Interpretation of the Psalms 89.1–91.15
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 89
89.1PG 80 80:1597
« Προσευχὴ τῷ Μωσεῖ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ. › Τινὲς μὲν τῶν συγγραφέων τὸν μέγαν ἔφασαν Μωσῆν τήνδε ποιῆσαι τὴν προσευχήν· τινὲς δὲ συγγραφέα αὐτῆς εἶπον τὸν μακάριον Δαβίδ εἶναι, προσαρμόσαι δὲ αὐτὴν Μωσῇ τῷ θεσπεσίῳ · διπλῆν δὲ ὅμως ὁ ψαλμός χρησμολογίαν ἔχει. Προθεσπίζει γὰρ, οὐ μόνας τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὰς συμφοράς, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάσης τῆς ἀνθρωπείας φύσεως διδάσκει τὸ φθαρτὸν καὶ ἐπίκηρον. Προλέγει δὲ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ κρεῖττον καὶ τούτων κἀκείνων μεταβολήν. [᾿Ακριβῶς δὲ καὶ ὁ παρὼν ψαλμὸς παρὰ τοῦ μακαρίου Δαβὶδ ἐγράφη, ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἅπαντες.] Κύριε, καταφυγὴ ἐγενήθης ἡμῖν ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ. » Ἰουδαίων μὲν γὰρ ἐγένετο καταφυγὴ, οὐκ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἐπὶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυῆ, καὶ ἐπὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ τε καὶ Ἰεφθάε, καὶ Σαμψὼν, καὶ Σαμουήλ, καὶ Δαβίδ · καὶ διὰ τῶν προφητῶν αὐτοὺς πάσης κηδεμονίας ἠξίωσε, καὶ βασιλευομένοις πάσης ἐπικουρίας μετέδωκε. Πᾶσα δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ φύσις τούτοις κέχρηται τοῖς λόγοις, τῶν παντοδαπῶν εὐεργεσιῶν ἀναμιμνήσκουσα τὸν Θεὸν, ὅπως τὸν Ἐνὼχ μετέθηκεν, ὅπως ἀπάντων τὸν θηριώδη βίον ἀσπασαμένων, σπινθῆρα τῷ γένει τὸν θεσπέσιον διεφύλαξε Νῶε, ὅπως τὸν πατριάρχην Ἀβραὰμ ἐκλεξάμενος, πᾶσιν ὑπέσχετο τὴν εὐλογίαν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν. Οὐ γὰρ, ὥς τινες τῶν ἀπίστων τολμῶσι λέγειν, ἐκ μεταμελείας εἰς τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν ἦλθεν εὐεργεσίαν τῶν ὅλων ὁ Κύριος, ἀλλὰ ἀεὶ πάντων ἀνθρώπων προμηθούμενος διετέλεσε τῶν ὅλων ὁ Κύριος, [καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἀκαταλήπτου αὐτοῦ ἐνανθρωπήσεως]. Καὶ τοῦτο ἡμᾶς ἡ προφητεία ἐδίδαξε λέγειν · « Κύριε, καταφυγὴ ἐγενήθης ἡμῖν ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ. » ᾿Αεὶ γὰρ τῆς σῆς ἐλπίδος ἀπηλαύσαμεν, Δέσποτα
« Proseuchē tǭ Mōsei anthrōpǭ tou Theou. › Tines men tōn syngrapheōn ton megan ephasan Mōsēn tēnde poiēsai tēn proseuchēn; tines de syngraphea autēs eipon ton makarion Dabid einai, prosarmosai de autēn Mōsę̄ tǭ thespesiǭ ; diplēn de homōs ho psalmos chrēsmologian echei. Prothespizei gar, ou monas tōn Ioudaiōn tas symphoras, alla kai pasēs tēs anthrōpeias physeōs didaskei to phtharton kai epikēron. Prolegei de tēn epi to kreitton kai toutōn kakeinōn metabolēn. [᾿Akribōs de kai ho parōn psalmos para tou makariou Dabid egraphē, hōs kai hoi loipoi hapantes.] Kyrie, kataphygē egenēthēs hēmin en geneą kai geneą. » Ioudaiōn men gar egeneto kataphygē, ouk en Aigyptǭ monon, alla kai en tę̄ erēmǭ kai epi Iēsou tou Nauē, kai epi Gedeōn, Barak te kai Iephthae, kai Sampsōn, kai Samouēl, kai Dabid ; kai dia tōn prophētōn autous pasēs kēdemonias ēxiōse, kai basileuomenois pasēs epikourias metedōke. Pasa de tōn anthrōpōn hē physis toutois kechrētai tois logois, tōn pantodapōn euergesiōn anamimnēskousa ton Theon, hopōs ton Enōch metethēken, hopōs apantōn ton thēriōdē bion aspasamenōn, spinthēra tǭ genei ton thespesion diephylaxe Nōe, hopōs ton patriarchēn Abraam eklexamenos, pasin hypescheto tēn eulogian tois ethnesin. Ou gar, hōs tines tōn apistōn tolmōsi legein, ek metameleias eis tēn tōn ethnōn ēlthen euergesian tōn holōn ho Kyrios, alla aei pantōn anthrōpōn promēthoumenos dietelese tōn holōn ho Kyrios, [kai pro tēs akatalēptou autou enanthrōpēseōs]. Kai touto hēmas hē prophēteia edidaxe legein ; « Kyrie, kataphygē egenēthēs hēmin en geneą kai geneą. » ᾿Aei gar tēs sēs elpidos apēlausamen, Despota
"A prayer of Moses, the man of God." Some of the writers said that the great Moses composed this prayer; others said the blessed David was its writer, but fitted it to the inspired Moses. In any case the psalm contains a twofold oracle. For it foretells not only the misfortunes of the Jews, but also teaches the corruptible and perishable state of the whole of human nature; and it foretells the change for the better of both these and those. [Strictly, the present psalm too was written by the blessed David, as were all the rest.] "Lord, you have become our refuge in generation and generation." For he became the refuge of the Jews not only in Egypt, but also in the desert, and in the time of Joshua son of Nun, of Gideon, Barak, Jephthah, Samson, Samuel, and David; and through the prophets he counted them worthy of all care, and when they had kings he gave every help. And the whole nature of men uses these words, reminding God of his benefits of every kind: how he translated Enoch; how, when all embraced a savage life, he preserved the inspired Noah as a spark for the race; how, choosing the patriarch Abraham, he promised blessing to all the nations. For it is not, as some unbelievers dare to say, out of a change of mind that the Lord of all came to benefit the nations; but the Lord of all has always continued to take forethought for all men, [even before his incomprehensible incarnation]. And the prophecy taught us to say this: "Lord, you have become our refuge in generation and generation." "For we have always enjoyed hope in you, Master."
Ps 90:1 (89:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 5:24 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 6:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 12:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90, title and verse 1: whether by Moses or David, the psalm speaks for Israel and all mankind; God has always been the refuge of both, not changing his mind about the nations.
- The bracketed words are bracketed in Migne (opening brackets supplied), probably additions from the catena; the first contradicts the uncertainty Theodoret has just expressed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (joined words (OCR); opening bracket lost in the OCR; split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray word (OCR)): Μωσεῖἀνθρώπῳ → Μωσεῖ ἀνθρώπῳ; προσ· αρμόσαι → προσαρμόσαι; διπλῆν δὲ ὅμως δι ὁ ψαλμός → διπλῆν δὲ ὅμως ὁ ψαλμός; οὐ μόνας δὲ τῶν → οὐ μόνας τῶν; ᾿Ακριβῶς δὲ καὶ ὁ παρὼν → [᾿Ακριβῶς δὲ καὶ ὁ παρὼν; καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἀκαταλήπτου αὐτοῦ ἐνανθρωπήσεως] → [καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἀκαταλήπτου αὐτοῦ ἐνανθρωπήσεως]; ἐν δὲ γενεᾷ καὶ → ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.1 (PG 80 80:1597; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-1). (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.
89.2PG 80 80:1599
« Πρὸ τοῦ ὄρη γενηθῆναι, καὶ πλασθῆναι τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν οἰκουμένην, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος σὺ εἶ. » Τῶν γενητῶν γὰρ προὑπάρχεις ἁπάντων, καὶ τῶν ὀρῶν, καὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ τῆς οἰκουμένης ἁπάσης · αἰώνιος γὰρ εἶ, ἄναρχός τε καὶ ἀτελεύτητος, οὐδενὶ περιοριζόμενος πέρατι. Τῷ γὰρ, « Πρὸ τοῦ ὄρη γενηθῆναι,, τὸ, Σὺ εἶ, συναπτέον.
« Pro tou orē genēthēnai, kai plasthēnai tēn gēn kai tēn oikoumenēn, kai apo tou aiōnos kai heōs aiōnos sy ei. » Tōn genētōn gar prouparcheis hapantōn, kai tōn orōn, kai tēs gēs, kai tēs oikoumenēs hapasēs ; aiōnios gar ei, anarchos te kai ateleutētos, oudeni periorizomenos perati. Tǭ gar, « Pro tou orē genēthēnai,, to, Sy ei, synapteon.
"Before the mountains came to be, and the earth and the world were formed, and from age to age you are." "For you exist before all things that came to be, before the mountains, the earth, and the whole world; for you are eternal, without beginning and without end, limited by no boundary." For "you are" must be joined to "before the mountains came to be."
Ps 90:2 (89:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90:2: God exists eternally, before all creation, without beginning or end.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.2 (PG 80 80:1599; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-2). (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.
89.3PG 80 80:1599
« Μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ἄνθρωπον εἰς ταπείνωσιν. » Ικετεύω σε τοίνυν τὸν ἀἴδιον, τὸν αἰώνιον, τὸν ἀεὶ καταφυγὴν ἡμῖν γενόμενον, μὴ παντελῶς ἡμᾶς παριδεῖν τοσούτοις περικλυζομένους κακοῖς. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ αὐτὸς τοῦ ᾿Ἀδὰμ τοὺς ἰδρῶτας καὶ τοὺς πόνους κατεψηφίσατο εἰρηκὼς, « Ἐν ἰδρῶτι τοῦ προσώπου φαγῇ τὸν ἄρτον σου, ἕως οὗ ἀποστρέψῃς εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐξ ἧς ἐλήφθης, ὅτι γῆ εἶ, καὶ εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσῃ· · ἁρμοδίως ὁ προφητικός λόγος ἱκετεύειν διδάσκει, μὴ ἀποστραφῆναι παντάπασιν εἰς ταπείνωσιν καὶ εἰς τὴν συγκληρωθεῖσαν ταλαιπωρίαν. Καὶ μέντοι καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι δουλεύειν ἠναγκασμένοι τήνδε τὴν ἱκετείαν προσφέρουσι, τὸν ἀνδραποδισμὸν καὶ τὴν δουλείαν ὀλοφυρόμενοι. « Καὶ εἶπας, Ἐπιστρέψατε, υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. » Ὁ δὲ Ακύλας οὕτως· Καὶ ἐρεῖς, Ἐπιστράφητε, υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Οὐ μάτην, φησὶν, ἀντιβολοῦμεν, ἀλλ᾿ εἰδότες σαφῶς, ὡς δέξῃ τὰς ἡμετέρας ἱκετείας, καὶ μεταβολὴν ἡμῖν τῶν παρόντων ἐργάσῃ κακῶν παραινῶν ἐπιστρέψαι, καὶ τῆς προτέρας πονηρίας ἀπαλλαγῆναι.
« Mē apostrepsę̄s anthrōpon eis tapeinōsin. » Iketeuō se toinyn ton aidion, ton aiōnion, ton aei kataphygēn hēmin genomenon, mē pantelōs hēmas paridein tosoutois periklyzomenous kakois. Epeidē gar autos tou ᾿Adam tous idrōtas kai tous ponous katepsēphisato eirēkōs, « En idrōti tou prosōpou phagę̄ ton arton sou, heōs hou apostrepsę̄s eis tēn gēn ex hēs elēphthēs, hoti gē ei, kai eis gēn apeleusę̄; ; harmodiōs ho prophētikos logos hiketeuein didaskei, mē apostraphēnai pantapasin eis tapeinōsin kai eis tēn synklērōtheisan talaipōrian. Kai mentoi kai Ioudaioi douleuein ēnankasmenoi tēnde tēn hiketeian prospherousi, ton andrapodismon kai tēn douleian olophyromenoi. « Kai eipas, Epistrepsate, huioi tōn anthrōpōn. » Ho de Akylas houtōs; Kai ereis, Epistraphēte, huioi tōn anthrōpōn. Ou matēn, phēsin, antiboloumen, all᾿ eidotes saphōs, hōs dexę̄ tas hēmeteras hiketeias, kai metabolēn hēmin tōn parontōn ergasę̄ kakōn parainōn epistrepsai, kai tēs proteras ponērias apallagēnai.
"Do not turn man back to lowliness." "I beg you, then, the everlasting, the eternal, who have always been our refuge, not to overlook us utterly, flooded with so many evils." Since he himself decreed Adam's sweat and toil, saying, "In the sweat of your face you will eat your bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken; for you are earth, and to earth you will go," the prophetic word fittingly teaches us to entreat that man not be turned back wholly to lowliness and to the misery allotted him. And indeed the Jews, forced into slavery, offer this supplication, lamenting their enslavement and servitude. "And you said, 'Return, sons of men.'" Aquila has: "And you will say, 'Turn back, sons of men.'" "We do not entreat in vain," he says, "but knowing clearly that you will accept our supplications and work a change of our present evils, urging us to turn back and be rid of our former wickedness."
Ps 90:3 (89:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 3:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90:3: the people ask God not to leave man in the lowliness decreed for Adam, trusting that he calls them to return.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin letters in a Greek word (OCR); split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): ταπείνω σιν → ταπείνωσιν; τοῦ προσώπου τι φαγῇ → τοῦ προσώπου φαγῇ; ἀποῃ στρέψῃς → ἀποστρέψῃς; « Κal εἶπας → « Καὶ εἶπας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.3 (PG 80 80:1599; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-3). (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.
89.4PG 80 80:1601
« ῞Οτι χίλια ἔτη ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, Κύριε· ὡς ἡμέρα ἡ ἐχθὲς ἥτις διῆλθε, καὶ φυλακὴ ἐν νυκτί. » Μεθυπέρβατός ἐστι τῶν ῥημάτων ἡ διάνοια. Τοῦτο γὰρ τῷ προτέρῳ συνήρμοσται, « Μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ἄνθρωπον εἰς ταπείνωσιν, ὅτι χίλια ἔτη ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, Κύριε, ὡς ἡμέρα ἡ ἐχθὲς, ἥτις διῆλθε, καὶ φυλακὴ ἐν νυκτί. » Διὰ μέσου δὲ πρόσκειται τὸ • Καὶ εἶπας, Ἐπιστρέψατε, υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. » Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι Σμικρά τίς ἐστι καὶ ἀλγεινὴ λίαν ἡ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ζωή· σοὶ δὲ τῷ ἀϊδίῳ, καὶ αἰωνίῳ, καὶ ὁ τῶν χιλίων ἐτῶν ἀριθμὸς μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ παρείκασται, μᾶλλον δὲ σμικρῷ μορίῳ νυκτός. Φυλακὴν γὰρ νυκτερινὴν, τὸ τέταρτον μόριον ἐκάλεσε τῆς νυκτός · τετραχῆ γὰρ οἱ ταύτην φυλάττειν πεπιστευμένοι διήρουν - τετάρτῃ δὲ φυλακῇ καὶ ὁ Κύριος πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἀφίκετο.
