Where the Fathers quote Psalms 140

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Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:1124expounds v.1“Κυριε εκεκραξα προς σε εισακουσον μου· προσχες τη φωνη της δεησεως μου εν τω κεκραγεναι με προς σε.”90. On «Lord, I cried unto thee, hear me». Regarding the Psalm, etc. Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1287…h in the end a psalm of david ps cxxxix h deliver me o lord from the evil man from the unjust man deliver me who have devised iniquities in their heart all the day… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:419…and unto the ages of ages amen h on psalm cxxxix h deliver me o lord from the evil man and rescue me from the man of iniquity a i where now are those who say… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:707…we translate it into latin not without nausea h on that phrase deliver me o lord from the evil man ps h b i wonder why the prophet did not pray to be rescued from demons… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:789…of the father monition to the following homily homily on that text deliver me o lord from the evil man ps monition to the following expositions exposition on psalm lxxvii exposition on psalm lxxviii christ is… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1943…a v deliver me o lord from the evil man rescue me from the unjust man saul is unjust and ungrateful toward his benefactor for he… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1607…lead me toward eternal life h psalm h c toward the end a psalm of david deliver me o lord from an evil man from an unjust man rescue me they devised is in place of… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:87…ps li and from these he beseeches god to be delivered saying deliver me o lord from the evil man rescue me from the unjust man who have sharpened their tongue like a serpent s the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:93B…doing this very thing by prayers directed to him. Which, indeed, another prophet also teaches, who says: "Let my prayer be set forth as incense in thy sight" [Ps. 140, 2]. Therefore, we both sacrifice and kind… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:67…hands accustomed to doing nothing other than being raised to heaven; therefore, he said concerning these: “The lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice” (Ps. CXL, 2). One may see the same thing in the hea… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:623B…e second, that of the martyrs; the third, that of prayer: "Let my prayer be directed as incense before you, the lifting up of my hands as a morning sacrifice" (Ps. 140:2). The fourth is that offered by thanksg… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:455C…o my paths. I applied myself in the evening, as I say: Let my prayer be directed as incense in Your sight, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice" (Ps. 140:2). And why not a morning one? But attend… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:467D…scourse to the instruction of morals. ...of hands of those who are trusting in piety. He who gives to the poor, let him say: "The lifting up of my hands" (Ps 140:2). He who raises up the fallen, let him… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:641D…f to Christ full of the wisdom of faith, he offers Him gold. But frankincense is prayer, as it is written: Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight (Ps. 140. 2). If, therefore, anyone offers pure pra… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:251A…all honor me (Ps. XLIX, 23); and again, Sacrifice unto God the sacrifice of praise (Ibid. v. 14); and, The lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice (Ps. CXL, 2). Therefore, even if you offer prayer w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:157D…he rays of the intelligible sun, of the Sun of righteousness, if we lift our hands to heaven; "The lifting up," he says, "of my hands is an evening sacrifice" (Psal. 140. 2); if with the hands we also take up the… Anthony the GreatPG 40:979C…kind. Moreover, in these things, let that utterance, brought forth for the sake of prayers, be fulfilled: The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice (Psal. CXL, 2). Likewise Solomon elsewhere: And that… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:555…o observe false prophets and say: 'Do not come near me, for I am holy' (Isa. LXV, 5): for I have not taken a wife, nor is my throat an open sepulcher (Ps. CXL, 3), but I am a Nazarene of God, not drinking wine as they do.… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:617…been said and b likewise according to the other interpreters vers who have sharpened their tongues like a sword have bent the bow a bitter thing to shoot in secret at the blameless suddenly they shall… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1287…have devised iniquities in their heart all the day they constituted wars they have sharpened their tongues like a serpent the poison of asps is under their lips keep me o lord from the hand of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:17C…pline its rashness, according to what is written: "Set, O Lord, a watch on my mouth, and a door of enclosure about my lips, that I may not sin with my tongue" (Ps. 140.3); and He has made the hole of the ear w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:125…ever comes into his mind should again imitate the blessed prophet and say: Set, O Lord, a watch before my mouth, and a door of enclosure round about my lips (Ps. 140:3); and let him never simply and as it ha… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:431A…ple. For that altar consists of inanimate matter; but in you God dwells, and you are a member and a body of Christ. 