Hoping In The Lord

Εἰς μνημόσυνον αἰώνιον ἔσται δίκαιος, ἀπὸ ἀκοῆς πονηρᾶς οὐ φοβηθήσεται. Οὐδ' ἐκ λόγων ψευδῶν, ἐπαγγελλομένων μὲν ἀλήθειαν, ἐπηρμένων δὲ κατὰ τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ, πείσεταί τι δεινὸν, ἄτε δὴ τεθεμελιωμένος ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, καὶ μηδενὸς αὐτὸν χωρίζοντος ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. Ἐτοίμη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ Κύριον, ἐστήρικται ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ· οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇ, ἕως οὖ ἐπιδῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ. Διὰ ταῦτα, φησὶν, οὐ σαλευθήσεται, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ἀπὸ ἀκοῆς πονηρᾶς φοβηθήσεται, ἐπειδὴ ἐτοίμη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ Κυριον. Ἀνθ' οὖ ὁ Σύμμαχος ἐποίησεν· Ἐδραία ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἀμέριμνος ἑν Κυρίῳ. Διὰ τοῦτο τῶν τοιούτων θορύβων καταφρονεῖ· καὶ οὐ μόνον οὐ δέδιε τοὺς δυσμενεῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἐκείνων ἦτταν διὰ τὴν εἰς Θεὸν ἐλπίδα παραμένει. Εὐσέβιος ὁ Καισάρειος, Ὑπομνηματα Ἐις Τους ψαλμους, ψαλμος ΡΙΑ' Source: Migne PG 23.1348b-c

In eternal remembrance shall the righteous man be, and from the hearing of evil he shall not fear. 1 He shall not be grieved by deceitful words, which purport to be the truth but strive against the knowledge of God, enduring any evil, seeing that he who is founded on the rock is one whom nothing is able to separate from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus. 2 'His heart is prepared to hope in the Lord, his heart has been strengthened, he shall not be cast down until he has looked down on his enemies.' 3 Therefore he says that he shall not be moved, and neither shall he fear from the hearing of evil since 'his heart is prepared to hope in the Lord.' Which Symmachus translates as: 'his strong heart is without anxiety in the Lord.' Therefore he looks down on such tumult, nor does he in any way fear his enemies, but indeed he awaits their ruin, on account of his hope in the Lord. Eusebius of Caesarea, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 111 1 Ps 111.7 2 cf Rom 8.38-39 3 Ps 111.7-8