"So then, my son, let whoever reads this Book of Psalms take the things
in it quite simply as God-inspired; and let each select from it, as from
the fruits of a garden, those things of which he sees himself in need.
For I think that in the words of this book all human life is covered,
with all its states and thoughts, and that nothing further can be found
in man. For no matter what you seek, whether it be repentance and
confession, or help in trouble and temptation or under persecution,
whether you have been set free from plots and snares or, on the
contrary, are sad for any reason, or whether, seeing yourself
progressing and your enemy cast down, you want to praise and thank and
bless the Lord, each of these things the Divine Psalms show you how to
do, and in every case the words you want are written down for you, and
you can say them as your own."Wednesday, December 3, 2014
THE LETTER OF ST. ATHANASIUS TO MARCELLINUS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PSALMS, A.D. 335 & 366
"So then, my son, let whoever reads this Book of Psalms take the things
in it quite simply as God-inspired; and let each select from it, as from
the fruits of a garden, those things of which he sees himself in need.
For I think that in the words of this book all human life is covered,
with all its states and thoughts, and that nothing further can be found
in man. For no matter what you seek, whether it be repentance and
confession, or help in trouble and temptation or under persecution,
whether you have been set free from plots and snares or, on the
contrary, are sad for any reason, or whether, seeing yourself
progressing and your enemy cast down, you want to praise and thank and
bless the Lord, each of these things the Divine Psalms show you how to
do, and in every case the words you want are written down for you, and
you can say them as your own."
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