Psalm 7:5 — if I repaid evil, let me fall empty; empty cannot receive from his fullness
“If I repaid those who repay me evils, then let me fall empty from my enemies” (Psalm 7:5).
Empty is the one who cannot say: “From his fullness we all received, and grace for grace” (John 1:16).
Therefore such people are also called reeds, feeding the beasts in themselves, about which it is said: “Rebuke the beasts of the reed” (Psalm 67:31); and: “The devil,” says Job, “sleeps beside trees of every kind, beside papyrus and rush and reed; for this one is king of all those in the waters” (Job 40:21; Job 41:26).
Greek
7.5 Εἰ ἀνταπέδωκα τοῖς ἀνταποδιδοῦσί μοι κακὰ, ἀποπέσοιμι α ρα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου κενός. Κενός ἐστιν ὁ μὴ δυνάμενος λέγειν· ̓Εκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλά βομεν καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος. ∆ιόπερ καὶ οἱ τοιοῦτοι κάλαμοι λέγονται, τρέφοντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὰ θηρία, περὶ ω ν ει ρηται· ̓Επι τίμησον γὰρ, φησὶ, τοῖς θηρίοις τοῦ καλά μου, καί· ̔Ο διάβολος, φησὶν ὁ ̓Ιὼβ, παρὰ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται, παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ βούτομον καὶ κάλαμον· ου τος γὰρ βα σιλεύς ἐστι πάντων τῶν ἐν τοῖς υ δασι.
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New English from locked PG 12 / Khazarzar Greek of Fragmenta in Psalmos, Psalms 1–22.3. Earlier lemma-led SERIES-CLOSEOUT English was discarded.
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- Copy-text PG 12 Fragmenta in Psalmos (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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