Interpretation of the Psalms 68.1–69.6
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 68
68.1PG 80 80:1399
« Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀλλοιωθησομένων · ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαβίδ. » ᾿Αλλοίωσίν τινων πραγμάτων ὁ ψαλμὸς προσημαίνει. Εἴρηται μὲν γὰρ εἰς τοὺς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα μετανάστας Ἰουδαίους · καὶ ὡς ἐξ ἐκείνων προσευχομένων, καὶ τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν αἰτούντων, ἐσχημάτισται. Προθεσπίζει δὲ ὅμως καὶ τὴν τῆς δουλείας ἀπαλλαγὴν, καὶ τὴν ἐπάνοδον, καὶ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὴν οἰκοδομὴν, καὶ ἁπαξαπλῶς δὲ τῆς Ἰουδαίας τὴν προτέραν εὐημερίαν. Ἔχει δὲ καὶ προφητείαν τῶν δεσποτικῶν [ τοῦ Θεοῦ λέγω καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ] παθημάτων, καὶ τῆς διὰ ταῦτα καταληψομένης Ἰουδαίους πανωλεθρίας. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἃ παρὰ τῶν δυσμενῶν ὑπέμειναν, ταῦτα κατὰ τοῦ εὐεργέτου καὶ Σωτῆρος ἐτόλμησαν, ἃ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἐπηράσαντο, ταῦτα κατ᾿ αὐτῶν ὁ δίκαιος κριτὴς ἐψηφίσατο.
« Eis to telos, hyper tōn alloiōthēsomenōn ; psalmos tǭ Dabid. » ᾿Alloiōsin tinōn pragmatōn ho psalmos prosēmainei. Eirētai men gar eis tous eis Babylōna metanastas Ioudaious ; kai hōs ex ekeinōn proseuchomenōn, kai tēn apallagēn aitountōn, eschēmatistai. Prothespizei de homōs kai tēn tēs douleias apallagēn, kai tēn epanodon, kai tēs Hierousalēm tēn oikodomēn, kai hapaxaplōs de tēs Ioudaias tēn proteran euēmerian. Echei de kai prophēteian tōn despotikōn [ tou Theou legō kai Sōtēros hēmōn ] pathēmatōn, kai tēs dia tauta katalēpsomenēs Ioudaious panōlethrias. Epeidē gar ha para tōn dysmenōn hypemeinan, tauta kata tou euergetou kai Sōtēros etolmēsan, ha tois echthrois epērasanto, tauta kat᾿ autōn ho dikaios kritēs epsēphisato.
"To the end; for those who will be changed; a psalm of David." The psalm foretells a change of certain affairs. It was spoken about the Jews deported to Babylon, and it is framed as if they were praying and asking for deliverance. Yet it also foretells the release from slavery, the return, the rebuilding of Jerusalem, and in short the former prosperity of Judea. It also contains a prophecy of the Lord's sufferings [I mean those of our God and Savior], and of the utter destruction that would overtake the Jews because of them. For since they dared against their benefactor and Savior what they had endured from their enemies, the just judge decreed against them what they had prayed for against their enemies.
Ps 69:1 (68:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69, title: spoken for the exiles in Babylon, the psalm also prophesies the passion of Christ and the ruin that came on the Jews because of it.
- The bracketed words are bracketed in Migne, probably an addition from the catena.
- The verdict on the Jews is Theodoret's; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): καὶ ὡς δι ἐξ ἐκείνων → καὶ ὡς ἐξ ἐκείνων.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.1 (PG 80 80:1399; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.2PG 80 80:1401
«Σῶσόν με, ὁ Θεὸς, ὅτι εἰσήλθοσαν ὕδατα ἕως ψυχῆς μου. • Ἡ τῶν εὐσεβεστέρων συμμορία προσφέρει τὴν ἱκετείαν . Ὕδατα δὲ καλεῖ τῶν συμφορῶν τὸ πλῆθος. Πάντοθεν, φησὶ, τοῖς ἀνιαροῖς περικλύζομαι.
«Sōson me, ho Theos, hoti eisēlthosan hydata heōs psychēs mou. • Hē tōn eusebesterōn symmoria prospherei tēn hiketeian . Hydata de kalei tōn symphorōn to plēthos. Pantothen, phēsi, tois aniarois periklyzomai.
"Save me, O God, for the waters have come in up to my soul." The band of the more pious offers the supplication. He calls the multitude of misfortunes "waters." "On every side," he says, "I am flooded with distress."
Ps 69:1 (68:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:1: the pious exiles cry to God, flooded by misfortunes.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἕως & ψυχῆς → ἕως ψυχῆς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.2 (PG 80 80:1401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.3PG 80 80:1401
« Ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόστασις . » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος· Ἐβαπτίσθην εἰς ἀπεράντους καταδύσεις, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι στάσις· ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν εἰς τὸν τῆς θαλάσσης ἐμπιπτόντων βυθὸν, καὶ ἐπιπλεῖστον καταφερομένων, καὶ μόγις τῆς ἕδρας ἐφικνουμένων. Δηλοῖ δὲ διὰ τούτων τὸ μέγεθος τῶν συμβεβηκότων τοῖς ἀνδραποδισθεῖσι κακῶν. « Ἦλθον εἰς τὰ βάθη τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ καταιγὶς κατεπόντισέ με. » Ποικίλλει τὸν λόγον ταῖς διαφόροις εἰκόσιν, οὐχ εὑρίσκων ἀξίαν εἰκόνα τῶν κατεχόντων ἀνιαρῶν.
« Enepagēn eis ilyn bythou, kai ouk estin hypostasis . » Ho de Symmachos; Ebaptisthēn eis aperantous katadyseis, kai ouk esti stasis; ek metaphoras tōn eis ton tēs thalassēs empiptontōn bython, kai epipleiston katapheromenōn, kai mogis tēs hedras ephiknoumenōn. Dēloi de dia toutōn to megethos tōn symbebēkotōn tois andrapodistheisi kakōn. « Ēlthon eis ta bathē tēs thalassēs, kai kataigis katepontise me. » Poikillei ton logon tais diaphorois eikosin, ouch heuriskōn axian eikona tōn katechontōn aniarōn.
"I am stuck in the mire of the deep, and there is no foothold." Symmachus has: "I was plunged into boundless depths, and there is no standing." The figure is taken from those who fall into the depth of the sea, are carried down a very long way, and barely reach the bottom. By these words he shows the greatness of the evils that befell those enslaved. "I came into the depths of the sea, and a storm drowned me." He varies his speech with different images, finding no image worthy of the distresses that held them.
Ps 69:2 (68:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:2: images of sinking in the deep sea express the exiles' overwhelming evils.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.3 (PG 80 80:1401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.4PG 80 80:1401
· Ἐκοπίασα κράζων· ἐβραγχίασεν ὁ λάρυγξ μου. » Διηνεκῶς, φησὶ, ποτνιώμενος βοῶ, ὡς καὶ αὐτὰ καμεῖν τὰ ὄργανα τῆς φωνῆς. Κραυγὴν δὲ τὴν ἐπίτασιν λέγει τῆς κατὰ διάνοιαν προσευχῆς. • Ἐξέλιπον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλπίζειν με ἐπὶ τὸν Θεόν μου. » Ἐκ μεταφορᾶς δὲ αὐτὸ τέθεικε τῶν συνήθη τινὰ καὶ γνώριμον ἐξ ἀποδημίας ἐπανιόντα προσμενόντων, καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς περισκοπούντων. Απἐκαμον, φησὶν, ἀναμένων τὴν σὴν βοήθειαν. Εἶτα ἃ τροπικῶς ἄνω τέθεικε, διδάσκει σαφέστερον.
; Ekopiasa krazōn; ebranchiasen ho larynx mou. » Diēnekōs, phēsi, potniōmenos boō, hōs kai auta kamein ta organa tēs phōnēs. Kraugēn de tēn epitasin legei tēs kata dianoian proseuchēs. • Exelipon hoi ophthalmoi mou, apo tou elpizein me epi ton Theon mou. » Ek metaphoras de auto tetheike tōn synēthē tina kai gnōrimon ex apodēmias epanionta prosmenontōn, kai tas hodous periskopountōn. Apekamon, phēsin, anamenōn tēn sēn boētheian. Eita ha tropikōs anō tetheike, didaskei saphesteron.
"I am weary with crying; my throat is hoarse." "I cry out continually in supplication," he says, "so that the very organs of the voice are worn out." By "crying" he means the intensity of the prayer in the mind. "My eyes failed from hoping in my God." He put this as a figure taken from those who wait for a familiar friend returning from a journey and keep watching the roads. "I am worn out," he says, "waiting for your help." Then what he put figuratively above he teaches more plainly.
Ps 69:3 (68:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:3: the exiles are worn out with crying to God and waiting for his help.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.4 (PG 80 80:1401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.5PG 80 80:1401
« Ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς μου οἱ μισοῦντές με δωρεάν. Ἐκραταιώθησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου, οἱ ἐκδιώκοντές με ἀδίκως. » ᾿Αλλά μηδεὶς ὑπολάβοι τῶν φιλομαθεστέρων, εἰρῆσθαι ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ταῦτα. Οὐδὲ γὰρ εἴρηται, οὐκ εἴρηται, εἰ μὴ ἐκ προσώπου, ὡς ἀνωτέρω ἡμῖν ἐσχεδίασται, τῶν ἀνδραποδισθέντων ἐκ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ τὴν Βαβυλῶνα. Λέγει δὲ ὅτι Καὶ ἀριθμὸν νικῶσιν οἱ δυσμενεῖς, καὶ δυναστείᾳ περίκεινται, καὶ ἀπεχθάνονται πρός με, αἰτίαν ἐμοῦ τοῦ μίσους οὐ δεδωκότος. « "Α οὐχ ἥρπαζον, τότε ἀπετίννυον. » Ων οὐκ ἠδίκησα, δίκας εἰσπράττομαι. Οὐ γὰρ ὡς ἄρπαξ, ἢ ἀδικήσας, φησὶν ὁ λαὸς, ταῦτα ἐξηνδραπόδισμαι παρ᾿ αὐτῶν.
« Eplēthynthēsan hyper tas trichas tēs kephalēs mou hoi misountes me dōrean. Ekrataiōthēsan hoi echthroi mou, hoi ekdiōkontes me adikōs. » ᾿Alla mēdeis hypolaboi tōn philomathesterōn, eirēsthai ek prosōpou tou Theou kai Sōtēros tauta. Oude gar eirētai, ouk eirētai, ei mē ek prosōpou, hōs anōterō hēmin eschediastai, tōn andrapodisthentōn ek tēs Hierousalēm epi tēn Babylōna. Legei de hoti Kai arithmon nikōsin hoi dysmeneis, kai dynasteią perikeintai, kai apechthanontai pros me, aitian emou tou misous ou dedōkotos. « "A ouch hērpazon, tote apetinnyon. » Ōn ouk ēdikēsa, dikas eisprattomai. Ou gar hōs arpax, ē adikēsas, phēsin ho laos, tauta exēndrapodismai par᾿ autōn.
"Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; my enemies, who persecute me unjustly, have grown strong." But let none of the more studious suppose that these words are spoken in the person of our God and Savior. For they are not, they are not, spoken except in the person, as we sketched above, of those enslaved and taken from Jerusalem to Babylon. He says, "The enemies surpass number, are clothed with power, and hate me, though I have given no cause for the hatred." "What I did not seize, I then repaid." "I am punished for what I did not wrong. For not as a robber or wrongdoer," says the people, "have I been enslaved by them."
Ps 69:4 (68:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:4: the exiles' enemies hate them without cause and punish them for wrongs they did not do toward them.
- The sentence denying that these words are spoken in Christ's person has the style of the catena additions ("they are not, they are not"), though Migne does not bracket it. The verse is applied to Christ in John 15:25.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): Οὐ ὁ γὰρ ὡς ἄρπαξ → Οὐ γὰρ ὡς ἄρπαξ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.5 (PG 80 80:1401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.6PG 80 80:1401
« Ὁ Θεὸς, σὺ ἔγνως τὴν ἀφροσύνην μου· καὶ αἱ πλημμέλειαί μου ἀπὸ σοῦ οὐκ ἀπεκρύβησαν. » Πάντα, Δέσποτα, σὺ γινώσκεις, καὶ λέληθέ σε γινομένων οὐδέν. Οἶδας τοιγαροῦν, ὡς εἰς ἐκείνους μὲν οὐδὲν ἐπλημμέλησα· τοὺς δὲ σοὺς παραβέβηκα νόμους. Τούτῳ ἔοικε τὸ, « Σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα.»
« Ho Theos, sy egnōs tēn aphrosynēn mou; kai hai plēmmeleiai mou apo sou ouk apekrybēsan. » Panta, Despota, sy ginōskeis, kai lelēthe se ginomenōn ouden. Oidas toigaroun, hōs eis ekeinous men ouden eplēmmelēsa; tous de sous parabebēka nomous. Toutǭ eoike to, « Soi monǭ hēmarton, kai to ponēron enōpion sou epoiēsa.»
"O God, you know my folly, and my offenses are not hidden from you." "You know everything, Master, and nothing that happens escapes you. You know, then, that against them I committed no offense, but I have transgressed your laws." Like this is the verse, "Against you alone have I sinned and done what is evil before you."
Ps 69:5 (68:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 51:4 (50:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:5: the exiles confess that they have sinned against God's laws, though not against their captors.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): μὲν οὐδὲν ὁ ἐπλημμέλησα → μὲν οὐδὲν ἐπλημμέλησα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.6 (PG 80 80:1401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.7PG 80 80:1401
« Μὴ αἰσχυνθείησαν ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ οἱ ὑπομένοντές σε, Κύριε, Κύριε τῶν δυνάμεων. Μηδὲ ἐντραπείησαν ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ οἱ ζητοῦντές σε, ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. » Μὴ γένωμαι, φησὶ, βλάβης τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀρχέτυπον, προσμείνας μὲν τὴν παρὰ σοῦ σωτηρίαν, διαμαρτὼν δὲ τῆς ἐλπίδος σου. Ἀλλὰ μαθέτωσαν διὰ τῶν περὶ ἐμὲ γενομένων, οἱ τὴν σὴν ἔχοντες γνῶσιν, ὡς τῶν ἐλπιζόντων εἰς σὲ σωτηρίας, καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνης ὑπάρχεις καρπός.
« Mē aischyntheiēsan ep᾿ eme hoi hypomenontes se, Kyrie, Kyrie tōn dynameōn. Mēde entrapeiēsan ep᾿ eme hoi zētountes se, ho Theos tou Israēl. » Mē genōmai, phēsi, blabēs tois allois archetypon, prosmeinas men tēn para sou sōtērian, diamartōn de tēs elpidos sou. Alla mathetōsan dia tōn peri eme genomenōn, hoi tēn sēn echontes gnōsin, hōs tōn elpizontōn eis se sōtērias, kai ouk aischynēs hyparcheis karpos.
"Let those who wait for you, O Lord, Lord of hosts, not be put to shame because of me; let those who seek you, O God of Israel, not be confounded because of me." "Let me not become a pattern of harm for others," he says, "by waiting for salvation from you and failing in my hope in you. But let those who know you learn from what happens to me that you are the fruit of salvation for those who hope in you, not of shame."
Ps 69:6 (68:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:6: the psalmist asks that his fate not shame others who hope in God.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.7 (PG 80 80:1401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.8PG 80 80:1403
« Ὅτι ἕνεκά σου ὑπήνεγκα ὀνειδισμόν· ἐκάλυψεν ἐντροπὴ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου. » Αἰσχύνης άναπίμπλαμαι τὰ σὰ ὀνείδη δεχόμενος· ἐπικερτομοῦσι γάρ με συνεχῶς οἱ πολέμιοι, σὴν ἀσθένειαν τὴν ἐμὴν δουλείαν ἀποκαλοῦντες,
« Hoti heneka sou hypēnenka oneidismon; ekalypsen entropē to prosōpon mou. » Aischynēs anapimplamai ta sa oneidē dechomenos; epikertomousi gar me synechōs hoi polemioi, sēn astheneian tēn emēn douleian apokalountes,
"For for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face." "I am filled with shame as I receive the reproaches against you; for the enemies continually taunt me, calling my servitude your weakness."
Ps 69:7 (68:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:7: the enemies mock the exiles' servitude as God's weakness.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἐπικερτομοῦσι γάρ με ' συνεχῶς → ἐπικερτομοῦσι γάρ με συνεχῶς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.8 (PG 80 80:1403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.9PG 80 80:1403
« ᾿Αλλοτριωμένος ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου, καὶ ξένος τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς μητρός μου. » ᾿Απαριθμεῖται τῆς ἀχθηδόνος τὰς ἀφορμὰς, διεγείρων εἰς ἔλεον τὸν - φιλάνθρωπον Θεόν. Καὶ πρότερον μὲν τέθεικε τῶν δυσ" σεβῶν τὰ ὀνείδη, εἶτα τῶν συγγενῶν καὶ συνήθων τὸν χωρισμόν. Ως δορυάλωτοι γὰρ, καὶ δουλεύειν ἡναγκασμένοι, κατὰ συγγενείας οὐ συνεχωροῦντο διάγειν.
« ᾿Allotriōmenos egenēthēn tois adelphois mou, kai xenos tois huiois tēs mētros mou. » ᾿Aparithmeitai tēs achthēdonos tas aphormas, diegeirōn eis eleon ton - philanthrōpon Theon. Kai proteron men tetheike tōn dys" sebōn ta oneidē, eita tōn syngenōn kai synēthōn ton chōrismon. Ōs doryalōtoi gar, kai douleuein hēnankasmenoi, kata syngeneias ou synechōrounto diagein.
"I have become estranged from my brothers, and a stranger to the sons of my mother." He counts up the occasions of his grief, rousing the God who loves humankind to mercy. First he put the reproaches of the impious, then his separation from kin and friends. For as captives forced to serve, they were not allowed to live by families.
Ps 69:8 (68:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:8: as captives the exiles were separated from their kin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; stray letter (OCR)): ᾿Αλλοτριωμένος ὁ ἐγενήθην → ᾿Αλλοτριωμένος ἐγενήθην; Ως δωρυάλωτοι → Ως δορυάλωτοι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.9 (PG 80 80:1403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.10PG 80 80:1403
« Ὅτι ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ οἴκου σου κατέφαγέ με· καὶ οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἔπεσον ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ. » Οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ με ἀνιᾷ καὶ ἀλγύνει τοῦ ἁγίου σοῦ οἴκου ἡ ἐρημία, καὶ τῶν δυσσεβούντων ὁ γέλως. Οὐ γὰρ τῇ ἐμῇ πλημμελείᾳ, τῇ δὲ σῇ ἀσθενείᾳ, τὰ εἰς ἐκεῖνον γεγενημένα λογίζονται. Διόπερ ταῖς κατὰ σοῦ βλασφημίαις κεντοῦμαι, ὡς τούτων γενόμενος πρόξενος. Τὸ μέν τοι κατέφαγέ με, κατηνάλωσε με, εἴρηκεν ὁ Σύμμαχος.
« Hoti ho zēlos tou oikou sou katephage me; kai hoi oneidismoi tōn oneidizontōn se epeson ep᾿ eme. » Ouch hēkista de me anią kai algynei tou hagiou sou oikou hē erēmia, kai tōn dyssebountōn ho gelōs. Ou gar tę̄ emę̄ plēmmeleią, tę̄ de sę̄ astheneią, ta eis ekeinon gegenēmena logizontai. Dioper tais kata sou blasphēmiais kentoumai, hōs toutōn genomenos proxenos. To men toi katephage me, katēnalōse me, eirēken ho Symmachos.
"For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me." "What grieves and pains me most is the desolation of your holy house and the laughter of the impious. For they attribute what happened to it not to my offense but to your weakness. So I am stung by the blasphemies against you, as one who caused them." For "consumed me" Symmachus said "used me up."
Ps 69:9 (68:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:9: the exiles grieve over the desolate temple and the blasphemies their fall has caused.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; joined words (OCR); split word (OCR)): ὀνεισδιμοὶ → ὀνειδισμοὶ; Οὐχἥκιστα → Οὐχ ἥκιστα; βλασ φημίαις → βλασφημίαις.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.10 (PG 80 80:1403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.11PG 80 80:1403
« Καὶ συνεκάλυψα ἐν νηστείᾳ τὴν ψυχήν μου, καὶ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὀνειδισμοὺς ἐμοί. Καὶ ἐθέμην τὸ ἔνδυμά μου σάκκον, καὶ ἐγενόμην αὐτοῖς εἰς παραβολήν. · Ἐπὶ τούτοις ἀνιῶμαι, καὶ νηστείᾳ κατατήκω τὸ σῶμα. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο πρόφασις ἐκείνοις ἐγένετο γέλωτος. Τρύχω δὲ ἐμαυτὸν, καὶ τῇ τοῦ σάκκου περιβολῇ τὸ πένθιμον περικείμενος σχῆμα. Καὶ τοῦτο μέν τοι κωμῳδίας ἔλαβον ἀφορμὴν οἱ παράνομοι.,
« Kai synekalypsa en nēsteią tēn psychēn mou, kai egenēthē eis oneidismous emoi. Kai ethemēn to endyma mou sakkon, kai egenomēn autois eis parabolēn. ; Epi toutois aniōmai, kai nēsteią katatēkō to sōma. Alla kai touto prophasis ekeinois egeneto gelōtos. Trychō de emauton, kai tę̄ tou sakkou peribolę̄ to penthimon perikeimenos schēma. Kai touto men toi kōmǭdias elabon aphormēn hoi paranomoi.,
"And I covered my soul with fasting, and it became a reproach to me. And I made sackcloth my clothing, and I became a byword to them." "I grieve over these things and waste my body with fasting; but this too became an occasion of laughter for them. I wear myself down and put on the garb of mourning by wrapping myself in sackcloth; and the lawless took even this as an occasion for mockery."