« ῾Oti chilia etē en ophthalmois sou, Kyrie; hōs hēmera hē echthes hētis diēlthe, kai phylakē en nykti. » Methyperbatos esti tōn rhēmatōn hē dianoia. Touto gar tǭ proterǭ synērmostai, « Mē apostrepsę̄s anthrōpon eis tapeinōsin, hoti chilia etē en ophthalmois sou, Kyrie, hōs hēmera hē echthes, hētis diēlthe, kai phylakē en nykti. » Dia mesou de proskeitai to • Kai eipas, Epistrepsate, huioi tōn anthrōpōn. » Legei de, hoti Smikra tis esti kai algeinē lian hē tōn anthrōpōn zōē; soi de tǭ aïdiǭ, kai aiōniǭ, kai ho tōn chiliōn etōn arithmos mią hēmerą pareikastai, mallon de smikrǭ moriǭ nyktos. Phylakēn gar nykterinēn, to tetarton morion ekalese tēs nyktos ; tetrachē gar hoi tautēn phylattein pepisteumenoi diēroun - tetartę̄ de phylakę̄ kai ho Kyrios pros tous apostolous aphiketo.
"For a thousand years in your eyes, Lord, are like yesterday that has passed, and a watch in the night." The sense of the words is transposed. For this is joined to what precedes: "Do not turn man back to lowliness, for a thousand years in your eyes, Lord, are like yesterday that has passed, and a watch in the night"; and "And you said, 'Return, sons of men'" is placed in between. He says: "Human life is short and very painful; but to you, the everlasting and eternal, even the number of a thousand years is likened to one day, or rather to a small part of a night." For he called the fourth part of the night a night watch; for those entrusted with guarding it divided it into four; and the Lord came to the apostles in the fourth watch.
Ps 90:4 (89:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 14:25 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90:4: human life is brief and painful, while to the eternal God a thousand years are like a night watch.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): μᾶλλον " δὲ σμικρῷ → μᾶλλον δὲ σμικρῷ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.4 (PG 80 80:1601; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-4
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89.5PG 80 80:1601
« Τὰ ἐξουδενώματα αὐτῶν ἔτη ἔσονται. ι Ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὲ αὐτοὺς, φησὶ, ταύτῃ τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ συνέζευξας · σημαίνει δὲ κατὰ ταυτὸν, καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὸ πάθος τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀποβολὴν, καὶ τῆς θείας κηδεμονίας τὴν στέρησιν, οὐκ ἐπ᾿ ὀλίγον χρόνον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐσομένην. • Τὸ πρωί ὡσεὶ χλόη παρέλθοι. Τὸ πρωΐ ἀνθήσαι, καὶ παρέλθοι· τὸ ἑσπέρας ἀποπέσοι, σκληρυνθείη, καὶ ξηρανθείη. » Εὐθὺς μὲν γὰρ Ἰουδαῖοι τῆς θείας ἐπιμελείας ἀξιωθέντες, καὶ ἤνθησαν καὶ ἐβλάστησαν, καὶ πολλὴν ἐκτήσαντο περιφάνειαν. Ὥριμον δὲ καρπὸν τῷ γεωργῷ δοῦναι μὴ βουληθέντες, ἀλλὰ τὴν καρδίαν σκληρύναντες, παντελῶς ἐξηράνθησαν · τῆς γὰρ προτέρας ἀρδείας οὐκ ἔτι μετέλαχον. Πρωῖ δὲ καλεῖ, τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς Ἰουδαίων ἐπιμελείας · Ἑσπέραν δὲ, τῆς θείας κηδεμονίας τὴν παῦλαν. Ταύτης δὲ μετὰ τὸν σταυρὸν ἐγυμνώθησαν, ὅτι τὸν κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἀνέστησαν σταυρόν· τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς ·
« Ta exoudenōmata autōn etē esontai. i Epi pleiston de autous, phēsi, tautę̄ tę̄ talaipōrią synezeuxas ; sēmainei de kata tauton, kai tēn meta to pathos tou Sōtēros hēmōn Ioudaiōn apobolēn, kai tēs theias kēdemonias tēn sterēsin, ouk ep᾿ oligon chronon, all᾽ epi pleiston esomenēn. • To prōi hōsei chloē parelthoi. To prōï anthēsai, kai parelthoi; to hesperas apopesoi, sklēryntheiē, kai xērantheiē. » Euthys men gar Ioudaioi tēs theias epimeleias axiōthentes, kai ēnthēsan kai eblastēsan, kai pollēn ektēsanto periphaneian. Hōrimon de karpon tǭ geōrgǭ dounai mē boulēthentes, alla tēn kardian sklērynantes, pantelōs exēranthēsan ; tēs gar proteras ardeias ouk eti metelachon. Prōi de kalei, tēn archēn tēs Ioudaiōn epimeleias ; Hesperan de, tēs theias kēdemonias tēn paulan. Tautēs de meta ton stauron egymnōthēsan, hoti ton kata tou Theou kai Sōtēros anestēsan stauron; touto gar legei dia tōn hexēs ;
"Their contempt will be years." "For a very long time," he says, "you yoked them to this misery." At the same time he indicates the rejection of the Jews after the passion of our Savior and their deprivation of divine care, which would last not a short time but a very long one. "In the morning may it pass like grass; in the morning may it flower and pass; in the evening may it fall, harden, and wither." For at first the Jews, counted worthy of divine attention, flowered and sprouted and acquired great renown. But unwilling to give ripe fruit to the farmer, and hardening their heart, they withered completely; for they no longer shared in the former watering. He calls the beginning of the care for the Jews "morning," and the end of divine care "evening." They were stripped of it after the cross, because they raised the cross against God and Savior. For he says this through what follows:
Ps 90:5 (89:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 90:6 (89:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 90:5-6: like grass that flowers in the morning and withers by evening, the Jews flourished under God's care and lost it after the crucifixion.
- A stray bracket is removed. The application to the Jews after the crucifixion is Theodoret's; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (accent slip and stray bracket (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): καὶ τὴν ( μετὰ τὸ πάθος → καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὸ πάθος; Ιπροτέρας → προτέρας; άνέστησαν σταυρόν· τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς ·] → ἀνέστησαν σταυρόν· τοῦτο γὰρ λέγει διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς ·.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.5 (PG 80 80:1601; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.7PG 80 80:1601
« "Ὅτι ἐξελίπομεν ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ σου, καὶ ἐν τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐταράχθημεν. » Καὶ Ἰουδαίοις ταῦτα καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἁρμόδια. Καὶ γὰρ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ φύσις, παρανομίας τίνουσα δίκας, ὑπεβλήθη ταῖς συμφοραῖς, καὶ ταῖς παντοδαπαῖς περικλύζεται τρικυμίαις, καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι διὰ τὴν πονηρίαν τῆς γνώμης τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἐξέπεσον, ὡς καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ τῆς ἀπιστίας βόθρον ἑαυτοῖς ὥρυξαν. « Λάκκον γὰρ ὥρυξε καὶ ἀνέσκαψεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς βόθρον ὃν εἰργάσατο. › |
« "Hoti exelipomen en tę̄ orgę̄ sou, kai en tǭ thymǭ sou etarachthēmen. » Kai Ioudaiois tauta kai pasin anthrōpois harmodia. Kai gar tōn anthrōpōn hē physis, paranomias tinousa dikas, hypeblēthē tais symphorais, kai tais pantodapais periklyzetai trikymiais, kai Ioudaioi dia tēn ponērian tēs gnōmēs tēs eleutherias exepeson, hōs kai polloi tōn anthrōpōn dia tēs apistias bothron heautois hōryxan. « Lakkon gar hōryxe kai aneskapsen auton, kai empeseitai eis bothron hon eirgasato. › |
"For we have failed in your anger, and in your wrath we were troubled." These words suit both the Jews and all men. For the nature of men, paying the penalty for lawlessness, was subjected to misfortunes and is flooded by waves of every kind; and the Jews through the wickedness of their mind fell from freedom, as many men too have dug a pit for themselves through unbelief. "For he dug a pit and hollowed it out, and he will fall into the hole he made."
Ps 90:7 (89:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 7:15 (7:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 90:7: both the Jews and all mankind have suffered God's anger, falling into pits of their own making.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.7 (PG 80 80:1601; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.8PG 80 80:1603
« Ἔθου τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν ἐναντίον σου, ὁ αἰὼν ἡμῶν εἰς φωτισμὸν τοῦ προσώπου σου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως · Προσέθηκας τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν ἄντικρύς σου, τὰς ἀμελείας ἡμῶν φαίνεσθαι τῷ προσώπῳ σου. Ταύταις ἡμᾶς ταῖς τιμωρίαις ἐξέδωκας, θεασάμενος ἡμᾶς τῶν μὲν σῶν ἀμελήσαντας νόμων, ἀνομίᾳ δὲ προελομένους συζῇν.
« Ethou tas anomias hēmōn enantion sou, ho aiōn hēmōn eis phōtismon tou prosōpou sou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs ; Prosethēkas tas anomias hēmōn antikrys sou, tas ameleias hēmōn phainesthai tǭ prosōpǭ sou. Tautais hēmas tais timōriais exedōkas, theasamenos hēmas tōn men sōn amelēsantas nomōn, anomią de proelomenous syzę̄n.
"You have set our iniquities before you; our age in the light of your face." Symmachus has: "You have placed our iniquities in front of you, our negligences to appear before your face." "You gave us over to these punishments, seeing that we neglected your laws and chose to live with lawlessness."
Ps 90:8 (89:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 90:8: God set his people's sins before his face and punished them.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.8 (PG 80 80:1603; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.9PG 80 80:1603
« Ὅτι πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι ἡμῶν ἐξέλιπον, καὶ ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ σου ἐξελίπομεν. » Ἡ ἁμαρτία, φησὶν, ὀργὴν ἐκίνησε καθ' ἡμῶν, ἡ δὲ ὀργὴ τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐπήγαγεν, ἡ δὲ τιμωρία τὰς ὀδύνας ἐπήνεγκεν· ἐν ὀδύναις γὰρ τὸν ὀλίγον ἡμῶν διετελέσαμεν βίον.
« Hoti pasai hai hēmerai hēmōn exelipon, kai en tę̄ orgę̄ sou exelipomen. » Hē hamartia, phēsin, orgēn ekinēse kath' hēmōn, hē de orgē tēn timōrian epēgagen, hē de timōria tas odynas epēnenken; en odynais gar ton oligon hēmōn dietelesamen bion.
"For all our days have failed, and in your anger we have failed." "Sin," he says, "stirred anger against us; anger brought punishment; and punishment brought pains. For we have spent our short life in pains."
Ps 90:9 (89:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 90:9: sin led to anger, anger to punishment, and punishment to a life of pain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; stray letters (OCR)): ἐξελίπομεν., νε Ἡ ἁμαρτία → ἐξελίπομεν. » Ἡ ἁμαρτία; τὰς ὁδύνας ἐπήνεγκεν → τὰς ὀδύνας ἐπήνεγκεν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.9 (PG 80 80:1603; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.10PG 80 80:1603
« Τὰ ἔτη ἡμῶν ὡσεὶ ἀράχνη ἐμελέτων. » Οὐδὲν βέβαιον, φησὶν, οὐδὲ σταθερὸν ἡ ἀνθρωπεία φύσις ἔχει . Δίκην ἀράχνης διασπᾶται ῥᾳδίως. «Αί ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν ἡμῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη. Ἐὰν δὲ ἐν δυναστείαις, ὀγδοήκοντα ἔτη · καὶ τὸ πλεῖον ὁ αὐτῶν κόπος καὶ πόνος. » Εοικε ταῦτα τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ πατριάρχου Ἰακὼβ εἰρημένοις « Αἱ ἡμέραι μου σμικραὶ καὶ πονηραὶ, οὐκ ἔφθασαν εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν πατέρων μου. » Εἰσὶ μὲν οὖν οἱ καὶ πλείονα τοῦ εἰρημένου διαβιοῦσι χρόνον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνο ἐπ' ὀλίγων συμβαίνει. Τὸ δὲ κοινὸν, καὶ ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον κρατοῦν, ἐνταῦθα διδάσκει. "Ωσπερ γὰρ τῶν πρόωρον δεχομένων τὴν τελευτὴν οὐκ ἐποιήσατο μνήμην, οὕτω καὶ τῶν σφόδρα γηρώντων τὸ μακρόβιον καταλέλοιπεν. ᾿Αλλ᾿ ὅμως, φησὶ, καὶ ὁ βραχὺς οὗτος χρόνος ὀδύνης καὶ πόνων ἐμπέπλησται • [ καθάπερ καὶ τῶν ἀνδραποδισθέντων ἐκ τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ ὁ τῶν ο' ἐτῶν χρόνος ὃν ἐδούλευον τοῖς ἀνδραποδίσασιν κατώδυνος καὶ λίαν ὀδυνηρὸς ἐγένετο.] « Ὅτι ἐπῆλθε πραότης ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς, καὶ παιδευθησόμεθα. • Ἰδοὺ γὰρ πόσοις περικλυζόμεθα κακοῖς διὰ τὴν σμικρὰν ὀργὴν σου. Πραότητα γὰρ ἐπελθοῦσαν αὐτοῖς τὴν μετρίαν τιμωρίαν ἐκάλεσεν.
« Ta etē hēmōn hōsei arachnē emeletōn. » Ouden bebaion, phēsin, oude statheron hē anthrōpeia physis echei . Dikēn arachnēs diaspatai rhądiōs. «Ai hēmerai tōn etōn hēmōn en autois hebdomēkonta etē. Ean de en dynasteiais, ogdoēkonta etē ; kai to pleion ho autōn kopos kai ponos. » Eoike tauta tois hypo tou patriarchou Iakōb eirēmenois « Hai hēmerai mou smikrai kai ponērai, ouk ephthasan eis tas hēmeras tōn paterōn mou. » Eisi men oun hoi kai pleiona tou eirēmenou diabiousi chronon, all᾽ ekeino ep' oligōn symbainei. To de koinon, kai hōs epi pleiston kratoun, entautha didaskei. "Ōsper gar tōn proōron dechomenōn tēn teleutēn ouk epoiēsato mnēmēn, houtō kai tōn sphodra gērōntōn to makrobion kataleloipen. ᾿All᾿ homōs, phēsi, kai ho brachys houtos chronos odynēs kai ponōn empeplēstai • [ kathaper kai tōn andrapodisthentōn ek tēs Hierousalēm ho tōn o' etōn chronos hon edouleuon tois andrapodisasin katōdynos kai lian odynēros egeneto.] « Hoti epēlthe praotēs eph᾿ hēmas, kai paideuthēsometha. • Idou gar posois periklyzometha kakois dia tēn smikran orgēn sou. Praotēta gar epelthousan autois tēn metrian timōrian ekalesen.
