Interpretation of the Psalms 95.2–97.8
Greek text: PG 80.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 95
95.2PG 80 80:1643
« ᾿Ὠδὴ τῷ Δαβίδ, ὅτε ὁ οἶκος ᾠκοδόμηται μετὰ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν, ἀνεπίγραφος παρ' Ἑβραίοις. » Οὐδὲ ταύτην ὁ μακάριος Δαβὶδ ἔγραψε τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν, οὔτε μὴν οἱ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τὴν προφητείαν ἡρμηνευκότες · ἄλλος δέ τις ὡς ἔοικεν τὴν ἐξ ἐπιπολῆς διάνοιαν τοῦ ψαλμοῦ κατιδών, ταύτην τέθεικε τὴν ἐπιγραφήν· ἁρμόττει δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπανελθοῦσι, καὶ τὸν θεῖον δειμαμένοις νεῶν ἡ τοῦ γράμματος ἐπιφάνεια· ἐπειδήπερ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐσκιαγραφήθη πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἡ σωτηρία. Προθεσπίζει δὲ ὅμως ἡ προφητεία καὶ τὴν προτέραν, καὶ τὴν δευτέραν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐπιφάνειαν, καὶ τὴν ἐσομένην κρίσιν, καὶ τὴν παρασχεθεῖσαν ἤδη τοῖς ἔθνεσι σωτηρίαν. « ῎Ασατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἄσμα καινόν. · Ἐπὶ καινοῖς γὰρ πράγμασι, καινῆς χρεία καὶ τῆς ὑμνῳδίας. • ῎Ασατε τῷ Κυρίῳ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ. » Πῶς ταῦτα Ἰουδαίοις ἁρμόττει παρὰ πάντων πολεμουμένοις ἀνθρώπων ; Οὐ γὰρ ἤσθησαν οἱ τὴν ἐκείνων ἰδόντες ἐλευθερίαν · ἀλλὰ τούναντίον ἠχθέσθησαν, καὶ παντοδαποῖς αὐτοὺς κακοῖς περιβαλεῖν ἐπειράθησαν. Ὁ δὲ προφητικὸς λόγος πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην εἰς χορείαν καλεῖ. « ῎Ασατε τῷ Κυρίῳ, εὐλογήσατε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ· εὐαγγελίζεσθε ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ. » Καθ' ἑκάστην, φησὶν, ἡμέραν ἐξηγεῖσθε τὴν γεγενημένην εὐεργεσίαν. Εἶτα διδάσκει καί τισι χρὴ προσενεγκεῖν τὴν τοιαύτην ὑφήγησιν.
« ᾿Ōdē tǭ Dabid, hote ho oikos ǭkodomētai meta tēn aichmalōsian, anepigraphos par' Hebraiois. » Oude tautēn ho makarios Dabid egrapse tēn epigraphēn, oute mēn hoi ex archēs tēn prophēteian hērmēneukotes ; allos de tis hōs eoiken tēn ex epipolēs dianoian tou psalmou katidōn, tautēn tetheike tēn epigraphēn; harmottei de kai tois ek Babylōnos epanelthousi, kai ton theion deimamenois neōn hē tou grammatos epiphaneia; epeidēper en autois eskiagraphēthē pantōn anthrōpōn hē sōtēria. Prothespizei de homōs hē prophēteia kai tēn proteran, kai tēn deuteran tou Theou kai Sōtēros hēmōn epiphaneian, kai tēn esomenēn krisin, kai tēn paraschetheisan ēdē tois ethnesi sōtērian. « ᾿Asate tǭ Kyriǭ asma kainon. ; Epi kainois gar pragmasi, kainēs chreia kai tēs hymnǭdias. • ᾿Asate tǭ Kyriǭ pasa hē gē. » Pōs tauta Ioudaiois harmottei para pantōn polemoumenois anthrōpōn ? Ou gar ēsthēsan hoi tēn ekeinōn idontes eleutherian ; alla tounantion ēchthesthēsan, kai pantodapois autous kakois peribalein epeirathēsan. Ho de prophētikos logos pasan tēn oikoumenēn eis choreian kalei. « ᾿Asate tǭ Kyriǭ, eulogēsate to onoma autou; euangelizesthe hēmeran ex hēmeras to sōtērion autou. » Kath' hekastēn, phēsin, hēmeran exēgeisthe tēn gegenēmenēn euergesian. Eita didaskei kai tisi chrē prosenenkein tēn toiautēn hyphēgēsin.
"An ode of David, when the house was built after the captivity; untitled among the Hebrews." The blessed David did not write this title either, nor those who interpreted the prophecy from the beginning; but someone else, it seems, seeing the superficial sense of the psalm, set this title. The surface of the letter does fit those who returned from Babylon and built the divine temple, since in them the salvation of all men was sketched in shadow. Yet the prophecy foretells both the first and the second appearing of our God and Savior, the coming judgment, and the salvation already given to the nations. "Sing to the Lord a new song." "For new events need a new hymnody too." "Sing to the Lord, all the earth." How does this fit the Jews, attacked by all men? For those who saw their freedom were not pleased but, on the contrary, were vexed and tried to surround them with evils of every kind. But the prophetic word calls the whole world to the dance. "Sing to the Lord, bless his name; proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day." "Recount each day," he says, "the benefit that has been done." Then he teaches to whom such instruction must be brought.
Ps 96:1 (95:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 96:2 (95:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 96, title and verses 1-2: the added title about the rebuilt temple fits only the surface; the psalm calls the whole world to a new song for Christ's two comings and the salvation of the nations.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin letter in a Greek word (OCR); OCR letter slip; stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): ὅτε ἱὁ οἶκος → ὅτε ὁ οἶκος; ἐπιγραDὴν → ἐπιγραφὴν; ἕδη τοῖς ἔθνεσι → ἤδη τοῖς ἔθνεσι; καὶ τῆς ᾿ ὑμνῳδίας → καὶ τῆς ὑμνῳδίας; αὐτοῦ ὁ εὐαγγελίζεσθε → αὐτοῦ· εὐαγγελίζεσθε; Καθ' ὁ ἑκάστην, φησὶν, ὁ ἡμέραν → Καθ' ἑκάστην, φησὶν, ἡμέραν.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.2 (PG 80 80:1643; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-2). (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.
95.3PG 80 80:1645
« Αναγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ · ἐν πᾶσι λαοῖς τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ. » Πᾶν γένος ἀνθρώπων τῆς τοιαύτης διδασκαλίας ἀπολαυέτω, καὶ τὰς θείας μανθανέτω θαυματουργίας.
« Anangeilate en tois ethnesi tēn doxan autou ; en pasi laois ta thaumasia autou. » Pan genos anthrōpōn tēs toiautēs didaskalias apolauetō, kai tas theias manthanetō thaumatourgias.
"Declare his glory among the nations, his wonders among all peoples." "Let every race of men enjoy such teaching and learn the divine wonders."
Ps 96:3 (95:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 96:3: God's glory is to be proclaimed to every nation.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): ἐν πᾶσι λαοῖς ' τὰ → ἐν πᾶσι λαοῖς τὰ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.3 (PG 80 80:1645; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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95.4PG 80 80:1645
Ὅτι μέγας Κύριος, καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα · φοβερός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς θεούς. » "Αῤῥητον γὰρ ἔχει τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ὅλων ὁ Κύριος, καὶ κατὰ τῶν ψευδωνύμων θεῶν τὴν οἰκείαν ἔδειξε δύναμιν, καὶ τὴν ἐκείνων ἀπάτην ἐξήλεγξε. Τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ τῶν ἐπαγομένων ἐδήλωσεν.
Hoti megas Kyrios, kai ainetos sphodra ; phoberos estin epi pantas tous theous. » "Arrhēton gar echei to megethos tōn holōn ho Kyrios, kai kata tōn pseudōnymōn theōn tēn oikeian edeixe dynamin, kai tēn ekeinōn apatēn exēlenxe. Touto gar dia tōn epagomenōn edēlōsen.
"For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; he is fearful above all the gods." "For the Lord of all has inexpressible greatness, and he showed his own power against the falsely named gods and exposed their deceit." He showed this through what follows.
Ps 96:4 (95:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 96:4: the Lord's greatness exposed the false gods.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): ἐπὶ ἡ πάντας → ἐπὶ πάντας.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.4 (PG 80 80:1645; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-4). (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.
95.5PG 80 80:1645
« "Ὅτι πάντες οἱ θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν δαιμόνια, ὁ δὲ Κύριος τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἐποίησεν. » [Περὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος φάσκει · « Εἰ γὰρ ἔγνωσαν, οὐκ αὐτὸν Κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν.»] Οἱ μὲν γὰρ καλούμενοι θεοὶ δαίμονες ὤφθησαν πονηροί· ὁ δὲ ἡμέτερος τῶν οὐρανῶν ποιητὴς ἀπεφάνθη. [Ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῦ ἑκουσίου πάθους οὐ μόνον ἥλιος ἐσκοτίσθη καὶ πέτραι διεῤῥάγησαν, καὶ τὸ τοῦ ναοῦ καταπέτασμα κατεσχίζετο · ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ τῶν οὐρανῶν δυνάμεις ἐσαλεύοντο, καὶ συντόμως εἰπεῖν τὸ πᾶν ἀνυπαρξίαν ἠπείλει βλέπον τὸν φέροντα τὰ πάντα ἐπὶ σταυροῦ κρεμάμενον.]
« "Hoti pantes hoi theoi tōn ethnōn daimonia, ho de Kyrios tous ouranous epoiēsen. » [Peri gar autou kai ho makarios Paulos phaskei ; « Ei gar egnōsan, ouk auton Kyrion tēs doxēs estaurōsan.»] Hoi men gar kaloumenoi theoi daimones ōphthēsan ponēroi; ho de hēmeteros tōn ouranōn poiētēs apephanthē. [Epi gar tou hekousiou pathous ou monon hēlios eskotisthē kai petrai dierrhagēsan, kai to tou naou katapetasma kateschizeto ; alla kai hai tōn ouranōn dynameis esaleuonto, kai syntomōs eipein to pan anyparxian ēpeilei blepon ton pheronta ta panta epi staurou kremamenon.]
"For all the gods of the nations are demons, but the Lord made the heavens." [For about him the blessed Paul too says, "For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory."] For the so-called gods were seen to be evil demons, while ours was shown to be maker of the heavens. [For at the voluntary passion not only was the sun darkened, the rocks split, and the veil of the temple torn, but the powers of the heavens were shaken; and, in short, the universe threatened to cease to exist, seeing him who bears all things hanging on a cross.]
Ps 96:5 (95:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 27:45 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 27:51 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 96:5: the gods of the nations are demons, but the Lord made the heavens; additions recall the crucified Lord of glory and the cosmic signs at his passion.
- The bracketed passages are bracketed in Migne (one opening bracket supplied), probably additions from the catena.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; opening bracket lost in the OCR; stray mark (OCR)): Περὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος → [Περὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος; [' Ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῦ ἑκουσίου → [Ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῦ ἑκουσίου; καὶ οἱ τῶν οὐρανῶν δυνάμεις → καὶ αἱ τῶν οὐρανῶν δυνάμεις.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.5 (PG 80 80:1645; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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95.6PG 80 80:1645
« Ἑξομολόγησις καὶ ὡραιότης ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, ἀγιωσύνη καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια ἐν τῷ ἁγιάσματι αὐτοῦ. » Καὶ γὰρ ἀνθρωπείαν φύσιν ἀναλαβών, καὶ διὰ ταύτης τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπιφανεὶς, τὰς τῆς οἰκείας μεγαλοπρεπείας ἐκπέμπει μαρμαρυγάς, καὶ πάντας εἰς προσκύνησιν ἕλκει· Ἁγίασμα γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὸν ναὸν προσηγόρευσεν, ὃν ἀνείληφε. Τῆς δὲ ὡραιότητος ἐμνημόνευσεν ἤδη καὶ ἐν τῷ μδ' ψαλμῷ· · Ὡραῖος γὰρ ἔφη κάλλει παρὰ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. »
« Hexomologēsis kai hōraiotēs enōpion autou, agiōsynē kai megaloprepeia en tǭ hagiasmati autou. » Kai gar anthrōpeian physin analabōn, kai dia tautēs tois anthrōpois epiphaneis, tas tēs oikeias megaloprepeias ekpempei marmarygas, kai pantas eis proskynēsin helkei; Hagiasma gar autou ton naon prosēgoreusen, hon aneilēphe. Tēs de hōraiotētos emnēmoneusen ēdē kai en tǭ md' psalmǭ; ; Hōraios gar ephē kallei para tous huious tōn anthrōpōn. »
"Confession and beauty are before him, holiness and majesty in his sanctuary." For having taken up human nature and appeared to men through it, he sends out the sparkle of his own majesty and draws all to worship. He named the temple that he assumed his sanctuary. He mentioned the beauty already in the forty-fourth psalm too: "For you are fair in beauty beyond the sons of men."
