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Psalm 21:7 — I am a worm; spoken from the incarnate God according to the flesh
“But I am a worm” (Psalm 22:6 ).
He speaks as from the person of the incarnate God, even if it is not taken according to the Godhead, but according to the appearing and the lowliness of the flesh: “I am the worm.”
Greek 21.7 ̓Εγὼ
δέ εἰμι σκώληξ. ̔Ως ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ σαρκωθέντος Θεοῦ λέγει, εἰ καὶ μὴ κατὰ τὴν
Θεότητα λαμ βανόμενον, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ φαινόμενον καὶ τὸ ταπεινὸν τῆς σαρκὸς, τό·
̓Εγώ εἰμι ὁ σκωλήξ.
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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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