Interpretation of the Psalms 88.1–88.53 (Interpretation of the Psalms)

Theodoret of Cyrus

Interpretation of the Psalms 88.1–88.53

Theodoret of Cyrus · Interpretation of the Psalms · ca. 436-448 · Cyrrhus · 40 passages

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Chapter 88

88.1PG 80 80:1573

« Συνέσεως Αἰθὰμ τῷ Ἰσραηλίτῃ. » Ὁ μακάριος Δαβὶδ σηκοῖς τετιμημένους ὁρῶν τοὺς ψευδωνύμους θεοὺς, μόνην δὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἀγέραστον διαμένουσαν, ὑπέσχετο τὸν θεῖον οἰκοδομήσειν νεών. Ταύτην αὐτοῦ τὴν γνώμην ἀποδεξάμενος ὁ Θεὸς, τὴν καλὴν ἐπαγγελίαν ἀμείβεται, καὶ ὑπισχνεῖται ἐκ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ λογικὸν ἑαυτῷ κατασκευάσαι νεών, καὶ διὰ τούτου τὴν ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων πραγματεύεσθαι σωτηρίαν, καὶ ἀτελεύτητον αὐτῷ παρέξειν τὴν βασιλείαν. Ταύτας δὲ τὰς ὑποσχέσεις διὰ τοῦ προφήτου Νάθαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατο· καὶ τοῦτο σαφῶς ἡ τῶν Παραλειπομένων ἱστορία διδάσκει.» Καὶ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ δὲ τῶν Βασιλειῶν Νάθαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔφη, • Καὶ ἀπαγγελεῖ σοι, Κύριος, ὅτι οἶκον οἰκοδομήσει ἑαυτῷ. » Μέμνηται δὲ τούτων καὶ ἡ τῶν πράξεων ἱστορία. Ὁ γὰρ μακάριος Πέτρος ἐν Ἰουδαίοις δημηγορῶν, πρὸς ἄλλοις πολλοῖς καὶ ταῦτα διελήλυθεν • « Προφήτης οὖν ὑπάρχων ὁ Δαβὶδ, καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ὅρκῳ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς, ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ ἀναστήσειν τὸ κατὰ σάρκα τὸν Χριστὸν, καθίσαι ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, προϊδὼν ἐλάλησε περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ, ὅτι Οὐκ ἐγκατελείφθη εἰς ἄδου ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἡ σάρξ αὐτοῦ, εἶδε διαφθοράν - « [ ὁ δίχα ἁμαρτίας · οὐκ ἔστι δὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις τις δίχα ἁμαρτίας, εἰ μὴ Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἐκ Δαβὶδ σαρκωθεὶς Θεὸς Λόγος.] Ταύτας τὰς ὑποσχέσεις καὶ πρὸς τὸν πατριάρχην Ἀβραὰμ ἐποιήσατο. Ἔφη γὰρ πρὸς αὐτόν· « Ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου εὐλογηθήσονται πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς. Ἑρμηνεύων δὲ τοῦτο ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος οὕτως ἔφη· « Τῷ δὲ ᾿Ἀβραὰμ ἐῤῥήθησαν αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ. Οὐ λέγει, καὶ τοῖς σπέρμασιν ὡς ἐπὶ πολλῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς, καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου, ὅς ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός. » Εἰς ταύτας ἀφορῶντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας οἱ τούτων ἀπόγονοι, καὶ βλέποντες σφᾶς αὐτοὺς αἰχμαλώτους γεγενημένους καὶ τὴν ἀλλοτρίαν οἰκεῖν ἡναγκασμένους”, καὶ τὴν μὲν βασιλίδα πόλιν ἔρημον γεγενημένην, ἐσβεσμένην δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν, ἀναμιμνήσκουσι τῶν ὑποσχέσεων τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεόν. Καὶ ποτὲ μὲν τὸν πατριάρχην Ἀβραὰμ εἰς μέσον προφέρουσι', καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐκείνου, καὶ τὸν ἔκγονον, τῶν συνθηκῶν ἀναμιμνήσκοντες τὸν Θεόν· ποτὲ δὲ τὸν μακάριον Δαβίδ, καὶ τὰς πρὸς αὐτὸν γεγενημένας ἐπαγγελίας. Οὕτως οἱ μακάριοι μάρτυρες, ᾿Ανανίας, ᾿Αζαρίας, καὶ Μισαὴλ, τοῦ ᾿Ἀβραὰμ, καὶ τοῦ Ἰσαὰχ, καὶ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἐν τῇ καμίνῳ τὸν Θεὸν ἀντιβολοῦντες ἐποιήσαντο μνήμην. Καὶ τοῦτον τοιγαροῦν τὸν ψαλμὸν εἰς τὴν ἐκείνων ὠφέλειαν ἡ προφητική συνέγραψε χάρις· διδάσκουσα πῶς δεῖ τὸν Θεὸν ἐκμειλίξασθαι, καὶ τὴν παρ' αὐτοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν καρπώσασθαι Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ Συνέσεως ἐπιγέγραπται· ταύτης· γὰρ δεῖ τοῖς παιδευομένοις διαφερόντως, ἵνα μηδὲν ἀπηχὲς εἴπωσι σχετλιάζοντες, ἀλλὰ τὸν θεῖον προσμείνωσιν ἔλεον. Ὁ δὲ Αἰθὰμ χορὸν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐμπεπίστευτο ἀδόντων ἐν τῷ ναῷ, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνούντων. [Οὐ γὰρ, ὥς τινες ἔφασαν εἶναι τὸν ψαλμὸν τοῦ Αἰμάν· ἀλλ' ὡς ἔφαμεν, ἐξἤρχε χοροῦ τῶν ἀδόντων καὶ αὐτὸς οὗτος· παραλαμβάνων παρὰ τοῦ θειοτάτου Δαβὶδ καὶ ἄδειν μετὰ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν.]

« Syneseōs Aitham tǭ Israēlitę̄. » Ho makarios Dabid sēkois tetimēmenous horōn tous pseudōnymous theous, monēn dē tou Theou tēn kibōton ageraston diamenousan, hypescheto ton theion oikodomēsein neōn. Tautēn autou tēn gnōmēn apodexamenos ho Theos, tēn kalēn epangelian ameibetai, kai hypischneitai ek tēs osphyos autou logikon heautǭ kataskeuasai neōn, kai dia toutou tēn hapantōn anthrōpōn pragmateuesthai sōtērian, kai ateleutēton autǭ parexein tēn basileian. Tautas de tas hyposcheseis dia tou prophētou Nathan pros auton epoiēsato; kai touto saphōs hē tōn Paraleipomenōn historia didaskei.» Kai en tę̄ deuterą de tōn Basileiōn Nathan pros auton ephē, • Kai apangelei soi, Kyrios, hoti oikon oikodomēsei heautǭ. » Memnētai de toutōn kai hē tōn praxeōn historia. Ho gar makarios Petros en Ioudaiois dēmēgorōn, pros allois pollois kai tauta dielēlythen • « Prophētēs oun hyparchōn ho Dabid, kai eidōs hoti horkǭ ōmosen autǭ ho Theos, ek karpou tēs osphyos autou anastēsein to kata sarka ton Christon, kathisai epi tou thronou autou, proïdōn elalēse peri tēs anastaseōs autou, hoti Ouk enkateleiphthē eis adou hē psychē autou, oude hē sarx autou, eide diaphthoran - « [ ho dicha hamartias ; ouk esti de en anthrōpois tis dicha hamartias, ei mē Iēsous ho ek Dabid sarkōtheis Theos Logos.] Tautas tas hyposcheseis kai pros ton patriarchēn Abraam epoiēsato. Ephē gar pros auton; « En tǭ spermati sou eulogēthēsontai panta ta ethnē tēs gēs. Hermēneuōn de touto ho thespesios Paulos houtōs ephē; « Tǭ de ᾿Abraam errhēthēsan hai epangeliai, kai tǭ spermati autou. Ou legei, kai tois spermasin hōs epi pollōn, all᾽ hōs eph᾽ henos, kai tǭ spermati sou, hos estin ho Christos. » Eis tautas aphorōntes tas epangelias hoi toutōn apogonoi, kai blepontes sphas autous aichmalōtous gegenēmenous kai tēn allotrian oikein hēnankasmenous”, kai tēn men basilida polin erēmon gegenēmenēn, esbesmenēn de tēn basileian, anamimnēskousi tōn hyposcheseōn ton tōn holōn Theon. Kai pote men ton patriarchēn Abraam eis meson propherousi', kai ton huion ton ekeinou, kai ton ekgonon, tōn synthēkōn anamimnēskontes ton Theon; pote de ton makarion Dabid, kai tas pros auton gegenēmenas epangelias. Houtōs hoi makarioi martyres, ᾿Ananias, ᾿Azarias, kai Misaēl, tou ᾿Abraam, kai tou Isaach, kai tou Israēl, en tę̄ kaminǭ ton Theon antibolountes epoiēsanto mnēmēn. Kai touton toigaroun ton psalmon eis tēn ekeinōn ōpheleian hē prophētikē synegrapse charis; didaskousa pōs dei ton Theon ekmeilixasthai, kai tēn par' autou philanthrōpian karpōsasthai Dia touto kai Syneseōs epigegraptai; tautēs; gar dei tois paideuomenois diapherontōs, hina mēden apēches eipōsi schetliazontes, alla ton theion prosmeinōsin eleon. Ho de Aitham choron kai autos empepisteuto adontōn en tǭ naǭ, kai ton Theon anymnountōn. [Ou gar, hōs tines ephasan einai ton psalmon tou Aiman; all' hōs ephamen, exērche chorou tōn adontōn kai autos houtos; paralambanōn para tou theiotatou Dabid kai adein meta kai tōn loipōn.]

"Of understanding; for Ethan the Israelite." The blessed David, seeing the falsely named gods honored with sanctuaries while God's ark alone remained without honor, promised to build the divine temple. God, accepting this intention, repays the good promise and promises to build for himself from his loins a rational temple, through it to accomplish the salvation of all men, and to give him an endless kingdom. He made these promises to him through the prophet Nathan, and the history of Chronicles teaches this clearly. And in the second book of Kingdoms Nathan said to him, "And the Lord will tell you that he will build himself a house." The history of the Acts also mentions these things. For the blessed Peter, addressing the Jews, recounted among many other things this: "Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath that from the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he foresaw and spoke of his resurrection, that his soul was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption" [as being without sin; and there is no one among men without sin except Jesus, God the Word made flesh from David]. He made these promises to the patriarch Abraham too; for he said to him, "In your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed." The inspired Paul, interpreting this, said, "The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. It does not say 'and to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'and to your seed,' who is Christ." Looking to these promises, their descendants, seeing themselves made captives and forced to live in a foreign land, the royal city desolate and the kingdom extinguished, remind the God of all of his promises. Sometimes they bring forward the patriarch Abraham, his son, and his grandson, reminding God of the covenants; sometimes the blessed David and the promises made to him. So the blessed martyrs Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael made mention of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel when entreating God in the furnace. The prophetic grace wrote this psalm too for their benefit, teaching how one must propitiate God and reap love for humankind from him. For this reason it is entitled "Of understanding"; for those being disciplined especially need this, so that they may say nothing harsh in complaint but wait for divine mercy. Ethan too had been entrusted with a choir singing in the temple and hymning God. [For it is not, as some said, Heman's psalm; but, as we said, this man too led a choir of singers, receiving from the most divine David both to sing it and to sing with the others.]

Ps 89:1 (88:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Sam 7:2 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Chr 17:10 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Sam 7:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 2:30 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 2:31 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 22:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 3:16 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Chr 15:19 (allusion, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89, title: the psalm recalls God's promises to David of an eternal kingdom through his seed, Christ, as Nathan, Peter, and Paul show; the exiles appeal to these promises.

The bracketed passages are bracketed in Migne, probably additions from the catena.

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Digital text corrected (OCR slip; split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray letters and marks (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray word (OCR)): Αἰθὰμε τῷ Ἰσραηλίτῃ, » Ὁ » μακάριος Δαβὶδ σηκοῖς το τετιμημένους → Αἰθὰμ τῷ Ἰσραηλίτῃ. » Ὁ μακάριος Δαβὶδ σηκοῖς τετιμημένους; μόνην το δὴ → μόνην δὴ; κατασκευάσα: νεών → κατασκευάσαι νεών; παρέξειν δὲ τὴν → παρέξειν τὴν; διεξα ελήλυθεν → διελήλυθεν; οὕτως ( ἔφη → οὕτως ἔφη; σπέρ ματί σου → σπέρματί σου; ὑποσχέ σεων → ὑποσχέσεων; ἐπιγέγρα πται → ἐπιγέγραπται.

Extrabiblical texts: Pr Azar 12 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.1 (PG 80 80:1573; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-1). (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.

88.2PG 80 80:1577

« Τὰ ἐλέη σου, Κύριε, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ᾄσομαι, εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν ἀπαγγελῶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν τῷ στόματί μου. • Τὸν θεῖον αἰτοῦντες ἔλεον, ὑμνοῦσι τὸν ἔλεον”, καὶ τῶν πρὸς τὸν Δαβὶδ ὑποσχέσεων ποθοῦντες ἰδεῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἑκάστην γενεὰν ὑπισχνοῦνται διδάξειν.

« Ta eleē sou, Kyrie, eis ton aiōna ąsomai, eis genean kai genean apangelō tēn alētheian sou en tǭ stomati mou. • Ton theion aitountes eleon, hymnousi ton eleon”, kai tōn pros ton Dabid hyposcheseōn pothountes idein tēn alētheian, hekastēn genean hypischnountai didaxein.

"I will sing your mercies, Lord, forever; from generation to generation I will proclaim your truth with my mouth." Asking divine mercy, they hymn the mercy; and longing to see the truth of the promises to David, they promise to teach every generation.

Ps 89:1 (88:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:1: the people sing of God's mercy and long to see his promises to David fulfilled.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.2 (PG 80 80:1577; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-2). (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.

88.3PG 80 80:1577

« Ὅτι εἶπας, Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔλεος οἰκοδομηθήσεται ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἑτοιμασθήσεται ἡ ἀλήθειά σου. » Τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστι λόγος πρὸς τὸν Δαβὶδ εἰρημένος, ὡς φυλάξει τὸν ἔλεον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τῷ σπέρματι. Τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τοίνυν ἀναμιμνήσκουσι ταύτης. Σὺ, φησὶν, εἶπας αὐξήσειν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μειώσειν τὸν ἔλεον. Τὸ γὰρ οἰκοδομηθήσεται, ἀντὶ τοῦ αὐξηθήσεται καὶ προσθήκην λήψεται τέθεικεν. Ἑδρασθήσεται, ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκεν. Ὑπέσχου, φησὶν, ἔργῳ βεβαιοῦν τὴν τῶν λόγων ἀλήθειαν".

« Hoti eipas, Eis ton aiōna eleos oikodomēthēsetai en tois ouranois, hetoimasthēsetai hē alētheia sou. » Tou Theou esti logos pros ton Dabid eirēmenos, hōs phylaxei ton eleon eis ton aiōna tǭ spermati. Tēs epangelias toinyn anamimnēskousi tautēs. Sy, phēsin, eipas auxēsein, all᾽ ou meiōsein ton eleon. To gar oikodomēthēsetai, anti tou auxēthēsetai kai prosthēkēn lēpsetai tetheiken. Hedrasthēsetai, ho Symmachos eirēken. Hypeschou, phēsin, ergǭ bebaioun tēn tōn logōn alētheian".

"For you said, 'Mercy will be built up forever'; in the heavens your truth will be prepared." It is God's word spoken to David that he would keep mercy for his seed forever. They remind him, then, of this promise: "You said," he says, "that you would increase, not diminish, mercy." For he put "will be built up" for "will be increased and receive addition." For "will be prepared" Symmachus said "will be established": "You promised to confirm by deed the truth of your words."

Ps 89:2 (88:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:2: the people remind God that he promised to build up his mercy to David's seed forever.

A stray bracket is removed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray bracket (OCR)): προσθήκην λήψεται τέθεικεν.] → προσθήκην λήψεται τέθεικεν..

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.3 (PG 80 80:1577; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-3). (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.

88.4PG 80 80:1577

• Διεθέμην διαθήκην τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς μου., [Ἐκ προσώπου Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς εἴρηται ταῦτα, ὁμοῦ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς·] « Ὤμοσα Δαβὶδ τῷ δούλῳ μου· Ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος ἑτοιμάσω τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ οἰκοδομήσω εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν τὸν θρόνον σου. » Τῷ εἶπας καὶ ταῦτα συνῆπται· ὅτι ταύτας πρὸς τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς ἐποιησάμην τὰς συνθήκας. Έκλεκτοὺς δὲ καλεῖ τὸν ᾿Ἀβραὰμ, καὶ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ. Πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἔφη ὁμωμοκέναι καὶ τῷ Δαβὶδ, ἀνώλεθρον αὐτοῦ φυλάξαι τὸ σπέρμα, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ γενεᾷ τὸν τούτου θρόνον ἀνθήσειν. Οὕτω τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰς ὑποσχέσεις διεξελθόντες, καὶ τῶν πραγμάτων τὸ τέλος οὐ βλέποντες, ἀπηχὲς μὲν οὐδὲν ὑπὸ τῶν συμφορῶν εἰπεῖν ἀναγκάζονται, ὕμνοις δὲ γεραίρουσι τὸν τῶν ὅλων πρύτανιν. « Εξομολογήσονται οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, Κύριε· καὶ γὰρ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν ἐκκλησία ἁγίων. » Ὁ δὲ Θεοδοτίων, Καὶ γε τὴν πίστιν σου ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἁγίων · ἀντὶ τοῦ, Τὴν πίστιν σου ἅπαντες οἱ τὴν πεποίθησιν ἔχοντες εἰς σὲ διαφυλάξουσιν. Σὲ γὰρ προσήκει παρὰ πάντων ὑμνεῖσθαι· οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ παρὰ τῶν τὸν οὐρανὸν οἰκούντων, ἀκριβέστερον τὰ σὰ καθορώντων θαυμάσια, καὶ τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν ἐπισταμένων τὸ βέβαιον· τῆς ἐπουρανίου ταυτης ἐκκλησίας καὶ ὁ μακάριος μέμνηται Παῦλος· « Προσεληλύθατε, λέγων, Σιὼν ὄρει, καὶ πόλει Θεοῦ ζῶντος Ἱερουσαλήμ ἐπουρανίῳ, καὶ ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς. ›

• Diethemēn diathēkēn tois eklektois mou., [Ek prosōpou Theou kai Patros eirētai tauta, homou de kai ta hexēs;] « Ōmosa Dabid tǭ doulǭ mou; Heōs tou aiōnos hetoimasō to sperma sou, kai oikodomēsō eis genean kai genean ton thronon sou. » Tǭ eipas kai tauta synēptai; hoti tautas pros tous eklektous epoiēsamēn tas synthēkas. Eklektous de kalei ton ᾿Abraam, kai ton Isaak, kai ton Israēl. Pros de toutois ephē homōmokenai kai tǭ Dabid, anōlethron autou phylaxai to sperma, kai en pasę̄ geneą ton toutou thronon anthēsein. Houtō tou Theou tas hyposcheseis diexelthontes, kai tōn pragmatōn to telos ou blepontes, apēches men ouden hypo tōn symphorōn eipein anankazontai, hymnois de gerairousi ton tōn holōn prytanin. « Exomologēsontai hoi ouranoi ta thaumasia sou, Kyrie; kai gar tēn alētheian sou en ekklēsia hagiōn. » Ho de Theodotiōn, Kai ge tēn pistin sou en ekklēsią hagiōn ; anti tou, Tēn pistin sou hapantes hoi tēn pepoithēsin echontes eis se diaphylaxousin. Se gar prosēkei para pantōn hymneisthai; ouch hēkista de para tōn ton ouranon oikountōn, akribesteron ta sa kathorōntōn thaumasia, kai tōn epangeliōn epistamenōn to bebaion; tēs epouraniou tautēs ekklēsias kai ho makarios memnētai Paulos; « Proselēlythate, legōn, Siōn orei, kai polei Theou zōntos Hierousalēm epouraniǭ, kai ekklēsią prōtotokōn apogegrammenōn en ouranois. ›

"I made a covenant with my chosen ones." [These words are spoken in the person of God the Father, and so too what follows:] "I swore to David my servant: forever I will prepare your seed, and build up your throne from generation to generation." This too is joined to "you said": "I made these covenants with my chosen ones." He calls Abraham, Isaac, and Israel chosen. Besides these he said he had sworn to David as well, to keep his seed indestructible and make his throne flourish in every generation. Having thus recounted God's promises, and not seeing the fulfillment of the facts, they are not driven by their misfortunes to say anything harsh, but honor the ruler of all with hymns. "The heavens will confess your wonders, Lord, and your truth in the assembly of the holy ones." Theodotion has: "And indeed your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones"; that is, "All who have confidence in you will guard your faithfulness." "For it is fitting that you be hymned by all, not least by those who dwell in heaven, who see your wonders more precisely and know the firmness of your promises." The blessed Paul also mentions this heavenly assembly, saying, "You have come to Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven."

Ps 89:3 (88:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:4 (88:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:5 (88:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 12:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 12:23 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:3-5: God swore to David to establish his seed and throne forever; the heavenly assembly praises God's faithfulness.

The bracketed sentence is bracketed in Migne (opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena. A verse number and a stray bracket are removed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (opening bracket lost in the OCR; split word (OCR); stray bracket (OCR); stray mark (OCR); verse number leaked into the text (OCR)): Ἐκ προσώπου Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς → [Ἐκ προσώπου Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς; τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, · καὶ → τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ; πρύτανιν. ς'. « → πρύτανιν. «; διαφυλάξουσιν.] Σὲ γὰρ → διαφυλάξουσιν. Σὲ γὰρ; ἐν οὐρα νοῖς → ἐν οὐρανοῖς.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.4 (PG 80 80:1577; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-4). (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.

88.7PG 80 80:1579

"Ὅτι τίς ἐν νεφέλαις ἰσωθήσεται τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὁμοιωθήσεται τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν υἱοῖς Θεοῦ ; » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Τίς γὰρ ἐν αἰθέρι ἀντιπαραθήσει τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐξισάσει τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν υἱοῖς θεῶν. Υίοὺς Θεοῦ καλεῖ τοὺς θεοὺς, ὡς υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων τοὺς ἀνθρώπους. Καλεῖ δὲ θεοὺς, οὐχ ὡς ὄντας, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς παρὰ τοῖς ἀπίστοις νομιζομένους. Λέγει τοίνυν, ὅτι Καὶ τῶν ἐπουρανίων ὑπέρκεισαι, καὶ πάντων ἀσυγκρίτως ὑπέρτερος εἶ, καὶ οὐδείς σοι τῶν ὄντων παραβληθῆναι δυνήσεται. Ελέγχεται γὰρ τῶν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων θεοποιουμένων τὸ ψεῦδος· ἡ δὲ σὴ δύναμις διαρκής καὶ ἀνώλεθρος. Τοιούτοις καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ κέχρηται λόγοις φάσκων· « Καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν παρὰ πάντας τοὺς θεούς.» Ταύτην δὲ ποιοῦνται τὴν παρεξέτασιν, οὐκ ἀγνοοῦντες οἱ προφῆται τῆς διαφορᾶς τὴν ὑπερβολὴν, ἀλλὰ τῇ τῶν ἀπίστων ἀσθενείᾳ σύμμετρον διδασκαλίαν προσφέροντες .

"Hoti tis en nephelais isōthēsetai tǭ Kyriǭ, homoiōthēsetai tǭ Kyriǭ en huiois Theou ? » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Tis gar en aitheri antiparathēsei tǭ Kyriǭ, exisasei tǭ Kyriǭ en huiois theōn. Uious Theou kalei tous theous, hōs huious anthrōpōn tous anthrōpous. Kalei de theous, ouch hōs ontas, all᾿ hōs para tois apistois nomizomenous. Legei toinyn, hoti Kai tōn epouraniōn hyperkeisai, kai pantōn asynkritōs hyperteros ei, kai oudeis soi tōn ontōn parablēthēnai dynēsetai. Elenchetai gar tōn hypo tōn anthrōpōn theopoioumenōn to pseudos; hē de sē dynamis diarkēs kai anōlethros. Toioutois kai allachou kechrētai logois phaskōn; « Kai ho Kyrios hēmōn para pantas tous theous.» Tautēn de poiountai tēn parexetasin, ouk agnoountes hoi prophētai tēs diaphoras tēn hyperbolēn, alla tę̄ tōn apistōn astheneią symmetron didaskalian prospherontes .

"For who in the clouds will be equal to the Lord, who will be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?" Symmachus has: "For who in the ether will be set beside the Lord, made equal to the Lord among the sons of gods?" He calls the gods "sons of God," as he calls men "sons of men." He calls them gods not as being so, but as thought so among unbelievers. He says, then: "You are above the heavenly beings and incomparably higher than all, and nothing that exists can be compared with you. For the falsehood of those made gods by men is exposed, but your power is lasting and indestructible." He uses such words elsewhere too, saying, "And our Lord is above all the gods." The prophets make this comparison not because they do not know the excess of the difference, but offering teaching suited to the weakness of unbelievers.

Ps 89:6 (88:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 135:5 (134:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:6: no heavenly being or so-called god compares with the Lord.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (marginal note leaked into the text (OCR); split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): τῷ Κυρίῳ, Sym-ὁμοιωθήσεται → τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὁμοιωθήσεται; ὑπέρτερος εἶ°, → ὑπέρτερος εἶ,; ὑπερβο– λὴν → ὑπερβολὴν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.7 (PG 80 80:1579; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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

88.8PG 80 80:1579

Ὁ Θεὸς ἐνδοξαζόμενος ἐν βουλῇ ἁγίων· μέγας καὶ φοβερός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς περικύκλῳ αὐτοῦ. Ἐπειδὴ τῶν οὐκ ὄντων θεῶν ἐμνημόνευσεν, ἠγνοεῖτο δὲ παρὰ τοῖς δυσσεβέσιν ὢν Θεὸς, εἰκότως τοὺς ἁγίους παρήγαγε, παρ' ὧν ὁ ἀληθὴς ὑμνεῖται Θεὸς, οἷς καὶ φοβερός ἐστιν, ἅτε δὴ πελάζουσιν αὐτῷ, καὶ τὴν ἄῤῥητον αὐτοῦ γινώσκουσι δύναμιν. Βουλὴν δὲ ἁγίων ὠνόμασεν ἐνταῦθα τῶν ἁγίων τὸν σύλλογον.

Ho Theos endoxazomenos en boulę̄ hagiōn; megas kai phoberos estin epi pantas tous perikyklǭ autou. Epeidē tōn ouk ontōn theōn emnēmoneusen, ēgnoeito de para tois dyssebesin ōn Theos, eikotōs tous hagious parēgage, par' hōn ho alēthēs hymneitai Theos, hois kai phoberos estin, hate dē pelazousin autǭ, kai tēn arrhēton autou ginōskousi dynamin. Boulēn de hagiōn ōnomasen entautha tōn hagiōn ton syllogon.

"God is glorified in the council of the holy ones; he is great and fearful over all who are around him." Since he mentioned the gods that are not, and the true God was unknown among the impious, he rightly brought in the saints, by whom the true God is hymned, and to whom he is fearful, since they draw near him and know his inexpressible power. Here he named the gathering of the saints "the council of the holy ones."

