Ver. 6. Kal rpocnuvqsdrucuy wire rdévres dyyerdor Ocot-—“ And let all the angels of God worship him.” From Ps. xevii. 7, without change. Only DON, “ gods,” is rendered by the apostle éyyeru cod, “the angels of God;” of the reason whereof afterwards. The LXX., Ipo- onuvqoure aire rdvTes dyyeror wdrod,—“ Worship him all ye his angels;” differing from the apostle both in form of speech and words. Hence some, not understanding whence this testimony was cited by the apostle, have inserted his words into the Greek Bible, Deut. xxxii. 43, where there is no colour for their introduction, nor any thing in the original to answer unto them, whereas the psalmist expressly treateth of the same subject with the apostle; to the reason of which insertion into the Greek version we shall speak afterwards.
Ver. 7. ‘O roti rods ayyérous aired cveluura, nad rodg AEsroupyods aired rupis QAbya:—“ Who maketh his angels spirits, and his minis- ters a flame of fire”’ From Ps. civ. 4. The LXX., zip paéyoy, “a flaming fire;” Heb., bri we, “fire of flame;” Aquila, rip AdEpoy, “a vehement fire;” Symmachus, supivyy grdya, “a fiery flame.” Much variety, with little or no difference, as often falls out amongst good translators rendering peculiar Hebraisms, such as this is The apostle’s expression is his own, not borrowed from the LXX.
Ver. 8, 9.‘O Spévog cov, 6 Oeds, sig riv aidiva rod aidivos (TY) Doiy)- pae- bog ebbbrnros 4 paCdos rs Pacikeins cour Hydrnous OimasoouVnY, xa) Ewtonous cevomiay dice Toro typioz oz, 6 Ozkc, 6 Oed¢ cov, Ehusov GyaANGOEWS TUpa Tog eréyous cov-—< Thy throne, O God, for ever and ever.” (The verb
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substantive is left out by the apostle, in answer unto the original, ma) pbiy piriox NDI, and DION rendered 6 @sic, for @t, which the apostrophe requires.) “A sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy - kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and thou hast hated ini- quity; wherefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.” The words exactly answer the original, and they are the same in the translation of the LXX.; and whence that coincidence was we shall afterwards inquire. Aquila somewhat otherwise, 'O Spovog cov Océ cig aiiva xal érr. Symmachus, Afwyo¢g xal zr. (TY came to be translated ér:, from likeness of sound.) In @¢, “O God,” he expresseth the apostrophe, which is evident in the context. Sxiarpov ebbirnros, onjarpoy Bacirsias cov. YI he renders by ox%jarpov, “sceptrum,” a sceptre, properly, as we shall see afterwards on Gen. xlix. 10. ’Ewionous &ot€qua, “ Thou hast hated ungodliness,” impiety, YW, -Edalw yapiis, “ With the oil of joy,’ he’ mY. Symmachus, "Eraiy dydAai‘ouod, another word of the same signification with that used by the apostle. From Ps. xlv. 6, 7.
Ver. 10-12. 33 zur’ dpyds, Kupie, riy viv eemerinous, nal epyee To yerpaw Cov Eicly of odpavol adrod aroAodvras, od Oe Osapmeverse nal TdvTEs as Imerioy rarcsmdnoovras xa) woe! repiCorAcsoy EAMEEIs adrods, Kal KARE- yhoovras od 0: 6 wdrig ei, nal rhe ern cov ox éxre/nLouor—“ And, Thou, O Lord, in the beginning hast founded the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.” From Ps. ci. 25-27. And these words of the apostle are now exactly in the Greek Bible. Some little difference there is in them from the Hebrew, the reason whereof we shall afterwards give an account of. Symmachus for ériSerg reads &AAdEes, and so did the copies of the LXX. of old, the word being yet retamed in some of them, and reckoned by ‘all amongst the various readings of that translation. The word Kipie, “O Lord,” inserted by the apostle, is also undoubtedly taken from hence into the Greek Bible; for asthe inserting of it was necessary unto the apostle to denote the person treated of, so it is not in the original, nor will the context of the psalm admit of it; so that it could no otherwise come into that place but from this of the apostle. Nor is it probable that the LXX. would translate Hyon, "EXEsis, “Thou shalt roll up,” and immediately render BoM “AdAayjoovras, “They shall be changed.” But here also the words have been bor- rowed from the apostle, whose design was not exactly to translate, but faithfully to apply the sense of the place unto his own purpose.
Ver. 13. Kédou OeEseiv pov, ws dy I rods exdpobs cov daomddsov ray roday oov-— Sit thou at. my right hand, until I place thine ene- mies the footstool of thy feet.” From Ps, cx. 1. D?, “At my right
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hand,” éx de&saiv, in the plural number; of the reason of which change and manner of expression we shall treat in its proper place. And here there remains nothing of difference in any old translation.
3. CHap. IT. ver. 6-8. Ti Zorw dvdparos, br prvqonn adbrod? 7 vide avbpirou, brs emoxerrn adriv; TAdrrwoug adtoy Bpayd rr wap’ ayyédouse O6En nal Tiny corEepdvwcas adrov, xual naréornous adriy eri re Epya Tay Kerpay sour Thyra vréracag imondrw ray woday abrov-—* What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him less for a little while than the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast subjected all things under his feet.” From Ps. vii. 4-6. The words of the apostle are the same with those in the present copy of the LXX. Theodotion, Bpayv rope Seo, DVN OY, from the ambiguous signification of the word DION, about which great stirs have been raised ; whereof in their pro- per place. Chrysostom on this text mentions some different trans- lations of the words of the psalm. ”AAAog, saith he, T/ 6 xar’ dvdpa ori juvnwoveders wdrot ;—“Another book reads, ‘What ishe according to man, that thou rememberest him?” WiINTD is not T/é xar’ dvdpa, but Ti cvbpamos Svgroc¢; “What is mortal man?” Again,” AddAog dvr? rod, ’ Exio- nian adr, Exioxéy wirov-— Another, instead of, ‘Thou visitest him,’ ‘That thou wilt visit him.” Again, "HAdrrwous abriv Bouyd v1 rap’ Giyyénous: repos, Bead ri rape Ocdvr HAAos,’ Oriyoy rape @sdv,—“ Instead of ‘ Less for a little while than angels;’ another, ‘ A little less than God;’ and another, ‘Less than God.’” And, he adds, the Hebrew is, Odtacpnood pdr wi Erusis, DTPND BOYD YTIBAM, Go different was their pronunciation of the Hebrew from that in use amongst us. Again, he adds, "Erzpos, AdEn nal rim orérerg at'rév,—“ Thou shalt crown him with glory and honour;” and yet, Aros, "EovsrdZew eroinoug airéy, —“Thou madest him to have power.” From all which variety it is most evident that there were various readings of this context in the ancient copies of the LXX., for no footsteps of them appear in the remains of Aquila, Theodotion, or Symmachus; and that therefore the common reading which is now fixed in the Greek Bible was translated thither from this place of the apostle.