arithmou kreittous diōrygas, eis panta tōn anthrōpōn ta phyla diadramousas. Ho men gar edrame pros Indous, ho de pros Ispanous; kai ho men tēn Aigypton, ho de tēn Hellada katelabe; kai heteroi men tēn Ioudaian episteuthēsan ardein, heteroi de Syrian kai Kilikian, alloi de allōn ethnōn tēn geōrgian enecheiristhēsan. Kai touto de ge ho makarios proethespisen ᾿Abbakoum; « Potamōn gar, phēsi, rhagēsetai gē, anti tou, dianemēthēsetai kata diōrygas hē gē, tou megalou potamou dechomenē ta rheithra. Tas gar toutou diaireseis ōnomase potamous. « Hēgiase to skēnōma autou ho Hypsistos. » Hēn ekalese polin, tautēn ōnomase skēnōma. « Enoikēsō gar, phēsin, en autois, kai emperipatēsō, kai esomai autōn Theos, kai autoi hesontai moi laos, legei Kyrios pantokratōr. » Tous autous toinyn ephē kai ardesthai kai hagiazesthai hypo tou tōn holōn Theou. « Ho Theos en mesǭ autēs, kai ou saleuthēsetai. » Touto kai ho Kyrios en tois hierois Euangeliois hypescheto; « Idou egō meth᾽ hymōn eimi pasas tas hēmeras, heōs tēs synteleias tou aiōnos. » Kai, • Hopou dyo ē treis eisi synēgmenoi eis to emon onoma, ekei eimi en mesǭ autōn. » – « Boēthēsei autǭ ho Theos to prōi prōï. • Tacheian, phēsi, kai oxeian tę̄ heautou polei parexei boētheian tōn holōn ho Kyrios. Prōi gar prōi to tachy kai oxy prosēgoreusen.

"The rushings of the river gladden the city of God." Here he called the Gospel preaching a river, and the city the commonwealth of the pious, watered by the river's streams to bear fruit. The three rendered this more clearly: "The divisions of the river gladden the city of God." For as the spring of paradise was divided into four rivers, so this river of God had countless channels beyond number, running to all the races of mankind. One ran to the Indians, another to the Spaniards; one reached Egypt, another Greece; some were entrusted with watering Judea, others Syria and Cilicia, and others were assigned the farming of other nations. The blessed Habakkuk foretold this too: "The earth will be split with rivers," that is, the earth will be divided by channels, receiving the streams of the great river. He named its divisions rivers. "The Most High has sanctified his tent." What he called a city, this he named a tent. "For I will dwell in them," he says, "and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people, says the Lord Almighty." He said, then, that the same people are both watered and sanctified by the God of all. "God is in her midst, and she will not be shaken." The Lord too promised this in the holy Gospels: "Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age"; and, "Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst." "God will help her early in the morning." "The Lord of all," he says, "will give his city swift and sharp help." For he called what is swift and sharp "early in the morning."

Ps 46:4 (45:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 46:5 (45:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 2:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Hab 3:9 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 6:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 28:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 18:20 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 46:4–5: the river whose channels gladden God's city is the Gospel preaching spread to every nation; God dwells in the church and helps it swiftly.

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Digital text corrected (OCR letter; marginal verse number and split word (OCR); split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray word (OCR)): Ποταμὸν σὰ δὲ → Ποταμὸν δὲ; πολίτευμα, τὸ δὲ τοῖς → πολίτευμα, τὸ τοῖς; Καθάπερ γὰρ δε ἡ → Καθάπερ γὰρ ἡ; ἔτεμοι δὲ Συρίαν → ἕτεροι δὲ Συρίαν; » ὧν ἐκάλεσε πόλιν → » Ἣν ἐκάλεσε πόλιν; ἁγιάζε σθαι → ἁγιάζεσθαι; ς'. « Ο Θεὸς ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σαλευθήσε ται. → « Ὁ Θεὸς ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σαλευθήσεται..

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 45.5 (PG 80 80:1201; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/45-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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45.7PG 80 80:1203

· Ἐταράχθησαν ἔθνη, ἔκλιναν βασιλεῖαι, ἔδωκε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ὁ Ὕψιστος, ἐσαλεύθη ἡ γῆ. » Τῆς θείας, φησὶ, βοηθείας ἐπιφανείσης, νῶτα ἔδωκαν οἱ πολέμιοι, καὶ αἱ πάλαι τἀναντία φρονοῦσαι βασιλεῖαι, ὑπέκλινον τὸν αὐχένα, καὶ τὸν σωτήριον ζυγὸν ὑπεδέξαντο. Τῇ γὰρ ἀληθείᾳ, καὶ τῇ τῶν πραγμάτων μαρτυρίᾳ, καὶ ταῖς παντοδαπαῖς θαυματουργίαις, οἷόν τινι φωνῇ χρησάμενος ὁ Θεὸς, τὸ οἰκεῖον ὕψος τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὑπέδειξε, καὶ δέους αὐτῶν ἐνέπλησε τὰς ψυχάς.

; Etarachthēsan ethnē, eklinan basileiai, edōke phōnēn autou ho Hypsistos, esaleuthē hē gē. » Tēs theias, phēsi, boētheias epiphaneisēs, nōta edōkan hoi polemioi, kai hai palai tanantia phronousai basileiai, hypeklinon ton auchena, kai ton sōtērion zygon hypedexanto. Tę̄ gar alētheią, kai tę̄ tōn pragmatōn martyrią, kai tais pantodapais thaumatourgiais, hoion tini phōnę̄ chrēsamenos ho Theos, to oikeion hypsos tois anthrōpois hypedeixe, kai deous autōn eneplēse tas psychas.

"Nations were troubled, kingdoms bowed down; the Most High gave forth his voice, the earth was shaken." "When divine help appeared," he says, "the enemies turned their backs, and the kingdoms that once thought the opposite bent their necks and accepted the saving yoke." For by the truth, by the witness of events, and by wonder-working of every kind, as though using a voice, God showed people his own height and filled their souls with awe.

Ps 46:6 (45:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 46:6: at God's voice, his truth and wonders, the hostile kingdoms bowed to the saving yoke.

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Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): φησὶ το, βοηθείας → φησὶ, βοηθείας.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 45.7 (PG 80 80:1203; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/45-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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45.8PG 80 80:1203

« Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡ τῶν δυνάμεων μεθ' ἡμῶν, ἀντιλήπτωρ ἡμῶν ὁ Θεὸς Ἰακώβ. » Κρείττους τοίνυν τῶν πολεμούντων ἀπεφάνθημεν, ἐπίκουρον έσχηκότες τὸν τῶν ἐπουρανίων δυνάμεων Κύριον· ὃς τὸν Ἰακὼβ διωκόμενον ἀμείνω τῶν πολεμούντων ἀπέφηνε, καὶ τῆς Ἡσαῦ καὶ τοῦ Λάβαν ἐπιβουλῆς ἠλευθέρωσε. Τοῦ δὲ Ἰακὼβ τὴν μνήμην οὐχ ἁπλῶς ὁ προφητικὸς ἐποιήσατο λόγος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ πρῶτος ἐκεῖνος τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν προεθέσπισε κλῆσιν. « Οὐκ ἐκλείψει γὰρ, φησὶν, ἄρχων ἐξ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἡγούμενος ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ᾧ ἀπόκειται, καὶ αὐτὸς προσδοκία ἐθνῶν. » Τῶν ἐθνῶν δὲ κἀνταῦθα τὴν μεταβολὴν προθεσπίζων, εἰκότως τὸν τοῦ Ἰακώβ τοῦ ταῦτα προειρηκότος Θεὸν ταῦτα ἔφη κατωρθωκέναι,

« Kyrios ho Theos hē tōn dynameōn meth' hēmōn, antilēptōr hēmōn ho Theos Iakōb. » Kreittous toinyn tōn polemountōn apephanthēmen, epikouron eschēkotes ton tōn epouraniōn dynameōn Kyrion; hos ton Iakōb diōkomenon ameinō tōn polemountōn apephēne, kai tēs Hēsau kai tou Laban epiboulēs ēleutherōse. Tou de Iakōb tēn mnēmēn ouch haplōs ho prophētikos epoiēsato logos, all᾽ epeidē prōtos ekeinos tēn tōn ethnōn proethespise klēsin. « Ouk ekleipsei gar, phēsin, archōn ex Iouda, kai hēgoumenos ek tōn mērōn autou, heōs an elthę̄ hǭ apokeitai, kai autos prosdokia ethnōn. » Tōn ethnōn de kantautha tēn metabolēn prothespizōn, eikotōs ton tou Iakōb tou tauta proeirēkotos Theon tauta ephē katōrthōkenai,

"The Lord, the God of the powers, is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper." "We have proved stronger than our attackers, then, having as our ally the Lord of the heavenly powers, who made the pursued Jacob better than his attackers and freed him from the plots of Esau and Laban." The prophetic word did not mention Jacob idly, but because he first foretold the calling of the nations: "A ruler shall not fail from Judah," he says, "nor a leader from his thighs, until there comes the one for whom it is laid up, and he is the expectation of the nations." Foretelling here too the change of the nations, he fittingly said that the God of Jacob, who foretold these things, accomplished them,

Ps 46:7 (45:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 49:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 27:41 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 31:24 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 46:7: the God of Jacob, who protected Jacob and through him foretold the calling of the nations, is the church's helper.

