Fragments on the Psalms · §6 · Origen of Alexandria

Psalm 2:7–12 — today I have begotten you; take hold of training

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“I have begotten you today” (Psalm 2:7). “Today” is always being called.

“Ask of me, and I will give you nations, your inheritance” (Psalm 2:8). The devil showed the Savior their kingdoms and the glory in a moment of time.

“Take hold of training” (Psalm 2:12). Training is a measured-suffering of the passions, which is naturally apt to come about from the practical life; and the practical life is a spiritual teaching, cleansing the passionate part of the soul.

Greek

2.7 ̓Εγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε. ̓Αεὶ τὸ σήμερον καλεῖται. 2.8 Αι τησαι παρ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ δώσω σοι ε θνη, τὴν κληρονομίαν σου. Τούτων τὰς βασιλείας ε δειξεν ὁ διάβολος τῷ Σωτῆρι καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἐν στιγμῇ χρόνου. 2.12 ∆ράξασθε παιδείας. Παιδεία ἐστὶ μετριοπαθεία παθῶν· ο περ συμβαίνειν πέφυκεν ἐκ τῆς πρακτικῆς· η γε πρακτική ἐστι διδασκαλία πνευματικὴ, τὸ παθητικὸν μέρος τῆς ψυχῆς ἐκκαθαίρουσα.

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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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