Ps 96:6 (95:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 45:2 (44:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 96:6: the sanctuary is the human nature Christ assumed, through which his majesty shines and draws all to worship.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip): ἐκπέμπτει → ἐκπέμπει.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.6 (PG 80 80:1645; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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95.7PG 80 80:1647
· Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ αἱ πατριαὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμήν . Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ. » Προσδράμετε τοίνυν ἅπαντες ἄνθρωποι τῷ σῶσαι βουλομένῳ Δεσπότῃ, καὶ τὸ προσῆκον αὐτῷ προσενέγκαντες σέβας, καὶ τὸν εὐεργέτην τοῖς τοῦ σώματος ὀφθαλμοῖς οὐχ ὁρῶντες, τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν προσοίσατε. • Αρατε θυσίας, καὶ εἰσπορεύεσθε εἰς τὰς αὐλὰς αὐτοῦ. Προσκυνήσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν αὐλῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ· · Θυσίας λέγει τὰς λογικὰς, ἃς ὁρῶμεν προσφερομένας καὶ διηνεκῶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἱερέων ἱερουργουμένας. Καὶ τῶν αὐλῶν δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τὰς ἐκκλησίας δηλοῖ. ῎Ἄλλως τε οὐδὲ Ἰουδαίοις τοῦτο προσέταξεν, ἵνα τις τὰς νομικὰς ὑποπτεύσῃ θυσίας · ἀλλὰ ταῖς πατριαῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν, αἳ τὰς τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης θυσίας ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις προσφέρουσι. Περὶ τούτων καὶ δι᾽ ἑτέρου προφήτου προσηγόρευσεν ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Ἰουδαίους διαλεγόμενος • Οὐκ ἔστι μοι θέλημα ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ θυσίαν οὐ προσδέξομαι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν· ὅτι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου μέχρι δυσμῶν μέγα ὄνομά μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ τὸ θυμίαμα προσφέρεται τῷ ὀνόματί μου,· καὶ θυσία καθαρά. » - - Σαλευθήτω ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ. » ὁ δὲ ᾿Ακύλας, Ὠδινήσατε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ. Οὕτω δὴ καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος. Ἔοικε δὲ ταῦτα τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ προφήτου Ἠσαΐου λεχθεῖσι, « Διὰ τὸν φόβον σου, Κύριε, ἐν γαστρὶ ἐλάβομεν, καὶ ὠδινήσαμεν, καὶ ἐτέκομεν πνεῦμα σωτηρίας σου, ὅ ἐποιήσαμεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. » Καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοίνυν ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος παρακελεύεται τοῖς ἔθνεσι δεξαμένοις τὰ σωτήρια σπέρματα, ὠδινῆσαι καὶ τεκεῖν τὴν εὐσέβειαν, καὶ σαλευθῆναι μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς προτέρας στάσεως, ἐν δὲ τοῖς θείοις ἐρεισθῆναί τε καὶ παγῆναι νόμοις
; Enenkate tǭ Kyriǭ hai patriai tōn ethnōn, enenkate tǭ Kyriǭ doxan kai timēn . Enenkate tǭ Kyriǭ doxan onomati autou. » Prosdramete toinyn hapantes anthrōpoi tǭ sōsai boulomenǭ Despotę̄, kai to prosēkon autǭ prosenenkantes sebas, kai ton euergetēn tois tou sōmatos ophthalmois ouch horōntes, tǭ onomati autou tēn hymnǭdian prosoisate. • Arate thysias, kai eisporeuesthe eis tas aulas autou. Proskynēsate tǭ Kyriǭ en aulę̄ hagią autou; ; Thysias legei tas logikas, has horōmen prospheromenas kai diēnekōs hypo tōn hiereōn hierourgoumenas. Kai tōn aulōn de to plēthos tas ekklēsias dēloi. ᾿Allōs te oude Ioudaiois touto prosetaxen, hina tis tas nomikas hypopteusę̄ thysias ; alla tais patriais tōn ethnōn, hai tas tēs kainēs diathēkēs thysias en tais ekklēsiais prospherousi. Peri toutōn kai di᾽ heterou prophētou prosēgoreusen ho Theos pros Ioudaious dialegomenos • Ouk esti moi thelēma en hymin, kai thysian ou prosdexomai ek tōn cheirōn hymōn; hoti apo anatolōn hēliou mechri dysmōn mega onoma mou en tois ethnesi, kai en panti topǭ to thymiama prospheretai tǭ onomati mou,; kai thysia kathara. » - - Saleuthētō apo prosōpou autou pasa hē gē. » ho de ᾿Akylas, Ōdinēsate apo prosōpou autou pasa hē gē. Houtō dē kai ho Symmachos. Eoike de tauta tois hypo tou prophētou Ēsaïou lechtheisi, « Dia ton phobon sou, Kyrie, en gastri elabomen, kai ōdinēsamen, kai etekomen pneuma sōtērias sou, ho epoiēsamen epi tēs gēs. » Kai entautha toinyn ho prophētikos logos parakeleuetai tois ethnesi dexamenois ta sōtēria spermata, ōdinēsai kai tekein tēn eusebeian, kai saleuthēnai men apo tēs proteras staseōs, en de tois theiois ereisthēnai te kai pagēnai nomois
"Bring to the Lord, you families of the nations, bring to the Lord glory and honor. Bring to the Lord the glory due his name." "Run, then, all you people, to the Master who wishes to save, and, offering him fitting reverence, though you do not see the benefactor with bodily eyes, offer the hymnody to his name." "Take up sacrifices and enter his courts. Worship the Lord in his holy court." He means the rational sacrifices, which we see offered and continually performed by the priests; and the multitude of courts shows the churches. Besides, he did not command this to the Jews, so that anyone should suspect the sacrifices of the law, but to the families of the nations, who offer the sacrifices of the new covenant in the churches. About these too God spoke through another prophet, addressing the Jews: "I have no pleasure in you, and I will not accept a sacrifice from your hands; for from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure sacrifice." "Let all the earth be shaken before him." Aquila has: "Be in travail before him, all the earth"; so too Symmachus. This is like what was said by the prophet Isaiah: "Because of fear of you, Lord, we conceived in the womb and were in travail and brought forth the spirit of your salvation, which we made upon the earth." Here too, then, the prophetic word urges the nations, having received the saving seeds, to be in travail and bring forth piety, and to be shaken from their former position but to be propped and fixed in the divine laws.
Ps 96:7 (95:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 96:8 (95:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 96:9 (95:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 1:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 1:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 26:18 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 96:7-9: the nations are called to bring the rational sacrifices of the new covenant in the churches, as Malachi foretold, and to travail and bring forth piety.
- The "rational sacrifices" offered by the priests are the church's eucharistic offering.
- Isaiah is quoted in the Septuagint form (Isa 26:18).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; OCR letter slip; split word (OCR); words interleaved across a line (OCR)): προσ ενέγκαντες → προσενέγκαντες; τὰς αὐ· λὰς αὐτοῦ → τὰς αὐλὰς αὐτοῦ; ὁρωμεν προσφερομένας → ὁρῶμεν προσφερομένας; οὐδὲ Ἰουδαίοις τοῦτο τὰς νομικὰς ὑποπτεύσῃ θυπροσέταξεν, ἵνα τις σίας · → οὐδὲ Ἰουδαίοις τοῦτο προσέταξεν, ἵνα τις τὰς νομικὰς ὑποπτεύσῃ θυσίας ·; ποσηγόρευσεν → προσηγόρευσεν.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.7 (PG 80 80:1647; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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95.10PG 80 80:1647
« Εἴπατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ὅτι Κύριος ἐβασίλευσε · καὶ γὰρ κατώρθωσε τὴν οἰκουμένην, ἥτις οὐ σαλευθήσεται. » Κηρύξατε τοίνυν τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων τὴν βασιλείαν · ἢ τὴν οἰκουμένην πλανωμένην μετέβαλε, καὶ τῇδε κἀκεῖσε φερομένην βεβαίαν ἀπέφηνεν. Οὕτω δὲ καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος, Κύριος ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ ἔδρασε τὴν οἰκουμένην ἀπερίτρεπτον. Δῆλον μέντοι, ὡς αἰώνιος ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ βασιλεία · ἐδείχθη δὲ τηνικαῦτα διὰ τῆς τῶν πραγμάτων μεταβολῆς. • Κρινεῖ λαοὺς εὐθύτητι. · Ἐπειδὴ βασιλέα τὸν Θεὸν ἔδειξεν, εἰκότως καὶ κρίσεως μέμνηται, τὸ εὐθὲς ταύτης ἀνακηρύττων, καὶ δίκαιον.
« Eipate en tois ethnesin, hoti Kyrios ebasileuse ; kai gar katōrthōse tēn oikoumenēn, hētis ou saleuthēsetai. » Kēryxate toinyn tou Theou tōn holōn tēn basileian ; ē tēn oikoumenēn planōmenēn metebale, kai tę̄de kakeise pheromenēn bebaian apephēnen. Houtō de kai ho Symmachos, Kyrios ebasileuse, kai edrase tēn oikoumenēn aperitrepton. Dēlon mentoi, hōs aiōnios hē tou Theou basileia ; edeichthē de tēnikauta dia tēs tōn pragmatōn metabolēs. • Krinei laous euthytēti. ; Epeidē basilea ton Theon edeixen, eikotōs kai kriseōs memnētai, to euthes tautēs anakēryttōn, kai dikaion.
"Say among the nations, 'The Lord has reigned; for he has set the world right, which will not be shaken.'" "Proclaim, then, the kingdom of the God of all, which changed the straying world and made firm what was carried this way and that." So too Symmachus: "The Lord has reigned and has settled the world immovable." It is plain, however, that God's kingdom is eternal; but it was shown then through the change of affairs. "He will judge peoples with uprightness." Since he showed God as king, he rightly mentions judgment too, proclaiming its uprightness and justice.
Ps 96:10 (95:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 96:10: the nations are to proclaim the eternal kingship of God, made manifest when the world was turned from error; he will judge with justice.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): τοῦ η Θεοῦ → τοῦ Θεοῦ; φερομένην δι βεβαίαν → φερομένην βεβαίαν; Κύριος έβασίλευσε → Κύριος ἐβασίλευσε; Δῆλον δε μέντοι → Δῆλον μέντοι.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.10 (PG 80 80:1647; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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95.11PG 80 80:1649
« Εὐφραινέσθωσαν οἱ οὐρανοὶ, καὶ ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ. » Πᾶσα, φησὶν, ἡ κτίσις κοινωνείτω τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τῆς εὐφροσύνης, καὶ τὰ οὐράνια, καὶ τὰ ἐπίγεια θυμηδίας ἐμφορηθήτω. Εἰ γὰρ ἐφ᾽ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι χαίρουσιν οἱ ἄγγελοι, μείζονα δήπουθεν ἔχουσιν εὐφροσύνην ἐπὶ τῇ πάντων ἀνθρώπων μεταβολῇ. « Σαλευθήτω ἡ θάλασσα, καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς. » Ὁ δὲ Θεοδοτίων καὶ ὁ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἠχήσει ἡ θάλασσα σὺν πληρώματι αὐτῆς. Ἄπας γὰρ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὁ βίος, ὁ τὴν θαλαττίαν μιμούμενος ζάλην, τῶν θείων κηρυγμάτων δέξεται τὴν ἠχήν. Προλέγει δὲ κατὰ ταυτὸν, καὶ τὰς γεγενημένας τῶν ἀπίστων ἐπαναστάσεις κατὰ τῶν κηρύκων τῆς ἀληθείας, ὡς καὶ ἐν ἑτέροις ψαλμοῖς ἀπεδείξαμεν.
