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Psalm 19:8 — these in chariots and these in horses
“These in chariots and these in horses” (Psalm 20:7 ).
Understand horses also as the skippings of the passions, upon which the demons mount; and chariots as the concerted breathing of the impulsive passions, in which they make ready against us.
Greek 19.8 Ου τοι ἐν α ρμασι
καὶ ου τοι ἐν ι πποις.
Νόει καί ι ππους τὰ σκιρτήματα τῶν πα θῶν, εἰς [οι ς]
ἐπιβαίνουσιν οἱ δαίμονες· α ρ ματα δὲ τὴν σύμπνοιαν τῶν ὁρμητικῶν πα θῶν, ἐν οι ς
παρασκευάζονται καθ' ἡμῶν.
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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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