Where the Fathers quote Psalms 81
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John ChrysostomPG 55:731expounds v.1“Ο Θεος εστη εν συναγωγη θεων, εν μεσω δε θεους διακρινει.”On: «God standeth in the congregation of the mighty, etc.»
1Ps 81:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:69A…Indeed, even the celestial virtues seem to be called by this name, when it is said: God stood in the synagogue of gods, but in the midst He judges the gods (Psalm lxxxi, 1). But in the third place, no longer abu…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1539A…. But among those who are called gods according to the Scriptures, those in whose "synagogue God stood, judging gods in their midst," ⟦Ps. LXXXI, 1⟧ the kingdom of heaven is like God the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1905C…is. For among us men He was assimilated to man; but among those who deliver themselves up, to God: "For God," He says, "stodeth in the synagogue of the gods" (Ps. LXXXI, 1). On the passage: Let there be lig…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1209C…raoh" [Exod. 7:1]; or the gods of whom these things are said: "The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken" [Ps. 49:1]; and, "God stood in the congregation of gods" [Ps. 81:1].…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:763D…oming in the flesh, and warning that one must not judge unjustly: "God," he says, "stood in the congregation of gods, and in the midst he will judge the gods" (Ps. 81:1). But who was the God who stood in the…
Callistus Cataphygiotes fl. c. 1350–1362PG 147:935C…nd holds them drawn around Him like other angels, singing wondrously and worthily: “God stood in the assembly of the gods; and in the midst He judges the gods [Ps. LXXXI, 1]”; and that: “The God of gods, the Lord…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:237B…God through faith, and are therefore worthy to be called gods themselves, how shall God stand in the synagogue of the gods, and in the midst judge the gods (Psal. LXXXI, 1)? But it seems that the term "to judge"…
Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1653A…mcision by faith and the uncircumcision through faith" (Rom. III, 30); and again, "God stood in the assembly of the gods, and in the midst He judges the gods" (Ps. LXXXI, 1); and further, "Just as there are many…
2Ps 81:2
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1803A…usly worship; because participation in what is first flows from That One according to human capacity. The author of the Latin Vulgate noticed this, who in Psalm LXXXI, 2, wrote: And the faces of sinners you s…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:727…the god of jacob into the midst because jacob signifies supplanter gen take a psalm and bring hither the timbrel the pleasant psaltery with the harp the symbol of the old testament is the timbrel as…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:763D…judge the gods from those who were once gods, the Jews. And the Holy Spirit says to them: "How long will you judge iniquity, and accept the faces of sinners?" (Ps. 81:2). "Do not judge according to appearance…
3Ps 81:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1683…seventh month a memorial of trumpets according to what is said blow the trumpet in the new moon in the distinguished day of our feast by the same a trumpet is a contemplative mind or a…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:973…a vers blow the trumpet in the new moon in the notable day of your solemnity the discourse beginning called for exultation and commanded to shout that…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1361…which is the present one thus the holy psalmist commanded saying sound the trumpet in the new moon in the day of your solemnity this command bids us to sound it at both times namely at…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:995…psalm and bring the timbrel the pleasant psaltery with the harp blow the trumpet in the new moon in the notable day of your solemnity for it is a commandment in israel and a judgment to…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:399B…rise incorruptible" (1 Thess. iv, 16). The Law of Moses also foreshadowed this. For it commanded the Israelites to blow the trumpet on the day of the new moon (Ps. lxxxi, 3). The new moon can be understood, and q…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:367…sound of the trumpets whence the blessed b david chanting said sound the trumpet in the new moon in the glorious day of your feast by these things we too are taught when we gather the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1519…others with harps symmachus moreover called the psaltery a lyre vers blow the trumpet in the new moon in the d notable day of your solemnity for it is a commandment in…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1395A…cause of the impiety of the gifts which they have received.› Psalm 108:1. — ‹Let deceitful lips become mute, which speak iniquity against the just in pride.› Psalm 81:3. — ‹If you truly speak justice, judge r…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1523…with a harp by psaltery he means contemplation by harp action blow the trumpet in the new moon in the famous day of your feast just as the law commanded the priests to blow the trumpet…
OrigenesPG 16:1349D…his other interpreter seems to have crept in for atonōn (of the weak). For the word atonos (weak), Aquila translates [in] Job V, 16, and Symmachus [in] Psalm LXXXI, 3, although it is read there corruptly as…
4Ps 81:4
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1775A…ngdom to his own wishes. Blamelessly, and of those concerning whom the prophet pronounces, saying: "They have wickedly devised counsel against thy people" (Ps. LXXXI, 4). Nevertheless, the proverbial discours…
