Feet And Paths

Kατάρτισαι τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐν ταῖς τρίβοις σου ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶσιν τὰ διαβήματά μου Τρίβοι δὲ τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ, αἱ τηρήσεις τῶν ἐντολῶν τυγχάνουσιν, μᾶλλον δὲ αἱ κατ᾿ ἀρετὴν ἐνέργειαι, λεῖαι καὶ ὁμαλαὶ ἀναδειχθεῖσαι, ἐκ τοῦ συνεχῶς πατεῖσθαι πρὸς τῶν σπευδόντων φθάσαι ἐπὶ τὸ τέλος αὐτῶν· τέλος δὲ αὐτῶν ἡ μακαριότης καὶ ἡ τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν ἀπόδοσίς ἐστιν . Δράμωμεν τοίνυν κατ᾿ αὐτὰς, ἵνα σωτηρίας τύχωμεν· οὐ κλονουμένων τῶν διαβημάτων, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν οὐ σφαλλομένων, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ὁ Κύριος ἐν ταῖς τρίβοις αὐτοῦ καταρτίσῃ αὐτά· ὁ ταύτης τῆς αἰτήσεως τυχών, φησίν· ῎Ανευ ἀνομίας ἔδραμον καὶ κατηύθυνα· καὶ τὸ, Ὁδὸν ἐντολῶν σου ἔδραμον, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἐπλάτυνας τὴνκαρδίαν μου. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμούς, Ψαλμος ΙϚ' Source: Migne PG 39.1237b

Perfect my feet in your paths, that my steps are not shaken. 1 The paths of the Lord and of his holy ones is holding to the commandments, or rather the doing of things virtuously, and then it is easily and openly shown that from this way of going they are hurried them to their end, which end is beatitude and the fulfillment of the promises. Therefore let us run on the paths, so that we may obtain salvation, and with feet that are not shaken, that is, they do not stumble, because the Lord is perfecting them in His paths. These things are also prayed for when he says, 'I ran without iniquity and I directed my steps,' and, 'I ran on the way of your commandments, when you expanded my heart.' 2 Didymus the Blind, Commentary on The Psalms, from Psalm 82 1 Ps 16.5 2 Ps 58.5, Ps 118.32