Sophia Scriptura

Interpretation of the Psalms 70.1–70.23

Theodoret of Cyrus · Interpretation of the Psalms · ca. 436-448 · Cyrrhus · 16 passages

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

Chapter 70

70.1PG 80 80:1417

• Τῷ Δαβίδ ψαλμός· τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωναδάβ, καὶ τῶν πρῶτον αἰχμαλωτισθέντων · ἀνεπίγραφος παρ' Ἑβραίοις. » Ωμολόγησε καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν ποιησάμενος, μὴ εὑρηκέναι ταύτην παρὰ τῷ Ἑβραίῳ, ἀλλ᾿ αὐτὸς αὐτὴν τεθεικέναι. Ἰστέον μέν τοι, ὡς οὐ τοῦ Ἰωναδὰβ υἱοὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ᾐχμαλωτίσθησαν· ὁ γὰρ μακάριος Ἱερεμίας οἶνον αὐτοῖς προσενέγκαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ προσετάχθη εἰς ἔλεγχον τῆς Ἰουδαίων παρανομίας. Ἐκείνων δὲ πιεῖν μὴ βουληθέντων διὰ τὰς τῶν προγόνων ὑποθήκας, κατηγόρησε λοιπὸν τῆς Ἰουδαίων ἀπειθείας ὁ προφήτης · ὡς ἐκείνων ἀνθρωπίνας ἐντολὰς φυλαττόντων, τούτων δὲ τὰς θείας παραβαινόντων της νομοθεσίας. Εἴρηται δὲ ὁ ψαλμὸς ἐκ προσώπου τῶν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα μεταναστάντων, τῆς ἐπανόδου γλιχομένων, καὶ τὴν τῆς δουλείας ποθούντων ἀπαλλαγήν· γέγραφε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ μακάριος Δαβίδ, τῷ τῶν εὐσεβεστέρων τάγματι προσαρμόσας τοὺς λόγους. [ Καὶ μάλιστα τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς χάριτος προλέγει ἀπαλλαττομένοις τῆς τῶν εἰδώλων μυσαρᾶς δουλείας, δεχομένοις προμήθειαν. ] Χριστῷ δὲ τῷ Θεῷ πιστεύουσιν καὶ τὴν παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ « Ἐπὶ σοὶ, Κύριε, ἤλπισα, μὴ καταισχυνθείην εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. › Μὴ διαμάρτω, φησὶ, τῆς ἐλπίδος, τὴν σὴν προσμένων ἐπικουρίαν· μηδὲ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐπονείδιστος γένωμαι. Ἐκεῖνοι μὲν περὶ τῶν ἀνδραποδισάντων αὐτοὺς, οὗτοι δὲ περὶ τῶν πονηρῶν δαιμόνων ταύτην τὴν ἱκετείαν προσφέρουσιν.]

• Tǭ Dabid psalmos; tōn huiōn Iōnadab, kai tōn prōton aichmalōtisthentōn ; anepigraphos par' Hebraiois. » Ōmologēse kai autos ho tēn epigraphēn poiēsamenos, mē heurēkenai tautēn para tǭ Hebraiǭ, all᾿ autos autēn tetheikenai. Isteon men toi, hōs ou tou Iōnadab huioi hoi prōtoi ę̄chmalōtisthēsan; ho gar makarios Hieremias oinon autois prosenenkai hypo tou Theou prosetachthē eis elenchon tēs Ioudaiōn paranomias. Ekeinōn de piein mē boulēthentōn dia tas tōn progonōn hypothēkas, katēgorēse loipon tēs Ioudaiōn apeitheias ho prophētēs ; hōs ekeinōn anthrōpinas entolas phylattontōn, toutōn de tas theias parabainontōn tēs nomothesias. Eirētai de ho psalmos ek prosōpou tōn eis Babylōna metanastantōn, tēs epanodou glichomenōn, kai tēn tēs douleias pothountōn apallagēn; gegraphe de auton ho makarios Dabid, tǭ tōn eusebesterōn tagmati prosarmosas tous logous. [ Kai malista tois huiois tēs charitos prolegei apallattomenois tēs tōn eidōlōn mysaras douleias, dechomenois promētheian. ] Christǭ de tǭ Theǭ pisteuousin kai tēn par᾿ autou « Epi soi, Kyrie, ēlpisa, mē kataischyntheiēn eis ton aiōna. › Mē diamartō, phēsi, tēs elpidos, tēn sēn prosmenōn epikourian; mēde epi pleiston eponeidistos genōmai. Ekeinoi men peri tōn andrapodisantōn autous, houtoi de peri tōn ponērōn daimonōn tautēn tēn hiketeian prospherousin.]

"Of David, a psalm; of the sons of Jonadab and of those first taken captive; untitled among the Hebrews." The one who made the title himself admitted that he did not find it in the Hebrew but put it there himself. One should know, however, that the sons of Jonadab were not the first to be taken captive. For the blessed Jeremiah was commanded by God to offer them wine to expose the lawlessness of the Jews. When they refused to drink because of their forefathers' instructions, the prophet then accused the disobedience of the Jews, since those men kept human commandments while these transgressed the divine legislation. The psalm is spoken in the person of those deported to Babylon, longing for the return and yearning for release from slavery; the blessed David wrote it, fitting the words to the rank of the more pious. [And especially he foretells for the sons of grace, who are freed from the foul slavery of idols, believe in Christ God, and receive providence from him.] "In you, O Lord, I have hoped; let me never be put to shame." "Let me not fail in my hope," he says, "waiting for your help; nor let me become a reproach for very long." [Those offer this supplication about those who enslaved them, these about the evil demons.]

Ps 71:1 (70:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 35:2 (42:2 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Jer 35:14 (42:14 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71, title and verse 1: Theodoret corrects the added title about the Rechabites and assigns the psalm to the exiles in Babylon; an addition applies it to Christians freed from idols.

  • The OCR has disordered the first bracketed passage; the translation follows the evident sense. The bracketed passages are bracketed in Migne, probably additions from the catena.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): υἱοὶ οἱ δἱ πρῶτοι ᾐχμαλωτίσθησαν σε· → υἱοὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ᾐχμαλωτίσθησαν·; Εἴρηται δὲ σε ὁ ψαλμὸς → Εἴρηται δὲ ὁ ψαλμὸς.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.1 (PG 80 80:1417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-1). (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.

70.2PG 80 80:1417

· Ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ῥῦσαί με, καὶ ἐξελοῦ με. » Κρῖναί σε παρακαλῶ Βαβυλωνίοις κάμοὶ, καὶ δικαίως κατ' ἐκείνων τὴν ψῆφον ἐξενεγκεῖν · οὕτω γὰρ κἀγὼ τῆς ἐκείνων δουλείας ἀπαλλαγήσομαι. • Κλίνον πρός με τὸ οὖς σου, καὶ σῶσόν με. Γενοῦ μοι εἰς Θεὸν ὑπερασπιστὴν, καὶ εἰς τόπον όχυρὸν τοῦ σῶσαί με· ὅτι στερέωμά μου καὶ καταφυγή μου εἱ σύ. » Σὲ πρόμαχον ἔχω, καὶ περίβολον ὀχυρὸν, καὶ ἔρυμα ἀσφαλές · εὐμενῶς μου τοίνυν δέξαι τὴν ἱκετείαν. [Καθάπερ δὲ ἀνωτέρω εἰρήκαμεν, ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ἄλλων εἴρηται ταῦτα, καὶ τῶν ἐφεξῆς μέχρι τοῦ παρόντος καὶ παντὸς τοῦ βίου ἐκκλινόντων ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς κολλωμένων· τοῦτο γὰρ θέλει εἰπεῖν διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς.]

; En tę̄ dikaiosynę̄ sou rhysai me, kai exelou me. » Krinai se parakalō Babylōniois kamoi, kai dikaiōs kat' ekeinōn tēn psēphon exenenkein ; houtō gar kagō tēs ekeinōn douleias apallagēsomai. • Klinon pros me to ous sou, kai sōson me. Genou moi eis Theon hyperaspistēn, kai eis topon ochyron tou sōsai me; hoti stereōma mou kai kataphygē mou hei sy. » Se promachon echō, kai peribolon ochyron, kai eryma asphales ; eumenōs mou toinyn dexai tēn hiketeian. [Kathaper de anōterō eirēkamen, ex amphoterōn tōn allōn eirētai tauta, kai tōn ephexēs mechri tou parontos kai pantos tou biou ekklinontōn apo kakou, kai tois agathois kollōmenōn; touto gar thelei eipein dia tōn hexēs.]

"In your righteousness rescue me and deliver me." "I beg you to judge between the Babylonians and me and to bring your verdict against them justly; for so I too shall be freed from slavery to them." "Incline your ear to me and save me. Be to me a God who protects and a strong place to save me, for you are my strength and my refuge." "I have you as my champion, a strong wall, and a secure fortress; receive my supplication kindly, then." [As we said above, these words are spoken by both groups, and by those in succession down to the present who all their life turn away from evil and cling to good; for this is what he means by what follows.]

Ps 71:2 (70:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 71:3 (70:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71:2-3: the exiles ask God to judge justly between them and the Babylonians and to be their fortress.

  • The final passage is bracketed in Migne (opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (opening bracket lost in the OCR; split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): δικαίως σι κατ' → δικαίως κατ'; ἀπαλλαγήσο-, μαι → ἀπαλλαγήσομαι; Καθάπερ δὲ ἀνωτέρω → [Καθάπερ δὲ ἀνωτέρω; κολλωμέ νων → κολλωμένων.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.2 (PG 80 80:1417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-2). (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.

70.4PG 80 80:1419

«Ὁ Θεός μου, ῥῦσαί με ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἐκ χειρὸς παρανομοῦντος καὶ ἀδικοῦντος. » ἵκετεύω σε, Δέσποτα, τῆς τῶν πονηρίᾳ καὶ δυσσεβείᾳ συζώντων ἐλευθερῶσαί με δυναστείας.

«Ho Theos mou, rhysai me ek cheiros hamartōlou, ek cheiros paranomountos kai adikountos. » hiketeuō se, Despota, tēs tōn ponērią kai dyssebeią syzōntōn eleutherōsai me dynasteias.

"My God, rescue me from the hand of the sinner, from the hand of the lawbreaker and wrongdoer." "I beg you, Master, to free me from the power of those who live with wickedness and impiety."

Ps 71:4 (70:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71:4: the exiles ask to be freed from the power of the wicked.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.4 (PG 80 80:1419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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70.5PG 80 80:1419

« Ὅτι σὺ ἡ ὑπομονή μου, Κύριε, Κύριε, ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἐκ νεότητός μου. » [Ὁ μὲν πρῶτος λαὸς] Νεότητα καλεῖ τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ μεγάλου Μωσέως χρόνον, ὅτε καὶ τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἀπήλαυσαν, ἐπὶ πλεῖστον Αἰγυπτίοις δεδουλευκότες χρόνον. Ἐξ ἐκείνου, φησὶν, εἰς σὲ τὰς ἐλπίδας ἔσχον, καὶ τὴν σην προσμένω βοήθειαν. [Ὁ δὲ νέος λαὸς νεότητα λέγει ἧς τετύχηκε νεουργίας διὰ τῆς τοῦ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας.] Ἐπὶ σὲ ἐπεστηρίχθην ἀπὸ γαστρός· ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου σὺ εἶ μου σκεπαστής". » Γέννησιν καὶ τόκον καλεῖ τὴν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἔξοδον. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς τὸ διὰ τοῦ θειοτάτου Ἰεζεκιήλ διδάσκει. Διελέγχων γὰρ τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ τὴν ἀσέβειαν, εἶτα εἰρηκώς · « Ὁ πατήρ σου Αμοῤῥαῖος, καὶ ἡ μήτηρ σου Χετταία, » ἐπήγαγεν «Ἡ ἡμέρᾳ ἐτέχθης, ὁ ὀμφαλός σου οὐ περιετμήθη, καὶ ἁλὶ οὐχ ἡλίσθης, καὶ ὕδατι οὐκ ἐλούσθης εἰς σωτηρίαν.» Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁ ὁμφαλὸς οἷόν τις ῥίζα βρέφους ἐστί · δι᾽ ἐκείνου γὰρ αὔξεται καὶ τρέφεται· ὁ δὲ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἔξοδον, ἔμφυτον ἔσχε τὴν Αἰγυπτίων ἀσέβειαν, εἰκότως ἔφη· · Ὁ ὀμφαλός σου οὐ περιετμήθη» ὅτι, φησὶν, ἐκ τῆς μητρώας νηδύος τὴν τροφὴν ἱἕλκεις, καὶ τοῖς προτέροις ἐπιμένεις ἐπιτηδεύμασιν. Ἡ τῶν εὐσεβεστέρων τοίνυν συμμορία τὸν Θεὸν ἱκετεύουσα λέγει· Ὅτι ἄνωθεν, καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, τὴν σὴν ἔσχον ἐλπίδα· « Ἐν σοὶ ἡ ὕμνησίς μου διαπαντός. » Σὲ ὑμνῶν καὶ δοξάζων διατελῶ, καὶ διὰ τῆς σῆς προνοίας ἐγενόμην περίβλεπτος.

