Do not envy; the Lord sustains the righteous
Reading the locked Greek in open English:
Therefore do not be zealous toward those.
Yet we must consider rather into what end the living badly will come.
Because I would not say that it is worthy of zeal for those who wish to live honorably the temporary prosperity of the wicked.
as the Savior says.
What then do they possess, those who, having flourished like grass briefly, tomorrow are cast into the oven?
Because all flesh is grass.
Because like grass they flourish briefly, then dry up.
Do not again imitate or show favor to such ones, flourishing as you see them.
he himself was the one who rivalled in wicked deeds against Saul.
Because example: If with David’s understanding the young women sang the hymn, He struck down David in myriads of his.
Or, do not do such things as to take up wicked zeal against you, for it plots against you.
Therefore he says: Do not provoke another who is doing evil to rise up against you.
To be zealous truly is to wish and to exist for oneself, which the one nearby has considered good as present.
They stirred me to zeal, and as if they provoked me to anger, the idolaters.
Therefore do not be zealous toward those.
Yet we must consider rather into what end the living badly will come.
Because I would not say that it is worthy of zeal for those who wish to live honorably the temporary prosperity of the wicked.
as the Savior says.
What then do they possess, those who, having flourished like grass briefly, tomorrow are cast into the oven?
Because all flesh is grass.
Because like grass they flourish briefly, then dry up.
Do not again imitate or show favor to such ones, flourishing as you see them.
he himself was the one who rivalled in wicked deeds against Saul.
Because example: If with David’s understanding the young women sang the hymn, He struck down David in myriads of his.
Or, do not do such things as to take up wicked zeal against you, for it plots against you.
Therefore he says: Do not provoke another who is doing evil to rise up against you.
To be zealous truly is to wish and to exist for oneself, which the one nearby has considered good as present.
They stirred me to zeal, and as if they provoked me to anger, the idolaters.
that is, they stirred up in me.
To be jealous is said to be to provoke and stir up to jealousy, such as: They provoked me to jealousy not toward God.
Because there is a difference between envying and being jealous.
Do not be jealous among the wicked, nor envy those who do iniquity.
All flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Yet what flesh has budded?
Also my flesh has budded.
Because he gives accordingly to contemplate this Creator.
Because the doing of his hands announces the firmament.
Because no one is blameless who does not perceive the works of the Lord.
Because they did not understand the works of the Lord, nor the works of his hands.
Let us not therefore let fall our hands, since we shall be conquered.
but when he let them fall, Amalek prevailed.
as Moses, when he lifted up his hands, the people prevailed.
Lifted hands toward holy deeds, treasured up in heaven, by which one conquers the intellectual Amalek.
In the lifting up of my hands toward your holy temple.
Since also Paul, advancing from the lesser things to the greater, says: I urge first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all.
Yet when I become a friend beyond measure, then I give thanks to God.
Yet when, having perceived God's worthiness, I ask something from God, then I pray.
To those who still lack something, these are the object of supplication.
Hear, Lord, the voice of my supplication when I make supplication to you.
He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and sight to the blind.
Because the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
Yet the good God also calls these and gives forgiveness.
Thus those who go down into the pit are sinners and captives.
Until the firstborn of the captivity, that is, those in the pit.
Yet that the sinners are by pits, he says in Exodus: 'God destroyed from the face of Pharaoh, who sits upon the throne,.
and, by the spirit being warmed.
Also, fire came to cast upon the earth.
He who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
but the divine things, as it seems, are warm.
Therefore every sin is cold.
Because indeed among all living things on earth, the dragon is cold.
there also the people's warlike dragon, which also is called cold, dwells.
Yet God through the prophet threatens those drinking from pits, saying: 'You have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have dug for yourselves cisterns, broken cisterns.' And those descending into pits are those who surround themselves with cold things of matter.
Also Solomon also commands to drink from wells.
but a well, the one seeking water has dug.
Because indeed we do not know any of the saints having dug a pit.
Yet whoever God keeps silent, becomes like those descending into a pit.
I will cause ascents into his heart.' But we have also another hearing and divine sensation, according to Solomon, words of God being heard, united with him.
Also what God speaks, is not outside, but the holy things, those ascending upon our hearts, according to: 'Blessed is the man whose expectation is from you, Lord.
Also he spoke also through the prophets, when his people were.
Because indeed he spoke to Moses, and Aaron, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Yet God does not keep silent to the saints.
Yet someone cries out upon entering his own storehouse, and having shut the door.
Therefore in the Scriptures the saints have cried out to God.
but if the heavenly things, he cries out and shouts.
If indeed someone earthly asks from God, he uses a brief voice.
my God, do not be silent from me.
