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writing, and saying expressly: For in Christ Jesus through the Gospel I have begotten you. Since, therefore, the Church of the Savior is also one; for all who have believed are joined into one body; and again, it is many; for the members of the body are many. Through Zion he called the common assembly of the pious; and through the daughters of Judea, the gatherings of the believers in cities and villages, and fields, and uttermost parts. He says that both the one and the other have been filled with gladness at the just judgments of the judge. 9. "For you, Lord, are most high over all the earth: you are exalted far above all gods." All rejoice and exult, having received the knowledge of the true God and king, and having seen the refutation of the gods that are not. For their vanity was refuted, but your 80.1657 highness was shown. Since we need not only faith, but also good action, the prophet necessarily offers this counsel as well. 10. "You that love the Lord, hate evil." If the good is lovely to you, loathe the opposite. "For what fellowship has light with darkness?" However, through evil he forbade all the forms of wickedness. The Lord preserves the souls of his saints; he will deliver them from the hand of the sinner." By turning away from evil, and caring for a right and just way of life, you will have as guardian and protector the Lord of all, and you will become stronger than the enemies who rise up against you. 11. "Light has sprung up for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart." For not all men wished to enjoy the light, nor did all receive the gladness that comes from faith. For the Sun of righteousness himself sent down the rays of salvation to all; but there are those who closed their eyes and did not wish to see the light. 12. "Rejoice, you righteous, in the Lord; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness." Therefore, all you who have enjoyed the light, and have embraced the lot of virtue, exult, and hymn God, declaring the multitude of his benefactions. For here he called the confession thanksgiving.

INTERPRETATION OF THE 7TH PSALM. 1. "A Psalm of David." This psalm also has the same meaning;

for it prophesies both manifestations of the Savior; but it goes through most things concerning the first. "Sing to the Lord a new song." Since it proclaims a change of old things, and foretells a certain new way of life, it fittingly commands also that a new song be offered to God. "For the Lord has done wonderful things." For the things done by the God of all are supernatural and marvelous. "His right hand has brought salvation for him, and his holy arm." We have often said that he calls the operation 'hand,' and the good operation 'right hand.' And he says that the salvation of men is the work of his own power. And using immeasurable love for mankind, he considers the life of men his own gain. For this very reason he did not say: His right hand saved 80.1660 them, but "it brought salvation for him." For having freed them from the error of idols, and having shown the loftiness of his kingdom, he imparted salvation. And this he has shown more clearly through the things that follow. 2. "The Lord has made known his salvation: in the sight of the nations he has revealed his righteousness." To all men he has brought the streams of salvation, and has shown his righteous kingdom to the nations. 3. "He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God." These things are very much like the oracles of Isaiah the prophet. For through him the God of all said to the Lord Christ: "I have given you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations, that you might be for salvation to the end of the earth." For since

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ἐπιστέλλων, καὶ διαῤῥήδην λέγων· Ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα. Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν καὶ μία ἡ τοῦ Σωτῆρος Ἐκκλησία· εἰς σῶμα γὰρ ἓν ἅπαντες τελοῦσιν οἱ πιστεύσαντες· καὶ αὖ πά λιν πολλαί· πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος· διὰ μὲν τῆς Σιὼν τὸ κοινὸν ἐκάλεσε σύστημα τῶν εὐ σεβῶν· διὰ δὲ τῶν θυγατέρων τῆς Ἰουδαίας, τοὺς ἐν πόλεσι καὶ κώμαις, καὶ ἀγροῖς, καὶ ἐσχατιαῖς τῶν πεπιστευκότων συλλόγους. Λέγει δὲ καὶ τούτους κἀκείνους εὐφροσύνης ἀναπεπλῆσθαι τὰ δίκαια κρίματα τοῦ κριτοῦ. θʹ. "Ὅτι σὺ Κύριος ὕψιστος ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν σφόδρα ὑπερυψώθης ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς θεούς." Χαίρουσι δὲ ἅπαντες καὶ ἀγάλλονται, τοῦ ἀλη θοῦς Θεοῦ καὶ βασιλέως δεξάμενοι τὴν ἐπίγνω σιν, καὶ τῶν οὐκ ὄντων Θεῶν τὸν ἔλεγχον θεα σάμενοι. Τῶν μὲν γὰρ ἐλέγχθη τὸ μάταιον, σοῦ δὲ 80.1657 τὸ ὕψος ἐδείχθη. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὐ μόνης ἡμῖν δεῖ πί στεως, ἀλλὰ καὶ πράξεως ἀγαθῆς, ἀναγκαίως καὶ ταύτην ὁ προφήτης προσφέρει τὴν συμβου λήν. ιʹ. "Οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸν Κύριον μισεῖτε πονηρά." Εἰ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ὑμῖν ἐπέραστον, τὸ ἐναντίον βδελύξα σθε. "Τίς γὰρ κοινωνία φωτὶ πρὸς σκότος;" ∆ιὰ μέντοι τῆς πονηρίας ἀπηγόρευσε ἅπαντα τῆς κακίας τὰ εἴδη. Φυλάσσει Κύριος τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ὁσίων αὑ τοῦ, ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσεται αὐτούς." Ἀποστρεφόμενοι τὴν πονηρίαν, καὶ τῆς ὀρθῆς καὶ δικαίας ἐπιμελούμενοι πολιτείας, ἕξετε κηδεμόνα, καὶ φύλακα, τῶν ὅλων τὸν Κύριον, καὶ κρείττους τῶν ἐπανισταμένων ὑμῖν γενήσεσθε δυσμενῶν. ιαʹ. "Φῶς ἀνέτειλε τῷ δικαίῳ· καὶ τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ εὐφροσύνη." Οὐ γὰρ πάντες ἠβουλήθησαν ἄνθρωποι τοῦ φωτὸς ἀπολαῦσαι, οὐδὲ πάντες τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως εὐφροσύνην ἐδέξαντο. Αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης Ἥλιος πᾶσι τῆς σωτηρίας τὰς ἀκτῖνας κατέπεμψεν· ἀλλ' εἰσὶν οἳ τοὺς ὀφθαλ μοὺς ἔμυσαν, καὶ τὸ φῶς ἰδεῖν οὐκ ἠβουλήθη σαν. ιβʹ. "Εὐφράνθητε, δίκαιοι, ἐν τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ ἐξ ομολογεῖσθε τὴν μνήμην τῆς ἁγιωσύνης αὐτοῦ." Ἅπαντες τοίνυν οἱ τοῦ φωτὸς ἀπολαύσαντες, καὶ τὸν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀσπασάμενοι κλῆρον, ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἀνυμνεῖτε, τὸ τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν ἐξηγού μενοι πλῆθος. Ἐξομολόγησιν γὰρ ἐνταῦθα τὴν εὐ χαριστίαν ἐκάλεσεν.

ΕΡΜΗΝ. ΤΟΥ Ζʹ ΨΑΛΜΟΥ. αʹ. "Ψαλμὸς τῷ ∆αβίδ." Καὶ οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει διάνοιαν·

ἑκατέραν γὰρ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐπιφάνειαν προθεσπίζει· ἀλλὰ τὰ πλείονα περὶ τῆς προτέρας διέξεισιν. "Ἄσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα και νόν." Ἐπειδὴ τῶν παλαιῶν πραγμάτων κηρύττει μεταβολὴν, καὶ καινήν τινα πολιτείαν προαγορεύει, εἰκότως καὶ ᾆσμα καινὸν κελεύει προσενεγκεῖν τῷ Θεῷ. "Ὅτι θαυμαστὰ ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος." Ὑπερφυᾶ γὰρ καὶ παράδοξα τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων γινόμενα. "Ἔσωσεν αὐτῷ ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ βραχίων αὐτοῦ ὁ ἅγιος." Πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν, ὅτι χεῖρα τὴν ἐνέργειαν λέγει, δεξιὰν δὲ τὴν ἀγα θὴν ἐνέργειαν. Λέγει δὲ, ὅτι τῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως ἔργον, τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ σωτηρία. Ἀμέτρῳ δὲ φιλ ανθρωπίᾳ χρώμενος, οἰκεῖον ἡγεῖται κέρδος τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ζωήν. ∆ιά τοι τοῦτο οὐκ εἶπεν· Ἔσω 80.1660 σεν αὐτοὺς ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ' "Ἔσωσεν αὐτῷ." Τῆς γὰρ τῶν εἰδώλων αὐτοὺς πλάνης ἐλευθερώσας, καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας τὸ ὑψηλὸν ὑποδείξας, τῆς σωτηρίας μετέδωκε. Καὶ τοῦτο σαφέστερον διὰ τῶν ἐπιφερομένων ἐδήλωσεν. βʹ. "Ἐγνώρισε Κύριος τὸ σωτήριον αὑτοῦ ἐναν τίον τῶν ἐθνῶν, ἀπεκάλυψε τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὑτοῦ." Πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις τὰ σωτήρια προσενήνοχε νά ματα, καὶ τὴν δικαίαν αὑτοῦ βασιλείαν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἔδειξεν. γʹ. "Ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ἐλέου αὑτοῦ τῷ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας αὑτοῦ τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ· εἴδοσαν πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν." Κομιδῆ ταῦτα ἔοικε τοῖς Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προ φήτου θεσπίσμασι. ∆ι' ἐκείνου γὰρ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς πρὸς τὸν ∆εσπότην ἔφη Χριστόν· "Ἔδωκά σε εἰς διαθήκην γένους, εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς." Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