« Hoti sy hē hypomonē mou, Kyrie, Kyrie, hē elpis mou ek neotētos mou. » [Ho men prōtos laos] Neotēta kalei ton epi tou megalou Mōseōs chronon, hote kai tēs eleutherias apēlausan, epi pleiston Aigyptiois dedouleukotes chronon. Ex ekeinou, phēsin, eis se tas elpidas eschon, kai tēn sēn prosmenō boētheian. [Ho de neos laos neotēta legei hēs tetychēke neourgias dia tēs tou loutrou palingenesias.] Epi se epestērichthēn apo gastros; ek koilias mētros mou sy ei mou skepastēs". » Gennēsin kai tokon kalei tēn ex Aigyptou exodon. Touto de kai ho tōn holōn Theos to dia tou theiotatou Iezekiēl didaskei. Dielenchōn gar tēs Hierousalēm tēn asebeian, eita eirēkōs ; « Ho patēr sou Amorrhaios, kai hē mētēr sou Chettaia, » epēgagen «Hē hēmerą etechthēs, ho omphalos sou ou perietmēthē, kai hali ouch hēlisthēs, kai hydati ouk elousthēs eis sōtērian.» Epeidē gar ho homphalos hoion tis rhiza brephous esti ; di᾽ ekeinou gar auxetai kai trephetai; ho de Israēl, kai meta tēn ex Aigyptou exodon, emphyton esche tēn Aigyptiōn asebeian, eikotōs ephē; ; Ho omphalos sou ou perietmēthē» hoti, phēsin, ek tēs mētrōas nēdyos tēn trophēn hielkeis, kai tois proterois epimeneis epitēdeumasin. Hē tōn eusebesterōn toinyn symmoria ton Theon hiketeuousa legei; Hoti anōthen, kai ex archēs, tēn sēn eschon elpida; « En soi hē hymnēsis mou diapantos. » Se hymnōn kai doxazōn diatelō, kai dia tēs sēs pronoias egenomēn peribleptos.

"For you are my patience, O Lord; Lord, my hope from my youth." [The first people] calls "youth" the time of the great Moses, when they enjoyed freedom after serving the Egyptians for a very long time. "From then," he says, "I placed my hopes in you, and I wait for your help." [But the new people calls "youth" the renewal it obtained through the washing of rebirth.] "On you I have leaned from the womb; from my mother's belly you are my protector." He calls the exodus from Egypt birth and delivery. The God of all too teaches this through the most divine Ezekiel. For in exposing Jerusalem's impiety, having said, "Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite," he added, "On the day you were born, your navel was not cut, and you were not rubbed with salt or washed with water for salvation." Since the navel is like the root of the infant (for through it the infant grows and is fed), and Israel even after the exodus from Egypt kept the impiety of the Egyptians as something inborn, he rightly said, "Your navel was not cut"; that is, "You draw nourishment from your mother's womb and persist in your former practices." The band of the more pious, then, entreating God, says: "From of old and from the beginning I have had hope in you." "My hymn is in you always." "I go on hymning and glorifying you, and through your providence I became renowned."

Ps 71:5 (70:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 71:6 (70:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 16:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 16:4 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71:5-6: Israel's youth and birth are the exodus from Egypt, as Ezekiel shows; an addition makes the new people's youth its rebirth in baptism.

  • The bracketed passages are bracketed in Migne, probably additions from the catena; the first is broken in the OCR.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips in a bracketed phrase; stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ) μὲν πρῶτος λαδς] → [Ὁ μὲν πρῶτος λαὸς]; [το Ὁ δὲ νέος → [Ὁ δὲ νέος; ἐπεστηρίχθην τ' ἀπὸ → ἐπεστηρίχθην ἀπὸ; ἔξοδον τ Τοῦτο → ἔξοδον. Τοῦτο; ἐλούσωεἰς σωτηρίαν → ἐλούσθης εἰς σωτηρίαν; ἐλπίδα βε· → ἐλπίδα·; περίΟ βλεπτος → περίβλεπτος.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.5 (PG 80 80:1419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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70.7PG 80 80:1419

«Ὡσεὶ τέρας ἐγενήθην τοῖς πολλοῖς. » ᾿Αλλὰ μετ' ἐκείνην τὴν περιφάνειαν, πολλὴν ἐδεξάμην τὴν μεταβολήν · ὡς τέρας τι καὶ σημεῖον τοῖς πολλοῖς νομισθῆναι τὰ κατ᾿ ἐμέ. « Καὶ σὺ βοηθός μου κραταιός. » Αλλ' ὅμως ἐγὼ τὴν σὴν προσμένω βοήθειαν.

«Hōsei teras egenēthēn tois pollois. » ᾿Alla met' ekeinēn tēn periphaneian, pollēn edexamēn tēn metabolēn ; hōs teras ti kai sēmeion tois pollois nomisthēnai ta kat᾿ eme. « Kai sy boēthos mou krataios. » All' homōs egō tēn sēn prosmenō boētheian.

"I became as a portent to many." "But after that renown I underwent a great change, so that my circumstances were thought by many a kind of portent and sign." "And you are my strong helper." "Yet I await your help."

Ps 71:7 (70:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71:7: Israel's fall made it a portent to many, yet it waits on God's help.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (footnote mark (OCR)): βοηθός8' μου → βοηθός μου.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.7 (PG 80 80:1419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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70.8PG 80 80:1421

« Πληρωθήτω τὸ στόμα μου αἰνέσεως· ὅπως ὑμνήσω τὴν δόξαν σου, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν μεγαλοπρέπειάν σου. » Μεταβαλὼν τοίνυν τὴν ἐπικειμένην μοι δυσκληρίαν, κίνησον εἰς ὑμνῳδίαν τὴν γλῶτταν· ὅπως ἂν ἀεί σοι τὸν ὕμνον προσφέροιμι. Τὸ γὰρ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκε.

« Plērōthētō to stoma mou aineseōs; hopōs hymnēsō tēn doxan sou, holēn tēn hēmeran tēn megaloprepeian sou. » Metabalōn toinyn tēn epikeimenēn moi dysklērian, kinēson eis hymnǭdian tēn glōttan; hopōs an aei soi ton hymnon prospheroimi. To gar holēn tēn hēmeran, kath' hekastēn hēmeran ho Symmachos eirēke.

"Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may hymn your glory, your majesty all the day." "Change, then, the misfortune lying on me and move my tongue to hymnody, so that I may always offer you the hymn." For "all the day" Symmachus said "every day."

Ps 71:8 (70:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71:8: the exiles ask God to change their lot so they can praise him daily.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.8 (PG 80 80:1421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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

70.9PG 80 80:1421

« Μὴ ἀπορρίψῃς με εἰς καιρὸν γήρως· ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν τὴν ἰσχύν μου, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με. » Ἧς ἐν νεότητι προνοίας ἀπέλαβον, ἀπολαῦσαι καὶ νῦν ἱκετεύω· καὶ μὴ γυμνωθῆναι τῆς σῆς κηδεμονίας ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ γήρᾳ παρακαλῶ. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ νεότητα τὴν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου προσηγόρευσεν ἕξοδον, γῆρας ἐκάλεσε τὸν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας καιρόν· ὡς πλείστου χρόνου διαδραμόντος ἐν μέσῳ.

