Sophia Scriptura

Interpretation of the Psalms 72.1–72.28

Theodoret of Cyrus · Interpretation of the Psalms · ca. 436-448 · Cyrrhus · 20 passages

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

Chapter 72

72.1PG 80 80:1441

« Ψαλμὸς τῷ ᾿Ασάφ. » Καὶ ἤδη προειρήκαμεν, ὅτι καὶ τοῦτόν τινες ψαλμογράφον ἔφασαν, τινὲς δὲ μελοποιὸν, καὶ τῶν ἀδόντων χοροδιδάσκαλον. "Ἄλλοι δὲ τὸν μὲν Δαβὶδ εἶπον καὶ τούσδε τοὺς ψαλμοὺς εἰρηκέναι, τὸν δὲ ᾿Ασάφ γεγραφέναι. [ Ἡμεῖς δὲ, ὡς πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν, τοὺς πάντας τὸν μακάριον Δαβὶδ γεγραφέναι νενοήκαμεν· καὶ γὰρ οὕτως ἔχει ὁ τῆς ἀληθείας λόγος.] Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ὡς βούλεταί τις δεχέσθω · οὐδὲ μία γὰρ ἐντεῦθεν βλάβη τοῖς οὕτως ἢ ἐκείνως δεχομένοις φυήσεται. Ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ τὴν διάνοιαν τῆς χάριτος φωταγωγούσης ποιησόμεθα δήλην. Απαχθεὶς ὁ λαὸς δορυάλωτος εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, πολλαῖς καὶ παντοδαπαῖς περιεκλύζετο συμφοραῖς. Ὁρῶντες δὲ τοὺς Βαβυλωνίους, δυσσεβείᾳ καὶ παρανομίᾳ συζῶντας, ἐν εὐημερίᾳ καὶ εὐκληρίᾳ πολλῇ, σφᾶς δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν δυσπραξίᾳ καὶ κακοπαθείᾳ, λογισμοὺς περὶ τῆς θείας ἀνεκίνουν προνοίας, ἐνθυμούμενοι καὶ λογιζόμενοι, τί δήποτε παντελῶς δυσσεβοῦντες τῶν μὲν ἀνιαρῶν οὐδεμίαν λαμβάνουσι πεῖραν, εὐποτμίας δὲ ἀπολαύουσι πάσης, ἐξ οὐρίων φερόμενοι. Ταῦτα ἡ τοῦ παναγίου Πνεύματος χάρις οὐ πάντες ἴσασιν, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ ὀρθοῖς καὶ ὑγιέσι χρώμενοι λογισμῶν δημοσιεύει τὴν ζάλην. πόρρωθεν προορῶσα, ὠφέλειαν ἐκείνοις μηχανωμένη, καὶ μέντοι καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, τοῦτον γέγραφε τὸν ψαλμὸν, καὶ τοὺς ἐκείνων σαφῶς ἐξαγγέλλουσα λογισμοὺς, καὶ τῶν ζητουμένων τὴν λύσιν προσφέρουσα. ᾿Αρμόττει μὲν οὖν ἅπασιν ἡ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ διδασκαλία τοῖς τὰ τοιαῦτα ἢ λογιζομένοις, ἢ φθεγγομένοις · ἐσχημάτισται δὲ ὅμως, ὡς δὲ ἐξ ἐκείνων ἐπανεληλυθότων μὲν, διηγουμένων δὲ τῆς διανοίας τὸ πάθος. « Ὡς ἀγαθὸς ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. « Τὸ ὡς οὐ παραβολικῶς τέθεικεν, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἀγαθότητος δεικνὺς τὴν ὑπερβολήν. Λέγει δὲ ὅτι πολλὴν καὶ ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ποιεῖται κηδεμονίαν. « Τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ. » ᾿Αλλὰ τοῦτο λογισμοῖς. Οὕτως ἐκείνους ἐπαινέσας, τῶν οἰκείων

« Psalmos tǭ ᾿Asaph. » Kai ēdē proeirēkamen, hoti kai touton tines psalmographon ephasan, tines de melopoion, kai tōn adontōn chorodidaskalon. "Alloi de ton men Dabid eipon kai tousde tous psalmous eirēkenai, ton de ᾿Asaph gegraphenai. [ Hēmeis de, hōs pollakis eirēkamen, tous pantas ton makarion Dabid gegraphenai nenoēkamen; kai gar houtōs echei ho tēs alētheias logos.] Alla tauta men hōs bouletai tis dechesthō ; oude mia gar enteuthen blabē tois houtōs ē ekeinōs dechomenois phyēsetai. Hēmeis de tou psalmou tēn dianoian tēs charitos phōtagōgousēs poiēsometha dēlēn. Apachtheis ho laos doryalōtos eis Babylōna, pollais kai pantodapais perieklyzeto symphorais. Horōntes de tous Babylōnious, dyssebeią kai paranomią syzōntas, en euēmerią kai euklērią pollę̄, sphas de autous en dyspraxią kai kakopatheią, logismous peri tēs theias anekinoun pronoias, enthymoumenoi kai logizomenoi, ti dēpote pantelōs dyssebountes tōn men aniarōn oudemian lambanousi peiran, eupotmias de apolauousi pasēs, ex ouriōn pheromenoi. Tauta hē tou panagiou Pneumatos charis ou pantes isasin, all᾽ hoi orthois kai hygiesi chrōmenoi logismōn dēmosieuei tēn zalēn. porrōthen proorōsa, ōpheleian ekeinois mēchanōmenē, kai mentoi kai pasin anthrōpois, touton gegraphe ton psalmon, kai tous ekeinōn saphōs exangellousa logismous, kai tōn zētoumenōn tēn lysin prospherousa. ᾿Armottei men oun hapasin hē tou psalmou didaskalia tois ta toiauta ē logizomenois, ē phthengomenois ; eschēmatistai de homōs, hōs de ex ekeinōn epanelēlythotōn men, diēgoumenōn de tēs dianoias to pathos. « Hōs agathos ho Theos tou Israēl. « To hōs ou parabolikōs tetheiken, alla tēs agathotētos deiknys tēn hyperbolēn. Legei de hoti pollēn kai ho Theos tou Israēl poieitai kēdemonian. « Tois euthesi tę̄ kardią. » ᾿Alla touto logismois. Houtōs ekeinous epainesas, tōn oikeiōn

"A psalm of Asaph." We have said before that some said this man too was a psalm writer, others a composer of melodies and the choirmaster of the singers. Others said that David spoke these psalms too, but Asaph wrote them down. [But we, as we have often said, understand that the blessed David wrote them all; for so the word of truth has it.] Let anyone take these matters as he wishes; no harm will come to those who take them one way or the other. We shall make plain the sense of the psalm, with grace giving us light. The people, carried off captive to Babylon, was flooded with many misfortunes of every kind. Seeing the Babylonians living in impiety and lawlessness amid great prosperity and good fortune, and themselves in adversity and hardship, they stirred up thoughts about divine providence, pondering and reasoning why those who are utterly impious have no experience of grief but enjoy every good fortune and sail before a fair wind. The grace of the all-holy Spirit, foreseeing this from afar and contriving benefit for them, and indeed for all people, wrote this psalm, both plainly announcing their thoughts and offering the solution of what they were asking. The teaching of the psalm fits all who think or speak such things; yet it is framed as from those who have returned and are recounting the suffering of their minds. "How good is the God of Israel." He did not put "how" as a comparison but to show the excess of goodness. He says that the God of Israel takes great care. "To the upright in heart." "But not all know this, only those who use straight and sound reasoning." Having thus praised them, he publishes the storm of his own thoughts.

