Granting Understanding

Συνετιῶ σε καὶ συμβιβῶ σε ἐν ὁδῷ μου ταύτῃ ᾑ σὺ πορεύθῃ. Εὐξαμένῳ λύτρωσιν ἐχθρῶν, ἀντιφθέγγεται Θεὸς ὁδηγήσειν ἐπαγγελλόμενος ἐν εὐθείᾳ ὁδῷ· Συνετίσω σε γὰρ, φησὶ, καὶ ὑποδείξω σοι ὁδὸν ἢν ὀδεύσεις ἐπὶ τὸ τρισμακάριον ἄγουσαν τέλος, καὶ ἔσομαι πάντως τε ἐποπτεύων τὰ κατὰ σὲ, ὅπως ἐκ τῶν φωτιστικῶν αὐγῶν φωτιζόμενος, τὴν ὁδὸν βλέπειν ἔχῃς τὴν ἐπηγγελμένην σοι. Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Εἰς Τους Ψαλμους, Ψαλμός ΛΑ' Source: Migne PG 69.868c

'I will give to you understanding in my way, that on which you will walk ...' 1   God replies to the one seeking liberation from his enemies, 2 promising to direct him on the right way: 'For I shall give to you,' He says, 'understanding, and I shall show you the way on which walking you will come to final blessedness, and I shall be a watcher over all the things that are set against you, that illuminated with splendid rays you may discern the way, and obtain what is promised to you.' Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 31 1 Ps 31.8 2 Ps 31.7