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1026 Ps 107,2b His glory is the practical and contemplative state according to which he is disposed toward moral and intellectual virtue. 1027 Ps 107,3 To whom the true light has dawned, rising early to the Lord, walking decently as in the day, striking the psaltery and playing the harp they sing melodies to the all-wise God, sending up the hymns rhythmically and harmoniously. It is said in the psalm what a psaltery is and what a harp is. 1028 Ps 107,5 The mercy is magnified unto heaven, beginning from the earth; For the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. The end result is for those who began from the earth to be shown mercy to reach heaven so as to inherit the kingdom of heaven. And his truth is also magnified in the clouds that minister the spiritual rain, in Moses and the prophets, since their ministry, beginning from the shadow, ends in the truth, so that they too worship the Father in spirit and in truth, just like the apostles and all the disciples of the Spirit. 1029 Ps 107,6 From the first word until "Over all the earth be thy glory" it is the same as that of the 50th, and from the next verse until the end, of the 59th; therefore, having said each of the preceding things there, we now abbreviate. 1030 Ps 107,6 When God is exalted in those who bear the image of the heavenly one and are for this reason called heavens, his glory extends over all the earth that is able to bear fruit a hundredfold, sixtyfold, thirtyfold; or when God is exalted over the contemplative natures of the world which are called heavens, his glory happens to be over the practical ones, which are named earth. 1031 Ps 107,7 Not otherwise could those worthy of being loved by you be delivered from the enemies possessing them or also surrounding them, than by you saving them with your right hand and hearing me who intercedes for them. 1032 Ps 107,8-10 Shoulder is interpreted as Shechem, being a symbol of work. The Lord therefore, having been lifted up on the cross and having ascended, divided the works of men so as to justify some, and to reject others; for he is a righteous judge. Therefore also the earthly place, because it is somewhere below called a valley of the human bodies dwelling in it, is called a measuring out of the tabernacles of the inhabiting souls because he also provides for things below and here. At any rate, he sent the heralds of truth to all nations, having deemed it right for the gospel to be preached. Gilead is interpreted as migration, Manasseh as from forgetfulness, Ephraim as fruitfulness. The Savior will say therefore, "Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine," meaning the one migrating from wickedness to truth, or from vice to virtue, or from earth to heaven; and mine also is he who has overcome all forgetfulness of good things and has been born from it. For he who comes to remembrance after forgetfulness is Manasseh, that is, one from forgetfulness, having released and left behind the forgetfulness by which he had forgotten the good things of God. But also the great fruitfulness of the believing nations has become a protection and help for the Savior; for just as Paul writes to those who had been helped by him that they were his joy and crown, so also the Savior has as a help a crown woven for him from those who bear the fruit of righteousness and truth. And Judah is his king, not because he reigns over him, but because being a king he is made his own. Such is David, or perhaps everyone who gives thanks for what he has accomplished is Judah, which is interpreted as confession. Moab, however, because he is for the chastisement of those handed over to him by the Lord, is the cauldron of the hope of the one who says it. And the cauldron in many places in the prophets signifies punishment. Since, therefore, punishments are inflicted with a good intention, having a good hope succeeding them, it is a cauldron of hope and expectation of good things. Over Idumea I will stretch out my shoe. If it were the person of the Savior saying these things, since Idumea is interpreted as earthly, he will say that he will make his journey over the earth and earthly things; for a symbol