Ps 73:1 (72:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73, title and verse 1: the psalm answers the exiles' doubts about providence when they saw the wicked Babylonians prosper; God is good to the upright in heart.

  • The OCR has displaced a clause ("not all know this, only those who use straight and sound reasoning") into the middle of the section; the translation follows the evident order. The bracketed passage is bracketed in Migne, probably an addition from the catena; a stray bracket later in the section is removed.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; OCR slip; stray letters (OCR); stray letters and bracket (OCR)): εἶπον καὶ τοὺς δὲ τοὺς ψαλμοὺς → εἶπον καὶ τούσδε τοὺς ψαλμοὺς; παντελῶς το δυσσεβοῦντες → παντελῶς δυσσεβοῦντες; οὐδεμίαν δι λαμβάνουσι → οὐδεμίαν λαμβάνουσι; ἐξ οὐρίων δε φερόμενοι → ἐξ οὐρίων φερόμενοι; ἅπασινὸὶ ἡ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ φο διδασκαλία] → ἅπασιν ἡ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ διδασκαλία; τὸιαῦτα ἢ → τοιαῦτα ἢ; τοῦ σε Ἰσραήλ → τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

Topics: Scripture and canon

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.1 (PG 80 80:1441; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-1). (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.

72.2PG 80 80:1443

« Ἐμοῦ δὲ παρὰ μικρὸν ἐσαλεύθησαν οἱ πόδες.» Ἐγὼ μὲν τοι μικροῦ δεῖν τῆς οἰκείας ἐξετράπην ὁδοῦ. « Παρ' ὀλίγον ἐξεχύθη τὰ διαβήματά μου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Παρ' οὐδὲν ἐλύθη τὰ ὑπορθοῦντά με. Τῶν ὑγιαινόντων, φησὶ, καὶ ὑπερειδόντων ἐκπεσεῖν ἐκινδύνευσα λογισμῶν, καὶ ὄλισθον ὑπέμεινα ἂν μέγιστον. Τοῦτὸ γὰρ τὸ ἐξεχύθη δηλοῖ, ὡς τοῦ ἐκχεομένου, διαλυομένου, καὶ ὑποῤῥέοντος· πόδας δὲ καὶ διαβήματα τοὺς λογισμοὺς καλεί τροπικῶς. Εἶτα καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν λέγει.

« Emou de para mikron esaleuthēsan hoi podes.» Egō men toi mikrou dein tēs oikeias exetrapēn hodou. « Par' oligon exechythē ta diabēmata mou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Par' ouden elythē ta hyporthounta me. Tōn hygiainontōn, phēsi, kai hypereidontōn ekpesein ekindyneusa logismōn, kai olisthon hypemeina an megiston. Touto gar to exechythē dēloi, hōs tou ekcheomenou, dialyomenou, kai hyporrheontos; podas de kai diabēmata tous logismous kalei tropikōs. Eita kai tēn aitian legei.

"But my feet were almost shaken." "I very nearly turned aside from my own road." "My steps had well nigh slipped." Symmachus has: "What held me up was all but undone." "I was in danger," he says, "of falling from sound and supporting thoughts, and would have suffered a very great slip." For "slipped" (literally "were poured out") shows this, as of what is poured out, dissolved, and flowing away. He figuratively calls the thoughts feet and steps. Then he tells the reason.

Ps 73:2 (72:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:2: the psalmist nearly lost his sound thoughts about God.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): Ἐμοῦ δὲ σε παρὰ → Ἐμοῦ δὲ παρὰ; οἰκείας δε ἐξετράπην → οἰκείας ἐξετράπην; Παρ' σε ὀλίγον → Παρ' ὀλίγον.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.2 (PG 80 80:1443; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-2). (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.

72.3PG 80 80:1443

• Ὅτι ἐζήλωσα ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνόμοις, εἰρήνην ἁμαρτωλῶν θεωρῶν. • Ἐπυρπολούμην γὰρ, βλέπων τοὺς δυσσεβείᾳ καὶ παρανομίᾳ συζῶντας ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ εὐποτμίᾳ πολλῇ. [Ὁρῶμεν δὲ καὶ νῦν τινας τὰ παραπλήσια ἐκείνοις λέγοντας κατά τινων τῶν ἐν δυσσεβείᾳ καὶ πλεονεξία συζώντων, καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ δόξῃ, ὡς νομίζουσι, καταδυναστευόντων.]

• Hoti ezēlōsa epi tois anomois, eirēnēn hamartōlōn theōrōn. • Epyrpoloumēn gar, blepōn tous dyssebeią kai paranomią syzōntas en eirēnę̄ kai eupotmią pollę̄. [Horōmen de kai nyn tinas ta paraplēsia ekeinois legontas kata tinōn tōn en dyssebeią kai pleonexia syzōntōn, kai ploutǭ kai doxę̄, hōs nomizousi, katadynasteuontōn.]

"For I was jealous of the lawless, seeing the peace of sinners." "For I burned, seeing those who live with impiety and lawlessness in peace and great good fortune." [And we see some even now saying things like theirs about certain people who live in impiety and greed and lord it over others, as they think, with wealth and glory.]

Ps 73:3 (72:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:3: the psalmist burned with envy at the peace of the wicked.

  • The final sentence 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): Ὁρῶμεν δὲ καὶ νῦν → [Ὁρῶμεν δὲ καὶ νῦν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.3 (PG 80 80:1443; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.4PG 80 80:1443

« Ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνάνευσις ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῶν. Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας οὕτως· Οὐκ εἰσὶ δυσπάθειαι τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῶν· ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος · Οὐκ ἐνεθυμοῦντο περὶ θανάτου αὐτῶν. Οὐδὲ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐν κινδύνοις ἐξεταζόμενοι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀπηγόρευον. Καὶ ἡ ἀνάνευσις δὲ τὴν ἀπαγόρευσιν δηλοῖ· ἀπαγορεύειν γάρ τι βουλόμενοι ἀνάνευσιν εἰώθαμεν. • Καὶ στερέωμα ἐν τῇ μάστιγι αὐτῶν.» Πρὸς ὀλίγον αὐτοῖς, φησὶ, πελάζει τὰ λυπηρά.

« Hoti ouk estin ananeusis en tǭ thanatǭ autōn. Ho de ᾿Akylas houtōs; Ouk eisi dyspatheiai tǭ thanatǭ autōn; ho de Symmachos ; Ouk enethymounto peri thanatou autōn. Oude gar, phēsin, en kindynois exetazomenoi sphas autous apēgoreuon. Kai hē ananeusis de tēn apagoreusin dēloi; apagoreuein gar ti boulomenoi ananeusin eiōthamen. • Kai stereōma en tę̄ mastigi autōn.» Pros oligon autois, phēsi, pelazei ta lypēra.

"For there is no refusal in their death." Aquila has: "There are no pangs in their death"; Symmachus: "They did not think about their death." "For even when tried in dangers," he says, "they did not give up on themselves." "Refusal" means giving up; for when we want to refuse something we usually throw back the head. "And firmness in their scourge." "Grief comes near them only for a little while," he says.

Ps 73:4 (72:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:4: the wicked do not despair even in danger, and their troubles are brief.