The section ends mid-sentence; it continues in 45.9.

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Digital text corrected (split word with margin letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): καὶ τῆς” Ἡσαῦ → καὶ τῆς Ἡσαῦ; ἕως ἂν τὸ ἔλθῃ → ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ; μεταβο- Λ λὴν → μεταβολὴν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 45.8 (PG 80 80:1203; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/45-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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45.9PG 80 80:1205

« Δεῦτε καὶ ἴδετε τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἃ ἔθετο τέρατα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. ᾿Ανταναιρῶν πολέμους μέχρι τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς, τόξον συντρίψει, καὶ συνθλάσει ὅπλον, καὶ θυρεοὺς κατακαύσει ἐν πυρί. Σχολάζετε καὶ γνῶτε, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεός· ὑψωθήσομαι ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ὑψωθήσομαι ἐν τῇ γῇ. • Ταύτην μου τοίνυν ὁρῶντες, ὦ ἄνθρωποι, τὴν ἰσχὺν, καὶ θεώμενοι τὴν ἀθρόαν τῶν πραγμάτων μεταβολὴν, καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ ζάλης μεγίστης γεγενημένην γαλήνην, καὶ τοῦ πολέμου τὴν παῦλαν, καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης τὸ δῶρον, δι᾿ αὐτῶν μάθετε τῶν πραγμάτων, ὡς ἐγὼ τῶν ὅλων εἰμὶ Θεὸς, καὶ τῶν ἁπάντων δημιουργός, οὐκέτι μόνοις Ἰουδαίοις, ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ πᾶσιν ἔθνεσι, τὸ τῆς δυνάμεως ὕψος ἐπιδεικνύς. Τούτων ὁ ἀποστολικὸς χορὸς ἐπακούσας τῶν λόγων παιανίζων κατὰ τῶν ἀντιπάλων βοᾷ· « Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν· ἀντιλήπτωρ ἡμῶν ὁ Θεὸς Ἰακώβ. • Εἰπάτωσαν τοίνυν οἱ τὸν ψαλμὸν εἰς τὸν Γὼγ εἰληφότες, ἢ οἱ τῷ "Αχαζ τοῦτον ἁρμόττειν εἰρηκότες, πῶς ἐκείναις ἀρμόττει ταῖς ἱστορίαις τὸ, « ᾿Ανταναιρῶν πολέμου; μέχρι τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς. • Οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἐπ᾽ ἐκείνων πάντας ἔπαυσε τοὺς πολέμους, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ Γὼν καὶ Μαγὼγ ἡ Παλαιστίνη μόνη εἰρήνης ἀπήλαυσεν. Ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ ῎Αχαζ οὐδὲ πᾶσα ἡ Παλαιστίνη, ἀλλ᾽ Ἰούδα μία φυλή - Φακεὲ γὰρ ὁ τοῦ Ῥωμελίου τὴν τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων ἐδέξατο προσβολήν. Ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ ἔσχε τὸ πέρας ἡ προφητεία. Πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ αἱ τοπαρχίαι καὶ αἱ μερικαὶ κατελύθησαν βασιλεῖαι· δι᾿ ὡς οὐδὲ βραχείας εἰρήνης ἀπήλαυσαν ἄνθρωποι ἀλλὰ πᾶσα πόλις ἔνοπλος ἦν, τὰς ἐξαπιναίως γινομένας ἐφόδους δειμαίνουσαι. Ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ ἡ Ῥωμαίων βασιλεία, τὰς μερικὰς καταλύσασα βασιλείας, τὰς τῶν ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων ἀκοὰς ηὐτρέπισε τοῖς κηρύττουσιν. ᾿Αδεῶς γὰρ ὡς ἐν μιᾷ βασιλείᾳ διέδραμον, καὶ τὴν σωτήριον διδασκαλίαν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις προσήνεγκαν. Κατὰ μὲν τὴν ἱστορίαν οὕτω συμβέβηκε τὸ, « ᾿Ανταναιρῶν πολεμίους μέχρι τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς, καὶ τόξον συντρίψει, καὶ συνθλάσει ὅπλα, καὶ θυρεοὺς κατακαύσει ἐν πυρί. » Τροπικώτερον δὲ εἴ τις ἐθέλοι νοῆσαι, ὄψεται τοῦ κατὰ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας πολέμου τὴν παῦλαν, καὶ τὴν παρασχεθεῖσαν αὐτοῖς θεόθεν εἰρήνην, καὶ θεωρήσει · τὴν τῆς προφητείας ἀλήθειαν.

« Deute kai idete ta erga tou Theou, ha etheto terata epi tēs gēs. ᾿Antanairōn polemous mechri tōn peratōn tēs gēs, toxon syntripsei, kai synthlasei hoplon, kai thyreous katakausei en pyri. Scholazete kai gnōte, hoti egō eimi ho Theos; hypsōthēsomai en tois ethnesin, hypsōthēsomai en tę̄ gę̄. • Tautēn mou toinyn horōntes, ō anthrōpoi, tēn ischyn, kai theōmenoi tēn athroan tōn pragmatōn metabolēn, kai tēn apo zalēs megistēs gegenēmenēn galēnēn, kai tou polemou tēn paulan, kai tēs eirēnēs to dōron, di᾿ autōn mathete tōn pragmatōn, hōs egō tōn holōn eimi Theos, kai tōn hapantōn dēmiourgos, ouketi monois Ioudaiois, alla gar kai pasin ethnesi, to tēs dynameōs hypsos epideiknys. Toutōn ho apostolikos choros epakousas tōn logōn paianizōn kata tōn antipalōn boą; « Kyrios ho Theos tōn dynameōn meth᾽ hēmōn; antilēptōr hēmōn ho Theos Iakōb. • Eipatōsan toinyn hoi ton psalmon eis ton Gōg eilēphotes, ē hoi tǭ "Achaz touton harmottein eirēkotes, pōs ekeinais armottei tais historiais to, « ᾿Antanairōn polemou? mechri tōn peratōn tēs gēs. • Ou gar dē ep᾽ ekeinōn pantas epause tous polemous, all᾽ epi men tou Gōn kai Magōg hē Palaistinē monē eirēnēs apēlausen. Epi de tou ᾿Achaz oude pasa hē Palaistinē, all᾽ Iouda mia phylē - Phakee gar ho tou Rhōmeliou tēn tōn ᾿Assyriōn edexato prosbolēn. Epi de tou Despotou Christou esche to peras hē prophēteia. Prōton men gar hai toparchiai kai hai merikai katelythēsan basileiai; di᾿ hōs oude bracheias eirēnēs apēlausan anthrōpoi alla pasa polis enoplos ēn, tas exapinaiōs ginomenas ephodous deimainousai. Epi de tou Sōtēros hēmōn Christou hē Rhōmaiōn basileia, tas merikas katalysasa basileias, tas tōn hapantōn anthrōpōn akoas ēutrepise tois kēryttousin. ᾿Adeōs gar hōs en mią basileią diedramon, kai tēn sōtērion didaskalian tois anthrōpois prosēnenkan. Kata men tēn historian houtō symbebēke to, « ᾿Antanairōn polemious mechri tōn peratōn tēs gēs, kai toxon syntripsei, kai synthlasei hopla, kai thyreous katakausei en pyri. » Tropikōteron de ei tis etheloi noēsai, opsetai tou kata tēs Ekklēsias polemou tēn paulan, kai tēn paraschetheisan autois theothen eirēnēn, kai theōrēsei ; tēn tēs prophēteias alētheian.

"Come and see the works of God, the wonders he has set on the earth, putting an end to wars to the ends of the earth; he will break the bow and shatter the weapon, and burn the shields with fire. Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth." "Seeing this strength of mine, then, O people, and beholding the sudden change of affairs, the calm that has come after the greatest storm, the end of war and the gift of peace, learn from the events themselves that I am the God of all and the creator of all, showing the height of my power no longer to the Jews alone but to all the nations." Hearing these words, the apostolic choir cries in triumph against its adversaries: "The Lord, the God of the powers, is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper." Let those, then, who have taken the psalm of Gog, or those who said it fits Ahaz, say how "putting an end to wars to the ends of the earth" fits those histories. For not in their time did he stop all wars; in the time of Gog and Magog Palestine alone enjoyed peace, and in the time of Ahaz not even all Palestine, but the one tribe of Judah, for Pekah son of Remaliah suffered the assault of the Assyrians. But in the time of Christ the Lord the prophecy was fulfilled. For first the local principalities and the partial kingdoms were dissolved, because of which people had not enjoyed even a brief peace, but every city was armed, fearing sudden attacks. In the time of Christ our Savior the kingdom of the Romans, having dissolved the partial kingdoms, prepared the ears of all people for the preachers. For they ran without fear as in one kingdom and offered people the saving teaching. According to the history, then, "putting an end to wars to the ends of the earth, and he will break the bow and shatter weapons and burn shields with fire" came about so. But if one wishes to understand it more figuratively, he will see the end of the war against the church and the peace granted to it by God, and will behold the truth of the prophecy.