Ps 69:10 (68:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 69:11 (68:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:10-11: the exiles' fasting and sackcloth became a cause of mockery.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): Καὶ ( ἐθέμην → Καὶ ἐθέμην.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.11 (PG 80 80:1403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.13PG 80 80:1403
« Κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἠδολέσχουν οἱ καθήμενοι ἐν πύλαις, καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ ἔψαλλον οἱ πίνοντες οἶνον. Καὶ ἐν συλλόγοις, φησὶ, καὶ ἐν συμποσίοις, τὰ ἐμὰ θρυλλοῦσι καὶ κωμῳδοῦσι κακά. Πάλαι γὰρ παρὰ τὰς πύλας τοῖς συνεδρίοις ἐχρῶντο.
« Kat᾿ emou ēdoleschoun hoi kathēmenoi en pylais, kai eis eme epsallon hoi pinontes oinon. Kai en syllogois, phēsi, kai en symposiois, ta ema thryllousi kai kōmǭdousi kaka. Palai gar para tas pylas tois synedriois echrōnto.
"Those who sit in the gates prattled against me, and those who drink wine sang about me." "Both in assemblies," he says, "and at drinking parties they chatter about my misfortunes and make comedy of them." For of old they held their councils by the gates.
Ps 69:12 (68:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:12: the exiles' misfortunes are mocked in councils and at banquets.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.13 (PG 80 80:1403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.14PG 80 80:1403
« Ἐγὼ δὲ τῇ προσευχῇ μου πρὸς σὲ, Κύριε. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἐμοῦ δὲ ἡ προσευχή σοι, Κύριε. Τούτων, φησί, γινομένων, ἐγὼ πρὸς σὲ τείνω τὸ ὄμμα, καὶ τὴν παρὰ σοῦ προσμένω βοήθειαν. « Καιρὸς εὐδοκίας, ὁ Θεός. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Καιρός διαλλαγῆς ὁ Θεός. Ικανὴ, φησὶ, ἡ ἐπενεχθεῖσά μοι τιμωρία. Καιρὸς ταύτην λυθῆναι, καὶ τὴν σὴν φιλανθρωπίαν ἀναφανῆναι. Εὐδοκίαν γὰρ τὸ ἀγαθὸν θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ καλεῖ. · Ἐν τῷ πλήθει τοῦ ἐλέους σου ἐπάκουσόν μου. ἐν ἀληθείᾳ τῆς σωτηρίας σου. » Μὴ τοῖς ἐμοῖς πλημμελήμασι μετρήσῃς τὴν τιμωρίαν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀμετρήτῳ τῆς σῆς φιλανθρωπίας ἐλέῳ . Χρῆσαι δὲ τῇ ἀληθῇ καὶ δικαίᾳ σου ψήφῳ κατὰ τῶν εἰς ἐμὲ τοσαῦτα δρώντων κακά. Εἶτα τροπικῶς πάλιν ἀπαριθμεῖται τὰς συμφοράς, ἀνακινεῖν πειρώμενος τῇ διηγήσει τὸν ἔλεον.
« Egō de tę̄ proseuchę̄ mou pros se, Kyrie. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Emou de hē proseuchē soi, Kyrie. Toutōn, phēsi, ginomenōn, egō pros se teinō to omma, kai tēn para sou prosmenō boētheian. « Kairos eudokias, ho Theos. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs, Kairos diallagēs ho Theos. Ikanē, phēsi, hē epenechtheisa moi timōria. Kairos tautēn lythēnai, kai tēn sēn philanthrōpian anaphanēnai. Eudokian gar to agathon thelēma tou Theou kalei. ; En tǭ plēthei tou eleous sou epakouson mou. en alētheią tēs sōtērias sou. » Mē tois emois plēmmelēmasi metrēsę̄s tēn timōrian, alla tǭ ametrētǭ tēs sēs philanthrōpias eleǭ . Chrēsai de tę̄ alēthę̄ kai dikaią sou psēphǭ kata tōn eis eme tosauta drōntōn kaka. Eita tropikōs palin aparithmeitai tas symphoras, anakinein peirōmenos tę̄ diēgēsei ton eleon.
"But I, with my prayer to you, O Lord." Symmachus has: "But my prayer is to you, O Lord." "While these things happen," he says, "I lift my eye to you and await your help." "A time of favor, O God." Symmachus has: "A time of reconciliation, O God." "The punishment brought on me," he says, "is enough. It is time for it to be ended and for your love for humankind to appear." For he calls God's good will "favor." "In the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation." "Do not measure the punishment by my offenses, but by the immeasurable mercy of your love for humankind. And use your true and just verdict against those who do me such evils." Then he again recounts the misfortunes figuratively, trying to stir up mercy by the account.
Ps 69:13 (68:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:13: the exiles pray that the time of punishment end and God show mercy.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): και λεῖ → καλεῖ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.14 (PG 80 80:1403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.15PG 80 80:1405
« Σῶσόν με ἀπὸ πηλοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἐμπαγῶ. Ἔοικα τοῖς εἰς βόθρον τελματώδη πίπτουσι, καὶ θάνατον ὑπομένουσι· διὸ παρὰ σοῦ τὴν σωτηρίαν αἰτῶ . « Ῥυσθείην ἐκ τῶν μισούντων με, καὶ ἐκ τῶν βαθέων τῶν ὑδάτων. » Αἰτῶ δὲ ἀπαλλαγῆναι καὶ τῶν πολεμίων, καὶ τῶν ὑπὸ τούτων ἐναγομένων κακῶν. Βάθος γὰρ ὑδάτων τὰς ὑπ᾿ ἐκείνων ἐπαγομένας ἐκάλεσε τιμωρίας.
« Sōson me apo pēlou, hina mē empagō. Eoika tois eis bothron telmatōdē piptousi, kai thanaton hypomenousi; dio para sou tēn sōtērian aitō . « Rhystheiēn ek tōn misountōn me, kai ek tōn batheōn tōn hydatōn. » Aitō de apallagēnai kai tōn polemiōn, kai tōn hypo toutōn enagomenōn kakōn. Bathos gar hydatōn tas hyp᾿ ekeinōn epagomenas ekalese timōrias.
"Save me from the mud, so that I may not stick fast." "I am like those who fall into a miry pit and suffer death; so I ask salvation from you." "May I be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters." "I ask to be freed both from the enemies and from the evils they bring on me." For he called the punishments they inflict "the depth of waters."
Ps 69:14 (68:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:14: the exiles ask rescue from their enemies and the evils they inflict.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.15 (PG 80 80:1405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.16PG 80 80:1405
« Μή με καταποντισάτω καταιγὶς ὕδατος, μηδὲ καταπιέτω με βυθός. » Μὴ γένωμαι, φησὶ, τῷ πλήθει καὶ τῷ μεγέθει τῶν κακῶν ὑποβρύχιος. « Μηδὲ συσχέτω ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ. » Μὴ ἀπαγορεύσῃς, φησὶ, Δέσποτα, τὴν ἐμὴν σωτηρίαν· μηδὲ κλείσῃς μοι τῆς φιλανθρωπίας τὴν θύραν. γὰρ εἰς φρέαρ ἐμπίπτοντες, ἀνεῳγότος μὲν ἔχουσι τοῦ στόματός τινα μικρὰν ἐλπίδα τῆς ἐκεῖθεν ἀπαλλαγῆς· ἐμφραγέντος δὲ καὶ τούτου, τὴν σωτηρίαν ἀπαγορεύουσιν.
« Mē me katapontisatō kataigis hydatos, mēde katapietō me bythos. » Mē genōmai, phēsi, tǭ plēthei kai tǭ megethei tōn kakōn hypobrychios. « Mēde syschetō ep᾿ eme phrear to stoma autou. » Mē apagoreusę̄s, phēsi, Despota, tēn emēn sōtērian; mēde kleisę̄s moi tēs philanthrōpias tēn thyran. gar eis phrear empiptontes, aneǭgotos men echousi tou stomatos tina mikran elpida tēs ekeithen apallagēs; emphragentos de kai toutou, tēn sōtērian apagoreuousin.
"Let not the storm of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me." "Let me not be submerged," he says, "by the number and size of the evils." "Nor let the pit close its mouth over me." "Do not despair of my salvation, Master, and do not shut the door of your love for humankind on me. For those who fall into a pit have some small hope of escape while its mouth is open; but when that too is blocked, they despair of salvation."
Ps 69:15 (68:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:15: the exiles beg God not to close the door of rescue on them.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.16 (PG 80 80:1405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.17PG 80 80:1405
« Εἰσάκουσόν μου, Κύριε· ὅτι χρηστὸν τὸ ἔλεός σου· κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐπίβλεψον ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ. » Διὰ τὴν σὴν φιλανθρωπίαν, οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ἀξίαν, ὧν ἀφηγησάμην κακῶν τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν ἐπάγαγε. Βλέπε με τοίνυν περικλυζόμενον τοῖς κακοῖς, καὶ λῦσον τὰς συμφοράς. ᾿Αρκεῖ γάρ σου καὶ μόνον ἡ ἐπιφάνεια, σκεδάσαι τὸ νέφος τῶν λυπηρῶν.
« Eisakouson mou, Kyrie; hoti chrēston to eleos sou; kata to plēthos tōn oiktirmōn sou epiblepson ep᾿ eme. » Dia tēn sēn philanthrōpian, ou dia tēn emēn axian, hōn aphēgēsamēn kakōn tēn apallagēn epagage. Blepe me toinyn periklyzomenon tois kakois, kai lyson tas symphoras. ᾿Arkei gar sou kai monon hē epiphaneia, skedasai to nephos tōn lypērōn.
"Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is good; according to the multitude of your compassions look upon me." "Because of your love for humankind, not because of my worth, bring deliverance from the evils I have recounted. See me, then, flooded with evils, and end the misfortunes. For your appearance alone is enough to scatter the cloud of sorrows."
Ps 69:16 (68:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:16: the exiles appeal to God's goodness, not their own worth.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.17 (PG 80 80:1405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.18PG 80 80:1405
« Μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδός σου. » Τοῦτο γὰρ ἔθος τοῖς ὀργιζομένοις ποιεῖν, ἀποσειομένοις τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων τὰς ἱκετείας . « Ὅτι θλίβομαι, ταχὺ ἐπάκουσόν μου. » Διὰ τὴν τῆς ὀδύνης ὑπερβολὴν ταχεῖαν μοι παράσχου παραψυχήν.
« Mē apostrepsę̄s to prosōpon sou apo tou paidos sou. » Touto gar ethos tois orgizomenois poiein, aposeiomenois tōn hēmartēkotōn tas hiketeias . « Hoti thlibomai, tachy epakouson mou. » Dia tēn tēs odynēs hyperbolēn tacheian moi paraschou parapsychēn.
"Do not turn your face away from your servant." For this is what angry people usually do, shaking off the supplications of those who have sinned. "For I am afflicted; hear me quickly." "Because of the excess of my pain, give me quick relief."
Ps 69:17 (68:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:17: the exiles ask God not to turn away and to answer quickly.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.18 (PG 80 80:1405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.19PG 80 80:1405
« Πρόσχες τῇ ψυχῇ μου, καὶ λύτρωσαι αὐτήν. • Αρκεῖς γὰρ καὶ μόνῃ τῇ θέᾳ διαλῦσαι τὰ σκυθρωπά. « Ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου ῥῦσαί με.» Ὑπερβαίνει μὲν συγγνώμην τὰ ἐμὰ πλημμελήματα• ἀλλὰ δυσσεβεῖς οἱ πολέμιοι, καὶ πονηρίᾳ δουλεύοντες. Διὰ γοῦν τὰ παρ᾽ ἐκείνων ὀνείδη, τῆς σῆς μοι μετάδος, Δέσποτα, φιλανθρωπίας. Τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ διὰ τῶν ἐπαγομένων ἐδήλωσε.
« Prosches tę̄ psychę̄ mou, kai lytrōsai autēn. • Arkeis gar kai monę̄ tę̄ theą dialysai ta skythrōpa. « Heneka tōn echthrōn mou rhysai me.» Hyperbainei men syngnōmēn ta ema plēmmelēmata• alla dyssebeis hoi polemioi, kai ponērią douleuontes. Dia goun ta par᾽ ekeinōn oneidē, tēs sēs moi metados, Despota, philanthrōpias. Touto gar kai dia tōn epagomenōn edēlōse.
"Attend to my soul and redeem it." "For you are able by your mere look to dissolve gloomy things." "Rescue me because of my enemies." "My offenses pass beyond pardon; but the enemies are impious and slaves of wickedness. Because of their reproaches, then, give me a share of your love for humankind, Master." He showed this by what follows too.
Ps 69:18 (68:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:18: though their sins are great, the exiles ask rescue because their enemies are impious.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.19 (PG 80 80:1405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.20PG 80 80:1405
« Σὺ γὰρ γινώσκεις τὸν ὀνειδισμόν μου, καὶ τὴν αἰσχύνην μου, καὶ τὴν ἐντροπήν μου. Έναντίον σου πάντες οἱ θλίβοντές με • Οὐδέν σε λέληθε τῶν γινομένων , ἀλλὰ πάντα ὀρᾷς· καὶ τὰ ἐκείνων ὀνείδη, καὶ τὴν ἐμὴν αἰσχύνην· καταδύομαι γὰρ καὶ ἀνιῶμαι ἅμα παρ᾿ ἐκείνων ὀνειδιζόμενος « Όνειδισμὸν προσεδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν· καὶ ὑπέμεινα συλλυπούμενον, καὶ οὐχ ὑπῆρξε · καὶ παρακαλοῦντας, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον. Τοσαύταις γὰρ πανταχόθεν ὀδύναις βαλλόμενος, καὶ ἕτερα δὲ προσμένων ἀνιαρώτερα, οὐδεμίαν ἔχω παραψυχήν. ᾿Αλλ' οἱ μὲν ἀνιῶντες νικῶσι τὸν ἀριθμόν· ὁ δὲ ψυχαγωγῶν, καὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ τῆς λύπης κουφοτέραν τὴν ἀθυμίαν ποιῶν, οὐκ ἔστι.
« Sy gar ginōskeis ton oneidismon mou, kai tēn aischynēn mou, kai tēn entropēn mou. Enantion sou pantes hoi thlibontes me • Ouden se lelēthe tōn ginomenōn , alla panta orąs; kai ta ekeinōn oneidē, kai tēn emēn aischynēn; katadyomai gar kai aniōmai hama par᾿ ekeinōn oneidizomenos « Oneidismon prosedokēsen hē psychē mou kai talaipōrian; kai hypemeina syllypoumenon, kai ouch hypērxe ; kai parakalountas, kai ouch heuron. Tosautais gar pantachothen odynais ballomenos, kai hetera de prosmenōn aniarōtera, oudemian echō parapsychēn. ᾿All' hoi men aniōntes nikōsi ton arithmon; ho de psychagōgōn, kai tę̄ koinōnią tēs lypēs kouphoteran tēn athymian poiōn, ouk esti.
"For you know my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace; all who afflict me are before you." "Nothing that happens escapes you; you see everything, both their reproaches and my shame. For I sink down and grieve at being reproached by them." "My soul expected reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, and there was none; and for comforters, and I found none." "Struck from every side by so many pains, and expecting others yet more grievous, I have no consolation. Those who grieve me surpass number, but there is no one who comforts me and makes my despondency lighter by sharing the sorrow."
Ps 69:19 (68:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 69:20 (68:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:19-20: God sees the exiles' shame; they find no one to share their grief.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.20 (PG 80 80:1405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.22PG 80 80:1407
« Καὶ ἔδωκαν εἰς τὸ βρῶμά μου χολήν· καὶ εἰς τὴν δίψαν μου ἐπότισάν με ὅξος. » Καὶ αὐτήν μοι, φησὶ, τὴν τροφὴν πικρὰν καὶ ἀνιαρὰν κατεσκεύασαν· ἀνήδονος γὰρ τοῖς μετ᾿ ὀδύνης ἐσθίουσι καὶ ἡδίστη τροφή.
« Kai edōkan eis to brōma mou cholēn; kai eis tēn dipsan mou epotisan me hoxos. » Kai autēn moi, phēsi, tēn trophēn pikran kai aniaran kateskeuasan; anēdonos gar tois met᾿ odynēs esthiousi kai hēdistē trophē.
"And they gave gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink." "They made my very food bitter and grievous," he says; "for even the sweetest food has no pleasure for those who eat in pain."
Ps 69:21 (68:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:21: the captors made even the exiles' food bitter.
- The application of this verse to Christ's passion follows in 68.26.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.22 (PG 80 80:1407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.23PG 80 80:1407
« Γενηθήτω ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα, καὶ εἰς ἀνταπόδοσιν, καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον. » Καὶ τὴν αὐτῶν τοίνυν εὐφροσύνην εἰς συμφοράς μετέβαλε, Δέσποτα · καὶ οἷς ἔδρασαν περιπέσοιεν. Τράπεζαν γὰρ τὴν εὐφροσύνην ἐκάλεσε· τὰς δὲ τιμωρίας, παγίδα. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος ἡρμήνευσε· Γένοιτο ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα, καὶ εἰς τιμωρίαν, ὥστε συλληφθῆναι.
« Genēthētō hē trapeza autōn enōpion autōn eis pagida, kai eis antapodosin, kai eis skandalon. » Kai tēn autōn toinyn euphrosynēn eis symphoras metebale, Despota ; kai hois edrasan peripesoien. Trapezan gar tēn euphrosynēn ekalese; tas de timōrias, pagida. Houtō gar kai ho Symmachos hērmēneuse; Genoito hē trapeza autōn emprosthen autōn eis pagida, kai eis timōrian, hōste syllēphthēnai.
"Let their table before them become a snare, and a retribution, and a stumbling block." "Turn their own gladness into misfortunes, Master, and may they fall into what they have done." He called their gladness a "table" and their punishments a "snare." So Symmachus too rendered it: "May their table before them become a snare and a punishment, so that they are caught."
Ps 69:22 (68:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:22: the exiles pray that their oppressors' gladness turn into punishment.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.23 (PG 80 80:1407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.24PG 80 80:1407
« Σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν, τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν. › Ἐπάγαγε αὐτοῖς τὸ ζοφῶδες νέφος τῶν συμφορῶν. « Καὶ τὸν νῶτον αὐτῶν διαπαντὸς σύγκαμψον. » Δουλείαν αὐτῶν καταψήφισαι, Δέσποτα ἵνα οἷς ποιοῦσι περιπέσωσιν, εἰς ἐπίπονον ἐργασίαν συγκεκυφότες ἀεί.
« Skotisthētōsan hoi ophthalmoi autōn, tou mē blepein. › Epagage autois to zophōdes nephos tōn symphorōn. « Kai ton nōton autōn diapantos synkampson. » Douleian autōn katapsēphisai, Despota hina hois poiousi peripesōsin, eis epiponon ergasian synkekyphotes aei.
"Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see." "Bring upon them the gloomy cloud of misfortunes." "And bend their back continually." "Condemn them to slavery, Master, so that they may fall into what they do, always bent over in toilsome labor."
Ps 69:23 (68:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:23: the exiles pray that their oppressors be darkened and bent in slavery.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): σύγ–καμψον → σύγκαμψον.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.24 (PG 80 80:1407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.25PG 80 80:1407
« Ἔκχεον ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς τὴν ὀργήν σου· καὶ ὁ θυμὸς τῆς ὀργῆς σου καταλάβοι αὐτούς. » Πᾶσαν αὐτοῖς, φησὶν, ἐπάφες τὴν τῆς τιμωρίας ὀργὴν, καὶ ταχεῖαν καὶ διαρκῆ ἐπάγαγε συμφοράν. Διὰ γὰρ τοῦ θυμοῦ τὸ ταχὺ δεδήλωκε· τοιοῦτος γὰρ ὁ θυμός · διὰ δὲ τῆς ὀργῆς, τὸ ἐπίμονον · τοιαύτη γὰρ ἡ τῆς ὀργῆς φύσις. Ὁ γὰρ θυμὸς ὀξὺς ἐστι καὶ ὀλιγοχρόνιος, ἡ δὲ ὀργὴ, βραδυτέρα μὲν, μονιμωτέρα δέ. Θυμόν τοίνυν ὀργῆς τὴν ὀξεῖαν καὶ ἐπίμονον ἐκάλεσε τιμωρίαν.