  • "Refusal" renders the Septuagint ἀνάνευσις, literally a throwing back of the head.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): Καὶ το στερέωμα → Καὶ στερέωμα; πελάζει τι τὰ λυπηρά → πελάζει τὰ λυπηρά.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.4 (PG 80 80:1443; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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

72.5PG 80 80:1443

• Ἐν κόποις ἀνθρώπων οὐκ εἰσὶ, καὶ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων οὐ μαστιγωθήσονται. » Κατὰ ῥοῦν αὐτοῖς, φησὶ, τὰ πράγματα φέρεται, καὶ οὔτε πόνοις καὶ ταλαιπωρίαις, οὔτε παιδείαις περιβάλλονται τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀνθρώποις παραπλησίως.

• En kopois anthrōpōn ouk eisi, kai meta anthrōpōn ou mastigōthēsontai. » Kata rhoun autois, phēsi, ta pragmata pheretai, kai oute ponois kai talaipōriais, oute paideiais periballontai tois allois anthrōpois paraplēsiōs.

"They are not in the troubles of men, and they will not be scourged with men." "Their affairs go with the current," he says, "and they are not surrounded by toils and hardships or chastisements like other people."

Ps 73:5 (72:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:5: the wicked escape the troubles and chastisements of other people.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.5 (PG 80 80:1443; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.6PG 80 80:1445

• Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκράτησεν αὐτοὺς ἡ ὑπερηφανία εἰς τέλος· περιεβάλοντο ἀδικίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν ἑαυτῶν. » Ἑντεῦθεν εἰς ἀλαζονείαν καὶ τύφον ἐπήρθησαν, καὶ δίκας ὑπὲρ τῶν προτέρων μὴ δεδωκότες ἁμαρτημάτων, εἰς πλείονα παρανομίαν ἐξώκειλαν. Τὸ γὰρ περιεβάλοντο τὸ πλῆθος τῆς ἀδικίας ἐδήλωσεν, ὡς πανταχόθεν αὐτοὺς κυκλούσης.

• Dia touto ekratēsen autous hē hyperēphania eis telos; periebalonto adikian kai asebeian heautōn. » Henteuthen eis alazoneian kai typhon epērthēsan, kai dikas hyper tōn proterōn mē dedōkotes hamartēmatōn, eis pleiona paranomian exōkeilan. To gar periebalonto to plēthos tēs adikias edēlōsen, hōs pantachothen autous kyklousēs.

"Therefore pride took hold of them to the end; they clothed themselves with their injustice and impiety." "From this they were lifted up to arrogance and conceit, and, having paid no penalty for their former sins, they ran aground in greater lawlessness." For "clothed themselves" showed the abundance of injustice, as surrounding them on every side.

Ps 73:6 (72:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:6: unpunished, the wicked grew proud and wrapped themselves in injustice.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): ἡ ὑπερηφανία Λ εἰς τέλος σ· περιεβάλοντο το ἀδικίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν ἑαυτῶν ". → ἡ ὑπερηφανία εἰς τέλος· περιεβάλοντο ἀδικίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν ἑαυτῶν..

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.6 (PG 80 80:1445; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.7PG 80 80:1445

· Ἐξελεύσεται ὡς ἐκ στέατος ἡ ἀδικία αὐτῶν. Στέαρ, ὡς πολλάκις ἔφαμεν, τὴν εὐπάθειαν καὶ τὴν εὐκληρίαν δηλοῖ. ῾Ὡς ἐν τοσαύτῃ τοίνυν, φησὶν, ὄντες εὐημερίᾳ, μεθ᾽ ἀπάσης ἀδείας τὴν ἀδικίαν ἐτόλμησαν. « Διήλθοσαν εἰς διάθεσιν καρδίας. Διενοήθησαν καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἐν πονηρίᾳ, ἀδικίαν εἰς τὸ ὕψος ἐλάλησαν. Ἔθεντο εἰς οὐρανὸν τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν διῆλθεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. • Οὐκ ἀπέχρησε δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ κατὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀδικία, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐτόξευσαν καὶ λόγοις καὶ λογισμοῖς. Αἰνίττεται δὲ διὰ τούτων τὰς κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ βλασφημίας, τὰς κατὰ τοῦ λαοῦ λοιδορίας, τὰς κατὰ τοῦ νεὼ τοῦ θείου παροινίας. Τοῦτο δὲ σαφέστερον εἴρηκεν ἐν τῷ μα ψαλμῷ· · Ἐγενήθη τὰ δάκρυά μου ἐμοὶ ἄρτος ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς, ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαί μοι καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν· Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Θεός σου;

; Exeleusetai hōs ek steatos hē adikia autōn. Stear, hōs pollakis ephamen, tēn eupatheian kai tēn euklērian dēloi. ῾Hōs en tosautę̄ toinyn, phēsin, ontes euēmerią, meth᾽ apasēs adeias tēn adikian etolmēsan. « Diēlthosan eis diathesin kardias. Dienoēthēsan kai elalēsan en ponērią, adikian eis to hypsos elalēsan. Ethento eis ouranon to stoma autōn, kai hē glōssa autōn diēlthen epi tēs gēs. • Ouk apechrēse de autois hē kata tōn anthrōpōn adikia, alla kai ton ouranon etoxeusan kai logois kai logismois. Ainittetai de dia toutōn tas kata tou Theou blasphēmias, tas kata tou laou loidorias, tas kata tou neō tou theiou paroinias. Touto de saphesteron eirēken en tǭ ma psalmǭ; ; Egenēthē ta dakrya mou emoi artos hēmeras kai nyktos, en tǭ legesthai moi kath' hekastēn hēmeran; Pou estin ho Theos sou?

"Their injustice will come out as from fat." Fat, as we have often said, means luxury and good fortune. "Being in such prosperity," he says, "they dared injustice with complete impunity." "They passed into the disposition of the heart. They thought and spoke in wickedness; they spoke injustice on high. They set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue went through the earth." "Injustice against men was not enough for them; they shot at heaven too with words and thoughts." By these words he hints at the blasphemies against God, the insults against the people, and the outrages against the divine temple. He said this more clearly in the forty-first psalm: "My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say to me every day, 'Where is your God?'"

Ps 73:7 (72:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 73:8 (72:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 73:9 (72:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 42:3 (41:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:7-9: the prosperous wicked grew insolent and blasphemed God, his people, and his temple.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; joined words (OCR); split word (OCR)): Διενοή θησαν → Διενοήθησαν; Ἔθεντοεἰς → Ἔθεντο εἰς; ὁ Θεός του; → ὁ Θεός σου;.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.7 (PG 80 80:1445; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.10PG 80 80:1445

«Διὰ τοῦτο ἐπιστρέψει ὁ λαός μου ἐνταῦθα, καὶ ἡμέραι πλήρεις εὑρεθήσονται ἐν αὐτοῖς. » Ταῦτα ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων εἰρηκότος, ὁ προφητικὸς τέθεικε λόγος, τοὺς ἀθυμοῦντας ψυχαγωγῶν. Ἐκείνων γὰρ, φησί, βλασφημίαις κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ χρησαμένων, καὶ κακοπαθείαις ἡμᾶς ὑποβαλόντων, χρηστὰ περὶ ἡμῶν ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς ἐψηφίσατο, τὴν ἐπάνοδον ὑποσχόμενος, καὶ ζωὴν τὴν ὡρισμένην τῇ φύσει. Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον, ὡς τοῖς ἐπανελθοῦσιν ἤδη, καὶ τὰ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι συμβεβηκότα διηγουμένοις, ἁρμόδιος ὁ ψαλμός. Ἔφη γάρ· • Διὰ τοῦτο ἐπιστρέψει ὁ λαός μου ἐνταῦθα, » τουτέστιν εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν. Ἐκεῖ τοίνυν διάγοντες, τὸ ἐνταῦθα λέγουσι. Τοῖς ἐν Βαβυλῶνι γὰρ οὐδαμῶς τοῦτο κατάλληλον. • Ἡμέρας δὲ πλήρεις » τὸ γῆρας ἐκάλεσεν. ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ, Καὶ ἐπανήξουσι, καὶ μέχρι γήρως βιώσονται. Οὕτω τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν δείξας, πάλιν εἰς τὴν διήγησιν ἐπανῆλθε τῆς τῶν Βαβυλωνίων βλασφημίας, καὶ τῆς τῶν λογισμῶν ταραχῆς.

