Изъяснение псалма 29-го.

Ps.29:1. Psalm of David; song when renovating a house. “Psalm of the song of renewal of the house at the end of David” 8. Blessed David did not build the divine church, and the words of the psalm do not befit the one who built it. Therefore, “renewal of the house” is called the re-creation of human nature, which the Lord Christ accomplished, accepting death for us, and crushing death, and giving us the hope of resurrection. But this same psalm was also spoken about blessed Hezekiah. For, after beating the Assyrians and being delivered from the disease, Hezekiah, as likely as not, performed a great triumph, testifying his gratitude to God, who had granted them salvation and delivered His holy church from enemy fire. So, since what he did was like a feast of renewal, the psalm rightly received this inscription. One should know that it is applied to Hezekiah representatively, and to the entire human race in truth. For just as Hezekiah, having fallen into arrogance (the story of Chronicles reveals this to us), heard the death sentence, but by Divine grace he was granted life, so the forefather Adam, hoping to be God and being proud before the Creator, was put to death, but by God’s love for mankind he received the resurrection. Ps.29:2. I will exalt You, Lord, that You raised me up and did not allow my enemies to triumph over me. “I will exalt Thee, O Lord, for thou hast lifted me up, and thou hast not made my enemies rejoice over me.” Having taken upon Himself, the Lord, our firstfruits, He made our whole nature worthy of salvation through Him, and did not allow enemies and hostile demons to mock us. Ps.29:3. Lord, my God! I cried out to You and You healed me. Ps.29:4. God! You brought my soul out of hell and revived me so that I would not go to the grave. “Lord my God, I cried to You and You healed me.” “Lord, you raised my soul from hell, you saved me from those going down into the pit.” In this we hear the broadcast of human nature. The words: “I called to You, and You healed me,” in a simple sense, befits Hezekiah, but not so much human nature, because it did not beg God and did not seek deliverance from corruption, but indulged only in crying and lamentation, seeing death and not expecting the resurrection. Therefore, he accepted tears and lamentations, which happen over the sick and dead, instead of prayer, pointing to God’s inexpressible love for mankind; because God, even uncalled for, but seeing only tears, had mercy and crushed death. Here again the Prophet called death a ditch. Ps.29:5. Sing to the Lord, O His saints, glorify the memory of His shrine. Ps.29:6. For His wrath is for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime: mourning may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. “Sing to the Lord, to His reverence, and confess the memory of His holiness”: “For wrath is His fury, and life is His will.” The Prophet rightly attributes chanting and testifying of gratitude to the monks. since, although the gift of resurrection is given to all people, not everyone is worthy of this grace, he acts very decently by dedicating those worthy for singing. He made another division very skillfully, for anger assigns to rage (he calls punishment by anger), and life to will, because God wants this, and not the former, but we bring anger upon ourselves. It is said: “God does not create death, nor rejoices at the destruction of the living. For everything was created into being, and the beings of the world are saving” (Wis. 1, 13–14). We hear that God Himself says through the Prophet Ezekiel: “I desire the death of a sinner by desire, and not by turning to him and living?” (Ezek. 18, 23). “Weeping may come to an end, and joy will come in the morning.” And so it was both under Hezekiah and during the accomplishment of the general salvation. The Assyrians, who with their threats moved the city to weeping, accepted the punishment at night, and in the morning fulfilled the complacency of those who were forced to weep. And the divine Isaiah, who in the evening brought the death sentence to Hezekiah, in the morning brought him the gospel of life again. So it was during the accomplishment of the common salvation: when the holy Apostles, and with them all the believers, lamented about the suffering of the Lord, early in the morning the wives came and brought the joy of the resurrection. Ps.29:7. And I said in my prosperity: “I will never be shaken.” “Az Rekh in my abundance: I will not move forever.” This was the hope of both Adam, who lived in paradise before his deception, and Hezekiah, who defeated the Assyrian, as the book of Chronicles clearly announces, saying that “the heart of King Hezekiah was lifted up” (2 Chron. 32:25). Ps.29:8. According to Your good pleasure, O Lord, You have strengthened my mountain; but You hid Your face, and I was troubled. “Lord, by Thy will give strength to my kindness: Thou didst turn away Thy face, and was confused.” Likewise, this also befits Hezekiah and all human nature, because Hezekiah also used Divine providence for virtue, and overcame the Assyrians, and also, having lost Divine grace, fell into illness and was subjected to the fear of death; and Adam in paradise was adorned with the beauty of virtue and was not subject to corruption, but for his crime, having lost Divine providence for him, he endured the storm of life. Symmachus expressed this very clearly: “Lord, by Your good pleasure You gave power to my forefather”; from which it is clear that on behalf of human nature the Prophet speaks this to the Lord Christ, who gave us this great gift of life. Ps.29:9. Then I cried to You, O Lord, and besought [my] Lord. Ps.29:10. “What good is my blood when I go to the grave? will the dust praise you? will He proclaim Your truth? “To You, O Lord, I will cry, and to my God I will pray.” “What is the use of my blood if it always descends into decay? food confess to you dust? or will He proclaim Your truth?” These same words were spoken by blessed Hezekiah, as the fourth book of Kings and the prophecy of the most divine Isaiah inform us (Is. 38:18); Yes, and human nature, if not everything cried out, then through the saints cried out to God in these same words, because it is right to sing songs to You, the Creator, and to give thanks to You with grateful words. But this is characteristic of the living, and those who have been reduced to dust and ashes and have lost the ability to work physically, how could they sing Your blessings? Ps.29:11. Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; God! be my helper." Ps.29:12. And You turned my lamentation into rejoicing, You took off my sackcloth and girded me with joy. Ps.29:13. May my soul glorify You and not be silent. Lord, my God! I will praise You forever. “The Lord heard and had mercy on me: the Lord was my help.” “Thou hast turned my weeping into joy for me, thou hast torn my sackcloth to pieces, and thou hast girded me with joy.” “For let my glory sing to You, and I will not be moved.” And Hezekiah, clothed in sackcloth, offered a prayer to God against the Assyrians, and human nature was clothed in a mournful garment. And now other foolish people, sitting on sackcloth, mourn about the dead, and unfortunately do not want to heed the prophetic words that clearly cry: “Thou hast torn my sackcloth to pieces, and thou hast girded me with joy, and thou hast turned my weeping into joy for me.” For just as Hezekiah, having heard the promise of a fifteen-year continuation of life, was filled with great joy, so it is right for us, who have accepted the hope of the resurrection, not to weep for the dead, but to look complacently for the resurrection. Symmachus translated this: “let my glory sing to You, and I will not be moved.” Symmachus translated this: “let my glory sing to You, and not be silent,” that is, for this good deed one must constantly sing and sing hymns to those worthy of such glory, without ceasing for a single moment. And silence produces tenderness. Therefore, the Seventy used the word “tenderness” instead of “glory.” And Hezekiah received glory when, for his sake, so many thousands fell under the punishment sent down on them by God, and the sun returned back. And we have cause for great glorification; because the God of all has shown us so much love. It is said: “God so loved the world, as He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16). “Lord my God, we will confess to You forever.” For not only in this life, but also after the resurrection, I will offer up hymns to You, constantly telling about Your supernatural and ineffable gifts. According to glory. translation: “renewal to the house of David.” You might be interested in: