Goods And Rewards

Κύριος διαφυλάξαι αὐτὸν καὶ ζήσαι αὐτὸν καὶ μακαρίσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ γῇ  Αὗται τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν πίστεως αἱ ἀμοιβαὶ, ἡ παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου φυλακὴ, ἡ μέθεξις τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς, ἡ ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν πραέων μακαριότης, καὶ ἡ τῶν νοητῶν ἐχθρῶν ἀπαλλαγή.  Αὗται  καὶ τῆς φιλοπτωχίας· οὐ μόνον γὰρ τὰ  μέλλοντα δίδωσι τῷ φιλοπτώχῳ ὁ Κύριος καὶ τὴν ἀληθινὴν ἐκείνην ζωὴν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐνταῦθα μακαριστὸν ἀποδείκνυσι. Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Εἰς Τους Ψαλμους, Ψαλμός Μ' Source: Migne PG 69 993

For the Lord guards him and enlivens him and blesses him on the earth  1 These are the rewards of faith in Christ, to be guarded by the Lord, to partake of eternal life, to enjoy on earth the blessedness of the meek, to be freed from the thoughts of the enemy. And these things are for the lovers of the poor, for not only does the Lord give these things in the future to one who is a lover of the poor, and true eternal life, for here indeed He shows him blessed.   Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 40 1. Ps 40.3