«Dia touto epistrepsei ho laos mou entautha, kai hēmerai plēreis heurethēsontai en autois. » Tauta hōs tou Theou tōn holōn eirēkotos, ho prophētikos tetheike logos, tous athymountas psychagōgōn. Ekeinōn gar, phēsi, blasphēmiais kata tou Theou chrēsamenōn, kai kakopatheiais hēmas hypobalontōn, chrēsta peri hēmōn ho tōn holōn Theos epsēphisato, tēn epanodon hyposchomenos, kai zōēn tēn hōrismenēn tę̄ physei. Kai enteuthen dēlon, hōs tois epanelthousin ēdē, kai ta en Babylōni symbebēkota diēgoumenois, harmodios ho psalmos. Ephē gar; • Dia touto epistrepsei ho laos mou entautha, » toutestin eis tēn Ioudaian. Ekei toinyn diagontes, to entautha legousi. Tois en Babylōni gar oudamōs touto katallēlon. • Hēmeras de plēreis » to gēras ekalesen. ᾿Anti tou, Kai epanēxousi, kai mechri gērōs biōsontai. Houtō tou Theou tēn hyposchesin deixas, palin eis tēn diēgēsin epanēlthe tēs tōn Babylōniōn blasphēmias, kai tēs tōn logismōn tarachēs.

"Therefore my people will return here, and full days will be found in them." The prophetic word set these words down as spoken by the God of all, comforting the despondent. "For when they used blasphemies against God," he says, "and subjected us to hardships, the God of all decreed good things for us, promising the return and the life span set for nature." From this too it is plain that the psalm suits those who have already returned and recount what happened in Babylon. For he said, "Therefore my people will return here," that is, to Judea. So, living there, they say "here"; for this would in no way suit those in Babylon. He called old age "full days"; that is, "they will return and live to old age." Having thus shown God's promise, he returned again to the account of the Babylonians' blasphemy and the turmoil of his thoughts.

Ps 73:10 (72:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:10: God promised the exiles return and a full life span; the word "here" shows the psalm is spoken after the return.

  • A stray closing bracket is removed.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; split word, letter slip, stray bracket (OCR)): ὁ ψαλμές → ὁ ψαλμός; τὴν Ἰου δαίαν. Ἐκεῖες τοίνυν διάγοντες, τὸ ἐνταῦθα λέγουσι.] → τὴν Ἰουδαίαν. Ἐκεῖ τοίνυν διάγοντες, τὸ ἐνταῦθα λέγουσι..

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.10 (PG 80 80:1445; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.11PG 80 80:1445

« Καὶ εἶπον· Πῶς ἔγνω ὁ Θεός; καὶ εἰ ἔστι γνῶσις ἐν τῷ Ὑψίστῳ; › Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος σαφέστερον · Οἱ δὲ ἔλεγον, Πῶς ἔγνω ὁ Θεός; εἰ ἔστιν ἐπίγνωσις τῷ Ὑψίστῳ; Ὁ μὲν γὰρ Θεὸς, φησὶν, ἐκεῖνα ὑπέσχετο· οὗτοι δὲ παρ' ἑαυτοῖς ἑλογίζοντο, μήτε ἐφορᾶν τὸν Θεὸν, μήτε τι τῶν γινομένων εἰδέναι. Εἶτα δείξας διὰ τούτων τὴν ἐκείνων ἀσέβειαν, τοὺς οἰκείους ἐκφέρει λογισμούς.

« Kai eipon; Pōs egnō ho Theos? kai ei esti gnōsis en tǭ Hypsistǭ? › Ho de Symmachos saphesteron ; Hoi de elegon, Pōs egnō ho Theos? ei estin epignōsis tǭ Hypsistǭ? Ho men gar Theos, phēsin, ekeina hypescheto; houtoi de par' heautois helogizonto, mēte ephoran ton Theon, mēte ti tōn ginomenōn eidenai. Eita deixas dia toutōn tēn ekeinōn asebeian, tous oikeious ekpherei logismous.

"And they said, 'How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'" Symmachus more clearly: "And they said, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?'" "God promised those things," he says, "but these reasoned among themselves that God neither watches over nor knows anything of what happens." Then, having shown their impiety by these words, he brings out his own thoughts.

Ps 73:11 (72:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:11: the wicked Babylonians denied that God sees or knows what happens.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (footnote mark (OCR)): εἰ 9ª ἔστιν → εἰ ἔστιν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.11 (PG 80 80:1445; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.12PG 80 80:1447

« Ἰδοὺ οὗτοι ἁμαρτωλοὶ, καὶ εὐθηνοῦντες εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατέσχον πλοῦτον. › Παρανομίᾳ συζῶντες ἀφθόνως ἀπολαύουσι τῶν ἀγαθῶν, καὶ ἄτρεπτον ἔχουσι τὴν εὐκληρίαν· τὸ γὰρ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατὰ τὸν παρόντα βίον λέγει. πολλάκις γὰρ καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ζωὴν αἰῶνα καλεῖ· « Ὁ αἰὼν γὰρ ἡμῶν, φησὶν, εἰς φωτισμὸν τοῦ προσώπου σου.

« Idou houtoi hamartōloi, kai euthēnountes eis ton aiōna kateschon plouton. › Paranomią syzōntes aphthonōs apolauousi tōn agathōn, kai atrepton echousi tēn euklērian; to gar eis ton aiōna kata ton paronta bion legei. pollakis gar kai tēn tou anthrōpou zōēn aiōna kalei; « Ho aiōn gar hēmōn, phēsin, eis phōtismon tou prosōpou sou.

"Behold, these are sinners, and, prospering, they held on to wealth forever." "Living with lawlessness, they enjoy good things in abundance and have unchanging good fortune." By "forever" he means in the present life; for he often calls a man's life an "age": "For our age," he says, "is in the light of your face."

Ps 73:12 (72:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 90:8 (89:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:12: the wicked enjoy unchanging prosperity in this life.

  • "Forever" renders εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, "for the age."

