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"reigned from the tree" - Justin Martyr and Tertullian quoting from "LXX"
Here are references:
The First Apology of Justin, the Martyr
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/richardson/fathers.x.ii.iii.html
41. And again in another prophecy the prophetic Spirit, testifying through the same David that after being crucified Christ would reign, said: "O sing to the Lord, all the earth, and proclaim his salvation from day to day; for great is the Lord and highly to be praised, terrible beyond all the gods. For all the gods of the nations are images of demons, but God made the heavens. Glory and praise are before him, and strength and pride in the place of his sanctification. Give glory to the Lord, the Father of the ages. Receive favor and go in before his face and worship in his holy courts. Let all the earth fear before him, and be set upright and not shaken. Let them exult among the nations; the Lord has reigned from the tree.
* 757 Ps. 96 (95): 1, 2, 4–10, also in I Chron. 16:23, 25–31. Justin's variations from the LXX include "images of demons" where LXX has "demons" in Ps. 95, "images" in I Chron.; "Father of the ages" for "families of the nations"; "receive favor" (charin) for "take offerings"; and the addition "from the tree," otherwise known only to Latin Christian writers whose acquaintance with it may derive from him; he defends this reading in Dial., ch. 73, arguing that the Jews have deliberately omitted it (although in the MS. the psalm is then quoted as in LXX, perhaps due to collation by a copyist; it seems that Justin knew an eccentric text, possibly from liturgical use.
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Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho - Chapter 73
http://www.bombaxo.com/trypho.html
also different translation
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.viii.iv.lxxiii.html
"Furthermore, from a verse of the ninety-fifth Psalm of David they have left out the short phrase, 'from the tree.' For they have changed the verse, 'Say to the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned from the tree,' to 'Say to the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned' [Ps 95.10]. [2] Now, no one of your people was ever said to have reigned as God and King over the Gentiles, except the Crucified One, who (as the Holy Spirit testifies in the same Psalm) was freed from death by His resurrection, and thus showed that He is not like gods of the Gentiles, for they are but the idols of demons. [3] To clarify this point, I will repeat the whole Psalm for you. It is as follows: 'Sing to the Lord a new canticle; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord and bless His name; show forth His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the Gentiles; His wonders among all people. For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils; but the Lord made the heavens. Praise and beauty are before Him; holiness and majesty in His sanctuary. Bring to the Lord, O you kindred of the Gentiles, bring to the Lord glory and honor, bring to the Lord glory unto His name. [4] Bring up sacrifices, and come unto His courts. Adore the Lord in His holy court. Let all the earth be moved at His presence. Say among the Gentiles, the Lord has reigned from the tree. For he has established the world, which will not be moved; He will judge the people with justice. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. Let the sea be moved, and its bounty. The fields and all things that are in them will be joyful. Then all the trees of the woods rejoice before the face of the Lord, because He comes; because He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the people with His truth' [Ps 95.1-13] "
[5] "Only God knows," remarked Trypho, "whether or not our leaders have deleted portions of the Scriptures as you say. But such an assertion seems incredible."
[6] "Yes," I agreed, "it does seem incredible. For it is more dreadful than the erecting of the golden calf (which they made while still satiated with the manna that fell to earth), and more revolting than the sacrifice of their children to demons, or the slaughter of the Prophets. You, indeed, appear not to have even heard of the Scriptures which I said they had mutilated. But the many passages which I have already cited, together with those which you have preserved, and which are still to be quoted are more than enough to prove the points at issue."
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Tertullian Against Marcion - Book III - Chapter XIX
http://books.google.com/books?id=U12Lzz46n74C&pg=PA157
Come, now, if you have read in the utterance of the prophet in the Psalms, "God has reigned from the tree," I wait to hear what you understand thereby; for fear you may perhaps think some carpenter-king is signified, and not Christ, who has reigned from that time onward when he overcame the death which ensued from His passion of "the tree."
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Tertullian
An Answer to the Jews - Ch. 13
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0308.htm
Similarly, again, Isaiah says: "For a child is born to us, and to us is given a son." What novelty is that, unless he is speaking of the "Son" of God?— and one is born to us the beginning of whose government has been made "on His shoulder." What king in the world wears the ensign of his power on his shoulder, and does not bear either diadem on his head, or else sceptre in his hand, or else some mark of distinctive vesture? But the novel "King of ages," Christ Jesus, alone reared "on His shoulder" His own novel glory, and power, and sublimity—the cross, to wit; that, according to the former prophecy, the Lord thenceforth "might reign from the tree." For of this tree likewise it is that God hints, through Jeremiah, that you would say, "Come, let us put wood into his bread, and let us wear him away out of the land of the living; and his name shall no more be remembered." Of course on His body that "wood" was put; for so Christ has revealed, calling His body "bread," whose body the prophet in bygone days announced under the term "bread."
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And there are a number of commentaries as to how this was in a text of Justin Martyr.
