Hope And Goods

Ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κοιμηθήσομαι καὶ ὑπνώσω... Εἰ καὶ οὕτοι ἀπὸ τῶν ἡδέων αὑτοῖς ἔδοξαν πληθύνεσθαι, ἀλλά γε ἐγὼ προσδοκῶν αἰῶνα μέλλοντα καὶ μισθὸν ὀρθῆς πολιτείας, πάσης ταραχῆς ἐκτὸς διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα γεγονώς, ̓Επὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κοιμηθήσομαι καὶ ὑπνώσωμαι, κοίμησιν καὶ ὕπνον λέγων τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ βίου ἀναχώρησιν· ἀποδιδοὺς τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ κεκοιμῆσθαι καὶ ὑπνωκέναι ἐν εἰρήνῃ εὐθὺς ἐπήγαγεν ὅτι ̓Επ' ἐλπίδι κατῴκισάς με. Eἴρηται δὲ καὶ ἐν ̓Ωσηὲ πρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ Κατοικιῶ σε ἐπ' ἐλπίδι. ποιεῖ δὲ τοῦτο θεὸς ἐλπίδα μελλόντων θείων ἀγαθῶν προτείνων τοῖς κατοικιζομένοις ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἐν διανοητικῇ καὶ πρακτικῇ ἀρετῇ καὶ ἐν δόγμασιν ἀληθείας καὶ θεσμοῖς ἐκκλησιαστικοῖς. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμούς, Ψαλμος Δ´ Source: Migne PG 39.1168c

In peace, in a moment, I shall sleep and dream... 1 Even if these things seem to be fulfilled as a matter of pleasure, yet I hope for the coming age and the reward of true citizenship, hope casting off every trouble. 'In a moment I shall sleep and dream.' And by this sleeping and dreaming he speaks of withdrawal from life, and the cause of sleep and dreaming in peace is thereupon given: 'He has established me in hope.' And it says in Hosea, to the soul before the face of God, 'I establish you in hope.' 2 And it is God that makes this hope of the offering of future Divine goods, to those who dwell by Him in virtuous understanding and deeds, and in true holy and ecclesiastical teaching. Didymus the Blind, Commentary on The Psalms, from Psalm 4 1 Ps 4.8 2 Hosea 2.18