Psalm 4:4 — know that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful; believing is not the same as knowing

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“And know that the Lord has made his holy one wonderful” (Psalm 4:4).

Know, then, you who have trusted in multitudes, that he has shown as wonderful the one who has trusted in him. David prophesies about Christ in the fifteenth psalm, that he is a true holy one, and the apostles are witnesses about him, having understood: “nor will you give your holy one to see corruption” (Psalm 16:10).

And it is possible also to be taught about every holy one. But to believe and to know are not the same; as neither is it the same to believe the truth and to know the truth, and to believe God and to know God. Therefore to the apostles already having believed the Savior says: “If you remain in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will free you” (John 8:31-32). For as Isaiah says: “If you do not believe, you will not understand” (Isaiah 7:9). And David: “I believed, therefore I spoke” (Psalm 116:10). And “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10) makes clear that knowing differs from believing; for this was not said to the unbelieving.

And it also shows what sort of knowledge it will be necessary to receive, and how the holy ones have been made wonderful by God, having been led to the wonders of the unspeakable mysteries and of the holy contemplations.

Greek

4.4 Καὶ γνῶτε ο τι ἐθαυμάστωσε Κύριος τὸν ο σιον αὐτοῦ. Γνῶτε τοιγαροῦν οἱ πεποιθότες ἐπὶ πλή θη, ὡς θαυμαστὸν ἀπέδειξε τὸν πεποιθότα ἐπ' αὐτόν. –Περὶ Χριστοῦ προφητεύει ∆αυὶδ ἐν τῷ ιεʹ ψαλμῷ, ω ς ἐστιν ἀληθὴς ο σιος, καὶ μάρτυρες οἱ ἀπόστολοι περὶ αὐ τοῦ, νοήσαντες τό· Ου τε δώσεις τὸν ο σιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν. ∆υνατὸν δὲ καὶ περὶ παντὸς ὁσίου διδάσκεσθαι, οὐ ταὐτὸ δὲ τὸ πιστεῦσαι καὶ γνῶναι· ὡς οὐδὲ ταὐτὸ ἀληθείᾳ πιστεῦσαι, καὶ γνῶναι τὴν ἀλή θειαν, καὶ πιστεῦσαι Θεῷ καὶ γνῶναι τὸν Θεόν. Τοιγαροῦν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις η δη πε πιστευκόσι φησὶν ὁ Σωτήρ· ̓Εὰν μείνητε ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ λόγῳ, ἀληθῶς μαθηταί μού ἐστε, καὶ γνώσετε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς. ̔Ως γάρ φησιν ̔Ησαΐας· ̓Εὰν μὴ πιστεύσητε, οὐδὲ οὐ μὴ συνῆτε. Καὶ ὁ ∆αυίδ· ̓Επίστευσα, διὸ ἐλάλησα. Καὶ τό· Σχολάσατε δὲ καὶ γνῶτε ο τι ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεὸς, διαφέρειν δηλοῖ τοῦ πιστεύειν τὸ γνῶναι· Τοῦτο γὰρ τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσιν οὐκ ει ρηται· δείκνυσι δὲ καὶ ποίαν δεήσει γνῶσιν ἀπολαβεῖν, [καὶ] ὡς ἐθαυμαστώθησαν ὑπὸ Θεοῦ οἱ ο σιοι, θαύμασι προσαχθέντες τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων μυστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἁγίων θεω ρημάτων.

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New English from locked PG 12 / Khazarzar Greek of Fragmenta in Psalmos, Psalms 1–22.3. Earlier lemma-led SERIES-CLOSEOUT English was discarded.

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