« Ekcheon ep᾿ autous tēn orgēn sou; kai ho thymos tēs orgēs sou katalaboi autous. » Pasan autois, phēsin, epaphes tēn tēs timōrias orgēn, kai tacheian kai diarkē epagage symphoran. Dia gar tou thymou to tachy dedēlōke; toioutos gar ho thymos ; dia de tēs orgēs, to epimonon ; toiautē gar hē tēs orgēs physis. Ho gar thymos oxys esti kai oligochronios, hē de orgē, bradytera men, monimōtera de. Thymon toinyn orgēs tēn oxeian kai epimonon ekalese timōrian.
"Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the anger of your wrath overtake them." "Bring on them," he says, "all the wrath of punishment, and bring a misfortune both swift and lasting." By "anger" he showed the swiftness, for such is anger; by "wrath," the persistence, for such is the nature of wrath. For anger is sharp and short-lived, while wrath is slower but more lasting. So he called punishment both sharp and persistent "the anger of wrath."
Ps 69:24 (68:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:24: the prayer asks for punishment both swift (anger) and lasting (wrath).
- "Anger" renders θυμός, "wrath" ὀργή.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): Ὁ γὰρ δι θυμὸς → Ὁ γὰρ θυμὸς; τιμω ρίαν → τιμωρίαν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.25 (PG 80 80:1407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.26PG 80 80:1407
« Γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτῶν ἠρημωμένη • καὶ ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασιν αὐτῶν μὴ ἔστω ὁ κατοικῶν. » Διὰ πάντων δὲ τὴν δικαίαν ψῆφον αἰτεῖ · καὶ οἷς δεδράκασιν ὑποβληθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἱκετεύει. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ τὰς ἄλλας τῆς Ἰουδαίας πόλεις πορθήσαντες, ἐρήμους ἀπέφηναν οἱ Χαλδαῖοι, ταῦτα παθεῖν καὶ τὴν αὐτῶν ἱκετεύει πατρίδα · καὶ τετύχηκε τῆς αἰτήσεως. Ἔρημος γὰρ καὶ γέγονε καὶ μεμένηκεν ἡ Βαβυλών, μέχρι καὶ τήμερον · εἰδέναι μέν τοι προσήκει, ὡς ἄπερ ᾔτησαν Ἰουδαῖοι Βαβυλωνίους παθεῖν, δυσσεβείᾳ καὶ πονηρίᾳ κατ᾿ αὐτῶν κεχρημένους, ταῦτα πεπόνθασιν αὐτοὶ, κατὰ τοῦ εὐεργέτου καὶ Σωτῆρος λυττήσαντες. Βαβυλώνιοι μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῖς πικρὰν εἰργάσαντο τὴν τροφὴν· οὐ τοιαὐτην αὐτοῖς δεδωκότες τροφήν· ἀλλὰ τῇ ἐπιπόνῳ δουλείᾳ τὴν ἔμφυτον τῆς τροφῆς ἡδονὴν ἀφελόμενοι. Ἰουδαῖοι δὲ οὐκ ἀδικούμενοι, ἀλλὰ παντοδαπὰς εὐεργεσίας δεχόμενοι, αὐτῷ τῷ εὐεργέτῃ προσήνεγκαν τὴν χολὴν, καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ ὄξος, οἷόν τις ἀμπελὼν ἐπιζήμιος. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ταῖς αὐταῖς ὑπεβλήθησαν τιμωρίαις, καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα, καὶ εἰς ἀνταπόδοσιν, καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον. ᾿Αντὶ γὰρ τῆς προτέρας εὐκληρίας δουλείαν κατεψηφίσθησαν· καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ αὐτῶν ἐσκοτίσθησαν, ἰδεῖν τὸ ἀληθινὸν οὐκ ἀνασχόμενοι φῶς, καὶ ὁ νῶτος δὲ αὐτῶν διηνεκῶς τῇ δουλείᾳ καὶ τῇ πενίᾳ συγκέκαμπται, διὰ τὸν γαῦρον αὐχένα, καὶ τὸν σκληρὸν αὐτῶν τράχηλον· καὶ ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτῶν ἐγένετο ἔρημος, καὶ ἐν τοῖς τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ σκηνώμασιν οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν κατοικεῖ. Ταῖς οἰκείαις τοίνυν ἀραῖς ὑπεβλήθησαν· καὶ ἃ τοῖς Βαβυλωνίοις ἐπηράσαντο ἀδικούμενοι, ταῦτα πεπόνθασιν ἀδικήσαντες, καὶ ἀχάριστοι περὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην γενόμενοι. Τούτου χάριν καὶ οἱ θεῖοι ἀπόστολοι ταῖς ἐντεῦθεν ἐχρήσαντο μαρτυρίαις, τῆς προφητείας τὸ διπλοῦν ἐπιστάμενοι. ᾿Αλλ' ἐπὶ τὰ συνεχῆ τῆς ἑρμηνείας βαδίσωμεν.
« Genēthētō hē epaulis autōn ērēmōmenē • kai en tois skēnōmasin autōn mē estō ho katoikōn. » Dia pantōn de tēn dikaian psēphon aitei ; kai hois dedrakasin hypoblēthēnai autous hiketeuei. Epeidē gar kai tēn Hierousalēm, kai tas allas tēs Ioudaias poleis porthēsantes, erēmous apephēnan hoi Chaldaioi, tauta pathein kai tēn autōn hiketeuei patrida ; kai tetychēke tēs aitēseōs. Erēmos gar kai gegone kai memenēken hē Babylōn, mechri kai tēmeron ; eidenai men toi prosēkei, hōs aper ę̄tēsan Ioudaioi Babylōnious pathein, dyssebeią kai ponērią kat᾿ autōn kechrēmenous, tauta peponthasin autoi, kata tou euergetou kai Sōtēros lyttēsantes. Babylōnioi men gar autois pikran eirgasanto tēn trophēn; ou toiautēn autois dedōkotes trophēn; alla tę̄ epiponǭ douleią tēn emphyton tēs trophēs hēdonēn aphelomenoi. Ioudaioi de ouk adikoumenoi, alla pantodapas euergesias dechomenoi, autǭ tǭ euergetę̄ prosēnenkan tēn cholēn, kai auto to oxos, hoion tis ampelōn epizēmios. Hou dē charin tais autais hypeblēthēsan timōriais, kai egeneto hē trapeza autōn eis pagida, kai eis antapodosin, kai eis skandalon. ᾿Anti gar tēs proteras euklērias douleian katepsēphisthēsan; kai hoi ophthalmoi de autōn eskotisthēsan, idein to alēthinon ouk anaschomenoi phōs, kai ho nōtos de autōn diēnekōs tę̄ douleią kai tę̄ penią synkekamptai, dia ton gauron auchena, kai ton sklēron autōn trachēlon; kai hē epaulis autōn egeneto erēmos, kai en tois tēs Hierousalēm skēnōmasin oudeis autōn katoikei. Tais oikeiais toinyn arais hypeblēthēsan; kai ha tois Babylōniois epērasanto adikoumenoi, tauta peponthasin adikēsantes, kai acharistoi peri ton euergetēn genomenoi. Toutou charin kai hoi theioi apostoloi tais enteuthen echrēsanto martyriais, tēs prophēteias to diploun epistamenoi. ᾿All' epi ta synechē tēs hermēneias badisōmen.
"Let their homestead be made desolate, and in their tents let there be no one to dwell." Throughout he asks for the just verdict and begs that they be subjected to what they have done. For since the Chaldeans sacked Jerusalem and the other cities of Judea and made them desolate, he begs that their homeland too suffer this; and he obtained his request. For Babylon became desolate and has remained so to this day. One should know, however, that what the Jews asked that the Babylonians suffer, because they had treated them with impiety and wickedness, they themselves suffered when they raged against their benefactor and Savior. For the Babylonians made their food bitter, not by giving them such food, but by taking away the natural pleasure of food through toilsome slavery. But the Jews, not wronged but receiving benefits of every kind, offered the gall to their very benefactor, and the vinegar itself, like a harmful vineyard. For this reason they were subjected to the same punishments, and their table became a snare, a retribution, and a stumbling block. For instead of their former good fortune they were condemned to slavery; their eyes were darkened, since they would not see the true light; their back has been bent continually by slavery and poverty because of their proud neck and their hard neck; their homestead became desolate, and none of them dwells in the tents of Jerusalem. They were subjected to their own curses, and what they prayed against the Babylonians when wronged, they suffered when they did wrong and became ungrateful toward their benefactor. For this reason the divine apostles also used the testimonies from here, knowing the twofold character of the prophecy. But let us go on to the continuation of the interpretation.
Ps 69:25 (68:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 27:34 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 27:48 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 5:4 (allusion, low confidence) · Rom 11:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 11:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:20 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:25: the curse was fulfilled on Babylon and, Theodoret says, on the Jews, who gave gall and vinegar to Christ and suffered what they had once prayed against their oppressors.
- Theodoret's application of the curses to the Jews after the passion is his own reading; translated as written. The apostles' use of this psalm: Rom 11:9-10, Acts 1:20.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (displaced word ending (OCR); stray bracket (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray word (OCR); word ending displaced to the end of the section (OCR)): πορθήσαντες δε, ἐρήμους → πορθήσαντες, ἐρήμους; οἱ Χαλδαῖοι ], ταῦτα → οἱ Χαλδαῖοι, ταῦτα; οἷόν δε τις → οἷόν τις; ταῖς αὐταῖς δὲ ὑπεβλήθησαν → ταῖς αὐταῖς ὑπεβλήθησαν; κατεψηφίσθηκαὶ → κατεψηφίσθησαν· καὶ; ἀπόστολοι το ταῖς → ἀπόστολοι ταῖς; βαδίσωμεν. σαν → βαδίσωμεν..