"Our years were as a spider meditating." "Human nature," he says, "has nothing firm or stable; like a spider's web it is easily torn." "The days of our years in them are seventy years; and if in strength, eighty years; and more than these is their toil and pain." This is like what the patriarch Jacob said: "My days have been few and evil; they have not reached the days of my fathers." There are some who live longer than the time stated, but that happens to few. He teaches here what is common and prevails for the most part. For as he made no mention of those who die prematurely, so he left out the long life of the very old. "Yet," he says, "even this short time is full of pain and toil" [as for those enslaved from Jerusalem the time of seventy years, which they served their captors, became painful and very grievous]. "For gentleness has come upon us, and we shall be chastised." "See with how many evils we are flooded because of your small anger." For he called the moderate punishment that came on them "gentleness."
Ps 90:9 (89:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 90:10 (89:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 47:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 90:9-10: human life is fragile as a spider's web, seventy or eighty years of toil, and even God's mild punishment brings many evils.
- The bracketed passage is bracketed in Migne, probably an addition from the catena.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread of the numeral 70; split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): « Τὰὶ ἔτη ἡμῶν ὡσεὶ · ἀράχνη → « Τὰ ἔτη ἡμῶν ὡσεὶ ἀράχνη; Αἱ ἡμέ ραι μου → Αἱ ἡμέραι μου; τοῦ εἰρημένου ὁ διαβιοῦσι → τοῦ εἰρημένου διαβιοῦσι; ἐπὶ πλεῖστον " κρατοῦν → ἐπὶ πλεῖστον κρατοῦν; πόνων ὁ ἐμπέπλησται → πόνων ἐμπέπλησται; ὁ τῶν οἱ ἐτῶν χρόνος → ὁ τῶν ο' ἐτῶν χρόνος.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.10 (PG 80 80:1603; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.11PG 80 80:1603
ι Τίς γινώσκει τὸ κράτος τῆς ὀργῆς σου, καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου σου τὸν θυμόν σου; » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως · Τίς οἶδε τὴν ἰσχὺν τοῦ θυμοῦ σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸν φόβον σου τὴν ὀργήν σου; Εἱ ἡ μετρία σου, φησὶν, ἀγανάκτησις τοσαύτην ἡμῖν παιδείαν ἐπήγαγε, τίς ἱκανὸς συνιδεῖν τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς σου τιμωρίαν προσφερομένην; Αἰνίττεται δὲ ὁ λόγος τὴν αἰώνιον κόλασιν.
i Tis ginōskei to kratos tēs orgēs sou, kai ta apo tou phobou sou ton thymon sou? » Ho de Symmachos houtōs ; Tis oide tēn ischyn tou thymou sou, kai kata ton phobon sou tēn orgēn sou? Hei hē metria sou, phēsin, aganaktēsis tosautēn hēmin paideian epēgage, tis hikanos synidein tēn apo tēs orgēs sou timōrian prospheromenēn? Ainittetai de ho logos tēn aiōnion kolasin.
"Who knows the power of your anger, and, from fear of you, your wrath?" Symmachus has: "Who knows the strength of your wrath, and according to the fear of you, your anger?" "If your moderate indignation," he says, "brought such chastisement on us, who is able to perceive the punishment that comes from your anger?" The word hints at eternal punishment.
Ps 90:11 (89:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90:11: if God's mild indignation is so heavy, no one can grasp the punishment of his full anger, eternal punishment.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; joined words (OCR)): › δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτω; · → » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως ·; φόβον σουτὴν → φόβον σου τὴν.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.11 (PG 80 80:1603; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.12PG 80 80:1605
· Ἐξαριθμήσασθαι τὴν δεξιάν σου οὕτως γνώρισόν μοι καὶ τοὺς πεπεδημένους τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐν σοφίᾳ. » ᾿Απολαῦσαι, φησὶ, τῆς σῆς εὐεργεσίας ἀντιβολῶ, καὶ τῆς σῆς δεξιᾶς ἀριθμεῖν καὶ διηγεῖσθαι τὰ δῶρα, καὶ μιμεῖσθαι τοὺς ὑπὸ τῆς σῆς χάριτος σοφισθέντας, οἱ τοὺς ἄλλους πρὸς τὴν σὴν ποδηγοῦσιν ἐπίγνωσιν.
; Exarithmēsasthai tēn dexian sou houtōs gnōrison moi kai tous pepedēmenous tę̄ kardią en sophią. » ᾿Apolausai, phēsi, tēs sēs euergesias antibolō, kai tēs sēs dexias arithmein kai diēgeisthai ta dōra, kai mimeisthai tous hypo tēs sēs charitos sophisthentas, hoi tous allous pros tēn sēn podēgousin epignōsin.
"So make known to me your right hand, to count it, and those bound in heart in wisdom." "I beg," he says, "to enjoy your benefaction, to count and recount the gifts of your right hand, and to imitate those made wise by your grace, who guide others to the knowledge of you."
Ps 90:12 (89:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 90:12: the psalmist asks to know God's gifts and imitate those made wise by his grace.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.12 (PG 80 80:1605; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.13PG 80 80:1605
· Ἐπίστρεψον, Κύριε · ἕως πότε; καὶ παρακλήθητι ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους σου. » Μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον, Δέσποτα, παρίδης ὀδυνωμένους, ἀλλὰ δέξαι τὴν ἱκετείαν, καὶ φιλανθρωπίας τοὺς σοὺς ἀξίωσον δούλους.
; Epistrepson, Kyrie ; heōs pote? kai paraklēthēti epi tous doulous sou. » Mē epi pleiston, Despota, paridēs odynōmenous, alla dexai tēn hiketeian, kai philanthrōpias tous sous axiōson doulous.
"Return, Lord; how long? And be comforted concerning your servants." "Do not overlook those in pain any longer, Master, but accept the supplication and count your servants worthy of love for humankind."
Ps 90:13 (89:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 90:13: the people ask God to return and have pity on his servants.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.13 (PG 80 80:1605; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.14PG 80 80:1605
· Ἐνεπλήσθημεν τὸ πρωΐ τοῦ ἐλέους σου, καὶ ἡγαλλιασάμεθα, καὶ ηὐφράνθημεν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἡμέραις ἡμῶν. Ὁ χρόνος ἐνήλλακται παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδομήκοντα. Ὁ γὰρ ᾿Ακύλας καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι οὕτως εἰρήκασιν, Εμπλησον ἡμᾶς ἐν πρωΐα ἐλέους σου, καὶ αἰνέσομεν, καὶ εὐφρανθησόμεθα ἐν πάσαις ἡμέραις ἡμῶν. Πρωΐαν καὶ ὄρθρον καλοῦσι τῶν συμφορῶν τὴν μεταβολήν καὶ ἱκετεύουσιν ἐκεῖνο μὲν σκεδασθῆναι τὸ σκότος, ἀνατεῖλαι δὲ αὐτοῖς φῶς, οὐ διὰ τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετὴν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν θεῖον ἔλεον. Τούτου γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐσομένου, πάσης θυμηδίας ἐμφορηθέντες, τὴν προσήκουσαν ὑμνῳδίαν προσοίσομεν.
; Eneplēsthēmen to prōï tou eleous sou, kai hēgalliasametha, kai ēuphranthēmen en pasais tais hēmerais hēmōn. Ho chronos enēllaktai para tois Hebdomēkonta. Ho gar ᾿Akylas kai hoi alloi houtōs eirēkasin, Emplēson hēmas en prōïa eleous sou, kai ainesomen, kai euphranthēsometha en pasais hēmerais hēmōn. Prōïan kai orthron kalousi tōn symphorōn tēn metabolēn kai hiketeuousin ekeino men skedasthēnai to skotos, anateilai de autois phōs, ou dia tēn oikeian aretēn, alla dia ton theion eleon. Toutou gar, phēsin, esomenou, pasēs thymēdias emphorēthentes, tēn prosēkousan hymnǭdian prosoisomen.
"We were filled in the morning with your mercy, and we rejoiced and were glad in all our days." The tense is changed in the Seventy. For Aquila and the others said thus: "Fill us in the morning with your mercy, and we will praise and be glad in all our days." They call the change of misfortunes "morning" and "dawn," and beg that that darkness be scattered and light rise for them, not because of their own virtue but because of divine mercy. "For when this happens," he says, "filled with every gladness, we will offer the fitting hymnody."
Ps 90:14 (89:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90:14: the people ask God to satisfy them in the morning of deliverance with his mercy, not for their merit.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.14 (PG 80 80:1605; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.15PG 80 80:1605
« Εὐφράνθημεν ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἡμερῶν ἐταπείνωσας ἡμᾶς· ἐτῶν, ὧν εἴδομεν κακά. » Καὶ ἐνταῦθα ὁμοίως ὁ χρόνος ἐνήλλακται. Ὁ Σύμμαχος γὰρ καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ, Εὐφρανον ἡμᾶς, εἰρήκασι. Παράσχου, φησὶν, εὐθυμίαν ἀντὶ τῆς ἀθυμίας, καὶ χάρισαι τῆς ἐπικειμένης ἡμῖν δυσκληρίας μεταβολήν.
« Euphranthēmen anth᾽ hōn hēmerōn etapeinōsas hēmas; etōn, hōn eidomen kaka. » Kai entautha homoiōs ho chronos enēllaktai. Ho Symmachos gar kai hoi loipoi, Euphranon hēmas, eirēkasi. Paraschou, phēsin, euthymian anti tēs athymias, kai charisai tēs epikeimenēs hēmin dysklērias metabolēn.
"We were glad in return for the days in which you humbled us, the years in which we saw evils." Here likewise the tense is changed; for Symmachus and the others said "Gladden us." "Give us cheerfulness instead of despondency," he says, "and grant a change of the misfortune lying on us."
Ps 90:15 (89:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90:15: the people ask for joy in return for their years of affliction.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.15 (PG 80 80:1605; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.16PG 80 80:1605
Καὶ ἴδε ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα σου. Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον, ὅτι οὐχ ὡς γεγενημένα ταῦτα εἰρήκασιν, ἀλλ' ὡς ἐσόμενα. Οὐ γὰρ εἶπον, • Εἶδες ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα σου. • Σὰ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἡμεῖς ποιήματα, καὶ τῆς σῆς ὑπάρχομεν δεσποτείας οἰκέται · διὸ τῆς σῆς προνοίας ἀντιβολοῦμεν τυχεῖν. Καὶ ὁδήγησον τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν. » Τουτέστι τοὺς δούλους σου· οἵ τε γὰρ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι τὴν ἱκετείαν προσφέροντες ἀντιβολοῦσι τὸν Θεὸν τῶν τετελευτηκότων αὐτοῦ δούλων ἐπαναγαγεῖν τοὺς υἱοὺς, καὶ ἡ ἀνθρωπεία φύσις ὁδηγηθῆναι πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν παρακαλεῖ τοὺς εὑρισκομένους ἀνθρώπους ἐν τῇ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐπιφανείᾳ.
Kai ide epi tous doulous sou kai epi ta erga sou. Kai enteuthen dēlon, hoti ouch hōs gegenēmena tauta eirēkasin, all' hōs esomena. Ou gar eipon, • Eides epi tous doulous sou kai epi ta erga sou. • Sa gar, phēsin, hēmeis poiēmata, kai tēs sēs hyparchomen despoteias oiketai ; dio tēs sēs pronoias antiboloumen tychein. Kai hodēgēson tous huious autōn. » Toutesti tous doulous sou; hoi te gar en Babylōni tēn hiketeian prospherontes antibolousi ton Theon tōn teteleutēkotōn autou doulōn epanagagein tous huious, kai hē anthrōpeia physis hodēgēthēnai pros tēn alētheian parakalei tous heuriskomenous anthrōpous en tę̄ tou Sōtēros hēmōn epiphaneią.
"And look upon your servants and upon your works." From this too it is plain that they said these things not as having happened but as to come; for they did not say, "You looked upon your servants and upon your works." "For we are your creatures," he says, "and servants of your lordship; so we beg to obtain your providence." "And guide their sons," that is, your servants'. For those in Babylon offering the supplication beg God to bring back the sons of his servants who have died; and human nature begs that the men found at the time of our Savior's appearing be guided to the truth.
Ps 90:16 (89:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90:16: the people, God's own creatures, ask him to look on them and guide their children.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): ἡ αν· θρωπεία → ἡ ἀνθρωπεία.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.16 (PG 80 80:1605; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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89.17PG 80 80:1607
· Καὶ ἔστω ἡ λαμπρότης Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς. » Λαμπρότητα τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγου καλεῖ· τότε γὰρ καὶ ἡμᾶς λαμπροὺς καὶ περιφανεῖς ἀπέφηνε τῆς θεογνωσίας τὸ φῶς. [Περὶ γὰρ τούτου ὁ τῆς βροντῆς υἱὸς ἔφησε « Τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει. »] Καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι μετὰ τὴν ἐπάνοδον περίβλεπτοι πάλιν ἐγένοντο. « Καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν κατεύθυνον ἐφ' ἡμᾶς · καὶ τὸ ἔργον τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν κατεύθυνον. » Καλὴ τοῦ, ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς, ἡ προσθήκη. Ἡμέτερον γὰρ τῆς δικαιοσύνης τὸ κέρδος · καὶ ὁ μὲν Θεὸς συνεργεῖ τοῖς τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐρασταῖς, καὶ τὰ ταύτης συγκατορθοῖ, τὸν δὲ τούτων καρπὸν οἱ σπείροντες δρέπονται. Ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς ἀνενδεής · χαίρει δὲ ὅμως τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων εὐκληρία τε καὶ εὐπραξίᾳ, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ὅλους ἑαυτοὺς αὐτῷ θυσίαν προσκομίζωσι • [καθάπερ Παῦλος ἐκπαιδεύει · • Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς διὰ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, παραστῆσαι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν, ἁγίαν, εὐάρεστον τῷ Θεῷ, τὴν λογικὴν λατρείαν ὑμῶν. Αμήν.]
