Do not reject my judgment; dragon bound like a sparrow
Loss of child, property, or health cannot touch us unless God judges. Do not reject my judgment means: do not deny what I decided about you in this speaking. Do you think I dealt with you for any end but that you might appear righteous? You were righteous but hidden; endurance and courage needed the pains to shine them out. In distress we should hear God saying the trial was allowed so that righteousness would be plain to those who did not know it.
Take up height: the victor is to take power, be crowned, and put on beauty. The insolent campaigner is humbled and sent off in shame with his ranks. Chapter 41 asks whether one will play with the dragon as with a bird or bind him like a sparrow for a child. For a finished soul Satan is handed over bound, unable to hurt, led where the child wills — by the Lords grace.
Greek
ἀποβαλεῖν, ἀρχὴν ἀπολέσαι, νοσῆσαι κατὰ τὸ σῶμα. ὅ τι δήποτε τούτων ὑποστῆναι· οὐδὲν τούτων οἷόν τε παθεῖν ἡμᾶς, μὴ κρίνοντος τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἐπεὶ οὖν οὐδὲν τούτων γίνεται χωρὶς κρίματος τοῦ Θεοῦ, λέγεται πρὸς τὸν παθόντα· «Μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρῖμα·» τουτέστι, Μὴ ἀπαρνοῦ ὅπερ ἔκρινα περὶ σοῦ· τὸν παρόντα λέγει χρηματισμόν. Οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι, ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος; Ἀπολογοῦμαί σοι· δίκαιος ἦς, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἦς φανερός· ὑπομονὴν εἶχες· ἔδει με ἀφορμὴν παρασχεῖν τοῦ λάμψαι σου τὴν ὑπομονήν· εἶχες ἀνδρείαν· ἀλλ' ἐκρύπτετο ἐν σοί· οἱ συμβεβηκότες πόνοι ἔδειξάν σου τὴν ἀνδρείαν. Τούτων μνημονεύωμεν ἐν τοῖς τῶν περιστάσεων καιροῖς, καὶ δόξω 12.1048 μεν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀκούειν παρόντος καὶ λέγοντος ἡμῖν· «Οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι,» τουτέστι τὸν πειρασμὸν συγχωρῆσαι, ἢ ἵνα τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσι δήλη ἡ σὴ δικαιοσύνη ᾖ; Ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος. Ἔστι δὲ καὶ οὕτω νοῆσαι τοὺς στίχους· Νενίκηκας τὸν πειραστήν· ἀνάλαβέ σου τὸ ὕψος· ἀνάλαβέ σου τὴν δύναμιν· στεφάνωσαι· ἔνδυσαι εὐπρέπειαν. Ὁ ὑβριστὴς ἐστρατεύσατο κατὰ σοῦ· σὺ δὲ τὸν ὑπερήφανον ἐταπείνωσας, καὶ μακρὰν μετ' αἰσχύνης ἀπέστρεψας μετὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ φάλαγγος. ΚΕΦ. ΜΑʹ. Παίξῃ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὀρνέῳ; ἢ δήσεις αὐτὸν ὥσπερ στρουθίον παιδίῳ; Μεγάλης καὶ ἐῤῥωμένης καὶ τελείας ψυχῆς διαγράφει τὸ τέλος, ὅτι γε ὁ δράκων αὐτῷ, ὥσπερ στρουθίον παραδέδοται παιδίῳ, μηδὲ βλάψαι τὸ παιδίον δυνάμενον, ὅτι καὶ δεδεμένον αὐτὸ ἄγει ὅπου γε βούλεται τὸ παιδίον καὶ περιφέρει· οὕτω τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Κυρίου, ὡς στρουθίον ὑποχείριον, ὁ Σατανᾶς
About this text
Origen of Alexandria, Selecta in Job (Greek).
Original English Translation of Origen’s Selecta in Job — new OET from PG 12 Greek.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
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- Copy-text PG 12 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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