« Mē aporripsę̄s me eis kairon gērōs; en tǭ ekleipein tēn ischyn mou, mē enkatalipę̄s me. » Hēs en neotēti pronoias apelabon, apolausai kai nyn hiketeuō; kai mē gymnōthēnai tēs sēs kēdemonias en autǭ tǭ gērą parakalō. Epeidē gar neotēta tēn ex Aigyptou prosēgoreusen hexodon, gēras ekalese ton tēs aichmalōsias kairon; hōs pleistou chronou diadramontos en mesǭ.

"Do not cast me off in the time of old age; when my strength fails, do not forsake me." "The providence I received in youth I beg to enjoy now as well, and I ask not to be stripped of your care in old age itself." For since he called the exodus from Egypt "youth," he called the time of the captivity "old age," since a very long time had passed in between.

Ps 71:9 (70:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 71:9: as Israel's youth was the exodus, its old age is the captivity, when it asks not to be forsaken.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word with stray Latin letters (OCR)): κηδε- Βut μονίας → κηδεμονίας.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.9 (PG 80 80:1421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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70.10PG 80 80:1421

« Ὅτι εἶπὸν οἱ ἐχθροί μου ἐμοὶ, καὶ οἱ φυλάσσοντες τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐβουλεύσαντο ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ, λέγοντες· Ὁ Θεὸς ἐγκατέλιπεν αὐτόν· καταδιώξατε καὶ καταλαβετε αὐτὸν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ῥυόμενος. » ῞Απαντες, φησὶν, οἱ δυσμενεῖς ταῖς ἐμαῖς ἐπεμβαίνουσι συμφοραῖς, καὶ παντοδαποῖς κακοῖς περιβάλλουσιν, ἔρημόν με τῆς σῆς κηδεμονίας ὁρῶντες, καὶ τοπάζοντές με παντελῶς παρεωρᾶσθαι, καὶ μηκέτι τῆς σῆς με τεύξεσθαι προμηθείας. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ἀντιβολῶ •

« Hoti eipon hoi echthroi mou emoi, kai hoi phylassontes tēn psychēn mou, ebouleusanto epi to auto, legontes; Ho Theos enkatelipen auton; katadiōxate kai katalabete auton, hoti ouk estin ho rhyomenos. » ῾Apantes, phēsin, hoi dysmeneis tais emais epembainousi symphorais, kai pantodapois kakois periballousin, erēmon me tēs sēs kēdemonias horōntes, kai topazontes me pantelōs pareōrasthai, kai mēketi tēs sēs me teuxesthai promētheias. Hou dē charin antibolō •

"For my enemies spoke against me, and those who watch for my soul took counsel together, saying, 'God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue.'" "All the enemies," he says, "trample on my misfortunes and surround me with evils of every kind, seeing me bereft of your care and guessing that I have been utterly overlooked and will no longer obtain your providence." For this reason I entreat:

Ps 71:10 (70:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 71:11 (70:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 71:10-11: the enemies think God has forsaken the exiles and close in on them.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.10 (PG 80 80:1421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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70.12PG 80 80:1421

« ῾Ο Θεός μου, μὴ μακρύνῃς ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ· ὁ Θεός μου, εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου πρόσχες.» Ταχεῖάν μοι τὴν σὴν παράσχου ῥοπήν· καὶ μή με πόρρω τῆς σῆς καταστήσῃς κηδεμονίας. Μακρυνθῆναι δὲ αὐτοῦ, οὐ τὴν οὐσίαν λέγει τοῦ Θεοῦ· πανταχοῦ γὰρ πάρεστι, καὶ τοῖς πᾶσι παρίσταται· ἀλλὰ τὴν πρόνοιαν, καὶ τὴν τῆς βοηθείας ἐνέργειὰν.

« ῾O Theos mou, mē makrynę̄s ap᾿ emou; ho Theos mou, eis tēn boētheian mou prosches.» Tacheian moi tēn sēn paraschou rhopēn; kai mē me porrō tēs sēs katastēsę̄s kēdemonias. Makrynthēnai de autou, ou tēn ousian legei tou Theou; pantachou gar paresti, kai tois pasi paristatai; alla tēn pronoian, kai tēn tēs boētheias energeian.

"My God, do not be far from me; my God, attend to my help." "Give me your aid quickly, and do not put me far from your care." By being far from him he does not mean God's essence, for he is present everywhere and stands by all; but his providence and the working of his help.

Ps 71:12 (70:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71:12: God's being far means withholding his help, not his presence, for he is everywhere.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip): Ταχεϊάν → Ταχεῖάν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.12 (PG 80 80:1421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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70.13PG 80 80:1421

« Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἐκλιπέτωσαν οἱ ἐνδιαβάλλοντες τὴν ψυχήν μου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Καταισχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀναλωθήτωσαν οἱ ἀντικείμενοι τῇ ψυχῇ μου. Διαμάρτοιεν τῶν οἰκείων ἐγχειρημάτων, καὶ τὴν ἐντεῦθεν αἰσχύνην καρπώσαιντο· καὶ φροῦδοι γένοιντο, ἀδίκως τὸν ἐμὸν τεκταίνοντες ὄλεθρον. « Περιβαλέσθωσαν αἰσχύνην και ἐντροπὴν οἱ ζητοῦντες τὰ κακά μοι. » Ἐπονείδιστοι γένοιντο καὶ καταγέλαστοι οἱ παντοδαποῖς με κακοῖς περιβάλλοντες.

« Aischynthētōsan kai eklipetōsan hoi endiaballontes tēn psychēn mou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Kataischynthētōsan kai analōthētōsan hoi antikeimenoi tę̄ psychę̄ mou. Diamartoien tōn oikeiōn encheirēmatōn, kai tēn enteuthen aischynēn karpōsainto; kai phroudoi genointo, adikōs ton emon tektainontes olethron. « Peribalesthōsan aischynēn kai entropēn hoi zētountes ta kaka moi. » Eponeidistoi genointo kai katagelastoi hoi pantodapois me kakois periballontes.

"Let those who slander my soul be ashamed and fail." Symmachus has: "Let those who oppose my soul be put to shame and consumed." "May they fail in their attempts and reap the shame of it; and may they vanish, who unjustly plot my destruction." "Let those who seek evil for me be clothed with shame and disgrace." "May those who surround me with evils of every kind become a reproach and a laughingstock."

Ps 71:13 (70:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71:13: the exiles pray that their slanderers be shamed.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): οὕτως θε. Καταισχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ” ἀναλωθήτωσαν → οὕτως· Καταισχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀναλωθήτωσαν; γένοιι το → γένοιντο.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.13 (PG 80 80:1421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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70.14PG 80 80:1423

« Ἐγὼ δὲ διὰ παντὸς ἐλπιῶ ἐπὶ σε, Ταῦτα • γὰρ ὁρῶν γινόμενα, τῇ εἰς σὲ ἐλπίδι βεβαιωθήσομαι. « Καὶ προσθήσω ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν αἴνεσίν σου. » Καὶ πολλαπλασίαν σοι προσοίσω τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν ".

