Fragmenta in Psalmos

 A lover of God is roused toward God both through a house and a vessel dedicated to God. This one thing therefore and only have I sought, for God to dw

 according to the difference of the manner according to what was said again by the Savior, that And there are many mansions with my Father. 15 Ps 34,6

 25 Ps 37,4a He compares his much-suffering and much-afflicted state to a body completely mistreated, such as also in Isaiah the From the feet to the

 favored and extending the good things forever. These three, he says, remain: faith, hope, love. 34 Ps 39,5 In this, he says, is man blessed: in placin

 Especially in Christ we hear of innocence, the purity from all evil, which the creator sought from men who were made for this purpose, so that they mi

 Why speaks of the passion of forgetfulness, but it indicates a voluntary forgetfulness, the lack of concern for man, the one unworthy of care from G

 once for all we boast in you through all time and to your name we give thanks by which we are saved, just as it is also said through Ezekiel, It is no

 of them not a small portion (for many also of those from the Jews have believed), he makes a kind of prelude to the mystagogy concerning these things,

 to the head, and you will be to the tail. Because indeed those who in ancient times became proselytes of the law in order to be reconciled to God, now

 78 Ps 48,4.5 I will take up, he says, a hidden wise word, mixing the riddle with a song. Why did he not say to open the mouth to a parable, but to inc

 man's sin entered into the world, and evil was rooted in the first woman and from her it passes through childbirth to those who are born. This is said

 promise brought these things. 99A Ps 70,19.20 He begins the hymn from the point where it was promised, immediately acting, loudly proclaiming the heig

 For the whole world has also blossomed with the fruit of Christ and a countless multitude of the children of Christ appearing in each city like grass

 111a Ps 73,4a The mention of the places is necessary because of the lawlessness of the people. because there was no cause for indignation against the

 that is, mountains of food. For he called food prey also in Psalm 131, saying, *Blessing I will bless her prey*, which indeed Symmachus in that place

 (not the one who leads it around in a circle) and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in (not to be rolled up as a circle) and Isaiah says that those

 master. For even if the accusations against the servants were just, but there is also a sparing concern for what is one's own when it is inhumanely ra

 The aforementioned vine covered the mountains with its shadow, because it surpassed all height and all power above the earth, and with the extensions

 he says, the reconciliation of the world, but later the acceptance is life from the dead, the perfect good will of God having been shown to men, whene

 my eyes have grown weak from poverty. Symmachus rendered it, My eye has wasted away from affliction. 146 Ps 87,13 Save, therefore, a race made by you,

 which were spoken through the prophet Nathan. But he says that he is exalted by his own mercy and by the fitting zeal for the just one, just as he als

 has happened for other kings who hoped in God, as the promise of God which says, I will be an enemy to your enemies and I will oppose those who oppos

 saying that the many islands, that is, the nations, also rejoice, then, next, that the earth travails and the mountains melt in one place he means th

 170 Ps 101,3 In power, what is said is similar to the prayer of Solomon supplicating concerning the future affliction for the people, so that indeed t

 He says it is a sign of the establishing power of God that the earth, being the heaviest element, has been fixed above the waters and remains unmoved

 is shown by God and by the wonders spoken of at each time but the power of God must be recognized, and not at all an uninterrupted history of events.

 But the end of discipline is the rectification of man towards what is right, in the leadership of the spirit, but in the obedience of the flesh. For t

 having stirred up their previously fair voyage, by which, being crested, they were carried up to a height, and flowing back, were carried down, as is

 202 Ps 110 arg. The hymn is spoken briefly in the present one, and the first sounds of the verses proceed according to the Hebrew through the twenty-t

 a living [sacrifice], truly well-pleasing to God, the multitude of which fills the altar up to the highest point which is joined to the heavenly angel

 our. Therefore, having presented himself as is fitting for one who is humble, he seeks a reward from God, a lawful conduct in life and a life accordin

 The formations now spoken of must be referred to, such as, 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you' just as Job also says, 'You formed me from c

 in irritation towards those who plotted against him, just as the plot of Saul did not lead David astray from defending himself as was fitting. 237 Ps

 redeeming the dying through death to which is also consequently added, My soul shall live, and the rest.

 of the most God-fearing, through whom the kingdom of David is restored by the grace of Christ who gave to the twelve apostles to judge Israel, sitting

 brings the greatest preservation of all those things. For from the beginning he gave an abundance of food which he calls Thera, but another interprets

 the clear refutation that such images are not gods. For the image of God is divine wherefore also the divine man is an icon, not he who has been depr

 for the release of Israel, being brought forward to authority, as the things prophesied through Isaiah have it but the blessing will fall to those wh

 with benefits, that is, upon those who have no hope and are without God in the world, whom the apostle has called things that are not. 282 Ps 137,7.

