Where the Fathers quote Psalms 143

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1Ps 143:1

Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:487…ding the martyr with the opportunity to utter the words of the Prophet: Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands for battle, and my fingers for war (Ps. CXLIII, 1). For fire was clashing with a hand, an… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:691D…wned. What He did and suffered, those who preceded Him have depicted for so many generations. First of all, David prays: "O Lord, bow the heavens and descend" (Ps. 143:1). And having obtained his request, he p… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:741A…he war, he might award peace to the world, as one of them giving thanks said: Blessed be the Lord who teacheth my hands to battle, and my fingers to war (Ps. CXLIII, 1). And these having been defeated, have…

2Ps 143:2

3Ps 143:3

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:451A…g out and wailing every day, and yet heard by no one? Why do they not hear? Because the devil has "put them in dark places, as those that have been long dead" (Ps. CXLIII, 3). For what is darkness and the conditio… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1955…men what human justice would again be equal to thy gifts ver for the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath humbled my life to the earth i pray therefore to obtain thy truth and justice…

4Ps 143:4

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:323D…eaning is not considered. What is it, therefore, that he said, "Every man is a liar"? That which he says himself elsewhere: "Man has been made like to vanity" (Ps. CXLIII, 4). Which also another prophet said: "All… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:459C…ave with moderation. Or the son of man, that You account him? Have you seen how great the majesty of God’s nature is? Man has been made like to vanity (Ps. 143. 4). Another interpreter, however, said t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:547D…from his youth" (Gen. VIII, 21). Remember, O Master, that you fashioned me as clay, fiery and bloody. Remember, O Master, that "Man is become like to vanity" (Ps. CXLIII, 4). Remember, O Master, that "Every livin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:125C…er than a shadow it abandons us. Why then do you think yourself great, man, who are smoke and vanity? For man was made like to vanity; his days are as grass (Ps. 143.4). The grass is withered, and the flowe… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1115A…turn.» Psal. LXXXIX, 10. — «Our years meditated like a spider.» Psal. CI, 4. — «My days have failed like smoke.» Psal. CII, 15. — «Man, as grass are his days.» Psal. CXLIII, 4. — «Man is made like to vanity; my days… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:399B…Kuriou (the right hand of the Lord). Ps. CXVII, 16. Verse seq. tō logō. Ps. XXXII, 6. Verse 14, tē hy. Ibid. Verse 32, ēkidiasē (it mourned/was heavy). Ps. CXLIII, 4. Verse 4, a fin. H. St. 2, toude tou a…

5Ps 143:5

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:459C…umerous are the changes of things, and the crossings-over are unequal. “O Lord, incline Your heavens and descend. Touch the mountains and they shall smoke” (Ps. 143. 5). Another says, “When You inclined You… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:555D…aven to see, they ask: "It is not enough, O Lord, to have looked down from heaven, just as you have looked; descend also. Lord, bow the heavens, and descend (Psal. 143. 5). Come, Son of the Father, seek what wa… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:719D…or redeemed them, but the Lord Himself (Isai. 63:9). For He saw the world destitute of help, and crying out to Him: Incline, O Lord, your heavens, and descend (Ps. 143:5). For if You, He says, do not descend t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:741A…. And these having been defeated, have turned their backs, crying out to You, calling upon You as their helper, saying: Lord, bow Thy heavens, and come down (Ps. CXLIII, 5). And having bowed the heavens, and com… Eustathius of Thessalonica c. 1115–1195PG 136:715C…sions them, too, as lyricists because of David, who from above, invoking the Word who was in the beginning, in the passage "Incline the heavens and come down" (Ps. CXLIII, 5), foresaw Him also as the Son of Man ev… OrigenesPG 16:1239…enveloped over me i meditated on all thy work i will discourse on the work of thy hands hebrew text version in thy truth hieron id and my spirit enveloped over me hieron and my spirit… OrigenesPG 16:1851D…must be noted that the construct state of the noun plural ⟦Hebrew: מֵתִים⟧, "dead," is never otherwise than ⟦Hebrew: מְתֵי⟧, and is found only in Is. xxii, 2. Ps. cxliii, 5. Lam. iii, 6. DRACH.] Ibid. The Sevent…

6Ps 143:6

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:49…stands over all healing those who are broken in heart i stretched forth my hands unto thee my soul is as a land without water unto thee remembering the days of old from the study of… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1301…thy works i meditated upon the works of thy hands i spread forth my hands unto thee my soul is as earth without water unto thee hear me speedily o lord my spirit hath failed turn… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:559D…d and fulfill his petition, crying and saying: Lord, incline the heavens, and come down, O Lord; do not delay. May thy mercies, O Lord, quickly go before us (Ps. CXLIII, 6; LXIX, 6; LXXVIII, 8). But what did th…

