Commentary on Psalms

Didymus the Blind (313–398)

The devil himself may be called the way of sinners. Let the one who stands in this way be warned lest he tarry there. Recall what the Scripture says: "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." For the one who will not stand in the devil's way will come to the Lord, who says, "I am the way." Truly the one who follows this way, traveling the way to the end, will receive a reward.

The tree is the wisdom of God; its fruit the mystical and spiritual sense of the Scriptures; the leaves covering its fruits are external words, which besides protecting the fruits display appropriate behavior, and they become the nourishment of good people, who are called beasts of burden on account of their own simplicity.

The words, therefore, "Ask of me, and I will give to you," are spoken for our sake, not for the Son's. They indicate that something is given not to the Son but to the peoples who belong to him.

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