Hope And Redemption

Ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν Kύριον, ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωίας μέχρι νυκτός ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωίας ἐλπισάτω Ισραηλ ἐπὶ τὸν Kύριον, ὅτι παρὰ τῷ Kυρίῳ τὸ ἔλεος καὶ πολλὴ παρ' αὐτῷ λύτρωσις, καὶ αὐτὸς λυτρώσεται τὸν Ισραηλ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτοῦ. ̓Αεὶ καὶ κατὰ πάντα καιρὸν ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ τὸν Kύριον δεῖ, οὐ μόνον ὅτε προσηνῆ ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅτε σκυθρωπὰ περιεστηκότα. ἀπὸ φυλακῆς γοῦν πρωϊνῆς ὅτε λαμπρὰ τὰ παρόντα καὶ μέχρι νυκτὸς ὅτε ἀηδῆ καὶ ζοφώτερα τὰ περιεστηκότα καὶ ἔτι ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας ἀνατέλλοντος τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ φωτὸς καὶ ἀρχὴν ἡμέρας νοητῆς ποιοῦντος ὁ διορατικὸς νοῦς, ̓Ισραὴλ καλούμενος ̔Εβραίων φωνῇ, ἐλπισάτω ἐπὶ τὸν Kύριον, προσθήκην τῶν φαιδρῶν καὶ ἀπαλλαγὴν τῶν σκυθρωπῶν προσδοκῶν παρ' αὐτοῦ, ὅτι παρ' αὐτῷ ὡς ἐν πηγῇ. Kαὶ παρ' αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔλεος οὖ χρῄζουσιν οἱ ἐλπίζοντες ἐπ' αὐτόν· ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλὴ παρ' αὐτοῦ λύτρωσις τοῦ παρὰ τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ οὐχ ἑτέρα οὖσα· ὅθεν αὐτὸς ἐκ πασῶν τῶν ἀνομιῶν λυτρώσεται αὐτὸν ὁ Kύριος. Eἰ γὰρ καὶ πολλαὶ αἱ τοῦ ̓Ισραὴλ ἀνομίαι, ἀλλ' ἐκ πασῶν αὐτὸν λυτρώσεται. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμούς, Ψαλμος ΡΚΘ´ Source: Migne PG 39.1588b

My soul hoped in the Lord, from the morning watch even to the night watch let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy and abundant redemption, and He shall redeem Israel from all of its sins. 1 Always and everywhere one should hope in the Lord, not only when one is prospering but even when one things have become difficult. From the morning watch, then, in every joy, until the night, when everything loses shape and is obscured. From the morning watch when the true light rises, making the beginning of the spiritual day, 'the discerning mind,' as the Hebrew word Israel means, let him hope in the Lord, in an increase of goods and a deliverance from grievous things, because He is their source. And with Him there is also mercy, which they desire who hope in Him. For much redemption is with Him, which is not gained but by propitiation, by which He redeems from every iniquity. For though the iniquities of Israel be many, from all of them He shall redeem them. Didymus the Blind, Commentary on The Psalms, from Psalm 129 1 Ps 129.6-8