@ Titel: Diodori Tarsensi Commentarii in Psalmos (Auszuege) Ausgabe: Diodori Tarsensis Commentarii in Psalmos I: Commentarii in Psalmos I-L ed. Jean-Marie Olivier Turnhout/Leuven 1980 (CCG 6) Bearbeiter: Wolfram Kinzig Heilbronner Str. 6 D-6800 Mannheim 51 West Germany Datum: 28. 5. 1986 Bearbeitungshinweise: Die folgenden Auszuege aus dem Psalmenkommentar des Diodor wurden als Ver- gleichsmaterial im Rahmen von stilistischen Untersuchungen der Psalmenhomi- lien des Asterius Sophistes am Oxford University Computing Service herange- zogen. Zu den verwendeten Sonderzeichen innerhalb des Textes vgl. das Vor- wort zur Computerfassung von: Asterii Sophistae Commentariorum in Psalmos quae supersunt accedunt aliquot homiliae anonymae ed. Marcel Richard Oslo 1956, SO Suppl. 16 Der Bearbeiter waere fuer eine Benachrichtigung an die oben angegebene Adresse dankbar, falls die Texte zu weiteren Analysen herangezogen werden. @

% {Psalmos A~} % Estin oyn o prohtos psalmos aethikos te kai katholikos: oy gar ton tina anthrohpon ekpaideyei, alla ton katholoy anthrohpon. Ei de nomoy memnaetai, oyk anagkazei monon noein ton grapton, alla kai ton en tae physei keimenon nomon, oyk anagkastikon, ohs /Manichaioi phasin, alla dida- ktikon toy mathein ethelontos. Mae oyn ae omohnymia sphalma empoieitoh. Legetai gar physikos nomos kai o tae physei synezeygmenos, on oyk esti parelthein, oion gelastikon einai ton anthrohpon, dipoyn, en gaera polioysthai. Oytos en panti anthrohpoh kai en eni anthrohpoh synespartai: toyton oyk esti parelthein ae parallaxai. Legetai gar kai physikos nomos kath' on kai mathein dynametha kai diakrinai to beltion, oion gnohnai oti esti theos, kao oti kalon to timan goneas kai to mae blaptein eteron. Tayta gar kai aytae ae physis didaskei ekaston mononoychi paraggelloysa mae poiein eteroha pathein aytos oy boyletai par' alloy.

Otan oyn legei: % Kai en toh nomoh aytoy meletaesei aemeras: kai nyktos [Ps1,2b] %, daelon oti toyton legei ton kath' on diakrinomen ti te cheironkai ti beltion. Ei de kai ton grapton tae koinohnia toy onomatos syneispherei, oyden tae ennoia lymainetai, eypragoyntos pantohs toy ton ekateron ae thateron meletohntos nomon. % Makarios anaer os oyk eporeythae en boylae asebohn [Ps1,1a] %. Anti toy os ametochos asebohn boyleymatohn egeneto. Asebae de boyleymata esti to nomizein mae einai theon ae to ypopteyein einai men, mae pronoein de tohn ontohn. % Kai en odoh amartohlohn oyk estae [Ps1,1b] %. Oion ostis oyde ta anthrohpina aemarten ae amartaesas oyk estae, alla tacheohs metepaedaesen. Odon gar taen praxin kalei ohs to: % Makarioi oi amohmoi en odoh [Ps118,1] % anti toy en praxei. % Kai epi kathedran loimohn oyk ekathisen [Ps1,1c] %. Loimoys kalei toys oy monon aytoys amartanontas, alla kai eteroys pros ta omoia anapeithontas. Makarizei oyn ton apopheygonta toh toioytohn taen synoysian. % Phthei- roysi % gar kata ton /Apostolon % aethae chraesta omiliai kakai [1Cor15,33!] %. % Kai epi kathedran loimohn oyk ekathisen [Ps1,1c] %, apostrepsas toy cheironos prosagei tois beltiosin. Epagei gar:

% All' ae en toh nomoh kyrioy to thelaema aytoy [Ps1,2a] %. % To thelaema [Ps 1,2a] % anti toy ae spoydae aytoy kai ae phrontis kai ae epimeleia. % Kai en toh nomoh aytoy meletaesei aemeras kai nyktos [Ps1,2b] %. Ina eipae: diapantos. % Makarios [Ps1,1a] % oyn phaesin, o tois asebesi mae akoloythohn, o ta amartaemata misohn, o toys loimoys apopheygohn kai prosagohn eayton tae meletae toy theioy nomoy kai diapantos echomenos taes egkarpoy meletaes. Potapos gar estai o toioytos epagei: % Kai estai ohs to xylon to pephyteymenon para tas diexodoys tohn ydatohn o ton karpon aytoy dohsei en kairoh aytoy, kai to phyllon aytoy oyk aporryaesetai [Ps1,3a-c] %. Ohs gar to xylon, phaesi, to para to ydohr dia taen synechae ardeian egkarpon oratai kata kairon ton prosae- konta, eti maen kai ohraizetai toh tohn phyllohn kallohpismoh, oytohs estai kai o anthrohpos os taen meletaen tohn agathohn ohs ardeian echei taes dianoias, othen aei ta kala dynatai karpophorein. % Kai panta osa an poiae kateyodohthaesetai [Ps1,3d] %. Epi to pragma metestae apo toy paradeigmatos: to gar xylon ohs ypodeigma paralabohn eis ayto diebae to archety- pon, ton anthrohpon phaemi: oti o toioytos, phaesi, panta exei eykola kai eyaelata, toy theoy symprattontos kai syner- goyntos. Oytohs men oyn oi toioytoi, phaesin: oi de asebeis kai oi amartohloi ti; % Oych oytohs oi asebeis, oyk oytohs, all' ae ohsei chnoys on ekriptei o anemos apo prosohpoy taes gaes [Ps1,4] %. Ohsper epi toy dikaioy to bebaion eipen kai to empedon, oytohs epi toy aseboyntos to exitaelon kai anypostaton: chnoys gar tae periphora tohn anemohn akoloythei kai idian oyk echei basin. Ti oyn to telos; % Dia toyto oyk anastaesontai asebeis en krisei oyde amartohloi en boylae dikaiohn [Ps1,5] %. Toys men asebeis aytokatakritoys apephaenato einai oyde opsin idein dynamenoys toy dikastoy, entha tychon esti kai oiktoy tychein dia pollaen syggnohmaen toy dikazontos. Oyte oyn oi asebeis opsontai, phaesi, ton kritaen, oyte oi amartoh- loi koinohnoysi toh tohn dikaiohn syllogoh. % Oti ginohskei kyrios odon dikaiohn [Ps1,6a] %. To % Oti ginohskei [Ps1,6a] % oyk epi gnohseohs elaben, all' epi oikeiohseohs kai epimeleias anti toy oikeioytai gar o theos tohn dikaiohn tas praxeis. % Kai odos asebohn apoleitai [Ps1,6b] %. Tohn de asebohn, phaesi, ta epitaedeymata apohleia para- dothaesetai syn aytois tois ergasamenois. Estin oyn oytos o prohtos psalmos aethikos, pantas ohphelohn toys ethelontas eaytoys epididonai tae tohn agathohn meletae. % {Psalmos B~} % O deyteros psalmos prophaeteia estin eis ton kyrion. Maenyei de en prohtois tohn Ioydaiohn taen ep' ayton alogi-

ston manian, kai ohs paradohsoysin ayton /Aerohdae kai /Pilatoh, kai ohs oyden ek toytoy o kyrios blabaesetai, toynantion de kai epideixetai taen eaytoy doxan, kai toys men eis ayton pisteyontas sohsei, toys de apeithoyntas syntripsei en basileia ischyra toyto gar kalei % rabdon sidaeran [Ps2,9a] %. Archetai oyn oionei schetliazohn o prophaetaes, kai phaesin: % Inati ephryaxan ethnae kai laoi emeletaesan kena [Ps2,1] %; Anti toy tis ae aitia, ae poian eschon aphormaen toy tosoytoy misoys; Phryagma de kyriohs estin o tohn ippohn chremetismos on poioyntai pollakis kai taen gaen ama podoktypoyntes, oydenos esth' ote proyparchontos toy exe- rethizontos aytoys, alla taes en aytois alogias to thrasos empoioysaes kae taen ep' oydeni tohn deontohn ormaen. % Ina- ti % oyn % ephryaxan ethnae kai laoi emeletaesan kena [Ps2,1!] %; % Ethnae kai laoys [Ps2,1] %, eite toys aytoys phaesi, toys /Israaelitas, eite toys peri /Aerohdaen ohs ethnikoys, kai % laoys [Ps2,1] % toys /Ioydaioys dexai to legomenon. Kalohs de prosethaeken % kena [Ps2,1] %: eis oyden gar aytois eteleytaesen ae tosaytae dramatoyrgia. Saphesteron de en tois exaes ton /Aerodaen ainittetai kai ton /Pilaton epilegohn: % Parestaesan oi basileis taes gaes kai oi archontes synaechthaesan epi to ayto [Ps2,2a-b] %. To % Parestaesan [Ps2,2a] % anti toy eaytoys pros toyto aphohri- san legei, ohs kai o /Paylos: % Parastaesate ta sohmata ymohn

thysian zohsan agian eyareston [Rom12,1] % anti toy aphorisate ta sohmata ymohn. % Kata toy kyrioy kai kata toy christoy aytoy [Ps2,2c] %. Edeixen entaytha oti o eis ton /Christon paranomohn kai eis ton kyrion, oyden elatton plaemmelei kai eis ton eaytoy patera. Ti oyn legontes oytoi pantes synaethroisthaesan; Kat' elleipsin gar toy legontes keitai entaytha ae dianoia ohs kai pollachoy taes graphaes kathohs kai proiontes deixo- men. Epagei: % {...} %

% {Psalmos G~} % O tritos psalmos akoloython echei taen epigraphaen. Esti gar taes ypotheseohs taes kata ton /Abesalohm, opaenika oy monon aytos o /Abesalohm epanestae toh patri, alla kai di' ekeinon apantes oi toh /Abesalohm proskeimenoi kai echthrainontes toh /Dayeid: oyde gar enechohrei en tosoytoh chronoh basileias mae kai echthroys echein kai phthonoyntas eth' ote. Enteythen kai oytohs archetai toy psalmoy: % Kyrie, ti eplaethynthaesan oi thlibontes me [Ps3,2a] %; Oyde gar estin eni, phaesi, pros me o polemos, alla pollois. Othen epagei: % Polloi epanistantai ep' eme [Ps3,2b] %. Kai to chalepohteron:

% Polloi legoysi tae psychae moy: Oyk esti sohtaeria aytoh en toh theoh aytoy [Ps3,3] %. Oy gar oytoh moi, phaesi, pikron o ap' aytohn polemos ohs ae yponoia taes ormaes: logizontai gar mae synaethohs boaethei- sthai me para aytoy. % {...} %

% {Psalmos D~} % O tetartos psalmos elegchos esti tohn apronoaeta ta onta ypolambanontohn. Poeitai de tas apodeixeis o maka- rios /Dayeid ek tohn kath' eayton kai ek tohn koinohn pragmatohn. Ypotithetai gar to eaytoy prosohpon entaytha dikaion kai osion ina, osohn an deixae tygchanonta eayton, tosoytohn apodeixae pantas omoiohs toys osioys apolayon- tas, kai synagagae ek toytoy megiston taes pronoias esti to mae pantas omoiohs kai amartohloys kai dikaioys tohn omoiohn axioysthai, all' ekaston kata taen axian apolayein taes epopsias toy theoy, epeiper to pantas omoiohs apolayein tohn aytohn oyketi pronoias aen, alla sygchyseohs kai adiakrisias. Oytoh men oyn ek tohn kath' eayton: apo de tohn koinohn palin ohde, oti pasan tohn anthrohpohn taen physin ex archaes endea katestaese kai oyk aytarkae, oyde zoharkae, alla deisthai taes exohthen epeisodioy trophaes pepoike, taes kai sygkrotoysaes to zohon kai eis to einai katechoysaes, eohs an toh daemioyrgoh dokae. Epilexamenos oyn ta anagkaiotera taes anthrohpinaes trophaes tetheiken ayta ohs toy theoy pasin aphthonohs choraegoyntos, siton phaemi kai oinon kai elaion, kai peiratai deiknynai oti pronoias aen megistaes to choraegein aei tois deomenois tayta ohn en chreia pros taen toy einai aytarkeian kai diamonaen oi ontes eisi. Saphestera de apanta poiaesei ae kata lexin ermaeneia.

Epigegraptai de o psalmos oytos: % Eis to telos, en ymnois: psalmos ohdae toy /Dayeid [Ps4,1] %. Kai ypomnaesate eaytoys eipontos moy ex archaes oti oi tas epigraphas tohn psalmohn themenoi taes toytohn ennoias estochasanto kai pae men epetychon, pae de kai apetychon. Entaytha oyn mallon phainontai epitychontes, ohs emoi dokei, ymnon kalesantes ton psalmon toyton ton periechonta toys peri taes pronoias logoys. Kai gar estin, ohs alaethohs, ymnos toy theoy kai doxa to pepeisthai pantas anthrohpoys epopteyesthai kai pronoeisthai par' aytoy ta kat' aytoys. Prooimiois men oyn oyk eiohthen ae theia graphae kechraesthai. Tayta gar kata meros ae epistaemae tohn raetorohn epeisaenegken, ohste taen akoaen epagogohn poeisthai pros ta mellonta legesthai: ae de theia graphae technaes anohtera tygchanoysa ex aytohn archetai tohn pragmatohn. Dia toyto kantaytha, ohs pros antilegontas, eythys en archae ek toy prohtoy stichoy apokrinetai kai phaesin: % En toh epikaleisthai me eisaekoyse moy o theos taes dikaiosynaes moy [Ps4,2a] %. Ohsei tinohn antilegontohn kai phaskontohn mae melein toh theoh tohn prattomenohn entaytha, maede eisakoyein ayton tohn epikaloymenohn, dia toyto eythys oion antilegei kai aytos aytois phaskohn oti emoy pollakis epikalesamenoy eisaekoy- sen: eisaekoyse de dikaiohs aitoyntos. To gar % taes dikaio- synaes moy [Ps4,2a] % entaytha oy taes kata ton bion legei, alla taes kata taen aitaesin, saemainohn oti tohn men dikaiohs aitoyntohn tina tachys epaekoos eyrisketai. Ohn de esth' ote oyk eisakoyei, oytoi eaytois aitioi ginontai toy mae eisakoye-

sthai dia to mae dikaia pantohs aitein maede sympheronta. To de eaytoy prosohpon ypotitheitai entaytha perilambanohn pantas toys toiaytaen echontas gnohmaen, dikaian te phaemi kai osian: eita boylomenos deixai poia estin ae dikaia aitaesis, tas men allas aphiaesi pollas oysas, apo mias de tinos pasas charaktaerizei tas dikaias aitaeseis. Ti gar epagei; % En thlipsei eplatynas moi [Ps4,2b] %. Taes thlipseohs toinyn eidae dyo: ae gar eaytoys dia dyspragias peripeiromen thlipsesi kai odynais, ae akontes peripiptomen. All' ae men protera thlipsis ypomonaen opheilei kai karterian echein, eidotohn tohn ypomenontohn ohs oyden tohn para toy theoy deinon, all' aytoi therizoysin oikothen kai par' eaytohn as espeiran akanthas: ae de dikaia aitaesis estin epi taes deyteras thlipseohs ae peripiptomen akontes ae ypo laestohn kratoymenoi pollakis, ae nayagia ypomenontes, ae plaesiazontes thanatoh di' arrohstias, en ois pasin ae dikaia aitaesis charan echei, yper ohn kai martyretai o /Dayeid oti pollakis empesohn akoysia thlipsei kai deaetheis toy theoy, oy monon errysthaen, alla kai dapsilesteras etychon taes pronoias. Toyto gar saemainei ton platysmon: epeiper ae men thlipsis synagei taen psychaen kai systellei, ae de anesis kai ae chara eyrynei kai diachei. Kalae de kai ae apostrophae. En men gar toh proteroh stichoh tois antile- goysi dialegetai, en de toh deyteroh metabasei chraetai kai toh theoh omilei, deiknys oti oy pseydetai eph' ois legei: oy gar an meta parraesias dielechthae toh panta eidoti theoh. Eita epagei: % Oikteiraeson me kai eisakoyson taes proseychaes moy [Ps4,2c] %. Enaellaktai palin entaytha o chronos: boyletai gar eipein oti ohkteiraesas me kai eisaekoysas taes proseychaes moy:

peripesonta gar tais thlipsesi tais akoysiois aeleaesas kai eboaethaesas. Tayta dialechtheis pros ton theon strephei palin ton logon pros toys anoaetoys kai phaesin: % Yioi anthrohpohn, eohs pote barykardioi; Inati agapate mataiotaeta kai zaeteite pseydos [Ps4,3] %; Toy theoy oyn, phaesin, etoimohs epamynontos kai boaethoyn- tos tois dikaian poioymenois taen aitaesin, tinos eneken ymeis barynete tas kardias ymohn kai sklaerynete oion sidaeron ae lithon, ekontes empiptontes epi ta mataia kai epi ta pseydae; % Pseydos [Ps4,3] % gar aen to legein mae pronoein ton theon, kai logismoy % mataiotaes [Ps4,3] % to nomizein mae empopteyein ton kritaen. Egginetai de oytos o logismos tois amartanoysi synechohs: oiontai gar mae dohsein dikas, ekballontes syn tae pronoia kai taen toy kritoy taxin. All' oyk esti, phaesi, toyto, oyk esti: toynantion de peisthaete: poion toyto; % {...} %

