Where the Fathers quote Psalms 141
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John ChrysostomPG 50:699expounds v.2“Φωνη μου προς Κυριον εκεκραξα, φωνη μου προς Κυριον εδεηθην.”On St. Phocas and Psalm 141: «I cried out to the Lord with my voice»
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:1124expounds v.2“Φωνη μου προς Κυριον εκεκραξα φωνη μου προς Κυριον εδεηθην.”91. On «My voice unto the Lord I cried, my voice unto the Lord I made supplication»
1Ps 141:1
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:699…OLY HIEROMARTYR PHOCAS, AND AGAINST THE HERETICS, And on the Psalm CXVII, "With my voice I cried unto the Lord; with my voice I made my supplication unto God" (Ps. CXLI, 1). Yesterday was for us a brigh…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:701D…by conversing, you may sew shut their tongues. What, then, says the prophet? "With my voice I cried to the Lord; with my voice I made supplication to the God" (Ps. 141:1). Attend: does the stated thing seem to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:703A…"Wicked servant, you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers" (Matt. 25:27). "With my voice I cried out to the Lord; with my voice I prayed to God" (Ps. 141:1). (Caput 3: Contra Anomœos agit; a Scr…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:703A…you say, "Does it say this?" Have you not heard the psalm today speaking to one person: "With my voice I cried out to the Lord; with my voice I prayed to God" (Ps. 141:1)? Therefore, he calls him both Lord and…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1123C…ne who is sleeping. Question CCXCI [Coisl. CCCIV. Taur. CCXCIII] “With my voice I cried to the Lord, with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.” (In Ps. CXLI, 1 [Greek CXLII]). Here we are taught two…
2Ps 141:2
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:463…a let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice the psalms say to wicked men therefore prayer is not only most harmful to…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:221…and says let my prayer be directed as incense in your sight the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice he has taken keturah as his wife therefore i judge that it is worthy…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:549B…says (I Tim. ii, 8): "Lifting up pure hands without anger and disputation." At the same time, the sweetness of the odor makes that fulfilled which is written (Psal. cxli, 2): "Let my prayer be directed as incense…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1005…think we are taught this in the psalms when it is said the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice for i do not think that if anyone has lifted up or extended his…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1333…hands amalek prevailed and lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice i would say then that our hands are our actions according to godliness…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:483B…l understand what "they offered incense in vain" means. For there was something similar said in that Psalm: "Let my prayer be set forth as incense before you" (Ps. CXLI, 2). Therefore, my prayer, composed of a s…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:549…is subject to the eternal fire through the spirit their prayer is as incense and the lifting up of their hands is an evening sacrifice…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:689…of moses who so lifted his hands that he could even say the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice b the amalekites and all the invisible enemies will be defeated but the israelites…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:91…and i will deliver you and you shall glorify me and again the lifting up of my hands is an evening sacrifice and elsewhere a sacrifice to god is a contrite spirit all these things therefore…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:607…and true sacrifice so that i may appropriately say of my lips let my prayer be set forth as incense in thy sight and of my works the lifting up of my hands is an evening…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:639…is said somewhere may my praise be sweet to him and again the lifting up of my hands is an evening sacrifice and let my prayer be set forth as incense before you these delights therefore…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:43…from lying perjury and reviling to these he also consequentially adds vers the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice you will understand this from the saying of the apostle i desire that men…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1425…to him let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice but the spirit commands through his mouth saying sacrifice to god a sacrifice of…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:537…of the mind receive he says o lord my supplication with benevolence let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee he compares things proceeding from the mind to incense since they are subtle and…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1291…to the voice of my supplication when i have cried unto thee let my prayer be set forth as incense in thy sight the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice set o lord…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:189…a when he says i stretched out my hands to you and the lifting up of my hands is an evening sacrifice furthermore while israel was fighting until sunset moses kept his hands extended there…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:67…nothing other than being raised to heaven therefore he said concerning these the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice ps cxl one may see the same thing in the heart for the heart…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:227…wild beast within the prophet stretching forth his hands to god said the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice set a watch o lord before my mouth and a door round about my…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:91B…thou shalt direct the just. Another, And thou shalt establish the just. How is it that one who says elsewhere, "And enter not into judgment with thy servant" (Ps. CXLI, 2), here says, "Judge me according to my…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:427…be chanted every day nor because of the one word that says the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice for this same thing is said also in other psalms as in the one…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:429…be set a as incense before you another let it be prepared the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice another an evening gift another an evening offering h the two altars of jerusalem…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:623…sacrifice of salvation the second of the martyrs the third of prayer let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice the fourth is that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:455…i say let my prayer be directed as incense in your sight the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice ps and why not a morning one but attend here for we ought to…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:467…trusting in piety he who gives to the poor let him say the lifting up of my hands ps he who raises up the fallen let him say the lifting up of my hands let us…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:251…xlix and again sacrifice unto god the sacrifice of praise ibid v and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice ps cxl therefore even if you offer prayer with such a mind it…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1321C…Christians lifted up their hands, denoting the cross by this form of the body; it seems Cyril did not hold this custom, 140. But [he writes] on the contrary on Ps. CXLI, 2. Morning prayer is useful for chastity,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1329…somewhere and says let my prayer be directed as incense before you the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice d it should also be noted that the savior himself made mention of this…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:129…the blessed david may my prayer be directed as incense before thee the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice for that restless beast the wicked one wanders about plotting against the glory of…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1947…thee be kindly he says o master and receive my supplication ver let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice he joined the practice…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1469D…ment are ready for him, if he persists in sin... [NOTE: 453. St. Augustine, De peccatorum meritis et remissione, lib. I, 5, weighing that of the Prophet, Ps. cxli, 2: "In thy sight shall no man living be j…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1171A…n, that he should be blameless? How shall a man be righteous before the Lord?" Ps. cxxix, 3. — "If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?" Ps. cxli, 2. — "And do not enter into judgment with…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1267…a way let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight the lifting up of my hands as evening sacrifice two altars were formerly in the temple the one golden within the inner sanctuary in…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1269…and perfected the ministry let it be set forth he says again the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice meaning that the praying mouth should be pure from evil words or rather that…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:145C…ead of gold, the splendor of pure deeds and honorable words; instead of frankincense, prayer: for it says, “Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight” (Ps. CXLI, 2). Instead of myrrh, the mortification o…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:979…let that utterance brought forth for the sake of prayers be fulfilled the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice psal cxl likewise solomon elsewhere and that the hands of the strong are enriched…
PG 43 (anthology)PG 43:1313…the second tone let my prayer be directed as incense before thee the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice hear me o lord the people chant the same let my prayer be directed…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:141…lift up your hands to the holy places and bless the lord and the lifting up of my hands is an evening sacrifice the feet standing in the church offer thanksgiving saying our feet were standing…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:339…let my prayer he says be set forth as incense before you the lifting up of my hands look around at your hands and see what kind they are and if they possess nothing rapacious or…
3Ps 141:3
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:227…god said the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice set a watch o lord before my mouth and a door round about my lips ps cxi and he who gives the former advice…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:1009…able also to bridle the whole body and david also sings somewhere set a watch o lord before my mouth and a door of enclosure about my lips and again i said i will take heed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:57…is written c whose inconveniences the blessed david wishing to avoid chants set a watch o lord before my mouth and an entrance of restraint about my lips incline not my heart to words of wickedness…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:731…and indeed he was accustomed to pray against this with these words set a watch o lord before my mouth and a door of restraint about my lips incline not my heart to words of wickedness…
PG 43 (anthology)PG 43:1313…choir let my prayer be directed the cantor says the third verse set a watch o lord before my mouth and a door of enclosure around my lips the choir let my prayer be directed the…
4Ps 141:4
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:127D…o have found an occasion for sinning, which the Prophet, avoiding, prays to the Lord, saying: Incline not my heart to words of malice, to make excuses in sins (Ps. cxli, 4).» Indeed he was grieving that John, be…
