Choosing Truth

Ὁδὸν ἀληθείας ᾑρετισάμεν, τὰ κρίματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην. Τὸν στίκον τοῦτον ἐρεῖ μόνος ὁ καταφρονῶν μὲν τῶν βλεπομένων ὡς προσκαίρων, σκοπῶν δε τὰ μὴ βλεπόμενα ὡς αἰώνια, καὶ μόνα κυρίως ἀληθῆ, καὶ ἐπ' ἐκεῖνα σπεύδων. Οὐκ ἀληθείας γὰρ ὁδὸς, ἢν αἱρεῖται ὁ πραγματευόμενος τὸν κάτω πλοῦτον καὶ τὰς ἐπὶ γῆς δόξας. Ὁ οὖν ἐλόμενος ὁδεύειν, ὡς ἀποδεδώκαμεν, τὴν τῆς ἀληθείας ὁδὸν, οὗτος οὐκ ἐπυλανθανόμενος τῶν κριμάτων τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀνταποδόσεων αὐτοῦ τὸ τοιοῦτον πράττει. Ὁ φιλαλήθης καὶ μήποτε προφέρων ψευδῆ λόγον διὰ στόματος εἴποι ἄν· Ὁδὸν ἀληθείας ᾑρετισάμεν. Ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ διαπαντὸς πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν τιθέμενος τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ κρίματα καὶ ἐπὶ πάσῃ πράξει μεμνημένος αὐτῶν ἐρεῖ· Τὰ κρίματτα σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην. Εὐσέβιος ὁ Καισάρειος, Ὑπομνηματα Ἐις Τους Ψαλμους, Ψαλμὸς ΡΙΗ´ Source: Migne PG 23.1369b-c

I chose the way of truth, I did not forget your judgements. 1 This verse is said only by the one who, scorning the things of his sight as transitory and looking to those things which are unseen as eternal, is eager only to contemplate things which are absolutely true. Certainly he does not choose the way of truth who pursues worldly wealth and mundane glory. He, therefore, as we have said, who chooses to travel on the way of truth and who is not forgetful of the judgements of God and His rewards, he does this. He who is a lover of truth and never bears the word of a lie in his mouth may say, 'I chose the way of truth.' And indeed he who always has the judgements of God before his eyes and is mindful of Him in every deed, he says 'I did not forget your judgements.' Eusebius of Caesarea, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 118 1 Ps 118.30