Giving Drink

Δίδοτε μέθην τοῖς ἐν λύπαις καὶ οἶνον πίνειν τοῖς ἐν ὀδύναις Νῦν λύπην εἶπε τὸν πόνον. Οἱ οὖν διὰ Θεὸν κοπιῶντες καὶ ὀδυνώμενοι, ἐπ᾽ ἂν μεθυσθῶσι τῆς πρὸς τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου πιότητος, τῶν ὀδυνῶν ἐπιλανθάνονται. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Παροιμιας, Κεφ' ΛA’ Source: Migne PG 39.1635a

Give strong drink to those who grieve and wine to those who groan. 1 Now he speaks of grief for toil. Those, then, who labour and groan for God, they shall be inebriated by the abundance of the house of God and they shall forget all their groaning. 2 Didymus the Blind, Commentary On Proverbs, Chapter 31 1 Prov 31.6 2 Ps 35.9, Apoc 21.4