Where the Fathers quote Psalms 54

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Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:463…poem of understanding by david when the ziphites came and said unto saul doth not david hide himself with us liii h c verses save me o god by thy name and judge me in thy… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:43…spoken in a parable hear o my people my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth i will open my mouth in parables i will utter problems from the beginning and the noble… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1109…in this way attend o my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth i will open my mouth in parables i will utter problems from the beginning all that we… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:465…said these things he adds saying o god hearken to my prayer give ear to the words of my mouth as if making a plea before the judge of himself and those who do him injustice… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:901…asaph lxxvii h attend o my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth since the discourse urges us to the understanding of what is set forth the title intellectus understanding… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:249…the enemies o god hear my prayer accept my supplications with favor give ear to the words of my mouth similar to that and now lord look upon their threats h to the end in hymns… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:349…lord and shall be to him for a people d incline your ear to the words of my mouth alacritously he says listen to the things spoken by me i will open my mouth in parables… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:967…asaph psalm lxxvii attend o my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth i will open my mouth in parables i will utter dark sayings from the beginning how great… Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1591…iars, destroys them, if they are such; for the saint prays not that they be destroyed once and for all, but that they be destroyed if they are such. Ps. LIV, vers. 2. Offering prayer to God, he beseeches Him to draw near to h… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:711…beginning clearly indicates attend o my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth do you see what dignity the holy spirit ascribes to the prophet so as to exhort us… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1265…o god hearken to my prayer and not this only but also give ear to the words of my mouth receive my supplications with favor in great measure for what reason did he say this verse… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1483…this exhortation as if it were a kind of law incline your ear to the words of my mouth listen eagerly to the things spoken by me ver i will open my mouth in parables i… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1257…david also says attend o my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth i will open my mouth in parables i will utter dark sayings from the beginning then showing… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:571…a give ear to the words of my mouth the phrases hear give ear and others of this kind do not seem to me to… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:789…indifferent but some of the copies write to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth incline he says simply for submit or for repent from vain things heard unto the evangelical preachings… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:33…be within the contemplation attend my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth for the interest and the avarice of the devil are yoked together as we have prophesied above… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1513…the believers give heed o my people to my law incline your ear to the words of my mouth he calls the law the evangelical one i will open my mouth in parables i will utter… Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem unknown (pseudonymous; later antiquity)PG 33:1197…in the temple therefore attend my people to my word incline your ear to the words of my mouth this is the child concerning whom isaiah prophesied saying a child is born to us a son… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:715…NING OUR SAVIOR. Of Judas the traitor, and the conspiracy formed with him against Christ, from the noted places of Divine Scripture. 1. From Psalm XL. 2. From Psalm LIV. 3. From Psalm CVIII. 4. From Zechariah. 5… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:465…risen up against me and the strong have sought my soul and they have not set god before them these were the things of his plea and behold how he does not extend the words d… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:21…XLIII, 13. — "You have made us a reproach to our neighbors," etc. "You have humbled us in a place of evil," etc. "Our soul has been humbled to the dust," etc. Psal. LIV, 3. — "I was grieved in my meditation, and… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:571…goodwill they owed him and by mighty saul and his associates and they have not set god before them they have not set him before them that is they have not held him in their minds… Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1473…and as they are bodiless and rulers of the world c and they have not set god before them they did not set god before the face of their soul that is they remembered not that… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:469…his soul i will freely sacrifice to thee i will confess to thy name o lord for it is good having sent up prayer and supplication to god with his first words and having set forth… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:47…a r o\bar{v}$) alone, the use of which word he confirms from Homer, p. 507. Moreover, you have this word used in the same way in these Expositions at Psalm 54, v. 6: "But fear and trembling fell upon the prophet, seeing the… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:461B…rough Him; and he exchanged the sacred books for impious sacrifices. He devoured me, he broke me in pieces (cf. Jer. LI, 34), thin darkness covered me (cf. Ps. LIV, 6), so that I might not, even while mourn… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1285A…say: They assemble and lie in wait, intending, upon departing to another place, for them to dwell more deeply there, having emigrated from their own [places] (Ps. LIV, 6). 