5Ps 81:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:531A…ires, a slave to sin. For this reason, regarding those who do these things, David says: "They have not known, nor have they understood; they walk in darkness" (Ps. 81:5). And Christ, contradicting sinners, sa…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:543A…ls led astray. Therefore, even the blessed David writes concerning such people, saying: "They have not known, nor have they understood; they walk in darkness" (Ps. 81:5). Thus, therefore, God calls the synago…
6Ps 81:6
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:677…ch are abominable owing to their falsely assumed name, but concerning priests and judges, to whom He said elsewhere: "Ye are gods, and sons of the Most High." (Ps. lxxxi, 6) Chapter XXXII. That the deacon oug…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:245B…and already to such an extent like unto God. The prophet does not hide the grace, saying: "I have said, ye are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). For us, indeed, us He has adopted, an…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:281A…; being adopted, we are perfected; being perfected, we are rendered immortal. "I," he says, "said: You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). This work is called by many names: gr…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1905A…ils, and having ceased from walking according to man, we have been deemed worthy to hear from God: "I said: Ye are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). And He will also cease from being…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1103A…rincipate and dominion among them. For just as there are many sons of God, as Scripture says: "I said: You are gods, and all of you the sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6), yet there is one Son in nature and th…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:579C…irth by which the only-begotten Son was born. Because of this, how great a difference the true God has toward those to whom it is said: "I said: You are gods" (Ps. lxxxi, 6), so great a difference the true Son ⟦D…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:713A…hinks that this title was truly assumed by him for himself. But when he sets out to soothe the Jews with these words of the Psalm: "I have said: You are gods" (Ps. LXXXI, 6), he interprets them not according to t…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:975…served in the basket according to d symmachus however they took away his shoulder from the burden his hands were delivered from the basket for when they were serving pharaoh setting clay and bricks building cities…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:29A…. existing as consubstantial. But others, to whom it was said, "I said, Ye are gods" [Ps. LXXXI, 6], have this grace from the Father only…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:773C…ods, and Lord of lords, and besides Him there is no other god. But men are also called gods by grace: as, "I said, Ye are gods, and all sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6).…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:249…tial is shown. For God by essence is consubstantial with God by essence. But since man is also called god, as in this passage: "I said: You are gods" (Ps. lxxxi, 6); and since the demon is called god, as in that passage: "T…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:757B…ather, we shall also be able to be consubstantial: for we too are called sons: "For I said," he says, "you are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. 81. 6). O the shamelessness! O the utter foll…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:757B…honored with the appellation of sons, bring down the Son to the same insignificance, saying, "I said, you are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. 81. 6). Therefore, since because of the appel…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:403A…God, and He called me god: there, it is the nature of the thing; here, the honor of the name. "I said: You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. 81:6). Here are words; there, the nature of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:47…however, shall die as men" (Ps. LXXXI, 6, 7). Consider the prudence of the Pro…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:241A…in the assembly of gods. And again: I have said, Ye are gods (Ps. 81. 6). And Paul: For though there be that a…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:241A…ions the people of the Jews, having been honored with this designation in the saying: I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High (Ps. 81. 6). For so he called their people out of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:241A…od himself judging, and he moves such arguments from him, defending his cause before the people of the Jews. And later he adds: I have said, Ye are gods (Ps. 81. 6). And Paul: For though there are those…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:241A…(Gen. 4. 26). He also mentions the people of the Jews, who were honored with this title when it is said: I said, Ye are gods, and all of you sons of Israel (Ps. 81. 6). For thus he used to call their people…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:317A…lessness. He calls those who led their lineage from Seth "sons of God"; for it has been said: I said, You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High (Ps. 81:6). And the "daughters of men" were those…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:465A…on the dignity of the one counselor ought not to have been wounded, so because there were many gods (For I said, you are gods, and all sons of the Most High [Ps. 81:6]; and again God said to Moses, Behold,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:39…is called the Son of God and God, and man is likewise proclaimed a son of God and a god (for, I said, you are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High [Ps. 81.6]), will you contend with the Only-Begot…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:93B…a title of honor; but here, the reality itself follows. And concerning the former he says: I have said, You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High (Ps. 81. 