The Sea of Life and the Mercy of God
As it is said that the law contains the things of the future, the festivals according to the flesh were seen as shadows and symbols of future festivals; one longs to enter the spiritual festivals, so that the face of God may be seen perfectly, being nothing other than the icon of the invisible God.
He who does not toil in vain with tears but from a disposition for the sake of virtue, his own tears shall be fed as a just reward; he calls the day not only in the bearable circumstances but also names the night in the accidental circumstances (Ps 41:4a-b). Those deceived in all things stumble, and concerning the thinking that God is in a place; mocking indeed they say, 'Where is your God?' (Ps 41:4b-5a). For after this desire, you comforted my spirit and the being mocked by those holding me as if there were no helper; and besides these, the memory of the things being performed in those places is for my healing. And 'These things I remembered, and I poured out my soul' instead of 'From despondency I was dissolving' (Ps 41:5a).
Since I am progressing and not yet perfect, and the tabernacle is a symbol of progress as it is often said, for this reason I am troubled; but the tabernacle according to God wonderfully bears upon His own dwelling, that is, the perfection through which we dwell in God (Ps 41:5bc). I shall pass through a wonderful place of tabernacling, as the dwelling of God, in a voice of rejoicing and holy confession according to the manner of those celebrating spiritually; for those celebrating spiritually hear themselves rejoicing and confessing (Ps 41:5bc).
If I were in the land of the Jordan, that is, if I were made worthy of the holy baptism, I will remember your victories (Ps 41:7b). And they also interpret 'Hermon' as the way of the lamp, as the holy baptism opening for them a way of light and radiance into the mind and heart.
The deepest words about Him are the waterfalls of God, or the divine prophets (Ps 41:8). The teaching of this Jesus calls upon the abyss, calling upon the abyss from the Old Scripture. Perhaps also, since the judgments of God are a great abyss, it is presented what is said of the judgments of others as judgments, and even those of all others are from the word of God, which is said to be a small stream (Ps 41:8).
Having the cause; for the God Word is a great sea, but a small sea through which he voluntarily remained in a state of emptying for our sake. All your billows and your waves have passed over me. The sea, which is tropical to human life, not shipwrecked in it but sailing uprightly, having experienced storms and the swellings from the winter of the sea, having arrived at the harbor of salvation, will say the verse: 'For they did not pass over me, but they passed over' (Ps 41:9a).
We have all deeply sought God manifestly as merciful, but not all of us see how he shows mercy; for often, those things occurring according to his mercy, those experiencing them painfully and not sweetly, we think they are not mercy. But he who has deeply sought, whatever God brings, he brings advantageously, that one will not say such a thing as 'Why have you forgotten me?' (Ps 41:10), unless he is discussing his own repentance.
As a dejected one goes gloomily, I inquire what the cause of this is, whether it is from myself or if I shall lift it up through repentance. For we have all deeply sought God manifestly as merciful, even if not all of us see how he shows mercy; for often, those things occurring according to his mercy, those experiencing them painfully and not sweetly, we think they are not mercy, and because of this we say: 'Why have you forgotten me?' (Ps 41:11). The one who has deeply sought, whatever God brings, he brings advantageously, and he will not say such a thing, unless he is discussing his own repentance (Ps 41:12).
Through the advancing bones of the soul, its pleasant doctrines and powers are said to be. Since it often happens to be crushed by terrible sophists, the deceivers reproach, not saying 'Where is your God upon whom you prosper?', but saying to his wisdom that it has been educated, and also concerning this suffering he reasons with his own soul, saying 'Why are you dejected? (Ps 42:5/11) For you hoped to confess upon the Lord; for certainly his face will shine upon you (Ps 42:6/12)', nothing other than the truth, as you are able to loose the deceits of those crushing your set-before bones through the truth from God. If the Lord's face is this, saying: 'But a nation not...'
