Where the Fathers quote Psalms 80
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John ChrysostomPG 55:728expounds v.2“Αγαλλιασθε τω Θεω τω βοηθω ημων, αλαλαξατε τω Θεω Ιακωβ·”On: «Sing aloud unto God our strength, etc.»
1Ps 80:1
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:949…testimony by asaph lxxix h vers give ear o thou that rulest israel thou that leadest joseph like a sheep there are four psalms inscribed concerning those who shall be changed two of david the th…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2001…after the fountains of water ps give ear o thou that rulest israel thou that leadest joseph like a sheep ps shall not my soul be subject to god for from him is my salvation ps…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:327…jerusalem with good providence once again as it was governed before says give ear o shepherd of israel thou who leadest joseph like a sheep for he seeks to turn god by bringing forward the names…
2Ps 80:2
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:957…a sitteth upon the cherubim before ephraim and benjamin and manasseh therefore according to aquila it is said o thou who sittest upon the cherubim manifest thyself before the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1009D…n [because] not always, but sometimes vice versa, in the prior place nebel kithara, in the posterior kinnor psaltērion is expressed in Greek, as in Psalm LXXX, 2, Psaltērion terpnon meta kitharas ("P…
3Ps 80:3
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:957…himself once more wherefore he says o god restore us and make thy face to shine and we shall be saved lord god of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with the prayer of thy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:701…us the unworthy grant thy succor to us the sinners and make thy face to shine and we shall be saved by saying and doing these things my brethren let us flee all malice and all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:773…to the god of all o god of hosts turn us again and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved psal lxxix we all therefore have attained mercy in the manifestation of christ…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1513…follows vers o lord god of hosts convert us and make your face to shine and we shall be saved by your apparition therefore dispel the dark cloud of calamities and grant a return this indeed…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1235A…an Ebionite, IV, 328. His words inserted into the LXX version, I, 166, n. 12; II, 1561. Sophon. II, 3, v. n. 2, ibid. Synecdoche is noted, Isa. X, 53; II, 249. Ps. LXXX, 3, 1, 1177. Of the part for the whole, I,…
4Ps 80:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:263A…." other solemnities are observed. On the first day of the month, the new moon of trumpets, as it is said in the Psalm [Ps. LXXX, 4]: "Blow the trumpet at the beginning of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:957…us and make thy face to shine and we shall be saved lord god of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with the prayer of thy servants b he who is called in the present…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1327B…o authority to prepare the lamb, or the leaven, or the bitter herbs on the seventh day; for thus also the great David sang: "Blow the trumpet in the New Moon" (Ps. LXXX, 4). But our Lord Jesus Christ, on the fif…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:991…god convert us and show your face and we shall be saved o lord god of hosts how long will you be angry at the prayer of your servants you will feed us with the bread…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:725…his no one as god himself says will be able to behold o lord god of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with the prayer of thy servants he did not use these words in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:525B…and its odes, whose hymn turns back demons and whose odes turn away the prince of darkness. Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the marked day of our feast (Ps. 80:4). Fasting was introduced, the friend of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1197…living and true god and we have been saved through him vers how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant he no longer complains of him as delaying but rather entreats him…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:729A…the feast so brilliantly here, the divine Psalmist bears witness to us somewhere, saying: "Blow the trumpet at the new moon, on the notable day of your feast" (Ps. LXXX, 4). I shall adduce for a most clear proof…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:969A…Psalmist, saying: "Blow the trumpet at the new moon, on the notable day of our solemnity. For it is a statute for Israel, and a judgment for the God of Jacob" (Ps. LXXX, 4, 5). Now, by the "new moon" he understa…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1511…thou appear for thee to put an end to our calamities ver o lord god of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with the prayer of thy servants how long o master dost thou reject…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:833…heart and strength upon his own but fear upon the enemies vers o lord god of hosts how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servants he said thou art angry for thou…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1521…to joyful ones or turn us to you cooperating toward your will o lord god of hosts how long will you be angry with the prayer of your servant for why do you not turn you…
5Ps 80:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:77B…have hoi kleroi mou, my lots, with Δ changed into Λ: for that word signifies kairoi mou, my times, as the other interpreters and Jerome translated; and in Psalm lxxx, 5, at these words psalmon edun, Sym…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1511…of thy people instead of thy servant ver thou shalt feed us with the bread of tears and thou shalt give us for drink tears in measure the tense in this place is changed for the…
OrigenesPG 16:1029…flocks joseph for the prayer of your people you have fed us with the bread of tears and have given us drink with the measure of tears through battle you have cleared the way before it…
6Ps 80:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:231DLatin…: Nec vocem ejus umquam audistis. Et quomodo Moyses dicit, Deus loquebatur, Moyses respondit (Exod. XIX, 19)? Quomodo David, Linguam quam non noverat, audivit (Psal. LXXX, 6)? Rursum Moyses, Si est gens talis, qua…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:615…the feathers of his incursion, and shows him desert and needy in the deserts. Today also the oracle of the prophet David is fulfilled, A testimony in Joseph (Ps. 80. 6): that is, the Lord was depicted and pr…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1235B…e body of Christ, V, 421. Order of times in the Psalms, see Psalms. Times of prophecy, see Prophets. The enallage of times noted, I, 877 init., 1045, 1171 (Ps. LXXX, 6), 1254, 1255, 1507 extr. The Syriac and…
7Ps 80:7
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:907A…h the leftovers, being in number as many as were the tribes of Israel. Regarding Joseph, indeed, it is written in the Psalms: "His hands served in the basket" (Ps. LXXX, 7). But regarding the disciples of Jesus,…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:339…many things are restored, attributes it to Symmachus. Ibid. A., S., en tois bastagmasi. Thus Royal [Codex] 1871. Symmachus translates the word bastagmon in Psalm lxxx, 7. Ibid. A., S., poleis skēnomatōn. Thu…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:957…himself once more wherefore he says o god restore us and make thy face to shine and we shall be saved lord god of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with the prayer of thy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:701…us the unworthy grant thy succor to us the sinners and make thy face to shine and we shall be saved by saying and doing these things my brethren let us flee all malice and all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:773…to the god of all o god of hosts turn us again and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved psal lxxix we all therefore have attained mercy in the manifestation of christ…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1513…follows vers o lord god of hosts convert us and make your face to shine and we shall be saved by your apparition therefore dispel the dark cloud of calamities and grant a return this indeed…
8Ps 80:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:451…of us is planted like a vine in a rich place and thou hast brought a vine out of egypt ps lxxix yet i have planted thee a fruitful vine all true jerem ii d he…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:829…dwelling in the land of the palestinians in an allegorical manner saying thou hast brought a vine out of egypt thou hast cast out the nations and planted it and the following c then it signifies…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:71…the just shall flourish as the palm tree and thou hast transplanted a vine out of egypt thou hast cast out the nations and planted it endeavor therefore through teachings of this kind to reach that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:487C…the manner of the Scriptures. For example: a certain spring in the desert was called the water of contradiction: I proved you at the water of contradiction (Ps. LXXX, 8). Did the water, therefore, have such a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:853…of promise according to what is written thou hast brought a vineyard out of egypt thou hast cast out the gentiles and hast planted it ps but it is not proper to understand that planting here…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:339……" you have been troubled? (Micah 6:3); and David, as when he says, "I answered you in the secret place of the tempest" (Ps. 80:8); and again, "Open your mouth, and I wi…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:835…repetition of the discourse he demonstrates the intensity of his prayers vers thou hast brought a vine out of egypt he commemorates ancient benefits telling from whence he brought over the race of the hebrews into…
10Ps 80:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:309C…n the present: "I will open your mouth, and I will teach you what you ought to speak." But also through David, God says: "Open your mouth, and I will fill it" [Psal. LXXX, 10]. Similarly, Paul says: "That speech ma…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:887…es and various readings for chap. XXV of Deuteronomy. V. 5. "Another: to a stranger." Thus Basil. Aquila translates the Hebrew word zar as to a stranger; see Ps. LXXX, 10, and Theodotion, Jud. X, 6. Verses 2, 5…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:135A…e is new; for what is not eternal is altogether new; and whatever is new is not God, according to what the Scripture says: "There shall be no new God in thee" (Ps. LXXX, 10). Therefore, he who says that there was…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:771A…follows, cut off the progress into eternity of that which is by any boundary;—especially since the prophet David forbids us to adore a recent and foreign god [Ps. 80:10]: into both of which errors the dogmas…
11Ps 80:11
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:699B…s the alacrity of the mind the "mouth" here: for it itself draws in the grace of the Spirit. Elsewhere he also says: "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it" (Ps. 80:11). And the divine apostle was asking tha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:601D…ye enlarged (2 Cor. 6:13), so that he might show that into an enlarged mind a larger grace enters; and the prophet: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it (Ps. 80:11). The obstacle does not lie with the Be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:339…led? (Micah 6:3); and David, as when he says, "I answered you in the secret place of the tempest" (Ps. 80:8); and again, "Open your mouth, and I will fill it" (Ps. 80:11). And you will find this everywhere. Th…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1041…He who gives man a mouth and a tongue will again furnish us with good thoughts. He Himself says somewhere: "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it" (Ps. LXXX, 11). And since you have all come together eagerly, gathered by…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1419A…edy should flee for refuge to the Lord who of His own accord calls us by the abundance of His goodness, just as He says: "Open your mouth, and I will fill it" ⟦Ps. LXXX, 11.