« Euphrainesthōsan hoi ouranoi, kai agalliasthō hē gē. » Pasa, phēsin, hē ktisis koinōneitō tois anthrōpois tēs euphrosynēs, kai ta ourania, kai ta epigeia thymēdias emphorēthētō. Ei gar eph᾽ heni hamartōlǭ metanoounti chairousin hoi angeloi, meizona dēpouthen echousin euphrosynēn epi tę̄ pantōn anthrōpōn metabolę̄. « Saleuthētō hē thalassa, kai to plērōma autēs. » Ho de Theodotiōn kai ho Symmachos houtōs; Ēchēsei hē thalassa syn plērōmati autēs. Apas gar tōn anthrōpōn ho bios, ho tēn thalattian mimoumenos zalēn, tōn theiōn kērygmatōn dexetai tēn ēchēn. Prolegei de kata tauton, kai tas gegenēmenas tōn apistōn epanastaseis kata tōn kērykōn tēs alētheias, hōs kai en heterois psalmois apedeixamen.
"Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice." "Let the whole creation," he says, "share men's gladness, and let things heavenly and earthly be filled with joy." For if the angels rejoice over one sinner who repents, surely they have greater gladness at the change of all men. "Let the sea be shaken, and its fullness." Theodotion and Symmachus have: "The sea will roar with its fullness." "For the whole life of men, imitating the tossing of the sea, will receive the sound of the divine preaching." At the same time he foretells the uprisings of unbelievers against the heralds of truth, as we showed in other psalms too.
Ps 96:11 (95:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 15:10 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 96:11: heaven and earth rejoice at the conversion of mankind, as angels rejoice over a repentant sinner; the roaring sea pictures the stir of the gospel.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.11 (PG 80 80:1649; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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95.12PG 80 80:1649
« Χαρήσεται τὰ πεδία, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς. » Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως - Γαυριάσει ἀγρὸς, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ. Ἑρμηνεύων δὲ καὶ ὁ Κύριος τὴν τῶν ζιζανίων παραβολὴν, ἀγρὸν τὸν κόσμον ὠνόμασε· λέγει τοίνυν, ὅτι ἅπαντα χαρᾶς καὶ θυμηδίας πλησθήσονται. • Τότε ἀγαλλιάσεται πάντα τὰ ξύλα τοῦ δρυμοῦ. Ὁ δὲ Ακύλας · Τότε αἰνέσουσι πάντα τὰ ξύλα τοῦ δρυμοῦ. Ἐκεῖνα διαφερόντως τῷ Θεῷ προξενήσει τὸν ὕμνον. Ἐξ αὐτῶν γὰρ τὸ σωτήριον ξύλον, ἐν ᾧ τοῦ Σωτῆρος προσηλώθη τὸ σῶμα, δι' οὗ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀναβλαστάνει τὰ ἀγαθά. Εἰδέναι μέντοι προσήκει, ὡς προσωποποιΐᾳ ὁ προφητικὸς ἐχρήσατο λόγος. Οὔτε γὰρ οὐρανὸς, οὔτε γῆ, οὔτε θάλασσα, οὔτε πεδία, οὔτε τὰ ξύλα, λογικά τε καὶ ἔμψυχα, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ ἐν τούτοις ὄντες τὴν ὑμνῳδίαν τῷ Θεῷ προσφέρουσι. Τὴν γὰρ θάλασσαν οἰκοῦσιν οἱ νησιῶται, τὴν δὲ γῆν ἠπειρῶται, τὸν δὲ οὐρανὸν ἄγγελοι. Οἱ δὲ τοὺς δρυμοὺς ὁρῶντες τῆς τῶν εἰδώλων θεραπείας ἀπηλλαγμένους, τῷ Θεῷ τὸν ὕμνον προσφέρουσιν · οὗτω καὶ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ τὴν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου πορείαν διδάσκων ὁ Προφήτης, τῇ προσωποποιΐᾳ πάλιν ἐχρήσατο « Ἡ θάλασσα εἶδε, καὶ ἔφυγεν· ὁ Ἰορδάνης ἐστράφη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω. Τὰ ὄρη ἐσκίρτησαν ὡσεὶ κριοὶ, καὶ οἱ βουνοὶ ὡς ἀρνία προβάτων. » Καὶ προσφέρει τὴν πεῦσιν, καὶ τὴν ἀπόκρισιν δέχεται, τῶν σεσωσμένων τὴν εὐθυμίαν διὰ τούτων δηλῶν.
« Charēsetai ta pedia, kai panta ta en autois. » Ho de Symmachos houtōs - Gauriasei agros, kai panta ta en autǭ. Hermēneuōn de kai ho Kyrios tēn tōn zizaniōn parabolēn, agron ton kosmon ōnomase; legei toinyn, hoti hapanta charas kai thymēdias plēsthēsontai. • Tote agalliasetai panta ta xyla tou drymou. Ho de Akylas ; Tote ainesousi panta ta xyla tou drymou. Ekeina diapherontōs tǭ Theǭ proxenēsei ton hymnon. Ex autōn gar to sōtērion xylon, en hǭ tou Sōtēros prosēlōthē to sōma, di' hou tois anthrōpois anablastanei ta agatha. Eidenai mentoi prosēkei, hōs prosōpopoiïą ho prophētikos echrēsato logos. Oute gar ouranos, oute gē, oute thalassa, oute pedia, oute ta xyla, logika te kai empsycha, all᾽ hoi en toutois ontes tēn hymnǭdian tǭ Theǭ prospherousi. Tēn gar thalassan oikousin hoi nēsiōtai, tēn de gēn ēpeirōtai, ton de ouranon angeloi. Hoi de tous drymous horōntes tēs tōn eidōlōn therapeias apēllagmenous, tǭ Theǭ ton hymnon prospherousin ; houtō kai tōn huiōn Israēl tēn ex Aigyptou poreian didaskōn ho Prophētēs, tę̄ prosōpopoiïą palin echrēsato « Hē thalassa eide, kai ephygen; ho Iordanēs estraphē eis ta opisō. Ta orē eskirtēsan hōsei krioi, kai hoi bounoi hōs arnia probatōn. » Kai prospherei tēn peusin, kai tēn apokrisin dechetai, tōn sesōsmenōn tēn euthymian dia toutōn dēlōn.
"The plains will rejoice, and all that is in them." Symmachus has: "The field will exult, and all that is in it." The Lord too, interpreting the parable of the tares, named the world a field. He says, then, that all things will be filled with joy and gladness. "Then all the trees of the forest will rejoice." Aquila has: "Then all the trees of the forest will praise." These especially will bring God the hymn; for from them came the saving wood on which the Savior's body was nailed, through which good things spring up for men. One should know, however, that the prophetic word used personification. For neither heaven nor earth nor sea nor plains nor trees are rational and living; but those who are in them offer the hymnody to God. For islanders inhabit the sea, mainlanders the earth, and angels heaven. And those who see the forests freed from the worship of idols offer the hymn to God. So too the prophet, teaching the journey of the sons of Israel out of Egypt, again used personification: "The sea saw and fled; the Jordan turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs of the flock." And he puts the question and receives the answer, showing by these the cheerfulness of those who were saved.
Ps 96:12 (95:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 13:38 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 114:3 (113:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 114:4 (113:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 96:12: the rejoicing fields and trees are a personification for the people in them; the trees recall the saving wood of the cross.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (duplicated letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR); stray word (OCR)): Γαυριάσει ἀγρὸς ", καὶ → Γαυριάσει ἀγρὸς, καὶ; ὠνόμασε δι · λέγει → ὠνόμασε· λέγει; ἀγαλλιάσεται & πάντα → ἀγαλλιάσεται πάντα; δι' δὲ οὗ τοῖς → δι' οὗ τοῖς; πορείααν → πορείαν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.12 (PG 80 80:1649; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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95.13PG 80 80:1651
« ᾿Ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου, ὅτι ἔρχεται· ὅτι ἔρχεται κρίναι τὴν γῆν. » Καλῶς τὰ δύο τέθεικε, «Καὶ ὅτι ἥκει, καὶ ὅτι ἔρχεται· · ἡ πρώτη μὲν γὰρ ἐπιφάνεια δέδωκε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὴν θείαν ἐπίγνωσιν· ἡ δὲ δευτέρα ποιήσεται τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων διάκρισιν. « Κρινεῖ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, καὶ λαοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ αὐτοῦ. » Τότε γὰρ, φησὶ, τότε τὴν δικαίαν κρίσιν ποιήσεται, οὐκ ἔτι τῇ προτέρᾳ μακροθυμίᾳ χρώμενος, ἀλλὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων ἐξετάζων ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ὀρθὴν ἐκφέρων κατὰ πάντων τὴν ψῆφον.
« ᾿Apo prosōpou Kyriou, hoti erchetai; hoti erchetai krinai tēn gēn. » Kalōs ta dyo tetheike, «Kai hoti hēkei, kai hoti erchetai; ; hē prōtē men gar epiphaneia dedōke tois anthrōpois tēn theian epignōsin; hē de deutera poiēsetai tēn tōn pragmatōn diakrisin. « Krinei tēn oikoumenēn en dikaiosynę̄, kai laous en tę̄ alētheią autou. » Tote gar, phēsi, tote tēn dikaian krisin poiēsetai, ouk eti tę̄ proterą makrothymią chrōmenos, alla tēn tōn pragmatōn exetazōn alētheian, kai orthēn ekpherōn kata pantōn tēn psēphon.
"Before the face of the Lord, for he comes; for he comes to judge the earth." He rightly put the two, "that he has come" and "that he comes"; for the first appearing gave men the divine knowledge, while the second will make the sorting out of affairs. "He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth." "For then," he says, "then he will make the just judgment, no longer using his former long-suffering, but examining the truth of affairs and bringing a right verdict against all."
Ps 96:13 (95:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 96:13: the Lord's two comings: the first brought knowledge of God, the second will bring just judgment.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR)): ᾿Ἀπὸ τὰ προσώπου → ᾿Ἀπὸ προσώπου; ἐπιφάνεια τ δέδωκε → ἐπιφάνεια δέδωκε; ἐκφέρων κατό πάντων → ἐκφέρων κατὰ πάντων.
Topics: Eschatology, Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 95.13 (PG 80 80:1651; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/95-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 96
96.1PG 80 80:1651
• Τῷ Δαβίδ, ὅτε ἡ γῆ αὐτοῦ καθίστατο. ᾿Ανεπίγραφος παρ' Ἑβραίοις., Ωμολόγησε καὶ ὁ ταύτην τεθεικὼς τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν, μὴ εὐρηκέναι αὐτὴν παρ' Ἑβραίοις, ἀλλ᾿ αὐτὸς τεθεικέναι. Οὐκοῦν οὐδὲ αὐτὴ ἡ προφητική · οὐδὲ γὰρ ἁρμόττει τῇ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ διανοίᾳ· ἁπάσης γὰρ τῆς γῆς, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς μόνης, τὴν κατάστασιν ὁ προφήτης λέγει. Εἰκὸς δὲ καὶ τὸν τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν ἐπιτεθεικότα τοῦ προφήτου νοῆσαι γῆν πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην, ὡς τῇ τούτου μελῳδίᾳ πάντων χρησαμένων ἀνθρώπων. Προθεσπίζει δὲ ὅμως ὁ ψαλμὸς καὶ τὴν προτέραν, καὶ τὴν δευτέραν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐπιφάνειαν, καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν τὴν θεογνωσίαν, καὶ τὸ μέλλον κριτήριον. «Ὁ Κύριος ἐβασίλευσεν, ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ, εὐφρανθήτωσαν νῆσοι πολλαί. » Διὰ τούτων τὴν προτέραν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐπιφάνειαν προλέγει. Οὗ δὴ χάριν, καὶ ἠπειρώτας, καὶ νησιώτας εἰς χορείαν διἡγειρεν καὶ θυμηδίαν. Καὶ οὗτοι γὰρ κἀκεῖνοι τῇ τῶν μελλόντων ἐλπίδι ψυχαγωγούμενοι γάννυνται. Βασιλεῦσαι δὲ τὸν Κύριον ἔφη, οὐχ ὡς τηνικαῦτα τὴν βασιλείαν δεξάμενον, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς τότε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὴν οἰκείαν δείξαντα βασιλείαν. Καὶ ἵνα μὴ ταυτολογῶμεν, τοῖς ἤδη παρ' ἡμῶν ἑρμηνευθεῖσιν ἐντυχεῖν παρακαλοῦμεν τοὺς τοῦτο μαθεῖν ἀκριβέστερον βουλομένους.
