The Fruitfulness of the Support and the Drying of the Grass
Regarding those called through their existence out of impiety, falling down before the king in a manner of recognition, the Jews, who are the king's enemies, will indeed be lacking. And it also seems that the Ethiopians fall down before him; the falling down before the king, who sees the hidden things, demonstrates genuine submission.
It is also possible for the enemies of God to appear to have the sensation of repentance through the fact that they lack; for they are bowing down. Tharsis takes hold of the opportunity to spy out joys, spying out the joy of the friends of virtue and piety, if one might ever be able to hear: 'Come into the joy of your Lord' (Matt 25:21).
Those not having a contemplative gaze toward the joy, the kings who hold their power bring their gifts to those who are beginning. And islands are brought forward. But these are souls, possessing themselves firmly and unmovably, even when the sea stirs up a gale and a storm. To these, the Savior says: 'Dedicate yourselves, islands, to me, being renewed by the newness of the Spirit, bearing the new human being created according to God.'
Along with these kings, also the Arabs and Saba will bring gifts, those coming toward the evening of the faulty life, so that the light of the impious might be darkened by them. And it is possible for one to be falsely transformed into an angel of light until he deceives even the elect; for Arabs are interpreted as morning and evening. After these Arabs and many others, repentance is offered by Saba; and the name is taken for the return.
It is possible to take as those worshiping him and offering gifts the teachers of all the nations, the apostles and disciples and the successors of these; for they offer gifts to God from the men who are profited by them. And if even one of the faithful brings gifts of praiseworthy deeds and true mindset, it is as if kings bring their own gifts to the only and one All-King. It is also written that his name is honored, having delivered them from so many evils (Ps 72:14). Having learned, the holy men, that no one of the born humanity will deliver men from the prevailing wickedness, all turned away and were made blameless concerning the unclear...
Wishing to be saved from the hand of the powerful and becoming a cause of eternal salvation, they were continually and unceasingly sending prayer to the Father, at times saying, 'Show us, Lord, your mercy and grant us your salvation,' and at other times, 'Send out your light and your truth.' Concerning his sending and at the beginning of the present Psalm 71, they prayed saying, 'O God, give your judgment to the king and your righteousness to the son of the king' (Ps 71:15c).
They glorify him through all the days of this present age or of the enlightened life of those blessing (Ps 71:16a). The outcomes of the anticipatory proclamations are more extreme than these mountains, for the one prophesied has become a support in the land (Ps 71:16a).
For Jesus did not bear fruit through the arrival of faithful men, and they possess a multitude and greatness of deeds and theorems; but a witness to this is the promise that 'the righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, and like a cedar in Lebanon he shall multiply' (Ps 71:16bc). For when the fruit of the support has been multiplied and exceeded, the Jews who were unfaithful to the Savior shall spring up from the city of Jerusalem like grass from the earth, because of the parched state and the rapid drying up, so named and most justly.
Since they have become flesh in their wisdom, having been unfaithful to the Savior and seeking glory from one another rather than that which is given by God alone, they shall spring up from the earth as grass; for all flesh is grass and all the glory of man is like the flower of the grass. For they shall not merely bloom, but shall spring up and wither.
And also those of the grass, whether out of the city or not in the city, shall spring up, those of whom the word is. For those who hastened toward life and wisdom outside the spiritual city, Jerusalem, were dried up like the parched and rapidly drying grass; but of the one remaining within the city, nothing of this sort was experienced; for 'he who dwells in Jerusalem shall never be shaken' (Ps 71:17c–19a).
The nations, which are to be blessed in him, make happy the one who blessed them, saying, 'Blessed is the Lord, the God of the discerning race, who alone has done wondrous things, having freed us from idolatry and the treatment of wandering demons; for truly it is a wonder.'
Greek
καλουμένων δι' η ν ει χον ἐξ ἀσεβείας μελανίαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως προσπιπτόντων μεταγνώσεως τρόπῳ, οἱ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐχθροὶ ̓Ιουδαῖοι γοῦν λείξουσιν. ευ δὲ καὶ τὸ φάναι ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ προσπίπτειν τοὺς Αἰθίοπας· γνησίαν ὑποταγὴν δηλοῖ τὸ ἐπίπροσθεν τοῦ τὰ κρυπτὰ ὁρῶντος βασιλέως προσπίπτειν. δυνατὸν καὶ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τοῦ θεοῦ αι σθησιν μετανοίας φαίνεσθαι διὰ τοῦ χοῦν λείχειν· γονυπετούντων γὰρ ἡ ἐνέργεια. Μεταλαμβάνεται δὲ Θάρσεις εἰς τὸ κατασκοπεῖν χαράς, κατασκοπούντων χαρὰν τῶν ἀρετῆς καὶ εὐσεβείας φίλων, ι ν' ἀκοῦσαί ποτε δυνηθῇ ε καστος αὐτῶν Ει σελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου. τῶν ου τω θεωρητικῶν πρὸς τὴν χαρὰν τὸ βλέμμα ἐχόντων, οἱ κρατοῦντες βασιλεῖς δῶρα οι σουσιν τοὺς ἀρχομένους. καὶ νῆσοι δὲ προσάγονται. ψυχαὶ δέ εἰσιν αυ ται, ἑδραίως καὶ ἀμετακινήτως ε χουσαι κα ν ἐπαφρίζει καὶ τρικυμίας ἡ θάλασσα ἐπεγείρει. πρὸς ταύτας ὁ σωτὴρ λέγει ̓Εγκαινίζεσθε, νῆσοι, πρός με, ἀνανεούμεναι τῇ καινότητι τοῦ πνεύματος, φέρουσαι τὸν νέον α νθρωπον τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα. πρὸς τούτοις τοῖς βασιλεῦσι καὶ οἱ τῶν ̓Αράβων καὶ Σαβᾶ προσοίσουσι δῶρα τοὺς πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέραν τοῦ βίου τοῦ φαύλου ἐρχομένους ὡς σκοτισθῆναι ἀπ' αὐτῶν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀσεβῶν. Καὶ δύναιτ' α ν μετασχηματιζόμενον εἰς α γγελον φωτὸς ψευδῶς καὶ μέχρι τοῦ ἀπατῆσαι η λιον ο ντα· Αραβες γὰρ δυσμαὶ καὶ ἑσπέρας ἑρμηνεύονται. μετὰ τούτων τῶν ̓Αράβων καὶ ἑτέρων πλειόνων μετάνοια προσφέρεται Σαβᾶ· μεταλαμβάνεται δὲ τὸ ο νομα εἰς τὸ ἐπιστροφή. ∆υνατὸν ἐκλαβεῖν προσκυνοῦντας αὐτὸν καὶ δῶρα προσφέροντας τοὺς διδασκάλους πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀποστόλους καὶ μαθητὰς καὶ τοὺς τούτων διαδόχους· προσφέρουσι γὰρ τοὺς κερδαινομένους ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἀνθρώπους δῶρα τῷ θεῷ. εἰ δὲ καὶ ε καστος τῶν πιστῶν δῶρα φέρει πράξεις ἐπαινετὰς καὶ ἀληθὲς φρόνημα, ὡς βασιλεῖς προσάγουσι τὰ οἰκεῖα δῶρα τῷ μόνῳ καὶ ἑνὶ παμβασιλεῖ. 757a Ps 71,14b Γράφεται δὲ καὶ ε ντιμον τὸ ο νομα αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν τοῦ τοσούτων κακῶν αὐτοὺς ἀπαλλάξαντος. 