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Theodoret of Cyrus: Commentary on the Psalms: Psalms 73–150 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This volume completes the Commentary on all the Psalms written by Theodoret, bishop of Cyrus, in the decade before the Council of Chalcedon held in 451, “a triumph of Antiochene theology,” in the words of J. N. D. Kelly. The work thus bears the marks of the theological currents of those years, especially as Theodoret was instrumental in convening that Council and was involved in the...

word also means, The possession of your testimonies is more satisfying to me than every kind of wealth. The phrase in riches of all kinds he does not add idly; rather, it indicates multifarious wealth, for there are many forms of wealth: one person who is called wealthy possesses gold, another silver, another a great amount of land, in one case with crops growing, in another case with seed sown, another possesses herds of cattle. The inspired author, however, included all these, compared them to
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