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.26 (PG 80 80:1407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.27PG 80 80:1409
«Ὅτι ὃν σὺ ἐπάταξας, αὐτοὶ κατεδίωξαν · καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄλγος τῶν τραυμάτων μου προσέθηκαν. »› Σὺ μὲν γὰρ, φησὶ, δίκας με τὰ τῆς παρανομίας εἰσπραττόμενος, οἷόν τισι δημίοις παρέδωκας τούτοις οὗτοι δὲ πλείοσί με, ἢ προσέταξας, κακοῖς περιἐβαλον · καὶ ἐπηύξησάν μοι τὴν διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ὀδύνην. Ταύτην αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς κατηγορεῖ τὴν ὠμότητα, καί φησιν, « Ἐγὼ αὐτοὺς παρἐδωκα εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου, σὺ δὲ οὐκ ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς ἔλεον· καὶ τὸ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ἐβάρυνας τὸν ζυγὸν, καὶ νεώτερον οὐκ ἠλέησας. »
«Hoti hon sy epataxas, autoi katediōxan ; kai epi to algos tōn traumatōn mou prosethēkan. »› Sy men gar, phēsi, dikas me ta tēs paranomias eisprattomenos, hoion tisi dēmiois paredōkas toutois houtoi de pleiosi me, ē prosetaxas, kakois periebalon ; kai epēuxēsan moi tēn dia tēn hamartian odynēn. Tautēn autōn kai ho tōn holōn Theos katēgorei tēn ōmotēta, kai phēsin, « Egō autous paredōka eis tas cheiras sou, sy de ouk edōkas autois eleon; kai to tou presbyterou ebarynas ton zygon, kai neōteron ouk ēleēsas. »
"For they persecuted him whom you struck, and they added to the pain of my wounds." "You," he says, "exacting the penalty of my lawlessness, handed me over to them as to executioners; but they put me in more evils than you commanded and increased the pain I suffer for my sin." The God of all too accuses them of this cruelty and says, "I gave them into your hands, but you showed them no mercy; you made the yoke of the old man heavy and had no pity on the young."
Ps 69:26 (68:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 47:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:26: the captors, God's instruments of punishment, went beyond his command, as God says in Isaiah.
- The quotation is a free form of Isa 47:6.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.27 (PG 80 80:1409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.28PG 80 80:1409
« Πρόσθες ἀνομίαν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνομίᾳ αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ εἰσελθέτωσαν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ. » Τὴν διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐπαγομένην τιμωρίαν ἀνομίαν ἐκάλεσεν · ἀντὶ τοῦ, Ἐπίθες αὐτοῖς ἀνόμως ζῶσι τιμωρίαν ἀξίαν · καὶ μὴ τύχωσιν ἀγαθῶν ἃ τοῖς δικαίοις εἴωθας ἀπονέμειν. « Ἐξαλειφθήτωσαν ἐκ βίβλου ζώντων · καὶ μετὰ δικαίων μὴ γραφήτωσαν. › Τούτοις ἔοικε τὸ, « Οὐκ ἀναστήσονται ἀσεβεῖς ἐν κρίσει, οὐδὲ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐν βουλῇ δικαίων. » Τούτων μέν τοι τῶν βίβλων μέμνηται Δανιήλ. Κριτήριον γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐκάθισε, καὶ βίβλοι ἠνεώχθησαν. Ὁ δὲ λέγει τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν· Ὧν τοῖς ἀνακειμένοις σοι δίδως, μὴ μεταλάχοιεν οὗτοι · μηδὲ τύχοιεν ἀνακλήσεως, ἧς ἡμεῖς, φησὶ, διὰ τὴν σὴν φιλανθρωπίαν τευξόμεθα.
« Prosthes anomian epi tę̄ anomią autōn, kai mē eiselthetōsan en dikaiosynę̄. » Tēn dia tēn hamartian epagomenēn timōrian anomian ekalesen ; anti tou, Epithes autois anomōs zōsi timōrian axian ; kai mē tychōsin agathōn ha tois dikaiois eiōthas aponemein. « Exaleiphthētōsan ek biblou zōntōn ; kai meta dikaiōn mē graphētōsan. › Toutois eoike to, « Ouk anastēsontai asebeis en krisei, oude hamartōloi en boulę̄ dikaiōn. » Toutōn men toi tōn biblōn memnētai Daniēl. Kritērion gar, phēsin, ekathise, kai bibloi ēneōchthēsan. Ho de legei toiouton estin; Hōn tois anakeimenois soi didōs, mē metalachoien houtoi ; mēde tychoien anaklēseōs, hēs hēmeis, phēsi, dia tēn sēn philanthrōpian teuxometha.
"Add lawlessness to their lawlessness, and let them not enter into your righteousness." He called the punishment brought on by sin "lawlessness"; that is, "Lay on those who live lawlessly a fitting punishment, and let them not obtain the good things you usually give to the righteous." "Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous." Like this is the verse, "The impious will not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the righteous." Daniel mentions these books: "The court sat," he says, "and books were opened." What he means is this: "Let them not share in what you give to those dedicated to you, nor obtain the recall which we," he says, "shall obtain through your love for humankind."
Ps 69:27 (68:28 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 69:28 (68:29 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 1:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:10 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:27-28: the oppressors are to receive due punishment and be excluded from the book of the living, as in Psalm 1 and Daniel.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); verse number leaked into the text (OCR)): τῇ ἀνομίᾳ το αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ τ” εἰσελθέτωσαν → τῇ ἀνομίᾳ αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ εἰσελθέτωσαν; ἀπονέμειν. κθ'. « → ἀπονέμειν. «; τοιοῦ τὸν ἐστιν → τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.28 (PG 80 80:1409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.30PG 80 80:1411
« Πτωχὸς καὶ ἀλγῶν εἰμι ἐγώ · ἡ σωτηρία τοῦ προσώπου σου, ὁ Θεὸς, ἀντελάβετό μου. Ἐντεῦθεν λοιπὸν τὴν ἀλλοίωσιν τῶν πραγμάτων προλέγει· καὶ τὴν τῆς δουλείας λύσιν, καὶ τὴν τῶν δορυαλώτων ἐπάνοδον. Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ εἰς τὸ τέλος ὁ ψαλμὸς ἐπιγέγραπται τοῖς ἀλλοιωθησομένοις. Δύο γὰρ ἐδέξαντο ἐναντίας μεταβολάς. Μεταμελείᾳ γὰρ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι χρησάμενοι τὴν προτέραν ἐλευθερίαν ἀπέλαβον · μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα κατὰ τοῦ Δεσπότου λυττήσαντες, παντελεῖ δουλείᾳ κατεδικάσθησαν. ᾿Αμφότερα τοίνυν προλέγει ὁ παρὼν ψαλμός· τὸ δὲ · πτωχὸς καὶ ἀλγῶν εἰμι, τοῦτο σημαίνει· Ἐν πτωχείᾳ με, φησὶν, ἰδὼν, καὶ ἐν πολλαῖς ὀδύναις ἐξεταζόμενον, τῆς σῆς σωτηρίας ἠξίωσας · τούτου δὴ χάριν,
« Ptōchos kai algōn eimi egō ; hē sōtēria tou prosōpou sou, ho Theos, antelabeto mou. Enteuthen loipon tēn alloiōsin tōn pragmatōn prolegei; kai tēn tēs douleias lysin, kai tēn tōn doryalōtōn epanodon. Dia touto kai eis to telos ho psalmos epigegraptai tois alloiōthēsomenois. Dyo gar edexanto enantias metabolas. Metameleią gar en Babylōni chrēsamenoi tēn proteran eleutherian apelabon ; meta de tauta kata tou Despotou lyttēsantes, pantelei douleią katedikasthēsan. ᾿Amphotera toinyn prolegei ho parōn psalmos; to de ; ptōchos kai algōn eimi, touto sēmainei; En ptōcheią me, phēsin, idōn, kai en pollais odynais exetazomenon, tēs sēs sōtērias ēxiōsas ; toutou dē charin,
"I am poor and in pain; the salvation of your face, O God, has upheld me." From here on he foretells the change of affairs, the end of slavery, and the return of the captives. For this reason too the psalm is inscribed "to the end, for those who will be changed." For they underwent two opposite changes. Having repented in Babylon, they recovered their former freedom; but afterward, having raged against the Master, they were condemned to complete slavery. The present psalm foretells both. "I am poor and in pain" means this: "Seeing me in poverty and tried by many pains, you counted me worthy of your salvation." For this reason:
Ps 69:29 (68:30 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:29: the title's "change" refers to two opposite changes: the return from Babylon and, after the passion, the Jews' final subjection.
- Theodoret's judgment on the Jews after the passion is his own; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR); word broken across a line (OCR)): εἰς τὸ τέλος - ὁ ψαλμὸς → εἰς τὸ τέλος ὁ ψαλμὸς; κατὰ τοῦ Δεσπόλυττήσαντες → κατὰ τοῦ Δεσπότου λυττήσαντες; ὁ παρὼν ψαλτου μός → ὁ παρὼν ψαλμός; σημαί. νει → σημαίνει.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.30 (PG 80 80:1411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-30). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.31PG 80 80:1411
« Αἰνέσω τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ μου μετ' ᾠδῆς, μεγαλυνῶ αὐτὸν ἐν αἰνέσει. » Οὐκ ἔσομαι περὶ τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἀγνώμων· ἀλλ᾿ ἀμείψομαι τοῖς ὕμνοις τὰς χάριτας, τῇ διηγήσει τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν τὸ μέγεθος αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσι δεικνύς.
« Ainesō to onoma tou Theou mou met' ǭdēs, megalynō auton en ainesei. » Ouk esomai peri tas euergesias agnōmōn; all᾿ ameipsomai tois hymnois tas charitas, tę̄ diēgēsei tōn euergesiōn to megethos autou tois agnoousi deiknys.
"I will praise the name of my God with a song; I will magnify him with praise." "I will not be ungrateful for the benefits, but I will repay the favors with hymns, showing those who do not know it his greatness by recounting his benefits."
Ps 69:30 (68:31 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:30: the delivered will repay God with songs of praise.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): εὐεργεσιῶν τὸ Ο μέγεθος → εὐεργεσιῶν τὸ μέγεθος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.31 (PG 80 80:1411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.32PG 80 80:1411
« Καὶ ἀρέσει τῷ Θεῷ μου, ὑπὲρ μόσχον νέον κέρατα ἐκφέροντα, καὶ ὁπλάς. » Θυμηρεστέρα δὲ αὐτῷ ἔσται τῆς αἰνέσεως ἡ θυσία μόσχου νέου καὶ πίονος, ἄρτι μὲν τὰς χηλὰς, ἄρτι δὲ προβαλλομένου τὰ κέρατα. Θρηνῆσαι ἄξιον τὴν Ἰουδαίων παρανομίαν συνιδεῖν οὐ βουλομένων τῆς νομικῆς λατρείας τὸ νηπιῶδες· καί τοι τῶν ἐν Βαβυλῶνι δορυαλώτων, ὑμνεῖν τὸν Θεὸν μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον ὑπισχνουμένων, οὐ θυσίας ἱερατεύειν, ὡς τῆς ὑμνῳδίας θυμηρεστέρας οὔσης Θεῷ. ᾿Αλλὰ τὴν μὲν τούτων κατηγορίαν ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος ἐάσωμεν· ἐπὶ δὲ τὴν ἑρμηνείαν βαδίσωμεν.
