Trials And Comfort

Ἐμνήσθην τῶν κριμάτων σου ἀπ' αἰῶνος, Κύριε, καὶ παρεκλήθην. Ἔλαβον γὰρ εἰς νοῦν τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἄβελ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἰὼβ, τὰ κατὰ τὸν Μωσῆ, ὅπως καὶ ποικίλοις περιπεσεῖν συνεχωρήθησαν πειρασμοῖς, καὶ περιφανεῖς αὐτοὺς ὕστερον καὶ περιβλέπτους ἀπέφηνας, ψυχαγωγίαν ἐντεῦθεν ἀποχρῶσαν ἐπορισάμην. Θεοδώρητος Ἐπίσκοπος Κύρρος, Ἑρμηνεία εἰς Τους Ψαλμούς, Ψαλμός ΡΙΗ´ Source: Migne PG 80.1837b

I was mindful of your judgements from of old, O Lord, and I was comforted. 1 I brought to mind the things that befell Abel and Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Joseph and Job and Moses, how you allowed them to fall into various trials, and then you brought them forth illustrious and celebrated, for which reason I received consolation that strengthens the soul. Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Interpretation of the Psalms, from Psalm 118 1 Ps 118.52