Where the Fathers quote Psalms 120
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1Ps 120:1
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:95…is glory to the sustainer first with my voice i cried to the lord and he heard me from his holy mountain the preceding psalm also makes mention of this mountain where it said but i…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1219…h song of ascents psalm h in my tribulation i cried to the lord and he heard me o lord deliver my soul from wicked lips and from a deceitful tongue what shall be given to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:727…and relates how by praying he was heard saying with my voice i cried unto the lord and he heard me out of his holy hill vers ego dormivi et soporatus sum b in this place…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:863…in the third psalm after the words i cried with my voice unto the lord and he heard me out of his holy hill b we find the diapsalma appended but aquila joined it thus and…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:421C…he holy martyr of Christ said: "I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence my help shall come. My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth (Ps. CXX, 1, 2)." Agrippinus said: "Impious one, an…
OrigenesPG 16:995…jerome i cried with my voice unto the lord with my voice unto the lord and he heard me my hand was stretched out by night and it ceased not jerome my hand is stretched out…
2Ps 120:2
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:509…liberty c ad dominum cum tribularer clamavi o lord deliver my soul from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue for how are the lips of the babylonians not lying they that have professed idolatry and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1343…mouth hath abounded with malice and thy tongue framed deceit ps cxix deliver my soul o lord from wicked lips and from a deceitful tongue prov vi a strong snare to a man is his own…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:279…out half their days etc psalm xix o lord deliver my soul from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue psalm xliv deliver me from an unjust and deceitful man…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:91…calumny was discovered blessed cyril wrote back saying lord deliver my soul from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue for i find myself exposed to false calumny those who rely on theodoret's patronage bring these…
Gregory III Mammas, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1400-1459PG 160:53…did not cease to say this also o lord deliver my soul from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue for i find myself slandered everywhere and enduring this on account of each of the chapters…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:309…distress i cried and he heard me o lord deliver my soul from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue for here also by ellipsis he says saying so that it is to the lord when…
3Ps 120:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:949…k—so that the power of free will may not seem to be taken away from man. Finally, in the chains on the Psalms, such things are reported to have been uttered on Ps. CXX, 3, p. 820: "Do not give thy foot to a sli…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1341…otion in the will. If, therefore, it keeps its speculative and rational part constantly awake, as the Prophet says: "Neither let him slumber who keeps thee" (Ps. cxx, 3), it puts the base passions of the body…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1389…h the very citadel of virtues; Psalm 11, 6, "upon the holy mount Sion." Col. 723 C. Non des. These are cited differently by Nyssen and in the Vulgate Bible, Psalm 120:3, μὴ δῴης, and οὐ νυστάξει, the way it i…
Eutychius of Constantinople c. 512-582PG 86:2337C…taught them the word said to Job, saying: “Seeing my plague, fear” (Job VI, 21); and: “Let not thy foot be moved, and he that keepeth thee shall not slumber” (Ps. CXX, 3); and: “No man, having put his hand to…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1345…thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor ps li and again what shall be given unto thee or what shall be done unto thee thou false tongue ps cxix and in another place hold not…
4Ps 120:4
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1219…thee or what shall be added to thee to a deceitful tongue sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of desolation woe is me that my sojourning is prolonged i have dwelt with the inhabitants of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:753C…sleep does not fall upon that eternal nature of God, according to that which we read of Him said: Behold, He shall not slumber nor sleep, who guards Israel (Psal. 120. 4): yet our Lord and Savior, to prove in…
Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1281B…" "sleep," and "heavy-headedness," as: "Arise, why do you sleep, O Lord?" (Psal. xliii, 23); and: "He who watches over Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep" (Psal. cxx, 4). These things are to be understood as…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1875…thee or what shall be added to thee for a deceitful tongue sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of the desert c here the grace of the spirit comforts the despondent and indicates that a…
OrigenesPG 16:1175…you or what shall be added to you to a deceitful tongue sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of waste woe to me that my sojourning is prolonged when i spoke to them they fought…
OrigenesPG 16:1177…it add to you o tongue al tongue according to the attack sharp arrows of the mighty with burning coals or desert coals woe is me that my sojourning has been prolonged another woe is me…
OrigenesPG 16:3019…their successors and partakers of the same grace, high-priesthood, and teaching, and accounted guardians of the Church, do not "sleep with an eye of slumber" [Ps. 120:4], nor do we keep silent the right word;…
6Ps 120:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:193…David: The sun shall not burn you by day, nor the moon by night (Ps. 120:6). This is also what he says here: t…
7Ps 120:7
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1403D…(Sermo), or "word." We have expressed the meaning of the manuscript text. Col. 1031 D. His hand. The interpreter did not notice that the passage is from Psalm cxx, 7: Κύριος φυλάξει σε, Κύριος σκέπη σοι,…
8Ps 120:8
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1067A…power of contemplation, and "charity never faileth" (1 Cor. XIII, 8), and "the Lord shall preserve thy going in" with fear, "and thy coming out" with charity (Ps. CXX, 8), then surely the end of this charity i…
10Ps 120:10
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:819D…. Finally, wisdom is not that which has pomp in speech, but that which is proven by works: For "good understanding," he says, "belongs to all who practice it" (Ps. CXX, 10), not to those who praise it by the pro…
11Ps 120:11
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1207B…y to God for you. ORDER OF CONTENTS WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI. SUPPLEMENT TO THE COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS. Psalm CXIX. 9 Psalm CXX. 11 Psalm CXXI. 11 Psalm CXXII. 14 Psalm CX…
15Ps 120:15
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:203A…s, however, signify sojourning (παροικεῖν), and they are more often used for the same thing, and in the same sentence for greater clarity and emphasis, as in Psalm 120:15: "I am a sojourner (πάροικος) with thee…
163Ps 120:163
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…lm CXI 1570 On Psalm CXII 1571 On Psalm CXIII 1571 On Psalm CXIV 1571 On Psalm CXV 1575 On Psalm CXVI 1579 On Psalm CXVIII 1586 On Psalm CXIX 1627 On Psalm CXX 1631 On Psalm CXXI 1631 On Psalm CXXII 1634 On Psalm CXXIII 163…
187Ps 120:187
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…lm CXII, 1783 on Psalm CXIII, 1789 on Psalm CXIV, 1795 on Psalm CXV, 1801 on Psalm CXVI, 1805 on Psalm CXVII, 1809 on Psalm CXVIII, 1815 on Psalm CXIX, 1875 on Psalm CXX, 1877 on Psalm CXXI, 1879 on Psalm CXXII, 18…