Where the Fathers quote Psalms 7

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1Ps 7:1

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:121…righteous judgment h psalm vii of david h which he sang to the lord concerning the words of chusi son of jemini vers o lord my god in thee have i put my hope save me… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:747B…virgin turned toward heaven and cried out with laments to Him who is present to all who call upon Him everywhere, "O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust" (Ps. 7:1).… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:79…seventh psalm h a a psalm of david which he sang to the lord concerning the words of chusi the son of jemini o lord my god in thee i have hoped save me from all… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:83…attributing the whole strategy to him therefore beginning he says thus c o lord my god in thee i have trusted save me not in chusi nor in human wisdom nor in the wisdom of the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:907…offenders by the remembrance of the just judgment of god a vers o lord my god in thee have i hoped save me from all those that persecute me and deliver me lest at any time… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:115…his help vers o lord my god i have hoped in thee save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me although he says i have been helped by the prudence of chusi and… OrigenesPG 16:595…vulgata latina aquila h a sigaion by david which he sang to the lord concerning the words of chus the son of jemini hieron a psalm of david which he sang to the lord concerning the… OrigenesPG 16:597…vii h a symmachus an error of david which he sang to the lord concerning the words of chusi son of jemini diapsalma in the anger of them that afflict me let it encircle thee according… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:227…psalm vii h d a psalm of david which he sang to the lord concerning the words of chusi the son of jemeni the inscription of the seventh psalm seems in some way to face in… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:231…had acquired a name befitting himself from his own deeds a verse o lord my god in thee have i hoped save me it is thought to be a simple thing and one that can be… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:459…infinite ages of ages amen h xxi on psalm vii h a o lord my god in thee have i put my trust save me just as one who is viewing a royal image does not… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:465…figure of the psalm see now also the text of the psalm o lord my god in thee have i put my trust save me for even if hushai became the mediator of the drama and… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:471…passed from many persons into one for when he had said deliver me from all them that persecute me he did not add lest they snatch away my soul as lions but rather as a lion…

3Ps 7:3

4Ps 7:4

Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1421…if i have done this if there be iniquity in my hands if i have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me let the enemy persecute my soul and take it if we… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:151…akes refuge solely in God's mercy. Whence it is clear that when he says these things, namely, If I have done this, if I have returned evil for good (Ps. VII, 4-5), and things of this sort, he says them having been brought… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:407B…ffections of others and bringing them into the midst. For if you seek the thought of the one who says,If I have returned evil to those who return evil to me (Ps. VII, 4), and one who surpasses the measure tha… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:613…mes reproved for sin? But hear, because David, trusting in his excessive justice, said: "O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands" (Ps. 7. 4). Also, "If I have looked at iniquity i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:767…, by your touch you have denied Christ. But if you have refused, by your touch you have confessed Christ, as it is written: If there is iniquity in my hands (Ps. 7. 4). For God created all the members of yo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:13C…ned the goals of tolerance, and says: O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have rendered to those returning evil to me (Ps. VII, 4, 5); who not only shakes off pride, but… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:839B…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.…

5Ps 7:5

Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1421…i have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me let the enemy persecute my soul and take it if we do these things and have overcome death we shall receive the pledge of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:21…h. IV, 26)? And where is the apostolic: Overcome evil with good (Rom. XII, 21)? And where is the prophetic: If I have repaid those who repay me with evils (Ps. VII, 5)? Was it not, then, more disputatious t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:87B…mpty from mine enemies." 6. "Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life upon the earth, and bring my glory to the dust" (Ps. 7:5). Have you seen the confidence of a jus… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:699…il for evil, not considering what is said in the Psalm: If I have rendered to those who repay me evils, I shall deservingly fall empty before my enemies, etc. (Ps. 7:5). For whatever things that man counts a… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1119…, then might I fall empty before my enemies; might the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and trample my life into the earth, and lay my glory in the dust” (Ps. VII, 5, 6). He did not merely speak these word… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:125A…portunity: O tongue of David that meditated on this in prison: "O Lord my God, if I have done this, if I have rendered evil to those who returned evil to me!" ⟦Ps. VII, 5⟧ Thus, passing through all the grades o…

