Where the Fathers quote Psalms 39

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Pope Zephyrinus d. 217 (pope 199-217)PG 10:15…word whence also the lord speaks through the prophet saying i have said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue may the omnipotent lord and his only begotten son… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:345…i said i will keep my ways so as not to sin with my tongue i will keep my mouth with a bridle while the impious is still against me i became mute in silence i… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:887…the thirty eighth psalm he was taught to say such things as i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue i have set a guard to my mouth… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:869…as one bridled and dumb always repeating this verse of the psalm i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue i have set a guard to my mouth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:923…divine fear at your mouth that you may say with the prophet i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue i have set a guard to my mouth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:787…good works let every man say these words of the holy psalmist i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue and as a sharpened razor thou hast performed… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:1009…my mouth and a door of enclosure about my lips and again i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue for the best watch is to keep the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1145…a i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue i have set a guard to my mouth… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1999…not been that the lord was with us let israel say ps i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not ps the fool has said in his heart in iniquities ps… OrigenesPG 16:751…original script column see facsimile alt version omitted i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue i set a guard to my mouth in… Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:165…and a door for the enclosure about my lips ps cxl and i said i will take heed to my ways that i sin not with my tongue ps xxxvii the same was asked why are… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:729D…t then was that which we have just heard the blessed David saying: Waiting I waited for the Lord, and He paid attention to me, and heard my supplication (Ps. 39. 2)? Patience has appeared to us a great t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:733D…ar. For no one is crowned unless he has struggled lawfully (2 Tim. 2. 5); and again the blessed David: Waiting I waited for the Lord, and He gave heed to me (Ps. 39. 2). You saw the patience of the athlete,… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:485A…or the Lord, and he was attentive to me. And he brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs, and set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps" (Ps. XXXIX, 2, 3), and that other text: "The Lord is… OrigenesPG 16:751…keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is against me i was dumb with silence i held my peace even from good and my sorrow was stirred hieron id my heart was hot within… Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:261B…is now manifested—modulating his song to these words: "I waited patiently for the Lord, and He heard my prayers; and He brought me out of the lake of misery" (Ps. XXXIX, 2). By the lake of misery, he interpr… Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:261B…ught me out of the lake of misery" (Ps. XXXIX, 2). By the lake of misery, he interprets the place of corruption, the tomb; "and from the clay of the mire" (Ps. XXXIX, 2), from the dissolved body into earth an… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1007B…n the rock, speaking thus to the Word: "He brought me up out of the pit of misery, and from the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps" (Ps. XXXIX, 3). By the rock we understand the Lord, w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:653D…The waters, he says, are come in unto my soul (Ps. 68.2), as a torrent flowing past. Spiritual things are rock; For upon a rock, he says, you have set my feet (Ps. 39.3). Worldly things are mire and clay; let… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:49B…e it was also said to Zion by God: "Make as if you stand, O Sion." Blessed David also offers thank-offerings to God, saying thus: "He set my feet upon a rock" [Psal. XXXIX, 3]. For by these words he, full of the Sp… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:679A…also name the confession of Peter. Consistent with this is also the saying, "He lifted me up on a rock" (Ps. XXVI, 6); and, "You have set my feet upon a rock" (Ps. XXXIX, 3)—meaning, upon the unmoved word of God,… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 86:2971B…le of which he caused a native column to be hewn, and upon it he placed his tracks, confirming, as the sacred Scriptures sound, he set my feet upon the rock (Ps. XXXIX, 3). Toward the rising sun, moreover, he e… Prudentius Maranus 1683-1762PG 6:197…. He proves this, because they truly prophesied in ecstasy, with the devil, of course, imitating and pilfering prophetic ecstasy. See St. Ambrose on Ps. 39. 