Where the Fathers quote Psalms 68
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John ChrysostomPG 55:744expounds v.14“εγω δε τη προσευχη μου προς σε Κυριε· καιρος ευδοκιας ο Θεος εν τω πληθει του ελεους σου· επακουσον μου εν αληθεια της σωτηριας σου.”On «O Lord, God of my salvation, etc.»
1Ps 68:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:307B…d so that you might know that this kind of demon is conquered by fasts. 84. Exod. 1, 22. 85. Prov. XXIII, 1. 86. Matth. IV, 1. 2 et seqq. 87. Exod. II, 9. 88. Psal. LXVIII, 1, 2. (94) Alias, "Scripturae sensus."…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:697…powers concerning whom it was said above c let god arise and let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before his face the soldiers of the victorious king divided their spoils…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:189…any rate elsewhere how it shows the ease of his punishment saying let god arise let his enemies be scattered ps lxvii is there need of weapons is there need of a sword the resurrection alone…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:21…e 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 I was troubled," etc. Psal. LXVIII, 1. — "Save me, O God, for the waters have…
George Sphrantzes 1401-c. 1477PG 156:1075…melody of david has also been fulfilled b let god arise and let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him ps lxvii and this having happened as we heard from…
2Ps 68:2
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:723B…acts committed by them. The Savior thus begins, sending up a prayer to the Father, saying: “Save me, O God, because the waters have entered into my soul” (Ps. LXVIII, 2). And it seems to me reasonable that th…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:653D…may be able to stand firmly. No one stands upon water, but all stand safely upon rock. Worldly things are water; The waters, he says, are come in unto my soul (Ps. 68.2), as a torrent flowing past. Spiritual…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1375…inflict injury upon others verse as smoke vanisheth so let them vanish as wax melteth before the fire so let the sinners perish from the face of god for just as the onset of the winds…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1151B…the revenge: [he shall wash] his hands, etc." (Ps. lxv, 2): "Protect me from the assembly of the malignant, [from the multitude of the workers of iniquity]." (Ps. lxviii, 2): "As wax melteth before the fire, so […
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:659…so let these also be driven and scattered by the holy spirit as wax melteth before the fire so let the sinners perish before the face of god as wax he says melts at the sight…
3Ps 68:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1483…lord came to cast upon the earth drives away this smoke and let the righteous be glad let them exult before god let them be delighted with gladness etc…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:659C…s the "sea" to represent bitter temptations which happen to those who are tempted. For such is that which is written: I have come into the depths of the sea (Ps. LXVIII, 3). Indeed, the athlete does not flee fro…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1779D…eyes always to heaven, let it pray to God and say: Save me out of the deep waters, and let not the tempest of water drown me: nor let the deep swallow me up ⟦Psal. LXVIII, 3⟧. 16. Do you wish that I recount to yo…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1779D…and made shipwrecked from every virtue of goods alike, will utter that worthy voice: I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me ⟦Psal. LXVIII, 3⟧. 17. Exercise yourself more diligentl…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:637B…l and unclean effluence, pestilential and muddy; as the blessed David, being pursued and slandered as by wicked men, said: “I stuck in the matter of the deep” (Ps. LXVIII, 3), and the rest. V. But since it se…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:591…ed—and having made shipwreck of chastity, it suffers what David, having suffered, said: "I have come into the depths of the sea, and a storm has submerged me" (Ps. LXVIII, 3). By the same reasoning, if the hearing…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:755B…and this dragon which you have formed to play with him (Ps. 103. 25, 26). And again: I have come into the depth of the sea, and the tempest has drowned me (Ps. 68. 3). By the winds are understood the spiri…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:21C…vid testifies. For when he had made shipwreck concerning continence, he was crying out, saying: "I came into the depth of the sea, and a tempest submerged me" (Ps. LXVIII, 3). For we nowhere find this in history c…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1173D…a fierce storm, a fitting cry for one who has suffered shipwreck of all his virtue is: "I have come into the depths of the sea, and a storm has submerged me" (Ps. lxviii, 3). His Homily on the Hebrews. — Whoev…
OrigenesPG 16:623C…Σ., tas dumnaseis etc. One Colbertine. V. 16. Allos, ebaptisthesan. Drusius. It seems to be Symmachus, who translated the word tby as ebaptisthen in Psalm LXVIII, 3. V. 17. Allos, egnosthe etc. Drusiu…
4Ps 68:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:477A…even they suffered such things, and were hindered by the infirmities of the body. David testifies, saying: I have labored crying, my throat has become hoarse (Ps. 68:4). But it is better to say the right thi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:553D…dings to Zion" (Ibid. 40:9); and going forward it says, "Lift up, do not fear." And again David says: "I have labored crying out, my throat has become hoarse" (Ps. 68:4). And John the Theologian in his Cathol…
5Ps 68:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:327…his own dignity he is found according to holy scripture to be a father of the fatherless and a judge of widows ps the king of kings the prince of princes the lord of lords do…
6Ps 68:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1703B…on. Isa. xxvi, 4. "In the Lord God." He is the only God and judge of all, Ps. l, 6. "For God is judge." He is called the father of orphans and judge of widows, Ps. lxviii, 6. There are as many places in the holy S…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1519A…ul was caught up as far as the third heaven, having already poured himself out to God. "O God, you know my folly, and my wrongs have not been hidden from you" (Ps. 68:6). God does not know the folly of all, b…
7Ps 68:7
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:691…the devil and his angels vers o god when thou didst go forth before thy people when thou didst pass through the wilderness diapsalma that the word of god not only came to men at the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:785…this kind for he chants thus o god when thou didst go forth before thy people when thou didst pass through in the wilderness the earth was shaken for the heavens also dropped by the shaken…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1045…indicates something similar when he says o god when thou didst go forth before thy people when thou didst pass through the wilderness the earth shook for the heavens also dropped ps lxvii c we say…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:621…people this the psalmist witnesses saying o god when thou didst march before thy people when thou didst march through the desert the earth shook for the heavens also dropped rain for as the ark was…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:329…of the lord christ says c o god when thou didst march forth before thy people when thou didst go through the wilderness the earth was shaken for the heavens also dropped ps lxvii now we…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1051…is in agreement with these things in the sixty seventh psalm saying o god when thou wentest forth before thy people when thou didst pass through the wilderness the earth trembled and the heavens dropped at…
Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:753…an earthquake and the fruitfulness and correction of this impassable desert sang o god when thou wentest forth before thy people when thou didst march through the wilderness the earth shook the heavens also dropped at…
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:409D…above the scholion at page 52, verse 16. Verse 16, sou gnōs [the] published books ho Theos mou. Psal. xxi, 1. Verse 5, near the end, tēn aphrosynēn mou. Psal. lxviii, 7. Verse 17, Thee mou. Deut. xviii, 15.…
8Ps 68:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:1439…s on chapter XXXI of the first book of Kings. V. 2. A, "They adhered." Coislin 2. V. 3. "Whirring," very much [from] the shooters. Reg. See Exodus xix, 15, and Psalm lxviii, 8. Ibid. A, "very much" etc. Σ, "the shoo…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:691…the heaven dropped at the presence of this god of sinai and at the presence of god the god of israel perhaps the heavenly powers like certain foster mothers and nurses were dropping milk for infants…
Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:753…wentest forth before thy people when thou didst march through the wilderness the earth shook the heavens also dropped at the presence of the god of sinai thou o god didst send a plentiful rain whereby…
9Ps 68:9
Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:753…the heavens also dropped at the presence of the god of sinai thou o god didst send a plentiful rain whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance when it was weary thou hast established it d therefore…
10Ps 68:10
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1519A…the sake of humanity, you have known." Vers. 10. "For the zeal of your house has eaten me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen upon me" (Ps. 68:10). This verse is set in the Gospels (Joh…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1603C…ease his neighbor for what is good" (Rom. xv, 2); for even Christ did not please himself, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you fell upon me" (Psal. lxviii, 10). Vers. 12. Since the Savior is confes…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:445C…pted the punishment bearing down from above, and how He endured the insults cast from below? The insults of those who insult you, He says, have fallen upon me (Ps. 68:10). Do you see how He dissolved the enmit…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:305D…s. Therefore Paul also said: "For Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: 'The reproaches of those who reproach You fell upon Me'" (Rom. 15.3; Psal. 68.10). Therefore, he sets forth here two—or…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:101…or is concerned for himself, but as it is written: "The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me" (Rom. 15:3; Ps. 68:10). Let no one therefore seek what is his…
Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1301A…made him king. May he therefore be aroused for the sake of piety, may his soul be warmed, may he himself also say: "The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up" (Ps. LXVIII, 10). Let him be the same person and take u…
11Ps 68:11
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1519A…ially when one is insulted on behalf of God, he could say: "Reproaches," etc. Vers. 11. "And I covered my soul with fasting, and it became a reproach to me" (Ps. 68:11). The disciples remembered this, as it…
12Ps 68:12
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1321A…rist worshipped everywhere in the world, 234, 239, 252, 266. Christ alone did not commit sin, 114, 153, 247. Some have thought that haircloth denotes the body (Ps. LXVIII, 12), namely Diodorus and Didymus, 246, not…
13Ps 68:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:191…midst of these two inheritances and for this reason he gave her the wings of a dove covered with silver which signifies rational wings in the gifts of the holy spirit and the hinder parts of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1871…spirit and in another place the prophetic word promises c you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver and her hinder parts with the colour of gold for if we have rested…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1519A…ment] insulted and abused you, God the Father, these same [people] have come upon me against your Son." Vers. 13. "And those who drink wine sang against me" (Ps. 68:13). This "wine" is the gall of dragons.…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:697…spoils if you sleep among the midst of the lots you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold having mentioned…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:223…has a flight that greatly delights the angels there it says are the wings of a dove covered with silver and her pinions in the glow of gold ps for it flies like some golden and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:441…of love to the angels for it is written your wings are as the wings of a dove covered with silver and her neck in the brightness of gold just as a certain shining dove decorated…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1045…as they fly greatly gladdening the angels of her it is said the wings of a dove covered with silver and her hinder parts in the paleness of gold like some golden and living dove she…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1149…churches is the holy multitude of those who believe in christ h wings of a dove covered with silver h the word paints for us a most beautiful dove and as it were silvered in color…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:779D…ey spoke against me, he says, who sat in the gate. And they sang about me, who drank wine. But as for me, my prayer is to you, O God: the time of favor, O God (Ps. 68:13, 14). And that saying of Jeremiah: But…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:667…otherwise if you linger for he who sleeps lingers without moving b wings of a dove covered with silver and her shoulders in the greenness of gold we think the dove is christ on account of…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:465…says if you sleep in the midst of the lots there are the wings of a dove covered with silver and the back thereof with the paleness of gold he means of course that after the…
15Ps 68:15
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1519A…wine" is the gall of dragons. Vers. 15. "Save me from the mire, that I may not be stuck, release me from those who hate me, and from the deep of the waters" (Ps. 68:15). It is no common design to allegorize…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:153…s punishment with such great patience that the word of the divine David was fulfilled in him: "The scourges were gathered together against me, and I knew not" (Ps. LXVIII, 15). Since he was scourged for a long time…
16Ps 68:16
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1515…epth of the pit, he cannot even ask for help. llbracketB⟧ For the righteous man says: "Let not the deep swallow me up, nor let the pit shut its mouth over me" (Ps. LXVIII, 16). He who has fallen first has remained.…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:585B…hose who are fixed in the unstable mud of the abyss, for whom life is truly a pit, according to the psalm which says: Let not the pit shut its mouth upon me (Ps. LXVIII, 16). If, therefore, someone, having had…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:21D…the depth of sin, and tempering his life with chastity, he was praying to God saying: "Let not the tempest of water submerge me, nor the deep swallow me" (Ps. LXVIII, 16). Such a thing the Apostle also mention…
17Ps 68:17
