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To transgress dishonors God; he who is contained by the divine law brings honor to him. Bring to the Lord the glory of his name; similarly to what came before. Worship the Lord in his holy court. He who serves God according to the ecclesiastical dogmas and her blameless canons worships the Lord in his holy court. 255 Ps 28,3a One applying this more readily will say that John baptizing in the Jordan river is the voice of the Lord upon the waters. 256 Ps 28,7 Moreover, John, having undertaken a vigorous and austere life, having made passable the flame of the pleasures of life, is the Voice of the Lord dividing the flame of fire. 257 Ps 28,8b.9a The inhabited world has therefore come from the desert. The aforementioned voice of the Lord prepares the hinds, so called allegorically. And these are souls, by the spirit putting to death the deeds of the body and by the spirit through their lips, in imitation of God, destroying the impious serpent. 258 Ps 28,9b And this voice of the Lord will also work the uncovering of the thickets, so that the beasts lurking in them, which the hinds slay, may be made manifest. A thicket is a place overgrown with fruitless trees; and a thicket is uncovered when the fruitless trees in it are cut down by the axe of the word and cast into the fire. 259 Ps 28,9c When the things that overshadow the progress of men are taken away, then everyone, having abandoned the polytheistic error, will speak of glory in the temple of God. 260 Ps 28,10b That God sits signifies that his foundation remains forever unchangeable and unalterable. Indeed, he distinguishes it from those who perish through change, saying: You sit for ever, and we perish for ever. and here, therefore, the permanence of his kingdom is presented. For this reason, And the Lord will sit as king forever, his kingdom having no end.

261 Ps 29,1 However, one who agrees with the history will say that David the king, desiring to build a physical house for the Lord, was prevented by God, who said to him: You shall not build a house for me because you have been a man of war from your youth, but he who comes forth from your loins, he shall build a house for me. David, persuaded by the oracle, ceased from building, but he did provide the materials for the building. Just as, he says, he prepared the materials, so too he composed the psalm and left it as one of the necessary things, so that when the house was built and dedicated by those appointed for this, it might be played with those psalming and singing in thanksgiving. 262 Ps 29,4 And he says he was saved, either because God did not allow him to descend into it, or because he brought him up after he had descended. And these things might be said economically and as from the person of Christ, who came to lay down his life for us and indeed gave it and rose from the dead by the good pleasure of God the Father, to whom he also says in a human way: since You did not abandon my soul to hades, called the pit, I say with confidence: You saved me from those who go down into the pit. 263 Ps 29,6cδ Those for whom the day which the true light establishes has ended, weep in the evening, that is, having come to be at the beginning of the night, while those rejoice for whom the beginning of the day came when the sun of righteousness rose for them. This will fit both accounts: that of the one from the circumcision weeping when the sun of righteousness set for them, and that of the gentiles rejoicing in the morning when the word of salvation dawned upon them. 264 Ps 29,7 One must understand prosperity with regard to spiritual fruitfulness, when the seed of Jesus becomes a hundredfold and the other fruits of virtue are multiplied. Therefore, being in this prosperity, I will say through the very facts, remaining firm and unmoved, the words I shall never be moved. And it should be punctuated thus: I said in my prosperity

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παραβαίνειν τὸν θεὸν ἀτιμάζει, τιμὴν αὐτῷ προσάγει ὁ περιεχόμενος τοῦ θείου νόμου. ̓Ενέγκατε τῷ κυρίῳ δόξαν ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ· ὁμοίως τῷ πρὸ αὐτοῦ. Προσκυνήσατε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν αὐλῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ. ὁ κατὰ τὰ δόγματα τὰ ἐκκλησιαστικὰ καὶ τοὺς ἀμέμπτους αὐτῆς κανόνας τῷ θεῷ λατρεύων προσκυνεῖ τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν αὐλῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ. 255 Ps 28,3a Προχειρότερόν τις ἐπιβάλλων ἐρεῖ τὸν ̓Ιωάννην βαπτίζοντα ἐν τῷ ̓Ιορδάνῃ ποταμῷ φωνὴν ειναι κυρίου ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων. 256 Ps 28,7 Ετι μὴν ευτονον καὶ αὐστηρὸν βίον ἀναλαβὼν ὁ ̓Ιωάννης, διοδεύσιμον τὸν φλογμὸν τῶν ἡδονῶν τοῦ βίου ποιήσας, Φωνή ἐστιν κυρίου διακόπτοντος φλόγα πυρός. 257 Ps 28,8b.9a Γέγονεν ουν ἐξ ἐρήμου οἰκουμένη. ̔Η προειρημένη τοῦ κυρίου φωνὴ καταρτίζει τὰς ἀλληγορικῶς καλουμένας ἐλάφους. ψυχαὶ δέ εἰσιν αυται, πνεύματι τὰς πράξεις τοῦ σώματος θανατοῦσαι καὶ πνεύματι διὰ χειλέων κατὰ μίμησιν θεοῦ ἀναιροῦσαι τὸν ἀσεβῆ οφιν. 258 Ps 28,9b ̓Εργάσεται δὲ αυτη ἡ τοῦ κυρίου φωνὴ καὶ δρυμῶν ἀποκάλυψιν, οπως φανερὰ γένωνται τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς φωλεύοντα θηρία α ἀνειμῶνται ελαφοι. δρυμὸς δέ ἐστιν σύμφυτος τόπος ξύλων ἀκάρπων· ἀποκαλύπτεται δὲ δρυμός, τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ ξύλων ἀκάρπων ἐκκοπτομένων ὑπὸ τῆς ἀξίνης τοῦ λόγου καὶ εἰς πῦρ βαλλομένων. 259 Ps 28,9c Οτ' αν τὰ ἐπισκιάζοντα τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων προκοπῇ περιαιρεθῇ, τὸ τηνικάδε πᾶς τις τὴν πολύθεον πλάνην ἐάσας δόξαν ἐρεῖ ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ θεοῦ. 260 Ps 28,10b Τὸ καθῆσθαι τὸν θεὸν σημαίνει τὴν ιδρυσιν αὐτοῦ ατρεπτον καὶ ἀναλλοίωτον μένειν ἀεί. διαστέλλει γοῦν αὐτὴν τοῖς διὰ τοῦ τρέπεσθαι ἀπολλυμένοις φάσκων· Σὺ καθήμενος τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀπολλύμενοι τὸν αἰῶνα. καὶ ἐνταῦθα ουν τὸ μόνιμον τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ παρίσταται. διὰ τοῦτο Καὶ καθιεῖται κύριος βασιλεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, τέλος οὐκ ἐχούσης τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ.

