Exposition on the Psalms · §ps085-rem-mid

Psalm ∆ʹ (block 2) rem mid

Rem mid: Psalm ∆ʹ (block 2); lemma continues; spiritual reading with the letter.

Greek

δέδοται παρὰ τοῦ πάντων ἐπέκεινα τιμῆς ἕνεκα καὶ δόξης. Οὕτως αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ Ψαλμῳδὸς διαμνημονεύει λέγων· "Θεὸς θεῶν Κύριος ἐλάλησε," καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.] [Καὶ τὰ ὕψη τῶν ὀρέων αὐτοῦ ἐστιν. (B f. 386, H f. 423 b. Cord. Anonymi.) Ποῖά ἐστιν ὑψηλὰ τῶν ὀρέων;" τουτέστι, τὰ ἐπηρμένα κατὰ τὴν δόξαν, καὶ περιφανέστερα τῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς· Ἀρ χαὶ, Θρόνοι, ∆υνάμεις, Ἐξουσίαι, Κυριότητες, Ἀρχάγγελοι, καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ Σεραφίμ. Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα πάντα αὐτοῦ ἐστιν· ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὡς Υἱὸς συγκάθηται τῷ Πατρὶ, οἱ δὲ παρεστήκασι λειτουργοῦντες αὐτῷ, καὶ δοξολογίαις στεφανοῦντες αὐτόν.] [Ὅτι αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἡ θάλασσα. (B f. 386, H f. 423 b. Cord. Alterius.) Εἶδες πῶς ∆εσπότην αὐτὸν ἀποφαίνεται τῶν ἁπάντων; Πῶς ἡμεῖς θαυμάζομεν τοὺς ἐπὶ γῆς βασιλέας; Γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης δεσπότας αὐτοὺς ὀνομάζομεν· ἀλλὰ μέχρι τούτων ἐπιμετροῦντες αὐτοῖς τὰς εὐφημίας, οὐκέτι ποιητὰς αὐτοὺς τῶν στοιχείων γενέσθαι φαμέν· πρέπει γὰρ τοῦτο μόνῳ τῷ ἐπὶ πάντων Θεῷ· αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστι τῶν ὅλων γενεσιουργὸς καὶ τεχνίτης. Ἡκέ τωσαν τοίνυν οἱ πλανώμενοι, καὶ πρὸς τὸ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐρχέσθωσαν φῶς· ἐπιγινωσκέτωσαν μεθ' ἡμῶν τὸν ἐνανθρωπήσαντα τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγον·

About this text

Cyril of Alexandria, Exposition on the Psalms (Greek catena fragments). SERIES on this page: Prologue + extract units through Psalm ΡΙΘʹ CLOSEOUT.

English follows PG 69 Greek (CPG 5202). Pusey / modern English syncs were not used as wording. Psalms SERIES CLOSEOUT prologue + extract units.

Witnesses

  • Copy-text PG 69 — Expositio in Psalmos (Greek)

English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.