Psalm 10:4 — his eyes look upon the poor; his eyelids examine the sons of men
“His eyes look upon the poor; his eyelids examine the sons of men” (Psalm 10:4).
If the eyes of the Lord look upon the poor, let us become poor, so that the eyes of the Lord may look upon us. And if the rich are not poor, the eyes of the Lord do not look upon the rich.
But when you hear from holy Scripture that God is in the heavens, and sojourns, or is more inward than the veil, do not understand certain limits and local dwellings, and changes, and goings-up, and goings-out; for, our nature being poor-fitting, as it is able to hear, the Holy Spirit converses with it. And witness of the word is the Mosaic writing, containing thick words unworthy of the uncircumscribed God; which Moses did not set out from home, but God through his angels proclaimed these things on Mount Sinai at the tabernacle; whence, as of an angel having spoken these things, Moses did not even set the name at all in the recording of it, as the remaining prophets do in the books of their own prophecies.
And eyelids you will understand as his critical providence, also examining of affairs.
Greek
10.4 Οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν πένητα ἀποβλέπουσι· τὰ βλέφαρα αὐτοῦ ἐξετάζει τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Εἰ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου εἰς πένητας ἀπο βλέπουσι, γενώμεθα πένητες, ι να οἱ ὀφθαλ μοὶ Κυρίου εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐπιβλέπωσιν. Εἰ δὲ οἱ πλούσιοι οὐκ εἰσὶ πένητες, οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυ ρίου εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους οὐκ ἀποβλέπουσι. – Σὺ δὲ ο ταν ἀκούσῃς ἐν οὐρανοῖς ει ναι, καὶ παροικεῖν τὸν Θεὸν, ἐκ τῆς ἱερᾶς γραφῆς, η ἐνδότερον ει ναι τοῦ καταπετάσματος, μὴ περιορισμούς τινας καὶ τοπικὰς οἰκήσεις, καὶ μεταβάσεις, καὶ ἀναβάσεις, καὶ ἐξελεύ σεις νοήσῃς· πτωχοπρεπεῖ γὰρ ου σῃ τῇ ἡμε τέρᾳ φύσει, καθὰ χωρεῖ ἀκοῦσαι, διαλέγεται αὐτῇ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ α γιον. Καὶ μάρτυς τοῦ λόγου ἡ μωσαϊκὴ συγγραφὴ, παχεῖα καὶ ἀνάξια Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀπεριγράπτου περιέχουσα ῥήματα· α τινα οὐ Μωσῆς ἐξέθετο οι κοθεν, ἀλλ' ὁ Θεὸς δι' ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ ἐν ο ρει τῷ Σιναΐῳ ταῦτα προηγόρευσε ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς· ο θεν ὡς ἀγγέλου ταῦτα λαλήσαντος, οὐδὲ τέθεικεν ο λως τὸ ο νομα ἐν τῇ ἀπογραφῇ αὐτῆς ὁ Μωϋσῆς, καθὼς οἱ λοιποὶ προφῆται βίβλοις τῶν οἰκείων προφητειῶν. –Βλέ φαρα δὲ [νοήσεις] κριτικὴν αὐτοῦ πρόνοιαν καὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ἐξεταστικήν.
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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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