Ps 46:8 (45:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 46:9 (45:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 46:10 (45:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 46:11 (45:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 15:29 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ezek 38:2 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 46:8–11: the end of wars to the ends of the earth fits not Gog or Ahaz but the Roman peace under Christ, which opened the world to the apostles, and figuratively the peace given to the church.

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Digital text corrected (Latin character for a Greek letter (OCR); marginal verse number (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): τοῦ Θεοῦ, & ἔθετο → τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἃ ἔθετο; συνθλάσει δὲ ὅπλον, καὶ θυρεούς δε κατακαύσει → συνθλάσει ὅπλον, καὶ θυρεοὺς κατακαύσει; ἀντιπάλων βοᾷ εβ΄. « → ἀντιπάλων βοᾷ· «.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 45.9 (PG 80 80:1205; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/45-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 46

46.1PG 80 80:1205

« Εἰς τὸ τέλος, Ὑπὲρ τῶν υἱῶν Κορέ. » Καὶ οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς τῶν ἐθνῶν ἁπάντων προλέγει τὴν σωτηρίαν, καὶ τὴν κατὰ τῶν πολεμίων νίκην προαγορεύει.

« Eis to telos, Hyper tōn huiōn Kore. » Kai houtos ho psalmos tōn ethnōn hapantōn prolegei tēn sōtērian, kai tēn kata tōn polemiōn nikēn proagoreuei.

"To the end; for the sons of Korah." This psalm too foretells the salvation of all the nations and announces the victory over the enemies.

Ps 47:1 (46:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 47, title: the psalm foretells the nations' salvation and victory over the enemies.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 46.1 (PG 80 80:1205; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/46-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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46.2PG 80 80:1207

« Πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, κροτήσατε χεῖρας, ἀλαλάξατε τῷ Θεῷ ἐν φωνῇ ἀγαλλιάσεως. Ὅτι Κύριος ὕψιστος, φοβερὸς, βασιλεὺς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. » Ὁ μὲν προφητικὸς ταῦτα προηγόρευσε λόγος· τὸν δὲ ἀποστολικὸν ὑποδείκνυσι χορὸν, ἅπαντα τὰ ἔθνη εἰς ὑμνῳδίαν προτρέποντα. Νίκης δὲ ἴδιος ὁ κρότος · καὶ ὁ ἀλαλαγμὸς νικώντων φωνή. Ἔπεται τοίνυν τῷ προτεταγμένῳ τοῦδε τοῦ Ψαλμοῦ ἡ διάνοια. Καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος, μετὰ τὴν ζάλην καὶ τοὺς θορύβους, τὴν μηνυομένην • προηγόρευσε νίκην. Καὶ οὗτος ὡσαύτως τοῖς τετυχηκόσι τῆς νίκης παρεγγυᾷ τῷ χορηγῷ τῆς νίκης τὸν ὕμνον προσενεγκεῖν· Ὕψιστος γὰρ, φησὶ, καὶ φοβερὸς βασιλεὺς πᾶσιν ὑμῖν ἀπεδείχθη. Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν πάλαι γνώριμα μόνοις ἦν Ἰουδαίοις· ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ παρόντος, καὶ πάσῃ τῇ φύσει τῶν ἀνθρώπων δεδήλωται.

« Panta ta ethnē, krotēsate cheiras, alalaxate tǭ Theǭ en phōnę̄ agalliaseōs. Hoti Kyrios hypsistos, phoberos, basileus megas epi pasan tēn gēn. » Ho men prophētikos tauta proēgoreuse logos; ton de apostolikon hypodeiknysi choron, hapanta ta ethnē eis hymnǭdian protreponta. Nikēs de idios ho krotos ; kai ho alalagmos nikōntōn phōnē. Epetai toinyn tǭ protetagmenǭ toude tou Psalmou hē dianoia. Kai gar ekeinos, meta tēn zalēn kai tous thorybous, tēn mēnyomenēn • proēgoreuse nikēn. Kai houtos hōsautōs tois tetychēkosi tēs nikēs parengyą tǭ chorēgǭ tēs nikēs ton hymnon prosenenkein; Hypsistos gar, phēsi, kai phoberos basileus pasin hymin apedeichthē. Kai tauta men palai gnōrima monois ēn Ioudaiois; epi de tou parontos, kai pasę̄ tę̄ physei tōn anthrōpōn dedēlōtai.

"All you nations, clap your hands; shout to God with the voice of exultation. For the Lord Most High is fearsome, a great king over all the earth." The prophetic word foretold these things, and it shows the apostolic choir urging all the nations to hymn singing. Clapping is proper to victory, and shouting is the voice of victors. The sense of this psalm, then, follows the one before. For that one, after the storm and tumults, foretold the victory; and this one likewise charges those who have won the victory to offer the hymn to the giver of the victory: "For he has been shown to all of you," he says, "as the Most High and fearsome king." These things were once known to the Jews alone; but now they have been made known to all human nature.

Ps 47:1 (46:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 47:2 (46:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 47:1–2: the apostles call all nations to celebrate the victory of God, now known as king to all humanity.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 46.2 (PG 80 80:1207; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/46-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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46.4PG 80 80:1207

« Ὑπέταξε λαοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ἔθνη ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν. Ἐξελέξατο ἡμῖν τὴν κληρονομίαν ἑαυτῷ , τὴν καλλονὴν Ἰακώβ, ἣν ἡγάπησεν. » ᾿Αντὶ τῶν λαῶν , βασιλεῖς ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκεν, ἀντὶ δὲ τῆς καλλονῆς Ἰακώβ, ὁ ᾿Ακύλας ' τὸ ὑπερήφανον Ἰακώβ. Ὁ ἀποστολικὸς τοίνυν λέγει ' χορὸς, ὅτι δίκαιον κροτοῦντας καὶ χορεύοντας τὸν ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον τῷ τῶν ὅλων προσφέρειν Θεῷ, καὶ βασιλεῖς ἡμῖν ὑποτάξαντι, καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἁπάντων ἡμῖν τὴν ἀρχὴν δεδωκότι· καὶ πρὸς τούτοις, τὴν καλλονὴν καὶ τὸ ὑπερφερές Ἰακὼβ ἐγχειρίσαντι. Οὐ γὰρ πάντα τὸν Ἰουδαϊκὸν τὸν καλούμενον Ἰακώβ, ἀλλὰ τὴν καλλονὴν Ἰακὼβ καὶ τὸ ὑπερφερὲς, τὸ ἐξαίρετον τοῦ Ἰακώβ, τοὺς τῇ πίστει κεκοσμημένους, τοὺς ἀναμφιβόλως τὸ κήρυγμα δεξαμένους, τοὺς τὸν χρηστὸν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ὑπελθόντας ζυγόν. Τούτους γὰρ καὶ ἐξελέξατο, καὶ ἠγάπησε, καὶ τοὺς ἀποστολικοὺς ἐνεπίστευσεν οἴακας. Δυνατὸν δὲ καὶ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς θεάσασθαι τὴν τῆς προφητείας ἀλήθειαν. Ἔστι γὰρ ἰδεῖν τοὺς ἐξ ἁπάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν πεπιστευκότας, τῶν ἀποστολικῶν προκαλινδουμένους θηκῶν, καὶ τὴν ὀλίγην κόνιν μετὰ πολλοῦ τοῦ πόθου γεραίροντας, ὥστε κατ' αὐτὸν καὶ βλέπειν, καὶ ψάλλειν τὸ, « Ὑπέταξε λαοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ἔθνη ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν. » « ᾿Ανέβη ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἀλαλαγμῷ, Κύριος ἐν φωνῇ σάλπιγγος. » Ὁ δὲ ταῦτα, φησὶν, ἅπαντα κατορθώσας Δεσπότης, πρότερον μὲν ἐνηνθρώπησε, καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἀλάστορος κατέλυσε τυραννίδα, ἔπειτα εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνελήλυθε τῶν ἐπουρανίων ἡγουμένων δυνάμεων, καὶ χορῶν ἀγγελικῶν, τῶν μὲν κάτω βοώντων, « Οὗτος ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀναληφθεὶς ἀφ' « ὑμῶν, οὕτως ἐλεύσεται ὂν τρόπον ἐθεάσασθε αὐτὸν πορευόμενον εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· · τῶν δὲ ἄνω παρεγγυώντων, « ῎Αρατε πύλας, οἱ ἄρχοντες, ὑμῶν ", καὶ ἐπάρθητε, πύλαι αἰώνιοι, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς δόξης. » Τὰς γὰρ τοιαύτας φωνάς ἀλαλαγμὸν ὠνόμασε καὶ σαλπίγγων φωνὴν, ὡς εἰς ἅπασαν διαδραμούσας τὴν γῆν.

