Sin And Enemies

Μή ποτε εἴπε ὁ ἐχθρος μου· Ἴσχυσα πρὸς αὐτον.   Ὁσάκις ἁμαρτάνομεν, τοσαυτάκις λέγει τοῦτον ὁ ἐχθρος· Ἴσχυσα πρὸς αὐτον. Οἱ θλίβοντές με ἀγαλλιάσονται, ἐὰν σαλευθῶ. Οἱ ἄγγελοι χαίρουσαν ἐπὶ τοῖς μετανοῦσιν, οἱ δαίμονες ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν ἀγάλλονται. Οἱ μὲν γάρ τέ εἰσιν ἀρετῆς, οἱ δὲ κακίας ἐρασταί. Ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει ἔσονται καὶ εὐφροσύνῃ, ἐὰν μόνον ἴδωσί με τῆς εἰς σὲ ἐλπίδος ἐκπεπτωκοτα καὶ ἀπελπίσαντα. Ὠριγένης, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΙΒ'

Lest my enemy say, 'I have prevailed over him.' 1 As many times as we sin, as many times the enemy says, 'I have prevailed over him.'  For 'They who trouble me exult if I am shaken.' 1 Angels rejoice over those who are penitent, demons exult over those who sin. For the former are lovers of virtue, the latter of wickedness. In exultation and joy the latter shall be, if ever they see me falling from hope in you and despairing. Origen, On the Psalms, from Psalm 12 1 Ps12.5