% {Psalmos E~} % Toh pemptoh psalmoh epigegraptai: % Eis to telos, yper taes klaeronomoysaes: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps5,1] %. Kai nomizoysi tines ek toytoy ek prosohpoy taes Ekklaesias eiraesthai ton psalmon, kai malista epeidaeper tinohn men ekbolaen maenyei, tinohn de anteisagohgaen. % Andra % gar, phaesin, % aimatohn bdelys- setai kyrios. Egoh de en toh plaethei toy eleoys soy eiseleysomai eis ton oikon soy, proskynaesoh pros naon agion

soy en phoboh soy [Ps5,7b-8!] %. Kai ypolambanetohsan oytohs ois aedonae esti ta toiayta nomizein, kai psychagohgeitohsan eaytoys ois oyk estin en spoydae tas alaetheis apodeixeis ekdechesthai: alla dei ton kath' istorian ermaeneyonta kai taes alaetheias maeden protiman kai mae kohlyein toys ethelontas ek tohn toioytohn paramytheisthai. Kataleipsas oyn noein ohs boylon- tai tois epithymoysin oytohs ermaeneyein ton psalmon, aytos taen kath' istorian, kai ohs parelabon, ermaeneian poiaesomai, abiastoy taes lexeohs eyriskomenaes par' aemin, ohs oimai, mallon ae par' ekeinois tois allachoy taen ypothesin apokomi- zoysin. Estin oyn ae kath' istorian ermaeneia aytae: /Babyloh- niakos estin oytos. Eipon gar en archae diaphoroys einai tas aitias kath' as synetethaesan oi /Babylohniakoi psalmoi. Entaytha oyn ek prosohpoy toy laoy legei toy ontos en aichmalohsia kai ohphelaethentos men apo tohn symphorohn, deomenoy de epanelthein kai ta oikeia katalabein kai epaggellomenoy beltioysthai toy loipoy kai maete eidohlois eti prosechein, all' achohristohs diatribein toh naoh kai eidenai men ohs ae kakia taen aichmalohsian proexenaesen, ae de aretae kai ae metameleia taen epanodon kai taen beltiohsin. Kai dia toyto oytohs archetai: % Ta raemata moy enohtisai, kyrie, synes tae kraygae moy: prosches tae phohnae taes deaeseohs moy [Ps5,2-3a] %. To ayto legei triton. Ekkaiomenoy de estin peri to aitoymenon ae taytologia: oi gar sphodra epithymoyntes tinos oy paraitoyntai pollakis to ayto legein. % O basileys moy kai o theos moy: oti pros se proseyxomai, kyrie [Ps5,3b-c] %. Toyto aedae ohphelaemenohn esti kai epaggellomenohn pleiona beltiohsin. Oy gar eti, phaesi, tois eidohlois prosexoh: epegnohn gar oti sy moy ei basileys kai sy o theos: kai oyk ep' alloh tini tas deaeseis poiaesomai tas emas.

% To prohi eisakoysae taes phohnaes moy, to prohi parastae- somai soi kai epopsae me [Ps5,4] %. Ethos echei kalein ae graphae % prohi [Ps5,4] % to tachos. Boyletai oyn eipein oti tacheohs epakoysae moy kai poiaeseis me parastaenai soi en toh naoh soy en /Ieroysalaem epi toh optanesthai soi. Epeidae gar epegnoh ton theon ton alaethi- non, eikotohs epaegagen oti o de toioytos theos kai tacheohs eisakoyei kai oxeian parechei taen antilaepsin oy kohpheyohn kata ta eidohla, oyde nohthran tina, mallon de oydaminaen poiohn tohn deomenohn taen paraklaesin. Prosestin oyn toh alaethinoh theoh kai to boaethein tois dikaiohs apaitoymenois dikas. Othen epagei: % {...} %

% {Psalmos Q~} % Ton ekton psalmon, epigegrammenon: % Eis to telos, en ymnois, yper taes ogdoaes: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps6,1] %, oyde noaesai esti kai toys men graohdeis mythoys tohn allaegoraetohn entaytha pherein eis meson oyk anagkaion. Taen gar ogdoaen ekeinoi pros taen arithmaetikaen anapherontes kai schaematizon- tes ohs ae epistaemae ekeinae boyletai, katagaeraskein poioysi toys anaginohskontas peri toys artioys kai toys perittoys arithmoys aytoys katatribontes. Ekeina oyn oyde legein kalon. Oi de semnoteron taen ogdoaen noaesantes taen kyriakaen ephasan ohs kai prohtaen oysan aytaen kai ogdoaen aemeran. Ei de oytohs eiae, oyde oytohs egoh synidein dynamai, ti pote oych ymnohn esti periektikos o psalmos, all' exomolohaeseohs kai exagoreyseohs amartias kai deaesis apallagaes epikeimenohn symphorohn, kaitoi ge taes epigraphaes echoysaes %en ymnois: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps6,1] %. Dia tayta oyn panta taen epigraphaen easantes aemeis tois katastochazesthai boylomenois aytaes, taen alaethae toy psalmoy ypothesin ekthae- sometha. Esti de aytae: eiraenaetai toh makarioh /Dayeid eidikoi

psalmoi yper taes amartias taes kata taen /Baersabee, pae men omologian echontes toy plaemmelaematos kai exagoreysin, pae de aitaesin apallagaes tohn symphorohn tohn dia taen amartian epenechtheisohn aytoh. Ohs gar eysebaes anaer, epeidae anthroh- pinon ti ypemeine kai periepesen amartia diplae kai barytatae, pasan thlipsin kai pasan odynaen taes psychaes kai pasan symphoran epiginomenaen aytoh anepheren eis taen taes amartias aitian, kai eginonto aytoh ai pleioys thlipseis aphormai pleionos eylabeias. Eis oyn esti tohn toioytohn kai ode o ektos psalmos. Meth'osaes de taes diatheseohs exomolo- geitai toh theoh kai deetai, ek taes kata stichon ermaeneias eisetai tis akribesteron. % Kyrie, mae toh thymoh soy elegxaes me, maede tae orgae soy paideysaes me [Ps6,2] %. Entaytha oy to pathein paraiteitai, alla meta tohn plaegohn taen eymeneian aitei toy kritoy ina ae to apotele- sma tohn thlipseohn sohphronismos kai beltiohsis kai mae dikaes eispraxis: epeiper o men sohphronizohn metroh taen timohrian epagei, o de thymon therapeyohn kai orgaen apheidohs plaettei kai aphilanthrohpohs. Eis osaen de praotaeta ton dikastaen ekkaleitai apo toy mae paraiteisthai to paschein eydaelon tois epistamenois: othen kai to exaes pros oikton estin epispohmenoy ton despotaen. Epagei gar: % Eleaeson me, kyrie, oti asthenaes eimi [Ps6,3a] %. Oyden gar, phaesin, echohn dikaion anteipein pros tas plaegas, ei mae taen astheneian, eleoy tychein deomai, maepote to sathron to emon ypernikaesasai ai symphorai mae eyrohsi

tina beltiohsin, phthasantos toy thanatoy emoy ton apo toy paschein sohphronismon. % Iasai me, kyrie, oti etarachthae ta osta moy, kai ae psychae moy etarachthae sphodra [Ps6,3b-4a] %. To ayto palin legei: ta de % osta moy [Ps6,3b] % otan legae, ae dynamis moy phaesi kai ae psychae moy. Prostithaesi de palin entaytha % sphodra [Ps6,4a] %, ta yper dynamin aitohn koyphisthaenai, oy ta kata dynamin paschein paraitoymenos. Oti gar taen epitasin ekklinai boyletai ek toy exaes saemainei phaskohn: % Kai sy, kyrie, eohs pote [Ps6,4b] %; Kai epiteineis, phaesi, kai chronizeis, despota, kai baryneis eti, ohs aedae toys logismoys toys emoys exasthenein: toyto gar legei anohteroh: % Kai ae psychae moy etarachthae sphodra [Ps6,4a] %. % Epistrepson, kyrie, rysai taen psychaen moy, sohson me eneken toy eleoy soy [Ps6,5] %. Philanthrohpos chraesai moi, phaesin, oyk epeidae axios egoh, all' epeidae soi prosaekei toioytoh onti toiayta parechein. % {...} %

