Sophia Scriptura

Interpretation of the Psalms 76.1–76.21

Theodoret of Cyrus · Interpretation of the Psalms · ca. 436-448 · Cyrrhus · 13 passages

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

Chapter 76

76.1PG 80 80:1475

« Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ Ἰδιθούμ, ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ . » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος, διὰ Ἰδιθούμ. Χορὸν δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπεπίστευτο τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνούντων · τοῦτον τοίνυν ὁ ᾿Ασάφ, ἢ αὐτὸς εἰρηκὼς, ἢ τῇ τοῦ Δαβὶδ ὑπουργῶν προφητείᾳ. ᾿Αποφήνασθαι γὰρ περὶ τῶν ἀμφιβαλλομένων οὐκ ἀκίνδυνον. Προλέγει δὲ τῶν ἐν Βαβυλῶνι δουλεύειν ἠναγκασμένων Ἰσραηλιτῶν, καὶ τὰς τῶν λογισμῶν διχονοίας, καὶ τὰς ἐντεῦθεν φυομένας ὀδύνας. Διδάσκει δὲ καὶ ποίαν αὐτοὺς προσήκει τῷ Θεῷ προσενεγκεῖν προσευχὴν. τὴν τῶν κακῶν αἰτοῦντας ἀπαλλαγήν. Ἐσχημάτισε δὲ τὸν ψαλμὸν, ὡς μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον ταῦτα αὐτὰ διηγουμένων, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνούντων.

« Eis to telos, hyper Idithoum, psalmos tǭ Asaph . » Ho de Symmachos, dia Idithoum. Choron de kai autos epepisteuto ton Theon anymnountōn ; touton toinyn ho ᾿Asaph, ē autos eirēkōs, ē tę̄ tou Dabid hypourgōn prophēteią. ᾿Apophēnasthai gar peri tōn amphiballomenōn ouk akindynon. Prolegei de tōn en Babylōni douleuein ēnankasmenōn Israēlitōn, kai tas tōn logismōn dichonoias, kai tas enteuthen phyomenas odynas. Didaskei de kai poian autous prosēkei tǭ Theǭ prosenenkein proseuchēn. tēn tōn kakōn aitountas apallagēn. Eschēmatise de ton psalmon, hōs meta tēn epanodon tauta auta diēgoumenōn, kai ton Theon anymnountōn.

"To the end; for Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph." Symmachus has "through Jeduthun." He too had been entrusted with a choir of those hymning God; so Asaph, either speaking it himself or serving the prophecy of David, [gave] this psalm [to him]; for it is not without danger to pronounce on what is doubtful. It foretells the divided thoughts of the Israelites forced to serve in Babylon and the pains that grew from them. It teaches too what prayer they ought to offer God, asking deliverance from the evils. He framed the psalm as if they were recounting these things after the return and hymning God.

Ps 77:1 (76:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77, title: the psalm voices the exiles' troubled thoughts in Babylon and their prayer, as told after the return.

  • The main verb of the second sentence is missing in the text as printed; supplied by sense in brackets.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.1 (PG 80 80:1475; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-1). (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.

76.2PG 80 80:1477

« Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ προσέσχε μοι. » Σπουδαίως, φησὶ, τὴν προσευχὴν προσενήνοχα, καὶ συντόμως τὴν αἴτησιν ἔλαβον. Εἶτα τὸν τούτων διδάσκει καιρόν.

« Phōnę̄ mou pros Kyrion ekekraxa, phōnę̄ mou pros ton Theon, kai prosesche moi. » Spoudaiōs, phēsi, tēn proseuchēn prosenēnocha, kai syntomōs tēn aitēsin elabon. Eita ton toutōn didaskei kairon.

"With my voice I cried to the Lord, with my voice to God, and he attended to me." "I offered the prayer earnestly," he says, "and received the request quickly." Then he teaches the time of these things.

Ps 77:1 (76:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:1: the psalmist cried to God and was heard.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.2 (PG 80 80:1477; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.3PG 80 80:1477

« Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς μου τὸν Θεὸν ἐξεζήτησα.» Ὀδύναις γὰρ βαλλόμενος ἐπιμελῶς τὴν θείαν ἐπικουρίαν ἐξεζήτησα· τὸ γὰρ ἐξεζήτησα τὴν σπουδαίαν αἰνίττεται προσευχήν. Ἔπειτα δείκνυσι τῆς ἱκετείας τὸν τρόπον. « Ταῖς χερσί μου νυκτὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἠπατήθην. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως · Ἡ χείρ μου νυκτὸς ἐκτέταται διηνεκῶς. Νύκτωρ ἡσυχίαν ἄγων τὰς χεῖρας ἐξέτεινον, τυχεῖν φιλανθρωπίας ἀντιβολῶν, καὶ οὐ διἡμαρτον τῆς ἐλπίδος. Τοῦτο γὰρ σημαίνει τὸ, « Οὐκ ἡπατήθην, » ἀντὶ τοῦ, Οὐ μάτην ἠγρύπνησα, ἀλλ' ἐδρεψάμην τῆς εὐχῆς τὸν καρπόν. • ᾿Απηνήνατο παρακληθῆναι ἡ ψυχή μου. Ἐμνήσθην τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εὐφράνθην. » Πᾶσαν μὲν ἀπεσεισάμην παραψυχῆς ἀφορμὴν, ψυχαγωγίαν δὲ μόνην εἶχον τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν μνήμην. « Ἠδολέσχησα, καὶ ὠλιγοψύχησε τὸ πνεῦμά μου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως · Διελάλουν ἐμαυτῷ, καὶ ἐλειποθύμουν. Συνεχῶς ἐμαυτῷ προσδιαλεγόμενος, καὶ τὰ συνέχοντά με κακὰ λογιζόμενος, ἀπηγόρευον τὴν τούτων ἀπαλλαγὴν, καὶ πικρὰς ἐδεχόμην τῆς ἀθυμίας τὰς ἀκίδας.

« En hēmerą thlipseōs mou ton Theon exezētēsa.» Odynais gar ballomenos epimelōs tēn theian epikourian exezētēsa; to gar exezētēsa tēn spoudaian ainittetai proseuchēn. Epeita deiknysi tēs hiketeias ton tropon. « Tais chersi mou nyktos enantion autou, kai ouk ēpatēthēn. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs ; Hē cheir mou nyktos ektetatai diēnekōs. Nyktōr hēsychian agōn tas cheiras exeteinon, tychein philanthrōpias antibolōn, kai ou diēmarton tēs elpidos. Touto gar sēmainei to, « Ouk hēpatēthēn, » anti tou, Ou matēn ēgrypnēsa, all' edrepsamēn tēs euchēs ton karpon. • ᾿Apēnēnato paraklēthēnai hē psychē mou. Emnēsthēn tou Theou, kai euphranthēn. » Pasan men apeseisamēn parapsychēs aphormēn, psychagōgian de monēn eichon tou Theou tēn mnēmēn. « Ēdoleschēsa, kai ōligopsychēse to pneuma mou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs ; Dielaloun emautǭ, kai eleipothymoun. Synechōs emautǭ prosdialegomenos, kai ta synechonta me kaka logizomenos, apēgoreuon tēn toutōn apallagēn, kai pikras edechomēn tēs athymias tas akidas.

"In the day of my affliction I sought out God." "Struck by pains, I diligently sought out God's help"; for "I sought out" hints at earnest prayer. Then he shows the manner of the supplication: "With my hands by night before him, and I was not deceived." Symmachus has: "My hand is stretched out by night continually." "At night, in quiet, I stretched out my hands, begging to obtain love for humankind, and I did not fail in my hope." For "I was not deceived" means "I did not keep vigil in vain, but reaped the fruit of prayer." "My soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God and was glad." "I shook off every occasion of consolation, and had only the remembrance of God as comfort." "I mused, and my spirit grew faint." Symmachus has: "I talked to myself and fainted." "Continually talking to myself and reckoning the evils that held me, I despaired of release from them and received the bitter arrows of despondency."

Ps 77:2 (76:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 77:3 (76:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:2-3: in affliction the psalmist prayed through the night, refused comfort but in God, and grew faint in his musings.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): τοῦ Θεοῦ ᾿ τὴν μνήμην → τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν μνήμην; Ἠδολέσχησα” → Ἠδολέσχησα.

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.3 (PG 80 80:1477; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-3). (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.

76.5PG 80 80:1477

Προκατελάβοντο φυλακὰς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου . » Φυλακὰς καλεῖ τὰς τῆς νυκτὸς διαιρέσεις, καθ' ἃς οἱ φύλακες ἀλλήλοις τὴν φυλακὴν ἐγχειρίζουσι · δηλοῖ δὲ διὰ τούτων τὴν διὰ πάσης τῆς νυκτὸς ἀγρυπνίαν. · Ἐταράχθην, καὶ οὐκ ἐλάλησα. » Ταῦτα οἱ αὐτοὶ καὶ ἐν τῷ μα' ψαλμῷ” · Πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐταράχθη. » Οὐ γὰρ ἡνεσχόμην ἄλλοις τοὺς ἐμοὺς λογισμοὺς ἐκφῆναι.

Prokatelabonto phylakas hoi ophthalmoi mou . » Phylakas kalei tas tēs nyktos diaireseis, kath' has hoi phylakes allēlois tēn phylakēn encheirizousi ; dēloi de dia toutōn tēn dia pasēs tēs nyktos agrypnian. ; Etarachthēn, kai ouk elalēsa. » Tauta hoi autoi kai en tǭ ma' psalmǭ” ; Pros emauton hē psychē mou etarachthē. » Ou gar hēneschomēn allois tous emous logismous ekphēnai.

"My eyes anticipated the watches." He calls the divisions of the night "watches," in which the guards hand over the watch to one another; by this he shows sleeplessness through the whole night. "I was troubled and did not speak." The same people said this in the forty-first psalm too: "My soul was troubled within me." "For I could not bear to reveal my thoughts to others."

Ps 77:4 (76:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 42:6 (41:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:4: the psalmist lay awake through the night watches, troubled and silent.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): Προκατελάβοντο ὁ φυλακὰς → Προκατελάβοντο φυλακὰς; ἐγχειρί ζουσι → ἐγχειρίζουσι.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.5 (PG 80 80:1477; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.6PG 80 80:1477

« Διελογισάμην ἡμέρας ἀρχαίας · καὶ ἔτη αἰώνια ἐμνήσθην. Καὶ ἐμελέτησα. » Τῶν προτέρων σου, φησὶν, εὐεργεσιῶν ἀνενεούμην τὴν μνήμην, καὶ ἐνεθυμούμην, ὅσων παρὰ σοῦ τετυχήκασιν εὐεργεσιῶν οἱ ἡμέτεροι πρόγονοι · ὅπως τῆς Αἰγυπτίων δουλείας ἠλευθερώθησαν, ὅπως τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν διέβησαν θάλασσαν, ὅπως τὴν ἐπηγγελμένην τοῖς πατράσιν ἀπέλαβον γῆν. « Νυκτὸς μετὰ τῆς καρδίας μου ἠδολέσχουν, καὶ ἔσκαλλε τὸ πνεῦμά μου. » Τὸ δὲ ἔσκαλλεν, ὁ μὲν Θεοδοτίων, ἐξηρεύνησεν, ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας, ἐσκάλευσεν εἴρηκε. Ταῦτα δὲ, φησὶ, νύκτωρ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν διαλογιζόμενος, ἀνηρεύνων, τι δήποτε τῶν μὲν ἡμετέρων προγόνων τοσαύτην ἐποιήσατο πρόνοιαν, ἡμῶν δὲ κακοπραγούντων ὑπερορᾷ; Ἐλογιζόμην δὲ πρὸς τούτοις καὶ ταῦτα ·

« Dielogisamēn hēmeras archaias ; kai etē aiōnia emnēsthēn. Kai emeletēsa. » Tōn proterōn sou, phēsin, euergesiōn aneneoumēn tēn mnēmēn, kai enethymoumēn, hosōn para sou tetychēkasin euergesiōn hoi hēmeteroi progonoi ; hopōs tēs Aigyptiōn douleias ēleutherōthēsan, hopōs tēn Erythran diebēsan thalassan, hopōs tēn epēngelmenēn tois patrasin apelabon gēn. « Nyktos meta tēs kardias mou ēdoleschoun, kai eskalle to pneuma mou. » To de eskallen, ho men Theodotiōn, exēreunēsen, ho de ᾿Akylas, eskaleusen eirēke. Tauta de, phēsi, nyktōr pros emauton dialogizomenos, anēreunōn, ti dēpote tōn men hēmeterōn progonōn tosautēn epoiēsato pronoian, hēmōn de kakopragountōn hyperorą? Elogizomēn de pros toutois kai tauta ;