Ps 89:7 (88:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:7: the true God is glorified and feared by the assembly of the saints.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.8 (PG 80 80:1579; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.9PG 80 80:1579

« Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων, τίς ὅμοιός σοι; δυνατὸς εἶ, Κύριε, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά σου κύκλῳ σου. Συνεχῶς τῆς ἀληθείας μνημονεύουσι, ποθοῦντες ἰδεῖν τὸ τῶν ὑποσχέσεων ἀψευδές· καί φασι πρὸς αὐτόν, Τίς σοι, Δέσποτα, τῶν ὄντων δύναται συγκριθῆναι; Τῶν δυνάμεων εἶ Κύριος καὶ Θεὸς, δύναμιν ἔχεις σύνδρομον τῇ βουλήσει· ἀληθῆ πάντα καὶ βέβαια παρὰ σοί. Εἶτα διέξεισι τῆς δυνάμεως τὰ τεκμήρια.

« Kyrie ho Theos tōn dynameōn, tis homoios soi? dynatos ei, Kyrie, kai hē alētheia sou kyklǭ sou. Synechōs tēs alētheias mnēmoneuousi, pothountes idein to tōn hyposcheseōn apseudes; kai phasi pros auton, Tis soi, Despota, tōn ontōn dynatai synkrithēnai? Tōn dynameōn ei Kyrios kai Theos, dynamin echeis syndromon tę̄ boulēsei; alēthē panta kai bebaia para soi. Eita diexeisi tēs dynameōs ta tekmēria.

"Lord God of hosts, who is like you? You are mighty, Lord, and your truth is around you." They continually mention truth, longing to see the promises without falsehood; and they say to him: "Who among beings can be compared to you, Master? You are Lord and God of the hosts; you have power that runs together with your will; all things with you are true and firm." Then he recounts the proofs of his power.

Ps 89:8 (88:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:8: no one compares with the Lord of hosts, whose power matches his will and whose truth is sure.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.9 (PG 80 80:1579; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.10PG 80 80:1581

« Σὺ δεσπόζεις τὸ κράτος τῆς θαλάσσης · τὸν δὲ σάλον τῶν κυμάτων αὐτῆς σὺ καταπραΰνεις. Σὺ ἐταπείνωσας ὡς τραυματίαν ὑπερήφανον· ἐν δὲ τῷ βραχίονι τῆς δυνάμεώς σου διεσκόρπισας τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου. » Σὺ εἶ, φησὶ, τῶν ἁπάντων δημιουργὸς καὶ δεσπότης· καὶ ῥᾴδιόν σοι καὶ διεγεῖραι τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ γαλήνην ἐργάσασθαι. Τῆς δὲ θαλάσσης μνημονεύσας, καὶ τῶν ἐν ταύτῃ γεγενημένων ἀναμιμνήσκει. Υπερήφανον γὰρ τὸν Φαραὼ καλεῖ, καὶ ἐχθροὺς τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους, οὓς τῇ θαλάττη παρέδωκε, καὶ διέσωσε τὸν οἰκεῖον λαόν. Προλέγει δὲ κατὰ ταυτὸν καὶ τῶν τῆς ἀλαζονείας διδασκάλων τὸν ὄλεθρον· καὶ τούτους γὰρ σὺν τῇ πονηρᾷ στρατιᾷ ἐν τῷ παναγίῳ καταλύει βαπτίσματι· [ καθάπερ ἐκεῖ διὰ Μωϋσοῦ, ἐνταῦθα διὰ τοῦ ἱερέως.

« Sy despozeis to kratos tēs thalassēs ; ton de salon tōn kymatōn autēs sy katapraÿneis. Sy etapeinōsas hōs traumatian hyperēphanon; en de tǭ brachioni tēs dynameōs sou dieskorpisas tous echthrous sou. » Sy ei, phēsi, tōn hapantōn dēmiourgos kai despotēs; kai rhądion soi kai diegeirai tēn thalassan, kai galēnēn ergasasthai. Tēs de thalassēs mnēmoneusas, kai tōn en tautę̄ gegenēmenōn anamimnēskei. Yperēphanon gar ton Pharaō kalei, kai echthrous tous Aigyptious, hous tę̄ thalattē paredōke, kai diesōse ton oikeion laon. Prolegei de kata tauton kai tōn tēs alazoneias didaskalōn ton olethron; kai toutous gar syn tę̄ ponērą stratią en tǭ panagiǭ katalyei baptismati; [ kathaper ekei dia Mōÿsou, entautha dia tou hiereōs.

"You rule the might of the sea; you calm the tossing of its waves. You humbled the proud like one wounded; with the arm of your power you scattered your enemies." "You are," he says, "the creator and master of all, and it is easy for you both to stir up the sea and to make a calm." Having mentioned the sea, he also reminds of what happened in it. For he calls Pharaoh "the proud," and the Egyptians "enemies," whom he gave to the sea while saving his own people. At the same time he foretells the destruction of the teachers of arrogance too; for he destroys them too, with their wicked army, in all-holy baptism: [as there through Moses, so here through the priest.

Ps 89:9 (88:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:10 (88:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 14:27 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:9-10: God, master of the sea, humbled Pharaoh at the Red Sea, a figure of the destruction of the devil's hosts in baptism.

The final words open a bracket in Migne that is not closed, probably an addition from the catena.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): καὶ τῶν δ' τῆς ἀλαζονείας → καὶ τῶν τῆς ἀλαζονείας.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.10 (PG 80 80:1581; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.12PG 80 80:1581

« Σοί εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοὶ, καὶ σή ἐστιν ἡ γῆ· τὴν οἰκουμένην, καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας. » Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τῆς θαλάττης καὶ τῆς γῆς ἁπάσης, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ὑπερκειμένων οὐρανῶν σὺ εἶ ποιητὴς καὶ δημιουργός. Σὸν γὰρ ἔργον οὐ μόνον ὁ ὁρώμενος οὐρανὸς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ τούτου ὑπέρτερος.

« Soi eisin hoi ouranoi, kai sē estin hē gē; tēn oikoumenēn, kai to plērōma autēs sy ethemeliōsas. » Ou gar monon tēs thalattēs kai tēs gēs hapasēs, alla kai tōn hyperkeimenōn ouranōn sy ei poiētēs kai dēmiourgos. Son gar ergon ou monon ho horōmenos ouranos, alla kai ho toutou hyperteros.

"Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth; you founded the world and its fullness." "For you are maker and creator not only of the sea and the whole earth but also of the heavens above. For not only the visible heaven is your work, but also the one above it."

Ps 89:11 (88:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:11: heaven, earth, and all in them belong to God their creator.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): καὶ ᾿σἡ ἐστιν → καὶ σή ἐστιν; τῆς γῆς ῾᾽ ἁπάσης → τῆς γῆς ἁπάσης.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.12 (PG 80 80:1581; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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

88.13PG 80 80:1581

« Τὸν βοῤῥᾶν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν σὺ ἔκτισας. » Ὁ δὲ Θεοδοτίων οὕτως · Βοῤῥᾶν καὶ νότον σὺ ἔκτισας. Τὸν δὲ, νότον θάλασσαν καλεῖ, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς μάλιστα τὸ κύτος αὐτῆς συνταράσσει. Καὶ οἱ ἄνεμοι, φησὶ, καὶ αὐτὰ τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ τμήματα, σοῦ ὑπάρχει δημιουργήματα. Οὐχ ἁπλῶς δὲ τῶν δύο τμημάτων ἐμνημόνευσε τούτων· ἀλλ᾿ ἐπειδὴ τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ κατὰ νότον μέν εἰσιν οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, κατὰ βοῤῥᾶν δὲ οἱ ᾿Ασσύριοι· καταλύσας δὲ Αἰγυπτίων τὸ θράσος, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν αὐτοῖς ἐδωρήσατο. Ῥάδιόν σοι, φησὶ, καταλῦσαι καὶ τούτους ὡς ἐκείνους. Οὗ γενομένου, « Θαβὼρ καὶ Ἑρμὼν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἀγαλλιάσονται. » Διὰ τούτων δὲ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας παρεδήλωσε. Ταῦτα γὰρ ἐκείνης εἰσὶ τὰ ὄρη τῆς γῆς. Τὸ δὲ ἀγαλλιάσονται ὁ μὲν Ακύλας αἰνέσουσιν, ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος εὐφημήσουσιν εἴρηκεν. Οὐ μὴν τὰ ὄρη τοῦτο δράσειν εἴρηκεν, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τὰ ὄρη, ἢ παρὰ τὰ ὄρη, οἰκοῦντας ἀνθρώπους.

« Ton borrhan kai tēn thalassan sy ektisas. » Ho de Theodotiōn houtōs ; Borrhan kai noton sy ektisas. Ton de, noton thalassan kalei, epeidē autos malista to kytos autēs syntarassei. Kai hoi anemoi, phēsi, kai auta tēs oikoumenēs ta tmēmata, sou hyparchei dēmiourgēmata. Ouch haplōs de tōn dyo tmēmatōn emnēmoneuse toutōn; all᾿ epeidē tēs Hierousalēm kata noton men eisin hoi Aigyptioi, kata borrhan de hoi ᾿Assyrioi; katalysas de Aigyptiōn to thrasos, tēn eleutherian autois edōrēsato. Rhadion soi, phēsi, katalysai kai toutous hōs ekeinous. Hou genomenou, « Thabōr kai Hermōn en tǭ onomati sou agalliasontai. » Dia toutōn de pasan tēn gēn tēs epangelias paredēlōse. Tauta gar ekeinēs eisi ta orē tēs gēs. To de agalliasontai ho men Akylas ainesousin, ho de Symmachos euphēmēsousin eirēken. Ou mēn ta orē touto drasein eirēken, alla tous ta orē, ē para ta orē, oikountas anthrōpous.

"You created the north and the sea." Theodotion has: "You created north and south." He calls the south "the sea," since it especially stirs up its depths. "Both the winds," he says, "and the very regions of the world are your creations." He did not mention these two regions idly; but since the Egyptians are south of Jerusalem and the Assyrians north, and having destroyed the boldness of the Egyptians, you gave them freedom: "It is easy for you," he says, "to destroy these too like those." When this happens, "Tabor and Hermon will rejoice in your name." By these he indicated the whole promised land, for these are mountains of that land. For "will rejoice" Aquila said "will praise," Symmachus "will sing praise." He did not say the mountains would do this, but the people who live on or near the mountains.

Ps 89:12 (88:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:12: God made north and south; as he defeated Egypt in the south he can defeat Assyria in the north, and the land of Tabor and Hermon will rejoice.

A stray bracket is removed.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; OCR slip; stray bracket (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): Ο, δὲ Θεοδοτίων → Ὁ δὲ Θεοδοτίων; συνταράσσει.] Καὶ → συνταράσσει. Καὶ; παρεδήλωσε δ'. Ταῦτα → παρεδήλωσε. Ταῦτα; τοῦτο δράτειν → τοῦτο δράσειν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.13 (PG 80 80:1581; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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

88.14PG 80 80:1583

« Σὸς ὁ βραχίων μετὰ δυναστείας. » Ιδιόν σου τὸ δυνατῶς ἅπαντα ἐνεργεῖν. Τὸν γὰρ βραχίονα ἐπὶ τῆς ἐνεργείας, τὴν δὲ δυναστείαν ἐπὶ τῆς δυνάμεως ἔλαβε · καὶ γὰρ ὁ ᾿Ακύλας ἀντὶ δυναστείας, δύναμιν τέθεικεν. « Κραταιωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου· ὑψωθήτω ἡ δεξιά σου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· ᾿Αήττητος ἡ χείρ σου, ὑψηλὴ ἡ δεξιά σου. Πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν, ὡς διὰ τῆς χειρὸς τὴν ἐνέργειαν δηλοῖ· διὰ δὲ τῆς δεξιᾶς, τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐνέργειαν· διπλῆς τοίνυν ἐνεργείας δεόμενοι, ἀμφοτέρων ἐμνήσθησαν. Καὶ γὰρ τοὺς πολεμίους καταλυθέντας ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ἰδεῖν, καὶ αὐτοὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ποθοῦσι τυχεῖν. Οὗ δὴ χάριν ἀήττητον μὲν τὴν χεῖρα, ὑψηλὴν δὲ καλοῦσι τὴν δεξιάν, ὡς δυναμένην κἀκείνους κολάσαι, καὶ αὐτοὺς ἐλευθερῶσαι. Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ διὰ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων δηλοῦσι.

« Sos ho brachiōn meta dynasteias. » Idion sou to dynatōs hapanta energein. Ton gar brachiona epi tēs energeias, tēn de dynasteian epi tēs dynameōs elabe ; kai gar ho ᾿Akylas anti dynasteias, dynamin tetheiken. « Krataiōthētō hē cheir sou; hypsōthētō hē dexia sou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs; ᾿Aēttētos hē cheir sou, hypsēlē hē dexia sou. Pollakis eirēkamen, hōs dia tēs cheiros tēn energeian dēloi; dia de tēs dexias, tēn agathēn energeian; diplēs toinyn energeias deomenoi, amphoterōn emnēsthēsan. Kai gar tous polemious katalythentas epithymousin idein, kai autoi tēs sōtērias pothousi tychein. Hou dē charin aēttēton men tēn cheira, hypsēlēn de kalousi tēn dexian, hōs dynamenēn kakeinous kolasai, kai autous eleutherōsai. Touto de kai dia tōn epipheromenōn dēlousi.

"Yours is the arm with might." "It is your own to do all things mightily." He took the arm for the working and the might for the power; for Aquila put "power" instead of "might." "Let your hand be strong; let your right hand be exalted." Symmachus has: "Unconquered is your hand, high your right hand." We have often said that by the hand he shows the working, and by the right hand the good working. Needing a twofold working, then, they mentioned both. For they desire to see the enemies destroyed and long to obtain salvation themselves. For this reason they call the hand unconquered and the right hand high, as able both to punish those and to free themselves. They show this through what follows too.