% {Psalmos Z~} % % Psalmos toh /Dayeid, on aenese toh kyrioh yper tohn logohn /Choysi yioy /Iemenae [Ps7,1] %. Aytae toy ebdomoy psalmoy ae epigraphae. Dokei de moi kalohs echein: oy gar pantachoy aestochaesan oi epigrapsantes, kathohs eiraetai, all' estin opoy taen alaethae epoiaesanto epigraphaen kathohs kai en toytoh. Aeise gar toyton ton psalmon o maka- rios /Dayeid yper taes symboylias taes toy /Choysi epikratae- sasaes kai poiaesasaes ex anthrohpohn genesthai ton /Achitophel. Epeidae gar o /Abessalohm, o toy /Dayeid yios, katexanestae taes basileias toy patros kai epekrataese taes te /Ieroy- salaem kai tohn basileiohn tohn aytothi kai tohn gynaikohn toy patros aytoy, o /Achitophel syneboyleysen epi nearois eti tois katorthohmasi prostethaenai kai taen diohxin taen kata

toy /Dayeid prin ae to phronaema toy laoy yporreysei toh chronoh, kai o /Choysi parelthohn oy tayta ephaesen einai kala ta boyleymata, chraenai de dedoikenai taen astochian, ohs taes toy /Dayeid empeirias taes peri polemoys ikanaes oysaes dienegkein kai apokroysasthai ta prospiptonta. Kai aere- sen ae symboylae toy /Choysi mallon yper taen toy /Achito- phel, epeidae toyto edokei toh theoh. Ek taytaes taes aitias o /Achitophel ohs pareydokimaetheis eayton diechraesato. Ina oyn tayta genaetai kai epikrataesohsin oi toy /Choysi logoi, deetai toy theoy o /Dayeid kai phaesin: % Kyrie o theos moy, epi soi aelpisa, sohson me [Ps7,2a-b] %. Eisetai de tis taen istorian akribesteron tae bibloh tohn /Basileiohn epimelohs entychohn. % Kyrie o theos moy, epi soi aelpisa, sohson me [Ps7,2a-b] %. O men yios, phaesin, o emos plaethesi tharrei kai oplois kai ippois kai pro pantohn toh thrasei tohn met' aytoy kai tae aponoia: egoh de epi soi monoh elpizoh toh dynamenoh oy monon ekeinoy me apallaxai, alla kai pantohn tohn synepi- tithemenohn moi met' aytoy. Othen epagei: % Ek pantohn tohn diohkontohn me kai rysai me [Ps7,2b] %. Eita, deiknys to ischyron kai to dynaton toy /Abessalohm, eaytoy de kai tohn met' aytoy to tapeinon, epipherei: % Maepote arpasae ohs leohn taen psychaen moy, mae ontos lytroymenoy maede sohzontos [Ps7,3] %. Eita prostithaesi tae aitaesei kai to eylogon:

% Kyrie o theos moy, ei epoiaesa toyto [Ps7,4a] %. Kalohs % toyto [Ps7,4a] %: deiktikohs gar ayto legei anti toy o paschoh, ei epoiaesa toh pro emoy basilei. % Ei estin adikia en chersi moy [Ps7,4b] %. Ei aedikaesa, phaesi, kai aerpasa basileian alloh prosaekoy- san. % Ei antapedohka tois antapodidoysi moi kaka [Ps7,5a] %. Ei mae kata to enantion, phaesi, kai dikaias amynaes kreittohn ephanaen: exon gar eyronti ton epiboyleyonta dikaian epagagein taen amynan, oyk aethelaesa: ei oyn mae kai achri toy panta ypomeinai enekarteraesa yper toy mae parabaenai soy toys nomoys, ti; % Apopesoimi ara apo tohn echthrohn moy kenos [Ps7,5b] %. Apraktos, phaesi, genoimaen kagoh eis toys nyn echthroys, kai oy monon apraktos, alla kai pathoimi par' aytohn, phaesin, osa epithymoysin eis eme idein. Epagei gar: % {...} %

% {Psalmos H~} % % Eis to telos, yper tohn laenohn: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps8,1] %. Oydemian eggytaeta echei ta raemata toy psalmoy toytoy pros taen epigegrammenaen ypothesin. Ina gar kai doiae tis einai yper tohn laenohn to yper taes sygkomidaes tohn karpohn, toytesti taes ampeloy, oyde oytoh synoroh ti pote boylomenos tohn men allohn emnaemoneysen ohs ypo taen archaen ontohn kai taen exoysian taen anthrohpinaen, peteinohn kai tetrapodohn kai erpetohn, aytoy de malista oyk e-

mnaemoneyse toy zaetoymenoy karpoy. Dioper aphentes aemeis tas toiaytas terthreias kai phlyarias epi taen aitian toy psalmoy taen alaethae chrohsohmen. Estin oyn ymnos dia toy makarioy /Dayeid eiraemenos kat' energeian toy pneymatos eis ton theon logon genomenon anthrohpon. Toyto gar kai aytos o kyrios edeixe polla tohn raetohn eklysas en tisi kairois taes enanthrohpaeseohs kai malista ekeino to % Ek stomatos naepiohn kai thaelazontohn kataertisoh ainon [Ps8,3acfMt21,16] %. Toyto kai ep' aytohn edeichthae tohn pragmatohn, opaenika kai to ieron katalabohn o kyrios met' eyphaemiohn prepoysohn theoh, meta to epitimaesai toys /Ioydaioys dia phthonon tois prattoysi kala kai krazoysi, deiknys o kyrios ohs enon aytoh boylomenoh mae aettaethaenai taes tohn ponaerohn kakias, kekinae- ke theia tini energeia ta brephae ta ypomazia legein toys toioytoys ymnoys, atina taes men epitimaeseohs taes /Ioydaikaes oyk aesthaneto dia to taes aelikias ateles, ypo de taes theias energeias kinoymena ephtheggonto ton ymnon, ohste loipon eis aporian katastantas toy ginomenoy ep' ayton trepsai ton kyrion taen mempsin kai phaesai pros ayton: oych oras ti oytoi poioysi; ton de kyrion eipein: % nai [Mt21,16] %. Pohs gar emellen arneisthai taen energeian o energohn; Tosoyton de apescheto toy epaggeilasthai payein ta brephae dia taen orgaen tohn /Ioydaiohn ohste kai to enantion epaggeilasthai ohs ei kai ta naepia siohpaesohsin, oper oyn adynaton, meizon aytois deixei thayma to paraskeyasai kai toys lithoys kai ta apsycha apanta anaphthegxasthai kai ekboaesai toy parontos

taen doxan. Kai tayta men oytohs: ei de proiohn o psalmos oion ton katholikon ypainittetai anthrohpon dia toy legein oti % Panta ypetaxas ypokatoh tohn podohn aytoy [Ps8,7b] % kai apari- thmaesasthai % probata kai boas apasas, eti de kai ta ktaenae toy pedioy [Ps8,8] % kai ta loipa, isteon oti malista men apo tohn merohn ta ola syssaemainei. Ei de o /Ioydaios biazomenos philoneikoiae mallon eis ton koinon legesthai anthrohpon, mae eis ton /Christon, kai oytoh gnohston estoh ohs para taen archaen dia toyto toh koinoh anthrohpoh panta ypetagae ta toiayta, epeidae eikohn egeneto toy theoy logoy toy mellon- tos en ysterois ginesthai anthrohpoy, ohste pantachothen synagetai ae to eis ayton ton kyrion eiraesthai ton psalmon enanthrohpaesanta, ae to di' ayton legesthai tae eikoni tae aytoy. Oti de ae kata lexin ermaeneia kai akontas toys antilegontas synagei pisteyein oti eis ayton eiraetai ton enanthrohpaesanta kyrion, mathoi tis an ek taes synechoys tohn raematohn epaggelias. % Kyrie o kyrios aemohn, ohs thaymaston to onoma soy en pasae tae gae [Ps8,2a] %. O makarios /Dayeid estin o legohn pros ton kyrion enanthrohpaesanta ohs prohton men pasa ae gae epignohsetai to mystaerion kai thaymasei: kai gar enanthrohpaesas apo gaes arxato taes theosaemasias: kai epeidae meta tayta kai eis oyranoys anelaephthae meta taes oikeias sarkos, tae taxei tohn pragmatohn epomenos kai o prophaetaes epagei: % Oti epaerthae ae megaloprepeia soy yperanoh tohn oyranohn [Ps8,2b] %. Arxamenae gar, phaesin, apo gaes ae doxa soy yperanebae

toys oyranoys % ina plaerohsae ta panta [Eph4,10] %. Ti de malista taes doxaes aytoy saemeion epi gaes megiston katestae; % Ek stomatos naepiohn kai thaelazontohn kataertisoh ainon [Ps8,3a] %. Tina men gar tohn allohn thaymatohn, phaesin, esth' ote kai epi allohn egeneto prophaetohn: to de phohnaen enarthron dia glohssohn paidikohn, di' organohn atelohn anapemphthaenai, yperairoysan eis synesin kai tohn teleiohn taen aisthaesin, nyn prohton eiden ae physis, epeidae kai nyn prohton theias epidaemias aestheto. % Eneka tohn echthrohn soy, toy katalysai echthron kai ekdikaetaen [Ps8,3b-c] %. Epoieis de, phaesi, panta tayta ep' opsesi tohn echthrohn soy, tohn /Ioydaiohn, in' odynohntai pleon orohntes a mae boylon- tai: kai katelyeto ek toy genomenoy echthros kai ekdikaetaes. Echthros men gar aen o /Ioydaios toy nomoy kata to alaethes, paronta ton nomothetaen oy dechomenos: ekdikaetaes de omohs aytoy prosepoieito einai. % {...} %

