Fragments on the Psalms · §77 · Origen of Alexandria

Psalm 17:40 — you shackled those who rise against me; fulfilled in the one born of David according to the flesh

“You shackled all who rise up against me under me” (Psalm 18:39).

And yet we do not know David as having reigned over the enemies; therefore through the one born from him according to the flesh the prophecy is fulfilled.

Greek

17.40 Συνεπόδισας πάντας τοὺς ἐπανισ ταμένους ἐπ' ἐμὲ ὑποκάτω μου. Καὶ μὴν οὐκ ι σμεν τὸν ∆αυὶδ τῶν ἐχθρῶν βασιλεύσαντα· οὐκοῦν διὰ τοῦ ἐξ αὐτοῦ κατὰ σάρκα τεχθέντος ἡ προφητεία πληροῦται.

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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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