Waters and Fruit

Καὶ ἔσται ὡς τὸ ξύλον τὸ πεφυτευμένον παρὰ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὑδάτων, ὃ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ δώσει ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ.  Ὁ διὰ πάσης τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆς καὶ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ νυκτός τε καὶ ἡμέρας τῷ θείῳ σχολάζων νόμῳ, καὶ τοῖς ἐξ αὐτοῦ λογικοῖς νάμασιν ἀρδόμενος, σφόδρα οἰκείως φυτῷ παρ' ὕδασιν ἐῤῥιζωμένῳ παραβέβληται· διὸ καὶ μακάριος ὡς ἀληθῶς οὗτος, ἅτε μάλιστα ποτιζόμενος τοῖς θείοις μαθήμασιν, ὥριμον ἑαυτοῦ τὸν καρπὸν ἀποδίδωσιν.  Εἶτ' ἐπειδὴ ξύλον ἐστὶ ζωῆς ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ Υἱὸς κατὰ τὸν Σολομῶντα φήσαντα περὶ τῆς Σοφίας·  Ξύλον ἐστὶ ζωῆς πᾶσι τοῖς ἀντεχομένοις αὐτῆς καὶ τοῖς ἐπερειδομένοις ἐπ' αὐτὴν ὡς ἐπὶ Κύριον ἀσφαλῆ· εἰκότως ὁ μακαριζόμενος τῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ Υἱῷ ἀφωμοίωται τῷ παρὰ τὰς διεξόδους ὄντι τῶν ὑδάτων μαρτυρούμενος καὶ κηρυττόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς θείας Γραφῆς διδασκάλων καὶ προφητῶν·  οἵτινες καὶ ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων παρὰ τῇ θεοπνεύστῳ λέγονται Γραφῇ.  Τούτῳ οὖν ἀφωμοίωται ὁ μακαριζόμενος, ἀρδόμενος διεξόδοις τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς θείας Γραφῆς πνευματικῶν ναμάτων, καρπόν τε ἀγαθὸν προφέρων.  Ὑπομνηματα Ἐις Τους ψαλμους. ψαλμος Α' Εὐσέβιος ὁ Καισάρειος

And he shall be like a tree planted planted beside flowing waters which gives it fruit in its own time. 1  He who through his whole life, when the time allows, takes to the study of the Divine Law night and day is watered spiritually by the river flowing by and is must sensibly compared to a tree whose roots are near the waters, which the blessed man reveres, for he who is watered by the Divine discipline shall bring forth his fruit at the appropriate time. Then because the wood of life is of the Son of God according to Solomon, who says concerning Wisdom: 'It is the wood of life to everyone who has embraced it,'2 and he who clings it to it for safety, as to the Lord, he is rightly called blessed who is thus like the Son of God, who thus is placed next to the flowing waters, the testimonies and preaching of the teachers of Divine Scripture and the Prophets, that which Scripture entitles flowing waters. Because of this, then, is the comparison of the blessed man, he who is watered by the flow of spiritual rivers, pouring forth from Sacred Scripture, bringing forth good fruit. Eusebius of Caesarea, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 1, 1 Ps 1.3 2. Prov 3.18