; Kai estō hē lamprotēs Kyriou tou Theou hēmōn eph᾽ hēmas. » Lamprotēta tēn enanthrōpēsin tou Theou Logou kalei; tote gar kai hēmas lamprous kai periphaneis apephēne tēs theognōsias to phōs. [Peri gar toutou ho tēs brontēs huios ephēse « To phōs en tę̄ skotią phainei. »] Kai Ioudaioi meta tēn epanodon peribleptoi palin egenonto. « Kai ta erga tōn cheirōn hēmōn kateuthynon eph' hēmas ; kai to ergon tōn cheirōn hēmōn kateuthynon. » Kalē tou, eph᾽ hēmas, hē prosthēkē. Hēmeteron gar tēs dikaiosynēs to kerdos ; kai ho men Theos synergei tois tēs aretēs erastais, kai ta tautēs synkatorthoi, ton de toutōn karpon hoi speirontes drepontai. Ho gar Theos anendeēs ; chairei de homōs tę̄ tōn anthrōpōn euklēria te kai eupraxią, hot᾽ an holous heautous autǭ thysian proskomizōsi • [kathaper Paulos ekpaideuei ; • Parakalō de hymas dia tōn oiktirmōn tou Theou, parastēsai ta sōmata hymōn thysian zōsan, hagian, euareston tǭ Theǭ, tēn logikēn latreian hymōn. Amēn.]
"And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us." He calls the incarnation of God the Word "brightness"; for then the light of the knowledge of God made us too bright and renowned. [For about this the son of thunder said, "The light shines in the darkness."] And the Jews after the return became conspicuous again. "And direct the works of our hands upon us; and direct the work of our hands." The addition "upon us" is good. For the gain of righteousness is ours. God works together with the lovers of virtue and helps them achieve it, but those who sow reap its fruit. For God needs nothing; yet he rejoices in the good fortune and well-doing of men, when they bring their whole selves to him as a sacrifice, [as Paul teaches: "I urge you by the mercies of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable worship." Amen.]
Ps 90:17 (89:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 3:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 12:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 90:17: the brightness of God is the incarnation of the Word; God prospers the work of the virtuous, though the fruit is theirs.
- The bracketed passages are bracketed in Migne (opening brackets supplied, a stray bracket removed), probably additions from the catena.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (accent slip and stray letter (OCR); opening bracket lost in the OCR; stray bracket (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): τότε γὰρ] καὶ ἡμᾶς → τότε γὰρ καὶ ἡμᾶς; Περὶ γὰρ τούτου ὁ τῆς βροντῆς → [Περὶ γὰρ τούτου ὁ τῆς βροντῆς; κατεύθύνον ἐφ' η ἡμᾶς → κατεύθυνον ἐφ' ἡμᾶς; τὰ ταύτης το συγκατορθοί → τὰ ταύτης συγκατορθοῖ; καθάπερ Παῦλος ἐκπαιδεύει → [καθάπερ Παῦλος ἐκπαιδεύει.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 89.17 (PG 80 80:1607; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/89-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 90
90.1PG 80 80:1607
« Αἶνος ᾠδῆς τῷ Δαβὶδ ἀνεπίγραφος παρ' Ἑβραίοις. • ᾿Ανεπίγραφος μὲν ὁ ψαλμὸς, διδάσκει δὲ τῆς εἰς Θεὸν ἐλπίδος τὸ ἄμαχον. Ὁ γὰρ μακάριος Δαβὶδ πνευματικοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τὰ κατὰ τὸν μακάριον Ἐζεκίαν πόῤῥωθεν θεασάμενος, καὶ ἰδὼν ὅπως εἰς Θεὸν ἐλπίσας τὴν ᾿Ασσυρίων κατέλυσε στρατείαν, τοῦτον εἴρηκε τὸν ψαλμὸν, πάντας διδάσκων ἀνθρώπους, ὅσην ἀγαθῶν ἔχει φορὰν τὸ πεποιθέναι Θεῷ, [ ἣν ἕκαστος διὰ ταύτης ποδηγούμενος τῆς ᾠδῆς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἀσφαλιζόμενος καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πεποίθησιν ἔχων πρὸς τὸν Σωτῆρα ἀντιβολεῖ]. « Ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν βοηθείᾳ τοῦ Ὑψίστου, ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ αὐλισθήσεται. » τῇ θείᾳ, φησὶ, κηδεμονίᾳ θαῤῥῶν, τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ φυλακῆς ἀπολαύσεται, καὶ τοῦτον ἕξει περίβολον ὀχυρὸν, καὶ ἀσφάλειαν ἄσυλον. [Ὅτε δὲ φορέσειε τὸν θυρεὸν τοῦτον καὶ ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ βοηθούμενος ἄτρωτος φυλαχθείη, τότε ἐρεῖ ·]
« Ainos ǭdēs tǭ Dabid anepigraphos par' Hebraiois. • ᾿Anepigraphos men ho psalmos, didaskei de tēs eis Theon elpidos to amachon. Ho gar makarios Dabid pneumatikois ophthalmois ta kata ton makarion Ezekian porrhōthen theasamenos, kai idōn hopōs eis Theon elpisas tēn ᾿Assyriōn katelyse strateian, touton eirēke ton psalmon, pantas didaskōn anthrōpous, hosēn agathōn echei phoran to pepoithenai Theǭ, [ hēn hekastos dia tautēs podēgoumenos tēs ǭdēs ton heautou bion asphalizomenos kai tēn heautou pepoithēsin echōn pros ton Sōtēra antibolei]. « Ho katoikōn en boētheią tou Hypsistou, en skepę̄ tou Theou tou ouranou aulisthēsetai. » tę̄ theią, phēsi, kēdemonią tharrhōn, tēs para tou Theou tou ouranou phylakēs apolausetai, kai touton hexei peribolon ochyron, kai asphaleian asylon. [Hote de phoreseie ton thyreon touton kai hyp᾿ autou boēthoumenos atrōtos phylachtheiē, tote erei ;]
"Praise of an ode, of David; untitled among the Hebrews." The psalm is untitled, but it teaches the invincibility of hope in God. For the blessed David, seeing from afar with spiritual eyes the events of the blessed Hezekiah's time, and seeing how, hoping in God, he destroyed the army of the Assyrians, spoke this psalm, teaching all men what an abundance of good things trust in God brings [which each, guided by this song, securing his own life and having his trust in the Savior, begs]. "He who dwells in the help of the Most High will lodge in the shelter of the God of heaven." "He who trusts in divine care," he says, "will enjoy protection from the God of heaven and will have him as a strong wall and inviolable security." [And when he has put on this shield and, helped by him, is kept unwounded, then he will say:]
Ps 91:1 (90:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 19:35 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91, title and verse 1: foreseeing Hezekiah's trust and the Assyrian defeat, David teaches that whoever trusts in God dwells under his shelter.
- The bracketed passages are bracketed in Migne (one opening bracket supplied), probably additions from the catena; the first is garbled.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (opening bracket lost in the OCR; stray letters (OCR)): • Αἶνος δε ᾠδῆς → « Αἶνος ᾠδῆς; ᾿Ανεπίγραφος μὲν δε ὁ ψαλμὸς → ᾿Ανεπίγραφος μὲν ὁ ψαλμὸς; Ὁ δε γὰρ μακάριος → Ὁ γὰρ μακάριος; ᾿Ασσυρίων δο κατέλυσε → ᾿Ασσυρίων κατέλυσε; Ὅτε δὲ φορέσειε → [Ὅτε δὲ φορέσειε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.1 (PG 80 80:1607; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.2PG 80 80:1607
· Ἐρεῖ τῷ Θεῷ Αντιλήπτωρ μου εἶ, καὶ καταφυγή μου, ὁ Θεός μου, καὶ ἐλπιῶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν. • Βεβαίαν γὰρ ἔχων τὴν εἰς αὐτὸν ἐλπίδα, καὶ προστάτην καλέσει, καὶ κηδεμόνα, καὶ περίβολον ἀκατάλυτον.
; Erei tǭ Theǭ Antilēptōr mou ei, kai kataphygē mou, ho Theos mou, kai elpiō ep᾿ auton. • Bebaian gar echōn tēn eis auton elpida, kai prostatēn kalesei, kai kēdemona, kai peribolon akatalyton.
"He will say to the Lord, 'You are my helper and my refuge, my God, and I will hope in him.'" "For having firm hope in him, he will call him protector, guardian, and an indestructible wall."
Ps 91:2 (90:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:2: the one who trusts God calls him helper and refuge.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.2 (PG 80 80:1607; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.3PG 80 80:1609
« Ὅτι αὐτὸς ῥύσεταί με ἐκ παγίδος θηρευτῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ λόγου ταραχώδους. » Ἐντεῦθεν λοιπὸν πρὸς αὐτὸν ποιεῖται τὸν πεπιστευκότα τοὺς λόγους, καὶ παραθαῤῥύνει λέγων, ὡς οὐ μόνον προφανῶν αὐτὸν πολεμίων ἀποφαίνει κρείττονα, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐνεδρευόντων, καὶ λοχώντων, καὶ λάθρα τυρευόντων τὴν ἐπιβουλήν. Διὰ μὲν γὰρ τῆς παγίδος τὰς λαθραίας ἐπιβουλὰς παρεδήλωσε. Τὸν δὲ ταραχώδη λόγον, ἐπηρείας λόγον ὁ Σύμμαχος εἴρηκε. Τοιοῦτοι δὲ οἱ ψεῦδος καὶ συκοφαντίας ῥάπτοντες. ᾿Αλλ' ὅμως καὶ τούτων κρείττους ἐγένοντο διὰ τῆς εἰς τὸν Θεὸν ἐλπίδος πολλοί. Οὕτως ὁ μέγας Ἰωσὴφ, μοιχείας ὑπομείνας συκοφαντίαν, τοὺς δὲ ταύτης παγίδας ἀπέφυγεν. οὕτως ἡ θαυμασία Σουσάννα τῆς ἄνωθεν ἐπικουρίας ἀπήλαυσεν. [Καὶ οὐ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μέχρι τοῦ παρόντος μυριάδας ἀναριθμήτους καὶ ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἔγνωμεν σωθείσας.]
« Hoti autos rhysetai me ek pagidos thēreutōn, kai apo logou tarachōdous. » Enteuthen loipon pros auton poieitai ton pepisteukota tous logous, kai paratharrhynei legōn, hōs ou monon prophanōn auton polemiōn apophainei kreittona, alla kai tōn enedreuontōn, kai lochōntōn, kai lathra tyreuontōn tēn epiboulēn. Dia men gar tēs pagidos tas lathraias epiboulas paredēlōse. Ton de tarachōdē logon, epēreias logon ho Symmachos eirēke. Toioutoi de hoi pseudos kai sykophantias rhaptontes. ᾿All' homōs kai toutōn kreittous egenonto dia tēs eis ton Theon elpidos polloi. Houtōs ho megas Iōsēph, moicheias hypomeinas sykophantian, tous de tautēs pagidas apephygen. houtōs hē thaumasia Sousanna tēs anōthen epikourias apēlausen. [Kai ou monon, alla kai mechri tou parontos myriadas anarithmētous kai ēkousamen kai egnōmen sōtheisas.]
"For he will rescue me from the snare of hunters and from a troubling word." From here on he directs his words to the believer himself and encourages him, saying that God makes him stronger not only than open enemies, but also than those who lie in ambush and wait and secretly contrive plots. By the snare he indicated secret plots. For "troubling word" Symmachus said "word of insult"; such are those who stitch together falsehood and slander. Yet many have prevailed over these too through hope in God. So the great Joseph, slandered with adultery, escaped its snares; so the wonderful Susanna enjoyed help from above. [And not only these, but even to the present we have heard of and known countless thousands saved.]
Ps 91:3 (90:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 39:17 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 91:3: God frees those who trust him from hidden snares and slander, as with Joseph and Susanna.
- The final sentence is bracketed in Migne (opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena. "Adultery" renders μοιχεία.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (opening bracket lost in the OCR; stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray word (OCR)): ῥύσεταί με τ' ἐκ παγίδος → ῥύσεταί με ἐκ παγίδος; καὶ ἀπὸ το λόγου → καὶ ἀπὸ λόγου; προφανῶν τὸ αὐτὸν → προφανῶν αὐτὸν; Διὰ μὲν γὰρ τῆς παγίδος τὸ τὰς → Διὰ μὲν γὰρ τῆς παγίδος τὰς; Καὶ οὐ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μέχρι → [Καὶ οὐ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μέχρι.
Extrabiblical texts: Sus 1-64 (Susanna [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.3 (PG 80 80:1609; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-3). (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.
90.4PG 80 80:1609
« Ἐν τοῖς μεταφρένοις αὐτοῦ ἐπισκιάσει σοι, καὶ ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ ἐλπιεῖς Πρόμαχος γάρ σου γενήσεται, καὶ καλύψει σε πολεμούμενον. Τέθεικε δὲ τοῦτο ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν πρώτων ἐν πολέμοις ἑστώτων, καὶ τοῖς μεταφρένοις καλυπτόντων τοὺς ὄπισθεν. Πτέρυγας δὲ καλεῖ τῆς Προνοίας τὰς ἐνεργείας. Τέθεικε δὲ τοῦτο τῇ τῶν ὀρνίθων εἰκόνι χρησάμενος · καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι τοῖς πτεροῖς τοὺς νεοττοὺς συγκαλύπτουσιν . Οὕτως ὁ μακάριος Μωσῆς τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ κηδεμονίαν ἐκάλεσε. Διεφύλαξεν αὐτοὺς, φησὶν, ὡς κόρην ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὡς ἀετὸς, σκεπάσαι νοσσιὰν ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς νεοσσοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐπεπόθησε, διεὶς τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ ἐδέξατο αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν μεταφρένων αὐτοῦ. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Δεσπότης πρὸς τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἔφη · « Ποσάκις ἐθέλησα συναγαγεῖν τὰ τέκνα σου, ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις ἐπισυνάγει τὰ νοσσία ἑαυτῆς , καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσατε; ,
« En tois metaphrenois autou episkiasei soi, kai hypo tas pterygas autou elpieis Promachos gar sou genēsetai, kai kalypsei se polemoumenon. Tetheike de touto ek metaphoras tōn prōtōn en polemois hestōtōn, kai tois metaphrenois kalyptontōn tous opisthen. Pterygas de kalei tēs Pronoias tas energeias. Tetheike de touto tę̄ tōn ornithōn eikoni chrēsamenos ; kai gar ekeinoi tois pterois tous neottous synkalyptousin . Houtōs ho makarios Mōsēs tēn tou Theou kēdemonian ekalese. Diephylaxen autous, phēsin, hōs korēn ophthalmou, hōs aetos, skepasai nossian heautou, kai epi tois neossois autou epepothēse, dieis tas pterygas autou edexato autous, kai anelaben autous epi tōn metaphrenōn autou. Touto kai ho Despotēs pros tēn Hierousalēm ephē ; « Posakis ethelēsa synagagein ta tekna sou, hon tropon ornis episynagei ta nossia heautēs , kai ouk ēthelēsate? ,
"With his back he will overshadow you, and under his wings you will hope." "He will become your champion and cover you when you are attacked." He put this as a figure taken from those who stand first in battle and cover those behind with their backs. He calls the workings of providence "wings," using the image of birds; for they cover their nestlings with their wings. So the blessed Moses described God's care: "He guarded them," he says, "as the apple of the eye, as an eagle shelters its nest and yearns over its young; spreading its wings it received them and took them up on its back." The Master too said this to Jerusalem: "How often I wished to gather your children, as a bird gathers her young, and you were not willing!"