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καθ' ο λου περιέχειν ὁ νόμος τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν λέγεται, αἱ δὲ ἑορταὶ καθ' α ς ὠπτάνετο τὰ ἀρσενικὰ τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ σκιαὶ καὶ σύμβολά εἰσιν μελλουσῶν ἑορτῶν, ευ χεται ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὰς πνευματικὰς ἑορτάς, ο πως τελείως ὀφθῇ τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐχ ἑτέρου τυγχάνοντος τῆς εἰκόνος τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου. 425 Ps 41,4a ̔Ο μὴ μάτην δακρύων ἀλλ' ἀπὸ διαθέσεως τῷ ὑπὲρ ἀρετῆς πονεῖν, ἐκεῖνος τὰ δάκρυα ἑαυτοῦ α ρτου δίκην τραφήσεται, οὐκ ἐν τοῖς ἀνεκτοῖς μόνοις α ἡμέραν καλεῖ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τοῖς περιστατικοῖς α νύκτα ὀνομάζει. 426 Ps 41,4b Οἱ περὶ πάντα ἠπατημένοι σφάλλονται καὶ περὶ τὸ νομίζειν τὸν θεὸν ἐν τόπῳ ει ναι. ὀνειδίζοντες γοῦν λέγουσι Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεός σου; 427 Ps 41,5a Μετὰ γὰρ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ταύτης ἐπέτεινέ μοι τὴν ἀθυμίαν καὶ τὸ ὀνειδίζεσθαι παρὰ τῶν κατεχόντων ὡς οὐκ ο ντος τοῦ βοηθοῦντος· καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ἡ μνήμη τῶν ἐπιτελουμένων ἐν τοῖς τόποις ἐκείνοις εἰς θεραπείαν σήν. τὸ δὲ Ταῦτα ἐμνήσθην καὶ ἐξέχεα ἐπ' ἐμὲ τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀντὶ τοῦ ̓Απὸ τῆς ἀθυμίας διελυόμην. 428 Ps 41,5bc ̓Επεὶ γὰρ προκόπτω καὶ ου πω τέλειός εἰμι, σύμβολον δὲ προκοπῆς ἡ σκηνὴ ὡς πολλάκις ει ρηται, διὰ τοῦτο τετάραγμαι· πλὴν ἡ κατὰ θεὸν σκηνὴ θαυμαστῶς φέρει ἐπὶ τὸν οι κον αὐτοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, τουτέστιν τὴν τελειότητα καθ' η ν οἰκοῦμεν ε νθα θεός. ∆ιελεύσομαι δ' ἐν τόπῳ σκηνῆς θαυμαστῆς ε ως τοῦ οι κου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν φωνῇ ἀγαλλιάσεως καὶ ἱερᾶς ἐξομολογήσεως κατὰ τὸν η χον τῶν πνευματικῶς ἑορταζόντων· οἱ γὰρ πνευματικῶς ἑορτάζοντες ἠχοῦσιν ἀγαλλιώμενοι καὶ ἐξομολογούμενοι. 429 Ps 41,7b Εἰ γενοίμην ἐν τῇ γῇ τοῦ ̓Ιορδάνου, τουτέστιν εἰ ἀξιωθείην τοῦ ἁγίου βαπτίσματος, τὸ τηνικάδε σου μνησθήσομαι. διερμηνεύουσι δὲ καὶ τὸ ̔Ερμωνιεὶμ ὁδὸς λύχνου, ὡς τοῦ ἁγίου βαπτίσματος ὁδὸν αὐτοῖς ἀνοιγνύντος φωτισμοῦ καὶ αὐγῆς τῆς εἰς νοῦν καὶ καρδίαν. 