The Betrayal and the Divine Form
It will be, he says, the resurrection that dissolves the gathering of enemies against us and the betrayal of friends (Ps 40:10). For a disciple has already risen, deserving peace, being counted among those who believe and sharing food, but being a serpent, he was exposed, seeking to seize the wing. The Lord himself also remembered this, saying, as if something had been spoken concerning him, 'But that the scripture might be fulfilled, he who eats my bread has lifted up the wing against me' (Ps 40:11).
We hear of the purity from all evil being removed through Christ (Ps 40:13). The Creator sought this among men; since this has happened, the Maker is found worthy and remains in the good, because all the works of God are very good. He sought but found it in none of those from Adam, only in the one who is according to the flesh from Adam and whose similar transgressions were not demonstrated, but having the divine form remaining even within the fleshly envelope, as the heavenly voice testifies: 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased' (Matt 3:17). The abiding and confirmation before God is eternal, that which is in heaven, and which is foretold in the fifteenth Psalm after the resurrection: 'I will be filled with joy in your presence' (Ps 40:14). For he has ascended into heaven to be manifested to the face of God on our behalf, offering in himself that which was separated and alienated from the beginning.
From this, the prudent man understands what the inscription calls for (Ps 41:3): that man has become outside the face of God, so that he might seek the restoration toward the face of God. It is expected that he seeks the strong one, having fallen by weakness, according to: 'Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak' (Ps 41:4); therefore it is necessary to have fallen into the present weakness. For he who loves his own small strength is not sufficient, nor is he able to seek without being left by the true strength.
Regarding those who are forgotten, he says, Psalm 41:4 they consider entirely futile the return to God, the seeking of God, and they mock those doing this. Instead of the pleasant food, I went before to tears with unpleasantly bitter sorrow, according to that which is said in Lamentations, 'Feed me with ashes.' I am not released from desire because of the separation and the mockery, but I am grieved on behalf of righteousness which is being mocked. Therefore, the harassment and the insults of the wicked are necessary, since the tears resulting from these things are not harmful to the righteous. For upon these is the blessing: 'Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted' Matthew 5:4. Thus, immediately, is that of the comfort.
Regarding Psalm 41:6, 'Let not the present things grieve you, O soul,' he says, 'neither let them trouble you, but let the hope toward God be a consolation, that we shall experience those good things worthy of thanksgiving and we shall have salvation in his appearance,' which according to Paul is the awaiting of the appearance of the Lord and his kingdom 1 Thessalonians 1:10. These indeed are the things concerning the things to come and the promises according to the law, being higher; and further than this is that which was said by Paul the prophet, that the better thing is to depart and to be with Christ Philippians 1:23; but what follows is the discourse of those still grieving.
The separation of the one desired holds the desiring soul in check Psalm 41:7. And he says that it is a separation from God, until one sees one's own origin, which is from the beginning; but still one dwells in the land of the Jordan, and the Mount Hermon is as a very small thing compared to that, and one is thundered by such as it were by the assaults of winds and waves, being struck by misfortunes that are brought upon one another.
He teaches the good things of the coming age Psalm 41:9, the good day in which God will set his mercy according to that which is said in Lamentations, 'Fill us with your morning mercy.' But the present, he says, is toward joy, when night and darkness are the communion with God through hymns and the departure through prayers. Psalm 41:10 The words of prayer are indeed said, and those of the prayer...
