The Lord Is With Us

Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων μεθ' ἡμῶν, ἀντιλήπτωρ ἡμῶν ὁ Θεος Ἰακώβ. Εἶδε τὸν ἐνανθρωπήσαντα Θεὸν, εἶδε τὸν Παρθένου ἁγίας γεννηθέντα Ἐμμανουήλ· ὅ ἐστι μεθερμηνευόμενον Μεθ' ἡμῶν ὁ Θεός· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο προφητικῶς ἐκβοᾷ· Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων μεθ' ἡμῶν· δεικνὺς, ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῖς ἁγίοις προφήταις καὶ πατριάρχαις ἐμφανισθείς. Ἀντιλήπτωρ ἡμῶν, φησὶν, οὐχὶ ἄλλος Θεὸς παρὰ τὸν ὑπὸ τῶν προφητῶν παραδιδόμενον· ἀλλ' ὁ Θεὸς Ἰακὼβ, ὁ ἐν τῷ χρηματισμῷ πρὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θεράποντα διαλεχθείς· Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς Ἰακώβ. Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, Ὁμιλία Ἐις Τους Ψαλμούς, Εἰς Τον ΜΕ'' Ψαλμον  Source: Migne PG 29 425

The Lord of virtues is with us, our helper, the God of Jacob. 1 See the incarnation of God, see Emmanuel born from the holy Virgin, which name Emmanuel is translated 'God is with us.' 2 and because of this there is the prophetic exclamation 'The Lord of virtues is with us,' to show that He was the one who appeared to the holy Prophets and Patriarchs. 'Our helper,' he says, that is, there is no other God apart from Him who has been handed down by the Prophets, the God of Jacob, who in an oracle said to His servant: 'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Issac and the God of Jacob.' 3 Saint Basil of Caesarea, Homilies on the Psalms, from Psalm 45 1 Ps 45.8 2 Mt 1.3 3 Exod 3.6