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:701…thousand fold thousands of those who thrive the lord is among them in sinai in the holy place h having provided through the dove the first teaching concerning the holy spirit and then concerning the son…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:31C…ely, "Merciful," but Rich in mercy, just as he says elsewhere, In the multitude of your mercy; and again, Have mercy on me according to your great mercy (Ps. 68:17 and 50:4). For his great love, with wh…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1491…in the fruit bearing of the virtues the lord is in them in sinai in the holy place and through these things he proclaims the same god of the old and the new for the lord…
18Ps 68:18
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:703…to these it is added indeed even those who were disobedient so that the lord god might dwell among them which symmachus rendered more clearly by saying even among the disobedient to dwell b for he…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1147…having led into captivity the tyrant of captivity as the prophet says thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive ps lxvii for the word putting forward the form of a servant against the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:915…that abound the lord is in them in sina in the holy thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts in men for the unbelieving shall dwell the lord god…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:745…temptations of the soul quest lxxxi what is the meaning of ascending on high thou hast led captivity captive b resp it says this because christ upon ascending the cross despoiled hell and led captivity captive…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:771…this same david has spoken thus in another part of the prophecy thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive ps sing ye to the lord a new canticle sing to the lord all…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:595…over humans by triumphing b over him according to what is written thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive what then is the release of the sixth seal the cross of the lord…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 86:3123A…ious place (Ps. CXVII, 5). O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. Turn not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily (Ps. LXVIII, 18), O God who bowest the heavens and hast…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:969…devil had once enslaved mankind and concerning which it has been said thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive it may also refer to the constitution of the church which that great and…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:855…by that word he again recalls to memory the words of david thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive indeed by high he understands the cross by the captives taken the demolition of…
Maximus Planudes c. 1255–c. 1305PG 147:1123…testimony from the psalm in the psalm however it is read thus thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts in men for so many manuscripts have it especially the…
20Ps 68:20
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:705…therefore it is said our god is the god of salvation for this reason the same person addressing job also said or have you come to the spring…
OrigenesPG 16:931…salvations and to the lord adonai belong the exits from death hieron our god is the god of salvation and of the lord the lord are the exits of death vulgata latina king of virtues of…
21Ps 68:21
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:899B…his hope, we also said to ourselves: I looked for someone who would grieve with me, and there was no one, and for one who would comfort me, but I found none (Ps. LXVIII, 21). For our calamities are of such a natu…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:607B…opposite as something heavy and intolerable, saying, And I looked for one who would grieve with me, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none (Ps. LXVIII, 21): it is evident that it brings great co…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:615B…e prophetic oracle of David, which pertains most to this mystery of the cross: They gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink (Ps. 68. 21). Therefore keep in memory, most belove…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:243D…ave been—to have reproachers. If that, "I waited for someone who would grieve with me, and there was none, and for one who would comfort me, and I found none" (Ps. 68.21), was a grave and intolerable thing, ho…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:377D…ow great an evil it is not to have those who share in the grief, hear the Prophet saying: "And I waited with one who would grieve with me, and he existed not" (Ps. 68:21). For this reason Paul also says: "To r…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:833C…hat are of Nestorius, [of whom] he says: I looked for one who would grieve together with me, and there was none; and for one to comfort me, and I found none (Psal. LXVIII, 21). And these indeed, who stand against t…
Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 852-925PG 111:263B…ill. Concerning which Scripture also says: "And I looked for one who would grieve together with me, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none." (Ps. LXVIII, 21). For in all things, fellowship makes t…
22Ps 68:22
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1487…are the thoughts that primarily occur to the soul from the demons the lord said i will bring again from basan i will bring again into the deeps of the sea that your foot may be…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:707…himself said i will return from basan and again i will return from the depths of the sea but for the i will return and the second i will return symmachus interpreted it b in this…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:723…said the lord said i will convert from basan i will convert from the depths of the sea ps lxvii but in this one i have come into the depth of the sea and the tempest…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:725…lord the lord are the issues of death and in the words the lord said i will bring back from bashan i will bring back from the depths of the sea and over all these things…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:727…of the lord the lord are the outgoings of death and again the lord said i will bring back from bashan i will bring back from the depths of the sea instead of and a storm…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:945…it summons her from the depths of the sea to enter into nuptial union to which she soon obediently binds herself what then does this discourse desire…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:967B…, 6). And: They dug my hands and my feet (Ps. XXI, 17). And: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand (Ps. CIX, 1). And: They gave gall as my food (Ps. LXVIII, 22), etc., and things of this sort. But it…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1091C…om the land of the living (Jer. 11:19), signifying the cross; but through David: They gave gall for My food, and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink (Ps. 68:22), and, They pierced My hands and My fe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:583C…y feet; they numbered all my bones" (Ps. XXI, 17-18). Tell of his food and drink: "They gave for my food gall, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink" (Ps. LXVIII, 22). Tell of the ejection of the Jews: "I…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:415D…19). In another place, moreover, he remembers the vinegar offered in this way: "They gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink" (Psal. 68:22). The prophets, therefore, so many year…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1191B…ded and turned back that seek my soul. » Ps. 58. 9, 12. — « Have no pity on all them that work iniquity. My God will show me against my enemies: do not kill. » Ps. 68. 22. — « Let their table become as a snare…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:525A…im for food and vinegar for drink, David forewarned with this oracle: "They have put gall into my food, and for my thirst they have given me vinegar to drink" (Ps. LXVIII, 22). That He would be held in derision, Je…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:721A…easonable, he now tasted the mixture of vinegar and gall on account of the gall alone, that what was said might be fulfilled: And they gave gall for my food (Ps. LXVIII, 22). But once crucified, he was given only…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:721A…y food (Ps. LXVIII, 22). But once crucified, he was given only vinegar to drink, on account of what follows: And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink (Ps. LXVIII, 22). And yet in one and the same act he ta…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1471B…th. For this alone remained. But He calls the Scripture Davidic, which says: they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. ⟦Ps. LXVIII, 22⟧ But search in the aforementioned chap…
OrigenesPG 16:935…lord said i will cause to return i will cause to return from the depths of the sea jerome the lord said i will turn back from bashan i will turn back from the depths of…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:33B…v. 19). Neque hoc solum, sed etiam quod cum felle cibarant, et aceto potarant: Dederunt enim, inquit, in escam meam fel, et in siti mea potaverunt me aceto (Ps. 68. 22). Alius rursus cum lancea percussum ab…
23Ps 68:23
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:937…he Scripture of the Old Testament being made a scandal to the Jews: "Let their table be made before them as a snare, and for a retribution, and for a scandal" (Ps. 68. 23).…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:583D…t threatening the same, which have come to pass and received an end. 9. Let, he says, their table become for a snare, and for a capture, and for a scandal (Ps. 68:23); this is, let their delights and all t…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1153…submerged in worldly self indulgences i will turn back to myself so that thy foot may be dipped in blood he teaches the reason for their conversion namely that the evil powers have been destroyed for…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:675…for from the depths treating one preposition as substituted for another vers that thy foot may be dipped in blood you will do this o lord that you may completely overcome the fierce demons for the…