% {Psalmos Th~} % % Eis to telos, yper tohn kryphiohn toy yioy: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps9,1] %. Oi epigrapsantes taen epigraphaen toy enatoy psalmoy toyto aeboylaethaesan saemanai oti eycharistian periechei o psalmos yper ohn o theos echarisato kalohn toh laoh, ex ohn aytos aepistato monos, oy labohn syntimon taes philotimias: % yion [Ps9,1] % gar entaytha ton laon tohn /Israaelitohn ohnomasen. Oti de kryphia toy theoy kalein eiohthen ae graphae ta par' aytoy agatha, a tois anthrohpois oyk aen egnohsmena pro toytoy, daelon, ohs kai en toh pentaekostoh psalmoh phaskei o laos: % Ta adaela kai ta kryphia taes sophias soy edaelohsas moi [Ps50,8b] %. Kakei gar boyletai eipein oti nomoys kai diataxeis echarisoh toh laoh soy, as anthrohpoi proteron oyk eginohskon. Oper oyn elegomen, ei kai asaphohs periechei ae epigraphae tohn epigrapsantohn, all' omohs dokei tae alaethinae ennoia proseggizein, plaen echein oy toy paraleleimmenoy,

oti eis dyo oytos o enatos diaeraetai psalmos par' /Ebraiois, kai eoiken alaethes einai. Dyo gar phainetai ypotheseis echohn ode o psalmos: ta men gar protera aytoy periechei eycharistian yper ohn o theos paradoxohs tohn perioikohn kai tohn polemiohn elytrohsato aytoys kata diaphoroys kairoys: to de eteron meros toy psalmoy emphainei kataegorian tohn ploysiohn kathyperaephaneyomenohn tohn penaetohn toy laoy: kai estin ae archae toy deyteroy meroys aytae: % Inati, kyrie, aphestaekas makrothen; Yperoras en eykairiais en thlipsesin. En toh yperaephaneyesthai ton asebae empyrizetai o ptohchos [Ps9,22-23b] %. Ohste para tois /Ebraiois kai dyo psalmoys arithmeisthai ton par' aemin enaton toyton phaemi. Plaeroytai de o arithmos tohn ekaton pentaekonta, kathohs ephamen aedae, taytae, oti aemeis ton prohton kai ton deyteron psalmon dyo arithmoymen, /Ebraioi de ena toys amphoteroys, ohsper to anapalin entaytha aemeis men ena toyton oidamen ton enaton, ekeinoi de dyo. Kai anaplaeroi toy prohtoy kai toy deyteroy taen enohsin ae toytoy toy enatoy diairesis. Ae de kata lexin ermaeneia saphesteron poiaesei a legoh. Ei de tines oiontai % yion [Ps9,1] % akoyontes entaytha ton despotaen /Christon legesthai, malista men oyk ea ta exaes toyto noein: polemiohn gar memnaetai kai oplohn kai apallagaes kai ethnohn tyrannikohn o prophaetaes. Ei de tis metaphorikohs opla kai echthroys kai ethnae toys daimonas onomazei, kai apallagaen toytohn einai phaesi taen toy /Christoy paroysian, theohraematikohteron men o toioytos isohs exaegaesetai, kai oy kohlyomen, aemeis de aytohn tohn pragmatohn kai aytaes taes alaetheias oyden protimohmen. % Exomologaesomai soi, kyrie, en olae kardia moy [Ps9,2a] %.

Eycharistaesoh soi, phaesin, ek toy bathoys taes dianoias. Ti de to eidos taes eycharistias; % Diaegaesomai panta ta thaymasia soy [Ps9,2b] %. Kai gar eiohthasin oi eycharistoyntes diaegeisthai ta eidae kai tas aitias taes eycharistias. % Eyphranthaesomai kai agalliasomai en soi [Ps9,3a] %. Poiaesoh de toyto, phaesin, oych ohs prostagma plaerohn, all' eyphrainomenos epi toh pragmati kai chairohn: toiaytais gar eycharistiais aedetai to theion, otan ohsin ai eycharistiai taes aytexoysiotaetos karpos kai oyk anagkaes tinos ekplaerohsis. % Psaloh toh onomati soy, ypsiste [Ps9,3b] %. To ayto palin legei. Yper tinos oyn eycharisteis eipe. % En toh apostraphaenai ton echthron moy eis ta opisoh [Ps9,4a] %. Epeiper, phaesi, toys echthroys moy phygadas katestaesas ohste kata nohtoy ballesthai. % Asthenaesoysi kai apoloyntai apo prosohpoy soy [Ps9,4b] %. To % Asthenaesoysi [Ps9,4b] % anti toy epeiper aesthenaesan legei: chronos gar anti chronoy enaellaktai. Epagei gar: % Oti epoiaesas taen krisin moy kai taen dikaen moy, {ekathisas epi thronoy, o krinohn dikaiosynaen} [Ps9,5] %. Edikasas moi, phaesin, epi toy thronoy toy oikeioy kathisas basilikohs kai dikasas kai katagnoys tohn enan- tiohn. Ti oyn pepoiaekas, despota, kathisas epi toy thronoy kai dikasas; % {...} %

% {Psalmos I~} % % Eis to telos: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps10,1a] %. Ek prosohpoy eaytoy ton psalmon toyton o /Dayeid eipen, opaenika ediohketo ypo toy /Saoyl. Kai epeidae synechohs apaeggelleto aytoh metabainein ek topoy eis topon, ohs toy /Saoyl mellontos ephestanai tois topois entha ekrypteto, phaesi pros aytoys toys phygadeyontas ayton: % Epi toh kyrioh pepoitha. Pohs ereite tae psychae moy: Metanasteyoh epi ta orae ohs stroythion [Ps10,1b-c] %; Ei kai anagkaia, phaesin, ae metanastasis, plaen eidenai chrae oti oyk apo toytohn elpizoh exein taen sohtaerian, aph' ohn epanistamai synechohs, all' epi toh theoh pepoitha os en panti topoh dynatai paraschein taen sohtaerian. To gar % Pohs ereite tae psychae moy [Ps10,1b] % anti toy pohs moy egkeleyesthe legei. % Oti idoy oi amartohloi eneteinan toxon [Ps10,2a] %. Ohsanei tohn anaggellontohn kai toyto legontohn dein ayton synechohs metanistasthai dia to toys epiboyleyontas

pasan idean thanatoy eskeyasmenaen echein. Apo gar % toy toxoy [Ps190,2a] % kai % tohn belohn [Ps190,2b] % pasas legei tas epiboylas. Othen epipherei: % Aetoimasan belae eis pharetran, toy katatoxeysai en skotomaenae toys eytheis tae kardia [Ps10,2b-c] %. % En skotomaenae [Ps10,2c] % anti toy ohs en skotomaenae. Skotomaenae de estin ae aselaenos nyx. Skotomaenae oyn to skotos to aselaenon. Achri toytoy ta raemata eipohn tohn parai- noyntohn aytoh taen metanastasin, aytos loipon epagei pros ton theon: % Oti a sy kataertisoh, aytoi katheilon [Ps10,3a] %. Anti toy ta gar sa erga katalyein speydoysi tropon tina di' emoy. A gar sy en emoi kateirgasoh, toytestin oti me echrisas kai eytrepizeis me eis basileian, kathelein oytoi speydoysi kai akyrohsai tas sas boylas, to ge ep' aytois. % O de dikaios ti epoiaesen [Ps10,3b] %; Anti toy egoh de oyden phaylon eis ayton eirgasamaen ton /Saoyl, kai kata toyto ekeinoy eimi dikaioteros paschohn adikohs par' aytoy. Dia toyto oyn, phaesin, eimi axios toy tychein taes boaetheias taes para soy toy theoy toy katoikoyntos kai en toh naoh kai en toh oyranoh. Epagei gar: % Kyrios en naoh agioh aytoy: kyrios, en oyranoh o thronos aytoy [Ps10,4a-b] %. Kai o ti toyto boyletai eipein epagei: % Oi ophthalmoi aytoy eis ton penaeta apoblepoysin [Ps10,4c] %. Anti toy ephoras ek toy oyranoy kai ek toy naoy soy ton penaeta kai ton aprostateyton epi toh boaethaesai toh toioytoh.

% Ta blephara aytoy exetazei toys yioys tohn anthrohpohn [Ps10,4d] %. Anti toy diakrisin poieitai tohn prakteohn eneka ohn te paschei adikohs, ohn te poiei endikohs. % Kyrios exetazei ton dikaion kai ton asebae [Ps10,5a] %. Anti toy epistatai gar ekastoy taen praxin. % O de agapohn taen adikian misei taen eaytoy psychaen [Ps10,5b] %. Soy oyn, phaesi, toy theoy toiaytaen echontos gnohmaen peri toys ta toiayta prattontas, o tae adikia symprattohn, ohs eoiken, agnoei misohn eayton. Ti gar ginetai epi tohn toioytohn; % Epibrexei epi amartohloys pagidas: pyr kai theion kai pneyma kataigidos ae meris toy potaerioy aytohn [Ps10,6] %. Anohthen gar, phaesin, ek tohn ypsohmatohn tohn sohn epipem- peis aytois timohrias diaphoroys en ais pagideyontai kai oion ohs apo pyros analiskontai. % Pneyma [Ps10,6] % de % kataigidos [Ps10,6] % kalei dynamin eis adoy katagoysan. Aytae phaesin estin aytoh ae meris, oytos o klaeros. To gar % potaerion [Ps10,6] % entaytha ayton ton thanaton kalei, ohs kai o kyrios: % Pater, ei dynaton, parelthetoh ap' emoy to potaerion toyto [Mt26,39] % anti toy o thanatos kai o stayros. Dia de tayta oytohs o theos poiei epi toys aseboyntas kai adikoyntas. Epagei gar: % Oti dikaios kyrios kai dikaiosynas aegapaesen, ey- thytaetas eide to prosohpon aytoy [Ps10,7] %. Dikaios gar yparchohn, phaesi, kai eythaes, oyk anechetai mae

