Remembrance and the Sabbath
This is what is meant. The one possessing virtue sees and perceives the uprightness. 'For there is a remnant for man, peaceful' (Ps 94:7). This says that it is impossible for the peaceful man to be utterly destroyed. Even if he is left behind, he possesses a remnant.
38 But the lawless shall be destroyed in the same way. At the same time the lawless are being destroyed; for this is to fall upon the same destruction. 38 The remnants of the ungodly shall be destroyed. But there is a remnant for the peaceful. The remnants of the ungodly shall fall into destruction.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord. This says that even if the righteous should ever think they have not received salvation from men—such as Abel and how many others were targeted, righteous ones—their salvation is from the Lord, the eternal salvation, not the temporary. 39 And He is a defender of them in a time of tribulation. If a time of tribulation overtakes, He is a defender of them. He puts forth His own shield over them, so that they might remain unhurt, not at all in the body, but in the soul.
40 And the Lord will help them and will rescue them. By helping them, He rescues them. If not in this manner, then they shall be rescued at some time; for if they are targeted through piety and think they will die, but not by punishment. This is truly to be helped by God, to be rescued by God. And it has both: helping and rescuing. He rescues them from the surrounding pains. 40 And He will bring them out from sinners and will save them, because they hoped in Him. Since they hoped... for salvation or Him, He will bring them out from the sinners and will place them outside of all... And here the one harming the righteous, as he thinks, harms himself. This indeed God... 'he who touches you as he touches the apple of his eye' (Zech 2:8); for he who targets... does not harm himself. But He took the example to show that he himself is harmful to himself, not that he sets aside that one, but himself. As for the 'bow' how it takes...
A Psalm of David, a memorial for the Sabbath (Ps 51:6: Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger).
Remembrance differs from recollection; for one is reminded when another recalls the first things to him. Thus some have said that those desiring to be saved come 'into the knowledge of truth' (1 Tim 2:4). This is the same as 'into remembrance'. For one is reminded of what he knows. No one is said to be reminded of what he already says. For previously, they recognized Joseph, and he himself recognized them; for they knew him. To take a memorial for the Sabbath is to have the beginning of some good.
The Sabbath means rest. To keep the Sabbath is not to keep it in the six days, but when one goes beyond these. This, in which we spend our time, the visible and the immediate, was brought about in six days. But when one goes beyond these and lives super-cosmically and super-heavenly in the heaven, he keeps the Sabbath in such a way. This is the true Sabbath of the Lord.
And for the one walking on earth but having his citizenship in the heavens, he has his mind keeping the Sabbath in the world while in heaven. And there they will one day have their heart and are already keeping the Sabbath, 'the sweet, holy Sabbath to God', to him who says: 'Come to me, all you who are weary and low in heart, and you will find rest for your souls' (Matt 11:28). We keep the Sabbath in a figurative way, but truly they are not the originals, it is evident; for 'no one', he says, 'is about to...'.
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Greek
σημαινόμενον. ὁ ἀρετὴν ἔχων ὁρᾷ καὶ τὴν εὐθύτητα. "ὅτι ἔστιν ἐνκατάλειμμα ἀνθρώπῳ εἰρηνικῷ". τοῦτο λέγει ὅτι· ἀδύνατόν ἐστιν τὸν εἰρηνικὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐξ ὅλων ἀφανισθῆναι. κἂν ἐνκαταλειφθῇ, ἀλλ' ἐνκατάλειμμα ἔχει. 38 οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξολεθρευθήσονται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. ἅμα οἱ παράνομοι ἐξολεθρεύονται· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν̣ τὸ "ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ" ὀλέθρῳ περιπεσεῖν αὐτούς. 38 τὰ ἐνκαταλείμματα τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἐξολεθρευθήσονται. ἔστιν δὲ ἐνκατάλειμμα τῷ εἰρηνικῷ. τῶν ἀσεβῶν τὰ ἐνκαταλείμματα ὀλέθρῳ υ῾̣π̣ο̣πεσ̣εῖται. 39 σωτηρία δὲ τῶν δικαίων παρὰ κυρίου. τοῦτο λέγει· κἂν δόξωσίν ποτε οἱ δίκαιοι ἐπιβουλευόμενοι μὴ τετυχηκέναι τῆς̣ πα̣ρ̣ὰ ἀνθρώπων̣ σω̣τηρίας, οἷον ὁ Ἅβελ καὶ ὅσοι ἄλλοι ἐπεβουλεύθησαν δίκαιοι, ἀλλ' ἡ σωτηρία αὐτῶν παρὰ κυρίου ἐστίν, ἡ αἰώνιος σωτηρία, οὐχ ἡ π̣ρ̣όσκαιρος. 39 καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως. κἂν θλίψεως καιρὸς καταλάβῃ, ὑπερασπιστὴς αὐτῶν ἐσ τιν. τη`̣ν ἀσπίδα τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν προβάλλεται, ὁ´̣π̣ως ἄτρωτοι οὐ πάντως τῷ σώματι διαμείνωσιν, ἀλλὰ τῇ ψυχῇ. 40 καὶ βοηθήσει αὐτοῖς κύριος καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτούς. 257 βοηθῶν αὐτ̣ο̣ι῀̣ς ῥύεται αὐτούς. κἂν μὴ ὧδε, ἀλλὰ ῥυ̣σθήσονταί ποτε· ἐὰν γὰρ ἐπιβουλευθῶσιν δι' εὐσεβείας καὶ δόξωσιν ἀποθνῄσκειν, ἀλλ' οὐ ······ ····· ····· ····· ··· ··νι κολάσει. τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν ἀληθῶς τὸ βοηθηθῆναι ὑπὸ θεοῦ, τὸ ῥυσθῆναι ὑπὸ θεοῦ. καὶ ······ ····· ····· ····· ··· ἀμφότερα ἔχει, βοηθῶν ῥύεται. ῥύεται αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν περιεστηκότων ἀνιαρῶν ······ ····· ····· ····· ··· 40 καὶ ἐξελεῖται αὐτοὺς ἐξ ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ σώσει αὐτούς, ὅτι ἤλπισαν ἐπ' αὐτόν. ἐπεὶ ἤλπισαν ····· ····· ····· ··· σωτηρίας ἢ αὐτόν, ἐξελεῖται αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ ἔξω ποιήσει αὐτοὺς πάσης ····· ····· ····· ····· ·····υσιν. καὶ ἐνταῦθα ὁ βλάπτων τοὺς δικαίους, ὡς οἴετα̣ι, ἑαυτὸν βλάπτει. τοῦτο γοῦν ὁ θεὸς ······ ····· ····· ····· ··· "ὁ ἁπτόμενος ὑμῶν ὡς ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῆς κόρης τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ αὐτοῦ"· μὴ γὰρ ὁ ἐπιβου····· ····· ····· ····· ··· ἑαυτοῦ βλάπτει. ἔλαβεν δὲ τὸ παράδειγμα πρὸς τὸ δεῖξαι, ὅτι ἑαυτοῦ βλαπτικός ἐστιν ὁ ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· οὐκ ἐκεῖνον διατίθησιν, ἀλλ' ἑαυτόν. ἐπερ · τὸ "τόξον" πῶς λαμβάνομεν; –τὸ τεταμένον ἡγεμονικὸν ····· ····· ····· ·· 1–2 Ψαλμὸς τοῦ ∆αυίδ· εἰς ἀνάμνησιν περὶ σαββάτου. κύριε, μὴ τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐλέγξῃς με. ····· ····· ····· διαφέρει ἀνάμνησις ὑπομνήσεως· τότε γάρ τις ὑπομιμνήσκεται, ὅταν ἄλλος ἄλλῳ ····· ····· ····· ····· ····αυτοῦ ἀναπολῇ τὰ πρῶτα, ἀναμιμνήσκεται. οὕτω γοῦν τινες εἴρηκαν τὰς μαθ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· οἱ σωθῆναι βουλόμενοι ἔρχονται "εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας". ταὐτόν ἐστιν τὸ εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τῷ εἰς ἀνάμνησιν. ἀναμιμνήσκεται γάρ τις οὗ οἶδεν. οὐδεὶς λέγεται ἀναμιμνήσκεσθαι οὗ λέγεται· πρότερον γ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἀνεγνώρισαν αὐτόν, καὶ αὐτὸς αὐτοὺς ἀνεπόλησεν· ᾔδεσαν γὰρ αὐτὸν ····· ····· ····· ··· ἀνάμνησιν περὶ σαββάτου λάβῃ, ἀρχὴν ἀγαθοῦ ἔχει τινός. τὸ σάββατον κατάπαυσιν σημαίνει ····· ····· ····· ···ζεσθαι σαββατίζει. οὐκ ἐν ταῖς ἓξ ἡμέραις σαββατίζει, ἀλλ' ὅταν ὑπερβῇ ταύτας καὶ λ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· οὗτος, ἐν ᾧ διατρίβομεν, τὰ βλεπόμενα καὶ πρόσκαιρα, ἐν ἑξάδι ἡμερῶν γεγένηται ····· ····· ····· ····· · ὅταν δὲ ὑπερβῇ ταῦτα καὶ λοιπὸν ὑπερκοσμίως καὶ ὑπερουρανίως διάγῃ α····· ····· ····· ····· ··· τῷ οὐρανῷ, τὸ τηνικάδε σαββατίζει. ὁ κυ ρίως σαββατισμὸς οὗτός ἐστιν. καὶ γη̣····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·ζειν· ὁ γὰρ ἐπὶ γῆς περιπατῶν καὶ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἔχων τὸ πολίτευμα, οὗτ̣ος ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· κόσμῳ ἔχει ἐν οὐρανῷ τὴν 168 διάνοιαν σαββατίζουσαν. ὑπάρξεται δέ ποτ̣ε̣ κ̣α̣ὶ η̣····· ····· ····· ····· ····· · ἐκεῖ τὴν καρδίαν ἔχουσιν καὶ ἤδη σαββατίζουσιν "τὸ τρυφερόν, ἅγιον τῷ θεῷ σάββατον", ····· ····· ····· ····· · τῷ λέγοντι· "δεῦτε πρὸς ἐμὲ πάντες οἱ κεκοπωμένοι ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· εἰμι καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν"· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· τροπολογίαν σαββατίζομεν, ἀλλὰ ἀληθινῶς ······ ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·· οὔκ εἰσιν πρωτότυποι, φανερόν· "μή τις" γάρ, φησίν, "····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· μελλόντων". εἰ δὲ αἱ ἑορταὶ καὶ αἱ νουμηνίαι κα····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· αὐτοῖς
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Didymus the Blind on the Psalms.
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