3. Set, O Lord, a watch before my mouth. (Ps. CXL, 3). When he had besought the Lord that hi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:435C…ich kind also was that of those who fell upon Paul’s neck and kissed him in an embrace. And therefore he says: Set, O Lord, a guard for my mouth, and a door (Ps. 140. 3) — adding "of circumstance," in order t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:925A…eat God together with the prophet, saying: Set a guard, O Lord, to my mouth, and a door of restraint around my lips. Do not turn my heart to words of malice (Psal. 140. 3, 4). Set bolts upon the windows of your… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1943…to his thoughts symmachus translated all the day as every day v they have sharpened their tongues like a serpent the poison of asps is under their lips for he often attempted to kill him through… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1341B…ssens evil.» Eccli. xxx, 18.—«Good things poured out upon a closed mouth.» Psal. xxxviii, 2.—«I said, I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue.» Psal. cxl, 3.—«Set a guard, O Lord, to my mouth, and… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1343…all deceitful lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things ps cxxxix they have sharpened their tongues like a serpent's a deceitful man shall not be established on the earth ps xlix thy mouth hath abounded… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1345…mouth of the deceitful are opened against me ps cviii and elsewhere they have sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders' poison is under their lips ps cxxxix it is said that the serpent has a… Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:165A…ips, but those of the ungodly flow from the whole body. Whence David sings: "Set, O Lord, a watch before my mouth, and a door for the enclosure about my lips" (Ps. CXL, 3). And: "I said, I will take heed to my… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:795B…an excuse for their sins. Concerning such the prophet says: Do not decline my heart into words of malice, to excuse excuses in sins, with men working iniquity (Psal. 140. 4). Therefore let us speak more manifestl… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:937…fore, the prophet, knowing how evil the excusing of sins is, says: "Incline not my heart to evil words, to make excuses in sins, with men that work iniquity" (Ps. 140. 4). Tell me then, you lying servant, how… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:65B…and another as God in his own right, and to admit only a conjunction of persons between them, for this reason they act deviously, and "frame excuses in sins" (Ps. CXL, 4), as it is written. Therefore, when you… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1293C…arts so that we might not fear You," and, "Hardening I will harden the heart of Pharaoh and his servants," and, "God delivered them over to a reprobate mind." (Ps. CXL, 4; XXVI, 9; XLIII, 19; Isa. LXIII, 17; XI… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1145C…things, hasten through the former, as if through certain elements, toward the perfection of the latter: "Neither," as the melody of the Holy Spirit admonishes (Psal. cxl, 4), "make excuses in sins." For when we s… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:129C…all who piously confess the Lord to reject it likewise, so that we may block every opportunity for the adversaries—namely, those who “take occasions in sins” (Ps. CXL, 4), and, while concealing their own desir… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:439…is, so as not to be a participant in such a table. The just man will correct me in mercy, and reprove me: but the oil of the sinner shall not soften my head (Ps. 140. 5). Another: Let the just man have mercy… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:751…ut she, from the moment she entered, has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil: for 'the oil of the sinner shall not fatten my head' (Ps. CXL, 5); for how could he have honored the Hea… Nicetas of Byzantium fl. 9th centuryPG 105:787B…8]. And: "The counsel of the Lord remains forever" [Ps. xxxii, 11]. And: "Forever, O Lord, Your word remains" [Ps. cxviii, 89]. And: "All Your works are true" [Ps. cxL, 5]; it being understood that these things… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:833…his gait, but pushing away the Gentiles who were approaching, and reciting that phrase under his breath: "Let not the oil of sinners anoint my head" (Ps. CXL, 5), he finished that road on his own feet. When the vicar saw… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:117…at hand and not a god afar off jer and again david i said unto the lord thou art my lord as for my goods thou hast no need of them ps and paul in declaring… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:129…from us does he require anything from us hear the prophet saying i said unto the lord thou art my lord for thou hast no need of my goods ps but the ungrateful and senseless people… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1289…lord lord you are the strength of my salvation you have overshadowed my head in the day of battle a do not deliver me o lord from my desire unto the sinner they have devised against… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:423…my god give ear lord to the voice of my supplication lord lord the strength of my salvation another the power of my