oy toioytos phainesthai tois oy toiaytaen epideiknymenois taen gnohmaen. % {Psalmos IA~} % O endekatos psalmos taen epigraphaen echei: % Eis to telos, yper taes ogdoaes: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps11,1] %. % Ogdoaen [Ps11,1] % ethos tois /Ebraiois kalein aen nyn kaloymen kyriakaen. Epeidae gar en epta aemerais o taes ebdomados kyklos perigraphe- tai, taen meta taen ebdomaen kai ogdoaen kaloysi kai prohtaen. Saemainei oyn ae epigraphae ohs agathoy tinos yparxantos toh /Dayeid en mia aemera, aetis meta to sabbaton egeneto. All' oti men ai epigraphai oyk eisin alaetheis ek pollohn dedaelohtai, kai aemeis aisthanometha peritton poioyntes to pragma to ermaeneyein ta allokota: all' ina maede toyto agnoae o anaginohskohn, kai ayto toyto kath' oson oion te poioymen. Ae de alaethaes ypothesis esti toy psalmoys aede: ek prosohpoy idioy legei toyton ton psalmon o makarios /Dayeid memphomenos toys ypokrinomenoys pros ayton phi- lian, diaballontas de ayton toh /Saoyl. Oi gar pleioys charizomenoi toh kratoynti epeirohnto logoys thaereyein para toy makarioy /Dayeid, philian ypokrinomenoi, in' echoien choh- ran diaballein ayton kai ek toytoy eydokimein par' aytoh. Toys toioytoys oyn aitiatai, kata koinoy men taen kataego- rian poioymenos dia to toy logoy anypopton, ekeinoys de eidikohs ainittetai toys toioytoys. Oyde gar pantas aetiato anthrohpoys, epeidaeper oyde enechohrei aytoh kathapax maede-

na kata to alaethes echein philon: eiche gar ton /Iohnathan kai ei tina toioyton. Alla di' aen eipon ypothesin, tinas men ainittetai, kata koinoy de toys logoys ekpherei. % Sohson me, kyrie, oti ekleloipen osios [Ps11,2a] %. % Osios [Ps11,2a] % entaytha anti toy eilikrinaes kai to taes philias dikaion akribohs diasohzohn. % Oti ohligohthaesan ai laetheiai apo tohn yiohn tohn anthrohpohn [Ps11,2b] %. % Ohligohthaesan ai alaetheiai [Ps11,2b] % anti toy apohleto kai aepha- nistai ae alaetheia apo tohn anthrohpohn, ohs tohn pollohn loipon kai airoymenohn kai philoyntohn ta pseydae dia to charizesthai toh kratoynti. % Mataia elalaesen ekastos pros ton plaesion aytoy [Ps11,3a] %. % Mataia [Ps11,3a] % anti toy epiblabae kai ypokriseohs peplaerohme- na, a lalei, phaesi, pros eme - toyto gar legei % pros ton plaesion aytoy [Ps11,3a] % _ ina, labomenoi moy logoy tinos, katamae- nysohsi toyton toh basilei. Othen epagei: % Cheilae dolia en kardia kai en kardia elalaesan kaka [Ps11,3b] %. % En kardia [Ps11,3b] % gar, phaesin, alla boyleyomenoi, dia tohn cheileohn etera prospheroysin, oion kolakika kai eyphaema: to de alaethes, phaesi, toiayta laloyntes peplaerohmenaen echoysi taen kardian ponaerias. % {...} %

% {Psalmos IB~} % % Eis to telos: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps12,1] %. % Eis to telos [Ps12,1] % anti toy peri tohn esomenohn legei: oyde toyto alaethes estin. Daelae gar estin ae toy psalmoy ypothesis: ek prosohpoy gar eiraetai aytoy toy /Dayeid, opaenika periepese ae kata taen /Baersabee amartia. Ex ekeinoy gar loipon panti peripiptohn chalepoh kai lypaeroh kai odynaeroh taen amartian aytaen epegrapheto aitian einai kaiper akoysas oti % kai kyrios % apheile % to amartaema soy [2Reg12,13!] %.

Taen men gar dohrean ohs para philanthrohpoy despotoy edexato, aytoh de enomize prosaekein mae epilanthanesthai toy plaemmelaematos, alla tosoyton epitetamenohs pros taen aretaen chohrein, kath' oson edei phylaxasthai mae eis oytoh agathon despotaen plaemmelaesai toioyton plaemmelaema. En de tois kata ton /Abesalohm malista peripesohn, egkataleipsin toy theoy to pragma oiomenos, malista aepistato taen amartian einai aitian. Deetai oyn toy theoy katallagaenai aytoh teleiohs kai mae apostaenai aytoy, koyphisai de to tohn symphorohn megethos baryteron yparchon taes toy ypomenon- tos ischyos. % Eohs pote kyrie, epilaesae moy eis telos; Eohs pote apostrepheis to prosohpon soy ap' emoy [Ps12,2] %; Ohs epi despotoy orgizomenoy kai oyde idein anechomenoy ton plaemmelaesanta doylon oytoh legei toyto. % Eohs tinos thaesomai boylas en psychae moy, odynas en kardia moy aemeras kai nyktos [Ps12,3a-b] %; Ean gar diallagaes moi, phaesin, apallatteis me toy boyleyesthai kai yponoein tas aitias tohn timohriohn, toyte- sti tas amartias aitines oy mikran moi parechoysi taen odynaen en toh boyleyesthai. % Eohs pote ypsohthaesetai o echthros moy ep' eme [Ps12,3c] %; Ekkopson oyn, phaesi, taen prokopaen toy kakoy kai ton echthron epi tosoyton megalaychoymenon kat' emoy payson emoi katallageis. % Epiblepson, eisakoyson moy, kyrie o theos moy: phohti- son toys ophthalmoys moy, maepote ypnohsoh eis thanaton [Ps12,4] %. % Thanaton [Ps12,4] % anti toy ohs eis thanaton legei. Epeidae gar, phaesin, ai symphorai kai ai thlipseis kai ton aelion ton en

pasi glykyn emoi skoteinon deiknyoysi kai amayron, eleytherohson me taes symphoras, in' idoh ta agatha ohs echei physeohs kai oych ohs ai thlipseis ypotithentai. % Maepote eipae o echthros moy: Ischysa pros ayton [Ps12,5a] %. Oyde gar o polemohn moi, phaesi, kai diohkohn me nomizei para soy moi ginesthai tayta, alla to pan tae eaytoy epigraphei dynasteia. % Oi thlibontes me agalliasontai ean saleythoh [Ps12,5b] %. % Saleythoh [Ps12,5b] % anti toy peritrapoh taes basileias legei. Eyphranthaesontai de, phaesi, kai oi echthroi, oti men tisis amartaematos esti, ta ginomena oy ginohskontes, taen oikeian de ischyn aitian einai tithemenoi. % Egoh de epi toh eleei soy aelpisa [Ps12,6a] %. All' egoh kakeinohn oytoh diakeimenohn taes saes philanthroh- pias oyk apostaesomai. To gar % aelpisa [Ps12,6a] % anti toy elpizohn oy paysomai legei: enaellaktai gar o chronos. Othen epagei: % Agalliasetai ae kardia moy epi toh sohtaerioh soy [Ps12,6b] %. Anti toy epi tae sohtaeria tae para soy moi parechomenae. % Asioh toh kyrioh toh eyergetaesanti me kai psaloh toh onomati kyrioy toy ypsistoy [Ps12,6c-d] %. Toytoy gar oytoh ginomenoy, phaesi, kai taes para soy sohtaerias paradoxohs moi didomenaes oy paysomai ton taes zohaes moy chronon oyte ymnohn ton eyergetaen, oyte psallohn toh philanthrohpoh.