5Ps 141:5
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1135C…nces brings no little trouble. When the holy David was suffering this affliction, he sang: I looked to the right and I saw, for there was no one who knew me (Ps. CXLI, 5); and again, lamenting, he said: I hav…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1393A…yielded is not contrary to the rule of piety. And how does this not contradict the truth, when holy David sings: Let not the oil of a sinner grease my head (Ps. CXLI, 5)? And when holy Athanasius commands tha…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:509A…apply to the Son of God. For "In the beginning," it says, "God made the heaven and the earth" (Gen. i, 1). And again: "I meditated on the works of thy hands" (Ps. cxli, 5). And again: "For the invisible things…
6Ps 141:6
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:43…their judges shall be torn away by the hands of the rock they shall hear my words for they are very sweet just as when a farmer breaks the earth so your bones have been scattered…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1293…good pleasures their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up they shall hear my words for they have prevailed as when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the earth our bones…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:439…they shall be snatched away by the hand of the rock signifies they shall hear my words for they have become sweet another for they have been guarded by an escort another for they have become…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:561D…it also lessens the dignity of the Spirit to be called an earnest of an inheritance. David says elsewhere: The Lord is my portion in the land of the living (Ps. 141:6). My portion, of whom? If he is one, he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:717…othing matters to Me, except the portion of the faithful. For this reason the faithful cried out, as David: "The Lord is my portion in the land of the living" (Ps. 141:6, and 15:5); and again: "The Lord is the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1949…sinking that is to say they shall be given over to oblivion they shall hear my words for they have been made sweet but when they have learned by experience the truth of my words they…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1273…they shall hear my words for they have been sweetened a symmachus however rendered it they shall hear my most sweet utterances the wise…
OrigenesPG 16:1235…hieron they have been taken away beside the rock their judges and they shall hear my words for they have been pleasant hieron they shall hear my words for they are comely as one cleaving and…
7Ps 141:7
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:951A…account says, and have been lodged in this death-bearing region until such time as we may sing, “Bring my soul out of prison, that I may confess to thy name” (Ps. CXLI, 7), passing from sojourning into freedom.…
8Ps 141:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:903…O my soul, unto thy rest"; and from Psalm 141:8: "Bring my soul out of prison"; and fro…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:249A…and profoundly provides for the affairs of each of us—in a way that the human mind cannot grasp. Do you not hear David saying, "Bring my soul out of prison"? (Ps. CXLI, 8). Have you not heard concerning the sai…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:743C…are prepared. The bulls are slaughtered, the fatted calves are ready awaiting you, and the guests, as it was said: "The just wait for me, until you repay me" (Ps. 141:8). Take care that you grasp it. Behold j…
Manuel II Palaiologos 1350–1425PG 156:101B…th Christ? To whom even David and Simeon, by pouring forth prayers , seem to have spoken in keeping: the former when he said, "Bring my soul out of prison" (Ps. cxli, 8); and the latter when he said, "Now you…
9Ps 141:9
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1293…my trust take not away my soul keep me from the snare which they have laid for me and from the stumbling blocks of the workers of iniquity sinners shall fall in his net h interpretation…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:441…not leave me to depart without effect keep me from the snare which they have laid for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity he does not simply mention snares here but those…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:283…most high savior and our benefactor b keep me from the snare which they have laid for me and from the stumbling blocks of those who work iniquity and remember also the commands of which we…
10Ps 141:10
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1243C…n your house.” Job XI, 19. — “You shall rest, and there shall be no one to wage war upon you.” Psal. IV, 10. — “You, O Lord, have settled me alone in hope.” Psal. CXLI, 10. — “I am alone, until I pass over.” Pr…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:35…ating the affairs of each of us wisely and deeply, and in a way that the human mind cannot grasp. Do you not hear David saying, "Bring my soul out of prison?" (Ps. CXLI, 10.) Did you not hear about the saint, tha…
Irene Doukaina c. 1066–1123PG 127:1045B…t them flee idleness, the fountainhead of all wickedness; and let them imitate the wise David in divine matters, who says: I am alone, until I pass over (Ps. CXLI, 10). Let them remain quiet in their own pl…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:761B…w a right spirit within my inward parts" (Psal. L, 12); where is the Son? If the same person says again: "And thy good Spirit shall lead me in the right land" (Psal. CXLI, 10); where is the Son? If the same says: "…
45Ps 141:45
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1207B…XI. 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 CXLIII. 51 Psalm…
166Ps 141:166
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…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 1670 On Psalm CXLIV 16…
195Ps 141:195
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…911 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, 1955 on Psalm CXLIII,…