The Incomprehensibility of God and the Praise of Creation
of the knowledge of God. For His understanding is so deep that, due to incomprehensibility, it has no number. And even if it is said to have no number because of the exceeding multitude of things contemplated within it, you yourself will realize this (Ps 148:2).
The angels are indeed those in the heavens, but the powers are even above these, worthy of the Highest, existing to proclaim His glory to men; and they alone possess continuous blessedness through the stability which is from God, which are also those called thrones by the apostle, being established by God's name and being subject to the Divine and being great in creation; having always stood firm and being a spring in the reception of the Divine glory.
Shine in the heaven with the day and the night, lighting it (Ps 148:3), that is, the highest heaven, which is the firmament according to Moses, and indeed the water above it; he is exhorted to praise God. It is clear that all these things are a hymn to God, manifesting the all-praised One of the Creator through their own beauty, power, and energy.
And saying to all the righteous, he shows those from every nation (Ps 148:14). By prophecy, as he drew Israel, because he had drawn near from the beginning, he shows the inclusion of the Gentiles.
Therefore, the rest after death and the rejoicing in this, the Word necessarily established (Ps 149:5), according to the saying 'In peace I will lie down and sleep' (Ps 4:8).
Greek
γνώσεως θεοῦ. βαθυτάτη γὰρ οὖσα ἡ σύνεσις αὐτοῦ δι' ἀκαταληψίαν ἀριθμὸν οὐκ ἔχει. εἰ δὲ καὶ διὰ τὸ ὑπερβάλλον πλῆθος τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ θεωρημάτων μὴ ἔχειν ἀριθμὸν λέγεται, καὶ σὺ αὐτὸς ἐπιστήσεις. 311 Ps 148,2 Ἄγγελοι μὲν ἂν εἶεν οἱ ἐν οὐρανοῖς, δυνάμεις δὲ καὶ τούτων ὑπεράνω τοῖς ὑψίστοις προσήκουσαι, ὑπὲρ τὸ διαγγέλλειν ἀνθρώποις οὖσαι, ἐν δὲ μόνῃ τῇ παρὰ θεῷ βεβαιότητι διηνεκῇ τὸ μακάριον ἔχουσαι, ὁποῖαι καὶ αἱ καλούμεναι παρὰ ἀποστόλῳ θρόνοι ἐνδεικνυμένου τοῦ ὀνόματος τὸ ἐφιδρῦσθαι αὐταῖς τὸν θεὸν τὰς δὲ ὑποκεῖσθαι τῇ θείᾳ καὶ ὑπὲρ κτίσιν μεγαλειότητι, ἐν τούτῳ δὴ καθεστηκυίας ἀεὶ καὶ τὸ στάσιμον καὶ πεπηγὸς ἐχούσας ἐν τῇ τῆς θείας δόξης ὑποδοχῇ. 312 Ps 148,3.4 *** φέγγη *** οὐρανῷ μεθ' ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτωρ φωτίζοντα αὐτόν τε τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸν ἀνωτάτω, τουτέστι τὸ κατὰ Μωυσέα στερέωμα, καὶ δὴ τού του δὲ ἀνώτερον ὕδωρ ὑμνεῖν τὸν θεὸν παρακελεύεται. δῆλον ὅτι πάντα ταῦτά ἐστιν ὕμνος θεοῦ κάλλει καὶ δυνάμει καὶ ἐνεργείᾳ τῇ ἑαυτῶν τὸ πανύμνητον ἐμφανίζοντα τοῦ δημιουργήσαντος. 313 Ps 148,14 Καὶ πᾶσι δὲ λέγων ὁσίοις τοὺς ἐξ ἅπαντος ἔθνους ὑποδείκνυσι. προφητείᾳ τὸν δὲ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπεισάγων διὰ τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς πεπλησιακέναι ἐπακολούθησιν αὐτοῦ δηλοῖ τὴν μετὰ τὰ ἔθνη. 314 Ps 149,5 Τῶν οὖν κεκοιμημένων τὴν μετὰ τὸν θάνατον ἀνάπαυλαν καὶ τὴν ἐν τούτῳ ἀγαλλίασιν ἀναγκαίως ὁ λόγος ἐθέσπισε κατὰ τὸ Ἐν εἰρήνῃ [ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ] κοιμηθήσομαι καὶ ὑπνώσω. 43
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Apollinaris of Laodicea on the Psalms (catena fragments).
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