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): Παρανομία συν ζῶντες → Παρανομίᾳ συζῶντες.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.12 (PG 80 80:1447; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.13PG 80 80:1447

« Καὶ εἶπα. "Αρα ματαίως ἐδικαίωσα τὴν καρδίαν μου; › Ἐγὼ δὲ ὁρῶν αὐτοὺς εὐωχουμένους, καὶ ἐπὶ πλούτῳ βρενθυομένους, ἐνεθυμούμην, Μὴ ἀκερδὴς ἄρα τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἡ κτῆσις; « Καὶ ἐνιψάμην ἐν ἀθώοις τὰς χεῖράς μου. » Τοιγαροῦν ἐκέρδανα, φησὶ, πόῤῥω τῶν πονηρίᾳ συζώντων γενόμενος · τὸ γὰρ, « Ἐνιψάμην ἐν ἀθώοις, › ἀντὶ τοῦ, ᾿Αθῶον ἐμαυτὸν ἐφύλαξα, καὶ · οὐ κεκοινώνηκα τοῖς κακοῖς.

« Kai eipa. "Ara mataiōs edikaiōsa tēn kardian mou? › Egō de horōn autous euōchoumenous, kai epi ploutǭ brenthyomenous, enethymoumēn, Mē akerdēs ara tēs dikaiosynēs hē ktēsis? « Kai enipsamēn en athōois tas cheiras mou. » Toigaroun ekerdana, phēsi, porrhō tōn ponērią syzōntōn genomenos ; to gar, « Enipsamēn en athōois, › anti tou, ᾿Athōon emauton ephylaxa, kai ; ou kekoinōnēka tois kakois.

"And I said, 'Was it in vain, then, that I justified my heart?'" "Seeing them feasting and swaggering over their wealth, I pondered, 'Is the possession of righteousness, then, without gain?'" "And I washed my hands among the innocent." "So I gained," he says, "by keeping far from those who live with wickedness." For "I washed among the innocent" means "I kept myself innocent and did not share in evils."

Ps 73:13 (72:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:13: the psalmist wondered whether keeping himself innocent had been in vain.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): πονηρίᾳ· συζώντων → πονηρίᾳ συζώντων.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.13 (PG 80 80:1447; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.14PG 80 80:1447

« Καὶ ἐγενόμην μεμαστιγωμένος ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ ἔλεγχός μου εἰς τὰς προΐας. · Ἐπιμεληθεὶς δικαιοσύνης, καὶ τῆς κακίας τὴν κοινωνίαν φυγὼν, καὶ αἰκίζομαι, καὶ παροινοῦμαι καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν.

« Kai egenomēn memastigōmenos holēn tēn hēmeran, kai ho elenchos mou eis tas proïas. ; Epimelētheis dikaiosynēs, kai tēs kakias tēn koinōnian phygōn, kai aikizomai, kai paroinoumai kath' hekastēn hēmeran.

"And I was scourged all the day, and my reproof was in the mornings." "Having cared for righteousness and fled from sharing in wickedness, I am maltreated and abused every day."

Ps 73:14 (72:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:14: the righteous psalmist is afflicted every day.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.14 (PG 80 80:1447; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.15PG 80 80:1447

« Εἰ ἔλεγον· Διηγήσομαι οὕτως, ἰδοὺ τῇ γενεᾷ τῶν υἱῶν σου ἠσυνθέτηκας". » Τοὺς ἄλλους, φησί, καταλιπὼν λογισμοὺς, τοῦτο παρ᾿ ἐμαυτῷ ἐνεθυμούμην· Μὴ ἄρα τὰς πρὸς ἡμᾶς συνθήκας διέλυσεν ὁ Θεός; τὸ γὰρ ἠσυνθέτηκας, ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἢ παρέβης τὰς συγκειμένας συνθήκας; Υίοὺς δὲ καλοῦσιν ἑαυτοὺς, ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦτο αὐτοὺς ὀνομάσαντος • Υἱὸς πρωτότοκός μου Ἰσραήλ. » Καὶ, « Υἱοὺς ἐγέννησα καὶ ὕψωσα. »

« Ei elegon; Diēgēsomai houtōs, idou tę̄ geneą tōn huiōn sou ēsynthetēkas". » Tous allous, phēsi, katalipōn logismous, touto par᾿ emautǭ enethymoumēn; Mē ara tas pros hēmas synthēkas dielysen ho Theos? to gar ēsynthetēkas, anti tou, ē parebēs tas synkeimenas synthēkas? Uious de kalousin heautous, hōs tou Theou touto autous onomasantos • Huios prōtotokos mou Israēl. » Kai, « Huious egennēsa kai hypsōsa. »

"If I said, 'I will speak thus,' behold, you have broken faith with the generation of your sons." "Leaving other thoughts," he says, "I pondered this within myself: 'Has God, then, dissolved his covenant with us?'" For "you have broken faith" means "Have you transgressed the agreed covenant?" They call themselves "sons" because God named them so: "Israel is my firstborn son," and, "I begot sons and raised them up."

Ps 73:15 (72:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 4:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 1:2 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:15: the psalmist wondered whether God had broken his covenant with his sons, Israel.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἢ º παρέβης → ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἢ παρέβης.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.15 (PG 80 80:1447; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.16PG 80 80:1447

« Καὶ ὑπέλαβον τοῦ γνῶναι· τοῦτο κόπος ἐστὶν ἐνώπιόν μου. Ἕως οὗ εἰσέλθω εἰς τὸ ἁγιαστήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ· καὶ συνῶ εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα αὐτῶν. » ᾿Αλλ' ἐκείνους, φησὶ, καταλιπὼν τοὺς λογισμοὺς, ἐσκόπουν, ὅτι κόποις με καὶ ταλαιπωρίαις συνεκλήρωσεν ὁ Θεὸς, δίκας τῶν πεπλημμελημένων εἰσπραττόμενος ἐπανήξω δὲ ὅμως, καὶ τὸν ἡγιασμένον αὐτοῦ νεὼν ὄψομαι,' καὶ τὸ κακὸν τούτων θεωρήσω τέλος. Εἶτα διὰ τῆς θείας τοῦτο προδιδάσκεται χάριτος.

« Kai hypelabon tou gnōnai; touto kopos estin enōpion mou. Heōs hou eiselthō eis to hagiastērion tou Theou; kai synō eis ta eschata autōn. » ᾿All' ekeinous, phēsi, katalipōn tous logismous, eskopoun, hoti kopois me kai talaipōriais syneklērōsen ho Theos, dikas tōn peplēmmelēmenōn eisprattomenos epanēxō de homōs, kai ton hēgiasmenon autou neōn opsomai,' kai to kakon toutōn theōrēsō telos. Eita dia tēs theias touto prodidasketai charitos.

"And I undertook to know; this is a trouble before me, until I go into the sanctuary of God and understand their last end." "But leaving those thoughts," he says, "I considered that God had allotted me toils and hardships, exacting the penalty for my offenses; but I shall return nonetheless and see his sanctified temple and behold the evil end of these men." Then he is taught this in advance by divine grace.