Ps 89:13 (88:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:13: God's hand is unconquered against enemies and his right hand exalted to save his people.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; joined words (OCR)): ύψωθήτω → ὑψωθήτω; ποθοῦσιτυχεῖν → ποθοῦσι τυχεῖν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.14 (PG 80 80:1583; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.15PG 80 80:1583

« Δικαιοσύνη καὶ κρῖμα ἑτοιμασία τοῦ θρόνου σου· ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθεια προπορεύσονται πρὸ προσώπου σου. » Αὐτοῖς γὰρ καὶ Βαβυλωνίοις δικάσαι τὸν Θεὸν ἱκετεύοντες, ἀντιβολοῦσι κατ᾿ ἐκείνων μὲν δικαίαν τὴν ψῆφον ἐξενεγκεῖν, αὐτοῖς δὲ τὸν ἔλεον παρασχεῖν, καὶ τῆς ὑποσχέσεως τὴν ἀλήθειαν δεῖξαι. Διά τοι τοῦτο τῇ μὲν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ τῷ κρίματι τὸν δικαστικὸν ἔφασαν κεκοσμῆσθαι θρόνον, ἔλεον δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν τοῦ Θεοῦ προοδεύειν, ὡς πρὸ πολλῶν γενεῶν τῆς ὑποσχέσεως γενομένης.

« Dikaiosynē kai krima hetoimasia tou thronou sou; eleos kai alētheia proporeusontai pro prosōpou sou. » Autois gar kai Babylōniois dikasai ton Theon hiketeuontes, antibolousi kat᾿ ekeinōn men dikaian tēn psēphon exenenkein, autois de ton eleon paraschein, kai tēs hyposcheseōs tēn alētheian deixai. Dia toi touto tę̄ men dikaiosynę̄ kai tǭ krimati ton dikastikon ephasan kekosmēsthai thronon, eleon de kai alētheian tou Theou proodeuein, hōs pro pollōn geneōn tēs hyposcheseōs genomenēs.

"Righteousness and judgment are the preparation of your throne; mercy and truth will go before your face." Begging God to judge between them and the Babylonians, they entreat him to bring a just verdict against those, and to give them mercy and show the truth of his promise. For this reason they said that the judgment seat is adorned with righteousness and judgment, and that God's mercy and truth go before, since the promise was made many generations earlier.

Ps 89:14 (88:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:14: the exiles ask God, whose throne rests on justice, to judge Babylon and show mercy and truth to them.

A fragment of 88.16 displaced to the end of this section by the OCR is restored there.

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Digital text corrected (fragment of 88.16 displaced here by the OCR, restored there; stray letter and split word (OCR)): ἑτοιμασία τ τοῦ θρό νου σου → ἑτοιμασία τοῦ θρόνου σου; λάττῃ τὸν μυστικὸν ἀλαλαγμὸν προσφέροντα τῷ Θεῷ, → .

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.15 (PG 80 80:1583; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.16PG 80 80:1583

« Μακάριος ὁ λαὸς ὁ γινώσκων ἀλαλαγμόν. Ἀλαλαγμὸς, ὡς πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν, νενικηκότων ἐστὶ φωνή. Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ἡττηθέντες ἠνδραποδίσθησαν, μακαρίζουσι τοὺς νικήσαντας· προθεσπίζει δὲ ὁ λόγος καὶ τὸν λαὸν, τὸν ἐν πάσῃ γῇ καὶ θαλάττῃ τὸν μυστικὸν ἀλαλαγμὸν προσφέροντα τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ τὸν ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον ἄδοντα. Ταύτῃ δὲ τῇ διανοίᾳ καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα συμφωνεῖ. • Κύριε, ἐν τῷ φωτὶ τοῦ προσώπου σου πορεύσονται. Καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἀγαλλιάσονται ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν· καὶ ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ὑψωθήσονται. » ᾿Αλαλάζουσι δὲ, καὶ κατὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν παιανίζουσι, καὶ σοὶ τῷ νικοποιῷ τὸν ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον προσφέρουσι, τῇ σῇ ἐπιφανείᾳ καταυγαζόμενοι, καὶ τὸ παρὰ σοῦ δεχόμενοι φῶς [διὰ τῆς τοῦ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας,] καὶ διηνεκῶς ἀπολαύοντες θυμηδίας, καὶ τὴν νενομοθετημένην κατορθοῦντες δικαιοσύνην, καὶ ὑψηλοὶ καὶ περιφανεῖς ἐντεῦθεν γινόμενοι.

« Makarios ho laos ho ginōskōn alalagmon. Alalagmos, hōs pollakis eirēkamen, nenikēkotōn esti phōnē. Epeidē toinyn hēttēthentes ēndrapodisthēsan, makarizousi tous nikēsantas; prothespizei de ho logos kai ton laon, ton en pasę̄ gę̄ kai thalattę̄ ton mystikon alalagmon prospheronta tǭ Theǭ, kai ton epinikion hymnon adonta. Tautę̄ de tę̄ dianoią kai ta epagomena symphōnei. • Kyrie, en tǭ phōti tou prosōpou sou poreusontai. Kai en tǭ onomati sou agalliasontai holēn tēn hēmeran; kai en tę̄ dikaiosynę̄ sou hypsōthēsontai. » ᾿Alalazousi de, kai kata tōn echthrōn paianizousi, kai soi tǭ nikopoiǭ ton epinikion hymnon prospherousi, tę̄ sę̄ epiphaneią kataugazomenoi, kai to para sou dechomenoi phōs [dia tēs tou loutrou palingenesias,] kai diēnekōs apolauontes thymēdias, kai tēn nenomothetēmenēn katorthountes dikaiosynēn, kai hypsēloi kai periphaneis enteuthen ginomenoi.

"Blessed is the people that knows the shout." The shout, as we have often said, is the cry of victors. Since, then, they had been defeated and enslaved, they call the victors blessed. But the word also foretells the people in every land and sea that offers God the mystical shout and sings the hymn of victory. What follows agrees with this sense: "Lord, they will walk in the light of your face, and in your name they will rejoice all the day, and in your righteousness they will be exalted." "They shout and sing paeans over their enemies, and offer you, the giver of victory, the hymn of victory, lit by your appearing and receiving light from you [through the washing of rebirth], continually enjoying gladness, achieving the righteousness the law commands, and becoming lofty and renowned from it."

Ps 89:15 (88:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:16 (88:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 3:5 (allusion, medium confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:15-16: blessed is the people that knows the victory shout; it foretells the church in every land, enlightened (an addition says: by baptism).

The bracketed words are bracketed in Migne (opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena. Words displaced into 88.15 by the OCR are restored.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (opening bracket lost in the OCR; stray letters (OCR); verse number leaked into the text (OCR); words displaced into 88.15 by the OCR, restored): Ταύτῃ δὲ διανοίᾳ τ καὶ ἐπαγόμενα το συμφωνεί. → Ταύτῃ δὲ τῇ διανοίᾳ καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα συμφωνεῖ.; πορεύσονται. [ιζʹ.] Καὶ → πορεύσονται. Καὶ; φῶς διὰ τῆς τοῦ λουτροῦ → φῶς [διὰ τῆς τοῦ λουτροῦ; γῇ καὶ θακαὶ τὸν → γῇ καὶ θαλάττῃ τὸν μυστικὸν ἀλαλαγμὸν προσφέροντα τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ τὸν.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.16 (PG 80 80:1583; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-16). (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.

88.18PG 80 80:1583

« Ὅτι καύχημα τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτῶν σὺ εἶ. » Μέγα, φησὶν, ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ δυνάμει φρονοῦσι· παρὰ σοῦ γὰρ ταύτην ἐδέξαντο. « Καὶ ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ὑψωθήσεται τὸ κέρας ἡμῶν. » Καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ, φησὶ, ταύτην ἔχομεν τὴν ἐλπίδα, καὶ τὴν σὴν ἐπικουρίαν προσμένομεν· διὰ ταύτην γὰρ κρείττους τῶν πολεμίων ἐσόμεθα· κέρας γὰρ τὴν ἰσχὺν καὶ τὸ κράτος ἐκάλεσεν, ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν κερασφόρων ζώων, ἃ τοῖς κέρασι καθωπλισμένα, τούτοις κέχρηνται κατὰ τῶν ἐπιόντων.

« Hoti kauchēma tēs dynameōs autōn sy ei. » Mega, phēsin, epi tę̄ sę̄ dynamei phronousi; para sou gar tautēn edexanto. « Kai en tę̄ dikaiosynę̄ sou hypsōthēsetai to keras hēmōn. » Kai hēmeis de, phēsi, tautēn echomen tēn elpida, kai tēn sēn epikourian prosmenomen; dia tautēn gar kreittous tōn polemiōn esometha; keras gar tēn ischyn kai to kratos ekalesen, ek metaphoras tōn kerasphorōn zōōn, ha tois kerasi kathōplismena, toutois kechrēntai kata tōn epiontōn.

"For you are the boast of their power." "They think highly of your power," he says, "for they received it from you." "And in your righteousness our horn will be exalted." "We too have this hope and await your help; for through it we shall be stronger than our enemies." He called strength and might a horn, taking the figure from horned animals, which, armed with horns, use them against those who attack.

Ps 89:17 (88:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:17: God is the strength of his people, by whom their horn will be raised.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): φρονοῦσι το· παρά σοῦ → φρονοῦσι· παρὰ σοῦ; δικαιοσύνῃ κα σου → δικαιοσύνῃ σου.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.18 (PG 80 80:1583; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.19PG 80 80:1585

« Ὅτι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡ ἀντίληψις, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰσραὴλ βασιλέως ἡμῶν. » Ταύτῃ δὲ τῇ ἐλπίδι τρεφόμεθα σὲ βασιλέα ἔχοντες, ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν κηδεμονίαν τελοῦντες.

« Hoti tou Kyriou hē antilēpsis, kai tou hagiou Israēl basileōs hēmōn. » Tautę̄ de tę̄ elpidi trephometha se basilea echontes, hypo tēn sēn kēdemonian telountes.

"For help is from the Lord, and from the Holy One of Israel, our king." "We are nourished by this hope, having you as king and living under your care."

Ps 89:18 (88:19 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:18: the people's help comes from the Holy One of Israel, their king.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip): τρεφόμεθά σε βασιλέα → τρεφόμεθα σὲ βασιλέα.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.19 (PG 80 80:1585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.20PG 80 80:1585

• Τότε ἐλάλησας ἐν ὁράσει τοῖς υἱοῖς σου. Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Τότε ἐλάλησας δι᾽ ὀράσεως τοῖς υἱοῖς σου. Οἴδαμεν γάρ σου τὰς διὰ τῶν προφητῶν γεγενημένας ἐπαγγελίας. Τούτους γὰρ καὶ ὁρῶντας καὶ βλέποντας ὠνόμαζον. • Καὶ εἶπας· Ἐθέμην βοήθειαν ἐπὶ δυνατόν, ὕψωσα ἐκλεκτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ μου. Εὗρον Δαβὶδ τὸν δοῦλόν μου· ἐν ἐλαίῳ ἁγίῳ μου ἔχρισα αὐτόν. » Σὺ, φησὶ, τῷ θεράποντί σου Δαβὶδ ἐμαρτύρησας, καὶ δυνατὸν ἐν τοῖς τῆς ἀρετῆς εὑρὼν κατορθώμασι τῆς σῆς βοηθείας ἠξίωσας, καὶ ἐξελέξω, καὶ ἔχρισας, καὶ βασιλέα κεχειροτόνηκας.

• Tote elalēsas en horasei tois huiois sou. Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Tote elalēsas di᾽ oraseōs tois huiois sou. Oidamen gar sou tas dia tōn prophētōn gegenēmenas epangelias. Toutous gar kai horōntas kai blepontas ōnomazon. • Kai eipas; Ethemēn boētheian epi dynaton, hypsōsa eklekton ek tou laou mou. Heuron Dabid ton doulon mou; en elaiǭ hagiǭ mou echrisa auton. » Sy, phēsi, tǭ theraponti sou Dabid emartyrēsas, kai dynaton en tois tēs aretēs heurōn katorthōmasi tēs sēs boētheias ēxiōsas, kai exelexō, kai echrisas, kai basilea kecheirotonēkas.

"Then you spoke in a vision to your sons." Symmachus has: "Then you spoke through a vision to your sons." "For we know your promises made through the prophets." For they named these "seers" and "those who see." "And you said, 'I have laid help on one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from my people. I have found David my servant; with my holy oil I anointed him.'" "You bore witness to your servant David, and finding him mighty in the achievements of virtue you counted him worthy of your help, chose him, anointed him, and appointed him king."

Ps 89:19 (88:20 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:20 (88:21 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 9:9 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Sam 16:13 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:19-20: God spoke through the prophets, choosing and anointing David as king.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (duplicated letter (OCR)): Δαβὶδ ἐ ἐμαρτύρησας → Δαβὶδ ἐμαρτύρησας.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.20 (PG 80 80:1585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.22PG 80 80:1585

« Ἡ γὰρ χείρ μου συναντιλήψεται αὐτῷ, καὶ ὁ βραχίων μου κατισχύσει αὐτόν. » Εἶπας δὲ αὐτῷ παρέξειν ἰσχὺν, καὶ τῆς σῆς αὐτῷ μεταδώσειν κηδεμονίας.

« Hē gar cheir mou synantilēpsetai autǭ, kai ho brachiōn mou katischysei auton. » Eipas de autǭ parexein ischyn, kai tēs sēs autǭ metadōsein kēdemonias.

"For my hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him." "You said you would give him strength and a share of your care."

Ps 89:21 (88:22 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:21: God promised to support and strengthen David.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.22 (PG 80 80:1585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.23PG 80 80:1585

« Οὐκ ὠφελήσει ἐχθρὸς ἐν αὐτῷ. Καὶ υἱὸς ἀνομίας · οὐ προσθήσει τοῦ κακῶσαι αὐτόν. » Ὑπἑσχου δὲ καὶ τὰς τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ ματαίας δείξειν ἐπιβουλὰς, καὶ τῶν λωβᾶσθαι πειρωμένων κρείττονα καταστήσειν

« Ouk ōphelēsei echthros en autǭ. Kai huios anomias ; ou prosthēsei tou kakōsai auton. » Hypeschou de kai tas tōn echthrōn autou mataias deixein epiboulas, kai tōn lōbasthai peirōmenōn kreittona katastēsein

"The enemy will gain nothing against him, and the son of lawlessness will not again afflict him." "You promised too to show the plots of his enemies vain and to make him stronger than those who try to harm him."

