Fragments on the Psalms · §40 · Origen of Alexandria

Psalm 9:8 — the Lord remains forever; he prepared his throne in judgment

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“And the Lord remains forever; he prepared his throne in judgment” (Psalm 9:8).

Not only in the present life did he show his own power, but also in the coming one he will show his fearful tribunal to all men, judging and assigning to each what is according to desert.

Greek

9.8 Καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένει, ἡτοίμασεν ἐν κρίσει τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ. Οὐ μόνον κατὰ τὸν παρόντα βίον τὴν οἰκείαν δύναμιν ε δειξεν, ἀλλὰ κα ν τῷ μέλ λοντι τὸ φρικῶδες αὐτοῦ δείξει κριτήριον πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, δικάζων, καὶ τὰ πρὸς ἀξίαν ἀπονέμων ἑκάστῳ.

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Origen's verse-by-verse notes on Psalms 1 to 22, read as words about Christ and as steps in the soul's progress from shunning evil to doing good.

Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–c. 254) was a Christian teacher in Alexandria and later at Caesarea. This English is the Greek fragments of his comments on the Psalms.

The sections follow the Psalms in order, beginning with Psalm 1 and running through Psalm 22. He reads them as prophecies of Christ and as a picture of the soul's progress. These fragments are not Didymus the Blind's commentary on the Psalms, and they are not Didymus's separate book of fragments on the Psalms.

A reader meets the opening psalms, including the tree and the water of Psalm 1 and the king of Psalm 2, then the psalms that follow. Psalms are cited by the Septuagint numbering.

Fresh English from PG 12 Greek of Fragmenta in Psalmos, Psalms 1–22.3.

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Translated from PG 12 Fragmenta in Psalmos (Greek)

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