6). But concerning the latter, that they…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:679B…to be a participant in incorruptible life. For it no longer calls men, but gods, saying: "I have said, You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). It called them no longer slaves, but…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:237D…man being. What does this mean, that one becomes an angel? And a child of God: For I said, he says, you are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High (Ps. 81:6). And what is greater, to become both g…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:691D…says: "Truth has sprung out of the earth, and righteousness has looked down from heaven" (Ps. 84:12). Concerning the apostles, he says: "I said, You are gods" (Ps. 81:6). And concerning the testimony from abo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:725…eveals him as a true son, then He fulfills that saying through the Prophet concerning him: I said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High (Ps. 81:6). Blessed are those who are deemed wort…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1135A…hisedech is not God by nature, we have committed no sin in deifying a man; for it is written: 'I said, You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High' (Ps. LXXXI, 6)." Not knowing that such inconsistency…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:893…from God, who knows how to maintain the truth at all times, concerning whom He says: "I said: You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. 81:6; Jn. 10:34). And so, while man was fashioned for this very…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:77B…that common [expression], and by the grace and magnificence of God spoken toward us: "I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6); is Christ therefore God in this way a…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:591C…d lords. But we ourselves also have been crowned with such a name, since God says to us: "I have said, You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). But there is a most necessary reason…
Gelasius of Cyzicus d. c. 450PG 85:1243B…eemed you worthy to be called gods, as being far superior to other men—for it is written: 'I said, You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High' (Ps. LXXXI, 6), and also: 'God stood in the congregat…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:149A…is interpretation proceeded from Aquila, let him hear God speaking through the prophet David: “I said: You are gods, and all of you the sons of the Most High” (Ps. LXXXI, 6). And: “God stood in the synagogue of g…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:165C…re written in the Hebrew tongue. And I believe that the blessed David hinted at this in the eightieth Psalm: "A language which he had not known, he heard" (Ps. lxxxi, 6). But some say that the Hebrew language…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:85A…uld be made righteous and obtain salvation. — By the same, from the same book. "I said, You are all children of the Most High, and gods: but you die like men" (Ps. lxxxi, 6, 7). He says this to those who have not…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1667D…saints, is taken as a reproach, as in that passage: I have said, Ye are gods, and [all of you are] children of the Most High; but ye shall die like men (Ps. LXXXI, 6, 7). But when sinners are called cattle…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:297C…the hypothesis holds, that they are named from those that are inferior. And what is the name? "I said, You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6); this is regarding men. And again, als…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:735B…ures, of course; because God is the author of divinity in all men and angels who imitate God and become like Him, of whom it is written: "I said, ye are gods" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). Hence, we frequently translate thear…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:957D…author of principle, middle, and end. Where note from Turrianus cited above, that "substance simply" is to be understood as substance considered abstractly. a Psal. LXXXI, 6.…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:973…in the same place, which is on this subject. He is called, moreover, God of gods, I mean of those of whom it is written: I have said: Ye are gods (Ps. lxxxi, 6). For it is God who sanctifies them and makes them gods by…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:359C…led from [the fact of] being. And the deification itself (Gr. θέωσιν). The righteous and the angels are made gods, according to that: "I said: Ye are gods" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). Altogether position (Gr. θέσις). H…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:223A…lmist sings: "I have said: You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High. But you shall die like men, and you shall fall like one of the princes" (Ps. LXXXI, 6, 7). For he was a prince and a god, not…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:339B…receive you to myself" [Joan. xiv, 2]; and again elsewhere through the Prophet He cries out: "I said: You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" [Ps. LXXXI, 6 / Joan. x, 34]—how much more, if He cal…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:663A…ndeed, virtue makes those who embrace it gods, even if this statement of it is true: I have said, you are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High [Ps. 81:6]. To whom we are indebted for such a be…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:749B…). And truly, none of the angels ever dared to call himself—or anyone else—God or the Son of God; but our race is even called “gods and sons of the Most High” (Ps. LXXXI, 6). And the one among them who was called…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:477B…ored with this name, as when it is said, “My son, my firstborn Israel” [Exod. iv, 22], and that, “I said, ‘You are gods and all of you sons of the Most High’” [Ps. lxxxi, 6]), he wishes to show the great differen…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:453A…participant—the divine Spirit, and thus that saying of the prophet David is fulfilled: "I said: Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). Children of the Most High, that is, a…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:199A…s to the knowledge of the truth—concerning which children David, the progenitor of God, says: "I said: You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). He therefore sent an embassy to the R…
