Renewal in Christ: Athanasius on the Christian Life

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Renewal in Christ: Athanasius on the Christian Life

• And those describing the virtuous life are Psalms 105, 112, 119, 125, 133; • Those proclaiming praise are Psalms 91, 113, 117, 135, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150; • Those giving thanks are Psalms 8, 9 [and 10], 18, 34, 46, 63, 77, 85, 116, 9 121, 122, 124, 126, 129, 144; • Those proclaiming blessedness are Psalms 1, 32, 41, 119, 128; • And Psalm 108 demonstrates how to sing with zeal; • While Psalm 81 exhorts to fortitude; • Psalms 2, 14, 36, 52, 53 accuse the ungodly and lawbreakers; • While Psalm 4 is one of invocation; • Those describing devotion are such as Psalms 20 and 64; • Those boasting in the Lord proclaim words such as those found in Psalms 23, 27, 39, 40, 42, 62, 76, 84, 97, 99, 151 (LXX); • Those that rebuke are Psalms 58 and 82; • And those that contain the words of a hymn are Psalms 48 and 65; • Psalm 66 is a psalm of jubilation and about the resurrection;

9 The Hebrew and English Bibles combine Psalms 114 and 115 from the Septuagint.