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1026 Ps 107,2b ∆όξα αὐτοῦ ἡ πρακτικὴ καὶ θεωρητικὴ εξις καθ' ην διάκειται πρὸς τὴν ἠθικὴν καὶ διανοητικὴν ἀρετήν. 1027 Ps 107,3 Οις ἀνέτειλε τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, πρὸς κύριον ὀρθρίσαντες ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ εὐσχημόνως περιπατοῦντες, πλήττοντες τὸ ψαλτήριον καὶ κρούοντες τὴν κιθάραν μελῳδοῦσι τῷ πανσόφῳ θεῷ, εὐρύθμως καὶ ἐναρμονίως τοὺς υμνους ἀναπέμποντες. ειρηται δὲ ἐν τῷ ψαλμῷ τί ψαλτήριον καὶ τί κιθάρα. 1028 Ps 107,5 Μεγαλύνεται εως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸ ελεος, ἀρχόμενον ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς· Τοῦ γὰρ ἐλέους κυρίου πλήρης ἡ γῆ. τὸ τέλος εχει τοὺς ἀρξαμένους ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐλεεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν φθάσαι ἐπὶ τῷ τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν κληρονομῆσαι. μεγαλύνεται δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια αὐτοῦ ἐν ταῖς τὸν πνευματικὸν διακονουμέναις ὑετὸν νεφέλαις Μωυσῇ καὶ τοῖς προφήταις, ἐπείπερ ἡ διακονία αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς σκιᾶς ἀρξαμένη εἰς τὴν ἀλήθειαν καταλήγει, ὡς καὶ αὐτοὺς πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ προσκυνῆσαι τῷ πατρὶ ὡσαύτως τοῖς ἀποστόλοις καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοῦ πνεύματος μαθηταῖς. 1029 Ps 107,6 ̓Απὸ τῆς πρώτης λέξεως εως τοῦ ̓Επὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἡ δόξα σου ὁ αὐτός ἐστι τῶν Ν, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἑξῆς στίχου μέχρι τελευτῆς τῶν ΝΘ· οθεν εκαστα τῶν προκειμένων ἐκεῖ εἰρηκότες νῦν ἐπιτεμνόμεθα. 1030 Ps 107,6 ̔Υψουμένου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τοῖς τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου φοροῦσι καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐρανοῖς καλουμένοις, ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ἐκτείνεται τὴν γῆν τὴν δυναμένην καρποφορεῖν ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα τριάκοντα· η ὑψουμένου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς θεωρητικὰς τοῦ κόσμου φύσεις προσαγορευομένας οὐρανούς, ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς πρακτικὰς γῆν ὀνομαζομένας τυγχάνει. 1031 Ps 107,7 Οὐκ αλλως οἱ αξιοι τοῦ ὑπὸ σοῦ ἀγαπᾶσθαι ῥυσθεῖεν ἀπὸ τῶν κατεχόντων πολεμίων η καὶ τῶν περιστάντων αὐτούς, η σοῦ σώσαντος τῇ δεξιᾷ σου καὶ ἐπακούοντος ἐμοῦ τοῦ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν πρεσβευομένου. 1032 Ps 107,8-10 ̓Ωμίασις ἑρμηνεύεται Σίκημα, εργου σύμβολον ουσα. ὑψωθεὶς ουν ὁ κύριος ἐπὶ τὸν σταυρὸν καὶ ἀναβεβηκώς, διεμέρισε τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὰ εργα ὡς τὰ μὲν δικαιῶσαι, τὰ δὲ ἀποδοκιμάσαι· κριτὴς γὰρ δίκαιός ἐστι. διὸ καὶ τὸν περίγειον τόπον, διὰ τὸ ειναί που κάτω κοιλάδα καλούμενον τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ διατριβόντων σωμάτων ἀνθρωπίνων, σκηνώματα καλεῖται τῶν ἐνοικουσῶν ψυχῶν διαμέτρησιν τῷ καὶ τῶν κάτω καὶ τῇδε πραγμάτων προνοεῖσθαι. ἀμέλει γοῦν εἰς πάντα τὰ εθνη ἀπέστειλε τοὺς κήρυκας τῆς ἀληθείας, κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον δικαιώσας. Γαλαὰδ μετοικισμός, Μανασσῆς δὲ ἀπὸ λήθης, ̓Εφραῒμ καρποφορία ἑρμηνεύεται. ἐρεῖ ουν ὁ σωτὴρ ̓Εμός ἐστι Γαλαάδ, καὶ ἐμός ἐστι Μανασσῆς, ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας ἐπὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν η ἀπὸ κακίας εἰς ἀρετὴν η γῆς εἰς οὐρανὸν μετοικιζόμενος· ἐμὸς δ' ἐστὶ καὶ ὁ λήθην τῶν καλῶν πᾶσαν ὑπερβὰς καὶ ἀπὸ ταύτης γεγενημένος. ὁ γὰρ μετὰ λήθην εἰς μνήμην ἐρχόμενος Μανασσῆς ἐστι, τουτέστι ἀπὸ λήθης ἀφεὶς καὶ καταλιπὼν τὴν λήθην καθ' ην ἐπιλέληστο θεοῦ τῶν ἀγαθῶν. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ πολλὴ καρποφορία τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν σκέπη καὶ ἀντίληψις τοῦ σωτῆρος γέγονεν· ὡς γὰρ Παῦλος τοῖς πρὸς αὐτοῦ ὠφεληθεῖσι γράφει ὡς ειεν αὐτοῦ χαρὰ καὶ στέφανος, ουτω καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ ἀντίληψιν εχει στέφανον αὐτοῦ πλεκόμενον τοὺς δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀλήθειαν καρποφοροῦντας. Καὶ ̓Ιούδας δὲ βασιλεὺς αὐτοῦ ἐστιν, οὐ τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ τῷ βασιλέα οντα προσοικειῶσθαι αὐτῷ. τοιοῦτος δὲ ὁ ∆αυίδ, η τάχα πᾶς ἐξομολογούμενος ἐφ' οις κατώρθωσεν ̓Ιούδας ἐστι ἐξομολόγησις ἑρμηνευόμενος. ̔Ο μέντοι Μωὰβ διὰ τὸ κολαστικὸς ειναι τῶν αὐτῷ παραδεδομένων ὑπὸ κυρίου τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ λέγοντος λέβης ἐστίν. ὁ δὲ λέβης πολλαχοῦ τῶν προφητῶν σημαίνει κόλασιν. ἐπεὶ ουν χρηστῇ προθέσει αἱ κολάσεις ἐπάγονται ἐλπίδα ἀγαθὴν διαδεχομένην εχουσαι, λέβης ἐλπίδος καὶ προσδοκία ἀγαθῶν ἐστιν. ̓Επὶ τὴν ̓Ιδουμαίαν ἐκτενῶ τὸ ὑπόδημά μου. εἰ πρόσωπον ειη τοῦ σωτῆρος τὸ ταῦτα λέγον, ἐπεὶ μεταλαμβάνεται ἡ ̓Ιδουμαία εἰς τὸ γηίνη, ἐρεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὰ γήινα πορείαν ποιήσασθαι· σύμβολον γὰρ