Nilus Cabasilas c. 1298–1363PG 149:855C…es, and to be gods, as being superior to all men—according to that saying which decerns: 'I have said, You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High' (Ps. LXXXI, 6); and, 'God stood in the congregation o…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:801C…en might not be sufficient to signify God Himself; for many others, although they be not gods, are yet called so, just as it is written: "I said, Ye are gods" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). Someone might also be able to say tha…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:895A…is above God, that is, according to our cognition; above God, I say, by participation, whom we know in creatures, as it is written: I have said, You are gods (Ps. LXXXI, 6); thus also He is above goodness, which…
John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:951C…mixed; and exist by themselves (7). Scholia. (1) Divinity above divinity, namely, created; I mean those of whom it is written: I have said, You are gods, (Ps. LXXXI. 6.) For it is God who sanctifies them, an…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:669A…Christ Himself is by nature the Son of God, but all others are so by grace; as it is written: "I said, Ye are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). In the same and similar manner, He al…
OrigenesPG 16:1031…he set it hieron a testimony in joseph he set it you removed his shoulder from the burden his hands passed over the pot hieron i removed his shoulder from the burden his hands receded from…
OrigenesPG 16:1033…with the lute a testimony for joseph he appointed it i relieved his shoulder from the burden his hands were freed from the basket i heard you through the secret place of thunder upon the water…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:647B…Cor. i, 9). And, "God is faithful, and there is no iniquity in Him" (Deut. xxxii, 4). Thus He also calls them gods, according to that: "I said, You are gods" (Ps. lxxxi, 6). The name of "blessed," therefore, is…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:825D…to be the same as being immortal. Whence also David has this: I said, You are gods and all of you the sons of the Most High. But you shall die like men (Psal. LXXXI, 6, 7); for there is no reason why those w…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:55A…His own consubstantial Word; but by grace, he is our father, according to the saying: "I said: You are gods, and all of you the sons of the Most High" (Ps. LXXXI, 6). On Filiation. What is the So…
7Ps 81:7
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:977…in tribulation thou calledst upon me and i delivered thee i heard thee in the secret place of the tempest i proved thee at the water of contradiction for the phrase i heard thee in the…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:945B…iples (I mean with the angelic Virtues); but he was one of the princes. For it was said of him: "But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes" (Ps. LXXXI, 7). Wherefore Judas also was one of the c…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:427A…angelos obtinuisse, quo, manus contra Deum attollens, pulsus excidit, cum unus ex primis principibus foret, juxta illud: Et sicut unus de principibus caditis ⟦Psal. LXXXI, 7⟧. Alii vero, Deum hominem finxisse…
8Ps 81:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1329…desert more than five and they had a surplus of twelve baskets hear o my people and i will speak to thee o israel and i will testify unto thee of musical instruments some have harmony…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:977…appends to the aforementioned words what follows in which it is said hear o my people and i will testify unto thee o israel if thou wilt hearken unto me there shall no new god be…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:233…judgment to the son and god is judge then christ is god hear o my people and i will speak to thee introducing a new legislation lest anyone should suspect the word to be human or…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:997…of the tempest i tested you at the water of contradiction diapsalma hear o my people and i will testify to you israel if you hear me there shall not be a new god in you…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1213…not speak of one divinity orth if therefore god says through david hear o my people and i will speak to you o israel and i will testify to you if you will hear me there…
