to the same place, honoring the day of the resurrection of our Lord, so that the bone of Christ may be gathered to bone, and joint, and veins, and sinews, and skin, and now also the hairs. Or do you not know that you are the body of Christ, and it is necessary for this to be gathered, so that Christ may not say concerning us: All my bones are scattered? 77.54 And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary, this mountain which his right hand had acquired. But according to anagogy, the mountain of the sanctuary is the distinct and highest virtue and knowledge; into which Jesus, the only perfect teacher, genuinely leads, whose possession is every excellent knowledge and contemplative state of the truth. Wherefore also those who acquire these covenants, are called possessions of God. 77.55 And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. He made the nations that believed in Christ to dwell, and brought them in. 77.61 And he delivered their strength into captivity, and their beauty into the hand of the enemy. The beauty of the tabernacle, he means the ark. 77.65 And the Lord awoke as one sleeping, as a mighty man who has become exhilarated with wine. The mighty man, being heavy-headed from wine, when he rises, moves more violently and more impetuously; so, he says, also God arose against the foreigners. But just as intoxication, that is, drunkenness, is an acquired passion, not an innate one, so wrath is not a passion of God, but a just punishment brought upon those who sin. Therefore, when reading these anthropomorphic things about God, never suppose that God is in a state of passion; for He is impassible in every way. But the one who sins kindles wrath for himself. If I had said that God arose as one exhilarated with wine, who of the fault-finders would not have censured me, saying that you bring drunkenness and intoxication upon God, a man who is taught that not even drunkards shall inherit the kingdom of God? But nevertheless the Holy Spirit, possessing the free authority to speak, said that God sometimes rouses Himself as a mighty man, and as one exhilarated with wine. For perhaps it is as if we make him heavy-headed, and we make God drunk, as if to sleep, as if to be angry, as the other things, which are indeed up to us. But let it be, as if also one exhilarated. But if we turn back, and become sober-minded, he arises. And what does he do? 77.66 And he smote his enemies on the hind parts, he gave them an eternal reproach. He smites the enemies on the hind parts. For those who look before God and stand by him are not smitten, but when someone flees God, then he is smitten, and indeed being insensible of his own sins, then he is reproached by the one who wants to lead him to repentance; may he repent and be ashamed, who was shameless before, and as soon as the Lord began to reproach, he also ceased. But if he does not repent, the reproach is kept for him even unto the resurrection. -And he smote etc. He says this, because the Ashdodites and the Ashkelonites were smitten in the hind parts of their seats, until they sent away the ark. 78.2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones to the beasts of the earth. Of the demons, some oppose in contemplation, others in practice; and the former are called birds of the sky, while the latter may be called beasts of the earth. - As birds of the sky or beasts of the earth, the nations and the kingdoms of the earth devoured Jacob, who is Israel. 78.3 They have shed their blood like water. The blood, therefore, which they shed, is from the virtues that are eaten and the doctrines that are drunk. - One might use these things on account of the shed blood of their martyrs. 78.7 And they have made his place desolate. The place of the knowledge of God and the mind. 78.8,9 Let your mercies speedily prevent us, for we are brought very low. Help us, O God, our savior, for the sake of the glory of your name. And the phrase: we are brought low, instead of: we have been stripped of all protection. And well also the phrase: O God our savior, instead of: as you have always appeared doing this, so also do it now, and

ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ, τιμῶν τες τὴν τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἡμέραν, ινα συναχθῇ ὀστοῦν Χριστοῦ πρὸς ὀστοῦν, καὶ ἁρμονία, καὶ φλέβες, καὶ νεῦρα, καὶ δέρμα, ηδη δὲ καὶ αἱ τρίχες. Η οὐκ οι δατε οτι σῶμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐστὲ, καὶ ἀναγ καῖον τοῦτο συνάγεσθαι, ινα μὴ λέγῃ περὶ ἡμῶν Χριστός· ∆ιεσκορπίσθη πάντα τὰ ὀσ τᾶ μου; 77.54 Καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτοὺς εἰς ορος ἁ γιάσματος αὐτοῦ, ορος τοῦτο ο ἐκτήσατο ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ. Κατὰ δὲ ἀναγωγὴν, ορος ἁγιάσματος ἡ διῃρημένη καὶ ὑψηλοτάτη ἀρετὴ καὶ γνῶσις· εἰς ην γνησίως εἰσάγει ὁ μόνος τέλειος διδάσ καλος ̓Ιησοῦς, ου κτῆμα πᾶσα ἀρίστη γνῶ σις καὶ θεωρητικὴ τῆς ἀληθείας εξις. Οθεν καὶ οἱ ταύτας τὰς διαθήκας κτώμενοι, κτή ματα Θεοῦ καλοῦνται. 77.55 Καὶ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν τοῖς σκηνώ μασιν αὐτῶν τὰς φύλας τοῦ ̓Ισραήλ. Κατεσκήνωσε τὰ εθνη πιστεύσαντα εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτούς. 77.61 Καὶ παρέδωκεν εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν καλλονὴν αὐτῶν εἰς χεῖρα ἐχθροῦ. Τοῦ σκηνώματος τὴν καλλονὴν τὴν κιβω τόν φησι. 77.65 Καὶ ἐξηγέρθη ὡς ὁ ὑπνῶν Κύριος, ὡς δυνατὸς κεκραιπαληκὼς ἐξ οινου. ̔Ο δυνατὸς, καρηβαρήσας ἐξ οινου, οταν ἀναστῇ, σφοδρότερον κινεῖται καὶ ὁρμη τικώτερον· ουτω, φησὶ, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἀνέστη κατὰ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων. Πλὴν καθάπερ ἡ κραιπάλη, τουτέστιν ἡ μέθη, ἐπείσακτον πάθος ἐστὶν, οὐκ εμφυτον, ουτως ἡ ὀργὴ πάθος οὐκ εστι Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ τιμωρία δι καία τοῖς πλημμελοῦσιν ἐπαγομένη. Μη δέποτε ουν ἀναγινώσκων περὶ Θεοῦ ταῦτα τὰ ἀνθρωποπρεπῆ, ὑπολάμβανε τὸν Θεὸν ἐν πάθει ειναι· ἀπαθὴς γάρ ἐστι παντὶ τρόπῳ. ̔Ο δὲ ἁμαρτάνων ἐκκαίει ἑαυτῷ ὀργήν. Εἰ ἐγὼ ειπον τὸν Θεὸν ὡς κεκραιπαληκότα ἐξ οινου ἀναστήσασθαι, τίς οὐκ αν ἐπελάβε τό μου τῶν φιλαιτίων, λέγων οτι μέθην καὶ κραιπάλην φέρεις ἐπὶ τὸν Θεὸν, ανθρωπος διδασκόμενος οτι οὐδὲ ανθρωποι μέθυσοι βασιλείαν Θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν; ̓Αλλ' ο μως τὸ αγιον Πνεῦμα, ἐν τῇ ἐλευθέρᾳ τοῦ λέγειν ἐξουσίᾳ τυγχάνον, ειπε τὸν Θεὸν δια νίστασθαί ποτε ὡς δυνατὸν, καὶ κεκραιπα ληκότα ἐξ οινου. Τάχα γὰρ οἱονεὶ ἡμεῖς κα ρηβαροῦμεν, καὶ μεθύειν ποιοῦμεν τὸν Θεὸν, ὡς καθεύδειν, ὡς ὀργίζεσθαι, ὡς τὰ λοιπὰ, α μὴν ἐφ' ἡμῖν. ̓Αλλὰ γένηται, ὡς καὶ κε κραιπαληκώς. ̓Αλλ' ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψωμεν, καὶ γινώμεθα ευφρονες, ἐγείρεται. Καὶ τί ποιεῖ; 77.66 Καὶ ἐπάταξε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ονειδος αἰώνιον εδωκεν αὐτοῖς. Πατάσσει εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω τοὺς ἐχθρούς. Οἱ γὰρ κατενώπιον βλέποντες τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ παριστάμενοι αὐτῷ, οὐ πατάσσονται, ἀλλ' ο ταν τις φύγῃ τὸν Θεὸν, τότε πατάσσεται, καὶ μὲν ἀναίσθητος ων τῶν οἰκείων ἁμαρτημά των, ειτα ὀνειδίζεται παρὰ τοῦ θέλοντος αὐ τὸν εἰς ἐπιστροφὴν αγειν· μετανοήσῃ καὶ αἰσχυνθῇ, ἀναίσχυντος ων τὸ πρότερον, αμα τε ηρξατο ὀνειδίζειν ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ἐπαύσατο. ̓Εὰν δὲ μὴ μετανοήσῃ, τηρεῖται αὐτῷ ὁ ὀ νειδισμὸς καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν. -Καὶ ἐπάταξε κτλ. Τοῦτό φησιν, διὰ τὸ ̓Αζωτίους καὶ ̓Ασκαλωνίτας εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω τῆς εδρας πατάξαι, αχρις ου τὴν κιβωτὸν ἐξαπέστει λαν. 78.2 Εθεντο τὰ θνησιμαῖα τῶν δούλων σου βρώματα τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τὰς σάρκας τῶν ὁσίων σου τοῖς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς. Τῶν δαιμόνων οἱ μὲν θεωρίᾳ, οἱ δὲ πρά ξει ἀντίκεινται· καὶ οἱ μὲν πρότεροι πετεινὰ οὐρανοῦ ὀνομάζονται, οἱ δὲ δεύτεροι λέγοιντ' αν θηρία τῆς γῆς. - ̔Ως πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐ ρανοῦ η θηρία τῆς γῆς, τὰ εθνη καὶ αἱ βα σιλείαι τῆς γῆς κατέφαγον ̓Ιάκωβον τὸν ̓Ισραήλ. 78.3 ̓Εξέχεαν τὸ αιμα αὐτῶν ὡς υδωρ. Τὸ ουν αιμα, ο ἐξέχεαν, ἐκ τῶν ἐσθιομέ νων ἀρετῶν καὶ πινομένων δογμάτων ἐστί. - Χρήσαιτο αν τις τούτοις ἐκ δίκης τοῦ ἐκχυθέντος μαρτύρων αιματος αὐτῶν. 78.7 Καὶ τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ ἠρήμωσαν. Τόπος γνώσεως Θεοῦ καὶ νοῦς. 78.8,9 Ταχὺ προκαταλαβέτωσαν ἡμᾶς οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου, οτι ἐπτωχεύσαμεν σφόδρα, βοήθησον ἡμῖν, ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν, ε νεκα τῆς δόξης τοῦ ὀνόματός σου. Τὸ δέ· ἐπτωχεύσαμεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ· πάσης ἐγυμνώσθημεν προστασίας. Καλῶς δὲ καὶ τό· ὁ Θεὸς ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν, ἀντὶ τοῦ· ὡς ἀεὶ τοῦτο ἐφάνης ποιῶν, ουτω καὶ νῦν ποίησον, καὶ