Ps 91:4 (90:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 32:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 32:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 23:37 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:4: God shields the faithful like a front-line soldier and like a bird with its wings, as in Deuteronomy and Christ's lament over Jerusalem.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR); stray word (OCR)): μεταφρένοις ΄καλυπτόντων → μεταφρένοις καλυπτόντων; καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς νεοσσοῖς → καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς νεοσσοῖς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.4 (PG 80 80:1609; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-4). (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.
90.5PG 80 80:1609
« Ὅπλῳ κυκλώσει σε ἡ ἀλήθεια αὐτοῦ. » Ἐπειδὴ λόγου ταραχώδους καὶ ψεύδους ἐμνημόνευσεν ἄνω, εἰκότως ἐνταῦθα ὑπέσχετο πανοπλίαν αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι τὴν ἀλήθειαν. • Οὐ φοβηθήσῃ ἀπὸ φόβου νυκτερινοῦ, ἀπὸ βέλους πετομένου ἡμέρας, ᾿Απὸ πράγματος· ἐν σκότει διαπορευομένου, ἀπὸ συμπτώματος καὶ δαιμονίου μεσημβρινοῦ. » Οὐ μόνων δὲ τῶν αἰσθητῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν νοητῶν περιγενήσῃ δυσμενῶν διὰ τῆς θείας ἑλπίδος, καὶ διαφεύξῃ καὶ τὰς νύκτωρ ἐπιούσας ἐπιβουλὰς', καὶ τὰς μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν γενομένας παρὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν προσβολὰς, καὶ θάρσος ἔχων, ἅτε δὴ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ φρουρούμενος, ἐξελάσεις τὸ δέος, καὶ οὔτε μεσούσης ἡμέρας ἀγωνιάσεις, ἀλλὰ τὰς τῶν δαιμόνων ἐπιβουλὰς διαδράσεις, τῆς ἄνωθεν ἐπικουρίας μεταλαγχάνων. Δαιμόνιον δὲ μεσημβρινὸν κατὰ τὴν παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς κατέχουσαν τέθεικε δόξαν. Εἰκὸς δὲ καὶ τοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπιβούλους, μετὰ τροφὴν καὶ τὸν κόρον, ὡς ἐφ᾿ ἕτοιμον θήραμα τρέχειν, καὶ τοὺς ἐρήμους τῆς ἄνωθεν κηδεμονίας καταδουλοῦσθαι ῥᾳδίως.
« Hoplǭ kyklōsei se hē alētheia autou. » Epeidē logou tarachōdous kai pseudous emnēmoneusen anō, eikotōs entautha hypescheto panoplian autou genesthai tēn alētheian. • Ou phobēthēsę̄ apo phobou nykterinou, apo belous petomenou hēmeras, ᾿Apo pragmatos; en skotei diaporeuomenou, apo symptōmatos kai daimoniou mesēmbrinou. » Ou monōn de tōn aisthētōn, alla kai tōn noētōn perigenēsę̄ dysmenōn dia tēs theias helpidos, kai diapheuxę̄ kai tas nyktōr epiousas epiboulas', kai tas meth᾽ hēmeran genomenas para tōn echthrōn prosbolas, kai tharsos echōn, hate dē hypo tou Theou phrouroumenos, exelaseis to deos, kai oute mesousēs hēmeras agōniaseis, alla tas tōn daimonōn epiboulas diadraseis, tēs anōthen epikourias metalanchanōn. Daimonion de mesēmbrinon kata tēn para tois pollois katechousan tetheike doxan. Eikos de kai tous tōn anthrōpōn epiboulous, meta trophēn kai ton koron, hōs eph᾿ hetoimon thērama trechein, kai tous erēmous tēs anōthen kēdemonias katadoulousthai rhądiōs.
"His truth will surround you with a shield." Since above he mentioned a troubling word and falsehood, he rightly promised here that truth would be his full armor. "You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, of the thing that walks in darkness, of mischance and the noonday demon." "You will prevail not only over the enemies of sense but also over the spiritual ones through hope in God, and you will escape both the plots that come by night and the attacks of enemies by day; and having courage, since you are guarded by God, you will drive out fear; and you will not be in anguish even at midday, but will escape the plots of the demons, sharing in help from above." He put "noonday demon" according to the opinion prevailing among most people. It is likely, too, that plotters against men, after a meal and when full, run as to ready prey and easily enslave those bereft of help from above.
Ps 91:5 (90:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 91:6 (90:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 91:5-6: God's truth shields the faithful from enemies seen and unseen, by night and at noon.
- "The noonday demon" follows the Septuagint (δαιμόνιον μεσημβρινόν).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ἀπὸ βέΑ΄λους → ἀπὸ βέλους; Οὐ μόνων ὁ δὲ τῶν → Οὐ μόνων δὲ τῶν; κατέχουσαν " τέθεικε → κατέχουσαν τέθεικε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.5 (PG 80 80:1609; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-5). (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.
90.7PG 80 80:1611
« Πεσεῖται ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους σου χιλιάς · καὶ μυριὰς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου· πρὸς σὲ δὲ οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ. Πλὴν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου κατανοήσεις, καὶ ἀνταπόδοσιν ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄψει. • ᾿Αντὶ τοῦ κλίτους σου, ὁ Σύμμαχος καὶ ὁ ᾿Ακύλας, ἐκ πλαγίου τεθείκασιν. Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι Κἂν ἐκ δεξιῶν σου, κἂν ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου, πλῆθος ἄπειρον ἐξέλθῃ, σοὶ μὲν οὐδεμία προσγίνεται λώβη, ὄψῃ δὲ ἐκείνους θείᾳ καταβαλλομένους πληγῇ. Τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἐζεκίου γεγένηται· ὀκτωκαίδεκα γὰρ μυριάδες, καὶ πέντε χιλιάδες τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων κατηκοντίσθησαν πολεμικῶν ὀργάνων χωρίς. Οὕτως ἐπὶ τοῦ Γεδεών, οὕτως ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰωνάθαν, καὶ μέντοι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰωσαφάτ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ προφήτου Ελισσαίου αὐτὸ τοῦτο γεγένηται.
« Peseitai ek tou klitous sou chilias ; kai myrias ek dexiōn sou; pros se de ouk engiei. Plēn tois ophthalmois sou katanoēseis, kai antapodosin hamartōlōn opsei. • ᾿Anti tou klitous sou, ho Symmachos kai ho ᾿Akylas, ek plagiou tetheikasin. Legei de, hoti Kan ek dexiōn sou, kan ex euōnymōn sou, plēthos apeiron exelthę̄, soi men oudemia prosginetai lōbē, opsę̄ de ekeinous theią kataballomenous plēgę̄. Touto kai epi tou Ezekiou gegenētai; oktōkaideka gar myriades, kai pente chiliades tōn ᾿Assyriōn katēkontisthēsan polemikōn organōn chōris. Houtōs epi tou Gedeōn, houtōs epi tou Iōnathan, kai mentoi kai epi tou Iōsaphat, kai epi tou prophētou Elissaiou auto touto gegenētai.
"A thousand will fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. Only with your eyes you will observe and see the repayment of sinners." For "at your side" Symmachus and Aquila put "from the flank." He says: "Even if a countless multitude comes out on your right and your left, no harm will come to you, but you will see them struck down by a divine blow." This happened under Hezekiah; for a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the Assyrians were struck down without weapons of war. So it happened under Gideon, so under Jonathan, and indeed under Jehoshaphat and under the prophet Elisha.
Ps 91:7 (90:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 91:8 (90:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 19:35 (allusion, high confidence) · Judg 7:22 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 14:13 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Chr 20:22 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 6:18 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 91:7-8: thousands may fall around the faithful while God protects them, as at the Assyrian defeat and in the days of Gideon, Jonathan, Jehoshaphat, and Elisha.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word with stray letter (OCR)): γεγέΟ νηται → γεγένηται.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.7 (PG 80 80:1611; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.9PG 80 80:1611
«Ὅτι σὺ, Κύριε, ἡ ἐλπίς μου, τὸν Ὕψιστον ἔθου καταφυγήν σου . » Ταύτης δὲ, φησὶ, τῆς προμηθείας ἀπολαύσαις, τῇ εἰς Θεὸν ἐλπίδι χρησάμενος, καὶ τοῦτον καταφυγὴν ποιησάμενος. Ελλείπει γὰρ τῇ συνθήκῃ τοῦ λόγου τὸ εἶπας, σὺ, Κύριε, ἡ ἐλπίς μου. Ἰδίωμα γὰρ τοῦτο τῆς προφητικῆς συγγραφῆς, διαφερόντως δὲ τῶν ψαλμῶν. Ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως ἡ ἀκολουθία δῆλον ποιεῖ τὸ ἀμφίβολον. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐλπίζεις εἰς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ εἰς ἐπικουρίαν αὐτὸν καλεῖς, τῆς παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ κηδεμονίας τυγχάνεις.
«Hoti sy, Kyrie, hē elpis mou, ton Hypsiston ethou kataphygēn sou . » Tautēs de, phēsi, tēs promētheias apolausais, tę̄ eis Theon elpidi chrēsamenos, kai touton kataphygēn poiēsamenos. Elleipei gar tę̄ synthēkę̄ tou logou to eipas, sy, Kyrie, hē elpis mou. Idiōma gar touto tēs prophētikēs syngraphēs, diapherontōs de tōn psalmōn. All᾿ homōs hē akolouthia dēlon poiei to amphibolon. Epeidē gar, phēsin, elpizeis eis ton Theon, kai eis epikourian auton kaleis, tēs par᾿ autou kēdemonias tynchaneis.
"For you, Lord, are my hope; you have made the Most High your refuge." "You will enjoy this providence," he says, "by using hope in God and making him your refuge." For "you said" is missing from the construction of the sentence: "[You said,] 'You, Lord, are my hope.'" This is a peculiarity of prophetic writing, and especially of the psalms. Yet the sequence makes the ambiguity plain: "Since you hope in God and call him to help, you obtain his care."
Ps 91:9 (90:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:9: whoever makes the Most High his refuge receives his care; Theodoret notes the elliptical construction.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin letters and hyphen inside a word (OCR)): προVe-φητικῆς → προφητικῆς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.9 (PG 80 80:1611; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.10PG 80 80:1611
« Οὐ προσελεύσεται πρὸς σὲ κακὰ, καὶ μάστιξ οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ ἐν τῷ σκηνώματί σου. » Κρείττων ἔσῃ τῶν διαβολικῶν προσβολῶν, καὶ βλάβην ἐκεῖθεν οὐ δέξῃ. Οὕτως ἡ θεία χάρις τὴν τοῦ Ἰὼβ περιέφραττεν οἰκίαν · καὶ μάρτυς ὁ πολέμιος βοῶν: « Οὐ σὺ περιέφραξας τὰ ἔσωθεν καὶ τὰ ἔξωθεν τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ; · Ἐπειδὴ δὲ συνεχώρησε, κἀκεῖνος τὴν οἰκείαν ἔδειξε πονηρίαν, καὶ ὁ δίκαιος κριτὴς τὸν νικηφόρον ἐστεφάνωσεν ἀθλητήν.
« Ou proseleusetai pros se kaka, kai mastix ouk engiei en tǭ skēnōmati sou. » Kreittōn esę̄ tōn diabolikōn prosbolōn, kai blabēn ekeithen ou dexę̄. Houtōs hē theia charis tēn tou Iōb periephratten oikian ; kai martys ho polemios boōn: « Ou sy periephraxas ta esōthen kai ta exōthen tēs oikias autou? ; Epeidē de synechōrēse, kakeinos tēn oikeian edeixe ponērian, kai ho dikaios kritēs ton nikēphoron estephanōsen athlētēn.
"Evils will not come near you, and a scourge will not approach your dwelling." "You will be stronger than the devil's attacks and will receive no harm from them." So divine grace fenced the house of Job; and the enemy is witness, crying, "Did you not fence in what is inside and outside his house?" But when God permitted, that one showed his own wickedness, and the just judge crowned the victorious athlete.
Ps 91:10 (90:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Job 1:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:10: God guards the faithful from the devil, as he fenced Job's house, and crowns them when tested.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray dash (OCR)): Κρείττων ἔσῃ – τῶν → Κρείττων ἔσῃ τῶν; ἐκεῖθεν οὐ – δέξῃ → ἐκεῖθεν οὐ δέξῃ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.10 (PG 80 80:1611; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.11PG 80 80:1613
«Ὅτι τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ, τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου. » Τοῦτο καὶ ἐν τῷ λγ' ἔφη ψαλμῷ· · Παρεμβαλεῖ ἄγγελος Κυρίου κύκλῳ τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτὸν, καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτούς. » Ἠκούσαμεν δὲ καὶ Ἰακὼβ τοῦ πατριάρχου λέγοντος· « Ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ ῥυσάμενός με ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν. » Καὶ ὁ μέγας Ἀβραὰμ τὸν οἰκέτην παραθαῤῥύνων ἔφη, « ῾Ὁ Θεὸς ἀποστελεῖ τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώπου σου, καὶ λήψῃ γυναῖκα Ἰσαὰκ τῷ υἱῷ μου ἐκεῖθεν. » Πανταχόθεν τοίνυν μανθάνομεν, ὡς δι᾿ ἀγγέλων φρουρεῖ τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν πεποιθότας ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεός.
«Hoti tois angelois autou enteleitai peri sou, tou diaphylaxai se en pasais tais hodois sou. » Touto kai en tǭ lg' ephē psalmǭ; ; Parembalei angelos Kyriou kyklǭ tōn phoboumenōn auton, kai rhysetai autous. » Ēkousamen de kai Iakōb tou patriarchou legontos; « Ho angelos ho rhysamenos me ek pantōn tōn kakōn. » Kai ho megas Abraam ton oiketēn paratharrhynōn ephē, « ῾Ho Theos apostelei ton angelon autou pro prosōpou sou, kai lēpsę̄ gynaika Isaak tǭ huiǭ mou ekeithen. » Pantachothen toinyn manthanomen, hōs di᾿ angelōn phrourei tous eis auton pepoithotas ho tōn holōn Theos.
