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fulfill. We shall rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we shall be magnified. May the Lord fulfill all your requests; now I know that the Lord has saved His Anointed. From the diapsalm, those who have prayed prophesy that God will grant to him, to whom he offered rational sacrifices, as much as he asked for in his mind, and fulfillment to his counsel, or that the things he has resolved are not foreign to God. We shall enjoy the good things with you, they say, rejoicing in your salvation; for we have known by the Holy Spirit that the offspring to be born of you is the salvation of all men; for which reason we also shall be magnified in the name of our God. And may your requests be granted, for these are worthy of God. 23.197 He will hear him from his holy heaven, in the mighty deeds of the salvation of his right hand. But the right hand, and all the saving and right actions are in mighty deeds. For by powers and signs and wonders will he work his benefactions for men. Some in chariots and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God. They were entangled and fell, but we have risen and have been set upright. Save, Lord, the king, and hear us in whatever day we call upon you. But for the experience of things would be a test of the better. For your enemies, trusting in horses and chariots, being entangled, will fall just as Pharaoh did when he was drowned in the Red Sea; but we who are armed in the name of the Lord our God, and struggling together in prayers with you who offer up the sacrifices, will rise up and be set aright, when you have taken up the victories against the enemies. But these things will be, they say, even now at the time of the epiphany of the salvation that has been given. For then especially all the opposing powers, and the unseen and invisible enemies of God, being routed through this salvation, will fall. And all who have received the salvation will rise up from their former fall. Therefore Simeon said concerning him: Behold, this one is set for the fall and rising of many; the fall, that is, of his enemies and adversaries; but the rising of those who had fallen long ago, but were raised up by him. And these things will happen then; but now, Lord, save for us king David, both in every present time, and on whatever day we call upon you. And these things are fitting, as another says, also for Hezekiah. And you will understand these things also according to the law of anagogy. FOR THE END, A PSALM OF DAVID 20. For the things spoken are sent up for a favorable end, and it signifies the destruction of the enemies of God. Therefore according to Symmachus, it is a Song of Victory; but according to Aquila, To the Giver of Victory, a melody. Lord, in your strength the king will be glad. I think that these things set forth are also spoken by those who also prayed for David before this. David, therefore, having now learned from the oracles given to him about the salvation that would come from his seed, and of the power in that salvation, will be glad and rejoice greatly in these things. And taking courage in these things, and having overcome the enemies through them, he dedicates the prizes of victory to you, the God who gives victory. And he rejoices and exults exceedingly, being saved by you from the plot of the enemies; and he does not rejoice so much in his own salvation as in the fact that his salvation comes from you. For having desired the salvation from you, and having sent up a supplication for this with his own lips in prayers to God, he will not fall from his hope, 23.200 nor will he be deprived of his request, but according to his prayers also, he will obtain what he desires. And in your salvation he will rejoice

