Enemies And Blessings

Ψαλῶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ὕψιστε, ἐν τῷ ἀποστραφῆναι τὸν ἐχθρόν μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἀσθενήσουσι καὶ ἀπολοῦνται ἀπὸ προσώπου σου. Ταῦτα ὁ Σύμμαχος οὕτως ἡρμήνευσεν, Ἄσω τῷ ὀνόματί σου, Ὕψιστε, ἀνατραπέντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ προσκοψάν των καὶ ἀπολομένων ἐκ προσώπου σου. Θεασάμενος γὰρ τοὺς ἐμοὺς δυσμενεῖς καταλυθέντας, καὶ εἰς φυγὴν τραπέντας, εἶτα ἁλόντας καὶ παν ωλεθρίαν ὑπομείναντας, ὑμνῶ σε καὶ τὰς σὰς ᾄδων εὐεργεσίας διατελῶ. Ταῦτα δὲ ὁ προφήτης ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης διεξέρχεται φύσεως· ἅτε δὴ τοῦ ἀλάστορος ἀπαλλαγεὶς, καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν διὰ τῆς θείας χάριτος δεξάμενος. Οὐ γὰρ, ὥς τινες ὑπέλαβον, ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Σωτῆρος οὗτος εἴρηται ὁ ψαλμὸς, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον πρὸς αὐτὸν, ὡς πρὸς εὐερ γέτην, ἀπὸ τῶν εὖ πεπονθότων, ὡς αὐτὰ διδάσκει τὰ ῥήματα. Θεοδώρητος Ἐπίσκοπος Κύρρος, Ἑρμηνεία εἰς Τους Ψαλμούς, Ψαλμός Θ’ Source: Migne PG 80.921c

I shall sing to your name, O Most High, in the turning of my enemy behind me, they grow weak and perish from before your face. 1 Symmachus translates this as: 'I shall sing to your name, Most High, in the turning of my enemy behind me, they are struck down and are perishing from before your face.' For having seen my adversaries destroyed and turned to flight and then made captive and suffering utter ruin, I sing to you, proclaiming that there is no end to your blessings. But the prophet also speaks of human nature here, which is liberated from the influence of the enemy by the coming of Divine grace. For it is not, as some have assumed, that this Psalm is as spoken by the Saviour, but rather it is addressed to Him, as the giver of blessings, by those who receive them, as the words teach. Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 9 1 Ps 9.4