Fragmenta in Psalmos

 A lover of God is roused toward God both through a house and a vessel dedicated to God. This one thing therefore and only have I sought, for God to dw

 according to the difference of the manner according to what was said again by the Savior, that And there are many mansions with my Father. 15 Ps 34,6

 25 Ps 37,4a He compares his much-suffering and much-afflicted state to a body completely mistreated, such as also in Isaiah the From the feet to the

 favored and extending the good things forever. These three, he says, remain: faith, hope, love. 34 Ps 39,5 In this, he says, is man blessed: in placin

 Especially in Christ we hear of innocence, the purity from all evil, which the creator sought from men who were made for this purpose, so that they mi

 Why speaks of the passion of forgetfulness, but it indicates a voluntary forgetfulness, the lack of concern for man, the one unworthy of care from G

 once for all we boast in you through all time and to your name we give thanks by which we are saved, just as it is also said through Ezekiel, It is no

 of them not a small portion (for many also of those from the Jews have believed), he makes a kind of prelude to the mystagogy concerning these things,

 to the head, and you will be to the tail. Because indeed those who in ancient times became proselytes of the law in order to be reconciled to God, now

 78 Ps 48,4.5 I will take up, he says, a hidden wise word, mixing the riddle with a song. Why did he not say to open the mouth to a parable, but to inc

 man's sin entered into the world, and evil was rooted in the first woman and from her it passes through childbirth to those who are born. This is said

 promise brought these things. 99A Ps 70,19.20 He begins the hymn from the point where it was promised, immediately acting, loudly proclaiming the heig

 For the whole world has also blossomed with the fruit of Christ and a countless multitude of the children of Christ appearing in each city like grass

 111a Ps 73,4a The mention of the places is necessary because of the lawlessness of the people. because there was no cause for indignation against the

 that is, mountains of food. For he called food prey also in Psalm 131, saying, *Blessing I will bless her prey*, which indeed Symmachus in that place

 (not the one who leads it around in a circle) and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in (not to be rolled up as a circle) and Isaiah says that those

 master. For even if the accusations against the servants were just, but there is also a sparing concern for what is one's own when it is inhumanely ra

 The aforementioned vine covered the mountains with its shadow, because it surpassed all height and all power above the earth, and with the extensions

 he says, the reconciliation of the world, but later the acceptance is life from the dead, the perfect good will of God having been shown to men, whene

 my eyes have grown weak from poverty. Symmachus rendered it, My eye has wasted away from affliction. 146 Ps 87,13 Save, therefore, a race made by you,

 which were spoken through the prophet Nathan. But he says that he is exalted by his own mercy and by the fitting zeal for the just one, just as he als

 has happened for other kings who hoped in God, as the promise of God which says, I will be an enemy to your enemies and I will oppose those who oppos

 saying that the many islands, that is, the nations, also rejoice, then, next, that the earth travails and the mountains melt in one place he means th

 170 Ps 101,3 In power, what is said is similar to the prayer of Solomon supplicating concerning the future affliction for the people, so that indeed t

 He says it is a sign of the establishing power of God that the earth, being the heaviest element, has been fixed above the waters and remains unmoved

 is shown by God and by the wonders spoken of at each time but the power of God must be recognized, and not at all an uninterrupted history of events.

 But the end of discipline is the rectification of man towards what is right, in the leadership of the spirit, but in the obedience of the flesh. For t

 having stirred up their previously fair voyage, by which, being crested, they were carried up to a height, and flowing back, were carried down, as is

 202 Ps 110 arg. The hymn is spoken briefly in the present one, and the first sounds of the verses proceed according to the Hebrew through the twenty-t

 a living [sacrifice], truly well-pleasing to God, the multitude of which fills the altar up to the highest point which is joined to the heavenly angel

 our. Therefore, having presented himself as is fitting for one who is humble, he seeks a reward from God, a lawful conduct in life and a life accordin

 The formations now spoken of must be referred to, such as, 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you' just as Job also says, 'You formed me from c

 in irritation towards those who plotted against him, just as the plot of Saul did not lead David astray from defending himself as was fitting. 237 Ps

 redeeming the dying through death to which is also consequently added, My soul shall live, and the rest.

 of the most God-fearing, through whom the kingdom of David is restored by the grace of Christ who gave to the twelve apostles to judge Israel, sitting

 brings the greatest preservation of all those things. For from the beginning he gave an abundance of food which he calls Thera, but another interprets

 the clear refutation that such images are not gods. For the image of God is divine wherefore also the divine man is an icon, not he who has been depr

 for the release of Israel, being brought forward to authority, as the things prophesied through Isaiah have it but the blessing will fall to those wh

 with benefits, that is, upon those who have no hope and are without God in the world, whom the apostle has called things that are not. 282 Ps 137,7.

 291 Ps 140,2 If in the morning we understand the life to come, the one in rest and glory

 300 Ps 143,4.5 But all human things are alike, and are indications of a divine operation, fearful, strong, and destructive of men. 301 Ps 144,1 In the

 having power and wisdom that fill him, but a fullness that has come forth from himself, just as Solomon also calls wisdom an offspring and presents wi

Fragmenta in Psalmos

Ps 7,8. 9a When the judge arrives, he says, many assembled nations surround him; indicating and proclaiming the church, he says that it will be gathered to him, and when this has happened, that the judge will return above and to the height, having delivered up the kingdom. 2 Ps 8,1 Just as also a harvest in the Gospel, the Word indicates the winepress to be the gathering of the fruits at the consummation, and the fruits of men are works and thoughts, according to Isaiah: 'And I,' he says, 'am coming to gather their works and their thoughts.' 3 Ps 8,5-9 But you, the maker of such great works, he says, are mindful of man who is altogether small, and you made mention of him when he had fallen away from you, and you visited him when he was brought down into sickness; and his creation was precious to you even from the beginning, and he was made a little lower than the angelic glory with respect to his earthly body. For glory surrounded him as if he were ruling on earth over the works made by you and holding all irrational nature under himself, not only that which is on land and easily caught, but also that of the air and that in the water, each of which escapes the hands of man, the one because of its movement on high, the other because of its concealment in the deep and its course through the waters, but it is caught by wisdom and intelligence, and the earthly one takes what is in heaven and in the waters; from which it is shown that, with respect to the intellectual, he surpasses the irrational and mindless nature of animals, but is a rival to the intellectual and angelic nature, while being a partner with the irrational creatures with respect to the bodily.

4 Ps 15,4cd He speaks of the manner of the new worship, the one without blood, and he indicates the change in the Holy Spirit according to which we are no longer the former people nor under the same names, no longer sons of men but sons of God. 5 Ps 16,6 'For having been heard before,' he says, 'by him, I ask to be heard now also.' For Paul says, 'praying with thanksgiving'; for the memory of former things prepares for subsequent graces.

6 Ps 16,10-12 He describes the work and character of those who attack him, their work, a murderous plot and flattering words for an ambush, and that they are very fat in body, enclosed in fat, looking askance with their eyes, like a lion rushing upon its prey and lying secretly in wait. Such was Saul toward David, saying that he had found favor in his eyes and commanding him to attend and having him as an attendant, but viewing him with suspicion and attempting to kill him from ambush. 7 Ps 16,14c A hidden punishment, he says, has been prepared for them, which will enter their belly according to what was said of Judas: 'May the curse enter like water into his bowels and like oil into his bones.'

8A Ps 26,4 Again he defines love for God through love for the temple dedicated to him. For he who loves God rejoices in the places dedicated to him, not satisfying his longing in the sight of these things (for it is a small thing to delight in man-made works), but just as one gladly sees even a garment or a book of the beloved, as being aroused to his memory through these things, so the

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Fragmenta in Psalmos

Ps 7,8. 9a Παραγενομένου τοῦ κριτοῦ, φησίν, κυκλοῦσιν αὐτὸν ἔθνη πολλὰ

συγκροτούμενα· τὴν ἐκκλησίαν δηλῶν καὶ διαγγέλλων φησὶν ὁ κύριος συναχθήσεσθαι πρὸς αὐτόν, τούτου δὲ γενομένου ἄνω καὶ πρὸς τὸ ὕψος ἐπιστρέψειν τὸν κριτὴν παραδόντα τὴν βασιλείαν. 2 Ps 8,1 Ληνὸν δὲ καθάπερ καὶ θερισμὸν ἐν τῶ Εὐαγγελίῳ τὴν ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ συναγωγὴν τῶν καρπῶν ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, καρποὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπων ἔργα καὶ λογισμοὶ κατὰ τὸν Ἡσαΐαν Κἀγώ, φησίν, τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς λογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἔρχομαι συναγαγεῖν. 3 Ps 8,5-9 Ἀλλ' ὁ τῶν τηλικούτων, φησί, ποιητὴς ἔργων μικροῦ παντελῶς ὄντος ἀνθρώπου φροντίζεις, καὶ μνήμην ἐποιήσω μεταπεσόντος ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ ἐπεσκέψω κατενεχθέντα εἰς ἀρρωστίαν· ἧν δέ σοι καὶ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς τιμία ἡ ποίησις αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς ἀγγελικῆς δόξης ὀλίγον ἠλάττωτο κατὰ τὸ σῶμα τὸ γήϊνον. δόξα γὰρ αὐτῷ περιῆν οἱονεὶ βασιλεύοντι κατὰ γῆν ἔργων τῶν ὑπὸ σοῦ πεποιημένων καὶ τὴν ἄλογον ἅπασαν φύσιν ὑφ' ἑαυτῷ κατέχοντι, οὐ μόνον τὴν χερσαίαν καὶ ῥαδίως ληπτὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἀέριον καὶ τὴν ἔνυδρον, ὅπερ ἑκάτερον μὲν ἐκφεύγει τὰς ἀνθρώπου χεῖρας, τὸ μὲν διὰ τὴν ἐν ὕψει φοράν, τὸ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐν βάθει κατάκρυψιν καὶ δι' ὑδάτων πορείαν, ἁλίσκεται δὲ σοφίᾳ καὶ νῷ καὶ ὁ γήϊνος αἱρεῖ τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ὕδασιν· ἐξ ὧν ἀναφαίνεται κατὰ τὸ νοερὸν ὑπερβάλλων μὲν τὴν ζῴων ἄλογον καὶ ἀνόητον φύσιν, ἐφάμιλλος δὲ τῇ νοερᾷ καὶ ἀγγελικῇ κοινωνὸς ὢν τοῖς ἀλόγοις κατὰ τὸ σωματικόν.

4 Ps 15,4cd Τὸν τρόπον λέγει τῆς καινῆς θεοσεβείας τὸν ἄνευ αἱμάτων, καὶ

τὴν ἐξαλλαγὴν δηλοῖ τὴν ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι καθ' ἣν οὐκέτι ἐσμὲν οἱ πρότεροι οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ὀνομάτων οὐκέθ' υἱοὶ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλ' υἱοὶ θεοῦ. 5 Ps 16,6 Καὶ πρότερον γὰρ εἰσακουσθείς, φησίν, αὐτῷ καὶ νῦν εἰσακουσθῆναι δέομαι. προσευχόμενοι γάρ φησιν ὁ Παῦλος μετ' εὐχαριστίας· ἡ γὰρ τῶν προτέρων μνήμη χάριτας παρασκευάζει τὰς ἐφεξῆς.

6 Ps 16,10-12 Ἔργον καὶ σχῆμα τῶν ἐπιτιθεμένων αὐτῷ διηγεῖται, ἔργον μὲν

ἐπιβουλὴν φονικὴν καὶ ῥήματα κολακεστικὰ πρὸς ἐνέδραν, εἶναι δ' αὐτοὺς λιπαρωτάτους μὲν τὸ σῶμα στέατι περιπεφραγμένους, λοξὸν δὲ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑποβλέποντας λέοντι παραπλησίως ἐπὶ θήραν ὁρμῶντι καὶ λαθραίως ὑποκαθημένῳ. τοιοῦτος ἦν πρὸς τὸν ∆αυὶδ ὁ Σαούλ, λέγων μὲν αὐτὸν εὑρηκέναι χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ παρίστασθαι κελεύων καὶ παρεστάτην ἔχων, ὑφορώμενος δὲ καὶ ἐξ ἐνέδρας ἀποκτεῖναι ἐπιχειρῶν. 7 Ps 16,14c Παρεσκεύασται, φησίν, αὐτοῖς ἀπόκρυφος κόλασις ἥτις εἴσω τῆς ἐκείνων χωρήσει γαστρὸς κατὰ τὸ λεγόμενον ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰουδὰ Εἰσέλθοι ἡ κατάρα ὡσεὶ ὕδωρ εἰς τὰ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ καὶ ὡσεὶ ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς ὀστέοις αὐτοῦ.

8A Ps 26,4 Πάλιν τὴν πρὸς θεὸν ἀγάπην διὰ τῆς πρὸς τὸν ἀφιερωμένον αὐτῷ

ναὸν ἀφορίζει. ὁ γὰρ τὸν θεὸν ἀγαπῶν τοῖς ἀφιερωμένοις αὐτῷ τόποις ἐπευφραίνεται, οὐκ εἰς τὴν τούτων θέαν ἀπολαύων τὸν πόθον (μικρὸν γὰρ τὸ χειροποιήτοις ἔργοις ἐπιτέρπεσθαι), ἀλλ' ὥσπερ τις καὶ ἱμάτιον τοῦ ποθουμένου καὶ βιβλίον ἀσμένως ὁρᾷ ὡς εἰς τὴν ἐκείνου μνήμην διὰ τούτων ἀνεγειρόμενος, οὕτως ὁ

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