758 Ps 71,15b Μαθόντες οἱ α γιοι α νδρες ὡς οὐδεὶς τῶν γενητῶν λυτρώσεται τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκ τῆς κατεχούσης κακοπραγίας, πάντων ἐκκλινάντων καὶ α μα ἀχρειωθέντων περὶ τοῦ δυναμένου ῥύσασθαι ἐκ χειρὸς δυναστοῦ καὶ σωτηρίας αἰωνίου αἰτίου ἐσομένου, συνεχῶς καὶ ἀδιαστάτως εὐχὴν τῷ πατρὶ ἀνέπεμπον, ὁτὲ μὲν λέγοντες ∆εῖξον ἡμῖν, κύριε, τὸ ε λεός σου καὶ τὸ σωτήριόν σου δῴης ἡμῖν, ὁτὲ δὲ ̓Εξαπόστειλον τὸ φῶς σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου. περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀποστολῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ παρόντος 144 ψαλμοῦ προσηύχοντο λέγοντες ̔Ο θεός, τὸ κρίμα σου τῷ βασιλεῖ δὸς καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ βασιλέως. 759a Ps 71,15c ∆οξολογοῦσί τε αὐτὸν δι' ο λης ἡμέρας η τοι τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος αἰῶνος η τοῦ πεφωτισμένου βίου τῶν εὐλογούντων. 760a Ps 71,16a Ακρα τούτων τῶν ὀρέων αἱ ἐκβάσεις τῶν προαναφωνήσεών εἰσιν ἐφ' α φθάσας ὁ προφητευόμενος στήριγμα γέγονεν ἐν τῇ γῇ. 761 Ps 71,16bc Ου ς γὰρ ἐκαρποφόρησεν ̓Ιησοῦς διὰ τῆς ἐπιδημίας πιστοὺς ἀνθρώπους, καὶ πλῆθος καὶ μέγεθος πράξεων καὶ θεωρημάτων ε χουσιν· μαρτύριον δὲ τούτου τὸ ∆ίκαιος ὡς φοῖνιξ ἀνθήσει, ὡσεὶ κέδρος ἡ ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ πληθυνθήσεται. ου τω γοῦν πληθυνθέντος καὶ ὑπεραρθέντος τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ στηρίγματος τῶν ο λων, ἐξανθήσουσιν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τῆς ̔Ιερουσαλὴμ οἱ ἀπιστήσαντες τῷ σωτῆρι ̓Ιουδαῖοι ὡς ἐκ τῆς γῆς χόρτος, διὰ τὸ εὐμάραντον καὶ ταχὺ ἀποξηραίνεσθαι ου τως ὠνομασμένοι καὶ μάλα δικαίως. ἐπεὶ σὰρξ τῷ φρονήματι γεγόνασιν ἀπιστήσαντες τῷ σωτῆρι καὶ δόξαν παρ' ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες ἀλλὰ μὴ τὴν παρὰ θεοῦ μόνου διδομένην ζητοῦντες, ἐξανθήσουσιν οι α τῆς γῆς χόρτος· Πᾶσα γὰρ σὰρξ χόρτος καὶ πᾶσα δόξα ἀνθρώπου ὡς α νθος χόρτου. οὐ γὰρ ἀνθήσειν ει πεν ἀλλ' ἐξανθήσειν. Ευ δὲ καὶ τὸ ̓Εκ πόλεως καὶ μὴ ἐν πόλει ἐξανθῆσαι οι α χόρτος τοὺς περὶ ω ν ὁ λόγος. ε ξω γὰρ τῆς πνευματικῆς πόλεως ̔Ιερουσαλὴμ βίῳ καὶ φρονήματι σπεύσαντες ει ναι ὡς ὁ εὐμάραντος καὶ ξηραινόμενος ταχὺ χόρτος ἐξηράνθησαν, τοῦ ε νδον ἐν τῇ πόλει μένοντος οὐδὲν τοιοῦτο πεισομένου· Οὐ σαλευθήσεται γὰρ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὁ κατοικῶν ̔Ιερουσαλήμ. 762 Ps 71,17c–19a Αἱ εὐλογηθεῖσαι ἐν αὐτῷ φυλαὶ ου σαι τὰ ε θνη μακαρίζουσιν τὸν εὐλογήσαντα λέγουσαι Εὐλόγητος κύριος ὁ τοῦ διορατικοῦ γένους θεός, ο ς μόνος θαυμάσια πεποίηκεν ἐλευθερώσας ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ εἰδωλολατρείας καὶ δαιμόνων ἀλιτηρίων θεραπείας· θαυμάσιον γὰρ ἀληθῶς
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