Ps 89:22 (88:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:22: God promised that David's enemies would not prevail.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): « Οὐκ · ὠφελήσει → « Οὐκ ὠφελήσει.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.23 (PG 80 80:1585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.24PG 80 80:1585

« Καὶ συγκόψω ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ· καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας αὐτὸν τροπώσομαι. Καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά μου, καὶ τὸ ἔλεός μου μετ' αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου ὑψωθήσεται τὸ κέρας αὐτοῦ. · Ἐπηγγείλω δὲ καὶ ἅπαντας αὐτοῦ καταλύσειν τοὺς πολεμίους, καὶ βεβαίαν αὐτῷ τὴν σὴν παρέξειν φιλανθρωπίαν, καὶ περιφανῆ ποιήσειν αὐτὸν καὶ περίβλεπτον. « Καὶ θήσομαι ἐν θαλάσσῃ χεῖρα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐν ποταμοῖς δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ. » Δώσω δὲ αὐτῷ κατὰ θάλασσαν καὶ κατ' ἤπειρον κράτος· διὰ γὰρ τῶν ποταμῶν, τὴν ἤπειρον παρεδήλωσεν.

« Kai synkopsō apo prosōpou autou tous echthrous autou; kai tous misountas auton tropōsomai. Kai hē alētheia mou, kai to eleos mou met' autou; kai en tǭ onomati mou hypsōthēsetai to keras autou. ; Epēngeilō de kai hapantas autou katalysein tous polemious, kai bebaian autǭ tēn sēn parexein philanthrōpian, kai periphanē poiēsein auton kai periblepton. « Kai thēsomai en thalassę̄ cheira autou; kai en potamois dexian autou. » Dōsō de autǭ kata thalassan kai kat' ēpeiron kratos; dia gar tōn potamōn, tēn ēpeiron paredēlōsen.

"And I will cut down his enemies before his face and put to flight those who hate him. And my truth and my mercy are with him, and in my name his horn will be exalted." "You announced that you would destroy all his enemies, give him your sure love for humankind, and make him renowned and conspicuous." "And I will set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers." "I will give him power over sea and mainland"; for by the rivers he indicated the mainland.

Ps 89:23 (88:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:24 (88:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:25 (88:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:23-25: God promised David victory, steadfast love, and rule over sea and land.

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Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR); verse number leaked into the text (OCR)): μου ὁ ὑψωθήσεται → μου ὑψωθήσεται; καταλύσειν ' τοὺς → καταλύσειν τοὺς; περίβλεπτον. κς'. « → περίβλεπτον. «; τῶν πο ταμῶν → τῶν ποταμῶν.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.24 (PG 80 80:1585; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.27PG 80 80:1587

« Αὐτὸς ἐπικαλέσεταί με· Πατήρ μου εἶ σύ. Θεός μου καὶ ὁ ἀντιλήπτωρ τῆς σωτηρίας μου ἐν τῷ λέγειν τὸν Χριστὸν, « Πάτερ, εἰ δυνατὸν, παρελθέτω ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο. › Καὶ ἐν τῷ λέγειν αὐτὸν πάλιν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις· « Πορεύομαι εἰς τὸν Πατέρα μου καὶ Πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. »

« Autos epikalesetai me; Patēr mou ei sy. Theos mou kai ho antilēptōr tēs sōtērias mou en tǭ legein ton Christon, « Pater, ei dynaton, parelthetō ap᾿ emou to potērion touto. › Kai en tǭ legein auton palin tois apostolois; « Poreuomai eis ton Patera mou kai Patera hymōn, kai Theon mou kai Theon hymōn. »

"He will call on me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation.'" . . . [This is fulfilled] when Christ says, "Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me," and again when he says to the apostles, "I am going to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God."

Ps 89:26 (88:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 26:39 (quotation, high confidence) · John 20:17 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:26: the one who calls God "my Father" and "my God" is Christ, as his words in Gethsemane and after the resurrection show.

The comment is broken in the scan: its opening is lost, and the surviving part ends with a closing bracket in Migne (probably a catena addition). Words supplied in brackets.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray bracket (OCR)): Πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. »] → Πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. ».

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.27 (PG 80 80:1587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.28PG 80 80:1587

« Κἀγὼ πρωτότοκον θήσομαι αὐτὸν · ὑψηλὸν παρὰ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τῆς γῆς Ταῦτα μέντοι οὔτε ἐπὶ τοῦ Δαβὶδ, οὔτε ἐπὶ τοῦ πολυθρυλλήτου Σολομῶντος τετύχηκε πέρατος. Οὔτε γὰρ τῆς θανόμων οὐ δύνανται. Πρωτότοκον δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ ὁ μαλάττης ἐκράτησε Σολομών, ἢ Δαβίδ, οὔτε πρωτότοκος ὠνομάσθη Θεοῦ, οὔτε τῶν βασιλέων ἁπάντων τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἐδέξατο. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ὁ ᾿Ακύλας ἡρμήνευσεν, Ὕψιστον [παρὰ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τῆς γῆς· καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος, ᾿Ανώτατον τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς. Εἰ δὲ μήτε τῷ Δαβίδ, μήτε τῷ Σολομῶντι ἁρμόττει ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα, ἀψευδὴς δὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ ὑπόσχεσις, τυφλώττουσιν Ἰουδαῖοι τὸν ἐκ Δαβίδ κατὰ σάρκα προσκυνεῖν οὐκ ἐθέλοντες, ὃς καὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ τῆς θαλάττης ἔχει τὸ κράτος, καὶ πάντων ἐστὶ τῶν βασιλέων ὑπέρτερος· τοὺς μὲν ἑκόντας ἔχων προσκυνητὰς, τῶν δὲ ἀντιλέγειν τολμώντων τὴν ἀσθένειαν διελέγχων. Μυρίαις γὰρ χρώμενοι μηχαναῖς, τῶν ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν τεθέντων περιγενέσθαι κάριος ὀνομάζει Παῦλος, « Εἰς τὸ εἶναι [αὐτὸν πρωτότοκον ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς. » Καὶ, « Πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν· › καὶ, « Πρωτότοκος πάσης · κτίσεως. • Καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Δεσπότης τῇ Μαρίᾳ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἔφη· « Πορευθεῖσα εἰπὲ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου· Πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα μου, καὶ Πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. Ωσπερ γὰρ μονογενής ἐστιν ὡς Θεὸς (μόνος γὰρ ἐκ Πατρὸς ἐγεννήθη), πρωτότοκος δὲ ὡς ἄνθρωπος (ἀδελφοὺς γὰρ ἔχει τοὺς πεπιστευκότας ὡς ἄνθρωπος · οὕτω Πατέρα αὐτοῦ καλεῖ τὸν Θεὸν ὡς Θεὸς, Θεὸν δὲ αὐτοῦ ὀνομάζει ὡς ἄνθρωπος. Ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τοίνυν ἡ προφητεία τὸ τέλος ἐδέξατο. Μαρτυρεῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐπαγόμενα

« Kagō prōtotokon thēsomai auton ; hypsēlon para tois basileusi tēs gēs Tauta mentoi oute epi tou Dabid, oute epi tou polythryllētou Solomōntos tetychēke peratos. Oute gar tēs thanomōn ou dynantai. Prōtotokon de auton kai ho malattēs ekratēse Solomōn, ē Dabid, oute prōtotokos ōnomasthē Theou, oute tōn basileōn hapantōn tēn exousian edexato. Houtō gar kai ho ᾿Akylas hērmēneusen, Hypsiston [para tois basileusi tēs gēs; kai ho Symmachos, ᾿Anōtaton tōn basileōn tēs gēs. Ei de mēte tǭ Dabid, mēte tǭ Solomōnti harmottei tauta ta rhēmata, apseudēs de tou Theou hē hyposchesis, typhlōttousin Ioudaioi ton ek Dabid kata sarka proskynein ouk ethelontes, hos kai tēs gēs kai tēs thalattēs echei to kratos, kai pantōn esti tōn basileōn hyperteros; tous men hekontas echōn proskynētas, tōn de antilegein tolmōntōn tēn astheneian dielenchōn. Myriais gar chrōmenoi mēchanais, tōn hyp᾿ autōn tethentōn perigenesthai karios onomazei Paulos, « Eis to einai [auton prōtotokon en pollois adelphois. » Kai, « Prōtotokos ek tōn nekrōn; › kai, « Prōtotokos pasēs ; ktiseōs. • Kai autos de ho Despotēs tę̄ Marią meta tēn anastasin ephē; « Poreutheisa eipe tois adelphois mou; Poreuomai pros ton Patera mou, kai Patera hymōn, kai Theon mou kai Theon hymōn. Ōsper gar monogenēs estin hōs Theos (monos gar ek Patros egennēthē), prōtotokos de hōs anthrōpos (adelphous gar echei tous pepisteukotas hōs anthrōpos ; houtō Patera autou kalei ton Theon hōs Theos, Theon de autou onomazei hōs anthrōpos. Ep᾿ autou toinyn hē prophēteia to telos edexato. Martyrei de kai ta epagomena

"And I will make him firstborn, high among the kings of the earth." These things reached fulfillment neither under David nor under the celebrated Solomon. For neither Solomon nor David ruled the sea, nor was either named God's firstborn, nor did either receive authority over all kings. For so Aquila too rendered: "Highest among the kings of the earth"; and Symmachus: "Uppermost of the kings of the earth." If these words fit neither David nor Solomon, and God's promise is without falsehood, the Jews are blind in refusing to worship the one from David according to the flesh, who holds power over both land and sea and is higher than all kings, having some as willing worshipers and exposing the weakness of those who dare to speak against him. For, using countless devices, they cannot prevail over the laws laid down by him. The blessed Paul too names him firstborn: "So that he might be firstborn among many brothers"; and, "firstborn from the dead"; and, "firstborn of all creation." And the Master himself said to Mary after the resurrection, "Go and tell my brothers, 'I am going to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'" For as he is only-begotten as God (for he alone was begotten of the Father) and firstborn as man (for as man he has believers as brothers), so as God he calls God his Father, and as man he names him his God. The prophecy, then, received its fulfillment in him. What follows also bears witness.

Ps 89:27 (88:28 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:29 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 1:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 1:15 (quotation, high confidence) · John 20:17 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:27: the firstborn higher than all kings cannot be David or Solomon but is Christ, only-begotten as God and firstborn as man.

The OCR has interleaved parts of several sentences in this section; the translation follows the evident order.
The charge of blindness against the Jews is Theodoret's; translated as written.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): Θεὸν ει ὑμῶν → Θεὸν ὑμῶν.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.28 (PG 80 80:1587; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.29PG 80 80:1589

« Εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα φυλάξω αὐτῷ τὸ ἔλεός μου, καὶ ἡ διαθήκη μου πιστὴ αὐτῷ. [Διαθήκην δὲ λέγει ἣν διέθετο τοῖς πατράσιν ὁ Θεὸς Πατήρ, ἀναστήσειν, ὥς φαμεν, ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῶν τὸν Κύριον.] « Καὶ θήσομαι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ· καὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ὡς τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. » [Σπέρμα αὐτοῦ οἱ τῆς χάριτος τρόφιμοι, καὶ ἡ βασιλεία, ἣν αὐτὸς ἐδωρήσατο αὐτοῖς· περὶ ἧς αὐτὸς ὁ Κύριος πρὸς τοὺς πιστεύοντας εἰς αὐτὸν ἔφη · « Δεῦτε, οἱ εὐλογημένοι τοῦ Πατρός μου, κληρονομήσατε τὴν ἡτοιμασμένην ὑμῖν βασιλείαν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου. »] Δειξάτωσαν τοίνυν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸν βασιλικὸν τοῦ Δαβίδ θρόνον μέχρι καὶ τήμερον διαρκέσαντα, ὃν εἰς αἰῶνα φυλάξειν ὁ Θεὸς ἐπηγγείλατο. Δειξάτωσαν δὲ καὶ τὸ σπέρμα τὸ ἐκείνου τῇ βασιλείᾳ κοσμούμενον. Εἰ δὲ τούτων οὐδέτερον δύναιντο ἂν ἀποδείξαι, καὶ ταῦτα λίαν ἀναισχυντοῦντες· λείπεται δυοῖν θάτερον, ἢ ψευδῆ καλεῖν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν, ἢ ἀληθῆ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν ὁμολογοῦντας δέχεσθαι τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν μαρτυρίαν. Ὁ γὰρ ἐκ Δαβὶδ κατὰ σάρκα Χριστὸς , • ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν ὑψηλοῖς, τοσούτῳ κρείττων γενόμενος τῶν ἀγγέλων, ὅσῳ διαφορώτερον παρ᾿ αὐτοὺς κεκληρονόμηκεν ὄνομα. Τίνι γὰρ εἶπέ ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων. Υιός μου εἶ σὺ, ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε; » Περὶ τούτου ὁ μακάριος Δαβὶδ ἔφη, « Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου. Τοιγαροῦν διὰ τοῦ Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ τὸ σπέρμα τοῦ Δαβὶδ εἰς αἰῶνα διέμεινε, καὶ ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ ἔχει τὸ διαρκές. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἐθέσπισεν Ἡσαΐας. Εἰρηκὼς γὰρ, ὅτι Παιδίον ἐγεννήθη ἡμῖν, υἱὸς καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ· [ ἵνα μή τις ὑπολάβῃ τὸ παιδίον ἄνθρωπον, καὶ οὐ Θεὸν, διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς σαφέστερον ἔδειξε, τῷ εἰπεῖν·] « Καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μεγάλης βουλῆς Ἄγγελος, θαυμαστὸς, σύμβουλος, Θεὸς ἰσχυρὸς, ἐξουσιαστὴς, ἄρχων εἰρήνης, πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. Ἐπήγαγε μετ᾿ ὀλίγον· Ἐπὶ. τὸν θρόνον Δαβίδ, καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ, κατορθῶσαι αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον. Οὕτω τὰ περὶ τοῦ Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ προθεσπίσας ὁ λόγος, περὶ τῶν ἐν μέσῳ γενομένων διεξέρχεται βασιλέων.