261 Ps 29,1 ̔Ο μέντοι τῇ ἱστορίᾳ συναγορεύων ἐρεῖ οτι ∆αυὶδ ὁ βασιλεὺς

οικον αἰσθητὸν κυρίῳ οἰκοδομῆσαι προθυμηθεὶς κεκώλυται τοῦ θεοῦ εἰπόντος πρὸς αὐτόν· Οὐ σὺ οἰκοδομήσεις μοι οικον διὰ τὸ ἀνὴρ πολεμιστὴς ειναι ἐκ νεότητός σου, ἀλλ' ὁ ἐξερχόμενος ἐκ τῆς ὀσφύος σου ουτος οἰκοδομήσει μοι οικον. πεισθεὶς τῷ χρησμῷ ∆αυὶδ τοῦ μὲν οἰκοδομῆσαι ἐπαύσατο, τῶν δὲ πρὸς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ὑλῶν προενοήσατο. ωσπερ ουν, φησίν, τὰς υλας προητοίμασεν, ουτω καὶ τὸν ψαλμὸν ποιήσας ὡς εν τι τῶν ἀναγκαίων καταλέλοιπεν, καὶ οπως οἰκοδομηθέντος καὶ ἐγκαινισθέντος τοῦ οικου ὑπὸ τῶν εἰς τοῦτο τεταγμένων ἀνακρουσθῇ μετ' εὐχαριστείας ψαλλόντων καὶ ᾀδόντων. 262 Ps 29,4 Σεσῶσθαι δέ φησιν ητοι μὴ ἐάσαντος αὐτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καταβῆναι εἰς αὐτὸν η μετὰ τὸ κατελθεῖν ἀναγαγόντος. ῥηθείη δὲ ταῦτα οἰκονομικῶς καὶ ὡς ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἐληλυθότος τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θεῖναι ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν καὶ δόντος γε αὐτὴν καὶ ἀναστάντος ἐκ νεκρῶν εὐδοκίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρός, πρὸς ον καὶ ἀνθρωπίνως φησίν· ἐπειδὴ Οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπες τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς τὸν ᾳδην, λάκκον ὀνομαζόμενον, θαρρῶν λέγω· Εσωσάς με ἀπὸ τῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς τὸν λάκκον. 263 Ps 29,6cδ Οις ἡμέρα εληξεν ην κατασκευάζει τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, κλαίουσιν ἐν ἑσπέρᾳ, τουτέστιν ἐν ἀρχῇ νυκτὸς γεγενημένοι, ἀγαλλιώντων οις ἡμέρας ἀρχὴ συνυπέστη ἀνατείλαντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἡλίου τῆς δικαιοσύνης. ἁρμόσει τοῦτο ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς λόγοις, τοῦ μὲν ἐκ περιτομῆς κλαίοντος οτε εδυ αὐτοῖς ὁ ηλιος τῆς δικαιοσύνης, τοῦ δὲ πρωὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀγαλλιωμένων ἐπιλάμψαντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ σωτηρίου λόγου. 264 Ps 29,7 Εὐθηνίαν ἀκούειν δεῖ ἐπὶ πολυκαρπίᾳ πνευματικῇ, οτ' αν ὁ σπόρος ̓Ιησοῦ ἑκατονταπλάσιος γένηται καὶ ταλλα γενήματα τῆς ἀρετῆς πληθυνθείη. ἐν ταύτῃ ουν τῇ εὐθηνίᾳ γεγονὼς δι' αὐτῶν τῶν πραγμάτων ἐρῶ, βέβαιος καὶ ἀμετακίνητος μένων, τὸ Οὐ μὴ σαλευθῶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. στικτέον δὲ καὶ ουτως· Ειπα ἐν τῇ εὐθηνίᾳ