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Expositio in Psalmos Psalm ΝΒʹ opening

Psalm ΝΒʹ.

Lemma-led open on ΨΑΛΜΟΣ ΝΒʹ. — Εἰς τὸ τέλος τῷ ∆αβὶδ

Greek

ΨΑΛΜΟΣ ΝΒʹ. Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ μαελὲθ, συνέσεως τῷ ∆αβίδ. (A f. 295 b. Κυρίλλου καὶ Θεοδωρήτου.) ∆ιὰ τῶν αὐτῶν ῥημάτων σχεδὸν τῷ τρισκαιδεκάτῳ καὶ ὁ παρὼν ψαλμὸς ἔρχεται, καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ὑπόθεσιν ἔχει τὴν εἰς τὸν Ῥαψάκην καὶ τὰ τότε γενόμενα, καὶ τὴν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίου θεοφανείας προφητείαν. Βραχεῖαι δὲ λέξεις τὴν ἐν ἀμφοτέροις διαφορὰν ἐργάζονται· ὁ μὲν γὰρ τρισκαιδέκατος, "Εἰς τὸ τέλος τῷ ∆αβὶδ" ἐλέγετο· ὁ δὲ παρὼν ἔχει μὲν καὶ τὴν "Εἰς τὸ τέλος" ἐπιγραφὴν, πλεονάζει δὲ ἐν τῷ λέγειν· "Ὑπὲρ μα ελὲθ," συνέσεως· ὅπερ σημαίνει ἐπινίκιον εἶναι τὸν ψαλμὸν, διὰ χορείας ἐν συνέσει γενόμενον. Τέρψις μὲν γὰρ, ἤτοι χορεία, τὸ μαελὲθ ἑρμηνεύεται. Ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ "Εἰς τὸ τέλος," ἕτεροι τῶν ἑρμηνέων, Ἐπι νίκιον, ἐκδεδώκασι. Καὶ ἵνα τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν πᾶσαν ἰσχνῶς θεωρήσωμεν, τὸ μὲν "Εἰς τέλος" σημαντι κὸν ἂν εἴη τοῦ χρόνου καθ' ὃν ἔμελλε πληροῦσθαι τὰ προφητευόμενα, τά τε

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Cyril of Alexandria, Exposition on the Psalms (Greek catena fragments). SERIES on this page: Prologue + extract units through Psalm ΡΙΘʹ CLOSEOUT.

English follows PG 69 Greek (CPG 5202). Pusey / modern English syncs were not used as wording. Psalms SERIES CLOSEOUT prologue + extract units.

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  • Copy-text PG 69 — Expositio in Psalmos (Greek)

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