"For he will command his angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways." He said this in the thirty-third psalm too: "The angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear him and will rescue them." And we have heard the patriarch Jacob say, "The angel who rescued me from all evils"; and the great Abraham, encouraging his servant, said, "God will send his angel before you, and you will take a wife from there for my son Isaac." From every side, then, we learn that the God of all guards those who trust in him through angels.
Ps 91:11 (90:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 34:7 (33:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 48:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 24:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:11: God guards the faithful through his angels, as Scripture shows with Jacob and Abraham's servant.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip): τὸν οἱκέτην → τὸν οἰκέτην.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.11 (PG 80 80:1613; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.12PG 80 80:1613
« Ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσί σε, μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου.» Τῆς παντοδαπῆς παρ' αὐτῶν ἀπολαύσεις προνοίας, ἵνα μηδὲ βραχεῖά σου ποθὲν προσγένηται βλάβη· τὸ σμικρὸν γὰρ τῆς βλάβης, διὰ τοῦ προσπταῖσαι τῷ λίθῳ δεδήλωκε. Τὸ δέ· · Ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσί σε, › ἀντὶ τοῦ χειραγωγήσουσι, ποδηγήσουσι, παντοδαπὴν ἐπικουρίαν προσοίσουσιν.
« Epi cheirōn arousi se, mēpote proskopsę̄s pros lithon ton poda sou.» Tēs pantodapēs par' autōn apolauseis pronoias, hina mēde bracheia sou pothen prosgenētai blabē; to smikron gar tēs blabēs, dia tou prosptaisai tǭ lithǭ dedēlōke. To de; ; Epi cheirōn arousi se, › anti tou cheiragōgēsousi, podēgēsousi, pantodapēn epikourian prosoisousin.
"On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone." "You will enjoy their providence of every kind, so that not even slight harm may come to you from anywhere"; for he showed the smallness of the harm by stumbling against a stone. "On their hands they will bear you up" means "they will lead you by the hand, guide you, and give you help of every kind."
Ps 91:12 (90:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:12: the angels guide and help the faithful so that no harm befalls them.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): βραχεῖά ε σου → βραχεῖά σου.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.12 (PG 80 80:1613; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.13PG 80 80:1613
« Ἐπ᾿ ἀσπίδα καὶ βασιλίσκον ἐπιβήσῃ, καὶ καταπατήσεις λέοντα καὶ δράκοντα. » Τῶν δυνατωτάτων καὶ πικροτάτων ἐμνήσθη θηρίων, τὴν κατὰ παντὸς εἴδους πονηρίας ἐπικράτειαν δηλῶσαι θελήσας. Διὰ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ λέοντος καὶ τοῦ δράκοντος τὴν ἰσχὺν ἐσήμανε· δυνατὰ γὰρ ταῦτα κομιδῆ τὰ θηρία. Διὰ δὲ τῆς ἀσπίδος καὶ τοῦ βασιλίσκου, τὴν ἄκραν πονηρίαν ἠνίξατο. Ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐνίησι θανατηφόρον ἰὸν, ὁ δὲ καὶ τῇ θέᾳ λώβην ἐργάζεται. Καὶ αὐτῶν μέντοι τῶν θηρίων κρείττους ἐγένοντο πολλοὶ πεπιστευκότες Θεῷ. Οὕτως ὁ θαυμάσιος Δανιὴλ τὰ τῶν λεόντων ἐπέδησε στόματα· οὕτως ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐχίδνης οὐκ ἐδέξατο βλάβην· [καὶ ἵνα συντόμως εἴπω, ἐπὶ τὰ παλαιὰ ἀναδράμωμεν· ] οὕτως ὁ Νῶε, τοῖς θηρίοις συνδιαιτώμενος ἀλύμαντος διεσώθη. Οὕτω μυρίοι τὸν ἐρημικὸν ἀσπασάμενοι βίον, καὶ θηρίοις συμβιοτεύοντες διὰ τῆς εἰς τὸν Θεὸν ἐλπίδος τῆς τούτων περιγίνονται λύμης.
« Ep᾿ aspida kai basiliskon epibēsę̄, kai katapatēseis leonta kai drakonta. » Tōn dynatōtatōn kai pikrotatōn emnēsthē thēriōn, tēn kata pantos eidous ponērias epikrateian dēlōsai thelēsas. Dia men gar tou leontos kai tou drakontos tēn ischyn esēmane; dynata gar tauta komidē ta thēria. Dia de tēs aspidos kai tou basiliskou, tēn akran ponērian ēnixato. Hē men gar eniēsi thanatēphoron ion, ho de kai tę̄ theą lōbēn ergazetai. Kai autōn mentoi tōn thēriōn kreittous egenonto polloi pepisteukotes Theǭ. Houtōs ho thaumasios Daniēl ta tōn leontōn epedēse stomata; houtōs ho thespesios Paulos tēn apo tēs echidnēs ouk edexato blabēn; [kai hina syntomōs eipō, epi ta palaia anadramōmen; ] houtōs ho Nōe, tois thēriois syndiaitōmenos alymantos diesōthē. Houtō myrioi ton erēmikon aspasamenoi bion, kai thēriois symbioteuontes dia tēs eis ton Theon elpidos tēs toutōn periginontai lymēs.
"You will tread on the asp and the basilisk, and trample the lion and the dragon." He mentioned the most powerful and bitter beasts, wishing to show mastery over every kind of wickedness. By the lion and the dragon he signified strength, for these beasts are very powerful; by the asp and the basilisk he hinted at extreme wickedness, for the one injects deadly venom and the other does harm even by its look. And many who trusted in God became stronger than the beasts themselves. So the wonderful Daniel bound the mouths of the lions; so the inspired Paul received no harm from the viper; [and, to speak briefly, let us run back to ancient times:] so Noah, living with the wild beasts, was preserved unharmed. So countless people who have embraced the life of the desert, living among wild beasts, overcome their harm through hope in God.
Ps 91:13 (90:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 6:22 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 28:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 7:15 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:13: trust in God gives mastery over every evil, as Daniel with the lions, Paul with the viper, Noah with the beasts, and desert monks show.
- The bracketed clause is bracketed in Migne (opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; opening bracket lost in the OCR; stray letters (OCR); stray word (OCR)): Δανιὴλ τὰδι τῶν λεόντων → Δανιὴλ τὰ τῶν λεόντων; Παῦλος δὲ τὴν ἀπὸ → Παῦλος τὴν ἀπὸ; καὶ ἵνα συντόμως εἴπω → [καὶ ἵνα συντόμως εἴπω; οὕτως , ὁ Νῶς → οὕτως ὁ Νῶε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.13 (PG 80 80:1613; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.14PG 80 80:1613
« "Ὅτι ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἤλπισε, καὶ ῥύσομαι αὐτὸν· σκεπάσω αὐτὸν, ὅτι ἔγνω τὸ ὄνομά μου. Κεκράξεται πρός με, καὶ ἐπακούσομαι αὐτοῦ. › Ταῦτα λοιπὸν ὁ τῶν ὅλων ἔφη Θεὸς, διδάσκων τίς ὁ τῆς ἐλπίδος καρπός· Ῥύσομαι γὰρ αὐτὸν, φησὶν, ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων ὁρατῶν τε καὶ ἀοράτων ἐπιβούλων, τῇ ἐμῇ ἐλπίδι φραξάμενον· διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸν φρουρήσω τε καὶ σκεπάσω, καὶ λαλοῦντος ἀκούσομαι, καὶ τὴν δέησιν δέξομαι. « Μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰμι ἐν θλίψει. » Κἄν τινι πειρασμῷ περιπέσῃ, συνέσομαι, καὶ τὴν ἀρκοῦσαν προσοίσω παραψυχήν. • Ἐξελοῦμαι. αὐτὸν, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτόν. » Οὐ μόνον δὲ αὐτὸν ἐλευθερώσω τῶν λυπηρῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ περίβλεπτον ἀπεργάσομαι.
« "Hoti ep᾿ eme ēlpise, kai rhysomai auton; skepasō auton, hoti egnō to onoma mou. Kekraxetai pros me, kai epakousomai autou. › Tauta loipon ho tōn holōn ephē Theos, didaskōn tis ho tēs elpidos karpos; Rhysomai gar auton, phēsin, ek tōn eirēmenōn horatōn te kai aoratōn epiboulōn, tę̄ emę̄ elpidi phraxamenon; dia touto auton phrourēsō te kai skepasō, kai lalountos akousomai, kai tēn deēsin dexomai. « Met᾿ autou eimi en thlipsei. » Kan tini peirasmǭ peripesę̄, synesomai, kai tēn arkousan prosoisō parapsychēn. • Exeloumai. auton, kai doxasō auton. » Ou monon de auton eleutherōsō tōn lypērōn, alla kai periblepton apergasomai.
"For he hoped in me, and I will rescue him; I will shelter him, because he knew my name. He will cry to me, and I will hear him." From here the God of all spoke, teaching what the fruit of hope is: "I will rescue him," he says, "from the visible and invisible plotters mentioned, since he has fortified himself with hope in me; for this reason I will guard and shelter him, hear him when he speaks, and accept his petition." "I am with him in affliction." "Even if he falls into some temptation, I will be with him and bring sufficient comfort." "I will deliver him and glorify him." "Not only will I free him from sorrows, but I will also make him conspicuous."
Ps 91:14 (90:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 91:15 (90:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:14-15: God himself promises to rescue, shelter, hear, accompany, and honor the one who hopes in him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray word (OCR)): ἤλπισε", καὶ → ἤλπισε, καὶ; ὁ δὲ τῶν ὅλων ἔφη Θεὸς → ὁ τῶν ὅλων ἔφη Θεὸς; ἐπιβού λων → ἐπιβούλων; αὐτὸν τὸ ἐλευθερώσω → αὐτὸν ἐλευθερώσω.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.14 (PG 80 80:1613; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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90.16PG 80 80:1615
« Μακρότητα ἡμερῶν ἐμπλήσω αὐτὸν, καὶ δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριόν μου. » Παρέξω δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ εἰς γῆρας ἐλάσαι βαθὺ, καὶ τὴν ἐσομένην αὐτῷ κατὰ τὸν μέλλοντα βίον σωτηρίαν προδείξω. Τούτων καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἀπήλαυσεν Εζεκίας. Προσθήκην γὰρ αἰτήσας ζωῆς, πέντε καὶ δέκα ἐτῶν ἔλαβεν ἀριθμόν· πολλὴν δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῆς τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων ἀπωλείας ἐκτήσατο περιφάνειαν · καὶ λίαν αὐτῷ ἁρμόττει τό· « Ἐξελοῦμαι αὐτὸν, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτὸν καὶ δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριόν μου. Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἅπαντες οἱ εἰς τὸν Θεὸν ἠλπικότες παντοδαπῶν ἀπολαύσουσιν ἀγαθῶν· ὡς καὶ αἱ παλαιαὶ διδάσκουσιν ἱστορίαι, καὶ τὰ νῦν ὁρώμενα μαρτυρεῖ.
« Makrotēta hēmerōn emplēsō auton, kai deixō autǭ to sōtērion mou. » Parexō de autǭ kai to eis gēras elasai bathy, kai tēn esomenēn autǭ kata ton mellonta bion sōtērian prodeixō. Toutōn kai ho makarios apēlausen Ezekias. Prosthēkēn gar aitēsas zōēs, pente kai deka etōn elaben arithmon; pollēn de kai ek tēs tōn ᾿Assyriōn apōleias ektēsato periphaneian ; kai lian autǭ harmottei to; « Exeloumai auton, kai doxasō auton kai deixō autǭ to sōtērion mou. Alla kai hapantes hoi eis ton Theon ēlpikotes pantodapōn apolausousin agathōn; hōs kai hai palaiai didaskousin historiai, kai ta nyn horōmena martyrei.
"With length of days I will fill him, and I will show him my salvation." "I will give him to reach a ripe old age, and I will show him beforehand the salvation that will be his in the life to come." The blessed Hezekiah enjoyed these things. For asking an addition of life, he received fifteen years; and he gained great renown from the destruction of the Assyrians; and "I will deliver him and glorify him, and I will show him my salvation" fits him very well. But all who have hoped in God too will enjoy good things of every kind, as the ancient histories teach and what is seen now bears witness.
Ps 91:16 (90:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 20:6 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 91:16: God gives long life and salvation to those who trust him, as Hezekiah received fifteen more years.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): Παρέξω τα δὲ αὐτῷ → Παρέξω δὲ αὐτῷ; ἐσομένην - αὐτῷ κατὰ τὸν το μέλλοντα → ἐσομένην αὐτῷ κατὰ τὸν μέλλοντα; Προσ θήκην → Προσθήκην; ᾿Ασσυ ρίων → ᾿Ασσυρίων; αὐτὸν καὶ το δείξω → αὐτὸν καὶ δείξω; μαρ. τυρεί → μαρτυρεῖ.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 90.16 (PG 80 80:1615; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/90-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 91
91.1PG 80 80:1615
« Ψαλμὸς ᾠδῆς, εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ Σαββάτου. » Τὸ Σάββατον ἀργίαν ἐνομοθέτει, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πᾶσαν ἀργίαν· τὴν γὰρ πνευματικὴν ἐργασίαν προσεδρεύειν ἐκέλευσε, καὶ τῷ Θεῷ διπλᾶς ἱερεύειν θυσίας· τῶν σωματικῶν τοίνυν πόνων παῦλαν ἔχειν ὁ περὶ τοῦ Σαββάτου διηγόρευσε νόμος. Ἐπεὶ τοίνυν καὶ ὁ μέλλων βίος τῶν τοιούτων ἐστὶ φροντίδων ἐλεύθερος, εἰκότως κατάπαυσις προσηγόρευται· διάτοι τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος βοᾷ • Σπουδάσωμεν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ. » Καὶ πάλιν· · ῎Αρα ἀπολείπεται σαββατισμὸς τῷ λαῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ. » Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ὁ ψαλμὸς τῶν δικαίων τὴν τιμὴν, καὶ τῶν ἀδίκων προλέγει τὴν τιμωρίαν, ἐν ἐκείνῃ δὲ τῇ καταπαύσει ταῦτα γενήσεται, εἰκότως ταύτην ἐδέξατο τὴν ἐπιγραφήν.
« Psalmos ǭdēs, eis tēn hēmeran tou Sabbatou. » To Sabbaton argian enomothetei, all᾽ ou pasan argian; tēn gar pneumatikēn ergasian prosedreuein ekeleuse, kai tǭ Theǭ diplas hiereuein thysias; tōn sōmatikōn toinyn ponōn paulan echein ho peri tou Sabbatou diēgoreuse nomos. Epei toinyn kai ho mellōn bios tōn toioutōn esti phrontidōn eleutheros, eikotōs katapausis prosēgoreutai; diatoi touto kai ho makarios Paulos boą • Spoudasōmen eiselthein eis tēn katapausin autou. » Kai palin; ; ᾿Ara apoleipetai sabbatismos tǭ laǭ tou Theou. » Epeidē toinyn ho psalmos tōn dikaiōn tēn timēn, kai tōn adikōn prolegei tēn timōrian, en ekeinę̄ de tę̄ katapausei tauta genēsetai, eikotōs tautēn edexato tēn epigraphēn.
