Psalm 4 inscription — Unto the end; the end is to be made alive in Christ
“Unto the end, in psalms, a song to David.” Hypothesis. Many psalms having, according to the Seventy, the inscription “Unto the end,” but according to the rest the things corresponding to “Unto the end” that are here rendered, it is worthwhile, as far as we are ableto track out the sense indicated by the wording.
It is to be known that, just as of every art and science there is an end, toward which the one who genuinely pursues the art or the science hastens, so also of the rational nature there must be an end. And this is to be made alive in Christ, according to the things said by Paul the most wise in the first letter to the Corinthians: “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive, but each in his own order” (1 Corinthians 15:22-23).
But as far as saying “in his own order,” he does not sketch one end of all; for it is likely that each will be made alive according to the worth of the things done, either coming to this without torment, or after punishments.
And Christ, having made alive in himself all who die in Adam, reigns over those who have been made alive.
We think, then, that the psalms inscribed “Unto the end” inscribe some sense of the end, and summon those who understand the things said toward that.
And for everyone who contends, the victory also happens to be the end. Many, then, are the victories according to part, and an end, as of Paul when he says: “In all these things we more than conquer through him who loved us” (Romans 8:37), and when: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but to all who have loved his appearing” (2 Timothy 4:7-8).
Greek
4.1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ἐν ψαλμοῖς, ᾠδὴ τῷ ∆αυίδ. ̔Υπόθεσις. Πολλῶν ψαλμῶν κατὰ μὲν τοὺς Οʹ ἐχόντων ἐπιγραφὴν Εἰς τὸ τέλος, κατὰ δὲ τοὺς λοιποὺς τὰ κατάλληλα τῷ Εἰς τὸ τέλος ἐνθάδε ἀποδιδόμενα, α ξιον, ο ση δύναμις, ἐξιχνεῦσαι τὸν δηλούμενον ὑπὸ τῆς λέξεως νοῦν. ̓Ιστέον δὲ, ο τι, ω σπερ πάσης τέχνης καὶ ἐπιστήμης ἐστὶ τὸ τέλος, ἐφ' ο σπεύδει ὁ γνησίως τὴν τέχνην η τὴν ἐπι στήμην μετιὼν, ου τως καὶ τῆς λογικῆς φύ σεως δεῖ τέλος τυγχάνειν. Τοῦτο δέ ἐστι τὸ ἐν Χριστῷ ζωοποιηθῆναι, κατὰ τὰ εἰρημένα Παύλῳ τῷ σοφωτάτῳ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ πρὸς Κο ρινθίους ἐπιστολῇ· Ωσπερ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ̓Αδὰμ πάντες ἀποθνήσκουσιν, ου τως καὶ ἐν τῷ Χρι στῷ πάντες ζωοποιηθήσονται, ε καστος δὲ ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι. – Οσον δὲ ἐν τῷ λέγειν· ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι, οὐχ ε ν τέλος ὑπογράφει πάντων· εἰκὸς γὰρ ε καστον κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τῶν πεπραγμένων ζωοποιηθήσεσθαι, η τοι χωρὶς βασάνου ἐπὶ τοῦτο ἐρχόμενον, η μετὰ κολάσεις. Ζωοποιήσας δὲ Χριστὸς πάντας ἐν αὑτῷ τοὺς ἐν τῷ ̓Αδὰμ ἀποθνήσκοντας, βασι λεύει τῶν ζωοποιηθέντων. –Νομίζομεν τοί νυν τοὺς Εἰς τὸ τέλος ἐπιγεγραμμένους ψαλ μοὺς, τοῦ τέλους τινὰ ἐπιγράφειν νοῦν, καὶ ἐπ' ἐκεῖνο τοὺς συνιέντας τὰ λεγόμενα παρα καλεῖν. –Παντὶ δὲ ἀγωνιζομένῳ τυγχάνει καὶ ἡ νίκη τέλος. Πολλαὶ μὲν ου ν αἱ τῶν κατὰ μέρος νῖκαι, καὶ τέλος, καθάπερ Παύ λου ο τε μὲν λέγοντος· ̓Εν τούτοις πᾶσιν ὑπερνικῶμεν διὰ τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ο τε δέ· Τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν καλὸν ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα· λοιπὸν ἀπόκειταί μοι ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης στέφανος, ο ν ἀποδώσει μοι ὁ Κύριος ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ δίκαιος κριτὴς, οὐ μό νον δὲ ἐμοὶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἠγαπη κόσιν τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ.
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New English from locked PG 12 / Khazarzar Greek of Fragmenta in Psalmos, Psalms 1–22.3. Earlier lemma-led SERIES-CLOSEOUT English was discarded.
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