430 Ps 41,8 Καταρράκται τοῦ θεοῦ οἱ περὶ αὐτοῦ βαθύτατοι λόγοι η οἱ θεῖοι προφῆται. ἡ τοῦ τοίνυν ̓Ιησοῦ διδασκαλία α βυσσος ου σα ἐπικαλεῖται τὴν α βυσσον ἐκ τῆς παλαιᾶς γραφῆς. τάχα δὲ καί, ἐπεὶ τὰ κρίματα τοῦ θεοῦ α βυσσός ἐστιν πολλή, παρίσταται ο τι τὰ κρίματα ἑτέρων η ρτηται κριμάτων κἀκεῖνα α λλων πάντων ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ θεοῦ, ο ει ρηται μικρὸν ο ρος, τὴν αἰτίαν ἐχόντων· ο ρος γὰρ μέγα, φησίν, ὁ θεὸς λόγος, ο ρος δὲ μικρὸν δι' η ν ὑπέμεινεν ἐθελούσιον κένωσιν δι' ἡμᾶς. Πάντες οἱ μετεωρισμοί σου καὶ τὰ κύματά σου ἐπ' ἐμὲ διῆλθον. θαλάττης τροπικῶς ο ντος τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου, ὁ μὴ ναυαγῶν ἐν αὐτῇ ἀλλὰ κατ' ὀρθὸν πλέων, πεῖραν τρικυμιῶν καὶ τῶν ἐξ ὀγκώσεως τῶν ἀπὸ χειμῶνος τῆς θαλάττης ε χων, ἐπὶ τὸν λιμένα τῆς σωτηρίας ἐλθὼν ἐρεῖ τὸν στίχον· οὐ γὰρ ει πεν ̓Επ' ἐμὲ διέρχονται, ἀλλὰ ∆ιῆλθον. 431 Ps 41,9a Πάντες διειλήφαμεν περὶ θεοῦ φανερῶς ὡς ἐλεήμονος, οὐ πάντες δὲ ὁρῶμεν πῶς ἐλεεῖ· πολλάκις γὰρ τὰ κατ' ἐλεημοσύνην αὐτοῦ γινωσκόμενα τῷ ἐπίπονα ει ναι οὐχ ἡδέως ε χοντες οὐδὲ ε λεον ει ναι νομίζομεν. ὁ δὲ διειληφὼς ο τι πᾶν ο ἐπάγει ὁ θεὸς συμφερόντως ἐπάγει, ἐκεῖνος ο ψεται ο τι δηλοῖ ἐν νυκτὶ τὸν ε λεον αὐτοῦ ο ν ἡμέρας ἐνετείλατο. 432 Ps 41,10 86 Παρρησιαζομένου ἡ φωνή· ὁ γὰρ λέγων ∆ιὰ τί μου ἐπελάθου θαρρεῖ μηδὲν πεποιηκὼς δι' α ἐπιλανθάνεται θεός. καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐκθλίβοντος ἐχθροῦ σκυθρωπάζων πορεύομαι, πυνθάνομαι τί τὸ αι τιον τούτου, ι ν' εἰ ἐξ ἐμοῦ ει η ἀναιρήσω διὰ μετανοίας αὐτό. πάντες γὰρ διειλήφαμεν περὶ θεοῦ φανερῶς ὡς ἐλεήμονος, εἰ καὶ μὴ πάντες ὁρῶμεν πῶς ἐλεεῖ· πολλάκις γὰρ τὰ κατὰ ἐλεημοσύνην αὐτοῦ γινόμενα τῷ ἐπίπονα ει ναι οὐχ ἡδέως ε χοντες οὐδ' ε λεον ει ναι νομίζομεν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο λέγομεν· Ινα τί μου ἐπελάθου; ὁ δὲ διειληφὼς ο τι πᾶν ο ἐπάγει ὁ θεὸς συμφερόντως ἐπάγει οὐδὲν ἐρεῖ τοιοῦτον, εἰ μή τι τὴν μετάνοιαν ἑαυτοῦ πραγματευόμενος. 433 Ps 41,11.12 ∆ιὰ τῶν προαγόντων ὀστᾶ τῆς ψυχῆς τὰ ευ τονα αὐτῆς δόγματα καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις ει ρηνται. ἐπεὶ ου ν συμβαίνει πολλάκις ὑπὸ δεινῶν σοφιστῶν καταθλᾶσθαι τὰ ὀστᾶ, ὀνειδίζουσιν οἱ ἀπατεῶνες, οὐκ α λλα λέγοντες η Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεός σου ἐφ' ῳ ευ χει; τῇ σοφίᾳ λέγων αὐτοῦ πεπαιδεῦσθαι ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τούτου τοῦ πάθους πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν διαλέγεται φάσκων Ινα τί περίλυπος ει ; ἐλπίσας γὰρ ἐπὶ κύριον ἐξομολόγησαι· πάντως γὰρ ἐπιλάμψει σοι πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ οὐκ α λλο ο ν τῆς ἀληθείας, ὡς ε χοντά σε τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ ἀλήθειαν λύειν δύνασθαι τὰς ἀπάτας τῶν καταθλασσόντων τὰ προκείμενά σου ὀστᾶ. 434 Ps 42,1 Ει η α ν πρόσωπον τὸ κυριακὸν τὸ ταῦτα λέγον· ε θνος δὲ οὐχ
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