6Ps 7:6

Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:235…mpling him with his own feet into the earth—that is, into the body—crushing the life of the one who has slipped. "And let him bring down my glory to the dust" (Ps. VII, 6). For the glory of the saints, who have…

7Ps 7:7

Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1275A…Lord my God, according to the command you have decreed," and, "Wait for me until the day of my resurrection," and, "And Adam heard God walking" (Ps. LXVII, 2; Ps. VII, 7; Soph. III, 8; Gen. III, 8). 5. From p…

8Ps 7:8

9Ps 7:9

Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:899B…nere (to see), which we gather better from the etymology of the Greeks, whom they call οὐρανόν, ἀπό τοῦ ὁρᾶσθαι, as Scripture says, "the birds of the heaven" (Psal. vii, 9); and elsewhere, "the birds under the f… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1185…should understand by Blessed Peter, 240. God cast the horse of Pharaoh into the sea, 141. See Egypt. Pharisee. From his prayer and arrogance, these words of Psalm 7:9, "Judge me," etc., are far removed, 102… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:409…Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence (Ps. XXV, 1); and again: Judge me according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence upon me (Ps. VII, 9). The character of the innocent man c… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1773D…Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence and again: Judge me according to my justice, O Lord, and according to my innocence that is upon me (Ps. VII, 9). He therefore designates and describ… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1015A…n nature allows. For the inspired David sings thus most wisely: "Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me" (Ps. VII, 9). For the standard of human righteousne… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1077B…his that hideth counsel from me, and keepeth words in his heart, and thinketh to hide them from me?" (Job xlii, 3) "God, who searcheth hearts and reins." (Ps. vii, 9) "The Lord is high, and regardeth the…

10Ps 7:10

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1119D…" He shows indeed that with God it is not so much our words in prayer as our heart and mind that are weighed; for He is the one who searcheth hearts and reins (Ps. VII, 10). But what he says in the second place,… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:1107A…ded to this by the holy voice. For the One who said, "My God, attend to me" ⟦Ps. LIII, 3⟧, and "God saw" ⟦Gen. I, 4⟧, and "God knows the secrets of the heart" ⟦Ps. VII, 10⟧, clearly interprets the meaning inhere… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:781…ry of them that comes to me; and if not, that I may know" (Gen. 18. 20, 21). He who knows all things before they come to be, God who searches hearts and reins (Ps. 7. 10), who alone knows the thoughts of men (… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1073C…f heaven, but works of righteousness do. Man will not see as God sees; for man looks on the face, but God looks on the heart; for God tests hearts and reins (Ps. 7:10)... and because He is coming to gather… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1093D…ord, how did He dare to search the depths of God? It is written about the Father: I am God who tests the hearts and searches the inner chambers of the belly (Ps. 7:10; Jer. 17:10). Will you say that because… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:73D…of the glory of this life. For just as the soul must despise its own care, so it must despise the vain, and look only to Him who "tries the hearts and reins" (Ps. 7:10), and send up prayers and confessions t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:135D…ght be, who knows the hidden things (Ps. 32.15), who fashioned one by one the hearts of men and understands all their works, who examines the hearts and reins (Ps. 7.10), who recognizes even the very movement… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:83A…ity, that he knew the secrets of the heart. “For you,” he says, “alone know the hearts” (1Kgs 8:39). And David says again: “God who searches hearts and reins” (Ps 7:10). And God frequently granted this t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:359C…ative of one God to know secrets; hear the prophet saying, "Thou alone knowest the hearts" (2 Par. 6:30); and again, "God, who searcheth the hearts and reins" (Ps. 7:10). And Jeremias says, "The heart is deep… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:431D…a feeble instrument, I pray you, beloved, to forgive me, since I dared to speak these things for the sake of obedience alone, as God, who searches the hearts ⟦Psal. VII, 10⟧, knows; and gently correct the one who… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1575D…according to what He Himself wills and decides. Nor does God see as man sees. "For man looks on the countenance, but God looks upon the heart" (1 Reg. XVI, 7; Ps. VII, 10). And we often deem that which is judge… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1151A…(Ps. v, 6): "The malignant shall not dwell near thee, neither shall they remain." (Ps. vii, 10): "The malice of sinners shall be consu… John Kaminiates fl. c. 904PG 109:545C…o find no small opportunity for turning toward the better and for salvation, by making their downfall our own security. Yet because He who searches the hearts (Ps. VII, 10) saw that our mind was with all zeal he… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:233D…ifies the divinity of the Word. For it belongs to God to judge, that is, to explore and to know the thoughts. "For God," he says, "tries the hearts and reins" (Ps. VII, 10).… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:371…ace of God, he deceives himself, and is ignorant of the power. Have a sincere and guileless soul, O man, for the sake of Him who "trieth the hearts and reins" (Ps. VII, 10). For just as those who are about to en… Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1879D…he Nicene council be considered as having been set at naught as a design of Arius? But that you may not be ignorant of [the nature of] your lawless abuse... c Ps. vii, 10.…