« Hypetaxe laous hēmin, kai ethnē hypo tous podas hēmōn. Exelexato hēmin tēn klēronomian heautǭ , tēn kallonēn Iakōb, hēn hēgapēsen. » ᾿Anti tōn laōn , basileis ho Symmachos eirēken, anti de tēs kallonēs Iakōb, ho ᾿Akylas ' to hyperēphanon Iakōb. Ho apostolikos toinyn legei ' choros, hoti dikaion krotountas kai choreuontas ton epinikion hymnon tǭ tōn holōn prospherein Theǭ, kai basileis hēmin hypotaxanti, kai tōn ethnōn hapantōn hēmin tēn archēn dedōkoti; kai pros toutois, tēn kallonēn kai to hyperpheres Iakōb encheirisanti. Ou gar panta ton Ioudaïkon ton kaloumenon Iakōb, alla tēn kallonēn Iakōb kai to hyperpheres, to exaireton tou Iakōb, tous tę̄ pistei kekosmēmenous, tous anamphibolōs to kērygma dexamenous, tous ton chrēston tou Sōtēros hypelthontas zygon. Toutous gar kai exelexato, kai ēgapēse, kai tous apostolikous enepisteusen oiakas. Dynaton de kai tois ophthalmois theasasthai tēn tēs prophēteias alētheian. Esti gar idein tous ex hapantōn tōn ethnōn pepisteukotas, tōn apostolikōn prokalindoumenous thēkōn, kai tēn oligēn konin meta pollou tou pothou gerairontas, hōste kat' auton kai blepein, kai psallein to, « Hypetaxe laous hēmin, kai ethnē hypo tous podas hēmōn. » « ᾿Anebē ho Theos en alalagmǭ, Kyrios en phōnę̄ salpingos. » Ho de tauta, phēsin, hapanta katorthōsas Despotēs, proteron men enēnthrōpēse, kai tēn tou alastoros katelyse tyrannida, epeita eis ouranous anelēlythe tōn epouraniōn hēgoumenōn dynameōn, kai chorōn angelikōn, tōn men katō boōntōn, « Houtos ho Iēsous ho analēphtheis aph' « hymōn, houtōs eleusetai on tropon etheasasthe auton poreuomenon eis ton ouranon; ; tōn de anō parengyōntōn, « ᾿Arate pylas, hoi archontes, hymōn ", kai eparthēte, pylai aiōnioi, kai eiseleusetai ho basileus tēs doxēs. » Tas gar toiautas phōnas alalagmon ōnomase kai salpingōn phōnēn, hōs eis hapasan diadramousas tēn gēn.

"He subjected peoples to us, and nations under our feet. He chose for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob, which he loved." For "peoples" Symmachus said "kings," and for "the beauty of Jacob" Aquila said "the pride of Jacob." The apostolic choir says, then, that it is just to offer the victory hymn with clapping and dancing to the God of all, who subjected kings to us and gave us rule over all the nations, and besides entrusted to us the beauty and excellence of Jacob. For he does not mean all the Jewish people called Jacob, but the beauty of Jacob and its excellence, the choice part of Jacob: those adorned with faith, who received the preaching without doubting, who came under the Savior's kindly yoke. These he chose and loved and entrusted with the apostolic tillers. One can also see the truth of the prophecy with one's eyes. For one can see those who have believed from all the nations prostrating themselves at the tombs of the apostles and honoring the little dust with great longing, so that one both sees and sings: "He subjected peoples to us, and nations under our feet." "God went up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet." "The Master who accomplished all these things," he says, "first became man and destroyed the tyranny of the avenging demon, then went up to heaven, led by the heavenly powers and choirs of angels, some below crying, This Jesus who was taken up from you will come in the same way as you saw him going into heaven, and others above charging, Lift up the gates, you rulers, and be lifted up, you eternal gates, and the king of glory will come in." Such cries he named a shout and the sound of trumpets, as having run through the whole earth.

Ps 47:3 (46:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 47:4 (46:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 47:5 (46:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 1:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 24:7 (23:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 47:3–5: the nations subjected to the apostles honor their tombs; the shout and trumpet are the angels' cries at Christ's ascension.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (marginal verse number (OCR); split word with stray mark (OCR)): καλλο( νὴν → καλλονὴν; ἡμῶν. » ς'. « → ἡμῶν. » «.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 46.4 (PG 80 80:1207; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/46-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.

46.7PG 80 80:1209

Ψάλατε τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, ψάλατε · ψάλατε τῷ βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν, ψάλατε. Ὅτι βασιλεὺς πάσης τῆς γῆς ὁ Θεὸς, ψάλατε συνετῶς. Ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη, ὁ Θεὸς κάθηται ἐπὶ θρόνου ἁγίου αὑτοῦ. • Ὑμνῳδίαις τοίνυν, καὶ πνευματικαῖς χορείαις, τὸν παμβασιλέα τῶν ὅλων γεραίρετε · ἅπασι γὰρ ἀνθρώποις τὴν οἰκείαν ἔδειξε βασιλείαν, καὶ τὰ ἔθνη πέπεικεν ἅπαντα, ὡς αὐτός ἐστι Θεός τε καὶ Κύριος, τοῖς βασιλικοῖς ἐγκαθήμενος θώκοις. Τὸ δὲ, • Ὁ Θεὸς κάθηται ἐπὶ θρόνου ἁγίου αὐτοῦ, » τῷ ἀποστολικῷ συνάδει ῥητῷ· · Ἑκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης, ἐν ὑψηλῷ · τοσούτῳ κρείττων γενόμενος τῶν ἀγγέλων, ὅσῳ διαφορώτερον παρ' αὐτοῖς κεκληρονόμηκεν ὄνομα. » Καλῶς δὲ καὶ τὸ « Ψάλατε συνετῶς » τέθεικε διδάσκων μὴ μόνῃ τῇ γλώττῃ προφέρειν τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν εἰς κατανόησιν τῶν λεγομένων ἐγείρειν.

Psalate tǭ Theǭ hēmōn, psalate ; psalate tǭ basilei hēmōn, psalate. Hoti basileus pasēs tēs gēs ho Theos, psalate synetōs. Ebasileusen ho Theos epi ta ethnē, ho Theos kathētai epi thronou hagiou hautou. • Hymnǭdiais toinyn, kai pneumatikais choreiais, ton pambasilea tōn holōn gerairete ; hapasi gar anthrōpois tēn oikeian edeixe basileian, kai ta ethnē pepeiken hapanta, hōs autos esti Theos te kai Kyrios, tois basilikois enkathēmenos thōkois. To de, • Ho Theos kathētai epi thronou hagiou autou, » tǭ apostolikǭ synadei rhētǭ; ; Hekathisen en dexią tēs megalōsynēs, en hypsēlǭ ; tosoutǭ kreittōn genomenos tōn angelōn, hosǭ diaphorōteron par' autois keklēronomēken onoma. » Kalōs de kai to « Psalate synetōs » tetheike didaskōn mē monę̄ tę̄ glōttę̄ propherein tēn hymnǭdian, alla kai tēn dianoian eis katanoēsin tōn legomenōn egeirein.

"Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms; sing psalms to our king, sing psalms. For God is king of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding. God has become king over the nations; God sits on his holy throne." "With hymn singing and spiritual dances, then, honor the King of all; for he has shown his kingdom to all people and persuaded all the nations that he is God and Lord, seated on the royal seat." "God sits on his holy throne" agrees with the apostolic saying: "He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs." And he rightly put "sing psalms with understanding," teaching us not to utter hymn singing with the tongue alone but also to rouse the mind to understand what is said.

Ps 47:6 (46:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 47:7 (46:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 47:8 (46:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:4 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 47:6–8: the nations are called to praise God the King, enthroned as Hebrews says, and to sing with understanding.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR letter for a quotation mark): αὐτοῦ, ν τῷ ἀποστολικῷ → αὐτοῦ, » τῷ ἀποστολικῷ.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 46.7 (PG 80 80:1209; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/46-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.