« Egō de dia pantos elpiō epi se, Tauta • gar horōn ginomena, tę̄ eis se elpidi bebaiōthēsomai. « Kai prosthēsō epi pasan tēn ainesin sou. » Kai pollaplasian soi prosoisō tēn hymnǭdian ".

"But I will hope in you always." "For seeing these things happen, I shall be made firm in my hope in you." "And I will add to all your praise." "And I will offer you hymnody many times over."

Ps 71:14 (70:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 71:14: seeing God act, the exiles will hope in him and multiply his praise.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): Καὶ ὁ πολλαπλασίαν → Καὶ πολλαπλασίαν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.14 (PG 80 80:1423; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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70.15PG 80 80:1423

« Τὸ στόμα μου ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου· ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν σωτηρίαν σου. » Οὐ παύσομαι τὴν δικαίαν σου ταύτην διηγούμενος ψῆφον, καὶ διδάσκων ἅπαντας, ὅπως ἐμοὶ καὶ τοῖς πολεμίοις δικάσας, τῆς ἐκείνων δουλείας ἀπήλλαξας ". • Ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνων γραμματείας, εἰσελεύσομαι ἐν δυναστείᾳ Κυρίου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Οὐ γὰρ οἶδα ἐξαριθμῆσαι· ἐλεύσομαι ἐν δυναστείᾳ Κυρίου. Ἐπειδὴ ὑπέσχετο διηγεῖσθαι τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δικαιοσύνην, καὶ τὴν εἰς αὐτὸν γεγενημένην σωτηρίαν, μείζων δὲ ἢ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ὑπόσχεσις, εἰκότως ἐπήγαγεν· « "Ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα ἐξαριθμῆσαι. » Τοῦτο καὶ ἐν τῷ λθ' ψαλμῷ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Δαβίδ. Εἰρηκὼς γάρ· « Πολλὰ ἐποίησας σὺ, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, καὶ τοῖς διαλογισμοῖς σου οὐκ ἔστι τίς ὁμοιωθήσεταί σοι, ε ἐπήγαγεν· « ᾿Απήγγειλα καὶ ἐλάλησα, ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ ἀριθμόν. » Τοῦτο καὶ ἐνταῦθά φησιν· « Ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα ἀριθμῆσαι. » Τὰς γὰρ τοιαύτας γραφάς τε καὶ μαθήσεις ἡ ἐμὴ οὐκ ἐδέξατο φύσις· εἰσελεύσομαι δὲ ὅμως ἐν δυναστείᾳ Κυρίου, καὶ ὡς δυνατὸν ἀνθρωπείᾳ φύσει, τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν ποιήσομαι. « Κύριε, μνησθήσομαι τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου μόνου. Ὁ Θεός μου, ἐδίδαξάς με ἐκ νεότητός μου.» Ὑμνῶ δὲ σε, Δέσποτα· καὶ τὴν εἰς ἐμὲ γενομένην δικαιοσύνην ὁρῶν, καὶ τῶν σῶν ἐντολῶν μεμνημένος. Ταῦτα γάρ με παιδόθεν ἐδίδαξας. Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον ὡς νεότητα τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ μεγάλου Μωσοῦ χρόνον καλεῖ. Δι' ἐκείνου γὰρ ὁ νόμος ἐδόθη. [῾Ὡς καὶ διὰ τῆς οἰκονομίας τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ χάρις ἡμῖν τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἐπεφοίτησεν.] « Καὶ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν ἀπαγγελῶ τὰ θαυμάσιά σου. Καὶ ἕως γήρως καὶ πρεσβείου, ὁ Θεός μου, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπης με. › Ἐγὼ μὲν τὰς σὰς θαυματουργίας τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας διδάξω. Σὺ δὲ, ὡς ἄνωθέν μου κληθεὶς Θεὸς, ἀεί με τῆς σῆς ἀξίου κηδεμονίας. «Ἕως οὗ ἀπαγγελῶ τὸν βραχίονά σου τῇ γενεᾷ πάσῃ τῇ ἐρχομένῃ. • Προφητικῶς ὁ Δαβὶδ τὰ ἐσόμενα προλέγει· καὶ γῆρας καλεῖ τοῦ νόμου τὸ τέλος. Τοῦτο δὲ μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ γέγονε παρουσίαν. Σαφέστερον δὲ ἡμᾶς ὁ μακάριος διδάσκει Παῦλος, περὶ τῆς Καινῆς διαλεγόμενος Διαθήκης. Φησὶ δὲ οὕτως· « Ἐν τῷ λέγειν καινὴν πεπαλαίωκε τὴν πρώτην· τὸ δὲ παλαιούμενον καὶ γηράσκον ἐγγὺς ἀφανισμοῦ. Καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοίνυν προφητικῶς τοὺς ἐν Βαβυλῶνι διδάσκει λέγειν· « Ἕως γήρως καὶ πρεσβείου, ὁ Θεός μου, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με. » Εἶτα δεικνὺς ποῖον γῆρας καλεῖ, ἐπήγαγεν · • Ἕως οὗ ἀπαγγελῶ τὸν βραχίονά σου τῇ γενεᾷ πάσῃ τῇ ἐρχομένῃ. Τὴν δυναστείαν σου. καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, ὁ Θεός. • Γενεὰ δὲ ἡ ἐρχομένη, ἡ μετὰ τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ · μεθ᾽ ἣν ἡ ἐξ ἐθνῶν Ἐκκλησία συνέστη, ἐξ Ἰουδαίων κήρυκας δεξαμένη τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἀποστόλους. Περὶ ταύτης τῆς γενεᾶς καὶ ἐν τῷ εἰκοστῷ καὶ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ λέγει · · ᾿Αναγγελήσεται τῷ Κυρίῳ γενεὰ ἡ ἐρχομένη, καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσι τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ λαῷ τῷ τεχθησομένῳ, ὃν ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος. » Ἕτερος τοίνυν λαὸς παρὰ τὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων λαὸν, ὃν οὐ γεγενῆσθαι, ἀλλὰ τεχθήσεσθαι ὁ προφήτης προείρηκεν. Λέγει τοίνυν καὶ ἐνταῦθα· · Μή με ἐγκαταλίπῃς, ἕως οὗ ἀπαγγελῶ τὸν βραχίονά σου τῇ γενεᾷ πάσῃ τῇ ἐρχομένῃ, τὴν δυναστείαν σου καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου. » Ἔοικε δὲ τῇ τοῦ πατριάρχου Ἰακώβ προηγορίᾳ , «Οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἄρχων ἐξ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἡγούμενος ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ᾧ ἀπόκειται· καὶ αὐτὸς προσδοκίᾳ ἐθνῶν .»-« Ὁ Θεὸς, ἕως τῶν ὑψίστων ἃ ἐποίησάς μοι μεγαλεῖα. » Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας καὶ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· ῾Ὁ Θεὸς, ἕως ὕψους ἃ ἐποίησας μεγαλεῖα, ἀντὶ τοῦ, ὑψηλὰ καὶ μεγάλα τὰ ὑπὸ σοῦ γινόμενα, Δέσποτα, καὶ ἱκανὰ πεῖσαι πάντας Ὕψιστον ὀνομάζειν σε. « ῾Ὁ Θεὸς, τίς ὅμοιός σοι;» Οὐδένα γὰρ , φησὶ, συγκρίναί σοι καὶ παραβαλεῖν δυνατόν. Ὑπερβάλλεις γὰρ ἅπαντας, καὶ τῇ φύσει, καὶ τῇ δυνάμει, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς· ἐντεῦθεν τὴν ἐπάνοδον προθεσπίζει.