Apollinaris of Laodicea c. 310-c. 390PG 33:1433…i made trial of thee even in the water for thy thirst hear o my people and i will speak to thee with fair words o israel do not forget any of my sayings there shall…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:435…the father for they violate the commandment of the father who declares hear o my people and i will speak to you israel and i witness against you if you hear me there shall not be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:829…he did not give them solid food and he says through david hear o my people and i will speak to you o israel and i will testify to you because i am god your god…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:245…punishments through benefits through threats through promises through the order of time hear o my people and i will speak to you o israel and i will testify to you see again his reasonableness and gentleness…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:37…arture toward the succor. For David also speaks thus: Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered (Ps. LXVII, 2); and again: Arise, O God, judge the earth (Ps. LXXXI, 8); characterizing the operations of God…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:63D…xists only as long as the King sits bestowing grace; but when the end comes, then He is awakened for judgment: "For arise, O God, judge the earth," it is said (Ps. LXXXI, 8). There is something else to be said: "…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:1081…and using rightness that is in every respect impartial diapsalma c vers hear o my people and i will speak to you o israel and i will testify to you i am god your god d…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:735…things speaks something of this kind also through the mouth of david hear o my people and i will speak to thee o israel and will testify unto thee i am thy god d i will…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1231…sentence and by the heavens he hints at the celestial powers vers hear o my people and i will speak to thee and showing to which people he is speaking he added d o israel and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1523…water but easily changed its quality and rendered the bitter sweet vers hear o my people and i will testify to you since therefore you have experienced my power readily receive the laws given to you…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1193…them thus saith the lord god behold i will open your graves o my people and i will bring you up out of your sepulchres and i will bring you into the land of israel and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:387…the fact that god addresses his people before david with these words hear o my people and i will testify to thee israel if thou wilt hear me there shall be no new god in thee…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:379A…ned alongside Him" (Baruch III, 36-37). "Afterwards He was seen upon the earth, and conversed with men" (Baruch III, 38). And: "Arise, O God, judge the earth" (Ps. LXXXI, 8), and: "He who has seen Me has seen the…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:541…judge and therefore he will speak justly having righteousness by nature itself hear o my people and i will speak to thee from this point the words of god begin and he commands them attention before…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:847…knew before but then your vice became totally manifest to everyone ver hear o my people and i will testify to you by his people he understands the hebrews just as at the exodus from egypt…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:849…and strong god shall not hunger truly david s sentiment is this hear o my people and i will speak israel and i will testify to thee i am god thy god i will not reprove…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1469…proclaim his righteousness because he is truly judge having righteousness by nature hear o my people and i will speak to thee henceforth are the words of god and the expression i will testify is put…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1523…spoke against god and the place received the designation from the event hear o my people and i will testify to you…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1067D…hich for the Hebrews, who denote the presence of the divine majesty and of that Spirit, [is used]. Such is that which is in the secret of the thunder heard, in Psalm LXXXI, 8, that is, in the secret of my majesty.…
9Ps 81:9
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:977…o israel if thou wilt hearken unto me there shall no new god be in thee neither shalt thou worship any strange god for i am the lord thy god who brought thee out of the…
10Ps 81:10
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:977…worship any strange god for i am the lord thy god who brought thee out of the land of egypt open thy mouth wide and i will fill it but my people would not hearken to…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1095…their own tongues against themselves these are thy gods o israel who brought thee out of the land of egypt and this commends the fact that those who even in the wilderness worshipped idols fashioning for…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:363…himself is the one who formerly redeemed them from egypt open your mouth wide and i will fill it he promises those who obey him both carnal and spiritual foods and my people did not hear…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:997…god who brought you up from the land of egypt open your mouth wide and i will fill it but my people did not hear my voice and israel did not attend to me and i…