46.10PG 80 80:1209

« ῎Αρχοντες λαῶν συνήχθησαν μετὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ᾿Αβραάμ · ὅτι τοῦ Θεοῦ οἱ κραταιοὶ τῆς γῆς σφόδρα ἐπήρθησαν. » Πέρας, φησὶν, αἱ πρὸς τὸν πατριάρχην Αβραάμ ἔλαβον ὑποσχέσεις. Ὑπέσχετο δὲ τῶν ὅλων ὁ Κύριος, ἐν τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ εὐλογήσειν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. Τοιγάρτοι καὶ ταῦτα, καὶ οἱ τούτων ἄρχοντες, τοὺς πατρώους καταλιπόντες Θεοὺς, μετὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ᾿Ἀβραὰμ συναθροίζονται, καὶ τοῦτον οἰκεῖον Θεὸν ὀνομάζουσιν. Ὑπουργοὶ δὲ τῆς τούτων κλήσεως οἱ θεῖοι ἀπόστολοι, τῇ θαυματουργίᾳ τὸ τῆς θεολογίας βεβαιώσαντες ὕψος. Τούτους γὰρ οἱ μὲν Ἑβδομήκοντα κραταιούς, ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας θυρεοὺς, ὁ Θεοδοτίων καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος ὑπερασπισμοὺς προσηγόρευσαν. Διὰ πάντων δὲ οὐ μόνον αὐτῶν τὸ ἄναρχον καὶ ἀήττητον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῶν ἄλλων δηλοῦται φυλακτικόν. Οἷον γάρ τινες θυρεοὶ καὶ πρόμαχοι τῶν πεπιστευκότων γενόμενοι, οὐκ εἴασαν ἐν τῇ τῶν δεινῶν προσβολῇ ῥαγῆναι τὴν φάλαγγα· ἀλλὰ τοὺς πολεμίους τρεψάμενοι, παιανίζειν τοῖς ὁμοπίστοις παρεγγυῶσι φάσκοντες, • Πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, κροτήσατε χεῖρας· ἀλαλάξατε τῷ Θεῷ ἐν φωνῇ ἀγαλλιάσεως· ὅτι Κύριος ὕψιστος, φοβερὸς, βασιλεὺς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. »

« ᾿Archontes laōn synēchthēsan meta tou Theou ᾿Abraam ; hoti tou Theou hoi krataioi tēs gēs sphodra epērthēsan. » Peras, phēsin, hai pros ton patriarchēn Abraam elabon hyposcheseis. Hypescheto de tōn holōn ho Kyrios, en tǭ spermati autou eulogēsein panta ta ethnē. Toigartoi kai tauta, kai hoi toutōn archontes, tous patrōous katalipontes Theous, meta tou Theou ᾿Abraam synathroizontai, kai touton oikeion Theon onomazousin. Hypourgoi de tēs toutōn klēseōs hoi theioi apostoloi, tę̄ thaumatourgią to tēs theologias bebaiōsantes hypsos. Toutous gar hoi men Hebdomēkonta krataious, ho de ᾿Akylas thyreous, ho Theodotiōn kai ho Symmachos hyperaspismous prosēgoreusan. Dia pantōn de ou monon autōn to anarchon kai aēttēton, alla kai to tōn allōn dēloutai phylaktikon. Hoion gar tines thyreoi kai promachoi tōn pepisteukotōn genomenoi, ouk eiasan en tę̄ tōn deinōn prosbolę̄ rhagēnai tēn phalanga; alla tous polemious trepsamenoi, paianizein tois homopistois parengyōsi phaskontes, • Panta ta ethnē, krotēsate cheiras; alalaxate tǭ Theǭ en phōnę̄ agalliaseōs; hoti Kyrios hypsistos, phoberos, basileus megas epi pasan tēn gēn. »

"The rulers of the peoples were gathered with the God of Abraham; for the mighty ones of the earth belong to God; they were greatly exalted." "The promises to the patriarch Abraham," he says, "have been fulfilled." The Lord of all promised to bless all the nations in his seed. Therefore both these and their rulers, leaving their ancestral gods, gather with the God of Abraham and call him their own God. The divine apostles were the ministers of their calling, confirming the height of their theology by wonder-working. These the Seventy called mighty ones, Aquila shields, and Theodotion and Symmachus defenders. By all these is shown not only their own invincibility but also their protection of the others. For as shields and champions of the believers, they did not let the phalanx break in the assault of dangers, but routed the enemies and charge their fellow believers to sing a triumphal song, saying: "All you nations, clap your hands; shout to God with the voice of exultation; for the Lord Most High is fearsome, a great king over all the earth."

Ps 47:9 (46:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 22:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 47:1 (46:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 47:2 (46:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 47:9: the nations' rulers joined the God of Abraham as promised, through the apostles, the shields who defended the believers.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR letter; stray letters (OCR)): ᾿Ακύλας Ουρεοὺς → ᾿Ακύλας θυρεοὺς; ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. » Ει → ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. ».

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 46.10 (PG 80 80:1209; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/46-10). (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 47

47.1PG 80 80:1211

« Ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς, τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορέ. Δευτέρα Σαββάτου.» Καὶ οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς ὡσαύτως τὴν αὐ· τὴν νίκην προαγορεύει, καὶ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ πόλεως τὴν ἰσχύν.

« Psalmos ǭdēs, tois huiois Kore. Deutera Sabbatou.» Kai houtos ho psalmos hōsautōs tēn au; tēn nikēn proagoreuei, kai tēs tou Theou poleōs tēn ischyn.

"A psalm of an ode, for the sons of Korah; for the second day of the week." This psalm too likewise foretells the same victory and the strength of the city of God.

Ps 48:1 (47:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48, title: the psalm foretells the same victory and the strength of God's city.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.1 (PG 80 80:1211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.2PG 80 80:1211

« Μέγας Κύριος, καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα, ἐν πόλει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἐν ὅρει ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ. • Καὶ ἤδη προειρήκαμεν, ὡς πόλιν πολλάκις ἡ θεία Γραφὴ οὐ τὴν οἰκοδομίαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν πολιτείαν καλεῖ· τοιγάρτοι καὶ νῦν μέγαν ἀποδεδείχθαι λέγει τῶν ὅλων τὸν Κύριον, διὰ τῶν ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ περὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ πόλιν γεγενημένων· ἣν ἐπίσημον ἀπέφηνε τῶν δογμάτων τὸ ὕψος, ὡς ἐπ᾿ ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ καὶ μεγίστου κειμένην. « Οὐ δύναται γὰρ, φησὶν ὁ Δεσπότης, κρυβῆναι πόλις ᾽ ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη.

« Megas Kyrios, kai ainetos sphodra, en polei tou Theou hēmōn, en horei hagiǭ autou. • Kai ēdē proeirēkamen, hōs polin pollakis hē theia Graphē ou tēn oikodomian, alla tēn politeian kalei; toigartoi kai nyn megan apodedeichthai legei tōn holōn ton Kyrion, dia tōn hyp᾿ autou peri tēn autou polin gegenēmenōn; hēn episēmon apephēne tōn dogmatōn to hypsos, hōs ep᾿ orous hypsēlou kai megistou keimenēn. « Ou dynatai gar, phēsin ho Despotēs, krybēnai polis ᾽ epanō orous keimenē.

"Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, on his holy mountain." We have already said that the divine Scripture often calls a city not the buildings but the commonwealth. Now, then, he says that the Lord of all has been shown great through what he has done for his city, which the height of its doctrines made conspicuous, as set on a high and very great mountain. "For a city set on a mountain," says the Lord, "cannot be hidden."

Ps 48:1 (47:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:14 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48:1: God's city is the church, made conspicuous by its lofty doctrines like a city on a hill.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.2 (PG 80 80:1211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.3PG 80 80:1211

« Εὐριζῶν ἀγαλλιάματι πάσης τῆς γῆς. » Ταύτην δὲ, φησὶν, ἐπ᾿ εὐφροσύνῃ πάσης τῆς γῆς, εὖ καὶ καλῶς καὶ παγίως ἐδείματο. Ὠκοδόμησε γὰρ αὐτὴν, φησὶν ὁ θεῖος ᾿Απόστολος, ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωνιαίου αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Κύριος πρὸς τὸν μακάριον ἔφη Πέτρον· « Καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι ᾄδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς. » Τὸ οὖν εὐριζῶν, ἀντὶ τοῦ παγίως θεμελιῶν· ὥστε αὐτὴν ἀτρεμὴ καὶ ἀσάλευτον διαμεῖναι. « Ὄρη Σιὼν τὰ πλευρὰ τοῦ βοῤῥᾶ, ἡ πόλις τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου. » Καὶ μέντοι καὶ ὄρεσιν αὐτὴν περιέβαλεν, ὥστε τοῦ βοῤῥᾶ τὴν βλάβην διαφυγεῖν. « ᾿Ἀπὸ βοῤῥᾶ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐκκαυθήσεται τὰ κακὰ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν· · καὶ πάλιν, τὸν βορράν ἐκδιώξω ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν· καὶ τὸ Σιὼν δὲ ὄνομα ἐπὶ τῆς πνευματικῆς ὁ θεῖος Ἀπόστολος ἐδέξατο πόλεως. • Προσεληλύθατε γὰρ, φησὶν, ὄρει Σιών, καὶ πόλει Θεοῦ ζῶντός, Ἱερουσαλήμ ἐπουρανίῳ. › Ὄρη δὲ τὰ τὸν βοῤῥὰν ἐξελαύνοντα, καὶ φυλάττοντα τὴν πόλιν ἀλώβητον, εἴποι ἄν τις εἰκότως ἀποστόλους καὶ προφήτας, καὶ τὰς παντοδαπὰς ἐκείνων διδασκαλίας, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις τοὺς ἐφεστῶτας τοῖς πεπιστευκόσιν ἀγγέλους. « Παρεμβαλεῖ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἄγγελος Κυρίου κύκλῳ τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτὸν, καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτούς. »