« Kai aresei tǭ Theǭ mou, hyper moschon neon kerata ekpheronta, kai hoplas. » Thymērestera de autǭ estai tēs aineseōs hē thysia moschou neou kai pionos, arti men tas chēlas, arti de proballomenou ta kerata. Thrēnēsai axion tēn Ioudaiōn paranomian synidein ou boulomenōn tēs nomikēs latreias to nēpiōdes; kai toi tōn en Babylōni doryalōtōn, hymnein ton Theon meta tēn epanodon hypischnoumenōn, ou thysias hierateuein, hōs tēs hymnǭdias thymēresteras ousēs Theǭ. ᾿Alla tēn men toutōn katēgorian epi tou parontos easōmen; epi de tēn hermēneian badisōmen.
"And it will please my God more than a young calf putting forth horns and hoofs." "The sacrifice of praise will be more pleasing to him than a young, fat calf just putting forth its hoofs and horns." It is worth lamenting the lawlessness of the Jews, who will not see the childishness of the worship under the law; and this though the captives in Babylon promised to hymn God after the return, not to offer sacrifices, since hymnody is more pleasing to God. But let us leave the accusation of these for the present and go on to the interpretation.
Ps 69:31 (68:32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:31: praise pleases God more than sacrifice, which Theodoret says the Jews failed to see.
- The remark on the Jews and sacrificial worship is Theodoret's; translated as written.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.32 (PG 80 80:1411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-32). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.33PG 80 80:1411
« Ἰδέτωσαν πτωχοὶ, καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν. » "Απαντες, φησὶν, οἱ τοῖς ὁμοίοις κακοῖς περιπίπτοντες, ἐλπίδος ἀγαθῆς παρ᾿ ἡμῶν λαβέτωσαν πρόφασιν. « Ἐκζητήσατε τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν. » Πρὸς τούτοις παραινεῖ διὰ τῆς εἰς Θεὸν ἐλπίδος καὶ προσευχῆς τὴν σωτηρίαν λαβεῖν.
« Idetōsan ptōchoi, kai euphranthētōsan. » "Apantes, phēsin, hoi tois homoiois kakois peripiptontes, elpidos agathēs par᾿ hēmōn labetōsan prophasin. « Ekzētēsate ton Theon, kai zēsetai hē psychē hymōn. » Pros toutois parainei dia tēs eis Theon elpidos kai proseuchēs tēn sōtērian labein.
"Let the poor see and be glad." "Let all who fall into similar evils," he says, "take from us an occasion for good hope." "Seek God, and your soul will live." Besides this he urges them to obtain salvation through hope in God and prayer.
Ps 69:32 (68:33 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:32: the afflicted take hope from the exiles' deliverance and are urged to seek God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): περιπίπτον τες → περιπίπτοντες.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.33 (PG 80 80:1411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-33). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.34PG 80 80:1413
« Ὅτι εἰσήκουσε τῶν πενήτων ὁ Κύριος· καὶ τοὺς πεπεδημένους αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐξουδένωσεν. » Ἐδέξατο γὰρ ἡμῶν τὴν δέησιν, τὴν πενίαν ἰδών · καὶ ἔλυσε τὰ τῆς δουλείας δεσμά. Πεπεδημένους δὲ αὐτοὺς κέκληκεν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς αὐτοὺς εἰς δουλείαν ἐξέδωκεν.
« Hoti eisēkouse tōn penētōn ho Kyrios; kai tous pepedēmenous autou ouk exoudenōsen. » Edexato gar hēmōn tēn deēsin, tēn penian idōn ; kai elyse ta tēs douleias desma. Pepedēmenous de autous keklēken, epeidē autos autous eis douleian exedōken.
"For the Lord heard the needy and did not despise his prisoners." "For he accepted our petition when he saw our poverty, and he loosed the bonds of slavery." He called them his prisoners because he himself had given them over to slavery.
Ps 69:33 (68:34 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:33: God heard the needy and freed the captives he himself had handed over.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): αὐτὸς θὰ αὐτοὺς → αὐτὸς αὐτοὺς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.34 (PG 80 80:1413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-34). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.35PG 80 80:1413
ι Αἰνεσάτωσαν αὐτὸν οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἡ γῆ· θάλασσα καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔρποντα ἐν αὐτῇ. » "Ἅπασαν, φησὶ, τὴν κτίσιν εἰς κοινωνίαν τῆς ὑμνῳδίας καλῶ· οὐκ ἀπόχρη γὰρ ἡ ἀνθρωπεία γλῶττα τὰς θείας διηγήσασθαι χάριτας.
i Ainesatōsan auton hoi ouranoi kai hē gē; thalassa kai panta ta erponta en autę̄. » "Hapasan, phēsi, tēn ktisin eis koinōnian tēs hymnǭdias kalō; ouk apochrē gar hē anthrōpeia glōtta tas theias diēgēsasthai charitas.
"Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the sea and all that creep in it." "I call the whole creation to share in the hymnody," he says; "for the human tongue is not enough to recount the divine favors."
Ps 69:34 (68:35 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:34: all creation is called to praise God, since human tongues are not enough.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip): διηγάσασθαι → διηγήσασθαι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.35 (PG 80 80:1413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-35). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.36PG 80 80:1413
« Ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς σώσει τὴν Σιὼν, καὶ οἰκοδομηθήσονται αἱ πόλεις τῆς Ἰουδαίας. • Τοῦτον δὲ αὐτῷ προσφέρω τὸν ὕμνον, λαμπρὰν ὁρῶν καὶ περιφανῆ τὴν Σιῶν, καὶ τὰς τῆς Ἰουδαίας πόλεις τὰς νῦν ἐρήμους, τὴν προτέραν εὐημερίαν ἀπολαβούσας. Οὕτω τὴν νεουργίαν τῶν πόλεων προθεσπίσας, προαγορεύει καὶ τῶν οἰκητόρων τὸ πλῆθος. « Καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἐκεῖ, καὶ κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτήν. » Οἱ νῦν, φησὶν, αἰχμάλωτοι, τῆς ἐπανόδου τυχόντες, καὶ τὰς οἰκείας οἰκοδομήσουσι πόλεις, καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἐν αὐταῖς· οὐκ αὐτοὶ δὲ μόνοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ τούτων παῖδες καὶ οἱ ἔκγονοι. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἐπήγαγε·
« Hoti ho Theos sōsei tēn Siōn, kai oikodomēthēsontai hai poleis tēs Ioudaias. • Touton de autǭ prospherō ton hymnon, lampran horōn kai periphanē tēn Siōn, kai tas tēs Ioudaias poleis tas nyn erēmous, tēn proteran euēmerian apolabousas. Houtō tēn neourgian tōn poleōn prothespisas, proagoreuei kai tōn oikētorōn to plēthos. « Kai katoikēsousin ekei, kai klēronomēsousin autēn. » Hoi nyn, phēsin, aichmalōtoi, tēs epanodou tychontes, kai tas oikeias oikodomēsousi poleis, kai katoikēsousin en autais; ouk autoi de monoi, alla kai hoi toutōn paides kai hoi ekgonoi. Touto gar epēgage;
"For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judea will be built." "I offer him this hymn seeing Zion bright and glorious, and the cities of Judea, now desolate, recovering their former prosperity." Having thus foretold the renewal of the cities, he also foretells the multitude of inhabitants: "And they will dwell there and inherit it." "Those now captive," he says, "when they obtain the return, will build their own cities and dwell in them; not they alone, but their children and descendants too." For he added:
Ps 69:35 (68:36 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 69:35: the exiles foresee Zion saved and the cities of Judea rebuilt and inhabited.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.36 (PG 80 80:1413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-36). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.37PG 80 80:1413
« Καὶ τὸ σπέρμα τῶν δούλων σου καθέξουσιν αὐτήν. · Ἐπειδὴ δὲ τῆς κατὰ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἕνεκα μανίας τὴν παντελῆ πανωλεθρίαν ἔμελλον ὑπομένειν, εἰκότως τὸ ἀκροτελεύτιον τῷ ψαλμῷ τοιοῦτον– ἐπιτέθεικε". « Καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸ ὄνομά σου κατασκηνώσουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ.»-«Οὐ γὰρ πάντες [κατά τὸν θεῖον ᾿Απόστολον] οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ, οὗτοι Ἰσραήλ οὐδὲ ὅτι εἰσὶ σπέρμα ᾿Αβραάμ, πάντες τέκνα. › Συμφωνεῖ δὲ τούτοις καὶ τὰ προφητικὰ ῥήματα· «Ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸ κατάλειμμα σωθήσεται.» Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Δαβίδ· « Καί οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸ ὄνομά σου κατασκηνώσουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ. » Μετὰ γὰρ τὸν σταυρὸν, καὶ τὴν λύτταν ἐκείνην ἐξηλάθησαν μὲν οἱ κύνες ἐκεῖνοι · οἱ δὲ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν, ἐν τῇ Σιὼν κατεσκήνωσαν, τὴν τῆς αἰνέσεως αὐτῷ θυσίαν προσφέροντες.
« Kai to sperma tōn doulōn sou kathexousin autēn. ; Epeidē de tēs kata tou Sōtēros heneka manias tēn pantelē panōlethrian emellon hypomenein, eikotōs to akroteleution tǭ psalmǭ toiouton– epitetheike". « Kai hoi agapōntes to onoma sou kataskēnōsousin en autę̄.»-«Ou gar pantes [kata ton theion ᾿Apostolon] hoi ex Israēl, houtoi Israēl oude hoti eisi sperma ᾿Abraam, pantes tekna. › Symphōnei de toutois kai ta prophētika rhēmata; «Ean ę̄ ho arithmos tōn huiōn Israēl, hōs hē ammos tēs thalassēs, to kataleimma sōthēsetai.» Touto kai ho makarios ephē Dabid; « Kai hoi agapōntes to onoma sou kataskēnōsousin en autę̄. » Meta gar ton stauron, kai tēn lyttan ekeinēn exēlathēsan men hoi kynes ekeinoi ; hoi de agapōntes auton, en tę̄ Siōn kateskēnōsan, tēn tēs aineseōs autǭ thysian prospherontes.
"And the seed of your servants will possess it." But since because of their madness against the Savior they were going to suffer utter destruction, he rightly put such an ending to the psalm: "And those who love your name will dwell in it." "For not all [according to the divine apostle] who are from Israel are Israel, nor are all children because they are the seed of Abraham." The prophetic words agree with these: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved." The blessed David too said this: "And those who love your name will dwell in it." For after the cross and that frenzy, those dogs were driven out, while those who love him dwelt in Zion, offering him the sacrifice of praise.
Ps 69:36 (68:37 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 9:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 9:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 10:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 9:27 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 69:36: only those who love God's name will dwell in Zion; after the crucifixion the remnant of believers took the place of those who rejected Christ.