Ps 73:16 (72:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 73:17 (72:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:16-17: the psalmist understood that his hardships were punishment, that he would return to the temple, and that the wicked would meet an evil end.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); split word with stray letter (OCR)): πεπλημμελημέ νων → πεπλημμελημένων; τούΗ των → τούτων.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.16 (PG 80 80:1447; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.18PG 80 80:1449

« Πλὴν διὰ τὰς δολιότητας αὐτῶν ἔθου αὐτοῖς κακά · κατέβαλες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ἐπαρθῆναι. Πῶς ἐγένοντο εἰς ἐρήμωσιν; ἐξάπινα ἐξέλιπον ἀπώλοντο διὰ τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν. Ὡσεὶ ἐνύπνιον ἐξεγειρομένων . » Ταῦτα πάντα ἐπὶ τοῦ Κύρου Βαβυλωνίοις συνέβη· ἐκείνους μὲν γὰρ ἐξανδραποδίσας κατεδουλώσατο, Ἰουδαίοις δὲ τὴν ἐπάνοδον ἐδωρήσατο. Εἰκότως δὲ αὐτῶν ὀνείρῳ τὴν εὐημερίαν ἀπείκασεν· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐνυπνίου διενήνοχεν ἡ τοῦ παρόντος βίου σκηνή. Καὶ τοῦτο καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν Βαβυλωνίων ῥάδιον κατιδεῖν. Οἱ γὰρ πρὸ βραχέος ἀλαζονευόμενοι, καὶ βρενθυόμενοι, ὡς τῆς οἰκουμένης ἁπάσης κεκρατηκότες, τὴν μὲν δυναστείαν ἐξαίφνης ἀπέβαλον, εἰς ἐσχάτην δὲ δουλείαν μετέπεσον. « Κύριε, ἐν τῇ πόλει σου τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτῶν ἐξουδενώσεις. » Ἡ εἰκὼν πρόσκαιρον ἔχει τὸ ἄνθος. Εἰκόνι τοίνυν ἀπεικάζει τῶν Βαβυλωνίων τὴν δυναστείαν, εἰς ὀλίγον ἀρκέσασαν χρόνον· ταύτην δὲ, φησὶ, σὺ ἐξουδενώσεις, τῆς εἰς τὴν σὴν πόλιν δυσσεβείας εἰσπραττόμενος δίκας.

« Plēn dia tas doliotētas autōn ethou autois kaka ; katebales autous en tǭ eparthēnai. Pōs egenonto eis erēmōsin? exapina exelipon apōlonto dia tēn anomian autōn. Hōsei enypnion exegeiromenōn . » Tauta panta epi tou Kyrou Babylōniois synebē; ekeinous men gar exandrapodisas katedoulōsato, Ioudaiois de tēn epanodon edōrēsato. Eikotōs de autōn oneirǭ tēn euēmerian apeikasen; ouden gar enypniou dienēnochen hē tou parontos biou skēnē. Kai touto kai ex autōn tōn Babylōniōn rhadion katidein. Hoi gar pro bracheos alazoneuomenoi, kai brenthyomenoi, hōs tēs oikoumenēs hapasēs kekratēkotes, tēn men dynasteian exaiphnēs apebalon, eis eschatēn de douleian metepeson. « Kyrie, en tę̄ polei sou tēn eikona autōn exoudenōseis. » Hē eikōn proskairon echei to anthos. Eikoni toinyn apeikazei tōn Babylōniōn tēn dynasteian, eis oligon arkesasan chronon; tautēn de, phēsi, sy exoudenōseis, tēs eis tēn sēn polin dyssebeias eisprattomenos dikas.

"But because of their deceits you set evils for them; you cast them down when they were lifted up. How they came to desolation! Suddenly they failed; they perished because of their lawlessness. Like a dream of those who awake." All this happened to the Babylonians under Cyrus; for he enslaved and subjugated them but granted the Jews the return. He rightly likened their prosperity to a dream; for the stage of the present life differs in no way from a dream. This is easy to see from the Babylonians themselves: those who a little before boasted and swaggered as masters of the whole world suddenly lost their power and fell into the lowest slavery. "Lord, in your city you will bring their image to nothing." An image has a passing bloom. So he likens the Babylonians' power, which lasted a short time, to an image: "This you will bring to nothing," he says, "exacting the penalty for their impiety against your city."

Ps 73:18 (72:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 73:19 (72:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 73:20 (72:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:18-20: the Babylonians' sudden fall under Cyrus shows that the prosperity of the wicked is a passing dream.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray dash (OCR)): τὴν εἰκόνα – αὐτῶν → τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτῶν; πρόσκαιρον – ἔχει → πρόσκαιρον ἔχει.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.18 (PG 80 80:1449; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.21PG 80 80:1449

« Ὅτι ἐξεκαύθη ἡ καρδία μου. » Ταῦτα, φησὶν, ἐλογιζόμην, ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκείνων παρανομίας πυρποληθείς· ἀνέλαβε γὰρ τὸ προοίμιον, Ὅτι ἐζήλωσα ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνόμοις, καὶ ὅπερ ἐκεῖ ζῆλον ἐκάλεσε, τοῦτο ἐνταῦθα καρδίας ἔκκαυσιν. « Καὶ οἱ νεφροί μου ἠλλοιώθησαν. • Νεφροὺς, ὡς πολλάκις ἔφην, τοὺς λογισμοὺς ὀνομάζει. Εὐσεβεῖς, φησὶν, ἔχων τοὺς λογισμοὺς, μικροῦ δεῖν ἐξετράπην διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων ἀλαζονείαν.

« Hoti exekauthē hē kardia mou. » Tauta, phēsin, elogizomēn, hypo tēs ekeinōn paranomias pyrpolētheis; anelabe gar to prooimion, Hoti ezēlōsa epi tois anomois, kai hoper ekei zēlon ekalese, touto entautha kardias ekkausin. « Kai hoi nephroi mou ēlloiōthēsan. • Nephrous, hōs pollakis ephēn, tous logismous onomazei. Eusebeis, phēsin, echōn tous logismous, mikrou dein exetrapēn dia tēn ekeinōn alazoneian.

"For my heart was inflamed." "I reasoned these things," he says, "burning at their lawlessness." For he took up again the opening, "For I was jealous of the lawless"; and what there he called jealousy, here he calls the inflaming of the heart. "And my kidneys were changed." He names the thoughts kidneys, as I have often said. "Though I had pious thoughts," he says, "I very nearly turned aside because of their arrogance."

Ps 73:21 (72:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:21: burning at the wicked's lawlessness, the psalmist nearly abandoned his pious thoughts.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.21 (PG 80 80:1449; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.22PG 80 80:1449

« Κἀγὼ ἐξουδενωμένος, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνων. › Τοῦτο σαφέστερον ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκεν· Ἤμην δὲ ἀνεπιστήμων, καὶ μὴ εἰδώς. Τοῦτο τὸ πάθος ἔπαθον ἐξ ἀγνοίας, οὐκ εἰδώς σου τὰ κρίματα. • Κτηνώδης ἐγενήθην παρὰ σοί. Κἀγὼ διὰ παντὸς μετὰ σοῦ. » ᾿Αλλ' οὐκ ἔτι τοῦτο πείσομαι, οὐδὲ ζητῆσαί τι ἢ περιεργάσασθαι τῶν ὑπὸ τῆς σῆς σοφίας οἰκονομουμένων ἀνέξομαι· ἀλλὰ κτήνει παραπλησίως, τοῖς σοῖς ἔψομαι νεύμασιν. Οὕτω γὰρ τῆς σῆς προνοίας οὐ χωρισθήσομαι. Καθἀπερ γὰρ τὸ κτῆνος ἀκολουθεῖ τῷ ἄγοντι, μὴ περιεργαζόμενον ᾗπερ ἂν ἄγηται , οὕτως ὑπὸ τῆς σῆς κυβερνώμενος χάριτος, ἀκολουθήσω κἀγὼ, μὴ πολυπραγμονῶν σου τὴν πρόνοιαν. · Ἐκράτησας τῆς χειρὸς τῆς δεξιᾶς μου. Καὶ ἐν τῇ βουλῇ σου ὠδήγησάς με, καὶ μετὰ δόξης προσελάβου με. · Ἐντεῦθεν τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον λέγει, ὅτι καθάπερ πατήρ ἤπιος παῖδα πεπλανημένον εὑρὼν, τῆς τούτου λαβόμενος δεξιᾶς, εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπανάγει· οὕτω με εἰς τὴν πατρώαν ἐπανήγαγες γῆν, τῆς μὲν δουλείας ἐλευθερώσας, ῥᾳδίαν δὲ μοι τὴν διὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν διάβασιν χαρισάμενος, εὐκλεᾶ τε καὶ ἔνδοξον ἀπέφηνας.

