Repentance and the Care of God
Regarding Psalm 39:10, 11a: A great assembly is being filled from many and perfect ones. In this, the righteousness established through the faith of Jesus is being preached. Proclaiming this unceasingly and continuously, he says: 'My lips I shall by no means restrain.' He himself says: 'I knew my righteousness, having accepted this and being at home in it.'
Regarding Psalm 39:11c: He speaks of a great gathering collected from all nations, in which he says he is proclaiming the lion of God and the truth with boldness, saying these things are not hidden. Perhaps he proclaims the lion by declaring the forgiveness of sins occurring according to the lion, and the truth by being set in opposition to the shadow.
Regarding Psalm 39:12, 13: While I am doing the things foretold, You, O Lord, do not let Your mercies be far from me; have mercy on those who benefit through me. For the greater part of salvation does not arise solely from the working of God's mercy, but also the truth, taking hold, preserves one lest they be caught in a deception or some other error. For lawlessnesses pursue the judgment of enemies against the one fleeing them; if they do not grasp them, the visual power of the soul is hindered so as not to be able to see the one catching them. Perhaps the lawlessnesses are being pursued by the evil powers working them. And they have multiplied beyond the hairs of my head; that is, the evils surrounding us are multiplying unperceived. With these many things having happened, being deprived of thinking rightly, we have been left abandoned from the heart.
Regarding Psalm 39:15, 16: Since the psalm is single-personed and is said of Christ, it must be said that those who have only the body saying, 'You used the Body for me, what also the soul confesses to have sought,' are lost—those who wrongly think this, praying lest they also be ashamed and fall into error. Just as those hurrying toward virtue have a command not to turn to the rear (for this is destruction), so the...
As evils rush upon them, let them hasten to turn back to the things behind, setting aside the bad intention; for then they are able to be shamed even in the sense of perception. Let those saying to me 'Well indeed, well indeed' immediately bring upon themselves shame. He who accepts sinlessness desires that no one should come into sin. But if anyone should go astray, 'well indeed', how he is immediately shamed for the bad and arrogant things he is doing, saying 'Well indeed, well indeed' (Ps 39:17, 18a).
Those seeking the Lord have an end to the seeking, which is to find him; and upon having found him, they rejoice and are glad with rejoicings and gladness. For someone having sought and having found God, and desiring to magnify him, wants to love the salvation of God, either the salvation from him or the Savior himself. And he loves him through all things and not for a little while. Toward the possession of good things, having confessed himself to God as weak, poor, and needy, he entrusts the care concerning himself to God, casting his care upon the Lord as upon a guardian (Ps 40:2b).
An evil day is the day of judgment, in which the God who pitied may pity the one pitied, and he is saved from every punishment; and perhaps even the whole existing life is an evil day, in which the Lord himself saves from those standing around (Ps 40:2b, 3a). Let the evil day and the day of punishment be understood. But he says 'to live' him the true life in the land of the gentle (Ps 40:3b, 4).
And he who is prevented from being delivered into the hands of his enemies is such as these, namely the souls of the enemies. And he will add to the one who understands concerning the poor and the needy, and these things following: 'For the Lord will help him at his bed of pain, and will turn his whole bed in his sickness, delivering him from human sickness, also granting him the health of the soul, even if there should happen to him some sickness of the soul (of which many things happen, as the apostle teaches, saying: 'Because of this among you...')
Greek