% {Psalmos IG~} % % Eis to telos: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps13,1a] %. Palin entaytha % Eis to telos % anti toy eis ysteroys chronoys apobaesetai, phaesi, ta en tohde toh psalmoh. Esti de apesteilen ypopeisai toys taen /Ieroysalaem oikoyntas kai polemaesai kai aichmalohtos labein kai poiaesai doyloys toh basilei tohn /Assyriohn, toh /Senachaereim phaemi. Epeidae oyn o /Rapsakaes oytos, ohs o logos echei, ex /Ioydaiohn ypaerchen kai prostetheis toh /Senachaereim pantas eis asebeian ypere- baleto, ohs kai ayta deiknysin aytoy ta raemata: % Mae apatatoh % gar % ymas %, phaesin, % /Ezekias oti o theos ymohn rysetai ymas [Is36,18&2Par32,15!] %. Mae esohsan, phaesin oi alloi theoi ta ethnae aytohn, ina kai o theos ymohn rysetai ymas; Epeidae oyn ta toiayta epairomenos eblasphaemaesen, eikotohs phaesin: % Eipen aphrohn en kardia aytoy: Oyk esti theos [Ps13,1b] %: Ayton toyton ainittomenos ton /Rapsakaen phaesi kai toys met' aytoy pantas ohs oiomenoys ae mae einai theon, ae mae pronoein tohn oikeiohn. Thaymasai de axion taen charin taen epi toy /Dayeid, oti pro tosoytohn etohn oy monon ta pragmata proeipen, alla kai aytas tohn tote anthrohpohn tas enthymaeseis. % Eipen aphrohn en kardia aytoy: Oyk esti theos [Ps13,1b] %. Ti oyn apo toytoy;

% Diephtharaesan kai ebdelychthaesan en epitaedeymasin [Ps13,1c] %. Apo gar toy nomisai aytoys mae einai theon exedohkan eaytoys panti bdelyktoh kai ponaeroh epitaedeymati kai pasae oy chraestae ergasia. Epagei gar: % Oyk esti poiohn chraestotaeta, oyk estin eohs enos [Ps13,1d] %. Tayta o makarios /Paylos en tae pros /Rohmaioys exelaben ohs kata koinoy legomena peri pantos anthrohpoy, all' elaben men ayta ek taes theias graphaes ohs armozonta tois aytoy logois, oy maen aneile taen eidikaen toy psalmoy ypothesin. Idiohma gar estin graphikon ta epi tinohn eidikohs legomena ohs epi koinoy aoristohs eklambanein. Epagei oyn: % Kyrios ek toy oyranoy diekypsen epi toy yioys tohn anthrohpohn toy idein ei esti syniohn ae ekzaetohn ton theon [Ps13,2] %. All' oytoh, phaesin, apantes oi epelthontes aemin polemioi meta tou /Rapsakoy exoh pasaes katestaesan eysebeias kai alaetheias, ohste kai ayton ton theon agan ek toy oyranoy katidein kai ereynaesai ei eyrisketai tis en aytois aretaes epimeloymenos ae dikaiosynaes kai mae eyrein. Othen epagei: % Pantes exeklinan, ama aechreiohthaesan [Ps13,3a] %. All' epi to ayto phaesi pantas eyrein peri ta phayla taen spoydaen echontas. % Oyk esti poiohn chraestotaeta, oyk estin eohs enos [Ps13,3b] %. Ti gar diaprattontai epagei: % Taphos aneohgmenos o larygx aytohn [Ps13,3c] %. Anti toy megaloraemones eisin, axia thanatoy phtheggome- noi.

% Tais glohssais aytohn edolioysan [Ps13,3d] %. Doloy gar peplaerohmena raemata phtheggontai, eis thanaton elkysai boylomenoi toys peithomenoys. Ekeina gar malista toy /Rapsakoy ainittetai ta raemata di' ohn elege pros % toys kathaemenoys en toh teichei [Is36,12-16etc] % taes poleohs oti akoysate moy kai doyleysate toh basilei /Babylohnos, in' ekastos met' eyphro- synaes diagae ypo taen ampelon aytoy kai ypo taen sykaen aytoy: aper aen dolos kai kakoyrgia. % Ios aspidohn ypo ta cheilae aytohn [Ps13,3e] %. Oyden gar, phaesi, diephere ta toiayta raemata ioy aspidos blaberohtatoy thaerioy. % Ohn to stoma aras kai pikrias gemei [Ps13,3f] %. Oytoh, phaesin, aytohn to stoma kai oi logoi pollohn kakohn ypaerchon mestoi. % Oxeis oi podes aytohn ekcheai aima [Ps13,3g] %. Anti toy phonikoi eisin kai oxeis peri to phoneyein. % Syntrimma kai talaipohria en tais odois aytohn [Ps13,3h] %. Kai pasa, phaesi, praxis aytohn talaipohrias gemei kai syntribaes. % Kai odon eiraenaes oyk egnohsan [Ps13,3i] %. Praxin de, phaesin, eiraenikaen kai kalothelae oyte epetaedey- san eidenai, oyte aeboylaethaesan. Ti de to aition toytohn apantohn analambanei kai phaesin: % Oyk esti phobos theoy apenanti tohn ophthalmohn aytohn [Ps13,3j] %. Tayta de panta paraskeyazei aytoys epitaedeyein to mae pro ophthalmohn echein toy theoy ton phobon maede nomizein

Eythynaes ekaston apaitaethaesesthai ohn te politeyetai kai ohn epitaedeyei. % Oychi gnohsontai pantes oi ergazomenoi taen anomian, oi esthiontes ton laohn moy en brohsei artoy [Ps13,4] %; To % Oychi gnohsontai pantes [Ps13,4] % kath' ypothesin anagnohsteon kai kath' ypokrisin ae kai kata bebaiohsin. Boyletai gar eipein oti oi toioytoi oy mae mathohsin apo tohn pragmatohn opohs esti chalepon to adikein ton laon toy kyrioy, oi oytohs eisi peri aemas pikroi ohste anti brohmatos aemas kai artoy ethelein echein. % Ton kyrion oyk epekalesanto, ekei edeiliasan phoboh, oy oyk aen phobos [Ps13,5a] %. Epeidae oyn, phaesin, oion ohmoys aemas katapiein etoimoi eisi kai kyrion oyk echoysi pro ophthalmohn, aexei aytois phobos othen oy prosdokohsin. Prolegei gar kai taen genomenaen ep' aytois timohrian kai plaegaen taen ypo toy aggeloy. Tinos de eneka tayta, phaesi, ginetai peri aytoys; % Oti o theos en gena dikaiohn [Ps13,5b] %. Ina deixae, phaesin, o theos oti kaedetai tohn taes dikaio- synaes epimeloymenohn. % {...} %

% {Psalmos ID~} % Kai o tessareskaidekatos psalmos taes aytaes echetai ypotheseohs. Ohs gar apallagentohn tohn /Israaelitohn taes tohn polemiohn ephodoy dia taes kata ton basilea aretaes te kai theosebeias, o makarios /Dayeid, o sophia kechraemenos, parainesin kai ohpheleian prosagei toh laoh toiaytaen: dokei ton theon erohtan tines aei polemiohn apallattontai kai pasaes episymbainoysaes chalepotaetos, tines de adiaspaston exoysi taes /Ieroysalaem to kratos, kai tayta oion aytos erohtaesas, oikothen eisagei ton theon apokrinomenon oti ekeinoi monoi osoi aretaes epimeloyntai kai theosebeias ohsper /Ezekias kai oi met' aytoy pantes. Ikanae gar estin ae parainesis, otan eggythen kai oikothen to paradeigma tohn legomenohn o parainohn echae kai deiknyae. Aytos oyn en prooimiois erohta o /Dayeid:

% Kyrie, tis paroikaesei en toh skaenohmati soy ae tis kataskaenohsei en orei agioh soy [Ps14,1b-c] %; Anti toy tis oy peripeseitai aichmalohsia, oyde kindynoh polemiohn, oyde alloh tini chalepoh; Eita ephexaes, ohsanei toy theoy apokrinomenoy, epagei oti tis eteros ei mae o toioytos; % Poreyomenos amohmos kai ergazomenos dikaiosynaen [Ps14,2a] %. Ostis, phaesi, toy apemptoy taes politeias phrontizei kai toy dikaioy kath' oson oion te epimeleitai. % Lalohn alaetheian en kardia aytoy [Ps14,2b] %. Eita, ermaeneyohn ti estin % alaetheia %: % Os oyk edolohsen en glohssae aytoy oyde epoiaese toh plaesion aytoy kakon kai oneidismon oyk elaben epi toys eggista aytoy [Ps14,3] %. Ostis, phaesin, oyte xenoh kakon epoiaesen oyte idioh ohste oneidisthaenai oti oyde syggeneias epheisato: ton gar % eggista [Ps14,3] % pollachoy ton kata syggeneian synaptomenon phaesin. % Exoydenohtai enohpion aytoy ponaereyomenos, toys de phoboymenoys ton kyrion doxazei [Ps14,4a-b] %. Kai ostis, phaesi, toys ponaeroys, kan agan ohsi ploysioi, bdelyttetai, % toys de phoboymenoys ton kyrion doxazei [Ps14,4b] %, kan agan ohsin eyteleis kai penaetes, dia doxaes agei kai timaes. Skopaesai oyn dei pohs en tae dokoysae apokrisei toy theoy pasa aretaes didaskalia emphainetai. Boyletai gar ton anthrohpon epimeleisthai proteron theosebeias kai dikaio- synaes, eita apechesthai pantos ponaeroy pragmatos, kai meta toyto mae thaymazein ta prosohpa tohn ploysiohn, ean mae toh ploytoh synaeptai theosebeia: ypertiman de toys

