Expositions on the Psalms
Therefore the wicked will not stand up in judgment. For this reason, then, because they have no root, but are like 27.64 the dust of the earth fanned
will reveal their plot, as of those attempting foolish things. For a sneer is a breath sent through the nostrils to scorn those who boast great things
shows more clearly that the psalm is spoken concerning David. For to rise up against is properly said of those who were formerly established in the
To the end. A PSALM of a song to David. 4. Argument. This psalm he dedicates to the one who gives victory after conquering in the war [Instead of, to
demons, those in the idols speaking false and crooked words and oracles.] The Lord abhors a man of blood and deceit. For God hates such a one and turn
my bed by night. Instead of one night, he says, in which I committed the sin, I have spent many nights wetting my bedding with tears. My eye was troub
A PSALM of David. 8. Argument. Of old, in the Levitical worship there was one winepress, that is, the altar in the temple but after the calling of th
He redoubles the wonder, being astonished, as I said, at the knowledge of God that came to men. To the end, concerning the hidden things of the Son, A
it signifies. That he who seeks their blood remembered. The blood, he says, that was shed for him he will seek out in order to deem it worthy of venge
they are called unclean, generating sins and false doctrines but those who are brought to the body become the cause of blows and tortures and persecu
so that he may no longer add to it. When, he says, He will execute the vengeance of the poor, then man will no longer continue to boast. To the end, A
wicked powers. According to your height you made the sons of men to live long. Height means power but long-living means length of time. So that what
his. The counsel of the poor man is put to shame. These things as to those who remained in unbelief and persecuted those who believed in Christ. Who w
angel of great counsel. [To the good in the land God has worked wonders. To those sanctified in faith He has made known the will of the Father, in the
I foresaw the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, that I should not be moved. Insofar as he is understood as God, he is the one who
to persuade to think the things of the flesh. Your sword from the enemies of your hands. Every soul of the just, and especially of those who draw sinn
Those enlightened by participation in the divine fire. 27.112 And he bowed the heavens, and came down. It prophesies most clearly the descent of the L
a support, as I was about to be overturned and suffer a great fall, if after the sin I had fallen into complete apostasy. But nevertheless he will als
teaches to be wise. [Making my feet perfect. For the saints are consumers of venomous passions for they have received power against the spiritual ser
David who reigned over the nations is not the prophecy fulfilled through the one born of him according to the flesh? For the one born of David accord
that is, a house. And where did he place it, if not in the aforementioned heaven and firmament? And this house he also named a bridal chamber. Just as
having worked. For here he signifies actions through the right-hand powers he offers to those who approach. [They, he says, trusting in these things,
for those who are not able to see the face, because they do not have a pure heart, he sets them to comprehend his back parts, the creations that are a
for the company of his disciples had left him. Then he foretells the kinds of affliction. Many calves have surrounded me. He means the rulers of the J
For since the Church is composed of both Gentiles and Jews, it rouses both the latter and the former to the hymn naming the one group from their fore
having turned my soul back from the devil to himself, he led it to his commandments from death to life. [As one who formerly neglected his own soul, h
These words must be said. To you, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul. They say this as those who have already turned away from idolatry. Let not my enem
they clung to me. And this is a characteristic of virtue, to hate the company of the wicked, but to have as companions and friends those who honor equ
A PSALM of David. 27. Hypothesis. He sings the present psalm from the person of those who have believed in Christ, calling upon God for aid through pr
holy prophets and patriarchs, whose sons are the holy apostles because they have their horn and their strength in God alone. The voice of the Lord di
there will be a benefit. For having recovered my former glory, through it I speak to you, not with any evil conscience for this is what is meant by:
and desires put the mind to death. In your hands are my lots. Even if my enemies plot, plotting to take my soul, yet my lots are kept safe in your han
Truly blessed is he who approaches holy baptism with his whole heart. [For he who is baptized with deceit, in addition to not obtaining forgiveness, w
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things. Gathering the waters of the sea as in a wineskin. Calling, 27.165 he says, the water of the sea, as
Come to him and be enlightened. From what he received in trust, he also leads others to this. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him. Learn, he s
they are delivered up. But my soul will rejoice in the Lord. Those, therefore, who have prepared the snare, and composed the plot of destruction again
PSALM 35. Hypothesis. The present psalm contains an accusation of the pride of the Jewish people, and a refutation of their wickedness and indeed als
PSALM of David. 36. Argument. The psalm contains teaching, introducing to the new people abstinence from evil things, but the practice of good things
the righteous one. This is fitting to be understood also of the devil, and through these things it offers comfort to those who are wronged. For it sho
I attained this then, thinking such things and considering second thoughts, I was not strong enough to look upon them but I could not even find the
his angels abandoned him because of the sin. For perhaps also the holy powers withdraw in time of temptation for the testing of the one being tempted,
we are troubled. The life, he says, of those on earth, since it revolves around worldly cares, would be judged vanity. Or thus: 27.189 All the years o
false. He says that only the one who has inscribed his hope in God is blessed, not the one distracted by the cares of life, which are both madness and
my, and my heart has failed me. It is as if he said: I have become like those who have no mind or heart for they have become a foolish people, and no
that had happened to him from the Jews. Up to the present verse, the prophet must be understood to have spoken about the whole catholic Church, as bef
are not permitted to bless God there. But one must know that some, having divided this psalmic prophecy into five books, consider the first to be up t
But God promised, saying: I will defend this city. Then, fulfilling the promise, in one night he slew one hundred eighty-five thousand of the Assyrian
of the whole. Or also thus: Because of the unbelief that has come to us regarding you, he says, we have come to such an evil state, as to resemble men
justified by you, of whom you are king, he says, having freed them from the tyrant. He shows that the victory is spiritual for having mentioned weapo
having made of evils. But the people of the Church of old were the idolaters. But the house of her father, the wise of this age, in which Satan dwells
demons who were formerly high and renowned, and for this reason likened to mountains. The rushings of the river make glad the city of God. By river he
through these things the Lord is signified. The Lord in the voice of a trumpet. He called the praises of those ascending with him the voice of a trump
he has established it for ever. Similar to that said by the Lord, I will build my Church upon this rock. We have received, O God, your mercy in the mi
my. I, he says, having sharpened my own mind for the understanding of the salvific parables, have been able to follow the meaning conveyed by them bu
A man being in honor did not understand. He says the cause of their falling away into great-mindedness is the desires of the flesh. This is not to und
Isaiah said: The lawless one who sacrifices a calf to me is like one who strikes a man, and so on. In an image, therefore, he forms the Word, and intr
of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles. That angels cooperate with the mystagogues and their 27.233 disciples, Paul makes clear, saying: Are
continually but I exhort you not to define righteousness by these things. But to the sinner God said: Why do you declare my statutes? Here he calls t
And he said this about the murder. And my sin is always before me. He turns over and over the memory of the sin committed in adultery, as if it neithe
greater, because you granted certain purifications in the law, and through the sprinkling of hyssop according to this purpose, therefore, now grant u
calves. And these of righteousness, so that all things are of righteousness, sacrifices, offerings of righteousness, whole burnt offerings of righteou
is love, joy, peace, and the rest. Therefore, having this fruit in himself, the saint said: But I am like a fruitful olive tree and he likens himself
with benevolence. Give ear to the words of my mouth. Similar to: And now, Lord, look upon their threats. For the end, in hymns of understanding for Da
I will cease narrating, because having heard, you have redeemed my soul. Because in many things they were with me. Because many conspired against me,
doing and committing to God, and placing my hope in Him wherefore I also put away the fear of all flesh. All the day long they detested my words. I,
powers. [Grant, therefore, the bene faction, that it may be permitted for me to say with boldness that from heaven you looked upon our affairs and yo
work in the earth. Even if the words, he says, are good, pretending to vindicate the law but the heart is full of bitterness, and the deeds likewise
the coming to the faith in Christ of the idolaters, but the rejection of Israel on account of their lawlessness. Do not pity all those who work lawles
But if ever, having partaken of some word of the divine Scripture, they seem to have enjoyed it to satiety, even so they will murmur, since they are a
Similar to: In these last days he has spoken to us in a Son. For he is the holy one of God and the Father. But what did he say, and to whom did he spe
For since Babylon is many stages distant from Palestine, those who were carried into captivity supposed they inhabited the ends of the inhabited world
suggesting pleasant things to us, through them they show us to be children of a curse. Nevertheless, be subject to God, my soul. Again he speaks to hi
voice on behalf of a multitude of life, that is, the present one, saying that the mercy given to them through the Only-Begotten is. So will I bless y
he says, because they blasphemed Jesus, saying to the apostles: We strictly commanded you to speak to no one in this name. -They have bent their bow,
provide. In you, he says, the ends of the earth will hope, and those who dwell far from the sea. And again through these the ends of the earth are sig
A PSALM of resurrection. 65. Argument. Through the present psalm he signifies the calling of the nations, and preaches the resurrection that will happ
you commanded to offer, I will sacrifice eagerly. He called the well-fed and fat things of marrow for thus also the law commanded to offer things u
promising to rescue, clearly from what came about through the preaching. But indeed He promises to turn many from those who provoke, and indeed also f
The saying: Take no thought what you shall say, or what you shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what you shall say. And you are not th
they served. The Lord God is blessed, blessed is the Lord day by day. For a great accomplishment, he sends up a hymn to God, the choir, that is, of th
they are not able in the churches to bless God, not having the fountains of Israel, nor their Lord inasmuch as they even dare to divide the Godhead.
and proclaims his return to the heavens. But the phrase, toward the east, is parabolic. For just as the sun goes up from the west to the east, in th
my trespasses are not hidden from you. Similar to: He made him who knew no sin to be sin for us. And this is: They were not hidden from you. Let not t
of tears, with sweat and drops of blood, with an angel strengthening, and as it were exhorting and comforting him, although he was truly the Son of Go
And he rightly said they were bound by these things which they suffered. Let the heavens and the earth praise him. If there is joy in heaven over one
through the evangelical preaching, He saved them from the spiritual plotters against their souls, the demons and still promising to offer up only the
He prays, therefore, never to fall from the hope in Christ. For he himself is our strength. When my 27.320 strength fails, do not abandon me. And if i
upon me your majesty, and turning you comforted me. The doubling seems to signify that the repentance which takes place for sins after baptism is acce
the moon be taken away. So great, he says, will be the multitude of peace which will come to be in his presence, that it will be extended also into fu
prospering, he teaches after this also what will be the end of the impious so that, knowing such things clearly, we may not be at a loss amidst the i
to scourge himself for his former sins by confession, and for this purpose to rise up as from a bed to afflict himself for his sins. If I had said: I
Through Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. You have redeemed with your rod your inheritance. This is from the common text: Remember your inheritance, which
Some taking it, declared Jerusalem to be the eye of the earth. You made the sea strong in your power, you crushed the heads of the dragons upon the wa
PSALM 74. Hypothesis. In this, the person of the apostles is introduced, 27.340 exhorting men to cease from impiety, setting before them that fearsome
A PSALM of Asaph, a song against the Assyrian. 75. Hypothesis. And this psalm has the same hypothesis as the previous one for it too recounts the thi
thought and reflection will be confessed to the Lord in the time of judgment, when also hidden things are brought to light.] Pray, and render to the L
the Father except through Christ, who is in truth holy as God. What great God is like our God? You excel all things, Master, for you alone work wonder
they shall be to him for a people. Incline your ear to the words of my mouth. For eagerly, he says, listen to the things spoken by me. I will open my
having divided all, He led them across. From this point he begins to narrate the wonders of the first redemption. For when the Red Sea was divided int
to men. He calls the ark the tabernacle, which was taken from those men of the five satrapies who had taken it. And he delivered their strength into c
A PSALM for the Assyrians. 79. Hypothesis. According to the literal sense of the text, it asks for mercy for those enslaved by the Assyrian but accor
A PSALM for Asaph, alleluia. 80. Hypothesis. Already, in interpreting the eighth, we have shown that the winepresses are the Churches. It is possible,
psalm, in 27.365 here he also gives the reasons more clearly, for which God rejected them. God stood in the assembly of gods. He called the rulers of
vehement and intense. Fill their faces with dishonor. For having failed in what they desire, and having been filled with shame, they will recognize yo
we draw from the springs of the all-holy Spirit and indeed from thence we become admired, and very conspicuous, and, to speak concisely, we receive a
Lord, then we also, being spiritual earth, will render the spiritual fruits of righteousness. Righteousness will go before him. Having said that the s
sin, and through it into the lowest hell set before me but you, Lord, yourself, having extended your own compassions also over me, rescued my soul t
not having partaken of evil, they themselves also might obtain the salvation through him. For my soul was filled with evils. If he himself also bore o
the Son of man. And the phrase, I was humbled, he says because of the descent even to Hades. Your wrath has passed over me. All, he says, your wrath
in the form, but hearing him say, I am the truth and, Before Abraham was, I am so the saints, on the contrary, glorify him, and call him great a
he has sent and again I speak nothing of myself. But the Father who abides in me does the works himself. And this is what the Father now says concer
For this saying speaks thus: And his throne as the sun before me, and as the moon established for ever, and the witness in heaven is faithful. But you
he will become better, nor indeed will he deliver his soul from the hand of Hades, unless you, he says, O Master, grant the resurrection. Where are yo
may be withered. By evening he means the time at the end of the age, in which also the Only-begotten appeared in which indeed the flourishing of the
powers, and the world-rulers of this darkness, and the spiritual hosts of wickedness, and the wicked Satan himself who are also signified in many way
God of all, he said, teaching what is the fruit of hope. For I will deliver him, he says, from the aforementioned visible and invisible plotters, havi
he says is of the Lord. They shall still increase in a ripe old age, and they shall be prospering. The word 'prospering' instead of 'faring well'. For
27.409 but it will be changed for some, affliction into eternal enjoyment of good things, but for others, after the appearance of good things, punish
of you. Which also transformed sorrows into joy. Shall a throne of iniquity, which devises trouble by decree, have fellowship with you? For this reaso
Truly rest is the departure from this world, the dwelling in the mansions above. PSALM 5. A Song of David, when the house was built after the captivit
For with his divine power he burned up every wicked and opposing energy. His lightnings appeared to the world. He says his lightnings are the holy apo
of the proclamation through applauding together signifies. The mountains will rejoice, because he comes to judge the earth. That is to say, the angeli
the creator of the thing made. For we were not constituted automatically, but we are the work of his hands. Therefore we happen to be his people and h
of him, that is, of the people, sending up prayers with fasting and tears, so that the people itself might be pitied. And he also preaches the calling
of those who are bound. And who are the bound, but those whom the evil-hating demon has bound with the chains of sin? To release the sons of the slain
Fourth, using His own love for mankind and mercy and compassion, He crowned us with the gift of adoption fifth, He filled us with spiritual goods, gi
with doxology praise, as if clothing him with some garment. Who covers yourself with light as with a garment. From the intelligible light he begins to
of God for having made them, He both feeds and gives them drink. Therefore, having cut the mountains, He fashioned a passage for the waters. They wil
he wrought by renewing our nature. For through these things he signifies the future knowledge of God among men, when God will rejoice, not in being wo
weeping for the struggle of his soul, until the time of the dreams came to fulfill them. To instruct his princes as himself. It is similar to this: Is
they gave over to forgetfulness. And they sang his praise. When the dancing women went out with Mariam, saying: Let us sing to the Lord for he has be
We were in these things before, because we provoked God, and exasperated the counsel of the Most High. For it was necessary from the greatness and bea
A SONG OF A PSALM of David. 107. Hypothesis. In this also the coming of the Lord to the nations is proclaimed. And since all the verses in the present
are of love, and some of hate, and some having neither disposition. For he flattered him as a teacher, and with deceit, as it seemed, he strove for th
what was foretold will happen. And it entered like water into his inward parts. For the evils surround him, overwhelming him not only from without, bu
Or by these words he signifies the time of judgment, in which he will judge all by divine power, coming with his holy angels or the time of his birth
the calling, which He accomplished both in word and deed. He gave food to those who fear Him. He means the spiritual bread, the one that came down fro
from the face of the Lord the earth was shaken. Each of these things, he says, has happened because of the Lord who appeared. This is the cause of the
God has become higher than these, he says. Wherefore he also said in the introductions: I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my suppl
I was humbled, he said, not by a removal from on high, but from a contemplation greater than himself. But I said in my ecstasy: Every man is a liar. H
we will receive great rewards. All the nations surrounded me ... They surrounded me like bees a honeycomb, and in the name of the Lord I defended myse
you have become spiritual for the Lord dwells in you. Establish a feast with shady boughs. Establish a feast. He commands those who have come to the
I was declaring that all must stand before your judgment seat so that we may receive according to what we have done. In the way of your testimonies
The fear of God is necessary in all commandments for this reason he prays that God would set it over him. And the phrase, Take away my reproach, is s
difficult, or loss of possessions, or of persecution, or if anything of what is considered difficult befell me, the hope in you was my consolation. Be
of God's benefactions. For he would not otherwise have been freed from sin and numbered among the servants of the Lord, unless some divine grace had b
my soul for your salvation, and in your word I have hoped. The Prophet teaches us to desire the word, and to have a loving disposition towards the sal
he says: for I will have life in them, just as you have also said to me, that the man who does them will live in them. Therefore only the righteous ma
to sin let him say: I am your servant. But for the wages of servitude he demands understanding, given by God, and laid up with him as in a treasury. F
I am and despised. Younger, he who is instructed in the divine words, but despised for humbling himself. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteou
in no way dragging him down to 27.508 earthly things. For we, as having been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, not the things on ear
would be called deceitful, as it speaks nothing straightforward about God. What shall be given to you, and what shall be added to you for a deceitful
as though the city were being beautified by a kind of double crown and diadem. But now there is a falling away of all things, and very few remnants of
freed from bondage and we indeed cry out, for we are not insensible, even if we have not received the rest for whom we supplicate, saying: Turn back
of Ascents. 129. Introduction. The eleventh ode contains a prayer of martyrs, and a teaching of confession for the new people. And it clearly preaches
coming, he worships. Arise, O Lord, into your rest. They hasten his ascension into heaven. You and the ark of your sanctuary. He calls his holy flesh
was available to them, where there was the foundation of all holiness. Then he teaches to call from everywhere, saying: He who made the heaven and the
providence from the wonders in heaven down to the smallest things on earth and from there it passed again into heaven. Wherefore after, 'to all flesh
You stretched out your hands. For the right hand of the Father has been brought upon them, that is, the Son, who also saved us. The Lord will repay on
judgment. You took hold of me from my mother’s womb. Rightly, he says, did I acquire your fear, since your providence protects me while being conceive
But indeed may their labor and their toil against me come upon them. And may they be handed over to judgment by fire. Coals of fire will fall upon the
141. Hypothesis. What is set forth is a prayer and nothing else. But it requires understanding so that we might learn in what manner, being in tribul
to use things necessarily. Make me hear your mercy in the morning. He speaks of the morning resurrection of the Lord or perhaps he also prays for the
one day must be sent off without hymns. With the whole soul and mind, therefore, one must exalt and bless God and glorify His name with mortal names
David mocks them, as having dared all things in vain and perhaps he also finds fault. For with what accusation, indeed, did those who conspired again
you may destroy, and you yourself may be ta ken by your father's hands. And when the parricide said: The counsel of Hushai is better than the counsel
using things seen, he has made his beginning from the things that are nearer and first. Beginning, therefore, he says: O Lord, etc. Athanasius. He say
Raise me up, and I will repay them, now the person of those who crucified is presented, who have suffered incurable things, it being manifest that the
we have been plundered. And these things the prophetic choir says, according to the great Athanasius, making the people's misfortunes its own but acc
the common Savior briefly declared the will of the Father. For He is the Angel of Great Counsel. And a word, he says, cut short will the Lord make in
beholding the tyranny of the demons, was filled with despondency, for this reason he beseeches that, the Lord appearing, he might deliver us from the
But the word signifies to the mind, that eternal life is also a part of the inheritance. For this is to add days of days to the years of the king. For
he said: My soul faints for the courts of the Lord. Therefore, those who envy and call blessed the ones who have departed from this life fittingly utt
And he says that the spiritual food has been prepared, because before the foundation of the world the mystery of Christ was determined, who is the bre
they were slandering, and were calling him a deceiver, the psalmist rebuking them says: Cease, but rather say to him, that Awesome are your works. The
they offered to God in the order of whole burnt offerings. 27.588 Athanasius, Cyril, Basil. But as to the meaning: All things are spiritual, both the
Expositions on the Psalms
PSALM 1. Introduction. David dedicates the beginning of the prophecy to the Christ who will be born from him. Therefore, in the first place, he blesses those who have hoped in him. [And he calls blessed those who have not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the pestilent. For there were three orders among the Jews who rose up against the Savior: scribes, Pharisees, and lawyers; who might also fittingly be called ungodly and sinners and pestilent. Life is called a way because of the leading of those who are born toward the end.] Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly. It is possible to call the synod and assembly of the wicked the counsel of the ungodly. And since it is harmful to associate with the gatherings of the ungodly, he blesses the one who does not come among them at all. Such was Joseph of Arimathea, who buried the body of the Lord and God. For it is said concerning him that he did not consent to the counsel of those who betrayed Jesus. And did not sit on the seat of the pestilent. 27.61 Through the seat he indicates teaching, as he says: On the seat of Moses. The seat of the pestilent, therefore, is the teaching of the wicked. Day and night. It indicates intensity. For one must not meditate on the law of the Lord neglectfully. [But his will is in the law of the Lord, and in his law he will meditate day and night. In the law, that is, the angelic one. It indicates intensity; for one must not meditate on the law of the Lord neglectfully. For one must not meditate sometimes, and other times not, but always and constantly be devoted to the divine oracles; for this is what "day and night" indicates. The reward for the achievement is good; for he who is devoted to the divine law and is watered by the streams from it. And Christ also called his own teaching water, saying: If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He is compared to a tree by the waters, always flourishing, always laden with beautiful things. For the athletes of virtue will receive the fruits of their labors in the future; but as with certain leaves, they are shaded here by good hope, and by this delight they steal away the heaviness of their labors. For such a one all things will be prospered. For he will do nothing contrary to the divine laws, conforming his will to the counsel of the law; having first forbidden all forms of wickedness, and having shown the perfection of the divine laws, thus he added: All that he does.] And he will be like the tree planted by the channels of waters. Christ is written of as a tree of confession, or of a parable, in the divinely inspired Scripture, according to what is said: She is a tree of life to all who lay hold of her. He says, therefore, that those who have believed in Christ will be his body; for he will transform the body of our lowliness to be conformed to the body of his glory. And he calls the divine Scriptures the channels of waters; in which Christ can be found proclaimed everywhere. [Christ is the tree of life, the apostles the branches, the fruit blood and water from his side; of which the one is for a type of martyrdom, the other of baptism. The leaves are the words; you will understand the fruit of the tree as right faith; and its leaves the fulfillment of the commandments. The fruit are also those who are saved, the root is baptism; the farmer is the Father.] Which will give its fruit in its season. You will understand the fruit of the tree as faith; and its leaves the fulfillment of the commandments. And its leaf will not wither, will not fall away. And all that he does will be prospered. For no action done according to God is without benefit. [The season for giving is the readiness of the one receiving.]
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Expositiones in Psalmos
ΨΑΛΜΟΣ Αʹ. Ὑπόθεσις. Τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς προφητείας τῷ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τεχθησομένῳ Χριστῷ ἀνατίθησιν ὁ ∆αυΐδ. ∆ιὸ ἐν πρώτοις μακαρίζει
τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν ἠλπικότας. [Μακαρίους δὲ καλεῖ τοὺς μὴ πορευθέντας ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν, μήτε μὴν στάντας ἐν ὁδῷ ἁμαρτωλῶν, μήτε
ἐπὶ καθέδραν λοιμῶν καθεστηκότας. Τρία γὰρ ἦν τὰ τάγματα παρὰ Ἰουδαίοις κατὰ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐπαναστάντα, γραμματεῖς, Φαρισαῖοι,
καὶ νομικοί· οἳ καὶ κληθεῖεν εἰκότως ἀσεβεῖς καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ καὶ λοιμοί. Ὁδὸς μὲν ὁ βίος εἴρηται διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸ τέλος τῶν γεννωμένων
ἔπαξιν.] Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν. ∆υνατὸν δὲ βουλὴν ἀσεβῶν εἰπεῖν τὴν σύνοδον καὶ τὴν συνέλευσιν τῶν
πονηρῶν. Καὶ ἐπεὶ βλαβερὸν τὸ τοῖς ἀθροίσμασι τῶν ἀσεβῶν παραβάλλειν, μακαρίζει τὸν μηδὲ κατὰ ποσὸν εἰς τὸ αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς ἐρχόμενον.
Τοιοῦτος ὑπῆρχεν ὁ Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθίας, ὁ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Θεοῦ θάψας. Εἴρηται γὰρ περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὡς οὐκ ἦν συγκατατιθέμενος
τῇ βουλῇ τῶν Ἰησοῦ προδοτῶν. Καὶ ἐπὶ καθέδραν λοιμῶν οὐκ 27.61 ἐκάθισε. ∆ιὰ τῆς καθέδρας τὴν διδασκαλίαν δηλοῖ, ὥς φησιν·
Ἐπὶ τῆς καθέδρας Μωσέως. Καθέδρα τοί νυν λοιμῶν ἡ διδασκαλία τῶν πονηρῶν. Ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός. Τὸ σύντονον δηλοῖ. Οὐ γὰρ ἠμελημένως
δεῖ μελετᾷν τὸν νόμον τοῦ Κυρίου. [Ἀλλ' ἢ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσει ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός.
Τῷ νόμῳ, τῷ ἀγγελικῷ δηλονότι. Τὸ σύντονον δηλοῖ· οὐ γὰρ ἠμελημένως δεῖ μελετᾷν τὸν νόμον τοῦ Κυρίου. Οὐ γὰρ ποτὲ δεῖ τοῖς
μελετᾷν, ποτὲ δὲ οὒ, ἀλλ' ἀεὶ καὶ διαπαντὸς τοῖς θείοις λογίοις προσηλῶσθαι· τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὸ, ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός. Κα λὸς
τοῦ κατορθώματος ὁ μισθός· ὁ γὰρ τῷ θείῳ σχολάζων νόμῳ καὶ τοῖς ἐκ τούτου νάμασιν ἀρδευόμενος. Καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς τὴν
ἑαυτοῦ διδασκαλίαν ἀν εκάλεσεν εἰπών· Εἴ τις διψᾷ, ἐρχέσθω πρὸς μὲ, καὶ πινέτω. Τῷ παρ' ὕδασι δένδρῳ ἀπείκασται ἀεὶ τεθηλότι,
ἀεὶ βρίθοντι τοῖς ὡραίοις. Οἱ γὰρ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀθληταὶ τοὺς μὲν τῶν πόνων καρποὺς κατὰ τὸ μέλλον κομίσονται· οἷον δέ τισι φύλλοις
κἀντεῦθεν τῇ ἀγαθῇ ἐλ πίδι κατασκιάζονται, καὶ κλέπτουσι τῇ ψυχαγωγίᾳ τὴν τῶν πόνων βαρύτητα. Τῷ τοιούτῳ πάντα εὐοδωθήσεται.
Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐναντίον τοῖς θείοις νόμοις διενεργήσει, τῷ τοῦ νόμου βουλήματι συναρμόττων τὸ θέλημα· πρότερον ἅπαντα τῆς κακίας
ἀπαγορεύσας τὰ εἴδη, καὶ τῶν θείων νόμων ὑποδείξας τὴν τελειότητα, οὕτως ἐπήγαγε· Πάντα ὅσα ἂν ποιῇ.] Καὶ ἔσται ὡς τὸ ξύλον
τὸ πεφυτευμένον παρὰ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὑδάτων. Ἐξομολογήσεως, ἤτοι παραβολῆς ξύλον ὁ Χριστὸς ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῇ θεο πνεύστῳ
Τραφῇ, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον· Ξύλον ζωῆς ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀντεχομένοις αὐτῆς. Λέγει οὖν, ὅτι οἱ πιστεύσαντες τῷ Χριστῷ σῶμα αὐτοῦ
ἔσονται· μετασχηματίσει γὰρ τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν πρὸς τὸ γενέσθαι σύμμορφον τῷ σώματι τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. ∆ιεξόδους δὲ
τῶν ὑδάτων τὰς θείας φησὶ Γραφάς· ἐν αἷς ἁπανταχοῦ ἔστιν εὑρεῖν Χριστὸν κη ρυσσόμενον. [Ξύλον ζωῆς ὁ Χριστὸς, κλάδοι οἱ ἀπό
στολοι, καρπὸς αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ ἐκ τῆς πλευρᾶς· ὧν τὸ μὲν εἰς ὑποτύπωσιν μαρτυρίου, τὸ δὲ βαπτίσματος. Φύλλα οἱ λόγοι· καρπὸν
τοῦ ξύλου νοήσεις τὴν ὀρθὴν πίστιν· φύλλα δὲ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλήρωσιν τῶν ἐντολῶν. Καρπὸς καὶ οἱ σωζόμενοι, ῥίζα τὸ βάπτισμα· γεωργὸς
ὁ Πατήρ.] Ὃ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ δώσει ἐν και ρῷ αὐτοῦ. Καρπὸν τοῦ ξύλου νοήσεις τὴν πίστιν· φύλλα δὲ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλήρωσιν τῶν ἐντολῶν.
Καὶ τὸ φύλλον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀποῤῥυήσεται, οὐκ ἀποπεσεῖται. Καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἂν ποιῇ κατευοδωθήσεται. Οὐ γάρ ἐστι πρᾶξις τῶν κατὰ
Θεὸν γινομένων ἀνωφελής. [Καιρὸς τοῦ διδόναι ἡ τοῦ λαμβάνοντος ἐπιτηδειότης ἐστίν.]
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