"reigned from the tree" - Justin Martyr and Tertullian quoting from "LXX"
Here are references:
The First Apology of Justin, the Martyr
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/richardson/fathers.x.ii.iii.html
41. And again in another prophecy the prophetic Spirit, testifying through the same David that after being crucified Christ would reign, said: "O sing to the Lord, all the earth, and proclaim his salvation from day to day; for great is the Lord and highly to be praised, terrible beyond all the gods. For all the gods of the nations are images of demons, but God made the heavens. Glory and praise are before him, and strength and pride in the place of his sanctification. Give glory to the Lord, the Father of the ages. Receive favor and go in before his face and worship in his holy courts. Let all the earth fear before him, and be set upright and not shaken. Let them exult among the nations; the Lord has reigned from the tree.
* 757 Ps. 96 (95): 1, 2, 4–10, also in I Chron. 16:23, 25–31. Justin's variations from the LXX include "images of demons" where LXX has "demons" in Ps. 95, "images" in I Chron.; "Father of the ages" for "families of the nations"; "receive favor" (charin) for "take offerings"; and the addition "from the tree," otherwise known only to Latin Christian writers whose acquaintance with it may derive from him; he defends this reading in Dial., ch. 73, arguing that the Jews have deliberately omitted it (although in the MS. the psalm is then quoted as in LXX, perhaps due to collation by a copyist; it seems that Justin knew an eccentric text, possibly from liturgical use.
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Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho - Chapter 73
http://www.bombaxo.com/trypho.html
also different translation
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.viii.iv.lxxiii.html
"Furthermore, from a verse of the ninety-fifth Psalm of David they have left out the short phrase, 'from the tree.' For they have changed the verse, 'Say to the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned from the tree,' to 'Say to the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned' [Ps 95.10]. [2] Now, no one of your people was ever said to have reigned as God and King over the Gentiles, except the Crucified One, who (as the Holy Spirit testifies in the same Psalm) was freed from death by His resurrection, and thus showed that He is not like gods of the Gentiles, for they are but the idols of demons. [3] To clarify this point, I will repeat the whole Psalm for you. It is as follows: 'Sing to the Lord a new canticle; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord and bless His name; show forth His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the Gentiles; His wonders among all people. For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils; but the Lord made the heavens. Praise and beauty are before Him; holiness and majesty in His sanctuary. Bring to the Lord, O you kindred of the Gentiles, bring to the Lord glory and honor, bring to the Lord glory unto His name. [4] Bring up sacrifices, and come unto His courts. Adore the Lord in His holy court. Let all the earth be moved at His presence. Say among the Gentiles, the Lord has reigned from the tree. For he has established the world, which will not be moved; He will judge the people with justice. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. Let the sea be moved, and its bounty. The fields and all things that are in them will be joyful. Then all the trees of the woods rejoice before the face of the Lord, because He comes; because He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the people with His truth' [Ps 95.1-13] "
[5] "Only God knows," remarked Trypho, "whether or not our leaders have deleted portions of the Scriptures as you say. But such an assertion seems incredible."
[6] "Yes," I agreed, "it does seem incredible. For it is more dreadful than the erecting of the golden calf (which they made while still satiated with the manna that fell to earth), and more revolting than the sacrifice of their children to demons, or the slaughter of the Prophets. You, indeed, appear not to have even heard of the Scriptures which I said they had mutilated. But the many passages which I have already cited, together with those which you have preserved, and which are still to be quoted are more than enough to prove the points at issue."
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Tertullian Against Marcion - Book III - Chapter XIX
http://books.google.com/books?id=U12Lzz46n74C&pg=PA157
Come, now, if you have read in the utterance of the prophet in the Psalms, "God has reigned from the tree," I wait to hear what you understand thereby; for fear you may perhaps think some carpenter-king is signified, and not Christ, who has reigned from that time onward when he overcame the death which ensued from His passion of "the tree."
=====================================
Tertullian
An Answer to the Jews - Ch. 13
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0308.htm
Similarly, again, Isaiah says: "For a child is born to us, and to us is given a son." What novelty is that, unless he is speaking of the "Son" of God?— and one is born to us the beginning of whose government has been made "on His shoulder." What king in the world wears the ensign of his power on his shoulder, and does not bear either diadem on his head, or else sceptre in his hand, or else some mark of distinctive vesture? But the novel "King of ages," Christ Jesus, alone reared "on His shoulder" His own novel glory, and power, and sublimity—the cross, to wit; that, according to the former prophecy, the Lord thenceforth "might reign from the tree." For of this tree likewise it is that God hints, through Jeremiah, that you would say, "Come, let us put wood into his bread, and let us wear him away out of the land of the living; and his name shall no more be remembered." Of course on His body that "wood" was put; for so Christ has revealed, calling His body "bread," whose body the prophet in bygone days announced under the term "bread."
=====================================
And there are a number of commentaries as to how this was in a text of Justin Martyr.