Continuing my posts of patristic texts coinciding with this Sunday’s Psalm study.
Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name! (Ps 103:1)
Those feeling grateful for the divine graces stir up themselves to hymn-singing, repaying the Benefactor to the extent possible. It is always possible to sing His praises and to carry about a fresh recollection of the favors. These people also consecrate all that is within, and direct their whole thinking to the divine hymn; by within, in fact, he referred to thinking, pondering, and all the movements of the soul.
Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits. (Ps 103:2)
Again, the soul is instructed to stir up itself, expel the cloud of forgetfulness, and renew the recollection of the favors.
Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name! (Ps 103:1)
Those feeling grateful for the divine graces stir up themselves to hymn-singing, repaying the Benefactor to the extent possible. It is always possible to sing His praises and to carry about a fresh recollection of the favors. These people also consecrate all that is within, and direct their whole thinking to the divine hymn; by within, in fact, he referred to thinking, pondering, and all the movements of the soul.
Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits. (Ps 103:2)
Again, the soul is instructed to stir up itself, expel the cloud of forgetfulness, and renew the recollection of the favors.
Theodoret of Cyrus
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