 291 Ps 140,2 If in the morning we understand the life to come, the one in rest and glory

 300 Ps 143,4.5 But all human things are alike, and are indications of a divine operation, fearful, strong, and destructive of men. 301 Ps 144,1 In the

 having power and wisdom that fill him, but a fullness that has come forth from himself, just as Solomon also calls wisdom an offspring and presents wi

202 Ps 110 arg. The hymn is spoken briefly in the present one, and the first sounds of the verses proceed according to the Hebrew through the twenty-two letters of the Hebrews from the first to the last, that is from Aleph to Tau, with such a composition having grammatical propriety and inviting to an experience of letters and the learning of books, since the psalms immediately and clearly encourage the study of the law, as Moses also commanded the same from above and ordered elementary teachers to be appointed and to teach the children the law, because they had their learning through hearing, not their wisdom through the spirit as those who are perfected according to Christ.

203 Ps 111,9 He says that the righteousness of the one who is blessed is not extinguished, nor

does it stop at the present, but it is also extended into the age to come; in which age His horn will be exalted in glory, that is, the kingdom which he will be counted worthy of, having obtained the promises of salvation. For it is customary for scripture to call the kingdom a Horn.

204 Ps 113,16 But it is also just for those who worship as more beautiful and divine

while thinking lifeless things are so, to become like them. And this would not justly appear to them as a curse but as worthy of a prayer, to become gods, just as they suppose and to have what they admire.

205 Ps 115,2 For man is empty and a complete lie in both being and not

being, because even while seeming to be, he is not, but moves in an image of life rather than in truth. 206 Ps 115,7-10 There is need of a release from the bonds in hades, so that the God of the living and not of the dead might be our God, and we his ministers in the heavenly church to which we return, escaping the bonds of death.

207 Ps 117,7-9 He is confident as one who has been heard, but he hopes as one for help

about to obtain; and he is strengthened by hope so as not to fear the plots of men nor to marvel at their powers but to foresee their fall. These things were formerly about Israel when the other nations were pressing upon it (and the saying is spoken hyperbolically), and after these things about the church from the nations, being warred against by the rebellions of the unbelievers. For those in each nation who had believed endured the disturbances and dangers from the unbelievers, but nevertheless both these and those, trusting in God, conquered their opponents. 208 Ps 117,10.11 Those who war against the ones serving God are exalted by human power and human authorities, but those who have chosen reverence for God are emboldened by God's help and find this to be stronger than all strength; and most manifestly indeed, the people of Christ defend themselves against both visible and invisible enemies by the name of the Lord alone. 209 Ps 117,27a He clearly hymns the epiphany of the Lord, through which salvation is restored to all, having said both God according to the paternal name and Lord according to the Son's name, because the Lord is God and God is Lord, and having appeared as Lord he ruled over us ourselves for life according to that, That he might be Lord of both the dead and the living, and over the adversaries for punishment according to that, to abolish all authority and power. 210 Ps 117,27bc He commands the establishment of a feast by means of a multitude of victims being placed on the altar up to its horns and its other projections. But proceeding to our victims, the word signifies those who according to the type of Christ present themselves as a sacrifice

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202 Ps 110 arg. Λέγεται ἐν τῷ παρόντι διὰ βραχέων ὁ ὕμνος, καὶ διὰ τῶν εἴκοσι δύο στοιχείων τῶν Ἑβραίων αἱ πρῶται φωναὶ τῶν στίχων προΐασι κατὰ τὴν Ἑβραΐδα ἀπὸ πρώτου μέχρι τελευταίου τουτέστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἄλεφ ἕως τοῦ Θαῦ, γραμματικὴν εὐπρέπειαν ἐχούσης τῆς τοιαύτης συνθέσεως καὶ προ καλουμένης εἰς ἐμπειρίαν γραμμάτων καὶ βιβλίων μάθησιν, καθὸ καὶ εὐθὺς ἐναργῆ προτρέπουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ νόμου μελέτην οἱ ψαλμοί, παραγγείλαντος ἄνωθεν καὶ τοῦ Μωυσέως ταὐτὸν καὶ γραμματοεισαγωγεῖς καταστῆσαι κελεύσαντος καὶ τοὺς παῖδας διδάσκειν τὸν νόμον, ὅτι καὶ δι' ἀκοῆς εἶχον τὴν μάθησιν, οὐ διὰ πνεύματος τὴν σοφίαν ὡς οἱ κατὰ Χριστὸν τελειούμενοι.

203 Ps 111,9 Τὴν δικαιοσύνην τοῦ μακαριζομένου μὴ σβέννυσθαί φησι μηδὲ

ἄχρι τοῦ παρόντος ἵστασθαι ἀλλὰ καὶ παρεκτείνεσθαι καὶ εἰς τὸν μέλλοντα αἰῶνα· ἐν ᾧ αἰῶνι Τὸ κέρας αὐτοῦ ὑψωθήσεται ἐν δόξῃ, τουτέστιν ἡ βασιλεία ἧς καταξιωθήσεται τυχὼν τῶν σωτηρίων ἐπαγγελιῶν. σύνηθες γὰρ τῇ γραφῇ τὴν βασιλείαν Κέρας ὀνομάζειν.

