Wisdom And Understanding

Τὸ στόμα μου λαλήσει σοφίαν, καὶ ἡ μελέτη τῆς καρδίας μου σύνεσιν. Κλινῶ εἰς παραβολὴν τὸ οὖς μου, ἀνοίξω ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ τὸ πρόβλημά μου.   Ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων δύναται λέγεσθαι. Παραβολὰς δὲ καλεῖ τοὺς αἰνιγματώδεις λόγους. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ Κύριος, παραβολικῶς τοῖς ὄχλοις διαλεγόμενος, τοῖς ἀποστόλοις κατ' οἶκον ταύτας διέλυε. Τούτῳ νυν ὁ χορὸς τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ σοφίαν τὸν Χριστὸν ἐπὶ στόματος φέρων· Χριστὸς γὰρ Θεοῦ δύναμις καὶ Θεοῦ σοφία, ἐλέγετο· Τὸ στόμα μου λαλήσει σοφίαν. Τοῦτον γὰρ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐκηρυττον. Ἠκονημένοι δὲ τὸν νοῦν, πάσας τοῦ Χριστοῦ συνίεσαν τὰς παραβολὰς καὶ πρὸ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐρμηνείας. Διὸ μετὰ ταύτας ὁ μὲν Σωτὴρ ἔλεγε· Συνήκατε ταυτᾶ πάντα; Οἱ δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, ναι. Ἡ καρδία τοίνυν αὐτῶν ἐμελέτα συνέσεις, ἂς ἤνοιγον τοῖς μὴ παρακολουθεῖν δυναμένοις, τοῦ σωματικοῦ ὀργάνοῦ τῇ ἐνοικούσῃ πρὸς τοῦτο διακονοῦντος ψυχῇ. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἀντὶ ψαλτηρίου παρέλαβε πρὸς τὴν διὰ τούτων θείων ὕμνων ἀνάκρουσιν, ἐκάστου μέρους ἐπιστημονικῶς ἐν αὐτῷ κινουμένου. Εὐσέβιος ὁ Καισάρειος, Ὑπομνηματα Ἐις Τους ψαλμους, ψαλμος ΜΗ' Source:  Migne PG 23.429c-d

My mouth shall speak wisdom and the mediation of my heart prudence. I shall incline my ear to a parable and I shall open up on the harp my difficulty. 1 These things are able to be said about the Apostles. Parables are the voicing of obscure words. Certainly when the Lord spoke to the crowds in parables, afterward in the house he explained it to the Apostles. Therefore now for this the choir bears Christ the wisdom of God in their mouths, for Christ is named the power of God and the wisdom of God 2, thus it is said, 'My mouth shall speak wisdom.' For this they preached to all men. And when minds have been carefully instructed, they understand all the parables of Christ before He interprets them. For after these things the Saviour said, 'Do you understand all these things? And they said, yes.' 3 Therefore their hearts had meditated prudently and to those who were not able to follow, they opened them, with a corporeal instrument ministering to the soul within. For this the figure of the harp is used, the rhythm of divine songs, and the understanding of how each part moves. Eusebius of Caesarea, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 48 1 Ps 48.56 2 1 Cor 1.24 3 Mt 13.51