Psalm 17:12 — he set darkness his hiding-place; bodily gloom between us and God
“And he set darkness his hiding-place, around him his tent” (Psalm 17:12).
He set the darkness his hiding-place, having placed it in the middle of himself and us, as Moses of old the veil in the middle of himself and the hardening of Israel, unless a dark nature easily sees — not easily attaining the stored-up beauty, it also easily casts it off, because of the ease of the creation. Therefore in the middle of us and God this bodily gloom stands, as the cloud of old of the Egyptians and the Hebrews; and this is perhaps “he set darkness his hiding-place.” Therefore also Paul says: “Who alone has immortality, and dwells in unapproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:16).
Greek
17.12 Καὶ ε θετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐ τοῦ, κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ. Εθετο τὸ σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ, μέσον ἑαυτοῦ τε καὶ ἡμῶν θεὶς, ω σπερ Μωϋσῆς πά λαι τὸ κάλυμμα μέσον ἑαυτοῦ τε καὶ πω ρώσεως ̓Ισραὴλ, εἰ μὴ ῥᾳδίως ει δῃ σκοτεινὴ φύσις, τὸ ἀπόθετον κάλλος μὴ ῥᾳδίως ἐπι τυχοῦσα, ῥᾳδίως καὶ ἀποβάλλει, διὰ τὴν εὐκολίαν τῆς κτίσεως. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο μέσον ἡ μῶν τε καὶ Θεοῦ ὁ σωματικὸς ου τος ι σταται γνόφος, ω σπερ ἡ νεφέλη τὸ πάλαι τῶν Αἰ γυπτίων καὶ τῶν ̔Εβραίων· καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ι σως ο ε θετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ. ∆ιὸ καὶ Παῦλός φησιν· ̔Ο μόνος ε χων ἀθανασίαν, καὶ φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον.
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New English from locked PG 12 / Khazarzar Greek of Fragmenta in Psalmos, Psalms 1–22.3. Earlier lemma-led SERIES-CLOSEOUT English was discarded.
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