For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'ennemi poursuit mon âme, Il foule à terre ma vie; Il me fait habiter dans les ténèbres, Comme ceux qui sont morts depuis longtemps.
KJV
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Demonstratio Evangelica
κατέβη, καὶ γνόφος ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ.” καὶ ἐπέβη ἐπὶ Χερουβίμ καὶ ἐπετάσθη, ἐπε- 8 Jo. 5, 43. 14 Ps. 143, 3. 26 Ps. 18, 8. τάσθη ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμων. δι’ ὧν τὰ τῆς ἀνόδου, ἣν ἀπὸ γῆς εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἐποιήσατο, θεσπίζει. ὅπως δὲ κάθοδον χρὴ νοεῖν καὶ ἄνοδον τοῦ θεοῦ λόγου, οὐ τοπι…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Generalis elementaria introductio (= Eclogae propheticae)
ποθαυμάσας ὁ λόγος φησί· Κύριε τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι ἐγνώσθης αὐτῷ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι λογίζῃ αὐτόν;Ps. 143, 3. Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ κλίνας τοὺς λεγομένους οὐρανοὺς κατελήλυθεν ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγος, ὡς ἂν γνωσθείη ἐνανθρω πήσας τῷ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένει πρότερον ἀγνοούμενος αὐτῷ· καὶ οὐ περιεφ…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Commentarii in Psalmos
en Fehler handelt, muss Eusebs Ausdrucksweise zur Entscheidung berücksichtigt werden: Im Fragment zu Ps 143,3ab lesen wir in A τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ προνοίας τῆς περὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, in P und, abgesehen von Wortumstellungen, in N τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ προνοίας τῆς περὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον. Der Vorzug ist P…
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