"I considered the days of old and remembered the everlasting years. And I meditated." "I renewed the memory of your former benefits," he says, "and pondered how many benefits our forefathers obtained from you: how they were freed from slavery to the Egyptians, how they crossed the Red Sea, how they received the land promised to the fathers." "By night I mused with my heart, and my spirit searched." For "searched" (literally "dug") Theodotion said "searched out," Aquila "stirred up." "Reasoning these things with myself at night," he says, "I searched why he took such care of our forefathers but overlooks us in our misfortunes." And I reasoned these things besides:

Ps 77:5 (76:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 77:6 (76:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:5-6: at night the psalmist recalled God's past favors to Israel and asked why he now seemed to overlook them.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip): πρὸς ἐμαυτὲν → πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.6 (PG 80 80:1477; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.8PG 80 80:1479

« Μὴ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀπώσεται Κύριος, καὶ οὐ προσθήσει τοῦ εὐδοκῆσαι ἔτι; Ἢ εἰς τέλος τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἀποκόψει; » ῎Αρα μὴ παντελῶς τὰ καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς ἀπηγόρευσε, καὶ ἀλλοτρίους ἡμᾶς τῆς οἰκείας κηδεμονίας ἀπέφηνε; « Συνετέλεσε ῥῆμα ἀπὸ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεάν. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Συνετέλεσε ῥῆσιν περὶ γενεᾶς ἑκάστης. Ἐδεδίειν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο, φησὶν, ὅτι ἄνωθεν τὰ καθ' ἑκάστην γενεὰν προγινώσκων, τοὺς καθ' ἑκάστην γενεὰν ὅρους ἐκφέρει.

« Mē eis tous aiōnas apōsetai Kyrios, kai ou prosthēsei tou eudokēsai eti? Ē eis telos to eleos autou apokopsei? » ᾿Ara mē pantelōs ta kath᾿ hēmas apēgoreuse, kai allotrious hēmas tēs oikeias kēdemonias apephēne? « Synetelese rhēma apo geneas eis genean. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Synetelese rhēsin peri geneas hekastēs. Edediein de kai touto, phēsin, hoti anōthen ta kath' hekastēn genean proginōskōn, tous kath' hekastēn genean horous ekpherei.

"Will the Lord cast off forever and never again be pleased? Or will he cut off his mercy to the end?" "Has he, then, utterly given up on us and made us strangers to his care?" "He has completed a word from generation to generation." Symmachus has: "He has completed a saying concerning each generation." "I feared this too," he says, "that, foreknowing from of old what concerns each generation, he sets the bounds for each generation."

Ps 77:7 (76:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 77:8 (76:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:7-8: the psalmist feared that God had cast Israel off for good.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; stray mark (OCR)): τὰ καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς· ἀπηγόρευσε → τὰ καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς ἀπηγόρευσε; περὶ γενεῖς ἑκάστης → περὶ γενεᾶς ἑκάστης.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.8 (PG 80 80:1479; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.10PG 80 80:1479

« Μὴ ἐπιλήσεται τοῦ οἰκτειρῆσαι ὁ Θεός; ή συνέξει ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ τοὺς οἰκτιρμοὺς αὐτοῦ; › ᾿Αλλὰ πάλιν ἐμαυτὸν ἐψυχαγώγουν λογιζόμενος, ὡς ὁ φιλοικτίρμων Θεὸς οὐκ ἀνέξεται οἷόν τινι λήθῃ τὰ καθ' ἡμᾶς παραδοῦναι, καὶ καθάπερ τινὶ τειχίῳ τῇ ὀργῇ κωλῦσαι τὰς τοῦ ἐλέου πηγάς.

« Mē epilēsetai tou oikteirēsai ho Theos? ē synexei en tę̄ orgę̄ autou tous oiktirmous autou? › ᾿Alla palin emauton epsychagōgoun logizomenos, hōs ho philoiktirmōn Theos ouk anexetai hoion tini lēthę̄ ta kath' hēmas paradounai, kai kathaper tini teichiǭ tę̄ orgę̄ kōlysai tas tou eleou pēgas.

"Will God forget to have pity? Or will he shut up his compassions in his anger?" "But again I comforted myself, reasoning that the compassionate God will not consent to consign us as it were to oblivion, and to block the springs of mercy with anger as with a wall."