Ps 39,10.11a Μεγάλη ἐκκλησία ἡ ἐκ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων συμπληρουμένη. ἐν ταύτῃ ου ν εὐαγγελίζεται δικαιοσύνην τὴν διὰ πίστεως ̓Ιησοῦ συνισταμένην. ταύτην δὲ ἀδιαστάτως καὶ συνεχῶς ἀπαγγέλλων ἐρεῖ· Τὰ χείλη μου οὐ μὴ κωλύσω. αὐτὸς δέ φησιν· Εγνως τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου, ταύτην ἀποδεξάμενος καὶ οἰκειούμενος. 410 Ps 39,11c Πολλὴν συναγωγὴν τὴν ἀπὸ πάντων ἐθνῶν συνηγμένην λέγει, ἐν ῃ τὸν ε λεον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν μετὰ παρρησίας ἀπαγγέλλων φησὶν μὴ κεκρυφέναι αὐτά. καὶ τάχα ε λεον μὲν ἀπαγγέλλει δηλῶν τὴν κατ' ε λεον γινομένην α φεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, ἀλήθειαν δὲ τὴν ἀντιδιαστελλομένην τῇ σκιᾷ. 411 Ps 39,12.13 ̓Εμοῦ τὰ προειρημένα ποιοῦντος, Σύ, ω κύριε, μὴ μακρύνῃς τοὺς οἰκτιρμούς σου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, οἰκτείρων τοὺς ὑπ' ἐμοῦ ὠφελουμένους. τὸ γὰρ πλεῖστον τῆς σωτηρίας οὐ τοσοῦτον ἐξ ε ργων ο σον ἐξ ἐλέου θεοῦ παραγίνεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἀντιλαμβανομένη φυλάττει μὴ ἁλῶναι ἀπάτῃ η ἑτέρᾳ τινὶ πλάνῃ. αἱ γὰρ ἀνομίαι δίκην πολεμίων διώκουσι τὸν φεύγειν αὐτὰς προελόμενον· ἐὰν ου ν καταλάβωσιν, ἐμποδίζεται ἡ ὁρατικὴ τῆς ψυχῆς δύναμις ω στε μὴ δύνασθαι βλέπειν τὸν ἁλόντα. τάχα δὲ ἀνομίαι καταδιώκουσαί εἰσιν αἱ ἐνεργοῦσαι αὐτὰς πονηραὶ δυνάμεις. Καὶ ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς μου· τουτέστιν, τὰ περὶ ἡμᾶς ἀναίσθητα πληθύνεται κακά. τούτων πολλῶν γεγενημένων, στερόμενοι τοῦ ὀρθῶς διανοεῖσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας ἐγκατελείφθημεν. 412 Ps 39,15.16 ̓Επεὶ μονοπρόσωπος ὁ ψαλμὸς ω ν ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ λέγεται, ῥητέον καὶ πρὸς τοὺς μόνον σῶμα πεφορηκέναι τὸν κύριον λέγοντας χρωμένους τῷ Σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι, ο τι καὶ ψυχὴν ὁμολογεῖ ε χειν, η ν ζητοῦσιν ἀνώλεθρον ου σαν ἐξᾶραι οἱ τοῦτο ἐσφαλμένως νομίζοντες, ου ς καὶ αἰσχυνθῆναι καὶ ἐντραπῆναι ευ χεται. Ωσπερ δὲ οἱ σπεύδοντες ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐντολὴν ε χουσιν μὴ στραφῆναι εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω (ὀλέθριον γὰρ τοῦτο), ου τως οἱ πρὸς τὰ κακὰ ἐπειγόμενοι σπευδέτωσαν ἀποστρέφεσθαι εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ἀθετοῦντες τὴν φαύλην πρόθεσιν· τότε γὰρ καὶ τὸ ἐξ αἰσθήσεως αἰσχυνθῆναι ε ξουσιν. Κομισάσθωσαν παραχρῆμα αἰσχύνην αὐτῶν οἱ λέγοντές μοι Ευ γε ευ γε. ὁ ἀναμαρτησίαν ἀποδεχόμενος οὐδένα βούλεται γενέσθαι ἐν ἁμαρτίᾳ. εἰ δὲ καὶ πλανηθείη τις, ευ χεται, ο πως παραχρῆμα αἰσχυνθῇ ἐφ' οι ς πράττων κακῶς ἀλαζονικῶς λέγει Ευ γε ευ γε. 413 Ps 39,17.18a Οἱ ἐκζητοῦντες τὸν κύριον τέλος ε χουσι τῆς ἐκζητήσεως τοῦ εὑρεῖν αὐτόν· ἐφ' ῳ εὑρεθέντι ἀγαλλιῶνται καὶ εὐφραίνονται ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην. Ζητήσας γάρ τις καὶ εὑρὼν τὸν θεὸν καὶ μεγαλυνθῆναι αὐτὸν αὑτῷ βούλεται ἀγαπῶν τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ η τοι τὴν παρ' αὐτοῦ σωτηρίαν η τὸν σωτῆρα λόγον. ἀγαπᾷ δὲ διὰ παντὸς καὶ οὐ πρὸς ὀλίγον. Πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἀγαθῶν κτῆσιν ἀσθενῶν πτωχὸν καὶ πένητα ὁμολογήσας ἑαυτὸν τῷ θεῷ τὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ φροντίδα ἀνατίθησιν, ἐπιρρίπτων τὴν μέριμναν ἐπὶ κύριον ὡς ἐπὶ κηδεμόνα. 414 Ps 40,2b ̔Ημέρα πονηρὰ ἡ τῆς κρίσεως ει ναι δύναται ἐν ῃ τὸν ἐλεήσαντα ἐλεῶν ὁ θεὸς ῥύεται πάσης κολάσεως· τάχα δὲ καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἐνεστηκὼς βίος ἡμέρα ἐστὶν πονηρὰ ἐν ῃ καὶ αὐτῇ ῥύεται κύριος ἀπὸ τῶν περιεστηκότων. 415 Ps 40,2b.3a Νοηθείη δὲ ἡμέρα πονηρὰ καὶ ἡ τῆς κολάσεως. τὸ δὲ Ζῆσαι αὐτόν φησιν τὴν ἀληθινὴν ζωὴν ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν πραέων. 416 Ps 40,3b.4 Οὐ παραδίδοται δὲ εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ ὁ κωλυόμενος ει ναι τοιοῦτος, οι αι αἱ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ψυχαί. Προσθήσει δὲ τῷ συνιέντι ἐπὶ πτωχὸν καὶ πένητα καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἑξῆς· ̔Ο κύριος βοηθήσει γὰρ 84 αὐτῷ ἐπὶ κλίνης ὀδύνης αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν κοίτην αὐτοῦ στρέψει ἐν τῇ ἀρρωστίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀπαλλάττων αὐτὸν τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ἀρρωστίας χαριζόμενός τε αὐτῷ τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς ὑγείαν, ω στ' εἰ καὶ συμβαίη αὐτῷ κατὰ ψυχὴν ἀρρώστημά τι (ὁποῖα πολλὰ συμβαίνει γίνεσθαι, ω σπερ ου ν ὁ ἀπόστολος διδάσκει λέγων· ∆ιὰ τοῦτο ἐν ὑμῖν
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