24Ps 68:24
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:391…is written might be fulfilled thy goings o god have been seen the goings of my god my king who is in the sanctuary and afterwards terrible upon the clouds escorted by angels and powers o…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:707…to taste of their destruction vers your goings were seen o god the goings of my god my king who is in the holy place these things are appended to what was said before as a…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:709…sense by teaching whose god s goings were seen for he adds the goings of my god my king for it is not simply god nor simply king but my god this happens to be similar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:705…written word might be fulfilled thy goings o god have been seen the goings of my god my king in the holy place psal second terrible upon the clouds and guarded by angels and powers o…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:585A…the cause? The truth has succeeded the type, and grace has shut out the law, as the prophet cried out beforehand from above: "And bow their back down always" (Ps. LXVIII, 24). Do you see the accuracy of the prophe…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:391B…ham, whom David, foreseeing and prophesying against them, said to God: “Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow Thou down their back always” (Ps. LXVIII, 24)—that is to say, let the yoke of perpet…
OrigenesPG 16:935…from the enemies from it they have seen your goings o god the goings of my god my king with the chanters there is benjamin a youth in an ecstasy of mind command o god your…
OrigenesPG 16:937…another the ways the rest they have seen your goings o god the goings of my god my king those joined with those singing psalms there is benjamin the younger in ecstasy theodotion teaching command o…
26Ps 68:26
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:259D…are not written in this Psalm: and on that account he did not say "this Psalm," but "the whole book of Psalms." For that: Let his habitation be made desolate (Ps. 68:26), is in another Psalm: but this: And le…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:35C…, he brings in the prophet fittingly, saying: "For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let their habitation be made desolate, and let no one dwell in it" (Ps. LXVIII, 26). This is said concerning the field and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:37C…e things for the time being. Then, showing that Aceldama could properly be said of him, he brings forward the prophet saying: Let his habitation be desolate (Ps. 68:26). For what is more desolate than to hav…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:85A…s therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat thus" (Joann. iv, 6); nor would David have foretold concerning Him: "And they added to the pain of my wounds" (Ps. lxviii, 26); nor would He have wept at the tomb of…
28Ps 68:28
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:679…salvation will grant us a prosperous way and again command o god thy strength strengthen o god that which thou hast wrought in us you see indeed how they pray that a way be made prosperous…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:919…princes of zabulon princes of nephtali command o god thy strength confirm o god that which thou hast wrought in us from thy temple in jerusalem to thee shall kings offer presents rebuke the wild beasts…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:817B…ll be cast out of it, just as the Jews were cast out: concerning whom it is written: Add iniquity to their iniquity, that they may not enter into your justice (Ps. 68. 28). The ruin of those who came before sho…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:323…is this power from these words command o god thy power confirm o god that which thou hast wrought in us you see in these most precisely the power of god and the father incarnate by…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1049…operation of the father prayed saying command o god thy power confirm o god that which thou hast wrought in us and paul most wise clearly proclaimed christ to be the power of god and the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:949…in the heavens be exalted o lord in thy power make strong o god that which thou hast wrought in us for we are made strong in the son and the son himself commanded the holy…
John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:637…father and the son prayed saying 'command o god thy power confirm o god that which thou hast wrought in us ' and paul most wise clearly proclaimed christ to be the power of god and…
29Ps 68:29
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1049C…be blotted out of the book of the living," that is, of the children of the Church, the mother of the living, "and let them not be recorded with the righteous" (Ps. 68:29). For unjust are they who have denied G…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:765C…outgoings, that that which is written in him may be fulfilled: Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and with the just let them not be written (Ps. 68:29, 32). 32. Every one therefore that sha…
Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1299A…n down"; and, "In the greatness of thine arm let them be as still as a stone," instead of, "they might be as still"; and, "May my life go up from destruction" (Ps. LXVIII, 29; Exod. XV, 16; Jonas II, 7). Th…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:795A…s are numbered before God; the other, of those who are recorded for destruction. For this which is said: "Let them be blotted out from the book of the living" (Ps. LXVIII, 29); likewise: "Let them not be placed in…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:795A…this which is said: "Let them be blotted out from the book of the living" (Ps. LXVIII, 29); likewise: "Let them not be placed in the number of the righteous" (Ps. LXVIII, 29); and that saying: "Blot me out of thy…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:795A…using himself because he had bought a field, another because he had married a wife—are blotted from the book of the living, according to the prophecy of David (Ps. LXVIII, 29). Consider the sons of Levi, etc. [II,…
31Ps 68:31
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1509…those who have been proven may be separated from the silver ambassadors shall come out of egypt ethiopia shall hasten to reach out her hand to god etc the former signifies the disposition of malice through…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:679…whom they were about to preach the gospel with these words ambassadors shall come out of egypt ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to god for clearly by these words they announce the gospel to…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:919…been tried with silver scatter thou the nations that desire wars ambassadors shall come out of egypt ethiopia shall prevent the hands of it to god ye kingdoms of the earth sing to god sing ye…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:695A…he speaks thus: I will praise the name of my God with a song; I will magnify him with praise (Ps. LXVIII, 31). Then, revealing to us the excellence…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:247A…ere: “I will praise the name of my God with a canticle, I will magnify him in praise: and it will please God more than a young calf producing horns and hoofs” (Ps. 68:31, 32). In this way also Job sacrificed a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:299…I will praise the name of my God with a canticle, I will magnify him in praise and it shall please God better than a new calf, bringing forth horns and hoofs (Ps. LXVIII, 31, 32). The holy books also often command…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:387B…: "I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise; and it will please God more than a young bull, putting forth horns and hoofs" (Ps. 68:31-32). He makes constant mention of the plac…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1405…called an ethiopian exodus numbers concerning this it is said in psalm ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto god where see genebrardus and allatius in his hexaemeron of eustathius p la valle part ii…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1217C…4, 771 init., 767 (from the Hexapla, Ps. 26 init.), 771 (Ps. 26, 6), 792 init. (by the title of Ps. 30), 1027. Ps. 64 (65) init., n. 9, 1088; n. 8, 1072 init.; Ps. 68, 31, 1110 init., 1125, 1312. In the title o…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:997…to ethiopia as a herald of christ according to what is written ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto god ps lxvii and having been caught up by the angel he preached the gospel to…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:349A…d only the manner of praying be suitable. For David says: “I will praise the name of my God with a song; I will magnify him in praise, and it will please God” (Ps. LXVIII, 31, 32). He who is entangled in sins and…
33Ps 68:33
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1567D…red 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, exult and be glad in you." Psal. lxviii, 33. — "Seek God, and your soul shall live.…
34Ps 68:34
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:777B…ho pities the poor. Therefore, God hears them quickly, as the prophet says somewhere: The Lord hears the poor quickly, and he will not despise his prisoners (Ps. 68.34). If you have bread, or something else,…
51Ps 68:51
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1217…rom the Hexapla, Ps. 26 initial), 771 (Ps. 26, 6), 792 initial (with the title of Ps. 30), 1027. Ps. 64 (65) initial; n. 9, 1088; n. 8, 1072 initial; Ps. 68, 51, 1110 initial, 1125, 1312. In the title of Ps. 100 (101) he…
139Ps 68:139
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…n Psalm LX, 1323 on Psalm LXI, 1330 on Psalm LXII, 1336 on Psalm LXIII, 1341 on Psalm LXIV, 1345 on Psalm LXV, 1361 on Psalm LXVI, 1371 on Psalm LXVII, 1375 on Psalm LXVIII, 1399 on Psalm LXIX, 1413 on Psalm LXX, 1417…
151Ps 68:151
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…Psalm LX 1479 On Psalm LXI 1483 On Psalm LXII 1487 On Psalm LXIII 1490 On Psalm LXIV 1494 On Psalm LXV 1498 On Psalm LXVI 1503 On Psalm LXVII 1503 On Psalm LXVIII 1511 On Psalm LXIX 1518 On Psalm LXX 1518 On Psalm LXXI 1522 On…