« Kagō exoudenōmenos, kai ouk egnōn. › Touto saphesteron ho Symmachos eirēken; Ēmēn de anepistēmōn, kai mē eidōs. Touto to pathos epathon ex agnoias, ouk eidōs sou ta krimata. • Ktēnōdēs egenēthēn para soi. Kagō dia pantos meta sou. » ᾿All' ouk eti touto peisomai, oude zētēsai ti ē periergasasthai tōn hypo tēs sēs sophias oikonomoumenōn anexomai; alla ktēnei paraplēsiōs, tois sois epsomai neumasin. Houtō gar tēs sēs pronoias ou chōristhēsomai. Kathaper gar to ktēnos akolouthei tǭ agonti, mē periergazomenon hę̄per an agētai , houtōs hypo tēs sēs kybernōmenos charitos, akolouthēsō kagō, mē polypragmonōn sou tēn pronoian. ; Ekratēsas tēs cheiros tēs dexias mou. Kai en tę̄ boulę̄ sou ōdēgēsas me, kai meta doxēs proselabou me. ; Enteuthen ta kata tēn epanodon legei, hoti kathaper patēr ēpios paida peplanēmenon heurōn, tēs toutou labomenos dexias, eis tēn oikian epanagei; houtō me eis tēn patrōan epanēgages gēn, tēs men douleias eleutherōsas, rhądian de moi tēn dia tōn ethnōn diabasin charisamenos, euklea te kai endoxon apephēnas.

"And I was brought to nothing and did not know." Symmachus said this more clearly: "I was without understanding and did not know." "I suffered this from ignorance, not knowing your judgments." "I became like a beast before you. And I am always with you." "But I will no longer suffer this, nor will I allow myself to inquire or pry into anything managed by your wisdom; but like a beast of burden I will follow your nods. So I shall not be separated from your providence. For just as a beast follows the one leading it, without prying into where it is led, so I too, steered by your grace, will follow, not meddling with your providence." "You took hold of my right hand. And in your counsel you guided me, and with glory you received me." From here he speaks of the return: "As a gentle father, finding a child who has strayed, takes his right hand and leads him back home, so you brought me back to my ancestral land, freeing me from slavery, granting me an easy passage through the nations, and making me renowned and glorious."

Ps 73:22 (72:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 73:23 (72:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 73:24 (72:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:22-24: the psalmist resolves to follow God's providence without prying, like a beast led by its master; God led him home like a father.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.22 (PG 80 80:1449; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.25PG 80 80:1451

« Τί γάρ μοι ὑπάρχει ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ παρὰ σοῦ τί ἠθέλησα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;» Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας, σαφέστερον· Τίς μοι ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ; καὶ μετὰ σοῦ οὐκ ἠβουλήθην ἐν τῇ γῇ. Ἐρωτηματικῶς τέθεικεν ἀντὶ τοῦ, Ὑπάρχει μοι ἐλπὶς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. Προσεδόκησα, φησὶ, καὶ προσδοκῶ εὐμενῆ σέ μοι γενέσθαι ἐν οὐρανῷ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Οὔτε γὰρ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄλλον τινὰ ἔχω Θεὸν καὶ κηδεμόνα πλήν σου, οὔτε μὴν ἐν τῇ γῇ ἕτερόν σοι συντάττω, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ σε οἶδα Θεόν. [Εἴρηται μάλιστα καὶ ταῦτα ἐκ προσὡπου τῶν ἐξ ἐθνῶν πεπιστευκότων τῷ Σωτῆρι • λέγει δὲ, ὅτι] Καὶ τὴν σὴν ἀσπάζομαι δεσποτείαν.

« Ti gar moi hyparchei en tǭ ouranǭ, kai para sou ti ēthelēsa epi tēs gēs?» Ho de ᾿Akylas, saphesteron; Tis moi en tǭ ouranǭ? kai meta sou ouk ēboulēthēn en tę̄ gę̄. Erōtēmatikōs tetheiken anti tou, Hyparchei moi elpis en tǭ ouranǭ. Prosedokēsa, phēsi, kai prosdokō eumenē se moi genesthai en ouranǭ de kai epi tēs gēs. Oute gar en tǭ ouranǭ allon tina echō Theon kai kēdemona plēn sou, oute mēn en tę̄ gę̄ heteron soi syntattō, alla kai en tǭ ouranǭ, kai en tę̄ gę̄ se oida Theon. [Eirētai malista kai tauta ek prosōpou tōn ex ethnōn pepisteukotōn tǭ Sōtēri • legei de, hoti] Kai tēn sēn aspazomai despoteian.

"For what is there for me in heaven, and besides you what did I desire on earth?" Aquila, more clearly: "Who is there for me in heaven? And with you I did not wish anything on earth." He put it as a question, meaning, "I have hope in heaven." "I expected and expect," he says, "that you will be gracious to me both in heaven and on earth. For neither in heaven do I have any other God and protector besides you, nor on earth do I rank another with you; but both in heaven and on earth I know you as God." [These words are said especially in the person of those from the nations who have believed in the Savior; and he says,] "And I embrace your lordship."

Ps 73:25 (72:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:25: the psalmist has no God but the Lord in heaven or on earth.

  • The bracketed words are 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); split word and stray letters (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): καὶ σο παρὰ σοῦ → καὶ παρὰ σοῦ; ᾿Ακύη λας, σαφέστερον· Τις δι μοι → ᾿Ακύλας, σαφέστερον· Τίς μοι; Ἐρωτηματικῶς σε τέθεικεν → Ἐρωτηματικῶς τέθεικεν; κηδε μόνα → κηδεμόνα; Εἴρηται μάλιστα → [Εἴρηται μάλιστα.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.25 (PG 80 80:1451; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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72.26PG 80 80:1451

