Great And Fearful

Ὁ θεὸς ἐνδοξαζόμενος ἐν βουλῇ ἁγίων μέγας καὶ φοβερὸς ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς περικύκλῳ αὐτοῦ... Και τοὶς ἐναντίοις δὲ κολάσεις ἐπιφέρων, ἔστι φοβερός. Πελάζων γάρ τις αὐτῶν διὰ τοῦ τὴν θείαν δέδεκται διδασκαλίαν, τῷ ἁμαρτάνειν ἐγγὺς γίνεται τοῦ πυρός. Διό φησιν ὁ Σωτήρ· Ὁ ἐγγὺς μου, ἐγγὺς τοῦ πυρός· ὁ δὲ μακρὰν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλείας. Καὶ νῦν οὖν φησὶ τοῖς περικύκλῳ τῶν ἐντολῶν αὐτοῦ παρακούσουσι, φοβερὸς μέγας ὄντως τοῖς δι' ἀρετὴν ἀντεχομένοις αὐτοῦ. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΠΗ' Migne PG 39.1488

God is glorified in the council of the holy, great and fearful to all who stand around him...1 And to those opposed, to whom shall come punishment, He is fearful. For if they are near to Him who are instructed in the Divine disciplines, then he who sins is near the fire. For which reason the Saviour said: 'He who is near me is near the fire; he who is far from me is far from the kingdom.' 2 And now then this speaks to those who in the circuit of His commandments are negligent, for truly 'great and fearful' He is to those who are adversaries to virtue. Didymus the Blind, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 88 1 Ps 88.8 2 Pseudo-Gospel of Thomas 88