⟧, and thence draw the liquid, both dri…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1321A…ad, and a golden chain upon your sacred neck, O son of obedience, child of light, nursling of piety. Thus says the Lord: “Open your mouth, and I will fill it” (Ps. lxxx, 11); because you have hearkened to my voic…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1377B…en before,» as the divine Paul says, «was written for our instruction [Rom. xv, 4].» Relying, therefore, on Him who said, «Open your mouth, and I will fill it [Psal. lxxx, 11],» we turn ourselves to the proposed na…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:837…nations paid tribute to the jews thou hast stretched out her shoots unto the sea and her branches unto the rivers by shoots he understands the increasing multitude of the people and by the sea the…
12Ps 80:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1779…remained for it is written why hast thou broken down his hedge so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her as long therefore as one has not passed by the way nor…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:829…saying why hast thou broken down her hedge and all they that pass by the way do pluck her and concerning those who besieged it he teaches saying the boar out of the wood hath laid…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:39A…e prophet saying: "And I made a hedge around it" (Isa. 5:2); and again, "Why have you broken down its hedge, so that all who pass by the way pluck its fruit?" (Ps. 80:12). So he calls it a safeguard. And again…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:837…understands the divine protection which formerly guarded them and all they who pass by the way do pluck her and all the nations who walk by her do lay her waste the preposition by or beside…
14Ps 80:14
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:965…what was said regarding the rd verses god of hosts turn again look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine and perfect it which your right hand has planted and upon the son of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:699A…ng to become rich. Therefore I do not ask for pardon, but for a respite. For God is present who supplies speech and says: "Open thy mouth, and I will fill it" (Ps. LXXX, 14); not because of the dignity of the spe…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:637C…had listened to me, if they had walked in my ways, I would have reduced their enemies to nothing, and I would have laid my hand upon those who oppress them." (Ps. LXXX, 14) VER. 22. "And do not you rejoice,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:637…the light of your countenance o god of hosts turn again and look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine and restore it which your right hand has planted according to your name o…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:541…sung at the performance escape you do we not all sing this look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine and make it perfect which thy right hand has planted the words of the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:837…nebuchadnezzar laid them waste entirely o god of hosts turn thou again look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine and perfect it which thy right hand hath planted turn again that is correct…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:407…on its behalf o lord god of hosts return i beseech thee look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine thus also the angel calls that returning a visiting and he understands the things…
15Ps 80:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:727…declared in the following and visit this vine and make it perfect which thy right hand hath planted and upon the son of man whom thou hast strengthened to thyself thou seest how he requests that…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:579…look down from thy holy habitation and behold and visit this vine which thy right hand hath planted and deliver us from this grievous and pestilential disease from the cutting of death that is of both…
16Ps 80:16
Apollinaris of Laodicea c. 310-c. 390PG 33:1431…as strong being dug under and kindled by rapid fire they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance o supreme king let thy right hand be upon the man the dear son of man whom…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:755C…the Jews, of whom David says: "The enemies of the Lord have lied to Him." And "He fed them with the fat of wheat, and satisfied them with honey from the rock" (Ps. LXXX, 16, 17). Why, therefore, do these reproach…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1517…it from the very root and consumed it with fire they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance but if thou shouldst appear and be moved they shall utterly vanish and receive destruction let thy…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:839…babylonians have done as the fourth book of kingdoms records they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance by rebuke in this place he understands divine wrath thy wrath he says will destroy the hebrews…
17Ps 80:17