Ps 77:9 (76:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:9: the psalmist comforts himself that God will not forget to show pity.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): φιλοικτίρμων Θεὸς: → φιλοικτίρμων Θεὸς.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.10 (PG 80 80:1479; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.11PG 80 80:1479

« Καὶ εἶπα, Νῦν ἠρξάμην, αὕτη ἡ ἀλλοίωσις τῆς δεξιᾶς τοῦ Ὑψίστου. Ἐγὼ, φησὶ, πρόξενος ἐγενόμην ἐμαυτῷ τῆς τοιαύτης μεταβολῆς· ἐγὼ διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐγέννησα· ἀρχὴν τοίνυν ἔχω τῶν κακῶν. Νῦν ἠρξάμην παιδεύεσθαι ὑπὸ τῆς δεξιᾶς τοῦ Ὑψίστου, ἀντὶ τῶν προτέρων εὐεργεσιῶν τὰς εὐωνύμους τιμωρίας ἐπιφερούσης. Ἀλλοίωσιν γὰρ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ δεξιᾶς τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐκάλεσεν, ὡς τῆς δεξιᾶς τοῦ Ὑψίστου εἰωθυίας τὰ ἀγαθὰ χορηγεῖν. ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τούτοις ἠρκέσθην τοῖς λογισμοῖς. ᾿Ανέμνησα δὲ ἐμαυτὸν καὶ τῆς ἀγαθότητος τοῦ Δεσπότου. Τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει ·

« Kai eipa, Nyn ērxamēn, hautē hē alloiōsis tēs dexias tou Hypsistou. Egō, phēsi, proxenos egenomēn emautǭ tēs toiautēs metabolēs; egō dia tēs hamartias tēn timōrian egennēsa; archēn toinyn echō tōn kakōn. Nyn ērxamēn paideuesthai hypo tēs dexias tou Hypsistou, anti tōn proterōn euergesiōn tas euōnymous timōrias epipherousēs. Alloiōsin gar tēs tou Theou dexias tēn timōrian ekalesen, hōs tēs dexias tou Hypsistou eiōthuias ta agatha chorēgein. ᾿All᾽ oude toutois ērkesthēn tois logismois. ᾿Anemnēsa de emauton kai tēs agathotētos tou Despotou. Touto gar legei ;

"And I said, 'Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High.'" "I myself," he says, "caused such a change; I produced the punishment through sin. So I have the beginning of my evils. Now I have begun to be chastised by the right hand of the Most High, which brings punishments of the left hand instead of former benefits." For he called the punishment a change of God's right hand, since the right hand of the Most High is accustomed to supply good things. "But I was not content with these thoughts; I also reminded myself of the Master's goodness." For he says:

Ps 77:10 (76:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:10: the psalmist recognizes that his sin caused the change from God's blessing to chastisement.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (split word with stray letter (OCR)): τιμωΟ ρίαν → τιμωρίαν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.11 (PG 80 80:1479; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.12PG 80 80:1479

Ἐμνήσθην τῶν ἔργων Κυρίου, ὅτι μνησθήσομαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς τῶν θαυμασίων σου. Καὶ μελετήσω ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασί σου ἀδολεσχήσω. » Πάντα γάρ σου τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς εἰς ἡμᾶς γεγενημένα θαυμάσια εἰς μέσον προθήσω, καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς διηνεκῶς τὴν μελέτην ποιούμενος, τὰς χρηστοτέρας ἐλπίδας οὐκ ἀποῤῥίψω.

Emnēsthēn tōn ergōn Kyriou, hoti mnēsthēsomai apo tēs archēs tōn thaumasiōn sou. Kai meletēsō en pasi tois ergois sou, kai en tois epitēdeumasi sou adoleschēsō. » Panta gar sou ta ex archēs eis hēmas gegenēmena thaumasia eis meson prothēsō, kai en autois diēnekōs tēn meletēn poioumenos, tas chrēstoteras elpidas ouk aporrhipsō.

"I remembered the works of the Lord; for I will remember your wonders from the beginning. And I will meditate on all your works, and muse on your deeds." "For I will set before me all your wonders done for us from the beginning, and, meditating on them continually, I will not cast away better hopes."

Ps 77:11 (76:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 77:12 (76:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:11-12: remembering God's wonders from the beginning, the psalmist keeps his hope.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip): ἀποὸρίψω → ἀποῤῥίψω.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.12 (PG 80 80:1479; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.14PG 80 80:1479

«Ὁ Θεὸς, ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ ἡ ὁδός σου.» Ὁ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ὁ Θεὸς, ἐν ἁγιασμῷ ἡ ὁδός σου· ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας, Ἐν ἡγιασμένῳ. "Αγιος εἶ, φησὶ, καὶ ἐν ἁγίῳ ἀναπαύῃ, καὶ ἐν τούτοις ἐνοικεῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατεῖς. • Τίς Θεὸς μέγας, ὡς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν; Σὺ εἶ, ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ ποιῶν θαυμάσια μόνος. » Πάντων ὑπερέχεις, Δέσποτα · μόνος γὰρ ἅπερ ἐθέλεις θαυματουργεῖς. • Ἐγνώρισας ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς τὴν δύναμίν σου. Ἐλυτρώσω ἐν τῷ βραχίονί σου τὸν λαόν σου, τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰακὼβ καὶ Ἰωσήφ. » "Απασιν ἀνθρώποις τὸ σὸν δεδήλωκας κράτος, τῆς Αἰγυπτίων ἐλευθερώσας δουλείας τὸν χρηματίσαντά σου λαόν· οἱ πρόγονον μὲν ἔσχον τὸν Ἰακώβ, περιφανεῖς δὲ ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπεφάνθησαν συγγενείας.

«Ho Theos, en tǭ hagiǭ hē hodos sou.» Ho Symmachos houtōs; Ho Theos, en hagiasmǭ hē hodos sou; ho de ᾿Akylas, En hēgiasmenǭ. "Agios ei, phēsi, kai en hagiǭ anapauę̄, kai en toutois enoikeis kai emperipateis. • Tis Theos megas, hōs ho Theos hēmōn? Sy ei, ho Theos, ho poiōn thaumasia monos. » Pantōn hyperecheis, Despota ; monos gar haper etheleis thaumatourgeis. • Egnōrisas en tois laois tēn dynamin sou. Elytrōsō en tǭ brachioni sou ton laon sou, tous huious Iakōb kai Iōsēph. » "Apasin anthrōpois to son dedēlōkas kratos, tēs Aigyptiōn eleutherōsas douleias ton chrēmatisanta sou laon; hoi progonon men eschon ton Iakōb, periphaneis de ek tēs tou Iōsēph apephanthēsan syngeneias.

"O God, your way is in the holy place." Symmachus has: "O God, your way is in holiness"; Aquila, "in what is sanctified." "You are holy," he says, "and you rest in what is holy, and dwell and walk in such." "What God is great like our God? You are the God who alone does wonders." "You surpass all, Master; for you alone work wonders as you will." "You made your power known among the peoples. You redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph." "You have shown your might to all people, freeing from slavery to the Egyptians those who were named your people; they had Jacob as forefather and were made famous by their kinship with Joseph."

Ps 77:13 (76:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 77:14 (76:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 77:15 (76:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:13-15: God, holy and incomparable, showed his power by redeeming Israel from Egypt.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (page number inside a word (OCR); verse number leaked into the text (OCR)): |ιε'.] Σὺ εἶ → Σὺ εἶ; θαυμα-441 τουργεῖς → θαυματουργεῖς.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.14 (PG 80 80:1479; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.17PG 80 80:1481

« Εἴδοσάν σε ὕδατα ὁ Θεὸς, εἴδοσάν σε ὕδατα, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν, ἐταράχθησαν ἄβυσσοι. Πλῆθος ἤχους ὑδάτων. » Διὰ πάντων, Δέσποτα, τὴν σὴν ἔδειξας δύναμιν. Αἰγυπτίους ἐμαστίγωσας, τὸν σὸν λαὸν ἠλευθέρωσας, ἐπεφάνης τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ διῃρέθη τὸ πέλαγος, καὶ ἡ ῥοώδης ἑκατέρωθεν ἔστη φύσις. • Φωνὴν ἔδωκαν αἱ νεφέλαι· καὶ γὰρ τὰ βέλη σου διαπορεύονται. Φωνὴ τῆς βροντῆς σου ἐν τῷ τροχῷ. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος, Ἦχον ἔδωκεν αἰθήρ. Νότου γὰρ, ὡς φησὶν ἡ ἱστορία, βιαίου πνέοντος, διῃρέθη τὸ πέλαγος · τοῦ δὲ ἀέρος συστρεφομένου, καὶ τῶν νεφῶν συνισταμένων, ὁ ἄνεμος τίκτεται. Αἱ δὲ τιμωρίαι σου, φησὶ, δίκην βελῶν κατὰ τῶν πολεμίων ἐχώρουν· τῷ δὲ κτύπῳ τῆς βροντῆς τοὺς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἁρμάτων τροχούς συνεπόδισας. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ἡ ἱστορία διδάσκει· « Ἐγενήθη γὰρ ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ τῇ ἑωθινῇ, καὶ εἰσέβλεψε Κύριος εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, καὶ συνέδησε τοὺς ἄξονας τῶν ἁρμάτων αὐτῶν, καὶ ἦγεν αὐτοὺς μετὰ βίας.» « Ἔφαναν αἱ ἀστραπαί σου τῇ οἰκουμένῃ.» Τῆς γὰρ θαυματουργίας τὸ φῶς δίκην ἀστραπῆς εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην διέδραμεν. « Ἐσαλεύθη καὶ ἔντρομος ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ. » Δέους ἐπλήσθησαν ἅπαντες τὴν σὴν ἀκούσαντες δύναμιν. Τοῦτο καὶ Ῥαάβ ἡ πόρνη πρὸς τοὺς κατασκόπους ἔφη · « Ὁ φόβος ὑμῶν, καὶ ὁ τρόμος ὑμῶν, ἔπεσεν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς· ἠκούσαμεν γὰρ, ὅπως καταδιεῖλε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν ἀπὸ προσώπου

« Eidosan se hydata ho Theos, eidosan se hydata, kai ephobēthēsan, etarachthēsan abyssoi. Plēthos ēchous hydatōn. » Dia pantōn, Despota, tēn sēn edeixas dynamin. Aigyptious emastigōsas, ton son laon ēleutherōsas, epephanēs tę̄ thalassę̄, kai dię̄rethē to pelagos, kai hē rhoōdēs hekaterōthen estē physis. • Phōnēn edōkan hai nephelai; kai gar ta belē sou diaporeuontai. Phōnē tēs brontēs sou en tǭ trochǭ. » Ho de Symmachos, Ēchon edōken aithēr. Notou gar, hōs phēsin hē historia, biaiou pneontos, dię̄rethē to pelagos ; tou de aeros systrephomenou, kai tōn nephōn synistamenōn, ho anemos tiktetai. Hai de timōriai sou, phēsi, dikēn belōn kata tōn polemiōn echōroun; tǭ de ktypǭ tēs brontēs tous tōn Aigyptiōn harmatōn trochous synepodisas. Touto de kai hē historia didaskei; « Egenēthē gar en tę̄ phylakę̄ tę̄ heōthinę̄, kai eiseblepse Kyrios eis tēn parembolēn tōn Aigyptiōn, kai synedēse tous axonas tōn harmatōn autōn, kai ēgen autous meta bias.» « Ephanan hai astrapai sou tę̄ oikoumenę̄.» Tēs gar thaumatourgias to phōs dikēn astrapēs eis pasan tēn oikoumenēn diedramen. « Esaleuthē kai entromos egenēthē hē gē. » Deous eplēsthēsan hapantes tēn sēn akousantes dynamin. Touto kai Rhaab hē pornē pros tous kataskopous ephē ; « Ho phobos hymōn, kai ho tromos hymōn, epesen eph᾿ hēmas; ēkousamen gar, hopōs katadieile Kyrios ho Theos hymōn tēn Erythran thalassan apo prosōpou

"The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and were afraid; the depths were troubled. A multitude of sounding waters." "Through everything, Master, you showed your power. You scourged the Egyptians, freed your people, appeared to the sea, and the deep was divided, and the flowing nature stood on either side." "The clouds gave voice; for indeed your arrows go forth. The voice of your thunder was in the wheel." Symmachus has: "The air gave sound." For, as the history says, when a violent south wind blew, the sea was divided; and when the air is whirled and the clouds gather, wind is born. "Your punishments," he says, "went against the enemies like arrows; and by the crash of the thunder you clogged the wheels of the Egyptians' chariots." The history too teaches this: "It happened in the morning watch, and the Lord looked into the camp of the Egyptians and bound the axles of their chariots, and drove them with violence." "Your lightnings shone on the world." "For the light of the miracle ran through the whole world like lightning." "The earth was shaken and trembled." "All were filled with fear hearing of your power." Rahab the harlot too said this to the spies: "The fear of you and the dread of you have fallen on us; for we heard how the Lord your God divided the Red Sea before you."

Ps 77:16 (76:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 77:17 (76:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 77:18 (76:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 14:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 14:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 14:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Josh 2:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Josh 2:10 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 77:16-18: the sea, clouds, and thunder at the Red Sea showed God's power, which filled the nations with fear, as Rahab said.

  • Part of the Rahab quotation, displaced by the OCR into 76.20, is restored here. The history names an east wind (Exod 14:21); the "south wind" is Theodoret's wording.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; split word with stray mark (OCR); stray letters (OCR); words displaced into 76.20 by the OCR, restored): Ἦχοναι ἔδωκεν → Ἦχον ἔδωκεν; άστραπῆς → ἀστραπῆς; « Έσα- & λεύθη → « Ἐσαλεύθη; ἔπεσεν ἐφ᾿ Θεὸς → ἔπεσεν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς· ἠκούσαμεν γὰρ, ὅπως καταδιεῖλε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.17 (PG 80 80:1481; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.20PG 80 80:1481

« Ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ ἡ ὁδός σου, καὶ αἱ τρίβοι σου ἐν ὕδασι πολλοῖς, καὶ τὰ ἴχνη σου οὐ γνωσθήσονται. » Ῥάδιόν σοι καὶ θάλασσαν διατεμεῖν, καὶ ἐπὶ ὑδάτων ἐποχεῖσθαι πολλῶν, καὶ μηδὲ ἴχνος καταλιμπάνειν · ἀσώματον γὰρ ἔχεις τὴν φύσιν. Ταῦτα δὲ τοῖς ἄνω προστέθεικεν. ᾿Αοράτως γὰρ, φησὶν, ἡγούμενος τοῦ λαοῦ, οὐδὲ ἴχνος ἡμῖν τῆς σῆς πορείας ἔδειξας.

« En tę̄ thalassę̄ hē hodos sou, kai hai triboi sou en hydasi pollois, kai ta ichnē sou ou gnōsthēsontai. » Rhadion soi kai thalassan diatemein, kai epi hydatōn epocheisthai pollōn, kai mēde ichnos katalimpanein ; asōmaton gar echeis tēn physin. Tauta de tois anō prostetheiken. ᾿Aoratōs gar, phēsin, hēgoumenos tou laou, oude ichnos hēmin tēs sēs poreias edeixas.

"Your way was in the sea, and your paths in many waters, and your footprints will not be known." "It is easy for you both to cut through the sea and to ride on many waters and leave no footprint; for you have an incorporeal nature." He added this to what was said above: "For leading the people invisibly," he says, "you showed us no trace of your passage."

Ps 77:19 (76:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:19: God, being incorporeal, led his people through the sea leaving no footprints.

  • A fragment of the Rahab quotation displaced here by the OCR is restored to 76.17.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (fragment of the Rahab quotation displaced here by the OCR, restored to 76.17): ἡμᾶς· ἡἠκούσαμὲν γὰρ, ὅπως καταδιείλε Κύριος ὁ ὑμῶν. → .

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.20 (PG 80 80:1481; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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76.21PG 80 80:1481

« Ωδήγησας ὡς πρόβατα τὸν λαόν σου, ἐν χειρὶ Μωσῆ καὶ ᾿Ααρών. » Ἑκείνοις γὰρ χρώμενος ὑπουργοῖς, καὶ δι' ἐκείνων φθεγγόμενος, τὸν σὸν λαὸν ἐποδήγησας, καὶ τὸν σὸν ἐξεπαίδευσας νόμον. Τούτων δὲ ἁπάντων ἐποιήσαντο μνήμην, εἰς ἔλεον τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν διεγείροντες, καὶ παρακαλοῦντες τῆς αὐτῆς ἀπολαῦσαι κηδεμονίας.

« Ōdēgēsas hōs probata ton laon sou, en cheiri Mōsē kai ᾿Aarōn. » Hekeinois gar chrōmenos hypourgois, kai di' ekeinōn phthengomenos, ton son laon epodēgēsas, kai ton son exepaideusas nomon. Toutōn de hapantōn epoiēsanto mnēmēn, eis eleon ton tōn holōn Theon diegeirontes, kai parakalountes tēs autēs apolausai kēdemonias.

"You led your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron." "Using them as ministers and speaking through them, you guided your people and instructed them in your law." They made mention of all these things to rouse the God of all to mercy and to beg to enjoy the same care.

Ps 77:20 (76:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 77:20: God led Israel through Moses and Aaron; the exiles recall it to ask the same care.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 76.21 (PG 80 80:1481; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/76-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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