Apollinaris of Laodicea c. 310-c. 390PG 33:1433…from the land of the nile if thou hast need of anything open thy mouth wide and i will fill it the foolish people hearkened not to our words and israel did not wish to look…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1203…drew in the spirit and likewise that other passage from psalm lxxxi open thy mouth wide and i will fill it which the lxx rendered jerome translates from the hebrew open thy mouth and i will…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:699…itself draws in the grace of the spirit elsewhere he also says open thy mouth wide and i will fill it ps and the divine apostle was asking that the word be given at the opening…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:729…incarnate in order to save our race is called god open your mouth wide and i will fill it why does he not say your ears nor your heart but your mouth because the word who…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:601…that into an enlarged mind a larger grace enters and the prophet open thy mouth wide and i will fill it ps the obstacle does not lie with the benefactor but with our own sloth the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:779…the wretches said in their madness these are thy gods o israel which brought thee out of the land of egypt but in such an unspeakable and impious deed they did not perceive that they were…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1041…again furnish us with good thoughts he himself says somewhere open your mouth wide and i will fill it ps lxxx and since you have all come together eagerly gathered by the splendor of the lord's…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1523…stupidity yet these things are sufficient to convict their wickedness open your mouth wide and i will fill it make yourself obedient he says through obedience and you shall receive an abundance of good things hence…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1377…written for our instruction trusting therefore in him who said open your mouth wide and i will fill it we turn to the narrative proposed…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1525…even if i have taken on flesh for your sake open your mouth wide and i will fill it open the mouth of your mind and i will fill it with spiritual food that is with…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:1235…you adore the calf and say these are thy gods o israel which brought thee out of the land of egypt and we christians although taken captive for many b years and suffering many trials do…
11Ps 81:11
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:977…land of egypt open thy mouth wide and i will fill it but my people would not hearken to my voice and israel would none of me so i gave them up unto their own hearts'…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1203…thy mouth. These things are written somewhat otherwise in Psalm cxviii, 131: I opened my mouth, and drew in the spirit, and likewise that other passage from Psalm lxxxi, 11: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:431A…saying through David: “And my people did not hear my voice, and Israel did not attend to me, and I sent them away to follow after the devices of their hearts” [Ps. 81:11–12]. Likewise, He also says through Zechar…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:841A…race, laying hold of human resolve. For when you speak, it shall say: Behold, I am here; and when you are not silent, and, Open thy mouth, and I will fill it. ⟦Psal. LXXXI, 11⟧ Do you open first, then I shall fill.…
OrigenesPG 16:1033…god nor shall you worship a foreign god but my people did not hearken to my voice and israel did not obey me i gave them up therefore to the desire of their heart to walk…
12Ps 81:12
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:977…would not hearken to my voice and israel would none of me so i gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts they shall walk in their own counsels my gifts he says bestowed upon the…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1257…they suffered on account of these things what follows declares vers and i gave them up unto their own hearts' affections c by the affections of their hearts he refers to the varied thoughts and the…
13Ps 81:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:255…and in the psalms it is written if my people had heard me and israel had walked in my ways at nothing i would have humbled their enemies and i would have laid my hand upon…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:979…land of egypt b vers if my people had heard me if israel had walked in my ways i should have humbled their enemies for nothing and should have laid my hand upon them that troubled…
Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1229…the soul for the law cries out if my people had heard me and israel had walked in my ways i would have humbled their enemies in nothing for when the law persuades vices become nerveless…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:849…they have rejected the savior if my people had heard me if israel had walked in my ways i would have humbled their enemies in nothing and i would have laid my hand upon those who…
16Ps 81:16
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:981…a even after such transgressions he fed them with the fat of wheat and with honey out of the rock he satisfied them in this he fulfilled the promise having deemed them worthy of his own…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:77A…ch leads one] to dare impiously to rise up against the dogmas of the Church! Let the blessed David sing even now: "The enemies of the Lord have lied unto him" (Ps. LXXXI, 16). For the blessed Moses was a man like…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1527…of the jews vers and he fed them with the fat of wheat and with honey out of the rock he satisfied them since they were suffering greatly from the disease of ingratitude they were in…
152Ps 81:152
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:2003…II, 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, 1531 on Psalm LXXXIII…
154Ps 81:154
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1707…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 1546 On Psalm LXXXIV…
217Ps 81:217
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1667B…ject the Septuagint interpretation in these words, "Until he comes to whom it is reserved", 213. Justin does not follow the Septuagint interpretation in citing Psalm LXXXI, 217. He cites the Seventy, and the Jews do…
731Ps 81:731
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:789…EXPOSITION on Psalm LXXIX. 725-728 EXPOSITION on Psalm LXXX. Concerning the new moon. The prescience of God does not harm repentance. 728-751 EXPOSITION on Psalm LXXXI. 731-732 EXPOSITION on Psalm LXXXII. 732-733…