Psalm 1:3 — the tree is Christ, transplanted, beside the scriptures
“And he will be as the tree planted beside the outlets of the waters, which will give its fruit in its season, and its leaf will not fall away, and everything he may do will prosper” (Psalm 1:3).
A tree, Christ is written in the God-breathed Scripture. Aquila rendered “transplanted”: for rooted in the patriarchs’ roots, he is transplanted so that others also may partake of his image, taken according to the being-transplanted; or it is said of the Savior’s soul transplanted from here into paradise. For he said to the robber: “Today you will be with me in the paradise of God” (Luke 23:43). “Outlets of waters”: the divine scriptures, in which everywhere one can find Christ proclaimed.
The fruit of the tree you will understand as the right faith. Its leaves, the fulfillment of the commandments. And one of the saints used to say that leaves are the ascetics’ humility, covering their fruits and never falling. “It will prosper”: for there is no deed of those done according to God that is useless.
Greek
1.3 Καὶ ε σται ὡς τὸ ξύλον τὸ πεφυ τευμένον παρὰ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὑδάτων, ο τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ δώσει ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ φύλλον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀποῤῥυήσεται, καὶ πάντα ο σα α ν ποιῇ κατευοδωθήσεται. Ξύλον ὁ Χριστὸς ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῇ θεοπνεύστῳ γραφῇ. – ̔Ο δὲ ̓Ακύλας τὸ μεταπεφυτευμένον ἐξέδωκε· ἐῤῥιζόμενος γὰρ τῶν πατριαρχῶν ῥίζαις, μεταπεφύτευται εἰς τὸ καὶ α λλους μεταλαβεῖν αὐτοῦ τῆς εἰ κόνος, τῆς κατὰ τὸ μεταφυτεύεσθαι λαμ βανομένης, η καὶ διὰ τὴν ψυχὴν ει ρηται τοῦ Σωτῆρος μεταφυτευθεῖσα ε νθεν εἰς τὸν παράδεισον. Εφη γὰρ τῷ λῃστῇ· Σήμερον μετ' ἐμοῦ ε σῃ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ. ∆ιεξόδους δὲ ὑδάτων, τὰς θείας γραφὰς, ἐν αι ς ἁπανταχοῦ ε στιν εὑρεῖν Χριστὸν κη ρυσσόμενον. Τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ ξύλου νοήσεις τὴν ὀρ θὴν πίστιν. Φύλλα δὲ αὐτοῦ, τὴν πλήρωσιν τῶν ἐν τολῶν. Ελεγε δέ τις τῶν ἁγίων, φύλλα ει ναι τῶν ἀσκητῶν τὴν ταπεινοφροσύνην, σκέ πουσαν αὐτῶν τοὺς καρποὺς, καὶ μηδέποτε πίπτουσαν. – Κατευδωθήσεται· οὐ γὰρ ε στι πρᾶξις τῶν κατὰ Θεὸν γενομένων ἀνωφελής.
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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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