Изъяснение псалма 92-го.

“Songs of praise to David” is not inscribed in the Hebrews. The words: not inscribed among the Hebrews - neither in the Exaplah, nor in Eusebius. The psalm foreshadows a change in people, because God is not changed and unchangeable, always the same and the same. It is not possible to say that sometimes He reigns and sometimes has no kingdom; on the contrary, He is always a King by nature, although this is not always obvious to people. For a very long time, many, without knowing Him, rendered the service due to God to idols. But, after the incarnation of our God and Savior, the knowledge of God, like light, spread throughout the entire universe. Ps.92:1. The Lord reigns; He is clothed with majesty, the Lord is clothed with power [and] girded: therefore the universe is solid, it will not be moved. “The Lord reigns, He is clothed with beauty.” since suffering and those who knew the fruit growing from it seemed sorrowful, so that the Prophet cries out: “and we saw Him, and not in the name of appearance, nor kindness: but His appearance was dishonored, more debased than all the sons of men” (Is. 53: 2-3); upon ascending to heaven, it emitted divine rays: the Prophet rightly proclaims: “The Lord reigns, clothed in beauty.” For he did not accept what he did not have, but he revealed in himself what he did have. So he says to His Father: “Glorify Me, Father, with the glory that I have with you, before the world was not” (John 17:5). “The Lord clothed himself with strength and girded himself.” That “Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom” (1 Cor. 1:24), the divine Paul clearly taught us this. Therefore, he did not receive power from someone else, which he would not have had before, but with His own power he acted on his enemies. The prophetic word depicts Christ as a kind of king, who puts on the royal armor, girds himself with a belt and enters into battle with the enemies; and then shows the good actions that resulted from this. “For establish the world, which cannot move.” He made the universe unshakable and solid; because it already has within itself the unshakability of Divine knowledge and is freed from the charm of lies. People no longer worship one god or another, but pay homage to the true God. Ps.93:2. Thy throne is established from time immemorial: Thou art from everlasting. “Thy throne is ready from thence: from everlasting art thou art.” You have not now been elevated to a kingdom, but you have an everlasting power and an eternal kingdom. And about the kingdom the Prophet said in Psalm forty-four: “Your throne, God, is forever and ever” (Psalm 44:7); He also teaches us about His immutability and immutability in the hundred and first psalm; for he says: “You are the same, and Your years will not fail” (Psalm 101:28). And Blessed Paul attributed both of these testimonies to the Lord Christ (Heb. 1, 8, 12). Ps.92:3. The rivers lift up their voices, O Lord, the rivers lift up their waves. Ps.93:4. But greater than the noise of many waters, and the mighty waves of the sea, is the Lord mighty in the highest. “The Lord raised up the rivers, raised up the rivers their voices”: “The rivers raised up their destruction.” The Prophet calls the holy Apostles and after them those who took upon themselves the work of preaching rivers; because, like rivers, they provided people with all kinds of irrigation. This is what blessed Habakkuk called them: “the earth will dissolve into rivers” (Hab. 3:9), that is, it will open up and receive water. So the Lord said: “Believe in Me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow out of his belly” (John 7:38). These rivers “raise up their voices,” preaching divine dogmas and paving their way. For the Prophet called paths “confusions.” since water usually washes away the earth through which it flows and makes a path for itself; That flow of these rivers was rightly called the erasure, because the first believers sermons prepared the way for others, and the teaching of the doctrine made it easy and trouble-free for them. “Because of the sound of many waters, the heights of the sea are marvelous.” As when great rivers flow into the sea, delaying the rush of sea waves along the sand, these waves are reflected over a large space by the confrontation of river currents; Thus, when the sweet and palatable teaching of the Apostles was brought into the salty and bitter sea of ​​the universe, a certain whirlpool occurred, and waves rose one against the other. Blessed Habakkuk also predicted this; for, having said: “The earth will be divided into rivers, they will see you, and people will be sick, wasting the waters of the procession,” he added: “The deep will give its voice, the height of its ghost” (Hab. 3:9-10). Every city was filled with storms; This is the word of the Lord Himself: “I did not come to bring peace” to the world, “but a sword to separate man” from his neighbor, a son “from his father, a daughter from her mother, a bride from her mother-in-law” (Matthew 10:34-35). But at the beginning of the sermon there was this storm; Now the Lord of the sea rebuked the stormy wind, and it changed into a calm breeze, and the waves of the sea fell silent, “and there was great silence” (Matthew 8:26). "Wonderful is the Lord on high." Aquila translated: The Lord is very great on high. And the prophet very opportunely added this to what was said, thereby showing the power of the Accomplisher; because He is great, He is the Most High and the Lord, He has power immeasurable in words and incomprehensible to the mind. Ps.92:5. Your revelations are undoubtedly true. To your house, O Lord, belongs holiness for many days to come. “Your testimonies were greatly assured.” Yet You foretold these things from of old, and foretold them through Your holy Prophets; and the truth of this is proven by the evidence of works. This addition is also beautiful: “very”, that is, in the prophecies it is not possible to discern even the slightest lie, but everything now visible is predicted with precision. “Holiness befits Thy house, O Lord, throughout the length of days.” But the greatest and best of all blessings is that the enjoyment of what is given is not fleeting and not limited by time, like Jewish service, but constant, always abiding and eternal; because this corresponds and befits Thy new house. And the divine Paul called the house of God the assembly of believers, to which, as the Prophet said, “holiness befits.” Therefore, we must, according to the apostolic admonition, cleanse ourselves “from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,” and create “holiness in the passion of God” (2 Cor. 7:1), so that, having prepared a church worthy of God, we may receive into it the eternal Dweller. You might be interested in: