Psalm 4:3 — sons of men, how long heavy-hearted; evil is a heavy nature
“Sons of men, how long heavy-hearted?” (Psalm 4:3). “Sons of men,” someone will suppose, has been said by periphrasis, as it is also the custom of Greeks to use such a figure, saying “sons of the Achaeans” and the like.
Here we know that evil is of a heavy nature; therefore the Lord, coming into Egypt, is said to sit upon a light cloud. And a light cloud is a rational nature, filled with every virtue and knowledge.
Greek
4.3 Υἱοὶ ἀνθρώπων, ε ως πότε βαρυ κάρδιοι; Τό· υἱοὶ ἀνθρώπων, ὁ μέν τις οἰήσεται περιφραστικῶς εἰρῆσθαι, ὡς καὶ Ελλησιν ε θος τῷ τοιούτῳ χρῆσθαι σχηματισμῷ λέ γουσιν· υι ες ̓Αχαίων, καὶ τὰ ο μοια. – ̓Εν-ταῦθα γινώσκομεν ο τι βαρείας φύσεώς ἐστιν ἡ κακία, διόπερ ὁ ἐρχόμενος εἰς τὴν Αι γυπτον Κύριος, ἐπὶ νεφέλης λέγεται καθέ ζεσθαι κούφης. Νεφέλη δὲ κούφη ἐστὶ φύσις λογικὴ, πάσης ἀρετῆς πληρωμένη καὶ γνώ σεως.
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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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- Copy-text PG 12 Fragmenta in Psalmos (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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