3. There is nothing here of Athenagoras w… OrigenesPG 16:751…my peace even from good and my sorrow was stirred hieron id my heart was hot within me while i was musing the fire burned hieron my heart grew hot within me and in my meditation… Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:261C…the penalties laid upon us because of the curse. But let our longings also smile upon us; "And He set," he says, "my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps" (Ps. XXXIX, 3). How, and in what manner? Christ is pl… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:469…therefore make me to know o lord my end and the number of my days what it is that i may know what i lack behold thou hast made my days as handbreadths and my being… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:281…saying make me to know o lord my end and the number of my days what it is that i may know what i lack ps and in short there is no one who has learned… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1147…tongue o lord make me to know my end and the number of my days what it is that i may know what i lack therefore i answered the reviler with nothing but i supplicated the… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1007…psalm make me to know o lord my end and the number of my days what it is that i may know what i am lacking seeing he says that i am now debilitated and that… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:469…my days what it is that i may know what i lack behold thou hast made my days as handbreadths and my being is as nothing before thee see the good concern of a prudent soul… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1147…me the end of my life as i desired death greatly ver behold thou hast made my days as things that can be measured and my substance is as nothing before thee b this again symmachus… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1427A…ercy shall encompass him who hopes in the Lord. » Psal. xxxvi, 3, 4. — « Hope in the Lord, and do good, and dwell on the earth. Reveal thy way unto the Lord. » Psal. xxxix, 5. — « Blessed is the man whose hope is t… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1453…i might know what is lacking to the entirety of my life behold thou hast made my days measurable behold thou hast made my days measurable that is few in number for the span is a… OrigenesPG 16:751…hot within me and in my meditation i was kindled with fire behold thou hast made my days as handbreadths hieron behold thou hast made my days short and my time is as nothing before thee… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:917B…y things have you done, O Lord my God, your wonderful works, and there is no one who shall be compared to you in your reasonings; I have announced and spoken (Ps. 39. 6). Behold the wisdom of the prophet. Hav… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:559…anslation of Joachim Perionius, castigated in some places, alongside the Greek text. ON THE PROPHETIC SAYING, "VERILY EVERY MAN LIVING IS VAINLY TROUBLED" (Ps. 39:6): AND CONCERNING ALMSGIVING Th… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1469…also touches upon such men surely man walketh in a vain show surely they are disquieted in vain he heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather them for these hoarders of treasure are found… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1103…h." Where homoiousthai like Gomorrah is "to be as Gomorrah"; for the Hebrews heap up synonyms. Such is, "Man is likened unto vanity" (Ps. CXLIV, 4), which is Psalm XXXIX, 6: "Surely all things are vanity, every m… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1677A…ing. — One should wrongly read οὐ προσφέρει, since the negative particle has already preceded. RUAEUS. — Ibid., line 6, περὶ ἁμαρτίας. Supply θυσίαν. Thus in Psalm. xxxix, 7, ὁλοκαύτωμα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ᾔτησ… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:823B…introduce this sacrifice of ours; hear how these things also were predicted: Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; but a body you have prepared for me (Ps. XXXIX, 7). The people whom I did not know ha… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:917C…redicting this entire prophecy from the person of Christ, having said, Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, he added, But a body you prepared for me (Ps. 39. 7); calling the body the Lord’s, the comm… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:919A…wonderful works." Then, having spoken from the person of Christ, "Burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require," he added, "Then I said, Lo, I come" (Ps. 39:7-8). Then—when? When the time for a more p… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1099…v, 8, and Ezekiel xlv, 25; Theodoret explains it as precious gifts, and in Genesis iv, 4 it is translated as a gift. Psalm xix, 3, a sacrifice; Psalm xxxix, 7, an offering. The Latin Vulgate of Daniel i, 46 expressed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:173C…To what purpose bringest thou me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land far off?" (Jer. 6. 20)? And again: "Sacrifice and oblation thou wouldst not" (Ps. 39. 7). And again: "Will God have burnt offer… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:445D…. And in another place he says again: Sacrifice and offering you would not: burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire: then I said, Behold I come (Ps. 39. 7; Hebr. 10. 5-7). It is possible to brin… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:541A…body you have prepared for me. Burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you did not accept. Then I said: Behold, I come, O God, to do your will; I was content" (Ps. XXXIX, 7). And it is possible to observe this sa… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1323…ith notes, and 265. (Consult Cyril also in his commentary on Luke, 119.) In Psalm XXXVII, 8, Cyril read psyche, soul, for lumbi, loins, 175, with notes. In Psalm XXXIX, 7, Cyril follows the reading soma, body… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:221A…ings and sacrifices for sin You did not take pleasure in. Then I said: Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me, to do, O God, Your will” (Ps. XXXIX, 7-9; Hebr. X, 5-7). The commandment accor… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1507A…sessions and will indulge in luxury and pleasures? Have you not heard the prophet saying: He stores up wealth and does not know for whom he will