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Vs. 10-14 and 19-20, which are often identified as the voice of Christ, orient a development of the theme: imitation of Christ. In vs. 11-12 and 19-20, the Psalmist speaks of his enemies, which prompts the exegete to speak of the enemies of the Christian life. These elements in the Psalm make possible a discussion of the Christian life and so form a common framework of interpretation for the three exegetes. Let us see how this works in the interpretation of Didymus, and then we can compare his interpretation with that of Eusebius and Augustine.
In the second step of his argument Origen shows that this wonderful effectiveness of the teachings of Christ was prophesied in both the Old and New Testament Scriptures. This conversion of great numbers of people to Christianity is prophetically described in Scripture through its references to the election of the heathen. Origen explains the prophecies in sections 3-5 to mean that Christ's teaching has brought in a new era of righteousness and peace, in which Christ's kingdom is established to the ends of the world and stretching to the end of time (Psalm 72:7).
He answers the first question in the form of a prologue on the function of Scripture. In this prologue he employs an artful metaphor: "God, who created the human body, knew the fragility of the human body, that it was weak and susceptible to sickness... 2 Origen's application of this metaphor to the soul sets out the following relationships. Sin is a sickness of the soul. And pain is its consequence. The cure for sin is provided through the discourses in Scripture. This cure is administered by Christ the chief physician and has its setting in the life of the church.