« Eurizōn agalliamati pasēs tēs gēs. » Tautēn de, phēsin, ep᾿ euphrosynę̄ pasēs tēs gēs, eu kai kalōs kai pagiōs edeimato. Ōkodomēse gar autēn, phēsin ho theios ᾿Apostolos, epi tǭ themeliǭ tōn apostolōn kai prophētōn, ontos akrogōniaiou autou Iēsou Christou. Kai autos de ho Kyrios pros ton makarion ephē Petron; « Kai epi tautę̄ tę̄ petrą oikodomēsō mou tēn Ekklēsian, kai pylai ądou ou katischysousin autēs. » To oun eurizōn, anti tou pagiōs themeliōn; hōste autēn atremē kai asaleuton diameinai. « Orē Siōn ta pleura tou borrha, hē polis tou basileōs tou megalou. » Kai mentoi kai oresin autēn periebalen, hōste tou borrha tēn blabēn diaphygein. « ᾿Apo borrha gar, phēsin, ekkauthēsetai ta kaka epi pasan tēn gēn; ; kai palin, ton borran ekdiōxō aph᾽ hymōn; kai to Siōn de onoma epi tēs pneumatikēs ho theios Apostolos edexato poleōs. • Proselēlythate gar, phēsin, orei Siōn, kai polei Theou zōntos, Hierousalēm epouraniǭ. › Orē de ta ton borrhan exelaunonta, kai phylattonta tēn polin alōbēton, eipoi an tis eikotōs apostolous kai prophētas, kai tas pantodapas ekeinōn didaskalias, kai pros toutois tous ephestōtas tois pepisteukosin angelous. « Parembalei gar, phēsin, angelos Kyriou kyklǭ tōn phoboumenōn auton, kai rhysetai autous. »

"Well rooted for the exultation of the whole earth." "He built this city well and firmly," he says, "for the gladness of the whole earth." For he built it, says the divine Apostle, on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the cornerstone. And the Lord himself said to the blessed Peter, "And on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it." "Well rooting," then, means "firmly founding," so that it remains unshaken and immovable. "The mountains of Zion, the sides of the north, the city of the great king." "And indeed he surrounded it with mountains, so that it escapes the harm of the north." "For from the north," it says, "evils will be kindled upon all the earth"; and again, "I will drive the northerner from you." The divine Apostle also took the name Zion of the spiritual city: "For you have come," he says, "to Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem." The mountains that drive off the north and keep the city unharmed one might fittingly say are the apostles and prophets and their varied teachings, and besides the angels set over the believers: "For the angel of the Lord," it says, "will encamp around those who fear him and rescue them."

Ps 48:2 (47:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 2:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 16:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 1:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Joel 2:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 12:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:7 (33:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48:2: the church is firmly founded on the apostles and prophets and on Christ, and guarded from the evil of the north by mountains, the apostles, prophets, and angels.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR letters; footnote mark and digits inside the text (OCR); split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): καὶ δι-58 προφητῶν → καὶ προφητῶν; ἀκρογω νιαίου → ἀκρογωνιαίου; « Καὶσὶ ἐπὶ → « Καὶ ἐπὶ; Τὸ οὖν εὐριζῶν δε, → Τὸ οὖν εὐριζῶν,; « Ορτ Σιὼν → « Ὄρη Σιὼν; αὐτὴν ( περιέβαλεν → αὐτὴν περιέβαλεν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.3 (PG 80 80:1211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.4PG 80 80:1211

«Ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ταῖς βάρεσιν αὐτῆς γινώσκεται, ὅταν ἀντιλαμβάνηται αὐτῆς. » Μία μέν ἐστι κατὰ πᾶσαν γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν Ἐκκλησία· διὸ προσευχόμενοι λέγομεν, Ὑπὲρ ἁγίας καὶ μόνης καθολικῆς καὶ ἀποστολικῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἀπὸ περάτων ἕως περάτων τῆς οἰκούμενης. Διήρηται δὲ πάλιν αὕτη κατὰ πόλεις, καὶ κώμας, καὶ ἀγρούς· ὃς βάρεις ὁ προφητικὸς προσηγόρευσε λόγος. "Ωσπερ ἑκάστη πόλις πολλὰς ἔνδοθεν οἰκίας ἔχει διηρημένας, μία δὲ ὅμως ὀνομάζεται πόλις· οὕτω μυρίαι καὶ ἀριθμοῦ κρείττους εἰσὶν ἐκκλησίαι, καὶ ἐν νήσοις, καὶ ἐν ἠπείροις· εἰς μίαν δὲ κοινῇ πᾶσαι τελοῦσι τῇ συμφωνίᾳ τῶν ἀληθῶν ἡνωμέναι δογμάτων. Ἐν ταύταις ἔφη τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν ἐπιφαίνεσθαι, τὴν οἰκείαν ἐπικουρίαν ὀρέγοντα · « Ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς ἐν ταῖς βάρεσιν αὐτῆς γινώσκεται, ὅταν ἀντιλαμβάνηται αὐτῆς. • Εἶτα τὰς ἐσομένας ἐπαναστάσεις προλέγει, καὶ τὴν τῶν πολεμίων μεταβολήν.

«Ho Theos en tais baresin autēs ginōsketai, hotan antilambanētai autēs. » Mia men esti kata pasan gēn kai thalassan Ekklēsia; dio proseuchomenoi legomen, Hyper hagias kai monēs katholikēs kai apostolikēs Ekklēsias tēs apo peratōn heōs peratōn tēs oikoumenēs. Diērētai de palin hautē kata poleis, kai kōmas, kai agrous; hos bareis ho prophētikos prosēgoreuse logos. "Ōsper hekastē polis pollas endothen oikias echei diērēmenas, mia de homōs onomazetai polis; houtō myriai kai arithmou kreittous eisin ekklēsiai, kai en nēsois, kai en ēpeirois; eis mian de koinę̄ pasai telousi tę̄ symphōnią tōn alēthōn hēnōmenai dogmatōn. En tautais ephē ton tōn holōn Theon epiphainesthai, tēn oikeian epikourian oregonta ; « Ho gar Theos en tais baresin autēs ginōsketai, hotan antilambanētai autēs. • Eita tas esomenas epanastaseis prolegei, kai tēn tōn polemiōn metabolēn.

"God is known in her palaces, when he takes her part." There is one church in all land and sea; therefore in prayer we say: "For the holy, only, catholic, and apostolic church, from one end of the world to the other." But it is divided again by cities, villages, and fields, which the prophetic word called palaces. As each city has many separate houses within it, yet is called one city, so there are countless churches beyond number, on islands and on continents, but all together make up one, united by agreement in true doctrines. In these he said the God of all appears, holding out his help: "For God is known in her palaces when he takes her part." Then he foretells the uprisings to come and the change of the enemies.

Ps 48:3 (47:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48:3: the palaces are the many local churches throughout the world, which make up the one catholic church united in true doctrine.

The prayer quoted is from the liturgy of Theodoret's church.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.4 (PG 80 80:1211; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.5PG 80 80:1213

« "Ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς συνήχθησαν, διήλθοσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. Αὐτοὶ ἰδόντες οὕτως ἐθαύμασαν. » Συνέδραμον μὲν γὰρ ὡς πολεμήσοντες, θεασάμενοι δὲ τῆς πολεμουμένης τὸ ἄμαχον κατεπλάγησαν. • Ἐταράχθησαν γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐσαλεύθησαν.

« "Hoti idou hoi basileis tēs gēs synēchthēsan, diēlthosan epi to auto. Autoi idontes houtōs ethaumasan. » Synedramon men gar hōs polemēsontes, theasamenoi de tēs polemoumenēs to amachon kateplagēsan. • Etarachthēsan gar, phēsin, esaleuthēsan.

"For behold, the kings of the earth were gathered; they came together. They themselves, seeing, were thus amazed." They ran together to make war, but seeing the invincibility of the one they warred against, they were astounded. "For they were troubled," he says, "they were shaken."

Ps 48:4 (47:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 48:5 (47:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48:4–5: the kings who came to attack the church were astonished at its invincibility.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (word split across lines (OCR)): ὡς πολεμήσον θεασάμενοι δὲ τῆς πολεμουμένης τὸ ἄμαχον κατεπλάγησαν. τες • → ὡς πολεμήσοντες, θεασάμενοι δὲ τῆς πολεμουμένης τὸ ἄμαχον κατεπλάγησαν. •.

