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to Israel, that is, he fulfilled the promises made to them, and brought them to pass; wherefore all the ends of the earth have seen the Salvation of our God. For when the Gospel was preached under all of heaven and in all the inhabited world as a testimony to all the nations, according to the prophecy of Christ, all the ends of the earth saw Christ, the Salvation of God. Shout to God, all the earth, sing, and rejoice and make psalm. Make psalm to the Lord on the harp, on the harp and with the voice of a psalm, with ductile trumpets, and with the sound of a horn trumpet. Shout before the Lord King, and the rest. According to the literal sense, he says, join to the hymns also psalmic instruments; but according to the spiritual sense, the harp is practice; and the voice of the psalm is contemplation. Glorify therefore, he says, the Lord through practice and contemplation, and to the psalm that is struck by the instrument, that is, the activities of the body according to virtue, let also some voice sing, which is the contemplation of what is to be practiced; for he calls the harmony of the body with the soul a harp. And it is possible to see this law being continually fulfilled in the churches; for with the spiritual harp we strike up the divine melody. We also make our mouths rational harps, and we use the teeth instead of strings, and the lips instead of bronze; and the tongue, moving more sharply than any plectrum, produces the harmonious sound of the notes; and the mind moves the tongue, like some musician making its transition with knowledge. This harp is more pleasing to God than the inanimate one. And he himself is a witness, crying out through the prophet: Take away from us the sound of your songs, and I will not listen to the voice of your instruments. With ductile trumpets, and with the sound of a horn trumpet. The words of the apostles of our Savior are called ductile trumpets because of the tested and fired nature of their faith; and of horn because of the practical aspect. For horn trumpets are of oxen; and the ox is a working animal. And concerning the apostles Paul also says: Is it for oxen that God cares? Or does he say it entirely for our sake. Therefore, the voices of the holy apostles of the Savior were at once both ductile and horn trumpets. Κι 23.1236 Otherwise, do not hesitate to call a harp the entire people of Christ, composed of different souls as from many strings, and sending up one prayer and thanksgiving to God. A PSALM OF DAVID. 8. The Lord has reigned, let the peoples be angry, he who sits upon the cherubim, let the earth be shaken. The psalm is without an inscription among the Hebrews; and it is also one of those that announce the kingdom of Christ. For since God reigns over all things, one would say that no one would be angry, but at the kingdom of Christ the present discourse says that peoples are angry; and it means those from the circumcision and those from the nations who disbelieve in him. And who the Lord is he clarifies, saying next: He who sits above the cherubim. For zeal for the salvation of the nations bites and grieves the unbelievers; for they did not understand the prophetic voices concerning his kingdom; Let the earth be shaken. For the demons, who were once very powerful, were weakened, so that all their powers were shaken, and their activities ceased; and the men who inhabit the earth, having changed, recognized the ruin of their ancestral error, having inscribed the God Logos as their Lord. Moreover, also those who disbelieve in him were greatly shaken, being moved and astonished at the power of his teaching. And the phrase, "sitting," he has said as speaking to men. For the incorporeal nature is incomprehensible and indescribable. The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high above all the

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τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, τουτέστι τὰς πρὸς ἐκείνους γεγενημένας ἐπαγγελίας ἐπλήρωσε, καὶ εἰς ἔργον ἤγαγε· διὸ εἴδοσαν πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς τὸ Σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. Κηρυχθέντος γὰρ τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ὑπ' οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ εἰς μαρτύριον πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι, κατὰ τὴν Χριστοῦ χρησμῳδίαν, εἶδον πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς Χριστὸν, τὸ Σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἀλαλάξατε τῷ Θεῷ, πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ᾄσατε, καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε καὶ ψάλατε. Ψάλατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν κιθάρᾳ, ἐν κιθάρᾳ καὶ φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ, ἐν σάλπιγξιν ἐλαταῖς, καὶ φωνῇ σάλπιγγος κερατίνης. Ἀλαλάξατε ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως Κυρίου, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Κατὰ μὲν τὸ ῥητὸν, συνάψατε, φησὶ, τοῖς ὕμνοις καὶ ὄργανα ψαλμικά· κατὰ δὲ ἀναγωγὴν, κιθάρα ἡ πρακτική· φωνὴ δὲ ψαλμοῦ ἡ θεωρία. ∆οξάσατε οὖν, φησὶ, τὸν Κύριον διὰ πράξεως καὶ θεωρίας, καὶ πρὸς τὸν ψαλμὸν τὸν διὰ τοῦ ὀργάνου πληττόμενον, ἤγουν τὰς διὰ τοῦ σώματος ἐνεργείας τὰς κατ' ἀρετὴν, καὶ φωνή τις ᾀδέτω ἡ περὶ τῶν πρακτέων θεωρία· κιθάραν γὰρ τὴν τοῦ σώματος πρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν ἁρμονίαν λέγει. Καὶ τοῦτον δὲ τὸν νόμον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν διηνεκῶς ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πληρούμενον· τῇ γὰρ πνευματικῇ κιθάρᾳ τὴν θείαν ἀνακρουόμεθα μελῳδίαν. Ποιοῦμεν δὲ καὶ ἡμεῖς λογικὰς κιθάρας τὰ ἡμέτερα στόματα, καὶ χρώμεθα ἀντὶ μὲν χορδῶν τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν, ἀντὶ δὲ χαλκοῦ τοῖς χείλεσι· πλήκτρου δὲ παντὸς ἡ γλῶσσα ὀξύτερον κινουμένη, τὴν ἐναρμόνιον ἀποτελεῖ τῶν κρουσμάτων ἠχήν· κινεῖ δὲ τὴν γλῶτταν ὁ νοῦς, οἷόν τις μουσικὸς μετ' ἐπιστήμης ποιούμενος τὴν ταύτης μετάβασιν. Αὕτη τῷ Θεῷ ἡ κιθάρα τῆς ἀψύχου θυμηρεστέρα. Καὶ μάρτυς αὐτὸς διὰ τοῦ προφήτου βοῶν· Ἀπόστησον ἀφ' ἡμῶν ἦχον ᾠδῶν σου, καὶ φωνῆς ὀργάνων σου οὐκ ἀκούσομαι. Ἐν σάλπιγξιν ἐλαταῖς, καὶ φωνῇ σάλπιγγος κερατίνης. Ἐλαταὶ λέγονται σάλπιγγες οἱ λόγοι τῶν· ἀποστόλων τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν διὰ τὸ βεβασανισμένον καὶ πεπυρωμένον τῆς πίστεως αὐτῶν· κεράτιναι δὲ διὰ τὸ πρακτικόν. Βοῶν γὰρ αἱ κεράτιναι σάλπιγγες· βοῦς δὲ ἐργατικὸν ζῶον. Καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων δέ φησιν ὁ Παῦλος· Μὴ τῶν βοῶν μέλει τῷ Κυρίῳ; ἢ δι' ἡμᾶς πάντως λέγει. Φωναὶ τοιγαροῦν τῶν ἱερῶν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀποστόλων ἐλαταὶ ὁμοῦ καὶ κεράτιναι σάλπιγγες ἐτύγχανον. Κι 23.1236 θάραν δὲ ἄλλως μὴ ὄκνει λέγειν τὸν σύμπαντα τοῦ Χριστοῦ λαὸν ἐκ διαφόρων ψυχῶν ὡς ἐκ πλειόνων χορδῶν ἡρμοσμένον, μίαν τε εὐχὴν καὶ εὐχαριστίαν τῷ Θεῷ ἀναπέμποντα. ΨΑΛΜΟΣ ΤΩ ∆ΑΥΙ∆. Ηʹ. Ὁ Κύριος ἐβασίλευσεν, ὀργιζέσθωσαν λαοὶ, ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ χερουβὶμ, σαλευθήτω ἡ γῆ. Ἀνεπίγραφος παρ' Ἑβραίοις ὁ ψαλμός· εἷς δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς τυγχάνει τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ βασιλείαν. Ἐπεὶ μὲν γὰρ τῷ βασιλεύειν ἁπάντων τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν, οὐδένα ἄν τις ὀργίζεσθαι φαίη, ἐπὶ δὲ τῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ βασιλείᾳ φησὶν ὁ παρὼν λόγος ὀργίζεσθαι λαούς· φησὶ δὲ τοὺς ἐκ περιτομῆς καὶ τοὺς ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἀπιστοῦντας αὐτῷ. Τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ Κύριος διασαφεῖ λέγων ἑξῆς· Ὁ καθήμενος ὑπὲρ χερουβίμ. ∆άκνει γὰρ τοὺς ἀπίστους καὶ λυπεῖ ὁ ἐπὶ τῇ σωτηρίᾳ τῶν ἐθνῶν ζῆλος· οὐ γὰρ συνῆκαν τὰς περὶ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ προφητικὰς φωνάς· Σαλευθήτω ἡ γῆ. Οἵ τε γὰρ πάλαι πολλὰ δυνάμενοι δαίμονες ἐξησθένησαν, ὡς πάσας αὐτῶν τὰς δυνάμεις σαλευθῆναι, καὶ παυσθῆναι τὰς ἐνεργείας· οἵ τε τὴν γῆν οἰκοῦντες ἄνθρωποι, μεταβαλόντες, τῆς πατρῴας πλάνης τὸν ὄλεθρον ἐπέγνωσαν, τὸν Θεὸν Λόγον αὐτῶν Κύριον ἐπιγραψάμενοι. Οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ ἀπιστοῦντες αὐτῷ, μεγάλως ἐσαλεύθησαν, κινούμενοι καὶ καταπληττόμενοι τῆς διδασκαλίας αὐτοῦ τὴν δύναμιν. Τὸ δὲ, καθήμενος, ὡς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους διαλεγόμενος εἴρηκεν. Ἡ γὰρ ἀσώματος φύσις ἀπερίληπτος καὶ ἀπερίγραφος. Κύριος ἐν Σιὼν μέγας, καὶ ὑψηλός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς