# Excerpta in Psalmos [Dub.] 8-3

Origen, Excerpta in Psalmos [Dub.], ΨΑΛ. ΛϚ΄.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/excerpta-in-psalmos-dub/8-3

Στίχ. η΄. Παῦσαι ἀπὸ ὀργῆς, καὶ ἐγκατάλιπε θυμόν. Ἐπωφελὲς τὸ παράδειγμα, καὶ τοῖς ὑποτεταγμένοις Θεῷ πρεπωδέστατον. Χρὴ γὰρ, φησὶ, πράους εἷναι, καὶ εὗ μάλα καθεστηκότας, καὶ εὐταξίαν ἔχοντας εἰς νοῦν, ἀγαπῶντάς τε διαπαντὸς τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς μακροθυμίας εὐοδίαν, καὶ τῶν ἐξ ὀργῆς κυμάτων ἀποφοιτᾷν. Τῶν γὰρ παθῶν τινὰ μὲν οὐ πίπτει εἰς πολλοὺς, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ τυχόντες ἀπέβαλον αὐτὰ προκόπτοντες. Τὸ γὰρ μιαρὸν τοῦτο πάθος, ἡ ὀργὴ, ἐκκαίει καὶ τοὺς δοκοῦντας εἶναι φρονίμους, καὶ ταράσσει· οὐ τινὰ μὲν, τινὰ δʼ οὔ ἀλλὰ κινδυνεύω λέγειν πάντας ἀνθρώπους παρὲξ τοῦ τελείου, ἐάν που εὑρεθῇ τις τέλειος.

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Origen, Excerpta in Psalmos [Dub.], ed. Charles de La Rue, Charles Vincent de La Rue. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2042.tlg074.local001/.