Psalm 3:2–4 — those who progress have many afflicters; the Lord lifts the head
“Lord, why have those who afflict me been multiplied?” (Psalm 3:1). Those who are making progress have many who afflict them.
“But you, Lord, are my helper, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head” (Psalm 3:3). Then the mind is lifted up, whenever it applies itself to the manifold wisdom of God (Ephesians 3:10). The glory of the holy one is God. And everyone whose glory is God is lifted up by him.
The head, that is, the rising of the soul. For just as the head of one who has been made large in body is lifted up above the heads of the lesser ones that lie below, so also, when the soul of the blessed has risen, the head is lifted up, God working with it.
Greek
3.2 Κύριε, τί ἐπληθύνθησαν οἱ θλίβον τές με; Οἱ προκόπτοντες πολλοὺς τοὺς θλίβοντας ε χουσι. 3.4 Σὺ δὲ, Κύριε, ἀντιλήπτωρ μου ει , δόξα μου καὶ ὑψῶν τὴν κεφαλήν μου. Τὸ τηνικαῦτα ὑψοῦται νοῦς, ὁπηνίκα α ν ἐπιβάλλῃ τῇ πολυποικίλῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ σοφίᾳ. –Τοῦ ἁγίου δόξα ὁ Θεός. Πᾶς δὲ ου δόξα ἐστὶν ὁ Θεὸς, ὑψοῦται ὑπ' αὐτοῦ. – Τὴν κεφαλὴν, τουτέστιν τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ ε παρμα. Ωσπερ γὰρ ὑψοῦται κεφαλὴ τοῦ κατὰ σῶμα μεμεγεθυσμένου παρὰ τὰς τῶν ὑποδεεστέ ρων κεφαλὰς κάτω κειμένας, ου τως καὶ δια ναστάσης τῆς τοῦ μακαρίου ψυχῆς, ἡ κε φαλὴ ὑψοῦται, Θεοῦ συνεργοῦντος αὐτῇ.