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Psalm 9:16 — nations were stuck in the corruption they made; vice versus incorruption
“Nations were stuck in the corruption they made; in this snare which they hid, their foot was caught” (Psalm 9:15 ).
And indeed, against virtue, which is called incorruption, as in: “Grace be with those who love our Lord in incorruption” (Ephesians 6:24 ), the vice that is oppositely disposed would reasonably be called corruption and decay. It has been said, then: “If anyone corrupts, God will corrupt this one” (1 Corinthians 3:17 ). And in the prophet: “Because of uncleanness they have been corrupted with corruption.”
Greek 9.16 ̓Ενεπάγησαν ε θνη ἐν διαφθορᾷ ῃ ἐποίησαν·
ἐν παγίδι ταύτῃ ῃ ε κρυψαν, συ νελήφθη ὁ ποὺς αὐτῶν. Καὶ μὴν κατὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς,
ἀφθαρσίας λεγομένης, ὡς ἐν τῷ· ̔Η χάρις μετὰ τῶν ἀγαπώντων τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν
ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ· ἡ ἐναντίως ε χουσα κακία, λέγοιτο α ν εἰκό τως διαφθορὰ καὶ φθορά.
Ει ρηται γοῦν· Ει τις φθείρει, φθερεῖ τοῦτον ὁ Θεός. Καὶ παρὰ τῷ προφήτῃ· Ενεκεν
ἀκαθαρσίας διεφθά ρηται φθορᾷ.
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About this text Origen of Alexandria, first half of the third century. This page is part of the Greek psalm fragments, not a complete commentary.
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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