• Tǭ Dabid, hote hē gē autou kathistato. ᾿Anepigraphos par' Hebraiois., Ōmologēse kai ho tautēn tetheikōs tēn epigraphēn, mē eurēkenai autēn par' Hebraiois, all᾿ autos tetheikenai. Oukoun oude autē hē prophētikē ; oude gar harmottei tę̄ tou psalmou dianoią; hapasēs gar tēs gēs, all᾽ ou tēs Ioudaïkēs monēs, tēn katastasin ho prophētēs legei. Eikos de kai ton tēn epigraphēn epitetheikota tou prophētou noēsai gēn pasan tēn oikoumenēn, hōs tę̄ toutou melǭdią pantōn chrēsamenōn anthrōpōn. Prothespizei de homōs ho psalmos kai tēn proteran, kai tēn deuteran tou Theou kai Sōtēros hēmōn epiphaneian, kai tōn ethnōn tēn theognōsian, kai to mellon kritērion. «Ho Kyrios ebasileusen, agalliasthō hē gē, euphranthētōsan nēsoi pollai. » Dia toutōn tēn proteran tou Sōtēros epiphaneian prolegei. Hou dē charin, kai ēpeirōtas, kai nēsiōtas eis choreian diēgeiren kai thymēdian. Kai houtoi gar kakeinoi tę̄ tōn mellontōn elpidi psychagōgoumenoi gannyntai. Basileusai de ton Kyrion ephē, ouch hōs tēnikauta tēn basileian dexamenon, all᾿ hōs tote tois anthrōpois tēn oikeian deixanta basileian. Kai hina mē tautologōmen, tois ēdē par' hēmōn hermēneutheisin entychein parakaloumen tous touto mathein akribesteron boulomenous.
"Of David, when his land was being established; untitled among the Hebrews." The one who set this title admitted that he did not find it among the Hebrews but set it himself. So it is not prophetic either, nor does it fit the sense of the psalm; for the prophet speaks of the establishment of the whole earth, not of the Jewish land alone. It is likely that the one who added the title also understood the prophet's "land" as the whole world, since all men use his song. The psalm foretells both the first and the second appearing of our God and Savior, the nations' knowledge of God, and the judgment to come. "The Lord has reigned; let the earth rejoice; let the many islands be glad." By these words he foretells the Savior's first appearing. For this reason he roused both mainlanders and islanders to dancing and joy; for both these and those exult, comforted by the hope of things to come. He said that the Lord reigned, not as having then received the kingdom, but as having then shown his own kingdom to men. And so that we do not repeat ourselves, we ask those who wish to learn this more precisely to read what we have already interpreted.
Ps 97:1 (96:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97, title and verse 1: the added title is not prophetic; the psalm foretells Christ's two comings, and "the Lord has reigned" means his eternal kingship made known.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips; split word (OCR); stray letter (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray marks and split word (OCR)): καθίστατο" . 'Αν-' επίγραφος → καθίστατο. ᾿Ανεπίγραφος; ἐπιτεθεικότα δι τοῦ προφήτου → ἐπιτεθεικότα τοῦ προφήτου; καὶ τὸ Ο μέλλον → καὶ τὸ μέλλον; χά ριν → χάριν; Καὶ τοῦτοι δὲ γὰρ κἀκεῖνοι → Καὶ οὗτοι γὰρ κἀκεῖνοι; ὡς τὸ δε τηνικαῦτα → ὡς τηνικαῦτα.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.1 (PG 80 80:1651; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-1). (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.
96.2PG 80 80:1651
« Νεφέλη καὶ γνόφος κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ · δικαιοσύνη καὶ κρῖμα κατόρθωσις τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ. » Διὰ τοῦ γνόφου, καὶ τῆς νεφέλης, τὸ ἀθέατον τῆς θείας ἐδίδαξε φύσεως · ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸν νεφέλῃ τινὶ, καὶ γνόφῳ συγκαλυπτόμενον ἀδύνατον κατιδεῖν · οὕτω πάμπαν ἀδύνατον θεάσασθαι τὴν ἀόρατον φύσιν. ᾿Αναμιμνήσκει δὲ ὅμως, ὡς αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ ἐν τῷ Σινᾶ ὅρει διὰ νεφέλης καὶ γνόφου τὴν οἰκείαν ποιησάμενος ἐπιφάνειαν· καὶ διδάσκει, ὅτι εἰ καὶ τὴν θείαν φύσιν ἀδύνατον κατιδεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ οὖν διὰ τῆς ἐνεργείας τὴν ταύτης δύναμιν ἔνεστι θεωρῆσαι. Δικαιοσύνην γὰρ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐπαίδευσε, καὶ τοὺς ἀδιακρίτως ἅπαντα δρῶντας, μετὰ κρίσεως ὀρθῆς ἐδίδαξε πολιτεύεσθαι · ταῦτα αὐτοῦ ὁ θρόνος καὶ ἡ βασιλεία κατώρθωσεν.
« Nephelē kai gnophos kyklǭ autou ; dikaiosynē kai krima katorthōsis tou thronou autou. » Dia tou gnophou, kai tēs nephelēs, to atheaton tēs theias edidaxe physeōs ; hōsper gar ton nephelę̄ tini, kai gnophǭ synkalyptomenon adynaton katidein ; houtō pampan adynaton theasasthai tēn aoraton physin. ᾿Anamimnēskei de homōs, hōs autos estin ho en tǭ Sina horei dia nephelēs kai gnophou tēn oikeian poiēsamenos epiphaneian; kai didaskei, hoti ei kai tēn theian physin adynaton katidein, all᾽ oun dia tēs energeias tēn tautēs dynamin enesti theōrēsai. Dikaiosynēn gar tous anthrōpous epaideuse, kai tous adiakritōs hapanta drōntas, meta kriseōs orthēs edidaxe politeuesthai ; tauta autou ho thronos kai hē basileia katōrthōsen.
"Cloud and darkness are around him; righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne." By the darkness and the cloud he taught that the divine nature cannot be seen. For as one covered by a cloud and darkness cannot be seen, so it is utterly impossible to behold the invisible nature. Yet he reminds us that he is the one who made his appearance on Mount Sinai through cloud and darkness; and he teaches that even if the divine nature cannot be seen, its power can be beheld through its working. For he trained men in righteousness and taught those who did everything indiscriminately to live with right judgment; his throne and kingdom achieved these things.
Ps 97:2 (96:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 19:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:2: cloud and darkness show God's invisible nature, as at Sinai, while his righteousness shows his power at work.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray word (OCR)): καὶ τὸν νεφέλῃ → τὸν νεφέλῃ.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.2 (PG 80 80:1651; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-2). (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.
96.3PG 80 80:1653
« Πῦρ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καυθήσεται, καὶ φλογιεῖ κύκλῳ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ. » Ταῦτα τῆς δευτέρας ἐπιφανείας τὰ θεσπίσματα. Ταῦτα καὶ ὁ θεῖος ἐθεάσατο Δανιήλ· « Ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ, φησὶ, φλὸξ πυρὸς, οἱ τροχοὶ αὐτοῦ πῦρ φλέγον· ποταμὸς πυρὸς ἐκπορευόμενος εἶλκεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ· χίλιαι χιλιάδες ἐλειτούργουν αὐτῷ, καὶ μύριαι μυριάδες παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ · κριτήριον ἐκάθισε, καὶ βίβλοι ἠνεώχθησαν
« Pyr enōpion autou kauthēsetai, kai phlogiei kyklǭ tous echthrous autou. » Tauta tēs deuteras epiphaneias ta thespismata. Tauta kai ho theios etheasato Daniēl; « Ho thronos autou, phēsi, phlox pyros, hoi trochoi autou pyr phlegon; potamos pyros ekporeuomenos eilken emprosthen autou; chiliai chiliades eleitourgoun autǭ, kai myriai myriades pareistēkeisan autǭ ; kritērion ekathise, kai bibloi ēneōchthēsan
"Fire will burn before him and will set ablaze his enemies round about." These are the oracles of the second appearing. The divine Daniel too saw these: "His throne," he says, "was a flame of fire, its wheels burning fire; a river of fire went out drawing before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat, and books were opened."
Ps 97:3 (96:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Dan 7:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:3: the fire before God belongs to his second coming in judgment, as Daniel saw.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): φλο γεῖ → φλογιεῖ; παρ ειστήκεισαν → παρειστήκεισαν.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.3 (PG 80 80:1653; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.4PG 80 80:1653
« Ἔφαναν αἱ ἀστραπαὶ αὐτοῦ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ. Δύο τοῦ πυρὸς αἱ ἐνέργειαι· οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὸ καίειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ φωτίζειν ἔχει. Ἀλλὰ τῆς μὲν ὁ τῶν ἁγίων ἀπολαύει χορὸς, θατέρας δὲ οἱ παρανομίᾳ συζήσαντες. ᾿Αστραπῇ δὲ αὐτοῦ τὴν παρουσίαν καὶ ὁ Δεσπότης ἀπείκασεν. Ἔφη δὲ οὕτω· « Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἡ ἀστραπὴ ἐξέρχεται ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, καὶ φαίνεται ἕως δυσμῶν, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. » « Εἶδε καὶ ἐσαλεύθη ἡ γῆ. » Τις γὰρ οὐ δειμαίνει τὸ φοβερὸν ἐκεῖνο δικαστήριον;
« Ephanan hai astrapai autou tę̄ oikoumenę̄. Dyo tou pyros hai energeiai; ou gar monon to kaiein, alla kai to phōtizein echei. Alla tēs men ho tōn hagiōn apolauei choros, thateras de hoi paranomią syzēsantes. ᾿Astrapę̄ de autou tēn parousian kai ho Despotēs apeikasen. Ephē de houtō; « Hōsper gar hē astrapē exerchetai apo anatolōn, kai phainetai heōs dysmōn, houtōs estai hē parousia tou huiou tou anthrōpou. » « Eide kai esaleuthē hē gē. » Tis gar ou deimainei to phoberon ekeino dikastērion?
"His lightnings lit up the world." Fire has two workings; it has not only burning but also giving light. The chorus of the saints enjoys the one, those who lived in lawlessness the other. The Master too likened his coming to lightning; he said thus: "For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man." "The earth saw and was shaken." For who does not dread that fearful court?
Ps 97:4 (96:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 24:27 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:4: God's fire lights the saints and burns the wicked; Christ's coming will be like lightning, and the earth will tremble at the judgment.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): τοῦ υἱοῦ· τοῦ ἀνθρώπου → τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.4 (PG 80 80:1653; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.5PG 80 80:1653
« Τὰ ὄρη ὡσεὶ κηρὸς ἐτάκησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου, ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου πάσης τῆς γῆς. » Οὐ μόνοι γὰρ οἱ ἀρχόμενοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ οἱ δυναστεύοντες καὶ βασιλεύοντες, κηροῦ δίκην πυρὶ πελάζοντος, τῷ φόβῳ διαλυθήσονται. Ὅσῳ γὰρ πλειόνων πραγμάτων οἰκονομίαν ἐνεχειρίσθησαν, τοσούτῳ πλείοσιν εὐθύναις ὑπόκεινται. Ὅσῳ δὲ πλέον τὸ χρέος, τοσούτῳ πλέον τὸ δέος.
