Where the Fathers quote Psalms 58
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1Ps 58:1
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:517…title lvii h a ver if in very deed ye speak righteousness judge uprightly o ye sons of men the present discourse exhorts each person not to destroy at the end but for each to observe…
3Ps 58:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1193…another culpable nation so that it may be said of him for the wicked are estranged from the womb they have gone astray from the belly they speak lies so that they are strangers to the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1187…a third victory the sons of Ammon, 189. Psalm 61, v. 12, these words, God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, are not a paradox, 198. Psalm 58, v. 3, these words, Thou art my son, what they signify, 252. T…
Suidas compiled c. 970-1000 ADPG 117:1347A…t, descended from that ancient Sophocles. He lived after the tragic Pleiad. His plays are fifteen in number. Wise (is) the enchanter, skilled in incantations. Ps. LVIII, 3. Oracle: Wise (is) Sophocles, wiser (is…
Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1251…inclination of the will toward good or evil according to the saying the wicked are estranged from the womb ps lvii for in unbelief and discipline and works the just judgment of god is then revealed…
4Ps 58:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:241…he says is under their lips and since they truly had poison like the poison of a serpent they expressed this also through this bitter interrogation why then baptizest thou if thou be not the christ…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:375…despise all others and are seen neither to see nor hear being like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears which will not hearken to the voice of charmers ps lvii of whom the psalmist also…
5Ps 58:5
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1295…the reason that as for the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears which will not hearken to the voice of charmers when you hear the command thou shalt worship the lord thy god you have not…
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:119A…Spirit by measure [John iii, 34]. For He neither gives it, nor is it measured; for God is not measured by God. And that: Neither is my iniquity, nor my sin [Ps. lviii, 5]. For He does not use this language bec…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1297…serpent b like the deaf asp and that stoppeth her ears vers which will not hearken to the voice of charmers nor of the wizard wisely charming now they stop their ears like the asp for…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1653…of a serpent even like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears which will not hearken to the voice of charmers the asp is severus the incantations are the oracles of divine scripture anastasius in the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:881…human body but why like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears which will not hearken to the voice of the charmer do you so treat the words of peter in the acts of the apostles…
Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:375…see nor hear being like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears which will not hearken to the voice of charmers ps lvii of whom the psalmist also said fire fell upon them and they did…
6Ps 58:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:631B…had driven away the disease of sin with the medicine of repentance, knowing that God anticipates the sinner, asks Him, saying: "Arise to meet me, and behold" (Ps. LVIII, 6), that I am coming to Thee sincerely, a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:691C…his glory you shall rise again." What is it, brother, that the creation avoids being the master of man? For it says: The creature was made subject to vanity (Ps. 58:6). To what vanity? From the time man was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:753…eth violently, so that he may learn no longer to chew men; and that which is written will be fulfilled: And God will shatter his teeth in his mouth (Ps. 58:6). Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. I…
7Ps 58:7
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:57C…of the Scripture, of which we are now speaking, saying: "They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs, and shall go round about the city." (Ps. LVIII, 7.) He repeats the same thing in Ps. LXIX…
Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:641B…at Italian speed in snatching away what belongs to others, that they may return to the west, to their own country, if any should survive, and hunger like dogs (Ps. LVIII, 7), having no longer the blood of the Aus…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:785B…explanation of the one who spoke of the time and the place of the Psalm, how they returned at evening, and suffered hunger like dogs, and compassed the city (Ps. LVIII, 7, 15). Hear also concerning the thi…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:249B…ith the army under his command; concerning whom the Psalm says: ‹They will return at evening, and will suffer hunger like a dog, and will encompass the city.› ⟦Ps. LVIII, 7⟧ For indeed, the commander of the phala…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:249B…once defeated the destroyer of earthly life and conduct, and they jeer at Him who is being crucified and suffering. But ‹they will suffer hunger like a dog,› ⟦Ps. LVIII, 7⟧ according to him who prophesied; for t…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:249B…are nourished. For they are nourished by the sins of men; but He is in truth sinless. Driven away from thence, therefore, ‹they will encompass the city,› ⟦Ps. LVIII, 7⟧ that which kills the prophets and ston…
8Ps 58:8
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:527…a skin membrane dissolved an abortion of a woman shall be scattered that they may not see the sun before your thorns grow so as to become a briar even while living as one thoroughly dried…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:729D…ostle (Ephes. 6:14). For thus you shall be well-girded for the good race, if, having assumed all present things to be vanity and falsehood, according to David (Ps. 58:8), you seek the future truth, and have t…
OrigenesPG 16:877…even as those things which are broken dissonant or like the abortive birth of a woman that they may not see the sun lxx interpreters will hear the voice of those charming and of the sorcerer…
9Ps 58:9
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1191B…eir counsels. » Ps. 6. 10. — « Let all my enemies be confounded and troubled. » Ps. 39. 15. — « Let them be confounded and turned back that seek my soul. » Ps. 58. 9, 12. — « Have no pity on all them that…
10Ps 58:10
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:529…are still fresh wrath will seize and consume them b h verses the righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner and a man shall…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:877…the rhamnus as living as in wrath he shall absorb b them the righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner and a man shall…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:839B…he people, so that they may be angry with the guilty. Hence He commands... 45 67 Ps. xxxiv, 12. 68 Rom. xii, 7. 69 I Cor. vii, 7. 70 Ps. lxxvii, 21, 22. 71 Ps. lviii, 10. 72 Ps. lviii, 10 (Vulgate). 73 Ps. vii…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:839B…they may be angry with the guilty. Hence He commands... 45 67 Ps. xxxiv, 12. 68 Rom. xii, 7. 69 I Cor. vii, 7. 70 Ps. lxxvii, 21, 22. 71 Ps. lviii, 10. 72 Ps. lviii, 10 (Vulgate). 73 Ps. vii, 4.…
12Ps 58:12
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:647B…atters them. For this, David, their prophet, was long ago urging God, saying: Slay them not, lest at any time they forget thy law: scatter them in thy power (Ps. 58. 12). See them before the gates of Christ,…
27Ps 58:27
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:721D…who cares for the just, and He renders justice to those who have suffered wrong on the earth; but He presses upon those who presume to do them injury. IV. On Psalm LVIII, 27. — Against the Jews. Therefore, even t…
130Ps 58:130
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…, 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 on Psalm LVII, 1295 on Psalm LVIII, 1303 on Psalm LIX, 1315 on Psalm LX, 1323 o…
147Ps 58:147
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…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 Psalm LVIII 1478 On Psalm LIX 1478 On Psalm LX 1479 On Psalm LXI 1483 On Ps…
228Ps 58:228
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1321C…d elsewhere. It is not right to ask God for the slaughter of enemies, 177. Iniquity for the punishment of iniquity, 249. A certain interpunctuation of Cyril on Ps. LVIII, 228. No one is immune from the passion of a…