The Deception of the Unworthy and the Vision of Glory
That their eyes are set upon the earth, turning away and living lawlessly; for this is shown by having set their eyes upon the earth, wanting to observe the passing things and thinking of earthly things, turning aside from not wanting to walk the straight way, but being tossed about by crooked paths. For, they say, those abandoning the straight ways of going, they go in ways of darkness, whose ways are crooked and winding. Not indeed they set their eyes upon the earth, but those bearing the image of the heavenly are setting their eyes upon heaven in order to straighten the straight way that leads up to the heavens (Ps 16:13-14a).
Since you are long-suffering, that you might sleep, you do not receive justice from them who were cutting me murderously, Arise therefore, O Lord, that you might cause them to be overshadowed (Ps 16:13). For they will understand having suffered this, so that not always running toward evil they might increase their destruction; for surrounding my soul and doing other things, if not prevented, they harm it most greatly. Therefore overshadow them, so that they may no longer be able against me, you having rescued my soul from each one being such and therefore being named ungodly; for rescue my soul from the ungodly (Ps 16:14). He will take his sword from their hands; for they received it given unrighteously. And they take it from them not using it as is necessary. Therefore also in the earth they are few, that is to say, they are cheapened. For those becoming about material and worthless things, striving for them, cast away from the soul its dignity and the wealth it possesses, unless they set the material before them. Therefore also they are not called as in the unspecified... Thy rod to those who are not (Ps 16:14b-15).
Of those agreeing upon evil and being of one mind, the division of life is useful; for having set to do evil, being of one mind, they cast away, becoming incomplete, having rebelled against them, as it has happened regarding the building of a tower and a city upon evil for themselves; for God, benefiting them, was holding their tongues together, so that they might no longer know anything said by their neighbors, so that the unspecified...
An ignorance, having taken hold, prepares them to turn back upon themselves, showing their purpose to be incomplete. This is what is made manifest in 'They are divided in their lives' and 'Their bellies were filled with your hidden things' (Ps 16:15). For the things unworthy of God's remembrance are hidden, whereas He leaves all the remnants to the infants after their bellies have been filled. What is unworthy of God's things that they seize upon is shown by Cain (for he went out from the presence of God Gen 4:16) and by those who do not remain lawful before your eyes. These, having become far from God, have been overwhelmed, and the remnants are left to their infants, having been gorged on filth. For among all those who corrupt, those who harm themselves and become a harm to others are more severe, which is shown by 'And he left the remnants to his infants.' For it is not possible to deceive those who truly are; therefore it is written concerning them: 'Because they wronged the infants, they shall be slain, and the scrutiny shall condemn the ungodly' (Ps 109:8). A scripture is brought forward: 'The sons were gorged; through the sons they ate filth.' Having been divided in their lives, they ate a manifold harm. For not only they, but also their infants were satiated with the hidden things of God.
They indeed are not, he says, as it is said, 'But I shall be seen in righteousness before your face' (Ps 16:15); for the virtue of the hidden ones from you is not like their wickedness. And those, being self-willed and thinking they are full of all things, having nothing, it seems they were sent to be gorged; but I, knowing in part, shall be satiated then, when your glory shall be seen standing according to the coming perfection, to face a Person face to face. It is possible to receive the glory of God when the Only-begotten Son is seen, as it is written: 'All flesh shall see his salvation, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen' (Luke 2:30). This is fulfilled in this, that we might behold the glory of the Son, a glory as the Only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. And they were counted among the enemies from whom he was rescued, and they are invisible differences. And the phenomena shall be spoken against each word. To the end.