« Eis ton aiōna phylaxō autǭ to eleos mou, kai hē diathēkē mou pistē autǭ. [Diathēkēn de legei hēn dietheto tois patrasin ho Theos Patēr, anastēsein, hōs phamen, ek tou spermatos autōn ton Kyrion.] « Kai thēsomai eis ton aiōna tou aiōnos to sperma autou; kai ton thronon autou hōs tas hēmeras tou ouranou. » [Sperma autou hoi tēs charitos trophimoi, kai hē basileia, hēn autos edōrēsato autois; peri hēs autos ho Kyrios pros tous pisteuontas eis auton ephē ; « Deute, hoi eulogēmenoi tou Patros mou, klēronomēsate tēn hētoimasmenēn hymin basileian apo katabolēs kosmou. »] Deixatōsan toinyn hoi Ioudaioi ton basilikon tou Dabid thronon mechri kai tēmeron diarkesanta, hon eis aiōna phylaxein ho Theos epēngeilato. Deixatōsan de kai to sperma to ekeinou tę̄ basileią kosmoumenon. Ei de toutōn oudeteron dynainto an apodeixai, kai tauta lian anaischyntountes; leipetai dyoin thateron, ē pseudē kalein tou Theou tēn hyposchesin, ē alēthē tēn epangelian homologountas dechesthai tōn pragmatōn tēn martyrian. Ho gar ek Dabid kata sarka Christos , • ekathisen en dexią tēs megalōsynēs en hypsēlois, tosoutǭ kreittōn genomenos tōn angelōn, hosǭ diaphorōteron par᾿ autous keklēronomēken onoma. Tini gar eipe pote tōn angelōn. Uios mou ei sy, egō sēmeron gegennēka se? » Peri toutou ho makarios Dabid ephē, « Kathou ek dexiōn mou, heōs an thō tous echthrous sou hypopodion tōn podōn sou. Toigaroun dia tou Despotou Christou to sperma tou Dabid eis aiōna diemeine, kai ho thronos autou echei to diarkes. Houtō gar kai ho makarios ethespisen Hēsaïas. Eirēkōs gar, hoti Paidion egennēthē hēmin, huios kai edothē hēmin, hou hē archē epi tou ōmou autou; [ hina mē tis hypolabę̄ to paidion anthrōpon, kai ou Theon, dia tōn hexēs saphesteron edeixe, tǭ eipein;] « Kai kaleitai to onoma autou megalēs boulēs Angelos, thaumastos, symboulos, Theos ischyros, exousiastēs, archōn eirēnēs, patēr tou mellontos aiōnos. Epēgage met᾿ oligon; Epi. ton thronon Dabid, kai tēn basileian autou, katorthōsai autēn apo tou nyn kai eis ton aiōna chronon. Houtō ta peri tou Despotou Christou prothespisas ho logos, peri tōn en mesǭ genomenōn diexerchetai basileōn.

"I will keep my mercy for him forever, and my covenant will be faithful to him." [By covenant he means the one God the Father made with the fathers, to raise up, as we say, the Lord from their seed.] "And I will establish his seed forever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven." [His seed are the nurslings of grace, and the kingdom is the one he himself gave them, about which the Lord himself said to those who believe in him, "Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."] Let the Jews, then, show David's royal throne lasting even to this day, which God promised to keep forever. Let them show his seed adorned with the kingdom. If they cannot prove either of these, however shamelessly they try, one of two things remains: either to call God's promise false, or, confessing the promise true, to accept the testimony of the facts. For Christ, from David according to the flesh, "sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high, having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. For to which of the angels did he ever say, 'You are my Son, today I have begotten you'?" About him the blessed David said, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." Through Christ the Lord, then, David's seed has remained forever, and his throne lasts. So too the blessed Isaiah prophesied. For having said, "A child has been born to us, a son also has been given to us, whose rule is upon his shoulder," [so that no one should suppose the child a man and not God, he showed more clearly through what follows, saying,] "And his name is called Angel of great counsel, wonderful, counselor, mighty God, ruler, prince of peace, father of the age to come." He added a little later: "On the throne of David and his kingdom, to establish it from now and forever." Having thus foretold the things concerning Christ the Lord, the word goes through the kings who came in between.

Ps 89:28 (88:29 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:29 (88:30 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 25:34 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 9:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 9:7 (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:28-29: the everlasting seed and throne of David cannot be found among the Jews but only in Christ, seated at God's right hand, as Hebrews, Psalm 110, and Isaiah 9 show.

The bracketed passages are bracketed in Migne (opening brackets supplied), probably additions from the catena. Isaiah is quoted in the Septuagint form (Isa 9:6-7).
Theodoret's challenge to the Jews is translated as written.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; opening bracket lost in the OCR): Διαθήκην δὲ λέγει ἣν → [Διαθήκην δὲ λέγει ἣν; Σπέρμα αὐτοῦ οἱ τῆς χάριτος → [Σπέρμα αὐτοῦ οἱ τῆς χάριτος; Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ το σπέρμα → Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ τὸ σπέρμα.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.29 (PG 80 80:1589; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-29). (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.

88.31PG 80 80:1591

· Ἐὰν ἐγκαταλίπωσιν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν νόμον μου, καὶ τοῖς κρίμασί μου μὴ πορευθῶσιν. Ἐὰν τὰ δικαιώματά μου βεβηλώσωσι, καὶ τὰς ἐντολάς μου μὴ φυλάξωσιν· ἐπισκέψομαι ἐν ῥάβδῳ τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐν μάστιξι τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῶν. Τὸ δὲ ἔλεός μου οὐ μὴ διασκεδάσω ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσω ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μου. » Κἂν μυρία, φησὶ, παράνομα δράσωσιν οἱ ἐκ τοῦ Δαβὶδ τὸ γένος κατάγοντες, αὐτοὺς μὲν ὑποβαλῶ τιμωρίαις, τὴν δὲ πρὸς τὸν Δαβὶδ ἐπαγγελίαν βεβαίαν διαφυλάξω. Τὸ δὲ ἔλεός μου οὐ μὴ διασκεδάσω ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, τουτέστι τοῦ Δαβίδ, οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσω ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μου. Τὸ ἀδικήσω, παραβήσομαι ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκεν· ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας, οὐ ψεύσομαι. [Οὐδ' οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσω, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Οὐ μὴ παραβιβάσω, οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ ψεύσομαί μου τὰς ἐπαγγελίας.]

; Ean enkatalipōsin hoi huioi autou ton nomon mou, kai tois krimasi mou mē poreuthōsin. Ean ta dikaiōmata mou bebēlōsōsi, kai tas entolas mou mē phylaxōsin; episkepsomai en rhabdǭ tas anomias autōn; kai en mastixi tas adikias autōn. To de eleos mou ou mē diaskedasō ap᾿ autou, oud᾽ ou mē adikēsō en tę̄ alētheią mou. » Kan myria, phēsi, paranoma drasōsin hoi ek tou Dabid to genos katagontes, autous men hypobalō timōriais, tēn de pros ton Dabid epangelian bebaian diaphylaxō. To de eleos mou ou mē diaskedasō ap᾿ autou, toutesti tou Dabid, oud᾽ ou mē adikēsō en tę̄ alētheią mou. To adikēsō, parabēsomai ho Symmachos eirēken; ho de ᾿Akylas, ou pseusomai. [Oud' ou mē adikēsō, anti tou, Ou mē parabibasō, oud᾽ ou mē pseusomai mou tas epangelias.]

"If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments, if they profane my ordinances and do not keep my commandments, I will visit their iniquities with a rod and their injustices with scourges. But my mercy I will not scatter from him, nor will I be unjust in my truth." "Even if those who trace their descent from David commit countless lawless deeds," he says, "I will subject them to punishments, but I will keep the promise to David firm." "But my mercy I will not scatter from him," that is, from David, "nor will I be unjust in my truth." For "I will be unjust" Symmachus said "I will transgress"; Aquila, "I will not lie." ["Nor will I be unjust," that is, "I will not transgress, nor will I lie about my promises."]

Ps 89:30 (88:31 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:31 (88:32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:32 (88:33 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:33 (88:34 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:30-33: if David's descendants sin, God will punish them but will not break his promise to David.

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; split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): τὰς ἐν τολάς → τὰς ἐντολάς; φησὶ σο, παράνομα δράσωσιν δἱ οἱ → φησὶ, παράνομα δράσωσιν οἱ; τουτέστι δὲ τοῦ Δαβίδ, οὐδ᾽ ὅὲ οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσω ἐν δὲ τῇ → τουτέστι τοῦ Δαβίδ, οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσω ἐν τῇ; παραβήσομαι δὸ ὁ Σύμμαχος → παραβήσομαι ὁ Σύμμαχος; Οὐδ' οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσω, ἀντὶ τοῦ → [Οὐδ' οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσω, ἀντὶ τοῦ.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.31 (PG 80 80:1591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-31). (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.

88.35PG 80 80:1591

« Οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ βεβηλώσω τὴν διαθήκην μου, καὶ τὰ ἐκπορευόμενα διὰ τῶν χειλέων μου οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσω. » Οὐ ψεύσομαί μου τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, οὐ παραβήσομαι τὰς συνθήκας, ἀλλὰ δείξω τῶν ὑποσχέσεων τὴν ἀλήθειαν. [ὅτε ὁ ἐμὸς υἱὸς ὁ συνάναρχός μοι καὶ συναΐδιος ἐκ Δαβὶδ σαρκωθῇ· τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς].

« Oud᾽ ou mē bebēlōsō tēn diathēkēn mou, kai ta ekporeuomena dia tōn cheileōn mou ou mē athetēsō. » Ou pseusomai mou tas epangelias, ou parabēsomai tas synthēkas, alla deixō tōn hyposcheseōn tēn alētheian. [hote ho emos huios ho synanarchos moi kai synaïdios ek Dabid sarkōthę̄; touto gar legei dia tōn hexēs].

"Nor will I profane my covenant, and what goes out through my lips I will not set aside." "I will not lie about my promises; I will not transgress the covenants, but I will show the truth of the promises" [when my Son, without beginning and eternal with me, takes flesh from David; for he says this through what follows].

Ps 89:34 (88:35 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:34: God will not break his covenant but will fulfill his promises (an addition: in the incarnation of the eternal Son from David).

The bracketed 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; accent slip (OCR)): ἀλήθειαν. ὅτε ὁ ἐμὸς υἱὸς ὁ συνἀναρχός → ἀλήθειαν. [ὅτε ὁ ἐμὸς υἱὸς ὁ συνάναρχός.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.35 (PG 80 80:1591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-35). (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.

88.36PG 80 80:1591

« "Απαξ ὤμοσα ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ μου, εἰ τῷ Δαβὶδ ψεύσομαι. » Βεβαίαν γὰρ πρὸς αὐτὸν ποιησάμενος τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν, ἐπιθήσω ταύτῃ τὸ πέρας · τὸ γὰρ ὤμοσα ἐπὶ τοῦ βεβαίου τέθεικεν, ὡς τῶν ἐπαγγελλομένων ὅρκῳ βεβαιούντων τὰς ὑποσχέσεις.

« "Apax ōmosa en tǭ hagiǭ mou, ei tǭ Dabid pseusomai. » Bebaian gar pros auton poiēsamenos tēn hyposchesin, epithēsō tautę̄ to peras ; to gar ōmosa epi tou bebaiou tetheiken, hōs tōn epangellomenōn horkǭ bebaiountōn tas hyposcheseis.

"Once I have sworn by my holy one, that I will not lie to David." "Having made a firm promise to him, I will bring it to fulfillment." He put "I swore" for firmness, since those who promise confirm their promises with an oath.

Ps 89:35 (88:36 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:35: God's oath to David stands firm.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ὤμοσα τῷ σὲ ἁγίῳ → ὤμοσα ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.36 (PG 80 80:1591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-36). (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.

88.37PG 80 80:1591

«Τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μενεῖ· καὶ ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐναντίον μου. Καὶ ὡς ἡ σελήνη κατηρτισμένη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· καὶ ὁ μάρτυς ἐν οὐρανῷ πιστός. » Αντὶ τοῦ ὁ μάρτυς, ὁ Σύμμαχος ὁ διαμαρτυράμενος τέθεικε. Καὶ ἐν τῷ ἑβδομηκοστῷ καὶ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ ὁ μακάριος Δαβίδ περὶ τοῦ Δεσπότου Χριστοῦ προηγόρευσε - « Πρὸ τοῦ ἡλίου διαμένει τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συμπαραμενεῖ τῷ ἡλίῳ, καὶ πρὸ τῆς σελήνης γενεάς γενεῶν. · Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος τὸν χρόνον μετρεῖσθαι ποιεῖ ἀνίσχων τε καὶ δυόμενος, καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα ποιῶν, διὰ τοῦ ἡλίου, τοῦ θρόνου τὸ ἀκατάλυτον ἠβουλήθη δηλῶσαι, τὸ δὲ σπέρμα εἰς αἰῶνα διαθήσειν ὑπέσχετο. [ Σπέρμα δὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγου οἱ εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύοντες ἅπαντες .] Ὁ δὲ ταῦτα ὑποσχόμενος, καὶ διαμαρτυράμενος, ἐν οὐρανῷ τέ ἐστι, καὶ ἀληθέσι καὶ πιστοῖς κέχρηται λόγοις, ὡς μόνος ὑπάρχων ἀψευδής. Οὕτω τὰς πρὸς τὸν Δαβὶδ γεγενημένας ὑποσχέσεις εἰρηκότες, τὰς συμβάσας αὐτοῖς ὀλοφύρονται συμφοράς.

«To sperma autou eis ton aiōna menei; kai ho thronos autou hōs ho hēlios enantion mou. Kai hōs hē selēnē katērtismenē eis ton aiōna; kai ho martys en ouranǭ pistos. » Anti tou ho martys, ho Symmachos ho diamartyramenos tetheike. Kai en tǭ hebdomēkostǭ kai prōtǭ psalmǭ ho makarios Dabid peri tou Despotou Christou proēgoreuse - « Pro tou hēliou diamenei to onoma autou, kai symparamenei tǭ hēliǭ, kai pro tēs selēnēs geneas geneōn. ; Epeidē gar ho hēlios ton chronon metreisthai poiei anischōn te kai dyomenos, kai hēmeran kai nykta poiōn, dia tou hēliou, tou thronou to akatalyton ēboulēthē dēlōsai, to de sperma eis aiōna diathēsein hypescheto. [ Sperma de tou Theou Logou hoi eis auton pisteuontes hapantes .] Ho de tauta hyposchomenos, kai diamartyramenos, en ouranǭ te esti, kai alēthesi kai pistois kechrētai logois, hōs monos hyparchōn apseudēs. Houtō tas pros ton Dabid gegenēmenas hyposcheseis eirēkotes, tas symbasas autois olophyrontai symphoras.

"His seed will remain forever, and his throne like the sun before me, and like the moon established forever; and the witness in heaven is faithful." For "the witness" Symmachus put "he who solemnly testified." In the seventy-first psalm too the blessed David foretold about Christ the Lord: "His name endures before the sun, and he will remain with the sun, and before the moon, generation of generations." For since the sun makes time measurable by rising and setting and making day and night, he wished by the sun to show the indestructibility of the throne, and he promised to establish the seed forever. [The seed of God the Word are all who believe in him.] The one who promised and testified to these things is in heaven and uses true and faithful words, as the only one without falsehood. Having thus spoken of the promises made to David, they lament the misfortunes that befell them.

Ps 89:36 (88:37 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:37 (88:38 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 72:17 (71:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 72:5 (71:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:36-37: David's throne will last like the sun and moon, fulfilled in Christ, whose seed are believers.

The bracketed sentence is bracketed in Migne, probably an addition from the catena.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): καὶ " πρὸ τῆς σελήνης → καὶ πρὸ τῆς σελήνης; Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ το ὁ ἥλιος → Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος; εἰς αἰῶνα τα διαθήσειν → εἰς αἰῶνα διαθήσειν.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.37 (PG 80 80:1591; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-37). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.39PG 80 80:1593

• Σὺ δὲ ἀπώσω καὶ ἐξουδένωσας· ἀνεβάλου τὸν Χριστόν σου. Κατέστρεψας τὴν διαθήκην τοῦ δούλου σου.» Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς ἀπεβάλου καὶ ἀπεδοκίμασας, ἐχολώθης πρὸς τὸν Χριστόν σου, εἰς κατάραν ἔδωκας τὴν συνθήκην τοῦ δούλου σου. Σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς, ὁ ἐκεῖνα παρέξειν ὑποσχόμενος, ἀπώσω μὲν τοὺς τοῦ Δαβὶδ ἀπογόνους, καὶ εὐτελεῖς ἔδειξας, καὶ εἰς δουλείαν παρέδωκας, κατέλυσας δὲ τὴν τούτου βασιλείαν, καὶ τὰς γεγενημένας πρὸς τὸν σὸν θεράποντα συνθήκας διέλυσας. Χριστὸν γὰρ ἐνταῦθα βασιλείαν καλεῖ. Αιχμάλωτοι δὲ ἀπηνέχθησαν οἱ δύο τοῦ Δαβίδ ἀπόγονοι, Ἰεχωνίας καὶ Σεδεκίας · εἰς τούτους δὲ κατέληξεν ἡ τοῦ Δαβίδ βασιλεία. Ζοροβάβελ γὰρ , σμα αὐτοῦ ὁ μετὰ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἡγεμονεύσας, δημαγωγός ἦν, οὐ βασιλεύς. · Ἐβεβήλωσας εἰς τὴν γῆν τὸ ἁγίασμα αὐτοῦ. › ῾Αγίασμα τὸν ναὸν καλεῖ, ὃν ἡβουλήθη μὲν ὁ Δαβὶδ οἰκοδομῆσαι, ἐδείματο δὲ Σολομών μετὰ τὸν Δαβίδ· τοῦτον λέγει βεβηλωθῆναι τῇ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων ἐφόδῳ, καὶ γενέσθαι προσόμοιον βοτάνῃ ἀνθούσῃ. Καταλυθεὶς γὰρ εἰς χῶμα κατέπεσε, καὶ χέρσῳ παραπλήσιος ἦν.

• Sy de apōsō kai exoudenōsas; anebalou ton Christon sou. Katestrepsas tēn diathēkēn tou doulou sou.» Ho de Symmachos houtōs, Sy de autos apebalou kai apedokimasas, echolōthēs pros ton Christon sou, eis kataran edōkas tēn synthēkēn tou doulou sou. Sy de autos, ho ekeina parexein hyposchomenos, apōsō men tous tou Dabid apogonous, kai euteleis edeixas, kai eis douleian paredōkas, katelysas de tēn toutou basileian, kai tas gegenēmenas pros ton son theraponta synthēkas dielysas. Christon gar entautha basileian kalei. Aichmalōtoi de apēnechthēsan hoi dyo tou Dabid apogonoi, Iechōnias kai Sedekias ; eis toutous de katelēxen hē tou Dabid basileia. Zorobabel gar , sma autou ho meta tēn aichmalōsian hēgemoneusas, dēmagōgos ēn, ou basileus. ; Ebebēlōsas eis tēn gēn to hagiasma autou. › ῾Agiasma ton naon kalei, hon hēboulēthē men ho Dabid oikodomēsai, edeimato de Solomōn meta ton Dabid; touton legei bebēlōthēnai tę̄ tōn Babylōniōn ephodǭ, kai genesthai prosomoion botanę̄ anthousę̄. Katalytheis gar eis chōma katepese, kai chersǭ paraplēsios ēn.

"But you have cast off and despised; you have rejected your Christ. You have overturned the covenant of your servant." Symmachus has: "But you yourself have cast off and rejected; you were angered against your Christ; you gave the covenant of your servant to a curse." "But you yourself, who promised to give those things, cast off David's descendants, made them mean, gave them over to slavery, destroyed his kingdom, and dissolved the covenants made with your servant." Here he calls the kingdom "Christ." The two descendants of David, Jeconiah and Zedekiah, were carried off captive; and in them the kingdom of David ended. For Zerubbabel, who governed after the captivity, was a leader of the people, not a king. "You have profaned his sanctuary to the ground." He calls the temple a sanctuary, which David wished to build but Solomon built after David. He says that it was profaned by the Babylonians' attack and became like flowering grass. For, demolished, it fell to a heap and was like waste ground.

Ps 89:38 (88:39 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 89:39 (88:40 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 24:15 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 25:7 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:38-39: God seemed to cast off David's line when Jeconiah and Zedekiah were taken captive and the temple destroyed.

"Your Christ" (your anointed) is taken here as the kingship of David's line. A garbled phrase in the sentence on Zerubbabel is passed over.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray dash (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): Σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς " ἀπεβάλου → Σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς ἀπεβάλου; ἐχολώθης – πρὸς → ἐχολώθης πρὸς; τὴν συνθήκην το τοῦ → τὴν συνθήκην τοῦ.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.39 (PG 80 80:1593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-39). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.41PG 80 80:1593

· Καθεῖλες πάντας τοὺς φραγμοὺς αὐτοῦ. » Πάσης αὐτὸν ἀσφαλείας ἐγύμνωσας. « Ἔθου τὰ ὀχυρώματα αὐτοῦ δειλίαν. » Τοῖς γὰρ τῶν πόλεων περιβόλοις πάλαι θαῤῥῶν, ἐξέπεσε τοῦ θάρσους, καὶ δειλίαν περίκειται.

; Katheiles pantas tous phragmous autou. » Pasēs auton asphaleias egymnōsas. « Ethou ta ochyrōmata autou deilian. » Tois gar tōn poleōn peribolois palai tharrhōn, exepese tou tharsous, kai deilian perikeitai.

"You have broken down all his fences." "You stripped him of all security." "You made his strongholds a terror." "For he who once trusted in the walls of the cities lost his confidence and is clothed with cowardice."

Ps 89:40 (88:41 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:40: God broke down David's defenses and turned confidence into fear.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.41 (PG 80 80:1593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-41). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.42PG 80 80:1593

« Διήρπαζον αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ διοδεύοντες ὁδόν. » Μωαβίται, Αμμανίται, ᾿Αλλόφυλοι, Ἰδουμαῖοι, Σύροι, ᾿Ασσύριοι, Βαβυλώνιοι. « Ἐγενήθη ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν αὐτοῦ. Ἐπίχαρτος ἐγένετο καὶ ἐπονείδιστος τοῖς ὁμόροις.

« Diērpazon auton pantes hoi diodeuontes hodon. » Mōabitai, Ammanitai, ᾿Allophyloi, Idoumaioi, Syroi, ᾿Assyrioi, Babylōnioi. « Egenēthē oneidos tois geitosin autou. Epichartos egeneto kai eponeidistos tois homorois.

"All who pass along the road plundered him." Moabites, Ammonites, Philistines, Idumeans, Syrians, Assyrians, Babylonians. "He has become a reproach to his neighbors." "He became a cause of gloating and reproach to those around."

Ps 89:41 (88:42 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:41: the surrounding nations plundered and mocked David's line.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.42 (PG 80 80:1593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-42). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.43PG 80 80:1593

« Ὕψωσας τὴν δεξιὰν τῶν θλιβόντων αὐτὸν. » Ἰσχυροτέρους αὐτοῦ τοὺς πολεμίους ἀπέφηνας. « Εὔφρανας πάντας τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ. · Καταγέλαστον αὐτὸν τοῖς δυσμενέσι πεποίηκας.

« Hypsōsas tēn dexian tōn thlibontōn auton. » Ischyroterous autou tous polemious apephēnas. « Euphranas pantas tous echthrous autou. ; Katagelaston auton tois dysmenesi pepoiēkas.

"You exalted the right hand of those who afflict him." "You made the enemies stronger than he." "You gladdened all his enemies." "You made him a laughingstock to his foes."

Ps 89:42 (88:43 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:42: God made Israel's enemies stronger and let them rejoice.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἀπέφηνας ". → ἀπέφηνας..

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.43 (PG 80 80:1593; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-43). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.44PG 80 80:1595

« ᾿Απέστρεψας τὴν βοήθειαν τῆς ῥομφαίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἀντελάβου αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ. » ῎Αχρηστα αὐτῷ τὰ ὅπλα γεγένηται, τῆς σῆς γυμνωθέντι κηδεμονίας.

« ᾿Apestrepsas tēn boētheian tēs rhomphaias autou, kai ouk antelabou autou en tǭ polemǭ. » ᾿Achrēsta autǭ ta hopla gegenētai, tēs sēs gymnōthenti kēdemonias.

"You turned back the help of his sword and did not support him in war." "His weapons have become useless to him, stripped of your care."

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Ps 89:43 (88:44 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:43: without God's care Israel's weapons were useless.

The comment is unusually short (under 25 words); some lines may have been lost in the scan.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.44 (PG 80 80:1595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-44). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.45PG 80 80:1595

« Κατέλυσας ἀπὸ καθαρισμοῦ αὐτοῦ. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, ᾿Απέπαυσας τὴν καθαρότητα αὐτοῦ. Οὐ γὰρ δύναται περιῤῥαντηρίοις καθαίρεσθαι αἰχμάλωτος ὢν, καὶ πόῤῥω τοῦ σοῦ διάγων νεώ. • Τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν κατέῤῥαξας. » Πάμπαν αὐτοῦ τὴν βασιλείαν κατέλυσας.

« Katelysas apo katharismou autou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs, ᾿Apepausas tēn katharotēta autou. Ou gar dynatai perirrhantēriois kathairesthai aichmalōtos ōn, kai porrhō tou sou diagōn neō. • Ton thronon autou eis tēn gēn katerrhaxas. » Pampan autou tēn basileian katelysas.

"You have ended his cleansing." Symmachus has: "You have made his purity cease." "For being a captive and living far from your temple, he cannot be cleansed with sprinklings." "You have dashed his throne to the ground." "You have utterly destroyed his kingdom."

Ps 89:44 (88:45 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:44: the captives could not perform the temple purifications, and the kingdom was destroyed.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.45 (PG 80 80:1595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-45). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.46PG 80 80:1595

· Ἐσμίκρυνας τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ χρόνου αὐτοῦ. › Εἰς αἰῶνα φυλάξειν τὴν βασιλείαν ὁ ἐπαγγειλάμενος, ὀλίγῳ ταύτην περιώρισας χρόνῳ. « Κατέχεας αὐτῷ αἰσχύνην. » Ἐπονείδιστος γεγένηται, καὶ αἰσχύνης ἐμπίπλαται. Σεδεκίας μὲν γὰρ, ἐκκοπέντων τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, μύλωνι παρεδόθη πάντα τὸν λειπόμενον χρόνον. Ίεχωνίας δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδούλευσεν. Αἰσχύνης δὲ καὶ ὀνειδισμοῦ ταῦτα μεστά. Οὕτω τὰς συμφορὰς ὁ προφητικὸς διηγησάμενος λόγος, ποτνιᾶσθαι καὶ ἱκετεύειν παρεγγυᾷ.

; Esmikrynas tas hēmeras tou chronou autou. › Eis aiōna phylaxein tēn basileian ho epangeilamenos, oligǭ tautēn periōrisas chronǭ. « Katecheas autǭ aischynēn. » Eponeidistos gegenētai, kai aischynēs empiplatai. Sedekias men gar, ekkopentōn tōn ophthalmōn, mylōni paredothē panta ton leipomenon chronon. Iechōnias de kai autos edouleusen. Aischynēs de kai oneidismou tauta mesta. Houtō tas symphoras ho prophētikos diēgēsamenos logos, potniasthai kai hiketeuein parengyą.

"You have shortened the days of his time." "You who promised to keep the kingdom forever limited it to a short time." "You have poured shame upon him." "He has become a reproach and is filled with shame." For Zedekiah, his eyes put out, was given to the mill for the rest of his life; and Jeconiah too was a slave. These things are full of shame and reproach. Having thus recounted the misfortunes, the prophetic word charges them to implore and entreat.

Ps 89:45 (88:46 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Jer 52:11 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 25:7 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:45: the kingdom was cut short and its last kings, Zedekiah and Jeconiah, put to shame.

Zedekiah at the mill follows the Septuagint of Jer 52:11.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): Κατέχεας ὁ αὐτῷ ὁ αἰσχύνην → Κατέχεας αὐτῷ αἰσχύνην; ἐμπίπλαται". Σεδεκίας μὲν γὰρο, → ἐμπίπλαται. Σεδεκίας μὲν γὰρ,.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.46 (PG 80 80:1595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-46). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.47PG 80 80:1595

«Ἕως πότε, Κύριε, ἀποστρέφῃ εἰς τέλος, ἐκκαυθήσεται ὡς πῦρ ἡ ὀργή σου;» ῾Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος, "Εως τίνος, Κύριε, ἀποκρυβήσῃ εἰς τέλος, φλεγήσεται ὡς πῦρ ὁ θυμός σου; Μέχρι τίνος, φησὶ, Δέσποτα , οὐκ ἐθέλεις ἰδεῖν τὰς ἡμετέρας ὀδύνας, οὐδὲ ἐπιφαίνῃ, καὶ λύεις τὰς συμφοράς, ἀλλὰ καθάπερ πῦρ τὴν ὀργὴν τῇ μνήμῃ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἁμαρτάδων ἐκκαίεις ;

«Heōs pote, Kyrie, apostrephę̄ eis telos, ekkauthēsetai hōs pyr hē orgē sou?» ῾Ho de Symmachos, "Eōs tinos, Kyrie, apokrybēsę̄ eis telos, phlegēsetai hōs pyr ho thymos sou? Mechri tinos, phēsi, Despota , ouk etheleis idein tas hēmeteras odynas, oude epiphainę̄, kai lyeis tas symphoras, alla kathaper pyr tēn orgēn tę̄ mnēmę̄ tōn hēmeterōn hamartadōn ekkaieis ?

"How long, Lord, will you turn away to the end? Will your anger burn like fire?" Symmachus has: "How long, Lord, will you hide yourself to the end? Will your wrath blaze like fire?" "How long, Master," he says, "will you be unwilling to see our pains, and not appear and end the misfortunes, but kindle your anger like fire by the memory of our sins?"

Ps 89:46 (88:47 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Psalm 89:46: the people ask how long God will hide and let his anger burn.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); word broken by stray letters (OCR)): Σύμμα χος → Σύμμαχος; ἡμετέ ρας → ἡμετέρας; τῶν ἡμενοντο. τέρων ἁμαρτάδων → τῶν ἡμετέρων ἁμαρτάδων.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.47 (PG 80 80:1595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-47). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.48PG 80 80:1595

« Μνήσθητι, τίς μου ἡ ὑπόστασις. » Ποιητὴς εἶ καὶ πλάστης, καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς δυνάμεως τὰ μέτρα γινώσκεις. « Μὴ γὰρ ματαίως ἔκτισας πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ; » Οὐκ εἰκῆ, οὐδὲ μάτην τοὺς ἀνθρώπους διέπλασας, ἀλλ᾽ ἀγαθότης τῆς δημιουργίας ἡγήσατο. Δι' ἀγαθότητα γὰρ μόνην ἡμᾶς ἐδημιούργησας. Μὴ παρίδῃς τοίνυν τοσούτοις συγκληρωθέντας κακοῖς.

« Mnēsthēti, tis mou hē hypostasis. » Poiētēs ei kai plastēs, kai tēs emēs dynameōs ta metra ginōskeis. « Mē gar mataiōs ektisas pantas tous huious tōn anthrōpōn ? » Ouk eikē, oude matēn tous anthrōpous dieplasas, all᾽ agathotēs tēs dēmiourgias hēgēsato. Di' agathotēta gar monēn hēmas edēmiourgēsas. Mē paridę̄s toinyn tosoutois synklērōthentas kakois.

"Remember what my substance is." "You are maker and fashioner, and you know the measure of my strength." "For did you create all the sons of men in vain?" "You did not form men idly or in vain; goodness led the creation. For you created us out of goodness alone. Do not overlook, then, those allotted so many evils."

Ps 89:47 (88:48 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:47: the people ask God, who made them out of goodness, to remember their frailty.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.48 (PG 80 80:1595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-48). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.49PG 80 80:1595

« Τίς ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὃς ζήσεται, καὶ οὐκ ὄψεται θάνατον, ῥύσεται τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου; » Παντὸς ἀνθρώπου τέλος ἡ τελευτή · περιγενέσθαι γὰρ τοῦ θανάτου τῶν ἀδυνάτων · ζῶσι τοίνυν μετάδος φιλανθρωπίας. Εἶτα πάλιν ἀναμιμνήσκει τῶν ὑποσχέσεων.

« Tis estin anthrōpos hos zēsetai, kai ouk opsetai thanaton, rhysetai tēn psychēn autou ek cheiros hądou? » Pantos anthrōpou telos hē teleutē ; perigenesthai gar tou thanatou tōn adynatōn ; zōsi toinyn metados philanthrōpias. Eita palin anamimnēskei tōn hyposcheseōn.

"Who is the man who will live and not see death, who will rescue his soul from the hand of Hades?" "The end of every man is death; for it is impossible to prevail over death. Give your love for humankind, then, to the living." Then again he reminds him of the promises.

Ps 89:48 (88:49 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:48: since all must die, the people ask for God's love while they live.

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Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): αὐτοῦ ἐἱ τοῦ θανάτου → τοῦ θανάτου.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.49 (PG 80 80:1595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-49). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.50PG 80 80:1595

« Ποῦ εἰσι τὰ ἐλέη σου τὰ ἀρχαῖα, Κύριε, ἃ ὤμοσας τῷ Δαβὶδ ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου ; › Καλῶς δὲ πανταχοῦ τῆς ἀληθείας προσφέρει τὴν μαρτυρίαν, εἰς τὴν βεβαίωσιν τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν διεγείρων τὸν ὑποσχόμενον· καὶ τὸ προοίμιον δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλέου ἐξύφηνε, καὶ ἐν τῷ τέλει τοῦ ἐλέου πάλιν ἀναμιμνήσκει· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐδέοντο μάλιστα.

« Pou eisi ta eleē sou ta archaia, Kyrie, ha ōmosas tǭ Dabid en tę̄ alētheią sou ? › Kalōs de pantachou tēs alētheias prospherei tēn martyrian, eis tēn bebaiōsin tōn epangeliōn diegeirōn ton hyposchomenon; kai to prooimion de apo tou eleou exyphēne, kai en tǭ telei tou eleou palin anamimnēskei; touto gar edeonto malista.

"Where are your ancient mercies, Lord, which you swore to David in your truth?" Everywhere he rightly brings the witness of truth, rousing the one who promised to confirm the promises. He wove the opening from mercy, and at the end he again reminds of mercy; for this they especially needed.

Ps 89:49 (88:50 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:49: the people ask where God's sworn mercies to David have gone.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.50 (PG 80 80:1595; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-50). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.51PG 80 80:1597

« Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τοῦ ὀνειδισμοῦ τῶν δούλων σου, οὗ ὑπέσχον ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου πολλῶν ἐθνῶν. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως, Καὶ ἐβάστασα ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου παμπόλλων ἐθνῶν. Μὴ παρίδης με, φησὶν, ὀνειδιζόμενον, οὐχ ὑφ᾽ ἑνὸς ἔθνους, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ μυρίων. Οὐ γὰρ μόνον ᾿Ασσύριοί μοι ἐπικερτομοῦσι, καὶ Βαβυλώνιοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ πλησιόχωροι πάντες, οἱ τὴν πρὸς ἐμὲ δυσμένειαν ἐσχηκότες ἀεί. Οὐκ ἐμοὶ δὲ μόνον ἐπιχαίρουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ σοῦ τὴν γλῶτταν κινοῦσι, καὶ βλασφήμοις κέχρηνται λόγοις, ἀσθένειαν σὴν τὴν ἐμὴν δουλείαν νομίζοντες. Τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων ἐδήλωσεν ·

« Mnēsthēti, Kyrie, tou oneidismou tōn doulōn sou, hou hypeschon en tǭ kolpǭ mou pollōn ethnōn. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs, Kai ebastasa en tǭ kolpǭ mou pampollōn ethnōn. Mē paridēs me, phēsin, oneidizomenon, ouch hyph᾽ henos ethnous, all᾽ hypo myriōn. Ou gar monon ᾿Assyrioi moi epikertomousi, kai Babylōnioi, alla kai hoi plēsiochōroi pantes, hoi tēn pros eme dysmeneian eschēkotes aei. Ouk emoi de monon epichairousin, alla kai kata sou tēn glōttan kinousi, kai blasphēmois kechrēntai logois, astheneian sēn tēn emēn douleian nomizontes. Touto gar dia tōn epipheromenōn edēlōsen ;

"Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I bore in my bosom from many nations." Symmachus has: "And I carried in my bosom that of very many nations." "Do not overlook me," he says, "reproached not by one nation but by countless. For not only the Assyrians and Babylonians taunt me, but all the neighbors who have always borne ill will toward me. And they not only gloat over me but move their tongue against you and use blasphemous words, thinking my slavery your weakness." For he showed this through what follows.

Ps 89:50 (88:51 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:50: the people bear the reproach of many nations, which is really blasphemy against God.

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Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip): ὑπὸ μυείων → ὑπὸ μυρίων.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.51 (PG 80 80:1597; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-51). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.52PG 80 80:1597

• Οὗ ὠνείδισαν οἱ ἐχθροί σου, Κύριε· οὗ ὠνείδισαν τὸ ἀντάλλαγμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος καὶ ὁ Θεοδοτίων οὕτως· Ὠνείδισαν τὰ ἴχνη τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου· Ιχνη δὲ Χριστοῦ προσηγόρευσε τοὺς κατ᾿ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν βασιλέας, δι' ὧν ὥδευσεν ὁ περὶ τῆς Χριστοῦ βασιλείας λόγος. Καὶ οἱ Ἑβδομήκοντα δὲ ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτοὺς προσηγόρευσαν, ὡς κατὰ σάρκα αὐτοῦ γεγενημένους προγόνους, καὶ ὡς ἐν σκοτίᾳ τινὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἰθύνοντας. Διὰ τὸν Χριστόν σου τοίνυν, οὖ ἴχνη οὗτοι τυγχάνουσι, καὶ ἀντάλλαγμα, παῦσον ἡμῶν, Δέσποτα, τὰ ὀνείδη.

• Hou ōneidisan hoi echthroi sou, Kyrie; hou ōneidisan to antallagma tou Christou sou. » Ho de Symmachos kai ho Theodotiōn houtōs; Ōneidisan ta ichnē tou Christou sou; Ichnē de Christou prosēgoreuse tous kat᾿ ekeinon ton kairon basileas, di' hōn hōdeusen ho peri tēs Christou basileias logos. Kai hoi Hebdomēkonta de antallagma autous prosēgoreusan, hōs kata sarka autou gegenēmenous progonous, kai hōs en skotią tini tēn basileian ithynontas. Dia ton Christon sou toinyn, ou ichnē houtoi tynchanousi, kai antallagma, pauson hēmōn, Despota, ta oneidē.

"With which your enemies reproached, Lord, with which they reproached the exchange of your Christ." Symmachus and Theodotion have: "They reproached the footsteps of your Christ." He called the kings of that time the footsteps of Christ, through whom the word about Christ's kingdom traveled. The Seventy called them an "exchange," as his forefathers according to the flesh, and as guiding the kingdom as in a kind of shadow. "For the sake of your Christ, then, whose footsteps and exchange these are, end our reproaches, Master."

Ps 89:51 (88:52 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:51: the reproached kings of David's line are the "footsteps" of Christ, his forefathers, and the people ask relief for Christ's sake.

"Exchange" renders the Septuagint ἀντάλλαγμα.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.52 (PG 80 80:1597; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-52). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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88.53PG 80 80:1597

« Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· γένοιτο, γένοιτο. » ᾿Αγαθῆς ἐλπίδος ἡ ὑμνῳδία. Πιστεύσαντες γὰρ αἰτήσεις δέξασθαι, τόνδε τὸν ὕμνον προσενηνόχασι τῷ Θεῷ. Ταύτην δὲ τὴν διάνοιαν καὶ ὁ ᾿Ακύλας δείκνυσιν ἀκριβέστερον, τὸ Ἀμὴν Ἀμὴν ἑρμηνεύσας · ἔφη γὰρ Πεπιστωμένος καὶ πεπιστευμένος, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Ἀληθὴς εἶ, καὶ λίαν ἀληθής. Εὐλογητὸς τοίνυν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· βεβαιοῖς γάρ σου τοῖς ἔργοις τὰς ὑποσχέσεις.

« Eulogētos Kyrios eis ton aiōna; genoito, genoito. » ᾿Agathēs elpidos hē hymnǭdia. Pisteusantes gar aitēseis dexasthai, tonde ton hymnon prosenēnochasi tǭ Theǭ. Tautēn de tēn dianoian kai ho ᾿Akylas deiknysin akribesteron, to Amēn Amēn hermēneusas ; ephē gar Pepistōmenos kai pepisteumenos, anti tou, Alēthēs ei, kai lian alēthēs. Eulogētos toinyn eis ton aiōna; bebaiois gar sou tois ergois tas hyposcheseis.

"Blessed be the Lord forever. So be it, so be it." The hymnody is of good hope. For believing that they would receive their requests, they offered this hymn to God. Aquila shows this sense more precisely, interpreting the "Amen, Amen"; for he said, "Faithful and trusted"; that is, "You are true, and very true. Blessed, then, forever; for you confirm your promises by your deeds."

Ps 89:52 (88:53 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Psalm 89:52: the psalm ends in hopeful praise, trusting God to keep his promises.

Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 88.53 (PG 80 80:1597; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/88-53). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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