Pleasures and the Enemy

Ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἐσόφισάς με τὴν ἐντολήν σου ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνά μοί ἐστιν Οἱ ἐπικείμενοι ἐχθροὶ ἀόρατοι πειρῶνται διὰ πάσης σπουδῆς εἰς τὸ προτιμᾷν ἡδονὴν ἀγαγεῖν με, δι' ἧς ἡδονῆς συμβαίνει πρὸς πάντα τρόπον δυσχερῶς ἔχειν, ὡς καὶ τὴν θείαν ἐντολὴν σύν ἱδρῶτι κατορθουμένην παραιτεῖσθαι· κρείττων δὲ γίνεται τῆς ἡδονῆς, καὶ τῶν πρεσβευόντων αὐτὴν ἐχθρῶν, ὁ τὴν Θεοῦ ἐντολὴν σοφιζόμενος ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, ὥστε εἰς αἰῶνα αὐτὴν ἔχειν, ὁμολογήσας τῆς πρὸς ὀλίγον οὔσης καὶ προσκαίρου ἡδονῆς. Διὸ τῷ Θεῷ εὐχαριστικῶς ὑμνῶν ἐρεῖ· Ἐσόφισάς μοι τὴν ἐντολήν σου, ἐξ οὖ καὶ ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου γεγένημαι. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΡΙΗ'

I have been made more wise than my enemies with your commandment, because to eternity it is for me. 1 Our sleepless invisible enemies with every zeal try to impel us to seek out pleasure, for by pleasure we are annoyed in every way, so that we give up the accomplishment of the Divine commandment. But greater he shall be than pleasure, and greater than the greatest of the enemy, who is wise in the commandment of God by Him, that thus in eternity he have it, confessing against pleasure's paltry and ephemeral nature. Which is why he gives thanks to God in song, saying, 'Your commandment has made me wise, by which I am made superior to my enemies.' Didymus the Blind, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 118 1 Ps 118.98