gather them (Ps. XXXIX, 7)? And in another place he says again:… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:965A…doubt. Having changed the voice, as if from the person of Christ he brings forward the passage, saying "a body" instead of "ears," You have prepared for me (Ps. XXXIX, 7). Ver. 26. — Those who in this world f… Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:699A…ness of human reparation, which Christ himself calls ἐντολὰς τοῦ Πατρός, 'the precepts of the Father' (John xv, 10). And perhaps Barnabas is alluding to that Psalm xxxix, 8, 9: 'Then said I: Lo, I come... to do t… Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:715D…of human restoration, which Christ Himself calls ἐντολὰς τοῦ Πατρός, the commandments of the Father (John 15:10); and perhaps Barnabas is alluding to that of Psalm 39:8, 9: "Then I said: Behold I come... that… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1155…aw, this has become the head of the corner ⟦Psal. 117:22⟧. And again the same one says in the person of the stone: In the head of the book it is written of me ⟦Psal. 39:8⟧. This is what John revealed, while he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:823C…ain, But a body you have prepared for me. After these things he immediately added, Then I said, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me (Ps. XXXIX, 8). Two things are indicated here: that h… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:919A…n, that you might not think him to be a recent God or that he was introducing some novelty, hear what he says: "In the volume of the book it is written of me" (Ps. 39:8). Long ago the prophets foretold my com… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:919B…t—when he had said, "In the volume of the book it is written of me," he added, "To do your will, O God, I have desired, and your law in the midst of my heart" (Ps. 39:8-9). Afterwards, explaining what indeed th… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1173D…one chapter (Ezech. viii, Apoc. x). The Savior too, prophesied by the voices of all the Saints of old, says: ‘In the chapter of the book it is written of me’ (Ps. xxxix, 8). According to this sense, therefore, I… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1161D…Day unto day poureth forth speech, and night unto night declareth knowledge [Ps. xviii, 3]. Likewise from this: In the head of the book it is written of me [Ps. xxxix, 8]. For all who have expounded on those f… OrigenesPG 16:751…now therefore what wait i for o lord my expectation is thou deliver me from all my transgressions make me not the reproach of the foolish hieron deliver me from all my iniquities make me not… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:399B…t. IV, 11. Verse 36, Proklōp. Cedrenus, pag. 281. Verse 15, hēmera (day). Ps. XVI, 2. Verse 48, en kephalidi (in the volume of the book). Hebr. X, 7; and Ps. XXXIX, 8. Suidas the same, which is elēma, bec… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:189…is thou who art being reviled in me i was dumb and i opened not my mouth because thou hast made it being reviled he says i was silent knowing accurately regarding it that thou art… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:521D…word, may always fashion the divine law in our mind, and do that which was said by David, which is to have the law of God always in the "midst of our stomach" (Ps. 39.9), that is, the divine ideas, so that we… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:935C…er gives law in the Church, gives law as King of the ages, of whom David says: "To do your will, my God, I have willed, and your law in the midst of my heart" (Ps. 39, 9). The Father, therefore, gives law, the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1149…likewise consistent with what has been said vers i was dumb and i opened not my mouth because thou didst it for since thou didst permit it he says that man acted with frenzy and he… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:623A…r he understands the discourses to contain mysteries, concerning which the Savior said in the Psalms of David: To do thy will, O my God, I have been willing (Ps. xxxix, 9). The will of the Father, moreover, was… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1275B…rn with desire for such a drink. Vers. 38. Qui — vivo. By "belly" here he means the heart, just as when it is said: "And your law in the midst of my belly" (Ps. xxxix, 9). By "rivers of water" he means the abu… OrigenesPG 16:751…me not a reproach to the foolish i was dumb i open not my mouth because thou didst it hieron id… OrigenesPG 16:753…give me as a reproach to the foolish i was speechless and i opened not my mouth because thou art he who made me diapsalma… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:197…times" (Ps. XXXIII, 2); and, "My throat shall meditate on truth" (Prov. VIII, 7); and, "Behold, I will not restrain my lips" (Ps. XXXIX, 10); and will [Scripture] produce other te… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:919B…itted the mention of victims, of burnt offerings, of oblations, and of labors and sweats, he says, "I have announced your righteousness in the great assembly" (Ps. 39:10). What is this, "I have announced your… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:149…of a better one wherefore david also says i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were for abraham was a sojourner owning not even a footstep of ground and with difficulty purchasing… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:347…things that follow however he says i am a stranger with you and a sojourner as all my fathers were behold you have made my days measurable and my substance is as nothing before you instead… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:351…a vers hear my prayer o lord and my supplication give ear to my tears be not silent for i am a stranger with thee and… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:801…nevertheless