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On Prayer 33.3

Origen · On Prayer · ca. 233–234 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: An example of thanksgiving is David's prayer after God's promise through Nathan.

Greek text · Koetschau 2:402

τῆς δὲ εὐχαριστίας ἐκκείσθω τοῦτο παράδειγμα ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ τῶν Βασιλειῶν κείμενον, μετὰ τὰς διὰ τοῦ Νάθαν πρὸς τὸν Δαυῒδ ἐπαγγελίας ὑπὸ τοῦ Δαυῒδ ἀπαγγελλόμενον, ἐκπλαγέντος τὰς τοῦ θεοῦ δωρεὰς καὶ εὐχαριστοῦντος ἐπʼ αὐταῖς διὰ τούτων· „τίς εἰμι ἐγὼ, κύριέ μου κύριε, καὶ τίς ὁ οἶκός μου, ὅτι ἠγάπησάς με ἕως τούτων; καὶ κατεσμικρύνθην μικρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου, κύριέ μου, καὶ ἐλάλησας ὑπὲρ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ δούλου σου εἰς μακράν· οὗτος δὲ ὁ νόμος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, κύριέ μου κύριε. καὶ τί προσθήσει Δαυῒδ ἔτι τοῦ λαλῆσαι πρός σε; καὶ νῦν σὺ οἶδας τὸν δοῦλόν σου, κύριε· διὰ τὸν δοῦλόν σου πεποίηκας, καὶ κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν σου ἐποίησας πᾶσαν τὴν μεγαλωσύνην σου ταύτην γνωρίσαι τῷ δούλῳ σου ἕνεκα τοῦ μεγαλῦναί σε. κύριέ μου κύριε.“

English · Claude translation

Of thanksgiving let this example be set out, found in the second book of Kingdoms, spoken by David after the promises made to him through Nathan, when he was amazed at God's gifts and gave thanks for them in these words: “Who am I, O Lord my Lord, and what is my house, that you have loved me thus far? And I was made small in your sight, my Lord, and you have spoken concerning the house of your servant for a long time to come; and this is the law of man, O Lord my Lord. And what more can David say to you? And now you know your servant, O Lord; for your servant's sake you have done it, and according to your heart you have done all this greatness, to make it known to your servant, so as to magnify you, O Lord my Lord.”

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Koetschau 2:402 · Paul Koetschau, ed., Origenes Werke 2: Buch V–VIII gegen Celsus, Die Schrift vom Gebet, GCS 3 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1899), 297–403 · Greek text: P. Koetschau, Origenes Werke 2 (GCS 3, 1899), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
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As printed in Koetschau, GCS 3. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Koetschau, GCS 3; made independently of existing English translations. No public-domain English translation exists; reviewed against the Greek.
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  • The quotation is 2 Sam 7:18–22 (2 Kgdms LXX).

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Origen, Or. 33.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/origen-oratione/33/3/).

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Origen, Or. 33.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/origen-oratione/33/3/).

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