204 Ps 113,16 Ἀλλὰ καὶ δίκαιον τοὺς ὡς καλλίω σέβοντας καὶ θεῖα

νομίζοντας τὰ ἄψυχα εἰς ὅμοιον αὐτοῖς καταστῆναι. καὶ οὐκ ἂν αὐτοῖς τοῦτο δικαίως φανείη κατάρα ἀλλ' εὐχῆς ἄξιον τὸ θεοὺς γενέσθαι, καθάπερ οἴονται καὶ ἔχειν ὃ θαυμάζουσιν.

205 Ps 115,2 Κενὸν γὰρ καὶ διάψευσμα ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν τῷ εἶναί τε καὶ μὴ

εἶναι, ὅτι καὶ εἶναι δοκῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλλ' ἐν εἰκόνι ζωῆς μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ στρέφεται. 206 Ps 115,7-10 Λύσεως δεῖ τῶν ἐν ᾅδου δεσμῶν, ἵν' ὁ ζώντων θεὸς καὶ μὴ νεκρῶν θεὸς ἡμῶν εἴη καὶ ἡμεῖς αὐτοῦ λειτουργοὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπουρανίῳ ἐκκλησίᾳ εἰς ἣν ἐπανερχόμεθα τοὺς θανάτου δεσμοὺς ἀποφεύγοντες.

207 Ps 117,7-9 Θαρρεῖ μὲν ὡς ἐπακουσθείς, ἐλπίζει δὲ ὡς τῆς βοηθείας

τευξόμενος· ῥώννυται δὲ τῇ ἐλπίδι πρὸς τὸ μὴ δεδοικέναι τὰς ἀνθρώπων ἐπιβουλὰς μηδὲ θαυμάζειν τὰς ἐκείνων δυνάμεις ἀλλὰ προορᾶν τὴν πτῶσιν αὐτῶν. ταῦτα δὲ πάλαι μὲν ἦν περὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐπικειμένων αὐτῷ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν (εἴρηται δὲ ὑπερβολικῶς ὁ λόγος), μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα περὶ τὴν ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἐκκλησίαν πολεμουμένην ἐπαναστάσεσι τῶν ἀπιστῶν. οἱ γὰρ ἐν ἑκάστῳ ἔθνει πεπιστευκότες τοὺς παρὰ τῶν ἀπιστούντων θορύβους καὶ κινδύνους ὑπέμενον, ἀλλ' ὅμως καὶ οὗτοι κἀκεῖνοι τῷ θεῷ τεθαρρηκότες τοὺς ἀντιπάλους ἐνίκησαν. 208 Ps 117,10.11 Οἱ μὲν πολεμοῦντες τοῖς θεῷ δουλεύουσιν ἀνθρωπίνῃ τε ἐπαίρονται δυνάμει καὶ ἀνθρωπίναις ἡγεμονίαις, οἱ δὲ θεοῦ σέβας ἑλόμενοι τῇ θεοῦ βοηθείᾳ θαρσύνονται καὶ ταύτην ἁπάσης ἰσχύος ἰσχυροτέραν εὑρίσκουσι· καὶ περιφανέστατά γε οἱ Χριστοῦ δι' ὀνόματος τοῦ κυρίου μόνον πρὸς τοῖς ὁρατοῖς καὶ τοὺς ἀοράτους πολεμίους ἀμύνονται. 209 Ps 117,27a Τὴν τοῦ κυρίου σαφῶς ἐπιφάνειαν ὑμνεῖ, δι' ἧς ἡ σωτηρία τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀποκαθίσταται, θεόν τε εἰπὼν κατὰ τὸ πατρικὸν καὶ κύριον κατὰ τὸ υἱοῦ ὄνομα, διότι καὶ ὁ κύριος θεὸς καὶ ὁ θεὸς κύριος, ἐπιφανείς τε ὡς κύριος ἐκυρίευσεν ἡμῶν τε αὐτῶν εἰς ζωὴν κατὰ τὸ Ἵνα νεκρῶν καὶ ζώντων κυριεύσῃ, καὶ τῶν ἐναντίων εἰς κόλασιν κατὰ τὸ καταργεῖν πᾶσαν ἐξουσίαν καὶ δύναμιν. 210 Ps 117,27bc Σύστασιν ἑορτῆς προστάττει διὰ πλήθους ἱερείων ἐπιτιθεμένων τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ μέχρι τῶν κεράτων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐξοχῶν. ἐπὶ δὲ τὰ ἡμέτερα ἱερεῖα προϊὼν ὁ λόγος δηλοῖς τοὺς κατὰ τύπον Χριστοῦ παριστάντας ἑαυτοὺς θυσίαν

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