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.5 (PG 80 80:1213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.7PG 80 80:1213

« Τρόμος ἐπελάβετο αὐτῶν. – Ἐκεῖ ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης· ἐν πνεύματι βιαίῳ συντρίψεις πλοῖα Θαρσεῖς. » Θεασάμενοι, φησὶ, τὰ ἀῤῥαγῆ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας θεμέλια, καὶ καταμαθόντες τὸ τῆς προῤῥήσεως ἀψευδὲς, δέος καὶ φρίκην ἐδέξαντο, καθάπερ οἱ τὰ τῆς θαλάσσης διαπεραιούμενοι νῶτα, καὶ καταιγῖσι βαλλόμενοι, καὶ πανωλεθρίαν προσμένοντες. Οὗ δὴ χάριν τοῦ πολεμεῖν καὶ βάλλειν παυσάμενοι, αὐτοὶ κηρύττουσι τῆς πολεμουμένης τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ βοῶσι

« Tromos epelabeto autōn. – Ekei ōdines hōs tiktousēs; en pneumati biaiǭ syntripseis ploia Tharseis. » Theasamenoi, phēsi, ta arrhagē tēs Ekklēsias themelia, kai katamathontes to tēs prorrhēseōs apseudes, deos kai phrikēn edexanto, kathaper hoi ta tēs thalassēs diaperaioumenoi nōta, kai kataigisi ballomenoi, kai panōlethrian prosmenontes. Hou dē charin tou polemein kai ballein pausamenoi, autoi kēryttousi tēs polemoumenēs tēn dynamin, kai boōsi

"Trembling took hold of them; there were pains as of a woman in labor. With a violent wind you will shatter the ships of Tarshish." "Seeing the unbreakable foundations of the church," he says, "and learning the truthfulness of the prediction, they were seized with fear and shuddering, like those who cross the back of the sea, struck by storms and expecting utter ruin." For this reason, ceasing to make war and attack, they themselves proclaim the power of the one they warred against, and cry:

Ps 48:6 (47:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 48:7 (47:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48:6–7: the attackers, seeing the church unshaken, trembled like storm-tossed sailors and began to proclaim its power.

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Digital text corrected (OCR mark for a letter; stray bracket for a quotation mark (OCR)): ] Τρόμος → « Τρόμος; Θεασάμενο:, φησὶ → Θεασάμενοι, φησὶ.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.7 (PG 80 80:1213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.9PG 80 80:1213

« Καθάπερ ἠκούσαμεν, οὕτως καὶ εἴδομεν· ἐν πόλει Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐν πόλει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. » Τὰς γὰρ περὶ αὐτῆς προῤῥήσεις οὐ βουλόμενοι δέχεσθαι, δι' αὐτῶν τε ἐθεασάμεθα τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν ἐκείνων ἀλήθειαν. « Ὁ Θεὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. • Αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐστι φωνή, «Ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι ᾅδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς. » Οὕτω δείξας ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος τὴν τῶν πολεμίων μεταβολὴν, προλέγει λοιπὸν ὁποίοις οἱ τῆς σωτηρίας τετυχηκότες χρήσονται λόγοις, τὸν εὐεργέτην ὑμνοῦντες.

« Kathaper ēkousamen, houtōs kai eidomen; en polei Kyriou tōn dynameōn, en polei tou Theou hēmōn. » Tas gar peri autēs prorrhēseis ou boulomenoi dechesthai, di' autōn te etheasametha tōn pragmatōn tēn ekeinōn alētheian. « Ho Theos ethemeliōsen autēn eis ton aiōna. • Autou gar esti phōnē, «Epi tautę̄ tę̄ petrą oikodomēsō tēn Ekklēsian, kai pylai hądou ou katischysousin autēs. » Houtō deixas ho prophētikos logos tēn tōn polemiōn metabolēn, prolegei loipon hopoiois hoi tēs sōtērias tetychēkotes chrēsontai logois, ton euergetēn hymnountes.

"As we have heard, so we have also seen, in the city of the Lord of the powers, in the city of our God." "For though we did not wish to accept the predictions about it, we have seen their truth through the events themselves." "God has founded it forever." For his is the voice: "On this rock I will build the church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it." Having thus shown the change of the enemies, the prophetic word next foretells what words those who have obtained salvation will use in hymning their benefactor.

Ps 48:8 (47:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 16:18 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 48:8: the former enemies see the church's permanence fulfilled, as Christ promised.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): ἐθεασάμεθα τ τῶν → ἐθεασάμεθα τῶν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.9 (PG 80 80:1213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.10PG 80 80:1213

Ὑπελάβομεν, ὁ Θεὸς, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ σου. » Προσδεχόμεθα, φησί, ταύτην σου τὴν ἐπικουρίαν, ὦ Δέσποτα, τῶν σῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν εἰδότες τὸ ἀψευδές. Σὺ γὰρ εἶπας· « Μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος. »

Hypelabomen, ho Theos, to eleos sou en mesǭ tou laou sou. » Prosdechometha, phēsi, tautēn sou tēn epikourian, ō Despota, tōn sōn epangeliōn eidotes to apseudes. Sy gar eipas; « Meth' hymōn eimi pasas tas hēmeras, heōs tēs synteleias tou aiōnos. »

"We have received, O God, your mercy in the midst of your people." "We accept this help of yours, Master," he says, "knowing the truthfulness of your promises. For you said, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Ps 48:9 (47:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 28:20 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48:9: the saved receive God's mercy, trusting Christ's promise to be with them always.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.10 (PG 80 80:1213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.11PG 80 80:1215

« Κατὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὁ Θεὸς, οὕτως καὶ ἡ αἴνεσίς σου ἐπὶ τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς. » Οἱ ψευδώνυμοι θεοὶ οὐκ ἔχουσι συμβαίνουσαν τῇ προσηγορίᾳ τὴν δύναμιν· οὐ γάρ εἰσιν ὃ καλοῦνται. Τῷ δὲ σῷ ὀνόματι, Δέσποτα, ἕπεται τὰ ἔργα κηρύττοντα τὴν τῆς προσηγορίας ἀλήθειαν. Οὗ δὴ χάριν δικαίως σοι παρὰ πάσης τῆς οἰκουμένης ὁ ὕμνος προσφέρεται. Ὡς γὰρ ἁπάντων Θεὸς, οὕτω παρὰ πάντων ὑμνεῖται. « Δικαιοσύνης πλήρης ἡ δεξιά σου. Δικαίᾳ γὰρ ψήφῳ χρησάμενος, τοὺς καθ' ἡμῶν ἐπαναστάντας πολεμίους ἐσκέδασας.

« Kata to onoma sou, ho Theos, houtōs kai hē ainesis sou epi ta perata tēs gēs. » Hoi pseudōnymoi theoi ouk echousi symbainousan tę̄ prosēgorią tēn dynamin; ou gar eisin ho kalountai. Tǭ de sǭ onomati, Despota, hepetai ta erga kēryttonta tēn tēs prosēgorias alētheian. Hou dē charin dikaiōs soi para pasēs tēs oikoumenēs ho hymnos prospheretai. Hōs gar hapantōn Theos, houtō para pantōn hymneitai. « Dikaiosynēs plērēs hē dexia sou. Dikaią gar psēphǭ chrēsamenos, tous kath' hēmōn epanastantas polemious eskedasas.

"As is your name, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth." "The falsely named gods do not have power matching their title, for they are not what they are called. But your name, Master, is followed by works that proclaim the truth of the title. For this reason the hymn is justly offered to you by the whole world; for as you are God of all, so you are hymned by all." "Your right hand is full of righteousness." "For using a just verdict, you scattered the enemies who rose up against us."

Ps 48:10 (47:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48:10: unlike false gods, God's works match his name, so the whole world praises him.

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Digital text corrected (OCR accent): οὐ γάρ εἰσιν ὁ καλοῦνται → οὐ γάρ εἰσιν ὃ καλοῦνται.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.11 (PG 80 80:1215; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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47.12PG 80 80:1215

« Εὐφρανθήτω ὅρος Σιὼν, καὶ ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν αἱ θυγατέρες τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἕνεκα τῶν κριμάτων σου, Κύριε.» Ὄρος Σιὼν τοὺς τὸ ὕψος τῆς θεολογίας πεπιστευμένους ἐκάλεσε· θυγατέρας δὲ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, τὰς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἕκκλησίας, ὡς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων παγείσας, οἱ ἐξ Ἰουδαίων κατῆγον τὸ γένος. Παρεγγυᾷ δὲ καὶ τοῖς κηρύττουσι, καὶ τοῖς ἀκούουσιν, εὐφραίνεσθαι καὶ γανυεσθαι, ἕνεκα τῶν δικαίων τοῦ Θεοῦ κριμάτων, οἷς χρησάμενος τὴν τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐπραγματεύσατο σωτηρίαν.

« Euphranthētō horos Siōn, kai agalliasthōsan hai thygateres tēs Ioudaias, heneka tōn krimatōn sou, Kyrie.» Oros Siōn tous to hypsos tēs theologias pepisteumenous ekalese; thygateras de tēs Ioudaias, tas kata tēn oikoumenēn hekklēsias, hōs apo tōn apostolōn pageisas, hoi ex Ioudaiōn katēgon to genos. Parengyą de kai tois kēryttousi, kai tois akouousin, euphrainesthai kai ganyesthai, heneka tōn dikaiōn tou Theou krimatōn, hois chrēsamenos tēn tēs oikoumenēs epragmateusato sōtērian.