I will cry out.
Greek
κεκράξομαι· ὁ Θεός μου μὴ παρασιωπήσῃς ἀπ' ἐμοῦ. Εἰ μὲν ἐπίγειά τις αἰτεῖται παρὰ Θεοῦ, βραχείᾳ χρῆται φωνῇ· εἰ δὲ τὰ ἐπουράνια, κράζει τε καὶ βοᾷ. Ὅθεν ἐν ταῖς Γραφαῖς οἱ ἅγιοι πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐκέκραξαν. Κράζει δέ τις εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὸ ταμιεῖον ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ κλείσας τὴν θύραν. Οὐ παρασιωπᾷ δὲ τοῖς ἁγίοις ὁ Θεός. Ἐλάλει γοῦν Μωσῇ, καὶ Ἀαρὼν, καὶ Ἰησοῦ τῷ τοῦ Ναυῆ. Ἐλάλει καὶ διὰ προφητῶν, ἡνίκα ἦν ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ. Ἃ δὲ λαλεῖ ὁ Θεὸς, οὐκ ἔξωθέν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἅγια, τὰ ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἡμῶν ἀναβαίνοντα, κατὰ τό· Μακάριος ἀνὴρ, οὗ ἐστιν ἀντίληψις αὐτοῦ παρὰ σοῦ, Κύριε· ἀνα βάσεις εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ. Ἔχομεν δὲ ἄλλην ἀκοὴν καὶ θείαν αἴσθησιν, κατὰ Σολομῶντα, λόγοι Θεοῦ ἀκούουσαν, ἡνωμένην αὐτῷ. Ὧ δὲ παρασιωπᾷ Θεὸς, ὁμοιοῦται τοῖς καταβαίνουσιν εἰς λάκκον. Οὐδένα γὰρ τῶν ἁγίων ἴσμεν λάκκον ὀρύξαντα· φρέαρ δὲ ὤρυττεν ὁ δεόμενος ὕδατος. Ἐντέλλεται καὶ ὁ Σολομῶν ἀπὸ φρεάτων πίνειν. Θεὸς δὲ διὰ τοῦ προφήτου τοῖς ἐκ λάκκων πίνουσιν ἀπειλεῖ, λέγων· Ἐμὲ ἐγκατέλιπον πηγὴν ὕδατος ζῶντος, καὶ ὤρυξαν ἑαυτοῖς λάκκους συντετριμμένους. Κα ταβαίνουσι δὲ εἰς λάκκον οἱ τὰ ψυχρὰ τῆς ὕλης πε ριέποντες πράγματα· ἔνθα καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὁ πο λέμιος δράκων, ὃς καὶ ψυχρὸς ὠνόμασται, κατοικεῖ. Πάντων γὰρ ζώων, τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς, ὁ δράκων ψυχρό 17.117 τερος. Πᾶσα οὖν ἁμαρτία ψυχρά· τὰ δὲ θεῖα, ὡς ἔοικε, θερμά. Ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύ ματα, καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα. Καὶ, πῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· καὶ, τῷ πνεύματι ζέοντες. Ὅτι δὲ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ παρὰ λάκ κοις εἰσὶν, ἐν τῇ Ἐξόδῳ φησίν· Ἀπέκτεινεν ὁ Θεὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου Φαραὼ, ὃς κάθηται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρό νου, ἕως πρωτοτόκου τῆς αἰχμαλωτίδος, τῆς ἐν λάκκῳ. Οὕτως οἱ καταβαίνοντες εἰς λάκκον ἁμαρ τωλοί εἰσιν καὶ αἰχμάλωτοι. Ἀλλ' ὁ ἀγαθὸς Θεὸς καὶ τούτους καλεῖ, καὶ δίδωσιν ἄφεσιν. Πνεῦμα γὰρ Κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμὲ, οὗ ἕνεκεν ἔχρισέ με εὐαγγελί σασθαι πτωχοῖς. Ἀπέσταλκέ με κηρύξαι αἰχμα λώτοις ἄφεσιν, καὶ τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν. Στίχ. βʹ. Εἰσάκουσον, Κύριε, τῆς φωνῆς τῆς δεή σεώς μου, ἐν τῷ δέεσθαί με πρὸς σέ. Οἷς ἔτι ἐνδεῖ τινα, τούτων ἐστὶν ἡ δέησις. Ὅτε δὲ, τὸ ἀξίωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ νοήσας, αἰτῶ τι παρὰ Θεοῦ, τότε προσεύχομαι. Ὅτε δὲ φίλος ἐπὶ πλέον γένωμαι, τότε εὐχαριστῶ τῷ Θεῷ. Ἐπεὶ καὶ Παῦλος, ἀπὸ τῶν ἡττόνων ἐπὶ τὰ μείζω προβαίνων, φησί· Παρακαλῶ πρῶτον πάντων ποιεῖσθαι δεήσεις, προσευχὰς, ἐντεύξεις, εὐχαριστίας. Στίχ. βʹ. Ἐν τῷ αἴρειν με χεῖράς μου πρὸς ναὸν ἅγιόν σου. Ἐπαιρόμεναι χεῖρες πρὸς πράξεις θεοσεβεῖς, ἐν οὐρανῷ θησαυριζόμεναί εἰσι· δι' ὧν νικᾷ τις τὸν νοητὸν Ἀμαλήκ· ὡς ὁ Μωσῆς, ἡνίκα τὰς χεῖρας ἀνέφερεν, ὁ λαὸς ἐνίκα· ὅτε δὲ κατέσπα, ὁ Ἀμαλήκ. Μὴ κατενέγκωμεν οὖν τὰς χεῖρας, ἐπεὶ νικηθησό μεθα. Στίχ. εʹ. Ὅτι οὐ συνῆκαν εἰς τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ εἰς τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ. Οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἄμεμπτος, οὐ νοήσας τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου. Ποίησιν γὰρ χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγέλλει τὸ στε ρέωμα. ∆ίδωσι γὰρ ἀναλόγως τὸ τούτου θεωρῆσαι ∆ημιουργόν. Στίχ. ζʹ. Καὶ ἀνέθαλεν ἡ σάρξ μου. Ποία δὲ σὰρξ ἀνέθαλεν; Ὄψεται πᾶσα σὰρξ τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ. ΨΑΛ. Λ ʹ. Στίχ. αʹ. Μὴ παραζήλου ἐν πονηρευομένοις, μηδὲ ζήλου τοὺς ποιοῦντας τὴν ἀνομίαν. ∆ιαφέρει τὸ ζηλοῦν καὶ παραζηλοῦν. Παραζηλοῦν μὲν γὰρ λέγεται τὸ ἐρεθίζειν, καὶ κινεῖν εἰς ζηλο τυπίαν, ὁποῖον τό· Αὐτοὶ παρεζήλωσάν με ἐπ' οὐ Θεῷ· τουτέστιν ἐκίνησαν ἐν ἐμοὶ ζῆλον, καὶ οἷον εἰς ὀργήν με ἠρέθισαν εἰδωλολατροῦντες. Ζηλοῦν δέ ἐστιν τὸ βούλεσθαι καὶ ἑαυτῷ ὑπάρχειν, ὃ παρεῖ ναι τῷ πέλας νενόμικεν ἀγαθόν. Τοῦτο οὖν λέγει· Μήτε ἕτερον ἐρέθιζε πονηρευόμενον πρὸς τὸ ἀνα στῆναι αὐτὸν κατὰ σοῦ. Ἤγουν, Μὴ ποιήσῃς τοιαῦτα, ὡς τὸν πονηρὸν ζῆλον λαβεῖν κατὰ σοῦ, ἐπεὶ ἐπιβου λεύει σοι. Οἷον· Εἰ μετὰ γνώμης τοῦ ∆αβὶδ τὸν ὕμνον ἔλεγον αἱ νεάνιδες, τὸ, Ἐπάταξεν ὁ ∆αβὶδ ἐν μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ· αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ παραζηλῶν ἐν πο νηρευομένοις, τῷ Σαούλ. Μήτε πάλιν μιμοῦ ἢ μα 17.120 κάριζε τοὺς τοιούτους, εὐθηνοῦντας ὁρῶν. Πρὸς ὀλί γον γὰρ ἀνθοῦντες, ξηραίνονται. Πᾶσα γὰρ σὰρξ, χόρτος. Τί οὖν ἔχουσι ζηλωτὸν, οἵτινες, πρὸς ὀλί γον ἀνθήσαντες, αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βάλλονται; καθά φησιν ὁ Σωτήρ. Οὐ γάρ τοι φαίην ἂν εἶναί πως ἀξιοζήλωτον τοῖς ἐθέλουσι ζῇν ἀξιοπρεπῶς τὴν τῶν πονηρευομένων πρόσκαιρον εὐημερίαν. Ἐννοεῖν δὲ χρὴ μᾶλλον εἰς οἷον ἐκβήσεται πέρας τὸ διαβιοῦν ἑλέσθαι κακῶς. Μὴ τοίνυν ζήλου τοὺς
About this text
Origen of Alexandria, Excerpta in Psalmos (Greek).
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Khazarzar scan
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- Copy-text PG 17 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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