12. It says "to hide," even regardin… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1267…and i will confess to your name o lord for it is good a vers for out of all tribulation you have delivered me and my eye has looked upon… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:569…is also inscribed in hymns for he says i will confess to thy name o lord for it is good for thou hast delivered me out of all trouble for the end he says because the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:491C…it had been said: Who will give me wings like a dove? And I will fly and rest. I would have made my removal far off, and would have dwelt in the wilderness (Ps. LIV, 7-8), according to Symmachus. Since, theref… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:585B…, but he consoles them in their tribulations through a letter and exhorts them to patience. To the Church of Antioch. 1. Who will give me wings like a dove? ⟦Ps. LIV, 7⟧ And I will fly to you, and I will sati… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:937A…peed of his feet, he challenges the winged and sublime natures to the contest, and says: "Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly, and be at rest?" (Ps. LIV, 7). Thus, having finally recognized that… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1213B…at once to abandon the Churches, and to yield to desire rather than to necessity. For who will give us wings as of a dove, and we will fly and rest among you (Ps. liv, 7)? But because this would have completel… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:677D…it was concerning this that the prophet, drunk with the draught of the divine Spirit, sang when he said: "Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly?" (Ps. LIV, 7)—that is, through action—"and I will fi… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1097…things outside; and in proportion as they burrow into and pierce his heart, all the more let us sing of them: “Lo, I fled afar, and lodged in the wilderness” (Ps. LIV, 8). For they also afflict with reproa… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:307B…t manner, and not to seize them by one’s own hand, but rather through the ministers sent for that purpose. TIT. XXXI. — Of a city filled with impiety. Ps. LIV, 10. — "I beheld iniquity and strife in the… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:383B…u, calling that city one composed of evil practices: "I saw iniquity and contradiction and injustice and labor in the midst of it, and deceit in its streets." ⟦Ps. LIV, 10, 11, 12.⟧ He who held this city, theref… Timothy of Constantinople fl. 6th centuryPG 86:45…ng one another, unless he is completely empty of mind? For the oracle of Scripture is clearly fulfilled in them: "Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues" (Ps. LIV, 10). Concerning the Marcianists.… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:415A…nus. Vers. same, "in the diet of men." Synanthrōpistikon (befitting man), Basil the Great; synanthrōpizon (becoming man), Aristotle. Vers. 9, in the Psalm. Ps. LIV, 11, 13. Vers. 17, cod. B. "By divine vir… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:985B…nemy, even if it be most painful, is in some way a thing endurable to the sufferer, as it is written: If an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it (Ps. LIV, 13). But to receive some detriment from on… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:149A…been my bread day and night, while it is said to me daily, Where is your God?" (Ps. 41:4), and again, "If an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it" (Ps. 54:13). For because human nature is very vain… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:749A…y enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne it: and if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him (Ps. 54:13). Hence, we endure the injury bravely a… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1047C…ciples of Christ "leaders" is manifest from those things which are said concerning Judah: "But you, O man, of one soul with me, my leader and my acquaintance" (Ps. LIV, 14). Those who religiously reverence these… John Pearson 1613-1686PG 5:457B…y, and again: "Instead of one who cares for you and is concerned for you in the same way as I." Therefore, although it may be thought that Saint Paul looked to Psalm 54:14, where the ancient interpreter rendered… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:143C…if having been partners of a table causes even robbers to be of one mind with their adversaries (and the psalmist says: You who took bread together with me [Ps. 54:15]); to have become one flesh (for this i… OrigenesPG 16:689C…usebius, who has it thus in our edition: which reading is confirmed also in other places, where Symmachus translates the Hebrew word sod as "utterance." Thus Psalm LIV, 15, and Job XV, 8. Ibid. A., and the cove… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:721A…he mercy of God appears in the humbler cities, as it is worthy of wonder when it occurs in a fortified city, and for this reason God is to be praised. II. On Psalm LIV, 16. Someone among the elders related that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:943D…l, doing the works of hell—that is, who are in prison, and are now under the custody of demons, just as the Scripture says: Let them go down alive into hell (Ps. 54. 16)—coming by the word he leads them out o… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1297A…e instead of the present, as: "They will dwell and hide," instead of "they dwell"; and, "They will speak out and talk." (Psal. VI, 7; LXV, 6; Isa. XXXVIII, 14; Psal. LIV, 17; Exod. XV, 15; Psal. LV, 7; XCIII, 4.)… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:465B…ely chanted by him: "I have cried to God, and the Lord hath heard me. Evening and morning and at noon I will narrate and announce: and he shall hear my voice" (Ps. LIV, 17, 18). XVIII. And of those who were… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:877B…. CXVII, 62); and Paul and Silas are found following this, praising God at midnight in the prison. Then the same prophet says: Evening and morning and at noon (Ps. LIV, 18). Moreover, the presence of the Holy Sp… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1013D…deemed it necessary to pray following the example of the saints, who say: "Evening and morning and at noon I will tell and declare; and he will hear my voice" (Ps. liv, 18). And this is so that we may be deliver… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:427A…n evening sacrifice. For this same thing is said also in other psalms, as in the one that says: Evening and morning and at noon I will declare and announce (Ps. LIV, 18). And again: Yours is the day, and you… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:689B…ht I rose to profess to you, O Lord" (Ps. 118:62); "In the mornings I meditated on you" (Ps. 62:7). "Evening and morning and at noon I will tell and announce" (Ps. 54:18). "O God, my God, towards you I watch e… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:981B…hinking] from it, just as the Psalmist called God ho kathemenos [the One who sits]. Indeed, ho kathemenos ap’ arches [the One who sits from the beginning], Ps. liv, 20. And, because it places His majesty wit… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1151B…tinguish my cause from the nation [that is not holy]." (Ps. li, 1): "Why dost thou boast in malice, O thou that art powerful in iniquity? [All the day long]." (Ps. liv, 21): "His words are smoother than oil, and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:739C…who is humble or meek, know that he is treacherous in his heart. For of such people the prophet says: "His words were softened above oil, and they are darts" (Ps. 54:22). If you see him doing good works, unde… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:867C…led a man, and in their fury they hamstrung a bull" (Gen. 49:5-6). Of such people the prophet says: "Their words were made soft above oil, and they are darts" (Ps. 54:22). "What does it seem to you? Is it lawf… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1301…“With their mouth they blessed, but in their heart they cursed.” [Ps cviii, 5] And again: “Their words were softer than oil, yet they are darts.” [Ps. liv, 22] These men were petitioning Alexander,… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:785A…his: My friends and my neighbors drew near against me and stood (Ps. XXXVII, 12); and again: Their words were smoother than oil, and yet they are javelins (Ps. LIV, 22). Hail, Rabbi! And he was deliverin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:607C…sideres, et bonorum custodiam, nec patere velis eorum insidiis, qui alienis calamitatibus insultant, Jacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipse te enutriet (Psal. 54. 23). Inspicite enim, inquit, in antiquas… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:137C…r the Lord will not kill with famine the souls of the righteous (Prov. 10:3). And another again says: Cast your care upon the Lord, and He will nourish you (Ps. 54:23). For if He nourishes the birds of the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:641B…r staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money, nor two tunics; saying almost that very thing in the Psalms: “Cast your care upon the Lord, and he will nourish you” (Ps. liv, 23). For truly Christ said: “You cannot s… Isaac of Nineveh c. 613-c. 700PG 86:823…ason are anxious about your necessities without Him, you are the most miserable of all men. Why, then, do you live? Cast your concern upon the Lord (Ps. LIV, 23), and you will not fear from any impending terror. He who h… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1427A…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 the name of the Lord. » Psal. liv, 23. — « Cast thy care upon the Lord, and h… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:279D…" Psalm XI, 3. — "The Lord shall destroy all deceitful lips." Psalm XLIX, 9. — "Your mouth has abounded in malice, and your tongue was weaving deceits." Psalm LIV, 23. — "Men of blood and deceit shall not l… Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1255A…ous garments; provide only for those things that shall suffice for the necessity of the body. Rather cast your care upon the Lord, and He will provide for you (Ps. LIV, 23). For He Himself, it is said, cares for… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:491…er their departure from here, what awaits them has been declared beforehand by the words: But Thou, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction (Ps. LIV, 24). These things, then, they themselves s… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:491…But Thou, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction (Ps. LIV, 24). These things, then, they themselves shall suffer; But I will hope in Thee (Ps. LIV, 24). This is said either by the prophet wh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:913…he dross also. But also, the evil days of the saints are always shortened. It is written of the wicked: "Men of blood and deceit shall not shorten their days" (Ps. 54:24). But of the just: "He shall not give s… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:169C…nd those who provoke battles. “Scatter the nations that desire wars.” — Ps. lxvii, 31. “And men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days.” — Ps. liv, 24. “Who leave the straight paths, to wal… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…on Psalm XLVI, 1201 on Psalm XLVII, 1215 on Psalm XLVIII, 1217 on Psalm XLIX, 1227 on Psalm L, 1237 on Psalm LI, 1253 on Psalm LII, 1259 on Psalm LIII, 1263 on Psalm LIV, 1267 on Psalm LV, 1281 on Psalm LVI, 1289 o… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…Psalm XLVI 1435 On Psalm XLVII 1438 On Psalm XLVIII 1442 On Psalm XLIX 1447 On Psalm L 1451 On Psalm LI 1458 On Psalm LII 1459 On Psalm LIII 1462 On Psalm LIV 1463 On Psalm LV 1470 On Psalm LVI 1471 On Psalm LVII 1471 On P…