"Let Mount Zion be glad, and let the daughters of Judea exult, because of your judgments, O Lord." He called Mount Zion those entrusted with the height of theology, and the daughters of Judea the churches throughout the world, as planted by the apostles, who traced their race from the Jews. He charges both preachers and hearers to rejoice and be glad because of God's just judgments, by which he worked the salvation of the world.

Ps 48:11 (47:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 48:11: Mount Zion is the teachers of theology and the daughters of Judea are the churches founded by the Jewish apostles.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray word (OCR)): Παρεγγυᾷ δὲ καὶ δὲ τοῖς → Παρεγγυᾷ δὲ καὶ τοῖς; τοῦ Θεοῦθι κριμάτων → τοῦ Θεοῦ κριμάτων.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.12 (PG 80 80:1215; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.

47.13PG 80 80:1215

Κυκλώσατε Σιών, καὶ περιλάβετε αὐτὴν, διηγήσασθε ἐν τοῖς πύργοις αὐτῆς. Θέσθε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ καταδιέλεσθε τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς. • Σιών πάλιν καλεί τὸ εὐσεβὲς πολίτευμα, τουτέστι τὴν κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην Ἐκκλησίαν. Πύργους δὲ αὐτῆς, τοὺς τῆς ἄκρας ἀρετῆς ἐπειλημμένους, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀγγέλων πολιτείαν ἐπὶ γῆς μιμουμένους, οἱ πύργων δίκην κυκλοῦσιν αὐτὴν καὶ φυλάττουσι. Βάρεις δὲ πάλιν, ὡς καὶ ἤδη προειρήκαμεν, τὰς κατὰ πόλεις, καὶ κώμας, καὶ ἀγροὺς διῃρημένας Ἐκκλησίας · τὴν γὰρ αὐτὴν καὶ μίαν λέγει, καὶ πολλάς. Παρεγγυᾷ τοίνυν ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος, ἡ τοῦ παναγίου Πνεύματος χάρις, τοῖς τὸ σωτήριον κήρυγμα πιστευθεῖσι, περινοστεῖν καὶ διατρέχειν, καὶ τοὺς τε πύργους στηρίζειν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, τήν τε ἄλλην αὐτῆς δύναμιν βεβαιοῦν, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις καὶ διανείμασθαι τὴν τῶν Ἐκκλησιῶν ἐπιμέλειαν· δὲ δὴ καὶ ἐν τῷ τεσσαρακοστῷ πέμπτῳ ψαλμῷ προειρήκαμεν". Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἐνταῦθα παρεγγυᾷ · « Καταδιέλεσθε τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς· · ὥστε τοῦτον μὲν· ταύτης, ἐκεῖνον δὲ ἐκείνης προμηθεῖσθαι τῆς Ἐκκλησίας, καὶ ἑκάστῃ ἐπιστῆναι τὸν γεωργοῦντα · καὶ τὴν προσήκουσαν ποιούμενον ἐπιμέλειαν. Καὶ τοῦτο οὐχ ἅπαξ, οὐδὲ δὶς, ἀλλὰ καθ᾽ ἑκάστην γενεὰν ἐπιτελεῖσθαι κελεύει. Διὸ' δὴ καὶ ἐπήγαγεν · • Ὅπως ἂν διηγήσησθε εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν. Ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος. Αὐτὸς ποιμανεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. » Χρὴ γὰρ γενεὰν ἑκάστην τῇ μετ᾿ αὐτὴν παραδιδόναι, ἃ παρὰ τῆς προτέρας παρειλήφαμεν, ὥστε ἐν ἁπάσαις ταῖς γενεαῖς διαπορθμευθῆναι τὸ σωτήριον κήρυγμα, καὶ γνῶναι πάντας ἀνθρώπους, ὅτι οὗτος ἡμῶν καὶ Θεὸς καὶ Κύριος, καὶ ποιμὴν ἀγαθὸς, καὶ αἰώνιος. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ εἶπε, « Καταδιέλεσθε τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς, » καὶ τὸ ποιμαίνειν αὐτοῖς ἐνεχείρισεν, ἀναγκαίως ἐδίδαξεν, ὅτι εἶς ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς, ὁ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τεθεικὼς ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων, εἰς αἰῶνα ποιμαίνων, καὶ ποιμαίνων οὐ μόνον τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς τῶν προβάτων καλουμένους νομέας.

Kyklōsate Siōn, kai perilabete autēn, diēgēsasthe en tois pyrgois autēs. Thesthe tas kardias hymōn eis tēn dynamin autēs, kai katadielesthe tas bareis autēs. • Siōn palin kalei to eusebes politeuma, toutesti tēn kata tēn oikoumenēn Ekklēsian. Pyrgous de autēs, tous tēs akras aretēs epeilēmmenous, kai tēn tōn angelōn politeian epi gēs mimoumenous, hoi pyrgōn dikēn kyklousin autēn kai phylattousi. Bareis de palin, hōs kai ēdē proeirēkamen, tas kata poleis, kai kōmas, kai agrous dię̄rēmenas Ekklēsias ; tēn gar autēn kai mian legei, kai pollas. Parengyą toinyn ho prophētikos logos, hē tou panagiou Pneumatos charis, tois to sōtērion kērygma pisteutheisi, perinostein kai diatrechein, kai tous te pyrgous stērizein tę̄ didaskalią, tēn te allēn autēs dynamin bebaioun, pros de toutois kai dianeimasthai tēn tōn Ekklēsiōn epimeleian; de dē kai en tǭ tessarakostǭ pemptǭ psalmǭ proeirēkamen". Touto gar kai entautha parengyą ; « Katadielesthe tas bareis autēs; ; hōste touton men; tautēs, ekeinon de ekeinēs promētheisthai tēs Ekklēsias, kai hekastę̄ epistēnai ton geōrgounta ; kai tēn prosēkousan poioumenon epimeleian. Kai touto ouch hapax, oude dis, alla kath᾽ hekastēn genean epiteleisthai keleuei. Dio' dē kai epēgagen ; • Hopōs an diēgēsēsthe eis genean heteran. Hoti houtos estin ho Theos hēmōn eis ton aiōna, kai eis ton aiōna tou aiōnos. Autos poimanei hēmas eis tous aiōnas. » Chrē gar genean hekastēn tę̄ met᾿ autēn paradidonai, ha para tēs proteras pareilēphamen, hōste en hapasais tais geneais diaporthmeuthēnai to sōtērion kērygma, kai gnōnai pantas anthrōpous, hoti houtos hēmōn kai Theos kai Kyrios, kai poimēn agathos, kai aiōnios. Epeidē gar eipe, « Katadielesthe tas bareis autēs, » kai to poimainein autois enecheirisen, anankaiōs edidaxen, hoti eis ho poimēn ho kalos, ho tēn psychēn autou tetheikōs hyper tōn probatōn, eis aiōna poimainōn, kai poimainōn ou monon ta probata, alla kai tous tōn probatōn kaloumenous nomeas.

"Encircle Zion and embrace her; tell of it in her towers. Set your hearts on her strength, and divide up her palaces." Again he calls Zion the pious commonwealth, that is, the church throughout the world. Her towers are those who have attained the height of virtue and imitate on earth the way of life of the angels, who surround and guard her like towers. Palaces again, as we have said already, are the churches divided by cities, villages, and fields; for he calls her both one and many. The prophetic word, then, the grace of the all-holy Spirit, charges those entrusted with the saving preaching to go around and run about, to strengthen the towers with teaching, to confirm the rest of her strength, and besides to divide among themselves the care of the churches, which we have said already in the forty-fifth psalm. For this is what he charges here too: "Divide up her palaces," so that one cares for this church and another for that, and over each is set the one who tills it and gives it suitable care. And he bids this be done not once or twice but in every generation. That is why he added: "So that you may tell it to another generation. For this is our God forever and ever; he will shepherd us forever." For each generation must hand on to the one after it what we have received from the one before, so that the saving preaching is carried through all generations and all people know that he is our God and Lord, the good shepherd, and eternal. For since he said, "Divide up her palaces," and entrusted them with shepherding, he necessarily taught that there is one good shepherd, who laid down his life for the sheep, who shepherds forever, and who shepherds not only the sheep but also those called the shepherds of the sheep.

Ps 48:12 (47:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 48:13 (47:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 48:14 (47:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · John 10:11 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 48:12–14: the church's towers are the ascetics, and its palaces the local churches, which the preachers are to divide among themselves and hand on from generation to generation under Christ the one good shepherd.

"The forty-fifth psalm": so the digital text; the division of the churches as palaces was discussed above on Ps 47:4 LXX (48:3).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (marginal verse number in brackets (OCR); split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): κατὰ τὴν (οἰκουμένην → κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην; Παρεγέ γυᾷ → Παρεγγυᾷ; λόγος, ἡ ᾿ τοῦ → λόγος, ἡ τοῦ; ἑτέραν. [ιεʹ] Ὅτι → ἑτέραν. Ὅτι.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 47.13 (PG 80 80:1215; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/47-13). (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.