Light and Vision

Ὅτι πρὸς σὲ προσεύξομαι Κύριε τὸ πρωὶ εἰσακούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς μου, τὸ πρωὶ παραστήσομαί σοι καὶ ἐπόψομαι. Κατὰ θεωρίαν δέ· ῳ ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης η λιος ἀνέτειλεν ἐν ἀρχῇ νοητῆς ἡμέρας γεγονώς, χαριστήριον αἶνον προφέρων τῷ αἰτίῳ τοῦ φωτισμοῦ Τὸ πρωΐ, ε φη, εἰσακούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς μου· τίνι γὰρ ε δει χάριν ὁμολογῆσαι ὑπὲρ τηλικούτου ἀγαθοῦ η σοί, ω δέσποτα, τῷ ἀνατείλαντί μοι φῶς αι τιόν μοι μεγίστης θεωρίας ὑπάρχον; ἀεὶ γοῦν ε ρως εἰσέρχεται πρὸς ταῖς ὑπαρξάσαις θεωρίαις καὶ ε τι θέλειν βλέπειν τὰ κάλλη τῆς ἀληθείας. παρίσταται τοῦτο καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Καὶ ἐπόψομαι. ὡς γὰρ τὸ ἐπέρχομαι ἀκατάπαυστον πρόσοδον δηλοῖ, ου τω τὸ ̓Επόψομαι συνεχῶς προστιθεμένην κατανόησιν ἐμφαίνει· πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἀεὶ βλέπει ὁ ἐπαγγελίας τυχὼν τῆς Εσται σοι κύριος φῶς αἰώνιον, καὶ Φῶς δικαίοις διὰ παντός; Εστιν δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα γραφὴ ἐχουσα Παραστήσομαί σοι καὶ ἐπόψομαι, ὅπερ οὐ παντὸς λέγειν ἀλλὰ τῶν κατὰ τὸν μέγαν ̓Ηλίαν διὰ τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς πολιτείας παρρησίαν λέγειν θαρρούντων Ζῇ Κύριος ῳ παρέστην ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ σήμερον. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος Ε᾽

Because to you I shall pray, O Lord ,in the morning, and you will hear my voice, in the morning I shall stand beside you and I shall see.' 1 On account of contemplation this one to whom the sun of righteousness rises appears in the beginning of the spiritual day, giving thanks to the Creator of light. 'In the morning,' he says,' you will hear my voice,' for to whom should be thanks to have such a good, unless to you, Lord who bring light to me, cause of my great enlightenment? Always therefore He desires to come to those beginning in contemplation and who wish for knowledge of the beauty of truth. This is shown by the use of the words, 'I shall see', for as the use of 'I shall come' exhibits inquietude to approach, so 'I shall see' always means the act of understanding. And why does he not always see, who is worthy of the promise, 'He shall be to you God a light eternal and a righteous light forever'? 2 Another passage may be understood, 'I shall be beside you and I shall see,' which is not given to everyone to speak but he who is like the great Elijah, who by reason of his life and deeds, dared to have the confidence to say, 'The Lord lives, in whose sight today I stand.' 3 Didymus the Blind, Commentary on Psalms, from Psalm 5 1 Ps 5 4-5 2 Is 60.19 3 3 Kings 17.1