Expositio in Psalmos Psalm Ξʹ opening
Psalm Ξʹ.
Lemma-led open on ΨΑΛΜΟΣ Ξʹ. — Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ θύρα.
Greek
ΨΑΛΜΟΣ Ξʹ. Ὡδήγησάς με, ὅτι ἐγενήθης ἐλπίς μου, πύργος ἰσχύος. (A f. 315, E f. 111 b, F f. 90 b. Κυρίλλου καὶ Ἀθανασίου.) Ἐπεὶ δὲ τῶν ὁδηγούντων ἴδιον τὸ δεικνύειν ποία μὲν ἀσφαλὴς ὁδὸς, ποία δὲ σφαλερὰ καὶ βλαβερὰ μαρτύρεσθαι, καὶ τοῦτο Χριστὸς πε ποιηκὼς εὑρίσκεται, ἐν τῷ λέγειν· "Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ θύρα." Τὸ δὲ, πύργος ἰσχύος, ὅμοιον ὡσεὶ λέγοι· Τεῖχος καὶ ἀσφάλεια γέγονας, εἰς τὸ μηδὲν παθεῖν ἐπηρεαζόντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν. Ὥσπερ γὰρ πο λεμίων ἐμβεβληκότων, οἱ πύργον ἔχοντες ἰσχυρὸν κερδαίνουσι τὴν σωτηρίαν, οὕτως μαχομένων ἡμῖν ἐχθρῶν, πύργος ἑδραῖος καὶ ἀκατάσειστος γίνεται ὁ Χριστὸς, καὶ ἀνασώζει ῥᾳδίως τοὺς ἐπ' αὐτῷ πε ποιθότας. Παροικήσω ἐν τῷ σκηνώματί σου εἰς τοὺς αἰῶ νας, σκεπασθήσομαι ἐν σκέπῃ τῶν πτερύγων σου. (A f. 315. Κυρίλλου καὶ Ἀθανασίου.) Πρὸς δὲ νοῦν, ἀφ' ὧν ἤδη εἴληφεν ἀγαθῶν, καὶ περὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἐλπίζει, ὅτι δὴ εἰς τὰς ἄνω σκηνὰς
About this text
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.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 69 — Expositio in Psalmos (Greek)
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