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1323…sufficient to destroy everyone when your providence exists over them let your hand be upon the man of your right hand and upon the son of man whom you strengthened for yourself he calls christ the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1523…the cedars of god etc the tendrils are the contemplative ones b let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand etc he calls christ the man of the right hand who is also…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:25B…the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist (a) when explaining this verse, He fed them with the fat of wheat, and satisfied them with honey from the rock (Psalm LXXX, 17), he says: "At this point He was fulfil…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:829…he proceeds he sends up a prayer concerning the saving theophany saying let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself in…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:951…be saved then indeed it declares the manner of the advent saying let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man whom thou hast strengthened for thyself for…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:965…this vine and perfect it which your right hand has planted and upon the son of man whom you have strengthened for yourself it is burned with fire and dug up they shall perish at the…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:995…let your hand be upon the man of your right hand and upon the son of man whom you strengthened for yourself and we shall not…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1621…and wraths a xviii fol a on verse of the same psalm let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself these…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:43B…pleasant, even if it be pure water that is drunk. And the Prophet, demonstrating this very thing, was saying: And He satisfied them with honey from the rock (Ps. 80:17). And yet, nowhere in Scripture have we…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:469C…s reason also the prophet, recounting the miracles in Egypt and those in the wilderness, said among other things: He satisfied them with honey from the rock (Ps. 80:17). And yet, honey is nowhere seen to hav…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:727…vine and make it perfect which thy right hand hath planted and upon the son of man whom thou hast strengthened to thyself thou seest how he requests that god should undertake the office not only…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1201…character of his substance and in him we have beheld the father upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man b we confess that in these words he names the savior…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1517…shouldst appear and be moved they shall utterly vanish and receive destruction let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man whom thou hast strengthened for thyself let…
Anastasius I of Antioch d. 598PG 89:1345…hand called by the holy spirit let thy hand be he says upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself he is called the man…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:839…a and upon the son of man whom thou hast strengthened for thyself here the word look down should be taken as common to both by…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:733…weary said who will give salvation from sion and again let your hand be upon the man of your right hand and upon the son of man whom you strengthened for yourself and we will not…
18Ps 80:18
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1059…which is i will confess to thee o god we will confess and we will call upon thy name and after that i have confirmed the b pillars of it among the septuagint and theodotion and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1265…has been done for the doubling indicates the intensity of the thanksgiving and we will call upon thy name which was reproached by the assyrians or we shall call ourselves christians from his name and in…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:823…our saviour he proclaims this we will confess to thee o god and we will call upon thy name concerning those however who have…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:867…give thanks to thee o god we will give thanks to thee and we will call upon thy name b symmachus interprets the phrase to the end do not destroy as a triumphal psalm of asaph…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:995…depart from you from you and from your mercy you will revive us and we will call upon your name lord god of hosts convert us and show your face and we shall be saved h…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1257…him shall not be confounded a vers and thou shalt quicken us and we will call upon thy name thou shall quicken us he says with the living water of baptism for then we…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:763…we will give thanks signifies a certain intensity or certainty of thanksgiving and we will call upon thy name we will call upon that name of thine for our help which has been reproached by our…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:839…the prophet has set this verse forth in our person thou shalt quicken us and we will call upon thy name thou shalt quicken the jews by the renewal of the city but us by the…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1507…we will confess to thee o god we will confess to thee and we will call upon thy name we will call upon thee for help i will declare all thy wonders when i shall take…
19Ps 80:19
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:957…himself once more wherefore he says o god restore us and make thy face to shine and we shall be saved lord god of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with the prayer of thy…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:701…us the unworthy grant thy succor to us the sinners and make thy face to shine and we shall be saved by saying and doing these things my brethren let us flee all malice and all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:773…the god of all o god of hosts turn us again and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved psal lxxix we all therefore have attained mercy in the manifestation of christ furthermore…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1513…follows vers o lord god of hosts convert us and make your face to shine and we shall be saved by your apparition therefore dispel the dark cloud of calamities and grant a return this indeed…
151Ps 80:151
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…, 1441 on Psalm LXXIII, 1453 on Psalm LXXIV, 1465 on Psalm LXXV, 1471 on Psalm LXXVI, 1475 on Psalm LXXVII, 1483 on Psalm LXXVIII, 1503 on Psalm LXXIX, 1509 on Psalm LXXX, 1519 on Psalm LXXXI, 1527 on Psalm LXXXII,…
154Ps 80:154
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…526 On Psalm LXXIII 1533 On Psalm LXXIV 1534 On Psalm LXXV 1535 On Psalm LXXVI 1538 On Psalm LXXVII 1542 On Psalm LXXVIII 1543 On Psalm LXXIX 1543 On Psalm LXXX 1545 On Psalm LXXXI 1543 On Psalm LXXXII 1546 On Psalm LXXXIII…