7Ps 143:7

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1667…a land without water is a soul thirsting for spiritual knowledge vers hear me speedily o lord my spirit hath fainted etc when one is afflicted beyond measure the spirit of a man usually faints similar… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:247…me lest you be silent to me and i be made like them that go down into the pit he said these things while he was in an agony lest he might perhaps be compared to… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:927…spirits and hinting at their likeness to our own souls he says hear me speedily o lord my spirit hath failed h interrogation lx h how is it that the fire among us has the power… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1301…hands unto thee my soul is as earth without water unto thee hear me speedily o lord my spirit hath failed turn not away thy face from me and i shall be like unto them that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:453…happen by the command of the creator so too do all eclipses hear me speedily o lord my spirit faileth what do you say are you urging the physician toward the healing by no means but… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1279B…"hands," as among us all useful things are accomplished through the energy of the hands, whether for good or for evil; as, "Send forth your hand from on high" (Psal. cxliii, 7), and, "Lift up your hands against thei… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1955…for thy help just as the waterless land awaits the rain ver hear me speedily o lord my spirit hath failed by these words he expressed the magnitude of his distress for this d is a… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1517…need and we should b continually meditate on the words of david hear me speedily o lord my spirit has failed for the enemy has humbled my soul he has seated me in darkness like those… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:419B…de of men, as Scripture is wont to do, "waters." "Deliver me," says the one who sings in the Spirit, "from many waters, from the hand of strange children" (Ps. CXLIII, 7). Therefore, the teacher of sacred scie… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:889…here we must understand by hades death i have been counted with them that go down into the pit i have been counted instead of i have been numbered or i have been reckoned with those… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1279…help no differently than an arid and thirsty land desires rain vers hear me speedily o lord my spirit has fainted it has fainted as much as it could without entirely failing my spirit will leave… OrigenesPG 16:697…lest while you are quiet far from me i be likened to them that go down into the pit render to them that which they did my heart rejoiced o' i cried out another i will… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:833…the night before thee and after a little i was counted with them that go down into the pit i was made as a man without help free among the dead he did not say i…

8Ps 143:8

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1667…away from me vers make thy mercy to be heard by me in the morning for in thee have i hoped make known to me the way wherein i should walk for i have lifted up… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1301…that go down into the pit make thy mercy to be heard in the morning for in thee have i hoped make me to know the way wherein i should walk for i have lifted up… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1957…revive unless god wills it vers make me to hear thy mercy in the morning for in thee have i hoped show me he says thy loving kindness lest i fail of my hope for here… Eustathius of Thessalonica c. 1115–1195PG 135:723…we approach the greatest master with the words show me o lord the way wherein i should walk for we all surely know where we must walk and from where we should turn aside being persuaded…

9Ps 143:9

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1185D…ll the interpreters, however—the Syrian, the Arab, the Chaldean, and the Ethiopian, and even the LXX themselves—do not recognize that in Psalm XXXII, 2, nor in Psalm CXLIII, 9. Concerning this former nabli form wh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:761…concerning which this very Psalmist said in another part of the prophecy: O God, I will sing a new song to You, on a ten-stringed psaltery I will play to You (Ps. 143. 9). He then hints at the Evangelical Test…

10Ps 143:10

Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1011B…X, 18). But Scripture does not refuse to call the Holy Spirit good, according to David who says: Your good Spirit shall guide me in the land of uprightness (Ps. CXLIII, 10). And when again the Lord says of Himse… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1301…from mine enemies o lord for unto thee have i fled b teach me to do thy will for thou art my god h interpretation of athanasius h for i remembered my former days which had… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1303…thy good spirit shall lead me into the land of uprightness for thy name's sake o lord thou shalt quicken me in righteousness thou shalt bring my soul… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1141…is also good orth the prophet david says your good spirit shall lead me into the land of uprightness anom men are also called good orth yes but by participation in goodness anom and i say… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1609…lord but he who renounces his own human will says to god teach me to do thy will for thou art my god which petition god brings to fulfillment the wills therefore are the individual virtues… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:455…thee deliver me from mine enemies for to thee have i fled teach me to do thy will for thou art my god he did not say absolutely teach me thy will but teach me to… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1171…land which he owned concerning which david sang thy holy spirit shall lead me into the land of uprightness not permitting it to be corrupted entirely but gaining the virtue or life of the brother from… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1957…of refuge and i pray to be delivered from their plots vers teach me to do thy will for thou art my god i beseech this also not only that i may know what thou willest… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:659…is found in the psalm of david saying thy good spirit shall lead me into the land of uprightness psalm and again the word spoken to moses i am who i am exodus if some desire… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1465…the lord and went before them and david thy good spirit shall lead me into the land of uprightness and the lord when the comforter is come the spirit of truth he will guide you and… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:687…to call the holy spirit good your good spirit it says shall lead me into the land of uprightness and the prophet ezekiel accusing the ancient people said they provoked me in all these things says… Manuel II Palaiologos 1350–1425PG 156:571…guide me in thy way and i will walk in thy truth teach me to do thy will for thou art my god from my mother's womb sustain me when i am in danger of falling… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:573…unto thee have i fled who art the refuge of all and teach me to do thy will for thou art my god the father with the son and the spirit therefore it proceeds by saying… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:229C…that is, by "soul" He means the affection with which He hated the festivities. Such also is that saying, "Your good Spirit shall lead me into the right land" (Ps. cxliii, 10); for He means, since You care for me,…

11Ps 143:11

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:27D…ngs out, their oxen are fat. There is no ruin of a wall, nor passage, nor crying in their streets. They called the people blessed to whom these things belong" (Psal. CXLIII, 11-15). But you, O Prophet, what do you say?… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1069B…their kinship, are rightly called those, for whom David sang: Snatch me and deliver me from the hand of the sons of the alien, whose mouth has spoken vanity (Ps. cxliii, 11). But those who speak vanity, especiall…

12Ps 143:12

Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1303…mercy thou shalt scatter my enemies and thou shalt destroy all who afflict my soul for i am thy servant psalm of david against goliath psal cxliii blessed be the lord my god who teaches my… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:455…may breathe a little from affliction and thou shalt destroy all who afflict my soul for i am thy servant see here again the reason added for we cannot absolutely obtain our requests but it behooves… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1957…and in thy mercy thou shalt destroy mine enemies and thou shalt destroy all them that afflict my soul for i am thy servant c this he also said in the hundred and thirty fifth psalm…

14Ps 143:14

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:75D…uitful, abounding in their goings out: their storehouses full, flowing out of this into that: their daughters decked out, adorned as the likeness of a temple (Ps. 143:14, 13, 12). But admiring also their evil…

15Ps 143:15

Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1051…more correctly, "Of whom we said, In his shadow we shall live." But there is a Hebraism in the words of the LXX, in which the pronoun his is redundant, as in Psalm cxliii, 15: "Blessed is the people, whose Lord is… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1093C…any man." The Vulgate also of Isaiah III, 42, "They who call you blessed, they themselves deceive you." Indeed the Hebrew word ashar sounds no otherwise, as Psalm CXLIII, 15: emakarisan ton laon, "they called th… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1803B…e not heard, or certainly word for word, so that the Hebraism and the pleonasm of the relative pronoun may appear, whose voices of them are not heard, as in Psalm CXLIII, 15: Blessed the people whose Lord is thei… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:185…93.12). "Blessed are the undefiled in the way" (Ps. 118.1). "Blessed are all they that trust in him" (Ps. 2.12). "Blessed is the people whose God is the Lord" (Ps. 143.15). "Blessed is he whose soul has not con… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:435…3). They used to call others blessed, the ones who commit sins: he, those to whom God offers help. Blessed, he says, is the people whose Lord is their God (Ps. 143. 15). And again, Do not emulate those who… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:535…:35-36). Regarding the despising of present things: They called the people blessed to whom such things belong; blessed is the people whose Lord is their God (Ps. 143:15). That we do not sin with impunity, but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:363B…t present things are to be counted as nothing: "They called the people happy to whom these things belong; happy is the people whose Lord is God, their helper" [Ps. cxliii, 15]; that we do not sin with impunity, but…

16Ps 143:16

Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1015…τόκῳ, "fruitful," is more apt, which epithet fits the name and nature better, whence he also implicitly speaks concerning rabbits that litter frequently. Thus Psalm 143:16, τὰ πρόβατα αὐτῶν πολύτοκα, "their shee…

51Ps 143:51

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1207B…XXXIII. 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 CXLIV. 58 Psalm CXLV. 62 Psalm CX…

167Ps 143:167

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…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 1671 On Psalm CXLV 1674 On Psalm CXLVI 1675…

195Ps 143:195

Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…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, 1959 on Psalm CXLIV, 1965 on Psalm CXLV, 19…