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πληρώσαι. Ἀγαλλιασόμεθα ἐν τῷ σωτηρίῳ σου, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Θεοῦ ἡμῶν μεγαλυνθησόμεθα. Πληρώσαι Κύριος πάντα τὰ αἰτήματά σου· νῦν ἔγνων, ὅτι ἔσωσε Κύριος τὸν Χριστὸν αὐτοῦ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ διαψάλματος οἱ εὐξάμενοι προφητεύουσιν, αὐτῷ τὸν Θεὸν δώσειν, ᾧ τὰς λογικὰς θυσίας προσήνεγκεν, ὅσα κατὰ διάνοιαν ᾔτησε, καὶ πλήρωσιν τῇ βουλῇ, ἢ ὅτι μὴ ἀλλότρια Θεοῦ τὰ βεβουλευμένα. Συναπολαύσομεν δέ σοι, φασὶ, τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ἀγαλλιώμενοι τῷ σωτηρίῳ τῷ σῷ· ἔγνωμεν γὰρ ἐξ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τὸ ἐκ σοῦ γενησόμενον γέννημα πάντων ἀνθρώπων σωτήριον· ἐφ' ᾧ καὶ ἡμεῖς μεγαλυνθησόμεθα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. Ἔστω δέ σου καὶ τὰ αἰτήματα καὶ γὰρ ἄξια ταῦτα Θεοῦ. 23.197 Ἐπακούσεται αὐτοῦ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἁγίου αὐτοῦ, ἐν δυναστείαις σωτηρία τῆς δεξιᾶς αὐτοῦ. ∆εξιὰ δὲ χεὶρ, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ σωτήριοι καὶ δεξιαὶ πράξεις ἐν δυναστείαις. ∆υνάμεσι γὰρ καὶ σημείοις καὶ τέρασι τὰς εἰς ἀνθρώπους ποιήσεται εὐεργεσίας. Οὗτοι ἐν ἅρμασιν καὶ οὗτοι ἐν ἵπποις, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐπικαλεσόμεθα. Αὐτοὶ συνεποδίσθησαν καὶ ἔπεσαν· ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀνέστημεν καὶ ἀνωρθώθημεν. Σῶσον, Κύριε, τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἐπάκουσον ἡμῶν ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλεσόμεθά σε. Ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἡ πεῖρα τῶν πραγμάτων γένοιτ' ἂν ἔλεγχος τοῦ κρείττονος. Οἱ μὲν γὰρ σοὶ ἐχθροὶ ἐφ' ἵπποις καὶ ἅρμασι πεποιθότες, συμποδισθέντες πεσοῦνται ὁμοίως τῷ Φαραὼ ἐπὶ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάττης καταποντωθέντι· ἡμεῖς δὲ οἱ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ὡπλισμένοι, καὶ σοὶ τῷ τὰς θυσίας ἀναπέμποντι ταῖς εὐχαῖς συναγωνιζόμενοι, ἀναστησόμεθα, καὶ ἀνορθωθησόμεθα, σοῦ τὰς κατὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν νίκας ἀραμένου. Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἔσται, φασὶ, καὶ νῦν κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τῆς τοῦ ἀποδοθέντος σωτηρίου ἐπιφανείας. Τότε γὰρ μάλιστα πᾶσαι αἱ ἀντικείμεναι δυνάμεις, καὶ οἱ ἀφανεῖς καὶ ἀόρατοι τοῦ Θεοῦ πολέμιοι, δι' αὐτοῦ τοῦ σωτηρίου τροπούμενοι, πεσοῦνται. Πάντες δὲ οἱ τὸ σωτήριον παραδεξάμενοι, τοῦ πάλαι αὐτῶν πτώματος διαναστήσονται. ∆ιὸ περὶ αὐτοῦ Συμεὼν ἔλεγεν· Ἰδοὺ οὗτος κεῖται εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν· πτῶσιν μὲν δηλαδὴ τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν πολεμίων· ἀνάστασιν δὲ τῶν πάλαι πεπτωκότων, δι' αὐτοῦ δὲ ἐγηγερμένων. Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν τότε γενήσεται· νῦν δὲ, Κύριε, σῶζε ἡμῖν τὸν βασιλέα ∆αυῒδ, καὶ ἐν παντὶ τῷ ὄντι καιρῷ, καὶ ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλεσώμεθά σε. Ἁρμόζει δὲ ταῦτα, ὡς ἄλλος φησὶ, καὶ ἐπὶ Ἐζεκίᾳ. Νοήσεις δὲ ταῦτα καὶ κατὰ τὸν τῆς ἀναγωγῆς νόμον. ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ, ΨΑΛΜΟΣ ΤΩ ∆ΑΥΙ∆ Κʹ. Εἰς αἴσιον γὰρ ἀναπέμπεται τὰ λεγόμενα τέλος, καὶ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ σημαίνει τὸν ὄλεθρον. ∆ιὸ κατὰ μὲν Σύμμαχον, Ἐπινίκιός ἐστιν ᾠδή· κατὰ δὲ τὸν Ἀκύλαν, Τῷ νικοποιῷ μελῴδημα. Κύριε, ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου εὐφρανθήσεται ὁ βασιλεύς. Οἶμαι καὶ ταῦτα λέγεσθαι τὰ προκείμενα ἐκ τῶν καὶ τὰ πρὸ τούτου τῷ ∆αυῒδ ἐπευξαμένων. Μαθὼν γοῦν νῦν ὁ ∆αυῒδ ἀπὸ τῶν πρὸς αὐτὸν γενομένων χρησμῶν τὰ περὶ τοῦ ἐκ σπέρματος αὐτοῦ προελευσομένου σωτηρίου, καὶ τῆς ἐν τῷ σωτηρίῳ δυνάμεως, ἐπὶ τούτοις εὐφρανθήσεται καὶ ἀγαλλιάσεται σφόδρα. Καὶ τούτοις γε θαρσῶν, τῶν τε ἐχθρῶν διὰ τούτων περιγενόμενος, σοὶ τῷ νικοποιῷ Θεῷ τὰ βραβεῖα τῆς νίκης ἀνατίθησι. Χαίρει τε καὶ ὑπερβαλλόντως ἀγάλλεται, τῆς τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐπιβουλῆς ὑπὸ σοῦ διασωζόμενος· καὶ οὐχ οὕτως ἐπὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίᾳ ἀγαλλιᾷ, ὅσον ὅτι παρὰ σοῦ τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ προσγίνεται. Καὶ γὰρ ἐπιθυμήσας τὸ παρὰ σοῦ σωτήριον, καὶ περὶ τούτου τοῖς χείλεσιν ἑαυτοῦ ἐν ταῖς πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν εὐχαῖς ἱκετηρίαν ἀναπέμψας, οὐκ ἐκπεσεῖται τῆς ἐλπίδος, 23.200 οὐδὲ στερηθήσεται τοῦ αἰτήματος, ἀλλὰ κατ' καὶ εὐχὰς παρέξει τευξόμενος τῆς ἐπιθυμίας. Καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ σωτηρίῳ σου ἀγαλλιάσεται