man is troubled in vain etc b diapsalma b hearken to my prayer o lord and give ear to my supplication c give ear to my tears do not be silent for i am a… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1755…whence it is also said i am a stranger in the earth and a sojourner as all my fathers were ps xxxviii and again woe is me that my sojourning is prolonged ps cxix for human… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:385…this yet david confessed it for i am a stranger he says and a sojourner as all my fathers were who lived in tents who bought graves with money it is certain that they were strangers… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:761…although being king and possessing dominion over that land continually cried out i am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were ver for they that say such things declare that they… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:461…as david bears witness somewhere forgive me for i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were thus paul writes to the perfect we have no abiding city here but we seek the… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1050…with strangers for i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were xiii so great was his eloquence and so great his care for the poor a regarding… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1263…determined god willing to dwell with strangers for i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were xiii he had such great regard for kindness for the feeding of the poor and for… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:447…thus repeated by the prophet after his custom lacrymas meas ne sileas hold not thy peace at my tears that is do not despise them for those who despise someone are accustomed to be silent the… OrigenesPG 16:755…to consume away like the spider surely every man is vanity diapsalma hear my prayer o lord and my supplication give ear to my tears be not silent for i am a stranger with thee and… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:803…spare me that i may be refreshed before i go hence and be no more a in the end a psalm of david psalm xxxix expecting i expected the lord and… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:671B…u are not ignorant that "those who sow in tears shall reap with joy" (Ps. CXXVI, 5). Therefore, the Prophet says with boldness: "Do not be silent at my tears" (Ps. XXXIX, 13); and again, "You have put my tears bef… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1151…as were all my fathers spare me that i may find rest before i go hence and be no more a i beseech you he says o master hear me as i implore and offer my… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:103…this is that of david forgive me that i may be refreshed before i go hence and be no more and the same man b elsewhere how long o lord wilt thou be angry shall thy… Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:927B…ing this life to be a pilgrimage, which I myself also... similarly to him. Thus also David says: "I am a sojourner and a pilgrim, as all my fathers were," (Ps. XXXIX, 13) signifying altogether and obscurely th… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1455…moving forth from the earth spare me that i may be refreshed before i go hence and be no more in this life clearly h psalm h for the end a psalm of david in the… OrigenesPG 16:755…a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were o spare me that i may recover strength before i go hence and be no more to ebpaikon hebrew text hebrew text aquila hebrew… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1293B…who say to me, Aha, aha. Let them exult and be glad in you all who seek you, O Lord, and let those who love your salvation say always, The Lord be magnified. (Ps. XXXIX, 14–17). For it is only demons who plot agains… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1149A…en deemed worthy of such tranquility?" David, the most celebrated among the holy prophets, sings: "Forgive me," he says to the Lord, "that I may be refreshed" (Ps. XXXIX, 14). But this athlete of Christ says: "Rem… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:281…l? "The demons have prepared a snare for my feet, and have bowed down my soul" (cf. Ps. LVI, 7). "For there is darkness in my eyes, but I hastened not to see" (cf. Ps. XXXIX, 15). For blindness is a cruel thing, and s… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:953C…ion or work I had performed in the desert. But when I had shaken this one off by saying, Let them be turned back and put to shame who devise evil against me (Ps. XXXIX, 15), immediately the one on my left wh… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1191B…Ps. 5. 11. — « Judge them, O God; let them fall from their counsels. » Ps. 6. 10. — « Let all my enemies be confounded and troubled. » Ps. 39. 15. — « Let them be confounded and turned… OrigenesPG 16:749…e Royal [manuscript]. V. 13. Drusius has, A., my evil, [and] my malice, and he rightly suspects the first to be Aquila's, the second Symmachus'. See below, Psalm XXXIX, 15. V. 17. S., they magnified themselves… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1567D…rom you shall perish." Psal. xxxiii, 11. — "The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger; but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good." Psal. xxxix, 17. — "Let all those that seek you, O Lord… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…, 1087 on Psalm XXXII, 1093 on Psalm XXXIII, 1102 on Psalm XXXIV, 1110 on Psalm XXXV, 1119 on Psalm XXXVI, 1125 on Psalm XXXVII, 1138 on Psalm XXXVIII, 1143 on Psalm XXXIX, 1151 on Psalm XL, 1161 on Psalm XLI, 1167 o… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…y IV on same 1319 Homily V on same 1359 Homily I on Psalm XXXVII 1369 Homily II on same 1380 Homily I on Psalm XXXVIII 1391 Homily II on same 1400 On Psalm XXXIX 1410 On Psalm XL 1412 On Psalm XLI 1415 On Psalm XLII 1419 On P…