11Ps 7:11

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:17…in these matters—after Chrysostom gave his own reading, he sometimes cites a reading of the Septuagint Interpreters different from his own. Thus, in Psalm 7, v. 11, he gives the reading of his own copy in this manner: Sear…

12Ps 7:12

13Ps 7:13

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:51D…a ’Ané. 4 Kings xxv, 17, Chothereth, Massor. Chothereth, Symm. and Theodotion xotháre. Job xlii, 14, keren, Massor. keren, Aquila and Symm. xárn. Psalm vii, 13, iehhabbel, Massor. iehhabbel: the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1091…ou sleep, O Lord? (Ps. 43:23), and, If you do not turn, His sword he has sharpened, his bow he has bent, and made it ready, and has fitted his arrows to it (Ps. 7:13-14). And how? For God is not a winged thin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:189C…so as armed, when he says: If you do not turn, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and prepared it, and in it he has prepared the vessels of death (Ps. VII, 13). And again elsewhere: He shall put on… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:61…e prophets also to speak of a sword, and a bow, and a falchion: "If you do not turn," he says, "He will whet His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready" (Ps. 7. 13). For if even now, after so much time a… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:747C…attire of Aaron is military: a girdle and a helmet; for the miter assumes a sort of form of this kind. For Christ has fought on our behalf "in a hidden hand" (cf. Psalm VII, 13, 14), as it is written; and "He has ben… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:267A…h from the Virgin, let them depart from their error and cease from the Jewish madness. "For if they do not turn, the Lord will sharpen His sword against them."(Ps. VII, 13) And that He will not bear with those w… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1307B…ch as: “If you are not converted, he will whet his sword,” and, “Bring forth fruit worthy of repentance,” and, “There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Ps. vii, 13; Matt. iii, 8; xxii, 13.) According to… John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1963B…ing His wrath every day" (Ps. VII, 12), inasmuch as He is merciful, because He accepts repentance. "But if you have not turned, He will sharpen His sword" (Ps. VII, 13). For now, it does not strike; it only… John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1963B…reach the point of being punished. The sword does not strike, but terrifies, that its fear may stir you to repentance. "He has bent His bow and made it ready" (Ps. VII, 13); He has bent it, but has not sent the… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:741A…thereof, David writes: "If you do not turn, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow and made it ready, and in it he has prepared instruments of death" (Ps. VII, 13). You see, those who are neither penite… OrigenesPG 16:2581…in others it is ch-r-b, sword, which the Greeks read. In others, however (with camels hatheph), chorboth, destructions, wastestates. Furthermore, Ps. vii 13. Symmachus translates... Schol. "The Hebrew, MAGDAL. So it…