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αὐτοῦ. 43 Ps 40,10 Ἔσται, φησίν, ἡ ἀνάστασις διαλύουσα τὴν τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐφ' ἡμῖν συγκρότησιν καὶ τῶν φίλων τὴν προδοσίαν. ἤδη γὰρ ἐπανέστη καὶ μαθητής, εἰρήνης ἀξιούμενος τῆς παρ' ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐν τοῖς πιστευομένοις ἀριθμούμενος καὶ τροφῆς κοινονῶν, ὄφις δὲ ὢν ἐξηλέγχθη, πτέρνης ἐπιλαβέσθαι βουλόμενος. τούτου δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ἐμνημόνευσεν ὡς εἰς αὐτὸν εἰρημένου λέγων Ἀλλ' ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ, ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτον μου ἐπῆρκεν ἐπ' ἐμὲ τὴν πτέρνην αὐτοῦ. 44 Ps 40,13 5 Ἐξαιρέτως ἐπὶ Χριστοῦ τὴν ἀκακίαν ἀκούομεν τὴν πάσης κακίας καθαρότητα, ἣν ἐζήτει μὲν παρὰ ἀνθρώπων ὁ δημιουργὸς ἐπὶ τούτῳ γεγενημένων ὡς εἶναι τοῦ ποιήσαντος ἀξίους καὶ διαμένοντας ἐν τῷ καλῷ ὅτι πάντα τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ποιήματα καλὰ λίαν, ζητῶν δὲ εὗρεν ἐν οὐδενὶ τῶν ἐξ Ἀδάμ, ἐν δὲ τῷ κατὰ σάρκα ἐξ Ἀδὰμ ὄντι μόνῳ καὶ μὴ διαδεδειγμένῳ τὰ ὅμοια τῆς ἐκείνου παραβάσεως ἀλλ' ἔχοντι τὴν θείαν μορφὴν διαμένουσαν καὶ μετὰ τῆς σαρκικῆς περιβολῆς, καθὸ καὶ ἡ οὐράνιος φωνὴ μαρτυρεῖ τὸ Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητὸς εἰς ὃν εὐδόκησα. ἡ δὴ ἔμπροσθεν θεοῦ διαμονὴ καὶ βεβαίωσις αἰώνιός ἐστιν ἡ ἐν οὐρανῷ, ἣ καὶ ἐν πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ προείρηται μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἐν τῷ Πληρώσεις με εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου. ἀναβέβηκεν γὰρ εἰς οὐρανὸν ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἐν ἑαυτῷ προσάγων τὸ χωρισθὲν καὶ ἀπαλλοτριωθὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς. 45 Ps 41,3 Ἐκ τούτου συνιέναι ἔστι τῷ συνετῷ ὃν ἡ ἐπιγραφὴ παρακαλεῖ, ὅτι ἐκτὸς προσώπου θεοῦ γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος, ἵν' ἐπὶ θεοῦ μήσῃ τὴν εἰς θεοῦ πρόσωπον ἀποκατάστασιν. εἰκότως δὴ τὸν ἰσχυρὸν ἐπιζητεῖ, περιπεσὼν ἀσθενείᾳ κατὰ τὸ Ἐλέησόν με, κύριε, ὅτι ἀσθενής εἰμι· ὅθεν ἀναγκαῖον τὸ τῇ νῦν ἀσθενείᾳ περιπεπτωκέναι. μὴ τῇ μικρᾷ γὰρ ἰσχύι τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἀγαπῶν διαρκεῖσθαι μήτε δυνάμενος ζητεῖ μὴ τῆς ὄντως ἰσχύος ἀπολείπεσθαι. 46 Ps 41,4 Τῶν ἐπιλελησμένων, φησίν, παντάπασι τῆς εἰς θεὸν ἐπανόδου ματαίαν ἡγουμένων τὴν ἐπιζήτησιν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ὀνειδιζόντων τοὺς τοῦτο ποιοῦντας, εἰς δάκρυα προηγόμην ἐγὼ ἀντὶ τῆς ἡδείας τροφῆς ἀηδεστάτῃ λύπῃ συνὼν κατὰ τὸ ἐν Θρήνοις λεγόμενον Ἐψώμισέ με σποδόν, τῆς μὲν ἐπιθυμίας οὐκ ἀφιστάμενος διὰ τὸν χωρισμὸν καὶ τὸν ὀνειδισμόν, ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὀνειδιζομένης ἀχθόμενος. ἀναγκαίως ἄρα καὶ ἡ τῶν πονηρῶν παρενόχλησις καὶ τὰ ὀνείδη, ἐπειδὴ τὰ ἐκ τούτων δάκρυα τοῖς δικαίοις οὐ βλαβερά. ἐπὶ γὰρ τούτοις ὁ μακαρισμὸς τὸ Μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες ὅτι αὐτοὶ παρακληθήσονται. εὐθὺς οὖν καὶ τὸ τῆς παρακλήσεως. 47 Ps 41,6 Μή σε λυπείτω, φησίν, τὰ παρόντα, ὦ ψυχή, μηδὲ ταρασσέτω, ἀλλ' ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡ εἰς θεὸν παραμυθείσθω ὅτι τευξόμεθα τῶν εὐχαριστίας ἀξίων ἀγαθῶν καὶ σωτηρίας ἕξομεν τὰς ἐν ἐπιφανείᾳ αὐτοῦ, ὅπερ κατὰ τὸν Παῦλόν ἐστι τὸ προσδέχεσθαι τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τὸ βασίλειον αὐτοῦ. ταῦτα δὴ συνετὰ περὶ τῶν μελλόντων καὶ τῶν κατὰ νόμον ἐπαγγελιῶν, ἀνωτέρω χωροῦντα καὶ τὸ μετὰ ταῦτα ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Παύλου † προφήτας ὧν τὸ κρεῖσσον τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν Χριστῷ εἶναι· τὰ δὲ μετὰ τοῦτο διήγησις τῶν ἔτι λυπούντων. 48 Ps 41,7 Τήκει ψυχὴν ἐπιθυμοῦσαν ὁ τοῦ ἐπιθυμουμένου χωρισμός. κεχωρίσθαι δὲ θεοῦ φησιν, ἕως οὔπω παράδεισον ὁρᾷ τὴν ἰδίαν πῆξιν τὴν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, ἀλλ' ἔτι τὴν Ἰορδάνου γῆν οἰκεῖ καὶ τὸ Ἑρμωνιεὶμ ὄρος μικρότατον ὡς πρὸς ἐκεῖνο καὶ οἱονεὶ καταιγίσιν ἀνέμων καὶ κυμάτων ἐμβολαῖς θορυβεῖται ταῖς ἐπ' ἀλλήλοις συμφοραῖς κρουνηδὸν ἐπιφερομέναις. 49 Ps 41,9 τὰ μὲν ἀγαθὰ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος εἶναι διδάσκει, τοῦτον ἡμέραν καλῶν εἰς ὃν ἐπήγγελται ὁ θεὸς θήσειν τὸν ἔλεον αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὸ ῥηθὲν ἐν ΠΘ Ἔμπλησον ἡμᾶς τὸ πρωΐας ἔλεός σου· τὸ δὲ νῦν φησιν εἰς εὐφροσύνην, ὅτε νὺξ καὶ σκότος ἡ δι' ὕμνων ὁμιλία πρὸς θεὸν καὶ ἡ δι' εὐχῶν ἀπότασις. 50 Ps 41,10 ∆εήσεως τὰ ῥήματα λέγεται μὲν οὖν καὶ τὰ τῆς δεήσεως
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