"A psalm of an ode, for the day of the Sabbath." The Sabbath enjoined rest, but not total rest; for it commanded attention to spiritual work and the offering of double sacrifices to God. So the law concerning the Sabbath prescribed a pause from bodily labors. Since, then, the life to come is free of such cares, it is rightly called a rest. For this reason the blessed Paul too cries, "Let us strive to enter his rest," and again, "So then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God." Since, then, the psalm foretells the honor of the righteous and the punishment of the unjust, and these will happen in that rest, it rightly received this title.
Ps 92:1 (91:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Num 28:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 4:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 4:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92, title: the Sabbath, a rest from bodily labor for spiritual work, figures the rest of the life to come, when the just are honored and the unjust punished.
- A fragment at the opening of this section ("made manifold; for with prayers and hymns"), displaced by the OCR from an unknown place, is removed by a logged correction.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (displaced fragment (OCR); split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR)): πολλαπλασίαν ἐποίει· εὐχαῖς γὰρ καὶ ὕμνοις το « Ψαλμὸς → « Ψαλμὸς; προσηγό ρευται → προσηγόρευται; Ἐπειδὴ θ τοίνυν → Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.1 (PG 80 80:1615; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.2PG 80 80:1617
« ᾿Αγαθὸν ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ψάλλειν τῷ ὀνόματί σου, Ὕψιστε. Τοῦ ἀναγγέλλειν τὸ πρωὶ τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου κατὰ νύκτα.» Ἐπωφελὲς, φησὶ, καὶ κερδαλέον τὸ νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν σὲ τὸν εὐεργέτην ὑμνεῖν, καὶ τὰς σὰς εὐεργεσίας διεξιέναι, τὴν περὶ ἡμᾶς φιλανθρωπίαν, τὴν κατὰ τῶν ἀδικούντων ἀλήθειαν. Ἐκείνους μὲν γὰρ ἀληθείᾳ χρώμενος κολάζεις ἐνδίκως, ἡμᾶς δὲ τὴν σὴν ἐπίγνωσιν ἔχοντας προμηθείας ἀξιοῖς.
« ᾿Agathon exomologeisthai tǭ Kyriǭ, kai psallein tǭ onomati sou, Hypsiste. Tou anangellein to prōi to eleos sou, kai tēn alētheian sou kata nykta.» Epōpheles, phēsi, kai kerdaleon to nyktōr kai meth᾽ hēmeran se ton euergetēn hymnein, kai tas sas euergesias diexienai, tēn peri hēmas philanthrōpian, tēn kata tōn adikountōn alētheian. Ekeinous men gar alētheią chrōmenos kolazeis endikōs, hēmas de tēn sēn epignōsin echontas promētheias axiois.
"It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your mercy in the morning and your truth by night." "It is profitable and gainful," he says, "to hymn you, the benefactor, night and day, and to recount your benefits: your love for humankind toward us and your truth against wrongdoers. For using truth you justly punish those, while you count us, who have the knowledge of you, worthy of providence."
Ps 92:1 (91:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 92:2 (91:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:1-2: it is good to praise God day and night for his mercy to his people and his truth against the wicked.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): ἐξομολογεῖσθαι θὲ τῷ → ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τῷ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.2 (PG 80 80:1617; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.4PG 80 80:1617
· Ἐν δεκαχόρδῳ ψαλτηρίῳ μετ' ᾠδῆς ἐν κιθάρᾳ. » Τοιούτοις ὀργάνοις εἰώθασι τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνεῖν· λέγει τοίνυν ὅτι, Καὶ ἐν τοῖς νενομισμένοις ἀνακρουομένους ὀργάνοις, καὶ τῇ τῆς γλώττης μελῳδία χρωμένους, δίκαιόν σοι προσφέρειν τὸν χαριστήριον ὕμνον.
; En dekachordǭ psaltēriǭ met' ǭdēs en kitharą. » Toioutois organois eiōthasi ton Theon anymnein; legei toinyn hoti, Kai en tois nenomismenois anakrouomenous organois, kai tę̄ tēs glōttēs melǭdia chrōmenous, dikaion soi prospherein ton charistērion hymnon.
"On a ten-stringed psaltery, with song on the lyre." They used to hymn God with such instruments. He says, then: "It is right to offer you the hymn of thanksgiving, playing the customary instruments and using the melody of the tongue."
Ps 92:3 (91:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:3: God is to be praised with instruments and song.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): δίκαιόν σοι' προσφέρειν → δίκαιόν σοι προσφέρειν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.4 (PG 80 80:1617; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.5PG 80 80:1617
« Ὅτι ηὔφρανάς με, Κύριε, ἐν τῷ ποιήματί σου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν σου ἀγαλλιάσομαι. » Ὁρῶν γάρ σου τὰς δημιουργίας, καὶ τὰς ἀῤῥήτους οἰκονομίας, ἀγάλλομαί τε καὶ γάννυμαι, καὶ τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς ἡδονῇ τὴν γλῶτταν εἰς ὑμνῳδίαν κινῶ. ·
« Hoti ēuphranas me, Kyrie, en tǭ poiēmati sou, kai en tois ergois tōn cheirōn sou agalliasomai. » Horōn gar sou tas dēmiourgias, kai tas arrhētous oikonomias, agallomai te kai gannymai, kai tę̄ tēs psychēs hēdonę̄ tēn glōttan eis hymnǭdian kinō. ;
"For you have gladdened me, Lord, in your making, and in the works of your hands I will rejoice." "For seeing your creations and your inexpressible dispensations, I rejoice and exult, and with the pleasure of my soul I move my tongue to hymnody."
Ps 92:4 (91:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 92:4: God's works and dispensations fill the psalmist with joy.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.5 (PG 80 80:1617; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.6PG 80 80:1617
«Ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου, Κύριε! σφόδρα ἐβαθύνθησαν οἱ λογισμοί σου. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως · Σφόδρα βαθεῖς οἱ διαλογισμοί σου· ᾿Ακύλας δὲ καὶ Θεοδοτίων· Ἐβαθύνθησαν. Τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἔργα σου, φησὶ, μεγάλα καὶ θαυμαστά· τὸ γὰρ ὡς ἐπιτατικῶς τέθεικεν· ἡ δὲ σοφία σου ἀνέφικτον ἔχει τὸ βάθος. Ποῖος γὰρ νοῦς ἱκανὸς ἐξετάσαι τῆς σῆς προνοίας τοὺς λόγους; ᾿Αλλ᾿ ἡμεῖς μὲν τοῦτο καὶ τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας διδάσκομεν. Οἱ δὲ φρενῶν ἐστερημένοι, καὶ τὸ λογικὸν ἀπολέσαντες, οὔτε συνιδεῖν ἐθέλουσιν, οὔτε μαθεῖν παρ᾿ ἑτέρων ἀνέχονται. Ταῦτα γὰρ ἐπιφέρει.
«Hōs emegalynthē ta erga sou, Kyrie! sphodra ebathynthēsan hoi logismoi sou. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs ; Sphodra batheis hoi dialogismoi sou; ᾿Akylas de kai Theodotiōn; Ebathynthēsan. Ta men gar erga sou, phēsi, megala kai thaumasta; to gar hōs epitatikōs tetheiken; hē de sophia sou anephikton echei to bathos. Poios gar nous hikanos exetasai tēs sēs pronoias tous logous? ᾿All᾿ hēmeis men touto kai tous agnoountas didaskomen. Hoi de phrenōn esterēmenoi, kai to logikon apolesantes, oute synidein ethelousin, oute mathein par᾿ heterōn anechontai. Tauta gar epipherei.
"How great are your works, Lord! Your thoughts are very deep." Symmachus has: "Your reasonings are very deep"; Aquila and Theodotion: "were deepened." "For your works," he says, "are great and wonderful" (he put "how" intensively), "and your wisdom has unreachable depth. For what mind is able to examine the reasons of your providence? But we teach this even to those who do not know; while those bereft of sense, who have lost reason, will neither see nor bear to learn from others." For this is what he adds.
Ps 92:5 (91:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:5: God's works are great and his wisdom unfathomable.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): Τὰ μὲν γὰρ ( ἔργα σου → Τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἔργα σου; καὶ τοὺς ὁ ἀγνοοῦντας → καὶ τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.6 (PG 80 80:1617; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.7PG 80 80:1617
« ᾿Ανὴρ ἄφρων οὐ γνώσεται, καὶ ἀσύνετος οὐ συνήσει ταῦτα. » Διαφόρως ταῦτα εἴρηκεν· ὅτι ὁ τὰς φρένας νοσῶν, καὶ συνέσεως ἔρημος, τούτων οὐδὲν γινώσκει, οὔτε μὴν ἀκοῦσαι βούλεταί τι περὶ τούτων.
« ᾿Anēr aphrōn ou gnōsetai, kai asynetos ou synēsei tauta. » Diaphorōs tauta eirēken; hoti ho tas phrenas nosōn, kai syneseōs erēmos, toutōn ouden ginōskei, oute mēn akousai bouletai ti peri toutōn.
"A senseless man will not know, and a fool will not understand these things." He said the same thing in different ways: one diseased in mind and bereft of understanding knows none of these things and does not even wish to hear anything about them.
Ps 92:6 (91:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:6: the foolish neither know nor wish to learn God's works.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἀσύνετος οὐ • συνήσει → ἀσύνετος οὐ συνήσει.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.7 (PG 80 80:1617; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.8PG 80 80:1617
« Ἐν τῷ ἀνατεῖλαι ἁμαρτωλοὺς ὡσεὶ χόρτον, καὶ διέκυψαν πάντες οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν, ὅπως ἂν ἐξολοθρευθῶσιν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος. » Τὸ διέκυψαν, ἤνθησαν ὁ ᾿Ακύλας εἴρηκεν· οὕτω δὲ καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος. Οὐκ ἡβουλήθησαν συνιέναι οἱ ἄφρονες, ὅτι ὁμοίως χόρτῳ ἥνθησαν, καὶ χλόῃ παραπλησίως ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς διέκυψαν οἱ τῆς ἀνομίας ἐργάται, καὶ τὸν ὄλεθρον τὸν αἰώνιον μετὰ τὴν παροῦσαν εὐημερίαν κομίσονται. Ζηλωτοὺς δὲ αὐτοὺς, καὶ μακαρίους καλέσαντες ὄψονται συντόμως ἑαυτῶν τὸ τρισάθλιον τέλος.
« En tǭ anateilai hamartōlous hōsei chorton, kai diekypsan pantes hoi ergazomenoi tēn anomian, hopōs an exolothreuthōsin eis ton aiōna tou aiōnos. » To diekypsan, ēnthēsan ho ᾿Akylas eirēken; houtō de kai ho Symmachos. Ouk hēboulēthēsan synienai hoi aphrones, hoti homoiōs chortǭ hēnthēsan, kai chloę̄ paraplēsiōs apo tēs gēs diekypsan hoi tēs anomias ergatai, kai ton olethron ton aiōnion meta tēn parousan euēmerian komisontai. Zēlōtous de autous, kai makarious kalesantes opsontai syntomōs heautōn to trisathlion telos.
"When sinners sprang up like grass and all who work lawlessness peeped out, it was that they might be destroyed forever and ever." For "peeped out" Aquila said "flowered"; so too Symmachus. "The senseless would not understand that the workers of lawlessness flowered like grass and peeped out of the earth like green shoots, and after their present prosperity they will receive eternal destruction." Those who called them enviable and blessed will soon see their thrice-wretched end.
Ps 92:7 (91:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:7: the wicked flourish like grass only to be destroyed forever.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): κομίσονται". Ζηλωτοὺς → κομίσονται. Ζηλωτοὺς; συντό μως → συντόμως.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.8 (PG 80 80:1617; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.9PG 80 80:1619
« Σὺ δὲ ὕψιστος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, Κύριε. Ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ ἐχθροί σου, Κύριε, ὅτι ἰδοὺ οἱ ἐχθροί σου ἀπολοῦνται· καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται πάντες οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν. » Ἐκεῖνοι μὲν γὰρ χόρτῳ παραπλησίως μαραίνονταί τε καὶ φθείρονται· σὺ δὲ κατὰ πάντων ἔχεις τὸ κράτος, πάντων ὑπέρτερος ὢν, καὶ τιμωρίαις ὑποβάλλων τοὺς παραπληξίᾳ κατεχομένους.
« Sy de hypsistos eis ton aiōna, Kyrie. Hoti idou hoi echthroi sou, Kyrie, hoti idou hoi echthroi sou apolountai; kai diaskorpisthēsontai pantes hoi ergazomenoi tēn anomian. » Ekeinoi men gar chortǭ paraplēsiōs marainontai te kai phtheirontai; sy de kata pantōn echeis to kratos, pantōn hyperteros ōn, kai timōriais hypoballōn tous paraplēxią katechomenous.
"But you are Most High forever, Lord. For behold, your enemies, Lord, for behold, your enemies will perish, and all who work lawlessness will be scattered." "For they wither and perish like grass; but you hold power over all, being above all and subjecting to punishment those held by madness."
Ps 92:8 (91:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 92:9 (91:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:8-9: God reigns forever while his enemies perish.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): κατεχομένους". → κατεχομένους..
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.9 (PG 80 80:1619; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.11PG 80 80:1619
« Καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὡς μονοκέρωτος τὸ κέρας μου. » Ἡμεῖς δὲ οἱ τὴν σὴν ἐπίγνωσιν ἔχοντες, τὴν τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου κατάλυσιν θεασάμενοι γαυριάσομεν ἐπὶ σοὶ καὶ μεγαφρονήσομεν · ἅτε δὴ τῆς πολυθέου πλάνης ἀπηλλαγμένοι, καὶ σὲ τὸν ὄντως ὄντα προσκυνοῦντες Θεὸν, [τὸ κέρας τοῦ σταυροῦ ὅπλον κατά παθῶν καὶ δαιμόνων δεξάμενοι.] Τὸν γὰρ μονόκερων πάλιν ἐνταῦθα παρήγαγεν, ἵνα διὰ τοῦ ἑνὸς κέρατος τὸν ἕνα παραδηλώσῃ Θεόν. "Ωσπερ γὰρ ἐκεῖνο τὸ ζῶον ἓν ἔλαβε παρὰ τῆς φύσεως κέρας, οὕτω τῆς εὐσεβείας οἱ τρόφιμοι μίαν προσκυνοῦσι θεότητα « Καὶ τὸ γῆράς μου ἐν ἐλαίῳ πίονι.» Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἡ παλαίωσίς μου, ὡς ἐλαία εὐθαλής. ᾿Ανθήσω γὰρ, καὶ τὸ γῆρας ἀποθήσομαι, ἐλαίαν τεθηλυῖαν μιμήσομαι, καὶ, κατὰ τοὺς Ἑβδομήκοντα , οἷόν τινι ἐλαίῳ πιανθήσομαι τῇ θυμηδίᾳ.