« Ta orē hōsei kēros etakēsan apo prosōpou Kyriou, apo prosōpou Kyriou pasēs tēs gēs. » Ou monoi gar hoi archomenoi, alla kai autoi hoi dynasteuontes kai basileuontes, kērou dikēn pyri pelazontos, tǭ phobǭ dialythēsontai. Hosǭ gar pleionōn pragmatōn oikonomian enecheiristhēsan, tosoutǭ pleiosin euthynais hypokeintai. Hosǭ de pleon to chreos, tosoutǭ pleon to deos.
"The mountains melted like wax before the face of the Lord, before the face of the Lord of all the earth." For not only the ruled, but the powerful and the kings themselves, like wax brought near fire, will be dissolved by fear. For the more affairs they were entrusted to manage, the more accounts they are liable to; and the greater the debt, the greater the fear.
Ps 97:5 (96:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:5: the mountains melting are the powerful, who will fear the judgment most because they must give the greatest account.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): τῆς γῆς. » ε Οὐ μόνοι → τῆς γῆς. » Οὐ μόνοι.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.5 (PG 80 80:1653; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.6PG 80 80:1653
« ᾿Ανήγγειλαν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἴδοσαν πάντες οἱ λαοὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ. » Τοῦτο καὶ γέγονε, καὶ γενήσεται. Ἡνίκα μὲν γὰρ ὁ Δεσπότης ἐτέχθη Χριστὸς, χορὸς ἀγγέλων φανεὶς τῷ Θεῷ τὸν ὕμνον ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων προσενήνοχε σωτηρίᾳ, καὶ ἐβόων ὑμνοῦντες · • Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη, ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκία. • Οὐρανοὺς τοίνυν ἐκάλεσε τὰς οὐρανίας δυνάμεις, ὥσπερ αὖ καὶ γῆν πολλάκις τοὺς τὴν γῆν οἰκοῦντας καλεῖ. Εἶδον δὲ καὶ οἱ κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην λαοί, διὰ τῆς οἰκείας μεταβολῆς, τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν τὴν δύναμιν· ἡ δευτέρα μέντοι παρουσία σαφῶς ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους διδάξει τοῦ Δεσπότου τὴν βασιλείαν · τότε καὶ τῆς ἀγγέλων ὑμνῳδίας ἀκουσόμεθα πάντες.
« ᾿Anēngeilan hoi ouranoi tēn dikaiosynēn autou; kai eidosan pantes hoi laoi tēn doxan autou. » Touto kai gegone, kai genēsetai. Hēnika men gar ho Despotēs etechthē Christos, choros angelōn phaneis tǭ Theǭ ton hymnon epi tę̄ tōn anthrōpōn prosenēnoche sōtērią, kai eboōn hymnountes ; • Doxa en hypsistois Theǭ, kai epi gēs eirēnē, en anthrōpois eudokia. • Ouranous toinyn ekalese tas ouranias dynameis, hōsper au kai gēn pollakis tous tēn gēn oikountas kalei. Eidon de kai hoi kata tēn oikoumenēn laoi, dia tēs oikeias metabolēs, tou Theou kai Sōtēros hēmōn tēn dynamin; hē deutera mentoi parousia saphōs hapantas anthrōpous didaxei tou Despotou tēn basileian ; tote kai tēs angelōn hymnǭdias akousometha pantes.
"The heavens proclaimed his righteousness, and all the peoples saw his glory." This has happened and will happen. For when Christ the Lord was born, a chorus of angels appeared and offered God the hymn for the salvation of men, crying in praise, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men." He called the heavenly powers "heavens," just as he often calls those who inhabit the earth "earth." And the peoples throughout the world saw, through their own change, the power of our God and Savior. But the second coming will clearly teach all men the Master's kingdom; then we shall all hear the angels' hymnody too.
Ps 97:6 (96:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 2:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:6: the heavens, meaning the angels, proclaimed God's righteousness at Christ's birth and will do so again at his second coming.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter (OCR)): τῷ Θεῷ ὁ τὸν ὕμνον → τῷ Θεῷ τὸν ὕμνον.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.6 (PG 80 80:1653; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.7PG 80 80:1655
« Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τοῖς γλυπτοῖς, οἱ ἐγκαυχώμενοι ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν.. Τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ τοίνυν φωτὸς ἀνατείλαντος, ὑποχωρείτω τὸ σκότος, καὶ καταδυέσθωσαν οἱ τῇ πλάνῃ δουλεύοντες, ἐγκαλυπτέσθωσαν οἱ τοῖς εἰδώλοις λατρεύοντες. • Προσκυνήσατε αὐτῷ πάντες ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ. » Καὶ ταύτην ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος τὴν προφητείαν τῷ Σωτῆρι προσήρμοσε. Φησὶ δὲ οὕτως ἐν τῇ πρὸς Ἑβραίους Ἐπιστολῇ · « Ὅτ᾽ ἂν δὲ πάλιν εἰσαγάγῃ τὸν πρωτότοκον εἰς τὴν οἰκουμένην, λέγει· Καὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες ἄγγελοι Θεοῦ. Εἰς καιρὸν δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ἐνταῦθα τέθεικεν ὁ Προφήτης. Δείξας γὰρ αἰσχυνομένους καὶ ἐγκαλυπτομένους τοὺς τῶν εἰδώλων προσκυνητὰς, ὑποδείκνυσι τὰς ἀναρίθμους τῶν ἀγγέλων μυριάδας, τὸν ἡμέτερον προσκυνοῦντας Θεόν.
« Aischynthētōsan pantes hoi proskynountes tois glyptois, hoi enkauchōmenoi en tois eidōlois autōn.. Tou alēthinou toinyn phōtos anateilantos, hypochōreitō to skotos, kai katadyesthōsan hoi tę̄ planę̄ douleuontes, enkalyptesthōsan hoi tois eidōlois latreuontes. • Proskynēsate autǭ pantes angeloi autou. » Kai tautēn ho makarios Paulos tēn prophēteian tǭ Sōtēri prosērmose. Phēsi de houtōs en tę̄ pros Hebraious Epistolę̄ ; « Hot᾽ an de palin eisagagę̄ ton prōtotokon eis tēn oikoumenēn, legei; Kai proskynēsatōsan autǭ pantes angeloi Theou. Eis kairon de touto kai entautha tetheiken ho Prophētēs. Deixas gar aischynomenous kai enkalyptomenous tous tōn eidōlōn proskynētas, hypodeiknysi tas anarithmous tōn angelōn myriadas, ton hēmeteron proskynountas Theon.
"Let all who worship carved images be ashamed, who boast in their idols." "Now that the true light has risen, let darkness withdraw; let the slaves of error sink down, and let the worshipers of idols cover their faces." "Worship him, all his angels." The blessed Paul too applied this prophecy to the Savior. He says thus in the Letter to the Hebrews: "And when he again brings the firstborn into the world, he says, 'And let all the angels of God worship him.'" Here too the prophet set this at the right moment. For having shown the worshipers of idols ashamed and covering their faces, he shows the countless myriads of angels worshiping our God.
Ps 97:7 (96:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 1:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:7: idol-worshipers are shamed while the angels worship God, a verse Hebrews applies to Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark (OCR)): τῷ Σωτῆρι • προσήρμοσε → τῷ Σωτῆρι προσήρμοσε.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.7 (PG 80 80:1655; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.8PG 80 80:1655
« Ἤκουσε καὶ εὐφράνθη Σιῶν, καὶ ἠγαλλιάσαντο αἱ θυγατέρες τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἕνεκεν τῶν κριμάτων σου, Κύριε. » Καὶ ἐνταῦθα Σιὼν τὴν εὐσεβῆ πολιτείαν καλεῖ· θυγατέρας δὲ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, τὰς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην Ἐκκλησίας. Ἐξ Ἰουδαίων γὰρ κατῆραν τὸ γένος οἱ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀπόστολοι, οἱ ταύτας φυτεύσαντες καὶ γεννήσαντες. Καὶ μάρτυς ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος Κορινθίοις ἐπιστέλλων, καὶ τῶν πεπιστευκότων συλλόγους. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τούτους κρίματα τοῦ κριτοῦ. διαῤῥήδην λέγων· Ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα. Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν καὶ μία ἡ τοῦ Σωτῆρος Ἐκκλησία · εἰς σῶμα γὰρ ἓν ἅπαντες τελοῦσιν οἱ πιστεύσαντες · καὶ αὖ πάλιν πολλαί · πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος · διὰ μὲν τῆς Σιὼν τὸ κοινὸν ἐκάλεσε σύστημα τῶν εὐσεβῶν· διὰ δὲ τῶν θυγατέρων τῆς Ἰουδαίας, τοὺς ἐν πόλεσι καὶ κώμαις, καὶ ἀγροῖς, καὶ ἐσχατιαῖς κἀκείνους εὐφροσύνης ἀναπεπλῆσθαι τὰ δίκαια
« Ēkouse kai euphranthē Siōn, kai ēgalliasanto hai thygateres tēs Ioudaias, heneken tōn krimatōn sou, Kyrie. » Kai entautha Siōn tēn eusebē politeian kalei; thygateras de tēs Ioudaias, tas kata tēn oikoumenēn Ekklēsias. Ex Ioudaiōn gar katēran to genos hoi tou Sōtēros apostoloi, hoi tautas phyteusantes kai gennēsantes. Kai martys ho thespesios Paulos Korinthiois epistellōn, kai tōn pepisteukotōn syllogous. Legei de kai toutous krimata tou kritou. diarrhēdēn legōn; En gar Christǭ Iēsou dia tou Euangeliou egō hymas egennēsa. Epeidē toinyn kai mia hē tou Sōtēros Ekklēsia ; eis sōma gar hen hapantes telousin hoi pisteusantes ; kai au palin pollai ; polla gar ta melē tou sōmatos ; dia men tēs Siōn to koinon ekalese systēma tōn eusebōn; dia de tōn thygaterōn tēs Ioudaias, tous en polesi kai kōmais, kai agrois, kai eschatiais kakeinous euphrosynēs anapeplēsthai ta dikaia
"Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judea rejoiced because of your judgments, Lord." Here too he calls the pious way of life Zion, and the churches throughout the world the daughters of Judea. For the Savior's apostles, who planted and begot these churches, traced their descent from the Jews. And the inspired Paul is witness, writing to the Corinthians and expressly saying, "For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel"; [he calls] the assemblies of believers too [his offspring]. Since, then, the Savior's church is one (for all who have believed make up one body), and again many (for the members of the body are many), by Zion he called the common body of the pious, and by the daughters of Judea those in cities, villages, fields, and remote places; and he says that these too are filled with gladness at the judge's righteous judgments.
Ps 97:8 (96:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 4:15 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:12 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:8: Zion is the one church and the daughters of Judea are the many local churches founded by the Jewish apostles, rejoicing at God's judgments.
- The OCR has disordered part of this section; the translation follows the evident sense, with words supplied in brackets. The section ends abruptly in the scan.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): μάρ– τυς → μάρτυς.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.8 (PG 80 80:1655; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.9PG 80 80:1655
« Ὅτι σὺ Κύριος ὕψιστος ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν σφόδρα ὑπερυψώθης ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς θεούς. Χαίρουσι δὲ ἅπαντες καὶ ἀγάλλονται, τοῦ ἀληθοῦς Θεοῦ καὶ βασιλέως δεξάμενοι τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν, καὶ τῶν οὐκ ὄντων Θεῶν τὸν ἔλεγχον θεασάμενοι. Τῶν μὲν γὰρ ἐλέγχθη τὸ μάταιον, σοῦ δὲ τὸ ὕψος ἐδείχθη. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὐ μόνης ἡμῖν δεῖ πίστεως, ἀλλὰ καὶ πράξεως ἀγαθῆς, ἀναγκαίως καὶ ταύτην ὁ προφήτης προσφέρει τὴν συμβουλήν.
« Hoti sy Kyrios hypsistos epi pasan tēn gēn sphodra hyperypsōthēs hyper pantas tous theous. Chairousi de hapantes kai agallontai, tou alēthous Theou kai basileōs dexamenoi tēn epignōsin, kai tōn ouk ontōn Theōn ton elenchon theasamenoi. Tōn men gar elenchthē to mataion, sou de to hypsos edeichthē. Epeidē de ou monēs hēmin dei pisteōs, alla kai praxeōs agathēs, anankaiōs kai tautēn ho prophētēs prospherei tēn symboulēn.
