Troubled And Shaken

Turbati sunt, et commoti sunt sicut ebrius, et omnis sapientia eorum devortata est. De ipsis adhuc dicit de quibus superius ait, anima eorum in malis tabescebat. Turbati sunt, ad confusionem pertinet sensus; commoti sunt, ad iras protinus evomendas. Quapropter talium sapientiam dicit esse deglutitam, quia sapientia non potest nisi apud quietos et imperturbatos animos inveniri. Sapientia eorum bene de illis dicitur qui sibi ante videbantur esse doctores: sed eam constat esse deglutitam, quae perturbatis mentibus non praevalet apparere. His igitur exemplis monentur sacerdotes, ut Domino supplicent; quatenus cor eorum in humilitate consolidet, ne diabolicis tentationibus ventilentur. Cassiodorus, Expositio In Psalterium, Psalmus CVI Source: Migne PL 70.773b-c

They were troubled and shaken like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was devoured. 1 He still speaks of those of whom he said before: 'Their souls withered in wickedness.' That 'they were troubled,' pertains to confusion, and that they were shaken and immediately moved refers to anger. For which reason the wisdom of such men, he says, was gobbled up, because wisdom can be found only in quiet and untroubled souls. And it is well said that it is 'their wisdom,' for this is spoken of those who had seemed so learned to themselves, but since it is obvious that wisdom does not stand firm in troubled souls it befits them to be devoured. With these examples he warns priests to supplicate the Lord, that their hearts be set fast in humility, lest they be winnowed and thrown about by the trials of the devil. 2 Cassiodorus, Commentary On The Psalms, from Psalm 116 1 Ps 116.27 2 cf Lk 22.31-32