penaetas, ei mae dia taen penian pros oligohrian metestaesan, all' emeinan epimeloymenoi eysebeias kai politeias. Boyletai de ton toioyton maede orkois epitrechein, ei de kai eis anagkaen katastaiae pote toy omosai, mae epiorkein. Epagei gar: % O omnyohn toh plaesion aytoy kai oyk athetohn [Ps14,4c] %. Eita didaskei oti chrae ton toioyton maede aplaeston einai kai tokoglyphon. Epagei gar: % To argyrion aytoy oy edohkein epi tokoh [Ps14,5a] %. Eti boyletai ton toioyton kai en toh dikazein orthotaetos epimeleisthai kai mae pros ta dohra apotyphloysthai. Epi- synaptei gar: % Kai dohra ep' Athohois oyk elaben [Ps14,5b] %. Anti toy oyk edexato dohra ohste ton athohon katadika- sai kai katakrinai. Kai epi pasi toytois epipherei ohs apo toy theoy omoiohs: % O poiohn tayta oy saleythaesetai eis ton aiohna [Ps14,5c] %. % {Psalmos IE~} % % Staelographia toh /Dayeid [Ps15,1] %. % Staelographia [Ps15,1] % legetai to ohs en staelae charaxai toys logoys toys epi eyergesia tinohn genomenoys: toyto monon epegrapsen. Esti de ae ypothesis aytae: ek prosohpoy toy laoy pantos legei, opaenika errysato aytoys o theos ek tohn perioikohn: epolemoyn gar aytois aei /Mohabitai kai /Ammanitai kai /Amalaekitai kai /Israaelitai. Epeidae oyn toys /Israaelitas paradoxohs men errysato toys allophy-

loys de timohria periebalen, eycharistaerios estin o psalmos ohs en staelae grapheis, othen kai % staelographia [Ps15,1] % eklaethae, kathohs eiraetai. Eoike de kata taen ypothesin toh enatoh psalmoh. % Phylaxon me, kyrie, oti epi soi aelpisa [Ps15,1b] %. To % Phylaxon [Ps15,1b] % anti toy ephylaxas legei: enaellaktai gar o chronos. Ephylaxas oyn me, phaesin, elpisanta epi soi kai pasan taen elpida themenon epi se. Epagei gar: % {...} %

% {Psalmos IH~} % Tohn psalmohn tohn epigegrammenohn: % Eis to telos: psalmos toh /Dayeid [Ps18,1] %, oi men saemainoysin oti pros gaeras aytoh elechthaesan, oi de oti peri esomenohn pragmatohn elechthaesan: tayta men oyn ai epigraphai. O de oktohkaide- katos oytos psalmos dogmatikos estin: ohsper gar o tetartos, dogmatikos yparchohn kakeinos, memphetai toys apronoaeta legontas einai ta onta, oytohs kai o parohn psalmos aitiatai toys aytomata legontas yphestanai ta onta: kai eisin oytoi tohn apronoaeta legontohn cheiroys. Oi men gar apronoaeta legontes oy pantohs kai aytomata legontohn eisi diaphorai pollai. Oi men gar kathapax arnoyntai tan pronoian, eteroi de mechris oyranoy perigraphoysi taytaen, eteroi de kai eohs tohn taes gaes pragmatohn kai toy koinoy

tohn anthrohpohn, oy maen kai toy kath' ekaston kai olohs. En ekeinois poikilae eyrisketai diaphora, en de tois aytomata legoysi mia kai omoia kathapax asebeia. Pantohn tohn toioytohn kratei to para maedenos gegenaesthai ta onta, all' aytomata paryphestanai. Epetai de toytoh anagkaiohs kai to maede pronoias ayta axioysthai. Toy pepoiaekotos gar mae omologoymenoy, daelon oti oyde o pronoohn eyrethae- setai kat' ekeinoys. Pros toys toioytoys oyn apoteinetai en tohde toh psalmoh o makarios /Dayeid mononoychi memphome- nos kai tropon tina daktylodeiktohn kai phaskohn: % Oi oyranoi diaegoyntai doxam theoy [Ps18,2a] %. Kai kalohs anti toy eipein to daemioyrgikon toy theoy kai to sophon kai to megaleion, epeidae tayta panta eis doxan syneteine theoy, apo tohn orohmenohn periplaeptikoh onomati panta omoiohs % doxan theoy [Ps18,2a] % ekalesen. % Poiaesin de cheirohn aytoy anaggellei to stereohma [Ps18,2b] %. Allo legei oyranon kai allo stereohma: akoloythei gar toh makarioh /Mohysae. Kai gar ekeinos eipen % en archae % gegenaesthai % ton oyranon kai taen gaen [Gen1,1!] %, kai tae deytera aemera epaenegke: % Kai eipen o theos: Genaethaetoh stereohma en mesoh toy ydatos kai estoh diachohrizon ana meson ydatos kai ydatos [Gen1,6] %, kai esaemanen allon einai ton proteron oyranon kai allon to stereohma, os kai aytos epeklaethae oyranos omohnymohs ekeinoh, o orohmenos kath' omoiotaeta toy mae orohmenoy, ohste koinohnein men ekeioh toy onomatos, oy pantohs de kai taes physeohs. Ei de ton oyranon o /Dayeid oyranoys ekalesen,

Kai toyto oy xenon taes graphaes oyde allotrion. Eiohthen gar en pollois ton ena plaethyntikohs kalein: idiohma de estin ebraikon to ta ekeina ohs plaethyntika ekpherein, malista epi tohn oyraniohn pragmatohn, aetoi dia ta axiohma- ta aytohn, aetoi kai dia synaetheian allaen. Epei allachoy saphesteron ayto maenyei oyketi legohn plaethyntikohs all' enikohs: % O oyranos toy oyranoy toh kyrioh moy [Ps113,24] %, ina eipae: aphohristai: othen epagei: % Taen de gaen edohke tois yiois tohn anthrohpohn [Ps113,24] %. Boyletai oyn entaytha dia tohn dyo stichohn eipein oti kai o anohteros oyranos kai o phainomenos oyranos maenyoysi pepoiaekotos tinos kai taxin kai megethos kai sophian kai eykosmian. To de % poiaesin tohn cheirohn aytoy anaggellei [Ps18,2b] % anti toy oti ypo tohn cheirohn toy theoy egenonto oi oyranoi: anthrohpinohs de toyto phaesin. Eita, eipohn toys oyranoys, epagei: % Aemera tae aemera ereygetai raema, kai nyx nykti anaggellei gnohsin [Ps18,3] %. Oy monon de, phaesin, oi oyranoi maenyoysi tae eaytohn eykosmia oti epoiaethaesan, alla kai tohn aemerohn ai taxeis kai tohn nyktohn metrois tisin eikoysai kai oyk epembai- noysai allaelais, oyde parorgizoysai, kai tayta ayxanome- nai kai laegoysai kata toys prosaekontas kairoys, kai omoiohs taen idian mae yperbainoysai taxin. Opoy de taxis, toy taxantos apodeixis kai toy aytomatoy anatropae. To

gar mae ypo tinos prattomenon taxin echein oy dynatai. Tayta de ara ta orohmena panta taxin echei. Oykoyn, phaesi, tropon tina apaggelloysi kai boohsi toy taxantos taen taxin kai toy aytomatoy paranoian. To de % ereygetai [Ps18,3] % kai % anagellei [Ps18,3] % to ayto legei ek metaphoras tohn ek taes kardias phtheggomenohn. Eita, eipohn oti aemera kai nyx didaskoysi toys synientas oti para toy theoy tetagmenai eisi kai oti tropon tina phtheggontai, epagei: % Oyk eisi laliai oyde logoi, ohn oychi akoyontai ai phohnai aytohn [Ps18,4] %. % Ohn oychi akoyontai ai phohnai [Ps18,4] % para pantohn phaesin. Boyletai gar eipein oti oyk eisi toiaytai tohn aemerohn kai tohn nyktohn ai phohnai, ohste para tisi monon akoyesthai, oiai tohn anthropohn ai glohssai. Ei men ellaenides eien tychon, /Ellaesin eisi gnohstai, barbarois de oyketi; ei de barbaroi eien, barbarois men eisin egnohsmenai, /Ellaesi de oyketi. Oyk eisi, phaesi, toiaytai tohn orohmenohn ai phohnai, all' omoiohs sapheis eisi pasi kai /Ellaesi kai barbarois: mian gar parechoysi gnohsin apasi to oti para tinos egenonto, kai oyk eisin aytomata. Kai, saphesteron ayto oiohn, epagei: % Eis pasan taen gaen exaelthen o phthoggos aytohn kai eis ta perata taes oikoymenaes ta raemata aytohn [Ps18,5a-b] %. % Aytohn [Ps18,5a] %, phaesi, tohn daemioyrgaematohn, ina eipae: tohn oyranohn kai tohn aemerohn. Eipohn oyn tayta, anagkaiohs epi ton aelion metabainei, tae /Mohsaikai, kathohs eipon, akoloythohn taxei.

% En toh aelioh etheto to skaenohma aytoy [Ps18,5c] %. Oytoh men oyn, phaesin, edaemioyrgaese toys oyranoys kai tas nyktas kai tas aemeras: kai parechoysin ekeina gnohsin taes poiaeseohs tois synetohs orohsi pasin omoiohs. To de kata ton aelion, phaesi, kai yperbolaen echei thaymatos, oti tosoyton onta kai taelikoyton to megethos epoiaese par' oydenos pheresthai, all' yph' eaytoy bastazesthai kai eayton pherein: toyto gar legei % skaenohma aytoy etheto en aytoh [Ps18,5c] % anti toy ayton ton aelion etaxe pherein eayton, o aen dynameohs yperballoysaes toy pepoiaekotos. Eita, dei- knys oti oy monon kata to megethos echei to thayma o aelios, alla kai kata to kallos, epagei: % {...} %