· Ἐξέλιπεν ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου. » Τούτου χάριν σὲ ποθῶ, καὶ διψῶ, καὶ κατὰ ψυχὴν καὶ κατὰ σῶμα, καὶ τὴν σὴν προσμένω βοήθειαν. Ὁ Θεὸς τῆς καρδίας μου, καὶ ἡ μερίς μου ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. › Σὲ γὰρ ἔχω καὶ μερίδα καὶ κλῆρον, καὶ ἀπόλαυσιν ἀγαθῶν. « Ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ μακρύνοντες ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ σοῦ ἀπολοῦνται, ἐξωλόθρευσας πάντα τὸν πορνεύοντα ἀπὸ σοῦ. » Οἱ δὲ πόῤῥω σφᾶς αὐτοὺς τῆς σῆς ποιοῦντες κηδεμονίας, καὶ εἰδώλοις λατρεύειν αἱρούμενοι, καρπὸν ἕξουσι τῆς ἀποστάσεως ὅλεθρον. Πορνείαν γὰρ ἐνταῦθα τὴν εἰδωλολατρείαν καλεῖ. Οὕτω καὶ διὰ τοῦ Ἱερεμίου φησὶν ὁ Θεός · • Ἐπορεύθη ἐπὶ πᾶν ὄρος ὑψηλὸν, καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους, καὶ ἐπόρνευσεν ἐκεῖ· καὶ εἶπον μετὰ τὸ πορνεῦσαι αὐτὴν ταῦτα πάντα, Πρός με ἀνάστρεψον, καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστρεψε. » Καὶ πάλιν · « Καὶ ἐμοίχευσε τὸ ξύλον, καὶ τὸν λίθον·· ἀντὶ τοῦ· Ἐμὲ τὸν νυμφίον καταλιποῦσα, ἐλάτρευσε τοῖς μὴ οὖσι θεοῖς. Καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοίνυν πορνείαν τὴν τῶν εἰδώλων λατρείαν ἐκάλεσε. Τοῦτο μέντοι οὐ περὶ Βαβυλωνίων εἴρηκεν, ἀλλὰ περὶ τῶν διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν αἰχμαλώτων γεγενημένων. Οὗτοι γὰρ τὸν Θεὸν ἐσχηκότες νυμφίον, ἐξεπόρνευσαν, τῶν δαιμόνων ἀσπασάμενοι τὴν δουλείαν· ἀλλὰ τῇ πείρᾳ σωφρονεῖν διδαχθέντες βοῶσιν·

; Exelipen hē kardia mou, kai hē sarx mou. » Toutou charin se pothō, kai dipsō, kai kata psychēn kai kata sōma, kai tēn sēn prosmenō boētheian. Ho Theos tēs kardias mou, kai hē meris mou ho Theos eis ton aiōna. › Se gar echō kai merida kai klēron, kai apolausin agathōn. « Hoti idou hoi makrynontes heautous apo sou apolountai, exōlothreusas panta ton porneuonta apo sou. » Hoi de porrhō sphas autous tēs sēs poiountes kēdemonias, kai eidōlois latreuein hairoumenoi, karpon hexousi tēs apostaseōs holethron. Porneian gar entautha tēn eidōlolatreian kalei. Houtō kai dia tou Hieremiou phēsin ho Theos ; • Eporeuthē epi pan oros hypsēlon, kai hypokatō pantos xylou alsōdous, kai eporneusen ekei; kai eipon meta to porneusai autēn tauta panta, Pros me anastrepson, kai ouk anestrepse. » Kai palin ; « Kai emoicheuse to xylon, kai ton lithon;; anti tou; Eme ton nymphion katalipousa, elatreuse tois mē ousi theois. Kai entautha toinyn porneian tēn tōn eidōlōn latreian ekalese. Touto mentoi ou peri Babylōniōn eirēken, alla peri tōn dia tēn asebeian aichmalōtōn gegenēmenōn. Houtoi gar ton Theon eschēkotes nymphion, exeporneusan, tōn daimonōn aspasamenoi tēn douleian; alla tę̄ peirą sōphronein didachthentes boōsin;

"My heart and my flesh have failed." "For this reason I long and thirst for you, in soul and body, and await your help." "God of my heart, and God is my portion forever." "For I have you as portion and lot and enjoyment of good things." "For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish; you have destroyed everyone who commits sexual immorality, departing from you." "Those who put themselves far from your care and choose to serve idols will reap destruction as the fruit of their apostasy." Here he calls idolatry sexual immorality. So too God says through Jeremiah: "She went upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree and committed sexual immorality there; and I said, after she had committed all this immorality, 'Return to me,' and she did not return." And again: "And she committed adultery with wood and stone"; that is, "Leaving me, the bridegroom, she served gods that are not." So here too he called the service of idols sexual immorality. He said this not about the Babylonians but about those who became captives because of impiety. For having God as bridegroom, they became unfaithful, embracing slavery to the demons; but, taught self-control by experience, they cry:

Ps 73:26 (72:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 73:27 (72:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 3:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 3:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 3:9 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 73:26-27: God is the psalmist's portion; the unfaithfulness that God destroys is idolatry, called sexual immorality and adultery, as in Jeremiah.

  • "Sexual immorality" renders πορνεία and its verb, used here, as in Jeremiah, for idolatry; "adultery" renders μοιχεύω.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray letters (OCR); verse number leaked into the text (OCR)): κζ". « → «; Πρό; με → Πρός με; λατρείαν σε ἐκάλεσε → λατρείαν ἐκάλεσε.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.26 (PG 80 80:1451; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-26). (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.

72.28PG 80 80:1453

« Ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸ σὲ προσκολλᾶσθαι τῷ Θεῷ ἀγαθόν ἐστι, τίθεσθαι ἐν τῷ Κυρίῳ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου. » Δι᾿ αὐτῶν γὰρ τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν πεῖραν λαβών, ἀχώριστος ἔσομαι τοῦ σεσωκότος Θεοῦ, καὶ τῇ εἰς αὐτὸν ἐλπίδι βεβαιωθήσομαι. « Τοῦ ἐξαγγεῖλαί με πάσας τὰς αἰνέσεις σου, ἐν ταῖς πύλαις τῆς θυγατρὸς Σιών. » Διὰ ταύτης γὰρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τῆς ἐπανόδου τετύχηκα, καὶ τὰς σὰς ἐν τῇ Ἱερουσαλήμ ἐξηγοῦμαι θαυματουργίας. Ταύτην γὰρ ὠνόμασε θυγατέρα Σιών. Ωσπερ γὰρ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καλεῖ, οὕτω θυγατέρα Σιὼν τὴν Σιὼν ὀνομάζει. Διώνυμος δὲ ἦν ἡ πόλις· ἡ γὰρ αὐτὴ Σιὼν καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ ὑπὸ τῆς θείας καλεῖται Γραφῆς.

« Emoi de to se proskollasthai tǭ Theǭ agathon esti, tithesthai en tǭ Kyriǭ tēn elpida mou. » Di᾿ autōn gar tōn pragmatōn tēn peiran labōn, achōristos esomai tou sesōkotos Theou, kai tę̄ eis auton elpidi bebaiōthēsomai. « Tou exangeilai me pasas tas aineseis sou, en tais pylais tēs thygatros Siōn. » Dia tautēs gar tēs elpidos tēs epanodou tetychēka, kai tas sas en tę̄ Hierousalēm exēgoumai thaumatourgias. Tautēn gar ōnomase thygatera Siōn. Ōsper gar huious anthrōpōn tous anthrōpous kalei, houtō thygatera Siōn tēn Siōn onomazei. Diōnymos de ēn hē polis; hē gar autē Siōn kai Hierousalēm hypo tēs theias kaleitai Graphēs.

"But for me it is good to cling to God, to put my hope in the Lord." "For having gained experience from the facts themselves, I shall be inseparable from the God who saved me and shall be made firm in hope in him." "That I may proclaim all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion." "For through this hope I obtained the return, and I recount your wonders in Jerusalem." He named it "daughter of Zion." For as he calls men "sons of men," so he names Zion "daughter of Zion." The city had two names; for the same city is called Zion and Jerusalem by the divine Scripture.

Ps 73:28 (72:28 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 73:28: the returned exile clings to God and proclaims his praises in Jerusalem, the daughter of Zion.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἀγα῾θόν → ἀγαθόν; ἐξαγγεῖλαί με σε πάσας → ἐξαγγεῖλαί με πάσας.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 72.28 (PG 80 80:1453; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/72-28). (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.