"For you are the Lord Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods." All rejoice and exult, having received the knowledge of the true God and King and seen the refutation of the gods that are not. "For their vanity was exposed, and your height was shown." Since we need not only faith but also good action, the prophet necessarily brings this counsel as well.
Ps 97:9 (96:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:9: all rejoice at knowing the true God, exalted over the false gods; faith must be joined by good works.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.9 (PG 80 80:1655; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.10PG 80 80:1657
« Οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸν Κύριον μισεῖτε πονηρά. Εἰ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ὑμῖν ἐπέραστον, τὸ ἐναντίον βδελύξασθε. « Τίς γὰρ κοινωνία φωτὶ πρὸς σκότος ; · Διὰ μέντοι τῆς πονηρίας ἀπηγόρευσε ἅπαντα τῆς κακίας τὰ εἴδη. Φυλάσσει Κύριος τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ὁσίων αὐτοῦ, ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσεται αὐτούς. Ἀποστρεφόμενοι τὴν πονηρίαν, καὶ τῆς ὀρθῆς καὶ δικαίας ἐπιμελούμενοι πολιτείας, ἕξετε κηδεμόνα, καὶ φύλακα, τῶν ὅλων τὸν Κύριον, καὶ κρείττους τῶν ἐπανισταμένων ὑμῖν γενήσεσθε δυσμενῶν.
« Hoi agapōntes ton Kyrion miseite ponēra. Ei to agathon hymin eperaston, to enantion bdelyxasthe. « Tis gar koinōnia phōti pros skotos ? ; Dia mentoi tēs ponērias apēgoreuse hapanta tēs kakias ta eidē. Phylassei Kyrios tas psychas tōn hosiōn autou, ek cheiros hamartōlou rhysetai autous. Apostrephomenoi tēn ponērian, kai tēs orthēs kai dikaias epimeloumenoi politeias, hexete kēdemona, kai phylaka, tōn holōn ton Kyrion, kai kreittous tōn epanistamenōn hymin genēsesthe dysmenōn.
"You who love the Lord, hate evil." "If the good is lovely to you, loathe the opposite." "For what fellowship has light with darkness?" By "evil" he forbade every kind of vice. "The Lord guards the souls of his holy ones; he will rescue them from the hand of the sinner." "Turning from evil and caring for a right and just way of life, you will have the Lord of all as protector and guardian, and you will become stronger than the enemies who rise against you."
Ps 97:10 (96:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 6:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:10: those who love God must hate evil, and God will guard them.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.10 (PG 80 80:1657; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.11PG 80 80:1657
«Φῶς ἀνέτειλε τῷ δικαίῳ · καὶ τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ εὐφροσύνη. » Οὐ γὰρ πάντες ἠβουλήθησαν ἄνθρωποι τοῦ φωτὸς ἀπολαῦσαι, οὐδὲ πάντες τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως εὐφροσύνην ἐδέξαντο. Αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης Ἥλιος πᾶσι τῆς σωτηρίας τὰς ἀκτῖνας κατέπεμψεν · ἀλλ᾽ εἰσὶν οἱ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔμυσαν, καὶ τὸ φῶς ἰδεῖν οὐκ ἠβουλήθησαν.
«Phōs aneteile tǭ dikaiǭ ; kai tois euthesi tę̄ kardią euphrosynē. » Ou gar pantes ēboulēthēsan anthrōpoi tou phōtos apolausai, oude pantes tēn apo tēs pisteōs euphrosynēn edexanto. Autos gar ho tēs dikaiosynēs Hēlios pasi tēs sōtērias tas aktinas katepempsen ; all᾽ eisin hoi tous ophthalmous emysan, kai to phōs idein ouk ēboulēthēsan.
"Light has risen for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart." For not all men were willing to enjoy the light, nor did all receive the gladness of faith. For the Sun of righteousness himself sent down the rays of salvation to all; but there are those who shut their eyes and would not see the light.
Ps 97:11 (96:11 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 4:2 (3:20 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:11: Christ, the Sun of righteousness, shines on all, but only the upright accept his light.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR letter slip; stray letters (OCR)): Αὐτὸς γὰρ οἱ ὁ τῆς → Αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ τῆς; κατίπεμψεν → κατέπεμψεν.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.11 (PG 80 80:1657; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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96.12PG 80 80:1657
« Εὐφράνθητε, δίκαιοι, ἐν τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ ἐξομολογεῖσθε τὴν μνήμην τῆς ἁγιωσύνης αὐτοῦ. » ῞Απαντες τοίνυν οἱ τοῦ φωτὸς ἀπολαύσαντες, καὶ τὸν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀσπασάμενοι κλῆρον, ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνεῖτε, τὸ τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν ἐξηγούμενοι πλῆθος. Ἐξομολόγησιν γὰρ ἐνταῦθα τὴν εὐχαριστίαν ἐκάλεσεν.
« Euphranthēte, dikaioi, en tǭ Kyriǭ; kai exomologeisthe tēn mnēmēn tēs hagiōsynēs autou. » ῾Apantes toinyn hoi tou phōtos apolausantes, kai ton tēs aretēs aspasamenoi klēron, agalliasthe, kai ton Theon anymneite, to tōn euergesiōn exēgoumenoi plēthos. Exomologēsin gar entautha tēn eucharistian ekalesen.
"Be glad, you righteous, in the Lord, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness." "All you, then, who have enjoyed the light and embraced the lot of virtue, rejoice and hymn God, recounting the multitude of his benefits." Here he called thanksgiving "confession."
Ps 97:12 (96:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 97:12: the righteous are to rejoice and give thanks to God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): ἐξο ομολογεῖσθε → ἐξομολογεῖσθε.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 96.12 (PG 80 80:1657; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/96-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 97
97.1PG 80 80:1657
« Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαβίδ. » Καὶ οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει διάνοιαν · ἑκατέραν γὰρ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐπιφάνειαν προθεσπίζει· ἀλλὰ τὰ πλείονα περὶ τῆς προτέρας διέξεισιν. « "Ἄσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἆσμα καινόν. · Ἐπειδὴ τῶν παλαιῶν πραγμάτων κηρύττει μεταβολὴν, καὶ καινήν τινα πολιτείαν προαγορεύει, εἰκότως καὶ ἄσμα καινὸν κελεύει προσενεγκεῖν τῷ Θεῷ. « "Ὅτι θαυμαστὰ ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος. » Ὑπερφυᾶ γὰρ καὶ παράδοξα τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων γινόμενα. « Ἔσωσεν αὐτῷ ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ βραχίων αὐτοῦ ὁ ἅγιος. » Πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν, ὅτι χεῖρα τὴν ἐνέργειαν λέγει, δεξιὰν δὲ τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐνέργειαν. Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι τῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως ἔργον, τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ σωτηρία. ᾿Αμέτρῳ δὲ φιλανθρωπία χρώμενος, οἰκεῖον ἡγεῖται κέρδος τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ζωήν. Διά τοι τοῦτο οὐκ εἶπεν· Ἔσωσεν αὐτοὺς ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ' « Ἔσωσεν αὐτῷ. Τῆς γὰρ τῶν εἰδώλων αὐτοὺς πλάνης ἐλευθερώσας, καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας τὸ ὑψηλὸν ὑποδείξας, τῆς σωτηρίας μετέδωκε. Καὶ τοῦτο σαφέστερον διὰ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων ἐδήλωσεν.
« Psalmos tǭ Dabid. » Kai houtos ho psalmos tēn autēn echei dianoian ; hekateran gar tou Sōtēros epiphaneian prothespizei; alla ta pleiona peri tēs proteras diexeisin. « "Asate tǭ Kyriǭ asma kainon. ; Epeidē tōn palaiōn pragmatōn kēryttei metabolēn, kai kainēn tina politeian proagoreuei, eikotōs kai asma kainon keleuei prosenenkein tǭ Theǭ. « "Hoti thaumasta epoiēsen ho Kyrios. » Hyperphya gar kai paradoxa ta hypo tou Theou tōn holōn ginomena. « Esōsen autǭ hē dexia autou, kai ho brachiōn autou ho hagios. » Pollakis eirēkamen, hoti cheira tēn energeian legei, dexian de tēn agathēn energeian. Legei de, hoti tēs autou dynameōs ergon, tōn anthrōpōn hē sōtēria. ᾿Ametrǭ de philanthrōpia chrōmenos, oikeion hēgeitai kerdos tēn tōn anthrōpōn zōēn. Dia toi touto ouk eipen; Esōsen autous hē dexia autou, all' « Esōsen autǭ. Tēs gar tōn eidōlōn autous planēs eleutherōsas, kai tēs autou basileias to hypsēlon hypodeixas, tēs sōtērias metedōke. Kai touto saphesteron dia tōn epipheromenōn edēlōsen.
"A psalm of David." This psalm too has the same sense; for it foretells both appearings of the Savior, but it goes through more concerning the first. "Sing to the Lord a new song." Since it proclaims the change of the old affairs and foretells a new way of life, it rightly bids that a new song be offered to God. "For the Lord has done wonderful things." For the things done by the God of all are beyond nature and astonishing. "His right hand and his holy arm have saved for him." We have often said that he calls the working the hand, and the good working the right hand. He says that the salvation of men is the work of his power. Using immeasurable love for humankind, he regards the life of men as his own gain. For this reason he did not say, "His right hand saved them," but "saved for him." For freeing them from the error of idols and showing the height of his kingdom, he gave them a share of salvation. He showed this more clearly through what follows.
Ps 98:1 (97:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 98, title and verse 1: the new song celebrates Christ's coming; God saved "for himself," counting human salvation his own gain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR breathing slip; split word with stray letter (OCR)): Υπερφυᾶ → Ὑπερφυᾶ; ἜσωΛ σεν → Ἔσωσεν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 97.1 (PG 80 80:1657; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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97.2PG 80 80:1659
· Ἐγνώρισε Κύριος τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ ἐναντίον τῶν ἐθνῶν, ἀπεκάλυψε τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ. • Πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις τὰ σωτήρια προσενήνοχε νάματα, καὶ τὴν δικαίαν αὐτοῦ βασιλείαν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἔδειξεν.
; Egnōrise Kyrios to sōtērion autou enantion tōn ethnōn, apekalypse tēn dikaiosynēn autou. • Pasin anthrōpois ta sōtēria prosenēnoche namata, kai tēn dikaian autou basileian tois ethnesin edeixen.
"The Lord has made known his salvation; before the nations he has revealed his righteousness." "He brought the saving streams to all men and showed the nations his just kingdom."