Greek
ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ τεθεῖσθαι ἐκκλινόντων καὶ παρανόμων γινομένων· τοῦτο γὰρ παρίσταται ἐκ τοῦ ἐν τῇ γῇ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν τεθεικέναι, σκοπεῖν θέλοντας τὰ πρόσκαιρα καὶ φρονεῖν τὰ ἐπίγεια ἐκκλίνοντας ἐκ τοῦ τὴν εὐθείαν ὁδὸν μὴ βούλεσθαι βαδίζειν ἀλλὰ τὰς σκολιὰς α ς ὁ ε χων ταλανίζεται· Ω γάρ, φησίν, οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες ὁδοὺς εὐθείας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ὁδοῖς σκότους, ω ν αἱ ὁδοὶ σκολιαὶ καὶ καμπύλαι αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῶν. ου τοι μὲν ἐπὶ τῷ ἐκκλίναι ε θεντο τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ, τῶν δὲ φορούντων τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου τιθέντων τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἐπὶ τῷ κατορθῶσαι εὐθείαν ὁδὸν τὴν εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀναφέρουσαν. 107 Ps 16,13.14a ̓Επεὶ μακροθυμοῦντος σοῦ κοιμᾶσθαί σε ε δοξαν μὴ παρ' αὐτὰ δίκην εἰσπραττόμενοι ἐφ' οι ς φονικῶς διέκειντο, ̓Ανάστηθι λοιπόν, ω κύριε, ι να προφθάσῃς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ ὑποσκελισθῆναι. συνοίσει γὰρ αὐτοῖς παθεῖν τοῦτο, ι να μὴ ἀεὶ ἐπὶ τὸ κακὸν τρέχοντες αὐξάνωσι τὴν ἀπώλειαν αὐτῶν· περισχόντες γὰρ τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ τὰ α λλα ποιοῦντες εἰ μὴ κωλυθεῖεν, τὰ μέγιστα αὐτὴν βλάπτουσιν· ο θεν ̔Υποσκέλισον αὐτούς, ι να μηκέτι κατ' ἐμοῦ δύνωνται, σοῦ ῥυσαμένου τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀφ' ἑκάστου ο ντος τοιούτου καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀσεβοῦς ὀνομαζομένου· ̔Ρῦσαι γὰρ τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ ἀσεβοῦς. Τὴν ῥομφαίαν ἑαυτοῦ ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν λήψεται· ει χον γὰρ αὐτὴν εὐλόγως δοθεῖσαν. αι ρεται δὲ ἀπ' αὐτῶν οὐ χρωμένων ὡς δεῖ. διὸ καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ ὀλιγοῦνται, τουτέστιν 30 εὐτελίζονται. οἱ γὰρ περὶ τὰ ὑλικὰ καὶ χοϊκὰ γινόμενοι προσπαθοῦντες αὐτοῖς ἀποβάλλουσιν τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ ἀνάστημα καὶ τὸν πλοῦτον ο ν ει χον, εἰ μὴ τὰ ὑλικὰ προτέθειντο. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ μὴ ο ντες ὀνομάζονται ὡς ἐν τῷ Μὴ παραδῷς τὸ σκῆπτρόν σου τοῖς μὴ ου σιν. 108 Ps 16,14b–ε Τῶν ἐπὶ κακῷ συμφωνούντων καὶ ὁμονοούντων τῆς ζωῆς ὁ μερισμὸς ὠφέλιμος· ο γὰρ πρᾶξαι προτέθειντο κακὸν ὁμοφρονοῦντες, τοῦτο ἀποβάλλουσιν ἀτελὲς γινόμενον διαστασιάσαντες πρὸς αὐτούς, ὡς γέγονεν ἐπὶ τῶν προτεθειμένων πύργον καὶ πόλιν οἰκοδομῆσαι ἐπὶ κακῷ τῷ ἑαυτῶν· εὐεργετῶν γὰρ αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς συνέχεεν τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν, ὡς μηκέτι εἰδέναι ε καστον τὰ παρὰ τῶν πλησίον λεγόμενα, ι να ἡ προκαταλαβοῦσα α γνοια διαστασιάζειν αὐτοὺς πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς παρασκευάσασα ἀτελῆ τὴν πρόθεσιν αὐτῶν ἀποδείξῃ. τοῦτο ου ν ἐστι τὸ δηλούμενον ἐν τῷ ∆ιαμέρισον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν. Καὶ τῶν κεκρυμμένων σου ἐπλήσθη ἡ γαστὴρ αὐτῶν· κεκρυμμένα δὲ θεοῦ τὰ ἀνάξια τῆς μνήμης αὐτοῦ, ω ν πάντων τὰ κατάλοιπα τοῖς νηπίοις κατέλειπον μετὰ τὸ πλησθῆναι τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτῶν. ο τι δὲ ἀνάξια τῶν ο ψεων τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ ἐπίληπτα, παρίσταται ἐκ τοῦ Κάϊν ( ̓Εξῆλθεν γὰρ ου τος ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ) καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Οὐ διαμένουσι παράνομοι κατέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου. Τούτων τῶν μακρὰν θεοῦ τυγχανόντων ἐμφορηθέντες τὰ κατάλοιπα ει ασαν τοῖς νηπίοις αὐτῶν, χορτασθέντες ὑείων τουτέστιν ἀκαθάρτων. πάντων γὰρ τῶν μολυνόντων χαλεπώτεροι οἱ καὶ ἑαυτοὺς βλάπτοντες καὶ ἑτέρων αι τιοι γινόμενοι, ο δηλοῦται διὰ τοῦ Καὶ ἀφῆκαν τὰ κατάλοιπα τοῖς νηπίοις αὐτῶν. τέλειον γὰρ ἀπατῆσαι οὐχ οι οί τέ εἰσιν· διὸ περὶ αὐτῶν γέγραπται· ̓Ανθ' ω ν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίους, φονευθήσονται, καὶ ἐξετασμὸς ἀσεβεῖς ὀλεῖ. Φέρεται γραφὴ ε χουσα ̓Εχορτάσθησαν υἱῶν· δι' ου ς υἱωνοὺς εἰς κόρον ε σχον. διαμερισθέντες ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ἑαυτῶν, πολύτροπον τὴν βλάβην ε σχον. οὐ μόνον γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ νήπιοι αὐτῶν ἐκορέσθησαν τῶν κεκρυμμένων τοῦ θεοῦ. 109 Ps 16,15 ̓Εκεῖνοι μὲν ου τω, φησίν, καθ' α ει ρηται, ̓Εγὼ δὲ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὀφθήσομαι τῷ προσώπῳ σου· οὐ γὰρ τῶν κρυπτομένων ἀπὸ σοῦ ἡ ἀρετὴ ὡς ἡ ἐκείνων κακία. κἀκεῖνοι μὲν αὐθάδεις ο ντες καὶ οἰόμενοι πάντων ει ναι πλήρεις μηδὲν ε χοντες ὡς ἀπεντεῦθεν δοκεῖν αὐτοὺς κεχορτάσθαι, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐκ μέρους γινώσκων α ρτι τότε χορτασθήσομαι, ο τ' α ν ὀφθῇ ἡ δόξα σου ὑφισταμένη κατὰ τὸ ἐρχόμενον τέλειον, ῳ προσβάλλειν τότε δυνατὸν Πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον. δυνατὸν ὀφθησομένην θεοῦ δόξαν ἐκλαβεῖν τὸν μονογενῆ υἱὸν περὶ ου γέγραπται· Οψεται πᾶσα σὰρξ τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὀφθήσεται ἡ δόξα κυρίου. πληροῦται τούτων ε καστον, ο τ' α ν Θεασώμεθα τὴν δόξαν τοῦ υἱοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας. 110 Ps 17,1 Συναριθμείσθωσαν δὲ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς τοῖς ἀφ' ω ν ἐρρύσθη καὶ ἀόρατοι διάφοροι. ̔Ρηθείη δὲ καὶ πρὸς ἑκάστην λέξιν τὰ φαινόμενα. Εἰς τὸ τέλος,
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