« To stoma mou anangelei tēn dikaiosynēn sou; holēn tēn hēmeran tēn sōtērian sou. » Ou pausomai tēn dikaian sou tautēn diēgoumenos psēphon, kai didaskōn hapantas, hopōs emoi kai tois polemiois dikasas, tēs ekeinōn douleias apēllaxas ". • Hoti ouk egnōn grammateias, eiseleusomai en dynasteią Kyriou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Ou gar oida exarithmēsai; eleusomai en dynasteią Kyriou. Epeidē hypescheto diēgeisthai tou Theou tēn dikaiosynēn, kai tēn eis auton gegenēmenēn sōtērian, meizōn de ē kata anthrōpon hyposchesis, eikotōs epēgagen; « "Hoti ouk oida exarithmēsai. » Touto kai en tǭ lth' psalmǭ ho makarios ephē Dabid. Eirēkōs gar; « Polla epoiēsas sy, Kyrie ho Theos mou, ta thaumasia sou, kai tois dialogismois sou ouk esti tis homoiōthēsetai soi, e epēgagen; « ᾿Apēngeila kai elalēsa, eplēthynthēsan hyper arithmon. » Touto kai entautha phēsin; « Hoti ouk oida arithmēsai. » Tas gar toiautas graphas te kai mathēseis hē emē ouk edexato physis; eiseleusomai de homōs en dynasteią Kyriou, kai hōs dynaton anthrōpeią physei, tēn hymnǭdian poiēsomai. « Kyrie, mnēsthēsomai tēs dikaiosynēs sou monou. Ho Theos mou, edidaxas me ek neotētos mou.» Hymnō de se, Despota; kai tēn eis eme genomenēn dikaiosynēn horōn, kai tōn sōn entolōn memnēmenos. Tauta gar me paidothen edidaxas. Kai enteuthen dēlon hōs neotēta ton epi tou megalou Mōsou chronon kalei. Di' ekeinou gar ho nomos edothē. [῾Hōs kai dia tēs oikonomias tou monogenous Huiou tou Theou hē charis hēmin tois ex ethnōn epephoitēsen.] « Kai mechri tou nyn apangelō ta thaumasia sou. Kai heōs gērōs kai presbeiou, ho Theos mou, mē enkatalipēs me. › Egō men tas sas thaumatourgias tous agnoountas didaxō. Sy de, hōs anōthen mou klētheis Theos, aei me tēs sēs axiou kēdemonias. «Heōs hou apangelō ton brachiona sou tę̄ geneą pasę̄ tę̄ erchomenę̄. • Prophētikōs ho Dabid ta esomena prolegei; kai gēras kalei tou nomou to telos. Touto de meta tēn tou Despotou Christou gegone parousian. Saphesteron de hēmas ho makarios didaskei Paulos, peri tēs Kainēs dialegomenos Diathēkēs. Phēsi de houtōs; « En tǭ legein kainēn pepalaiōke tēn prōtēn; to de palaioumenon kai gēraskon engys aphanismou. Kai entautha toinyn prophētikōs tous en Babylōni didaskei legein; « Heōs gērōs kai presbeiou, ho Theos mou, mē enkatalipę̄s me. » Eita deiknys poion gēras kalei, epēgagen ; • Heōs hou apangelō ton brachiona sou tę̄ geneą pasę̄ tę̄ erchomenę̄. Tēn dynasteian sou. kai tēn dikaiosynēn sou, ho Theos. • Genea de hē erchomenē, hē meta tēn enanthrōpēsin tou monogenous Huiou tou Theou ; meth᾽ hēn hē ex ethnōn Ekklēsia synestē, ex Ioudaiōn kērykas dexamenē tous hierous apostolous. Peri tautēs tēs geneas kai en tǭ eikostǭ kai prōtǭ psalmǭ legei ; ; ᾿Anangelēsetai tǭ Kyriǭ genea hē erchomenē, kai anangelousi tēn dikaiosynēn autou laǭ tǭ techthēsomenǭ, hon epoiēsen ho Kyrios. » Heteros toinyn laos para ton tōn Ioudaiōn laon, hon ou gegenēsthai, alla techthēsesthai ho prophētēs proeirēken. Legei toinyn kai entautha; ; Mē me enkatalipę̄s, heōs hou apangelō ton brachiona sou tę̄ geneą pasę̄ tę̄ erchomenę̄, tēn dynasteian sou kai tēn dikaiosynēn sou. » Eoike de tę̄ tou patriarchou Iakōb proēgorią , «Ouk ekleipsei archōn ex Iouda, kai hēgoumenos ek tōn mērōn autou, heōs an elthę̄ hǭ apokeitai; kai autos prosdokią ethnōn .»-« Ho Theos, heōs tōn hypsistōn ha epoiēsas moi megaleia. » Ho de ᾿Akylas kai Symmachos houtōs; ῾Ho Theos, heōs hypsous ha epoiēsas megaleia, anti tou, hypsēla kai megala ta hypo sou ginomena, Despota, kai hikana peisai pantas Hypsiston onomazein se. « ῾Ho Theos, tis homoios soi?» Oudena gar , phēsi, synkrinai soi kai parabalein dynaton. Hyperballeis gar hapantas, kai tę̄ physei, kai tę̄ dynamei, kai pasi tois agathois; enteuthen tēn epanodon prothespizei.

"My mouth will declare your righteousness, all the day your salvation." "I will not cease recounting this just verdict of yours, and teaching all how, judging between me and the enemies, you freed me from slavery to them." "Because I did not know letters, I will go in with the power of the Lord." Symmachus has: "For I do not know how to count; I will come with the power of the Lord." Since he promised to recount God's righteousness and the salvation done for him, and the promise was beyond human power, he rightly added, "For I do not know how to count." The blessed David said this in the thirty-ninth psalm too. For having said, "Many are the wonders you have done, O Lord my God, and in your thoughts there is no one who will be like you," he added, "I declared and spoke; they were multiplied beyond number." This he says here too: "For I do not know how to count." "For my nature has not received such writings and learning; yet I will go in with the power of the Lord and, as far as human nature can, make my hymnody." "Lord, I will remember your righteousness alone. O God, you taught me from my youth." "I hymn you, Master, seeing the righteousness done to me and remembering your commandments; for you taught me these from childhood." From this too it is plain that he calls the time of the great Moses "youth"; for through him the law was given. [As through the dispensation of the only-begotten Son of God, grace came to us from the nations.] "And until now I will proclaim your wonders. And until old age and grey hairs, O my God, do not forsake me." "I will teach those who do not know them your wonderful works; but you, who have been called my God from of old, always count me worthy of your care." "Until I proclaim your arm to every generation to come." David foretells prophetically what will happen, and calls the end of the law "old age." This happened after the coming of Christ the Lord. The blessed Paul teaches us more clearly, discussing the new covenant. He says: "In speaking of a new one he has made the first old; and what is growing old and aging is near to vanishing." Here too, then, he prophetically teaches those in Babylon to say, "Until old age and grey hairs, O my God, do not forsake me." Then, showing what old age he means, he added, "Until I proclaim your arm to every generation to come, your might and your righteousness, O God." The generation to come is the one after the incarnation of the only-begotten Son of God, after which the church from the nations was formed, receiving from the Jews the holy apostles as heralds. About this generation he says in the twenty-first psalm too: "The generation to come will be proclaimed to the Lord, and they will proclaim his righteousness to a people that will be born, which the Lord made." So the prophet foretold another people besides the people of the Jews, one not already born but to be born. So he says here too: "Do not forsake me until I proclaim your arm to every generation to come, your might and your righteousness." This is like the patriarch Jacob's prediction: "A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a leader from his thighs, until there comes the one for whom it is reserved; and he is the expectation of nations." "O God, the great things you have done for me reach to the highest places." Aquila and Symmachus have: "O God, the great things you have done reach to the height"; that is, "The things done by you, Master, are high and great and able to persuade all to name you Most High." "O God, who is like you?" "For it is impossible," he says, "to compare or liken anyone to you. For you surpass all in nature, in power, and in all good things." From here he foretells the return.

Ps 71:15 (70:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 71:16 (70:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 71:17 (70:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 71:18 (70:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 71:19 (70:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 40:5 (39:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 8:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 22:30 (21:31 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 22:31 (21:32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 49:10 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 71:15-19: unable to count God's works, the psalmist will praise him as far as human nature allows; Israel's old age is the end of the law, and the generation to come is the church of the nations after the incarnation.

  • The OCR displaced part of a sentence ("yet I will go in with the power of the Lord ... make my hymnody"); restored by a logged correction. The bracketed sentence is bracketed in Migne (opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena; a stray closing bracket and a verse number are removed.

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  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; opening bracket lost in the OCR; split word (OCR); stray bracket (OCR); stray letter (OCR); verse number leaked into the text (OCR); words displaced across a line (OCR)): ἀναγγελεῖ ὁ τὴν δικαιοσύνην → ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν δικαιοσύνην; τὴν ὁ δικαίαν σου → τὴν δικαίαν σου; εἰσελεύ σομαι → εἰσελεύσομαι; εἰσελεύσο ἀνθρωπείᾳ φύσει, τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν ποιήσομαι. ( μαι δὲ ὅμως ἐν δυναστείᾳ Κυρίου, καὶ ὡς δυνατὸν → εἰσελεύσομαι δὲ ὅμως ἐν δυναστείᾳ Κυρίου, καὶ ὡς δυνατὸν ἀνθρωπείᾳ φύσει, τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν ποιήσομαι.; μόνου. [ιζʹ] Ὁ Θεός → μόνου. Ὁ Θεός; ῾Ὡς καὶ διὰ τῆς οἰκονομίας → [῾Ὡς καὶ διὰ τῆς οἰκονομίας; τεχθήσεσθαι] ὁ προφήτης → τεχθήσεσθαι ὁ προφήτης; καὶ | ταῦθα → καὶ ἐνταῦθα; ὑψί στων → ὑψίστων.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.15 (PG 80 80:1423; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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

70.20PG 80 80:1425

« Ὅσας δ' ἔδειξάς μοι θλίψεις πολλὰς καὶ κακάς · καὶ ἐπιστρέψας ἐζωοποίησάς με.» Παραδούς με, φησὶ, παντοδαπαῖς συμφοραῖς διὰ τὰς ὑπ' ἐμοῦ γεγενημένας παρανομίας, πάλιν με εἰς ζωὴν ἐπανήγαγες. « Καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀβύσσων τῆς γῆς πάλαι ἀνήγαγές με. » ᾿Αναβιώσεως, φησὶ, τινὸς ὑπολαμβάνω τετυχηκέναι· παρὰ δόξαν ἀνθρωπίνην τοσούτων ἀπαλλαγεὶς συμφορῶν. [ Εἴποι δ᾽ ἄν τις ταῦτα καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τῆς ἀνθρωπείας εἰρῆσθαι φύσεως. Ἐκ γὰρ τῶν ἀβύσσων τῆς γῆς ἀνήγαγε ταύτην ὁ καταβὰς εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς, τουτέστιν ὁ ἐκ Θεοῦ Θεὸς, ὁ διὰ ταύτην ἑλόμενος καὶ ἄνθρωπος γενέσθαι.] Τοῦτο καὶ διὰ τοῦ Ἰεζεκιὴλ ὁ Θεὸς ἔφη · « Ὅτι ἀνοίξω τοὺς τάφους ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀνάξω ὑμᾶς ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ·» τουτέστι, τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην ἀπόγνωσιν λύσω, καὶ παρὰ τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ἐλπίδας τὴν ἐπάνοδον ὑμῖν δωρήσομαι.

« Hosas d' edeixas moi thlipseis pollas kai kakas ; kai epistrepsas ezōopoiēsas me.» Paradous me, phēsi, pantodapais symphorais dia tas hyp' emou gegenēmenas paranomias, palin me eis zōēn epanēgages. « Kai ek tōn abyssōn tēs gēs palai anēgages me. » ᾿Anabiōseōs, phēsi, tinos hypolambanō tetychēkenai; para doxan anthrōpinēn tosoutōn apallageis symphorōn. [ Eipoi d᾽ an tis tauta kai ek prosōpou tēs anthrōpeias eirēsthai physeōs. Ek gar tōn abyssōn tēs gēs anēgage tautēn ho katabas eis ta katōtera merē tēs gēs, toutestin ho ek Theou Theos, ho dia tautēn helomenos kai anthrōpos genesthai.] Touto kai dia tou Iezekiēl ho Theos ephē ; « Hoti anoixō tous taphous hymōn, kai anaxō hymas ek Babylōnos ;» toutesti, tēn anthrōpinēn apognōsin lysō, kai para tas tōn polemiōn elpidas tēn epanodon hymin dōrēsomai.

"How many afflictions, many and evil, you showed me; and turning, you made me live." "Having handed me over to misfortunes of every kind for the transgressions I committed, you brought me back to life again." "And from the depths of the earth you brought me up again." "I think I have obtained a kind of return to life, freed against human expectation from so many misfortunes." [One might say these words are also spoken in the person of human nature. For he who descended into the lower parts of the earth brought it up from the depths of the earth: that is, God from God, who chose for its sake to become man as well.] God said this through Ezekiel too: "For I will open your tombs and bring you up from Babylon"; that is, "I will end your human despair and, against the enemies' hopes, grant you the return."

Ps 71:20 (70:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 4:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Ezek 37:12 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 71:20: the return from exile is like a return to life, as Ezekiel's opened graves show; an addition applies it to Christ raising human nature.

  • The bracketed passage is bracketed in Migne, probably an addition from the catena.
  • The Ezekiel quotation is free (Ezek 37:12, with "from Babylon").

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  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; OCR slip; split word (OCR)): εἰρῆτ σθαι → εἰρῆσθαι; ἀντ ήγαγε → ἀνήγαγε; ἑλόμένος → ἑλόμενος.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.20 (PG 80 80:1425; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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

70.21PG 80 80:1427

« Ἐπλεόνασας ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην σου· καὶ ἐπιστρέψας παρεκάλεσάς με, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀβύσσων τῆς γῆς πάλιν ἀνήγαγές με. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Αὐξήσεις τὴν μεγαλειότητά μου, καὶ παρακυκλώσεις με παραμυθίᾳ. Καὶ τἄλλα δὲ ὁμοίως προείρηκε. Τῇ γὰρ περὶ ἐμὲ κηδεμονίᾳ δειχθήσεταί σου τὸ ἀγαθόν.

« Epleonasas ep᾿ eme tēn megalōsynēn sou; kai epistrepsas parekalesas me, kai ek tōn abyssōn tēs gēs palin anēgages me. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Auxēseis tēn megaleiotēta mou, kai parakyklōseis me paramythią. Kai talla de homoiōs proeirēke. Tę̄ gar peri eme kēdemonią deichthēsetai sou to agathon.

"You increased your greatness upon me; and turning, you comforted me, and from the depths of the earth you brought me up again." Symmachus has: "You will increase my greatness and surround me with comfort." The rest he said before in the same way. "By your care for me your goodness will be shown."

Ps 71:21 (70:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 71:21: God's care for the restored exiles will show his goodness.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): Σύμπ μαχος → Σύμμαχος.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.21 (PG 80 80:1427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-21). (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.

70.22PG 80 80:1427

« Καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν λαοῖς, Κύριε. » Οὐ παύσομαι γὰρ τὰς σὰς διηγούμενος δωρεὰς, καὶ τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας διδάσκων. Ἐπισημήνασθαι δὲ προσήκει, ὡς καὶ ἐνταῦθα λαῶν πολλῶν ἐμνημόνευσεν, οἱ μετὰ τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, διὰ τῶν ἐξ Ἰουδαίων κηρύκων, τῆς σωτηρίας ἀπήλαυσαν, « Ἐν σκεύεσι ψαλμοῦ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου, ὁ Θεὸς, ψαλῶ σοι ἐν κιθάρᾳ, ὁ ἅγιος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. » Χρήσομαι δὲ καὶ τοῖς συνήθεσιν ὀργάνοις τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν ὑφαίνων.

« Kai gar egō exomologēsomai soi en laois, Kyrie. » Ou pausomai gar tas sas diēgoumenos dōreas, kai tous agnoountas didaskōn. Episēmēnasthai de prosēkei, hōs kai entautha laōn pollōn emnēmoneusen, hoi meta tēn enanthrōpēsin tou Sōtēros hēmōn, dia tōn ex Ioudaiōn kērykōn, tēs sōtērias apēlausan, « En skeuesi psalmou tēn alētheian sou, ho Theos, psalō soi en kitharą, ho hagios tou Israēl. » Chrēsomai de kai tois synēthesin organois tēn hymnǭdian hyphainōn.

"For I will confess you among peoples, O Lord." "For I will not cease recounting your gifts and teaching those who do not know." One should note that here too he mentioned many peoples, who after the incarnation of our Savior enjoyed salvation through heralds from the Jews. "With instruments of psalmody I will sing your truth, O God; I will sing to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel." "I will also use the customary instruments, weaving my hymnody."

Ps 71:22 (70:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 71:22: the psalmist will praise God among the peoples, who were saved after the incarnation through Jewish heralds.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): Ἐπισημή νασθαι → Ἐπισημήνασθαι; όρα γάνοις → ὀργάνοις.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.22 (PG 80 80:1427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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

70.23PG 80 80:1427

« ᾿Αγαλλιάσεται τὰ χείλη μου, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ψαλῶ σοι· καὶ ἡ ψυχή μου, ἣν ἐλυτρώσω. Ετι δὲ καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά μου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν μελετήσει τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου· ὅτ᾽ ἂν αἰσχυνθῶσι καὶ ἐντραπῶσιν οἱ ζητοῦντες τὰ κακά μοι. » Προλέγει κατὰ ταυτὸν τῶν Βαβυλωνίων τὸν ὅλεθρον ὑπὸ Κύρου τοῦ Πέρσου γεγενημένον, καὶ τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀνάκλησιν. Ἐκείνων γὰρ, φησὶ, καταλυθέντων, ἐγὼ τῆς ἐπανόδου τεύξομαι· ἀπολαύσας δὲ τούτου, γεγηθὼς καὶ γαννύμενος χορεύσῳ, τὰς σὰς εὐεργεσίας ὑμνῶν, καὶ τοῦ σοῦ νόμου διηνεκῇ τὴν μελέτην ποιούμενος.

« ᾿Agalliasetai ta cheilē mou, hot᾽ an psalō soi; kai hē psychē mou, hēn elytrōsō. Eti de kai hē glōssa mou holēn tēn hēmeran meletēsei tēn dikaiosynēn sou; hot᾽ an aischynthōsi kai entrapōsin hoi zētountes ta kaka moi. » Prolegei kata tauton tōn Babylōniōn ton holethron hypo Kyrou tou Persou gegenēmenon, kai tēn tōn Ioudaiōn anaklēsin. Ekeinōn gar, phēsi, katalythentōn, egō tēs epanodou teuxomai; apolausas de toutou, gegēthōs kai gannymenos choreusǭ, tas sas euergesias hymnōn, kai tou sou nomou diēnekę̄ tēn meletēn poioumenos.

"My lips will rejoice when I sing to you, and my soul, which you redeemed. And my tongue too will meditate on your righteousness all the day, when those who seek evil for me are put to shame and confounded." At the same time he foretells the destruction of the Babylonians by Cyrus the Persian and the recall of the Jews. "When they are destroyed," he says, "I shall obtain the return; and, having enjoyed it, I will dance rejoicing and exulting, hymning your benefits and making your law my continual meditation."

Ps 71:23 (70:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 71:24 (70:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 71:23-24: the psalm foretells Babylon's fall to Cyrus and the exiles' joyful return.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): τεύξομαι το· ἀπολαύσας τι δὲ → τεύξομαι· ἀπολαύσας δὲ; εὐερ γεσίας → εὐεργεσίας; διηνεκῇ τ τὴν → διηνεκῇ τὴν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 70.23 (PG 80 80:1427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/70-23). (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.