- The bracketed words are bracketed in Migne, probably an addition from the catena. The harsh language about the Jews ("those dogs") is Theodoret's; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; footnote digits and letter slip (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): Σωτῆρος ὁ ἕνεκα μανίας → Σωτῆρος ἕνεκα μανίας; σου!8" κακασκηνώσουσιν → σου κατασκηνώσουσιν; Ἐὰν ἡ ὁ ἀριθμὸς → Ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ ἀριθμὸς; μὲν οἱ ' κύνες → μὲν οἱ κύνες.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 68.37 (PG 80 80:1413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/68-37). (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 69
69.1PG 80 80:1413
«Εἰς τὸ τέλος, τῷ Δαβὶδ, εἰς ἀνάμνησιν, εἰς τὸ σῶσαί με Κύριον. » Τοῦτο δὲ ἐν ἐνίοις ἀντιγράφοις εὗρον · οὔτε δὲ παρὰ τῷ Ἑβραίῳ, οὔτε παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἑρμηνευταῖς. Συμβαίνει δὲ ὅμως τῇ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ διανοίᾳ· σωτηρίαν γὰρ ὁ προφήτης αἰτεῖ, καὶ τῶν πολεμούντων ἀπαλλαγήν. Εἴρηκε δὲ τὸν ψαλμὸν ὁ μακάριος Δαβίδ, ὑπὸ τοῦ ᾿Αβεσσαλώμ διωκόμενος · εἰκότως δὲ καὶ τὸ εἰς ἀνάμνησιν τῇ ἐπιγραφῇ πρόσκειται· ἡ γὰρ μνήμη τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτὸν ἐκέντει τῶν πολεμίων σφοδρότερον. διόπερ βοᾷ
«Eis to telos, tǭ Dabid, eis anamnēsin, eis to sōsai me Kyrion. » Touto de en eniois antigraphois heuron ; oute de para tǭ Hebraiǭ, oute para tois allois hermēneutais. Symbainei de homōs tę̄ tou psalmou dianoią; sōtērian gar ho prophētēs aitei, kai tōn polemountōn apallagēn. Eirēke de ton psalmon ho makarios Dabid, hypo tou ᾿Abessalōm diōkomenos ; eikotōs de kai to eis anamnēsin tę̄ epigraphę̄ proskeitai; hē gar mnēmē tēs hamartias auton ekentei tōn polemiōn sphodroteron. dioper boą
"To the end; of David; for a remembrance; that the Lord may save me." This I found in some copies, but neither in the Hebrew nor in the other translators. Yet it agrees with the sense of the psalm; for the prophet asks for salvation and deliverance from those making war on him. The blessed David spoke the psalm when he was being pursued by Absalom. And "for a remembrance" is rightly added to the title; for the memory of his sin stung him more sharply than the enemies. So he cries:
Ps 70:1 (69:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Sam 15:14 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 70, title: David spoke it when pursued by Absalom, stung by the memory of his sin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR capital slip; stray mark (OCR)): εἰκότως δὲ · καὶ → εἰκότως δὲ καὶ; διόπερ Βοᾷ → διόπερ βοᾷ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 69.1 (PG 80 80:1413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/69-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.2PG 80 80:1415
« Ὁ Θεὸς, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν μου πρόσχες Κύριε , εἰς τὸ βοηθῆσαί μοι σπεῦσον. » Πολλαῖς, φησὶ, καὶ παντοδαπαῖς περικλύζομαι συμφοραῖς· οὗ δὴ χάριν ταχεῖαν αἰτῶ παρασχεθῆναί μοι τὴν βοήθειαν.
« Ho Theos, eis tēn boētheian mou prosches Kyrie , eis to boēthēsai moi speuson. » Pollais, phēsi, kai pantodapais periklyzomai symphorais; hou dē charin tacheian aitō paraschethēnai moi tēn boētheian.
"O God, attend to my help; Lord, make haste to help me." "I am flooded with many misfortunes of every kind," he says; "for this reason I ask that help be given me quickly."
Ps 70:1 (69:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 70:1: David asks God to hurry to help him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): οὗ τ δὴ χάριν → οὗ δὴ χάριν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 69.2 (PG 80 80:1415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/69-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.3PG 80 80:1415
« Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἐντραπήτωσαν οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχήν μου. » Διαμάρτοιεν, φησὶν , οἱ τῆς ἐμῆς σφαγῆς ἐφιέμενοι, καὶ τὴν ἐντεῦθεν αἰσχύνην καρπώσαιντο. « ᾿Αποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω· καὶ καταισχυνθήτωσαν οἱ βουλόμενοί μοι κακά. » [ ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, οὐ μόνον τῇ γῇ παραδοθήσονται, ἀλλὰ καὶ μετ' αἰσχύνης τόνδε τὸν βίον ὑπεξέλθωσιν οἱ κατατυρεύσαντες κατὰ τῶν εὐσεβῶς βιοτευόντων τὰ δεινά· τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς λέγει.
« Aischynthētōsan kai entrapētōsan hoi zētountes tēn psychēn mou. » Diamartoien, phēsin , hoi tēs emēs sphagēs ephiemenoi, kai tēn enteuthen aischynēn karpōsainto. « ᾿Apostraphētōsan eis ta opisō; kai kataischynthētōsan hoi boulomenoi moi kaka. » [ ᾿Anti tou, ou monon tę̄ gę̄ paradothēsontai, alla kai met' aischynēs tonde ton bion hypexelthōsin hoi katatyreusantes kata tōn eusebōs bioteuontōn ta deina; touto gar kai dia tōn hexēs legei.
"Let those who seek my soul be ashamed and confounded." "May those who long to slaughter me fail," he says, "and reap shame from it." "Let those who wish me evil be turned back and put to shame." [That is, not only will they be given to the earth, but those who plotted terrible things against those who live piously will also depart this life in shame. For he says this through what follows as well.]
Ps 70:2 (69:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 70:2: David prays that those who seek his life fail in shame.
- The final passage is bracketed in Migne (closing bracket missing), probably an addition from the catena.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 69.3 (PG 80 80:1415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/69-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.4PG 80 80:1415
« ᾿Αποστραφήτωσαν παραυτίκα αἰσχυνόμενοι οἱ λέγοντές μοι, Εύγε, εὖγε. » Πρὸς δὲ τούτοις καὶ οἱ τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ἐφηδόμενοι, τράποιντο εἰς φυγὴν μετ' αἰσχύνης, τὴν ἐμὴν ὁρῶντες μεταβολήν.
« ᾿Apostraphētōsan parautika aischynomenoi hoi legontes moi, Euge, euge. » Pros de toutois kai hoi tois emois kakois ephēdomenoi, trapointo eis phygēn met' aischynēs, tēn emēn horōntes metabolēn.
"Let those who say to me, 'Good, good!' be turned back at once in shame." "Besides these, may those who gloat over my evils be put to flight in shame, seeing my change of fortune."
Ps 70:3 (69:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 70:3: those who gloat over David's troubles will be shamed by his recovery.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): οἱξλέγοντές → οἱ λέγοντές.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 69.4 (PG 80 80:1415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/69-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.5PG 80 80:1415
« ᾿Αγαλλιάσθωσαν καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν ἐπὶ σοὶ πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντές σε, ὁ Θεός · καὶ λεγέτωσαν διαπαντὸς, Μεγαλυνθήτω ὁ Θεὸς, ἀγαπῶντες τὸ σωτήριόν σου. » Τὸ Κύριος οὐ κεῖται ἐν τῷ Ἐξαπλῷ. Θυμηδίας ἁπάσης, φησὶ, τοὺς σοὺς ἔμπλησον ἐραστάς · ἵνα σου τὰς εὐεργεσίας ὑμνοῦντες χορεύσωσιν.
« ᾿Agalliasthōsan kai euphranthētōsan epi soi pantes hoi zētountes se, ho Theos ; kai legetōsan diapantos, Megalynthētō ho Theos, agapōntes to sōtērion sou. » To Kyrios ou keitai en tǭ Exaplǭ. Thymēdias hapasēs, phēsi, tous sous emplēson erastas ; hina sou tas euergesias hymnountes choreusōsin.
"Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you, O God; and let those who love your salvation say continually, 'Let God be magnified.'" The word "Lord" is not in the Hexapla. "Fill your lovers with every gladness," he says, "so that they may dance hymning your benefits."
Ps 70:4 (69:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 70:4: those who seek God are to rejoice and magnify him.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 69.5 (PG 80 80:1415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/69-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.6PG 80 80:1417
· Ἐγὼ δὲ πτωχός εἰμι καὶ πένης, ὁ Θεὸς, βοήθησόν μοι . • Ἀντὶ τοῦ, Τῆς τῶν προειρημένων δικαιοσύνης ἐστέρημαι, καὶ πτωχείᾳ συζῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς οὐκ ἔχω τὸν πλοῦτον. » Βοηθός μου καὶ ῥύστης μου εἶ σύ. » Τῆς σῆς γὰρ προμηθείας τετύχηκα. «Κύριε , μὴ χρονίσῃς.» Επάρκεσον ὅτι τάχιστα, καὶ μὴ ἀναβάλῃ τὴν αἴτησιν. [ Περὶ τούτου γὰρ οὐ μόνον ὁ Δαβὶδ ἀντιβολεῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἅπας ὁ τῶν ἁγίων χορός.]
; Egō de ptōchos eimi kai penēs, ho Theos, boēthēson moi . • Anti tou, Tēs tōn proeirēmenōn dikaiosynēs esterēmai, kai ptōcheią syzōn tēs aretēs ouk echō ton plouton. » Boēthos mou kai rhystēs mou ei sy. » Tēs sēs gar promētheias tetychēka. «Kyrie , mē chronisę̄s.» Eparkeson hoti tachista, kai mē anabalę̄ tēn aitēsin. [ Peri toutou gar ou monon ho Dabid antibolei, alla kai hapas ho tōn hagiōn choros.]
"But I am poor and needy; O God, help me." That is, "I am deprived of the righteousness of those mentioned before, and living in poverty I do not have the wealth of virtue." "You are my helper and my deliverer." "For I have obtained your providence." "Lord, do not delay." "Help me as quickly as possible, and do not put off the request." [For not only David entreats about this, but the whole chorus of the saints.]
Ps 70:5 (69:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 70:5: poor in virtue, David asks God, his helper, to come without delay.
- The final sentence is bracketed in Migne, probably an addition from the catena.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated syllable (OCR)): ἀντιβολεῖ, λεῖ, ἀλλὰ → ἀντιβολεῖ, ἀλλὰ.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 69.6 (PG 80 80:1417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/69-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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