Ps 98:2 (97:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 98:2: God made his salvation and righteousness known to the nations.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR)): νά ματα → νάματα.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 97.2 (PG 80 80:1659; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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97.3PG 80 80:1659
· Ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ἐλέου αὑτοῦ τῷ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας αὐτοῦ τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ· εἴδοσαν πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. » Κομιδῇ ταῦτα ἔοικε τοῖς Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου θεσπίσμασι. Δι' ἐκείνου γὰρ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς πρὸς τὸν Δεσπότην ἔφη Χριστόν · « "Εδωκά τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν . Οὐ γὰρ Ἰουδαίοις τὸ φῶς. σε εἰς διαθήκην γένους, εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, τοῦ εἶναι σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. · Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ καὶ τοῖς θαυμασίοις πατριάρχαις, τῷ ᾿Αβραάμ, καὶ τῷ Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ τῷ Ἰακώβ, καὶ τῷ θεσπεσίῳ Δαβιδ ὑπέσχετο ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῶν κατὰ σάρκα τὸν Χριστὸν ἀναστήσειν, καὶ σωτηρίαν δι' αὐτοῦ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις παρέξειν. Διαθήκην ἐκάλεσε τὴν πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας γεγενημένην ἐπαγγελίαν. Τὴν γὰρ διαθήκην οἱ ἄλλοι ἑρμηνευταὶ συνθήκην εἰρήκασι. Γένος δὲ αὐτοῦ, τὸν Ἰσραὴλ κέκληκεν, ἐπειδὴ ἐξ Ἰουδαίων ὁ Χριστὸς κατὰ σάρκα, ᾗ φησιν ὁ ᾿Απόστολος. Δέδωκά σε τοίνυν [ἔφη] εἰς διαθήκην γένους· τουτέστιν ὥστε πληρῶσαι τὰς πρὸς Ἰουδαίους γεγενημένας συνθήκας· ἀλλ᾽ εἰς φῶς, οὐκ ἔτι Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλ᾿ ἐθνῶν. Οὗτοι γὰρ διὰ τῆς πίστεως τῆς σωτηρίας μετέλαχον · [ὁμολογήσαντες αὐτὸν καὶ ὁμολογοῦντες Θεὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ.] Ἐκεῖνοι δὲ τὸν ζόφον τῆς ἀπιστίας ἡγάπησαν. Τοῦτο καὶ ἐνταῦθα ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Δαβίδ· « Ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ τῷ Ἰακώβ, καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας αὐτοῦ τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ· τὰς γὰρ πρὸς ἐκείνους γεγενημένας ἐπαγγελίας ἐπλήρωσεν. Εἶδον μέντοι πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς μόνοις ἀνέτειλεν, ἀλλὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις τῆς ἀληθείας
; Emnēsthē tou eleou hautou tǭ Iakōb, kai tēs alētheias autou tǭ oikǭ Israēl; eidosan panta ta perata tēs gēs to sōtērion tou Theou hēmōn. » Komidę̄ tauta eoike tois Hēsaïou tou prophētou thespismasi. Di' ekeinou gar ho tōn holōn Theos pros ton Despotēn ephē Christon ; « "Edōka to sōtērion tou Theou hēmōn . Ou gar Ioudaiois to phōs. se eis diathēkēn genous, eis phōs ethnōn, tou einai se eis sōtērian heōs eschatou tēs gēs. ; Epeidē gar kai tois thaumasiois patriarchais, tǭ ᾿Abraam, kai tǭ Isaak, kai tǭ Iakōb, kai tǭ thespesiǭ Dabid hypescheto ho tōn holōn Theos, ek tou spermatos autōn kata sarka ton Christon anastēsein, kai sōtērian di' autou pasin anthrōpois parexein. Diathēkēn ekalese tēn pros tous pateras gegenēmenēn epangelian. Tēn gar diathēkēn hoi alloi hermēneutai synthēkēn eirēkasi. Genos de autou, ton Israēl keklēken, epeidē ex Ioudaiōn ho Christos kata sarka, hę̄ phēsin ho ᾿Apostolos. Dedōka se toinyn [ephē] eis diathēkēn genous; toutestin hōste plērōsai tas pros Ioudaious gegenēmenas synthēkas; all᾽ eis phōs, ouk eti Ioudaiōn, all᾿ ethnōn. Houtoi gar dia tēs pisteōs tēs sōtērias metelachon ; [homologēsantes auton kai homologountes Theon ek Theou.] Ekeinoi de ton zophon tēs apistias hēgapēsan. Touto kai entautha ho makarios ephē Dabid; « Emnēsthē tou eleous autou tǭ Iakōb, kai tēs alētheias autou tǭ oikǭ Israēl; tas gar pros ekeinous gegenēmenas epangelias eplērōsen. Eidon mentoi panta ta perata tēs gēs monois aneteilen, alla pasin anthrōpois tēs alētheias
"He remembered his mercy to Jacob and his truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth saw the salvation of our God." This is very like the oracles of the prophet Isaiah. For through him the God of all said to Christ the Lord, "I have given you as a covenant of the race, as a light of the nations, that you may be for salvation to the end of the earth." For since the God of all promised the wonderful patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the inspired David, to raise up the Christ from their seed according to the flesh and through him to give salvation to all men, he called the promise made to the fathers a "covenant"; the other translators said "agreement" for "covenant." He called Israel his race, since the Christ according to the flesh is from the Jews, as the apostle says. "I have given you, then," [he said,] "as a covenant of the race," that is, so as to fulfill the agreements made with the Jews; "but as a light," no longer of the Jews but of the nations. For these shared in salvation through faith, [having confessed and confessing him God from God.] But those loved the gloom of unbelief. The blessed David said this here too: "He remembered his mercy to Jacob and his truth to the house of Israel"; for he fulfilled the promises made to them. "But all the ends of the earth saw the salvation of our God." For the light rose not for the Jews alone, but for all men.
Ps 98:3 (97:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 42:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 49:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 9:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 98:3: God kept his promises to Israel by sending Christ from their seed, but made him a light to the nations, who received salvation by faith.
- The OCR has disordered the end of this section; the translation follows the evident order, and a fragment belonging to 98:4 is restored to 97.4. The bracketed words are bracketed in Migne (one opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena.
- The Isaiah quotation is free (Isa 42:6; 49:6).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent slip; fragment of 97.4 displaced here by the OCR, restored there; opening bracket lost in the OCR; stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): τῷ Ἰακὼβ ", καὶ → τῷ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ; Κομιδή ταῦτα → Κομιδῇ ταῦτα; παρέξειν ". Διαθήκην → παρέξειν. Διαθήκην; ὁμολογήσαντες αὐτὸν καὶ → [ὁμολογήσαντες αὐτὸν καὶ; τὰς δι γὰρ πρὸς → τὰς γὰρ πρὸς; προσενέγκατε. Ὁ γὰρ ἀλαλαγμὸς νικώντων → .
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 97.3 (PG 80 80:1659; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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97.4PG 80 80:1659
« ᾿Αλαλάξατε τῷ Κυρίῳ, πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ᾄσατε, καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, καὶ ψάλατε. » Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν ἅπαντες τῆς πικρᾶς τοῦ διαβόλου τυραννίδος ἠλευθερώθητε, τὸν ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον τῷ σεσωκότι Θεῷ προσενέγκατε. Ὁ γὰρ ἀλαλαγμὸς νικώντων φωνή. Διὸ πληροῦμεν τὸ κελευσθέν. Τοῦτον γὰρ τὸν ὕμνον ἀλαλάζοντες καὶ βοῶντες κατὰ τὸν μυστικὸν καιρὸν προσφέρειν εἰώθαμεν τῷ Θεῷ, ᾄδοντες, καὶ ψάλλοντες, καὶ μετὰ πάσης εὐθυμίας χορεύοντες.
« ᾿Alalaxate tǭ Kyriǭ, pasa hē gē, ąsate, kai agalliasthe, kai psalate. » Epeidē toinyn hapantes tēs pikras tou diabolou tyrannidos ēleutherōthēte, ton epinikion hymnon tǭ sesōkoti Theǭ prosenenkate. Ho gar alalagmos nikōntōn phōnē. Dio plēroumen to keleusthen. Touton gar ton hymnon alalazontes kai boōntes kata ton mystikon kairon prospherein eiōthamen tǭ Theǭ, ądontes, kai psallontes, kai meta pasēs euthymias choreuontes.
"Shout to the Lord, all the earth; sing, rejoice, and sing psalms." "Since, then, all of you have been freed from the bitter tyranny of the devil, offer the hymn of victory to the God who saved you; for shouting is the cry of victors." So we fulfill the command. For we are accustomed to offer this hymn to God at the mystical time, shouting and crying out, singing and chanting psalms, and dancing with all cheerfulness.
Ps 98:4 (97:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 98:4: freed from the devil, the church shouts God's victory hymn, especially at the time of the mysteries.
- "The mystical time" refers to the celebration of the eucharist. Words displaced into 97.3 by the OCR are restored here.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR); words displaced into 97.3 by the OCR, restored): κατὰ τὸν μυστικὸν καιρὸν στ προσφέρειν → κατὰ τὸν μυστικὸν καιρὸν προσφέρειν; τῷ σεσωκότι Θεῷ φωνή → τῷ σεσωκότι Θεῷ προσενέγκατε. Ὁ γὰρ ἀλαλαγμὸς νικώντων φωνή.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 97.4 (PG 80 80:1659; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-4). (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.
97.5PG 80 80:1661
« Ψάλατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν κιθάρᾳ, καὶ φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ. » Καὶ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν νόμον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν διηνεκῶς ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πληρούμενον. Τῇ γὰρ πνευματικῇ κιθάρᾳ τὴν θείαν ἀνακρουόμεθα μελῳδίαν. Ποιοῦμεν δὲ καὶ ἡμεῖς λογικὰς κιθάρας τὰ ἡμέτερα σώματα, καὶ χρώμεθα, ἀντὶ μὲν χορδῶν τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν, ἀντὶ δὲ χαλκοῦ τοῖς χείλεσι, πλήκτρου δὲ παντὸς ὀξύτερον ἡ γλῶττα κινουμένη τὴν ἐναρμόνιον ἀποτελεῖ τῶν κρουσμάτων ἠχήν. Κινεῖ δὲ τὴν γλῶτταν ὁ νοῦς, οἷόν τις μουσικὸς μετ᾿ ἐπιστήμης ποιούμενος τὴν ταύτης μετάβασιν· αὕτη τῷ Θεῷ ἡ κιθάρα τῆς ἀψύχου θυμηρεστέρα. Καὶ μάρτυς αὐτὸς διὰ τοῦ προφήτου πρὸς Ἰουδαίους βοῶν· « ᾿Απόστησον ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἦχον ᾠδῶν σου, καὶ φωνὴν ὀργάνων σου οὐκ ἀκούσομαι. »
« Psalate tǭ Kyriǭ en kitharą, kai phōnę̄ psalmou. » Kai touton de ton nomon estin idein diēnekōs en tais ekklēsiais plēroumenon. Tę̄ gar pneumatikę̄ kitharą tēn theian anakrouometha melǭdian. Poioumen de kai hēmeis logikas kitharas ta hēmetera sōmata, kai chrōmetha, anti men chordōn tois odousin, anti de chalkou tois cheilesi, plēktrou de pantos oxyteron hē glōtta kinoumenē tēn enarmonion apotelei tōn krousmatōn ēchēn. Kinei de tēn glōttan ho nous, hoion tis mousikos met᾿ epistēmēs poioumenos tēn tautēs metabasin; hautē tǭ Theǭ hē kithara tēs apsychou thymērestera. Kai martys autos dia tou prophētou pros Ioudaious boōn; « ᾿Apostēson ap᾿ emou ēchon ǭdōn sou, kai phōnēn organōn sou ouk akousomai. »
"Sing to the Lord with the lyre, and with the voice of a psalm." One can see this law too continually fulfilled in the churches. For we play the divine melody on the spiritual lyre. We too make our bodies rational lyres, using the teeth instead of strings and the lips instead of bronze, while the tongue, moving sharper than any plectrum, produces the harmonious sound of the notes. The mind moves the tongue, like a musician making its movements with skill. This lyre is more pleasing to God than the lifeless one. And he himself is witness, crying to the Jews through the prophet, "Take away from me the sound of your songs, and I will not hear the voice of your instruments."
Ps 98:5 (97:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 5:23 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 98:5: the church praises God with the living lyre of the body, mind, and tongue, which pleases him more than lifeless instruments.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 97.5 (PG 80 80:1661; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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97.6PG 80 80:1661
· Ἐν σάλπιγξιν ἐλαταῖς, καὶ φωνῇ σάλπιγγος κερατίνης. • Σάλπιγγα πολλάκις τὴν βοὴν ἡ θεία καλεῖ Γραφή. Οὕτως ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς Εὐαγγελίοις φησίν· · Ὅτ᾽ ἂν ποιῇς ἐλεημοσύνην, μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου, ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ ποιοῦσιν· ἀντὶ τοῦ, Μὴ κηρύξῃς, μηδὲ δήλην ἅπασι καταστήσῃς · ἵνα μὴ τῇ κενῇ δόξῃ τὸν τῆς φιλανθρωπίας λυμήνῃ καρπόν. Καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοίνυν σάλπιγγα τὴν διδασκαλίαν καλεῖ δι' ἧς καὶ τὰς εἰς ἡμᾶς γεγενημένας εὐεργεσίας μανθάνομεν, καὶ τοὺς ὀνησιφόρους παιδευόμεθα νόμους. Ἐλατὰς δὲ σάλπιγγας τὰς χαλκᾶς λέγει · κερατίνας δὲ, τὰς ἐκ κεράτων γεγενημένας. Ταύταις δὲ Ἰουδαίους χρῆσθαι σύνηθες ἦν. Σκιὰ δὲ τῶν ἡμετέρων παρ' ἐκείνοις ἐπολιτεύετο. Ωσπερ τοίνυν ἐκεῖνοι τὸν ἄλογον ἔθυον ἀμνὸν, ἡμεῖς δὲ τὸν σωτήριον, [τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ Θεὸν,] τὸν αἴροντα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου· οὕτως ἐκεῖνοι ταῖς ἀψύχοις ἐκέχρηντο σάλπιγξιν, ἡμεῖς δὲ ταῖς ἐμψύχοις καὶ λογικαῖς. Σάλπιγγες τοίνυν ἡμῶν οἱ θεῖοι ἀπόστολοι, καὶ οἱ θεσπέσιοι προφῆται, καὶ οἱ μετ᾿ ἐκείνους τοῦ διδασκαλικοῦ τετυχηκότες χαρίσματος. « ᾿Αλαλάξατε ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως Κυρίου., Τὸν ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον προσενέγκατε τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ δεσπότῃ τῶν ὅλων.
; En salpinxin elatais, kai phōnę̄ salpingos keratinēs. • Salpinga pollakis tēn boēn hē theia kalei Graphē. Houtōs ho Kyrios en tois Euangeliois phēsin; ; Hot᾽ an poię̄s eleēmosynēn, mē salpisę̄s emprosthen sou, hōsper hoi hypokritai poiousin; anti tou, Mē kēryxę̄s, mēde dēlēn hapasi katastēsę̄s ; hina mē tę̄ kenę̄ doxę̄ ton tēs philanthrōpias lymēnę̄ karpon. Kai entautha toinyn salpinga tēn didaskalian kalei di' hēs kai tas eis hēmas gegenēmenas euergesias manthanomen, kai tous onēsiphorous paideuometha nomous. Elatas de salpingas tas chalkas legei ; keratinas de, tas ek keratōn gegenēmenas. Tautais de Ioudaious chrēsthai synēthes ēn. Skia de tōn hēmeterōn par' ekeinois epoliteueto. Ōsper toinyn ekeinoi ton alogon ethyon amnon, hēmeis de ton sōtērion, [ton ek Theou Theon,] ton aironta tēn hamartian tou kosmou; houtōs ekeinoi tais apsychois ekechrēnto salpinxin, hēmeis de tais empsychois kai logikais. Salpinges toinyn hēmōn hoi theioi apostoloi, kai hoi thespesioi prophētai, kai hoi met᾿ ekeinous tou didaskalikou tetychēkotes charismatos. « ᾿Alalaxate enōpion tou basileōs Kyriou., Ton epinikion hymnon prosenenkate tǭ basilei kai despotę̄ tōn holōn.
"With hammered trumpets and the sound of the horn." The divine Scripture often calls a loud cry a trumpet. So the Lord says in the Gospels, "When you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do"; that is, "Do not proclaim it nor make it plain to all, so that you do not spoil the fruit of love for humankind by vainglory." Here too, then, he calls teaching a trumpet, through which we learn the benefits done for us and are trained in the profitable laws. He means bronze trumpets by "hammered," and by "horn" those made of horns; the Jews used to use these. The shadow of our things was practiced among them. As, then, they sacrificed the irrational lamb, but we the saving one, [God from God,] who takes away the sin of the world, so they used lifeless trumpets, but we living and rational ones. Our trumpets, then, are the divine apostles, the inspired prophets, and those after them who have received the gift of teaching. "Shout before the King, the Lord." "Offer the hymn of victory to the King and Master of all."
Ps 98:6 (97:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 6:2 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:29 (quotation, high confidence) · Num 10:2 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 98:6: the trumpets are a figure for teaching; as the Jews' lamb gave way to the Lamb of God, their trumpets give way to the living trumpets, the apostles, prophets, and teachers.
- The bracketed words are bracketed in Migne (opening bracket supplied), probably an addition from the catena.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (opening bracket lost in the OCR; stray letters (OCR)): τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ Θεὸν,] → [τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ Θεὸν,]; τῷ βασιλεῖ τι καὶ → τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 97.6 (PG 80 80:1661; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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97.7PG 80 80:1661
« Σαλευθήτω ἡ θάλασσα, καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς, ἡ οἰκουμένη, καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ. • Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως· Ἠχείτω ἡ θάλασσα σὺν πληρώματι αὐτῆς· ἡ οἰκουμένη, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες αὐτήν. Διαφερόντως δὲ ἐν ταῖς πολυανθρώποις πόλεσιν ἔστιν ἰδεῖν τῆς προφητείας τὸ τέλος. Θάλατταν γὰρ κυμαίνουσαν τῶν εὐσεβῶν λαῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις μιμεῖται τὸ πλῆθος. Τοιαύτη δὲ καὶ ἡ τῶν ψαλλόντων ἠχή. Κατὰ δὲ τοὺς Ἑβδομήκοντα, τῶν τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ γῆν οἰκούντων ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος τὴν κίνησιν ἐδήλωσε, καὶ μεταβολήν. Σαλεύεται γὰρ τὸ κινούμενον· κινεῖται δὲ τὸ μεταβαλλόμενον.
« Saleuthētō hē thalassa, kai to plērōma autēs, hē oikoumenē, kai pantes hoi katoikountes en autę̄. • Ho de Symmachos houtōs; Ēcheitō hē thalassa syn plērōmati autēs; hē oikoumenē, kai hoi katoikountes autēn. Diapherontōs de en tais polyanthrōpois polesin estin idein tēs prophēteias to telos. Thalattan gar kymainousan tōn eusebōn laōn en tais ekklēsiais mimeitai to plēthos. Toiautē de kai hē tōn psallontōn ēchē. Kata de tous Hebdomēkonta, tōn tēn thalassan kai gēn oikountōn ho prophētikos logos tēn kinēsin edēlōse, kai metabolēn. Saleuetai gar to kinoumenon; kineitai de to metaballomenon.
"Let the sea be shaken and its fullness, the world and all who dwell in it." Symmachus has: "Let the sea roar with its fullness, the world and those who dwell in it." One can see the fulfillment of the prophecy especially in the populous cities. For the multitude of the pious peoples in the churches imitates a surging sea, and such is the sound of those singing psalms. According to the Seventy, the prophetic word showed the movement and change of those who inhabit sea and land. For what is moved is shaken, and what is changed is moved.
Ps 98:7 (97:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 98:7: the roaring sea is fulfilled in the crowds singing in the churches of the great cities, and the shaking in mankind's conversion.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters (OCR)): καὶ πάντες νὰ οἱ κατοικοῦντες → καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες.
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 97.7 (PG 80 80:1661; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from the Greek as printed in Migne PG 80 (Bavarian State Library OCR); no public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
97.8PG 80 80:1663
« Ποταμοὶ κροτήσουσι χειρὶ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.» Πάλιν ποταμοὺς τοὺς τῆς διδασκαλικῆς μεταλαγχάνοντας ὠνόμασε χάριτος, καὶ ποταμῶν δίκην τὰ θεῖα προχέοντας νάματα· οὓς κροτεῖν ἔφη, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνεῖν. Νενικηκότων γὰρ πάλιν ὁ κρότος. • Τὰ ὄρη ἀγαλλιάσονται ᾿Από προσώπου Κυρίου, ὅτι ἔρχεται· ὅτι ἥκει κρῖναι τὴν γῆν. » Ἐνταῦθα ὄρη προσηγόρευσε τοὺς ὑψηλὸν καὶ μετάρσιον ἔχοντας φρόνημα, ἐφ᾽ ὧν ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ ᾠκοδόμηται πόλις. • Οὐ δύναται γὰρ, φησὶ πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη. » Καί · « Οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ὅρεσι τοῖς ἁγίοις. » Τούτους ἔφη ἀγάλλεσθαι καὶ εὐφραίνεσθαι, τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν μανθάνοντας ἐπιφάνειαν. Προσμένοντες γαρ τῶν πόνων τὰς ἀντιδόσεις, ἀγάλλονται τοῦ κριτοῦ τὸ δίκαιον ἐπιστάμενοι. « Κρινεῖ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, καὶ λαοὺς ἐν εὐθύτητι. » Προτέρα μὲν γὰρ ἐπιφάνεια πολὺν ἔσχε τὸν ἔλεον· ἡ δὲ δευτέρα ἕξει τὸ δίκαιον. « Πάντες γὰρ, φησὶν, παραστησόμεθα τῷ βήματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα κομίσηται ἕκαστος τὰ διὰ τοῦ σώματος, πρὸς ἃ ἔπραξεν, εἴτε ἀγαθὸν, εἴτε κακόν. » Τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ὁ προφήτης ἔφη· • ῞Απαξ ἐλάλησεν ὁ Θεὸς, δύο ταῦτα ἤκουσα, ὅτι τὸ κράτος τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ σοῦ, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεος, ὅτι σὺ ἀποδώσεις ἑκάστω κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. »
« Potamoi krotēsousi cheiri epi to auto.» Palin potamous tous tēs didaskalikēs metalanchanontas ōnomase charitos, kai potamōn dikēn ta theia procheontas namata; hous krotein ephē, kai ton Theon anymnein. Nenikēkotōn gar palin ho krotos. • Ta orē agalliasontai ᾿Apo prosōpou Kyriou, hoti erchetai; hoti hēkei krinai tēn gēn. » Entautha orē prosēgoreuse tous hypsēlon kai metarsion echontas phronēma, eph᾽ hōn hē tou Theou ǭkodomētai polis. • Ou dynatai gar, phēsi polis krybēnai epanō orous keimenē. » Kai ; « Hoi themelioi autou en tois horesi tois hagiois. » Toutous ephē agallesthai kai euphrainesthai, tēn tou Theou kai Sōtēros hēmōn manthanontas epiphaneian. Prosmenontes gar tōn ponōn tas antidoseis, agallontai tou kritou to dikaion epistamenoi. « Krinei tēn oikoumenēn en dikaiosynę̄, kai laous en euthytēti. » Protera men gar epiphaneia polyn esche ton eleon; hē de deutera hexei to dikaion. « Pantes gar, phēsin, parastēsometha tǭ bēmati tou Christou, hina komisētai hekastos ta dia tou sōmatos, pros ha epraxen, eite agathon, eite kakon. » Touto de kai ho prophētēs ephē; • ῾Apax elalēsen ho Theos, dyo tauta ēkousa, hoti to kratos tou Theou, kai sou, Kyrie, to eleos, hoti sy apodōseis hekastō kata ta erga autou. »
"The rivers will clap with the hand together." Again he named rivers those who share in the grace of teaching and pour out the divine streams like rivers; he said they clap and hymn God; for clapping again belongs to victors. "The mountains will rejoice before the face of the Lord, for he comes; for he has come to judge the earth." Here he named mountains those who have a lofty and elevated mind, on whom the city of God is built. "For a city," he says, "set on a mountain cannot be hidden"; and, "Its foundations are on the holy mountains." These, he said, rejoice and are glad, learning of the appearing of our God and Savior. For awaiting the rewards of their labors, they rejoice, knowing the justice of the judge. "He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in uprightness." For the first appearing had great mercy; the second will have justice. "For we shall all," he says, "stand before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive what was done through the body, according to what he has done, whether good or evil." The prophet too said this: "God has spoken once; these two things I have heard: that power belongs to God; and to you, Lord, mercy; for you will repay each according to his works."
Ps 98:8 (97:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 98:9 (97:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 5:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 87:1 (86:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 5:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 62:11 (61:12 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 62:12 (61:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 98:8-9: the teachers clap like rivers and the lofty-minded rejoice like mountains at Christ's coming; his first coming brought mercy, his second will bring just judgment.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word (OCR); stray letters (OCR); stray mark (OCR)): πόλις κρυ βῆναι → πόλις κρυβῆναι; ἀγάλ λεσθαι → ἀγάλλεσθαι; ἐπιφάνεια το πολὺν → ἐπιφάνεια πολὺν; τὸ ( ἔλεος → τὸ ἔλεος.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Theodoret, Interp. Ps. 97.8 (PG 80 80:1663; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/theodoret-interpretatio-psalmos/97-8
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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.