Собеседование 40 на псалом 92

Ps.92:1. On the day before the Sabbath, when the earth was inhabited. Fucking song of praise. David a This psalm does not have an inscription among the Jews, but the seventy have it, who wanted to understand it in relation to the true David, the mighty with hand (this is what David means), i.e. Christ, because this prophecy is composed in praise and praise of Christ. The beginning of the inscription is not found in more accurate lists; Therefore, we consider it unnecessary to explain it. “The Lord reigned, He clothed Himself in splendor, The Lord... clothed Himself with strength and girded Himself, for He established the universe, which will remain motionless” (Ps. 92:1). When, you say, did God, who was king from eternity, begin to reign? In what splendor has He, Who Himself is splendor, clothed himself? If the sky is so beautiful that nothing can be added, if the stars and other elements of creation are like that, then isn’t He who created such splendor excessively and essentially magnificent? It is obvious that the prophet predicts the incarnation of the Lord. Truly, the flesh of the Lord is rightly called splendor, firstly because it bears His image, and secondly because it is sinless, finally, and also because it was fitting for Him, as good and loving of mankind, to give birth to us in the perfect sacrament, which is why the Holy Spirit in another psalm called Him the most beautiful of the sons of men (Ps. 45:3). The prophet calls this flesh not only splendor, but also strength - not because the Strong One received strength from it, but because through it He revealed His power, unknown to the world. Along with the endowment, the prophet naturally pointed to the girdle, wanting to show that the Lord not only took on the form of a servant, but also girded Himself in such an unspeakable way, i.e. He united and united humanity with Himself, so that the Word and flesh became one, which is why it is said that the Word became flesh. This is the sacrament the prophet had in mind. “For he has established the world, which will not move” (Ps. 92:1). This, says the prophet, is the reason for the incarnation of the Word: It came and established the universe, which had been shaken by error, so that it would no longer be shaken. Consider here also the universal church, which will not be shaken (angels and God Himself dwell in it, which is why it is called His house), because, even though many enemies attack it, it is founded on rock “and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18), i.e. the mouth of heretics. “Thy throne has been ready for ever: You have existed from everlasting” (Ps. 92:2). The prophet calls the human nature of Christ not only splendor and strength, but also a throne, as another prophet speaks of it: “and the throne shall be established by mercy, and a judge shall sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, seeking righteousness and striving for justice” (Is. 16:5). The psalmist, prophesying about Christ, says: “And his throne is like the sun before Me” (Ps. 88:37). So, the mystery of the incarnation of the Lord was prepared “for the Goths from the beginning,” that is, from the beginning of the creation of the visible world, the Lord created him in his own image, clothed him in royal likeness, because he knew that he must accept him. as if to say: now incarnate, “You have existed from eternity,” having created man from eternity, as it was pleasing to You. “The rivers have lifted up their voice, O Lord; the rivers have lifted up their voice” (Ps. 93:3). By rivers understand the actions of the Holy Spirit, because Christ says: “Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38), and the Evangelist, explaining these words, said: “He spoke these things about the Spirit, which those who believe in Him were about to receive” (John 7:39). It was these gifts of the Spirit that raised up, i.e. raised their voices because they appeared throughout the entire earth as sent down from the heavenly heights. They raised up their voice through the mouths of the prophets who prophesied in former times. “The rivers will raise their waves high, from the noisy movement of many waters: marvelous are the high waves of the sea, marvelous is the Lord in the highest” (Ps. 92:4). By what means? Undoubtedly, through the apostles, since the prophet here mentioned a future time when the gifts of the Spirit rose through the apostles and especially raised their “waves.” By “waves” you can mean either the depths, as Symmachus translated, or humiliation, as translated in the fifth and sixth editions, and you can mean either the depths of mental rivers, i.e. the hidden mysteries of the gifts of the Spirit, or the humiliation in which the glory of the Holy Spirit remains for many, which, remaining unknown to many, is exalted and manifested through the apostles. From the voices of the waters... Not enough. Creations attributed to St. John Chrysostom and in the Patrology of Min, classified as Spuria The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: