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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst

Psalm 102:25

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622 · Centraal Museum, Utrecht · Public domainGerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp, 1622, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

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Psalm 102:25 (WEB)

Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

Fathers and councils · 12

Origen

  • “…sense, so that we may translate the following expressions, “And the firmament showeth forth His handywork,” and “the heavens are the work of Thy hands,” and any other similar phrases, in a figurative manner, so far as respects the “hands” and “limbs” of Deity, where is the absurdity in the words, “God thus…” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cii. 25.

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  • “…whatever, according as the deserts of things may demand; which the prophet evidently has in view when he says, “It is God who makes and transforms all things.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cii. 25, 26.

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Gregory of Nyssa

  • “And he adds also from another Psalm the appropriate words, “Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thine hands,” and the rest, as far as “But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail,” whereby he describes the immutability and eternity of His nature.” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cii. 25, 26.

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  • “…He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him,” and, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever,” and, “Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail”?” — editor's note: Cf. Heb. i. 6–12. The passages there cited are Ps. xcvii. 7; Ps. xlv. 6; Ps. cii. 25, sqq.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established for ever;” pointing out plainly what things they are that pass away, and who it is that doth endure for ever—God, together with His servants.” — editor's note: Ps. cii. 25–28. The cause of the difference in the numbering of the Psalms is that the Septuagint embraces in one psalm—the ninth—the two which form the ninth…

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Cyril of Jerusalem

  • “David also says in one place, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; and in another place, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, &c., they shall perish, but Thou remainest, &c.; but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail: words which Paul has interpreted of the Son.” — editor's note: Ib. cii. 25–27.

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Ambrose of Milan

Augustine of Hippo

Hilary of Poitiers

  • “For the heaven is not a son, neither is the earth a son, nor is the world a birth; for of these it is said, All things were made through Him; and by the prophet, The heavens are the works of Thy hands; and by the same prophet, Neglect not the works of Thy hands.” — editor's note: Ps. cii. 25.

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  • Hebrews 1:10 takes up the words of Psalm 102:25 (10 words in common).

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