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6 May 2022

Healing The Soul

Ἐλέησόν με Kύριε ὅτι ἀσθενής εἰμι, ἴασαί με Kύριε ὅτι ἐταράχθη τὰ ὀστᾶ μου

Ἴασις ἀσθενειας ψυχῆς, ἡ ἐκ Θεοῦ δύναμις· ὡς λέγειν τὸν ταύτης τυχόντα, Παντα ἰσχὺω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με Χριστᾡ. Ὅτι δὲ οὐκ εἰ ποῦ τῆς Γραφῆς εἴρηται ὀστᾶ, οὐ πάντως περὶ τῶν αἰσθητῶν ἐστιν τὸ δηλούμενον, ἐπιστατέον τῷ, Πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ἐροῦσιν, Κύριε, Κύριε, τίς ὅμοιός σοι; Καὶ τῷ Διεσκορπίσθη τὰ ὀστᾶ ἡμων πᾶρὰ τὸν ᾅδην.

Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμούς, Ψαλμος Ϛ'

Source: Migne PG 39.1176d-1177a
Have mercy on me Lord because I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are troubled... 1

The healing of the weak soul is the power of God, as is said when this happens: 'I can do everything in Christ who strengthens me.' 2 But those things which are named bones in Scripture, nearly always refer to material things, whence is understood: 'All my bones shall say: Lord, Lord, who is like you?' 3 And again: 'Our bones scattered beside hell.' 4

Didymus the Blind, Commentary on The Psalms, Psalm 6

1 Ps 6.3
2 Phil 4.13
3 Ps 34.10
4 Ps 140.7

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