salvation after he spoke of the war and the machinations and showed that… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1943…hear o lord the voice of my supplication v o lord o lord the strength of my salvation this repetition is of one who believes and loves d in you he says i have the hope… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1078…not left me in the hands of my enemies but hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle and hast given me the protection of salvation and thy right hand hath upheld me and now… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1325…not leave me in the hands of my enemies but you overshadowed my head in the day of battle and you gave me a shield of salvation and your right hand upheld me and now lord… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:1273…to prayer saying lord lord strength of our salvation you have overshadowed my head in the day of battle ps cxxxix lead us now also into the way everlasting because nothing of all things has been… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 86:3015…be reckoned to my condemnation lord lord strength of my salvation overshadow my head in the day of battle do not deliver me o lord from my desires to the sinner have mercy on me o… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1265…o lord o lord the power of my salvation you have overshadowed my head in the day of battle o lord o lord who are that power by which i am saved you have protected me… Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:733…miserable and worthless discourse and as a light and luminous cloud overshadow my head in the day of battle for many are those who attack me from on high and shoot at me with fiery darts… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1607…lord the power of my salvation the power saving me you overshadowed my head in the day of battle d not only from arrows and swords but also from the very attack of the sun you… OrigenesPG 16:1227…psalm cxxxix h hebrew text all the day strength do not give o lord the desires of the wicked hebrew text in greek characters aquila do not give o lord the desires of the wicked version… OrigenesPG 16:1229…h h symmachus h for all the day strength do not give o lord the desires of the wicked h lxx interpreters h all the day strength another power do not hand me over o lord… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:343C…ress. TITLE X. — Concerning scandals; and that one ought to flee from scandals. Ps. XLIX, 19. — "Thy mouth hath abounded with malice." Sitting, etc. Ps. CXL, 9. — "Keep me from the snare which they h… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:595B…re spread wide for the entirety of mankind, but they repeated that pious voice together with the author of the Psalms: "Sinners shall fall into their own net" (Ps. cxl, 10). Nor did the three captives look to th… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1531A…ditch he made." Ps. ix, 16. — "In the snare which they hid is their foot caught." Ps. lvi, 7. — "They dug a pit before my face, and they have fallen into it." Ps. cxl, 10. — "Sinners shall fall in their own net… Nicetas of Byzantium fl. 9th centuryPG 105:787B…the matters of Pharaoh and the Red Sea, I know not how—but as I am able to perceive—even he accepted that saying: "The sinners shall fall into their own net" [Ps. cxL, 10]. Yet the Law of Him who divided the se… OrigenesPG 16:1231…the labor of their lips shall cover them he shall cast them into deep pits that they rise not jerome you shall cast them into pits that they may not rise he shall not be established… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1289…earth in miseries they shall not stand a talkative man shall not be established in the earth evil shall hunt the unjust man unto destruction i have known that the lord will perform the judgment of… Nicephorus the Presbyter fl. c. 950PG 111:821…the poor of the people and save the children of the needy i know that the lord will execute the judgment of the poor and the cause of the needy he that dishonors the poor signs… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1267…to destruction that is to ruin these are gnomic and didactic sayings i know that the lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the justice of the poor although the retribution of those who… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:889…people and he will save the children of the needy ibid cxl i know that the lord will maintain the cause of the needy and the judgment of the poor prov xiv whoever despises the poor… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:425…do the judgment of the poor and the cause of the needy surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name and the upright shall dwell with thy face another with thy face and in place… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1207B…. 26 Psalm CXXXI. 26 Psalm CXXXII. 27 Psalm CXXXIII. 27 Psalm CXXXIV. 30 Psalm CXXXV. 31 Psalm CXXXVI. 35 Psalm CXXXVII. 38 Psalm CXXXVIII. 39 Psalm CXXXIX. 42 Psalm CXL. 43 Psalm CXLI. 45 Psalm CXLII. 46 Psalm CX… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…Psalm CXXXII 1651 On Psalm CXXXIII 1651 On Psalm CXXXIV 1651 On Psalm CXXXV 1654 On Psalm CXXXVI 1658 On Psalm CXXXVIII 1659 On Psalm CXXXIX 1663 On Psalm CXL 1666 On Psalm CXLI 1666 On Psalm CXLII 1667 On Psalm CXLIII 167… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…on Psalm CXXXIII, 1911 on Psalm CXXXIV, 1913 on Psalm CXXXV, 1919 on Psalm CXXXVI, 1925 on Psalm CXXXVII, 1929 on Psalm CXXXVIII, 1935 on Psalm CXXXIX, 1941 on Psalm CXL, 1947 on Psalm CXLI, 1951 on Psalm CXLII, 19…