15Ps 7:15

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:101…has dug a pit and hollowed it out and he shall fall into the ditch which he made prov again he uses metaphors d as if through the image of birth pains he were indicating the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:753…he himself will fall into it, according to that which is written: He dug a pit, and hollowed it out, and he will fall into the ditch which he made (Ps. 7:15); he does not know that the cross he intends to set up is,… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1099…they attempted just as the prophet david also says he hath opened a pit and digged it and is fallen into the pit which he made his labor shall return upon his own head and his… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1493D…s forth death (James 1:15). See Saint Basil, Homily on Psalm 11: "Behold, it has travailed with injustice, it has conceived pain, and brought forth iniquity" (Psalm 7:15). "Man, when he was in honor, did not u… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1531A…m a multitude of unruly crowds and from an abundance of the necessities of life. TITLE XIII. — On snares, and those who plot against their neighbors. Ps. vii, 15. — "He opened a pit and dug it, and he…

16Ps 7:16

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:821…he will fall into the pit which he made his labor will return upon his own head and his injustice will descend upon his crown c when therefore the bridge over the river was broken the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:953A…ed and opened a pit, and is fallen into the hole which he made. His labour shall return upon his own head, and his iniquity shall come down upon his own pate" (Ps. VII, 16, 17). Thus, by the nod of God, the mech… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:423…he will fall into the ditch which he made his sorrow will return upon his own head and his iniquity will descend upon his own crown these things completed by deeds we have received by our… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:635…turn around the statement according to that which is written his labor shall return upon his own head and he shall fall into the pit which he made and other things of that kind for he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:721…and hanged himself and that which was written was fulfilled his travail shall return upon his own head and his iniquity shall come down upon his own pate ps and pilate said to the jews i… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:37A…t and hollowed it out, and he shall fall into the ditch which he made: his labor shall return upon his head, and his injustice shall come down upon his crown" (Ps. VII, 16, 17). Thus, he says, he who plots again… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1099…it and is fallen into the pit which he made his labor shall return upon his own head and his iniquity shall come down upon his own crown c for this is what those words signify… Peter of Sicily 9th–10th c.PG 104:1279C…fell the Davidic voice which says: "He hath opened a pit, and digged it: and he shall fall into the hole that he made. His labour shall turn on his own head" (Ps. VII, 16. 17). That place, because of the stones… Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:495…prote and contemptuously shorn so that the pain of his labor might return upon his own head and his iniquity descend upon his own crown b this michael an amorian by birth and a sabbatian in…

17Ps 7:17

18Ps 7:18

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:105A…s your name! 1. In the previous psalm he said: "I will confess to the Lord according to his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the Lord most high" (Ps. 7:18); here he fulfills his promise, offerin…

24Ps 7:24

Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1125A…θαι] in that place means nothing other than the Hebrew ָפּעל [po‘al], which, when it stands for ָעשָׂה [‘asah], is used for "to prepare" [παρασκευάζειν]. So in Psalm VII, 24: "His arrows he prepared [ἐξειργάσατο],…

26Ps 7:26

Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:67A…gionem, quæ media inter ipsum et terram excurrit, et in plurimos cœlos divisa vel distributa est propter altitudinem. Hinc Scriptura habet: « Volatilia cœli » (Ps. VII, 26), id est aeris. Imo Jeremias inquit cic…

117Ps 7:117

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…1019 FROM THE COMMENTARIES ON THE PSALMS 1053 On Psalm I 1075 On Psalm II 1099 On Psalm III 1117 On Psalm IV 1131 On Psalm V 1167 On Psalm VI 1173 On Psalm VII 1177 On Psalm VIII 1182 On Psalm IX 1196 On Psalm X 1191 On Psa…

227Ps 7:227

Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:779…. — On the birds and the water creatures. 163 Homily IX. — On the land animals. 187 Monitum to the Homilies on the Psalms. 207 Homily on Psalm I. 210 Homily on Psalm VII. 227 Homilies on Psalm XIV. 250 Homily on Ps…

905Ps 7:905

Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…Book of Chronicles, 819 INTERPRETATION OF THE PSALMS. Preface, 857 Interpretation of the first Psalm, 866 on Psalm II, 871 on Psalm V, 893 on Psalm VI, 901 on Psalm VII, 905 on Psalm VIII, 913 on Psalm IX, 919 on…