« Kai hypsōthēsetai hōs monokerōtos to keras mou. » Hēmeis de hoi tēn sēn epignōsin echontes, tēn tōn echthrōn sou katalysin theasamenoi gauriasomen epi soi kai megaphronēsomen ; hate dē tēs polytheou planēs apēllagmenoi, kai se ton ontōs onta proskynountes Theon, [to keras tou staurou hoplon kata pathōn kai daimonōn dexamenoi.] Ton gar monokerōn palin entautha parēgagen, hina dia tou henos keratos ton hena paradēlōsę̄ Theon. "Ōsper gar ekeino to zōon hen elabe para tēs physeōs keras, houtō tēs eusebeias hoi trophimoi mian proskynousi theotēta « Kai to gēras mou en elaiǭ pioni.» Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Hē palaiōsis mou, hōs elaia euthalēs. ᾿Anthēsō gar, kai to gēras apothēsomai, elaian tethēluian mimēsomai, kai, kata tous Hebdomēkonta , hoion tini elaiǭ pianthēsomai tę̄ thymēdią.
"And my horn will be exalted like that of a unicorn." "But we, who have the knowledge of you, seeing the destruction of your enemies, will exult in you and think highly, since we have been freed from the error of many gods and worship you, the God who truly is, [having received the horn of the cross as a weapon against passions and demons.]" He brought in the unicorn again here, to indicate the one God by the one horn. For as that animal received one horn from nature, so the nurslings of piety worship one Godhead. "And my old age in rich oil." Symmachus has: "My old age like a flourishing olive." "For I will flower and put off old age, I will imitate a thriving olive, and, according to the Seventy, I will be made rich with gladness as with oil."
Ps 92:10 (91:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 92:10: like the unicorn's single horn, the faithful worship one God (an addition: the horn of the cross); their old age will flourish like an olive.
- The bracketed words are bracketed in Migne (opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; opening bracket lost in the OCR; split word (OCR); stray marks (OCR)): τὸ κέρας τοῦ σταυροῦ → [τὸ κέρας τοῦ σταυροῦ; προσκυ νοῦσι → προσκυνοῦσι; εὐθαλής". ᾿Ανθήσω γὰρ, καὶ τὸ & γῆρας → εὐθαλής. ᾿Ανθήσω γὰρ, καὶ τὸ γῆρας; οἷόν τινε ἐλαίῳ πιαν θήσομαι → οἷόν τινι ἐλαίῳ πιανθήσομαι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.11 (PG 80 80:1619; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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91.12PG 80 80:1619
« Καὶ ἐπεῖδεν ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐν τοῖς ἐχθροῖς μου · καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐπανισταμένοις ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ πονηρευομένοις ἀκούσεται τὸ οὖς μου. » Τὸ ἐπεῖδε καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος, καὶ ὁ Θεοδοτίων, καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Ἑβραῖος ἐπόψεται εἴρηκε. Μελλόντων γὰρ προῤῥήσεις τὰ λεγόμενα · ἀλλὰ συνήθως οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα, ὡς γεγενημένα τὰ ἐσόμενα ἡρμήνευσαν · τὸ ἀναντίῤῥητον τῆς προῤῥήσεως καὶ ἐν τούτῳ δηλοῦντες. "Ωσπερ γὰρ ἀδύνατον τὰ γεγενημένα μὴ γεγενῆσθαι, οὕτως ἀδύνατον τὴν τοῦ Πνεύματος πρόῤῥησιν ἀπέραντον διαμεῖναι · λέγει τοίνυν, ὅτι Οὐ μόνον ὄψομαι τῶν ἀδίκων τὸ ἐπώδυνον τέλος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀκούσομαι πάντων τοῦτο διαγγελλόντων, καὶ θαυμαζόντων τῆς τιμωρίας τὸ δίκαιον. Οὕτω μέν τοι διαιρεῖται • • Καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐπανισταμένοις ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ πονηρευομένοις • ἐνταῦθα δεῖ ὑποστίξαι, εἶτα ἐπαγαγεῖν, · ἀκούσεται τὸ οὖς μου. » Τῶν παρανομίᾳ συζώντων, καὶ μυρία μοι τυρευόντων κακὰ τὸν ὄλεθρον πολλῶν διηγουμένων ἀκούσομαι.
« Kai epeiden ho ophthalmos mou en tois echthrois mou ; kai en tois epanistamenois ep᾿ eme ponēreuomenois akousetai to ous mou. » To epeide kai ho Symmachos, kai ho Theodotiōn, kai autos ho Hebraios epopsetai eirēke. Mellontōn gar prorrhēseis ta legomena ; alla synēthōs hoi hebdomēkonta, hōs gegenēmena ta esomena hērmēneusan ; to anantirrhēton tēs prorrhēseōs kai en toutǭ dēlountes. "Ōsper gar adynaton ta gegenēmena mē gegenēsthai, houtōs adynaton tēn tou Pneumatos prorrhēsin aperanton diameinai ; legei toinyn, hoti Ou monon opsomai tōn adikōn to epōdynon telos, alla kai akousomai pantōn touto diangellontōn, kai thaumazontōn tēs timōrias to dikaion. Houtō men toi diaireitai • • Kai en tois epanistamenois ep᾿ eme ponēreuomenois • entautha dei hypostixai, eita epagagein, ; akousetai to ous mou. » Tōn paranomią syzōntōn, kai myria moi tyreuontōn kaka ton olethron pollōn diēgoumenōn akousomai.
"And my eye looked upon my enemies, and of the evildoers who rise up against me my ear will hear." For "looked upon," Symmachus, Theodotion, and the Hebrew itself said "will look upon." For the words are predictions of things to come; but the Seventy, as usual, rendered future things as having happened, showing in this too the certainty of the prediction. For as it is impossible for what has happened not to have happened, so it is impossible for the prediction of the Spirit to remain unfulfilled. He says, then: "Not only will I see the painful end of the unjust, but I will also hear all announcing it and marveling at the justice of the punishment." It is divided thus: "And of the evildoers who rise up against me": here one must put a stop, and then add, "my ear will hear." "I will hear many recounting the destruction of those who live in lawlessness and contrive countless evils against me."
Ps 92:11 (91:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:11: the Septuagint's past tense expresses the certainty of prophecy; the righteous will see and hear of the downfall of their enemies.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; split word (OCR)): τοῖς ἐχθροῦς μου → τοῖς ἐχθροῖς μου; "Ωσ περ γὰρ → "Ωσπερ γὰρ.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.12 (PG 80 80:1619; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-12). (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.
91.13PG 80 80:1621
« Δίκαιος ὡς φοίνιξ ἀνθήσει, ὡσεὶ κέδρος ἡ ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ πληθυνθήσεται. » Οἱ μὲν οὖν ἁμαρτωλοί, χόρτῳ παραπλησίως ἀνθήσαντες, συντόμως ἀπέσβησάν τε καὶ διεφθάρησαν· ὁ δὲ δίκαιος τῆς μὲν κέδρου τὸ δασὺ, καὶ θερμὸν, καὶ θρέψιμον, τοῦ δὲ φοίνικος μιμήσεται τὸ ὑψίκομόν τε καὶ κάρπιμον. Διαρκεῖ δὲ ἀμφότερα καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον διαμένοντα χρόνον, χρόνου δὲ καὶ εἰς αὔξησιν δεῖται. Τοιαύτη καὶ ἡ τῆς ἀρετῆς φυτουργία, πόνῳ πολλῷ καὶ χρόνῳ φυομένη, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς ὕψος αἰρομένη, ὥριμόν τε καὶ ἥδιστον φέρουσα τὸν καρπὸν, καὶ σκέπην ἱκανὴν τῷ κεκτημένῳ παρέχουσα. Ὡς ἐν θείῳ παραδείσῳ καταφυτεύεται ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ. Τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς σαφέστερον λέγει τῷ εἰπεῖν·
« Dikaios hōs phoinix anthēsei, hōsei kedros hē en tǭ Libanǭ plēthynthēsetai. » Hoi men oun hamartōloi, chortǭ paraplēsiōs anthēsantes, syntomōs apesbēsan te kai diephtharēsan; ho de dikaios tēs men kedrou to dasy, kai thermon, kai threpsimon, tou de phoinikos mimēsetai to hypsikomon te kai karpimon. Diarkei de amphotera kai epi pleiston diamenonta chronon, chronou de kai eis auxēsin deitai. Toiautē kai hē tēs aretēs phytourgia, ponǭ pollǭ kai chronǭ phyomenē, all᾽ eis hypsos airomenē, hōrimon te kai hēdiston pherousa ton karpon, kai skepēn hikanēn tǭ kektēmenǭ parechousa. Hōs en theiǭ paradeisǭ kataphyteuetai en tǭ oikǭ tou Theou. Touto gar dia tōn hexēs saphesteron legei tǭ eipein;
"The righteous will flourish like a palm tree; like the cedar in Lebanon he will multiply." "The sinners, flowering like grass, were quickly quenched and perished; but the righteous will imitate the thick, warm, and nourishing cedar, and the high-crowned and fruitful palm." Both endure and remain a very long time, and need time to grow. Such is the planting of virtue too: it grows with much labor and time, but rises to a height, bears ripe and sweetest fruit, and gives sufficient shelter to its possessor. As in a divine paradise, it is planted in the house of God. For he says this more clearly through what follows:
Ps 92:12 (91:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:12: the righteous, unlike the short-lived wicked, grow slowly but lastingly like the palm and the cedar.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray character (OCR); stray word (OCR)): ἀλλ᾽ δὲ εἰς ὕψος → ἀλλ᾽ εἰς ὕψος; τῷ εἰπεῖν· 门 → τῷ εἰπεῖν·.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.13 (PG 80 80:1621; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-13). (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.
91.14PG 80 80:1621
« Πεφυτευμένοι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου· ἐν ταῖς αὐλαῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐξανθήσουσιν. » Οὗτοι δὲ, φησὶν, οἱ τούτοις ἀπεικασμένοι τοῖς δένδροις φυτουργὸν μὲν ἔχουσι τὸν Θεὸν, παράδεισον δὲ τὸν θεῖον νεών.
« Pephyteumenoi en tǭ oikǭ Kyriou; en tais aulais tou Theou hēmōn exanthēsousin. » Houtoi de, phēsin, hoi toutois apeikasmenoi tois dendrois phytourgon men echousi ton Theon, paradeison de ton theion neōn.
"Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God." "Those likened to these trees," he says, "have God as planter and the divine temple as paradise."
Ps 92:13 (91:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:13: the righteous are planted by God in his house as in a paradise.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray word (OCR)): φυτουργὸν μὲν δὲ ἔχουσι → φυτουργὸν μὲν ἔχουσι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.14 (PG 80 80:1621; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-14). (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.
91.15PG 80 80:1621
« Ἔτι πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γήρει πίονι, καὶ εὐπαθοῦντες ἔσονται. Τοῦ ἀναγγεῖλαι ὅτι εὐθὺς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀδικία ἐν αὐτῷ .» Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἔτι καρποφορήσουσι γηρῶντες, πίονες καὶ εὐθαλεῖς ἔσονται, ἀπαγγέλλοντες ὅτι ὀρθὸς Κύριος ὁ περιφράσσων με· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀδικία ἐν αὐτῷ. Ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι γὰρ βίῳ τὴν ἐπηγγελμένην ἀπολαμβάνοντες τελειότητα, πλείονά τε καὶ πίονα προσοίσουσι τῷ Θεῷ τὸν καρπὸν, τὴν δικαίαν αὐτοῦ ψῆφον ὑμνοῦντες. Τὴν γὰρ νῦν κεκρυμμένην οἰκονομίαν τηνικαῦτα φανερουμένην ὁρῶντες, καὶ τὴν σοφίαν θαυμάσουσι, καὶ τὸ δίκαιον ἀνυμνήσουσι. Γῆρας μέντοι τὴν τελειότητα κέκληκε. Τέλειον γὰρ καὶ ἡμεῖς τὸν γεγηρακότα καλοῦμεν, ἀτελῆ δὲ τὸν νέον. Διὰ τοῦ γήρους τοίνυν τὴν μέλλουσαν παρεδήλωσε τελειότητα, ἐν ᾗ φυήσεται πολλαπλάσιος ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης καρπὸς, καὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ δίκαιον δῆλον πᾶσι γενήσεται.
« Eti plēthynthēsontai en gērei pioni, kai eupathountes esontai. Tou anangeilai hoti euthys Kyrios ho Theos hēmōn, kai ouk estin adikia en autǭ .» Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Eti karpophorēsousi gērōntes, piones kai euthaleis esontai, apangellontes hoti orthos Kyrios ho periphrassōn me; kai ouk estin adikia en autǭ. En tǭ mellonti gar biǭ tēn epēngelmenēn apolambanontes teleiotēta, pleiona te kai piona prosoisousi tǭ Theǭ ton karpon, tēn dikaian autou psēphon hymnountes. Tēn gar nyn kekrymmenēn oikonomian tēnikauta phaneroumenēn horōntes, kai tēn sophian thaumasousi, kai to dikaion anymnēsousi. Gēras mentoi tēn teleiotēta keklēke. Teleion gar kai hēmeis ton gegērakota kaloumen, atelē de ton neon. Dia tou gērous toinyn tēn mellousan paredēlōse teleiotēta, en hę̄ phyēsetai pollaplasios ho tēs dikaiosynēs karpos, kai tou Theou to dikaion dēlon pasi genēsetai.
"They will still multiply in a rich old age, and they will be flourishing, to proclaim that the Lord our God is upright, and there is no injustice in him." Symmachus has: "They will still bear fruit when old; they will be fat and flourishing, proclaiming that the Lord who fences me about is upright, and there is no injustice in him." "For in the life to come, receiving the promised perfection, they will offer God more and richer fruit, hymning his just verdict. For seeing the dispensation now hidden then made manifest, they will marvel at his wisdom and hymn his justice." He called perfection "old age"; for we too call the old man perfect and the young imperfect. By old age, then, he indicated the perfection to come, in which the fruit of righteousness will grow manifold and God's justice will become plain to all.
Ps 92:14 (91:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 92:15 (91:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 92:14-15: the fruitful old age of the righteous is the perfection of the life to come, when God's justice will be manifest.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; OCR slips; stray letters (OCR)): ( Ἔτι πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γήρει πίογι → « Ἔτι πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γήρει πίονι; ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν σε καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν → ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν; οἰχονομίαν → οἰκονομίαν; Διὰ τοῦ γήρους σε τοίνυν → Διὰ τοῦ γήρους τοίνυν.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 91.15 (PG 80 80:1621; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/91-15
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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.