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To give to those who mourn in Zion glory to them instead of ashes, an oil of gladness to those who mourn, a garment of glory instead of a spirit of faintheartedness. The phrase, ‘an oil of gladness,’ Theodotion and Symmachus interpreted as ‘an oil of exultation.’ And it alludes to the mystical anointing, by which, being deemed worthy, we receive gladness and the mantle of glory; for the garment must be understood as a robe. For so also Theodotion: ‘a mantle of boasting,’ and Symmachus: ‘a mantle of praise.’ And the phrase: ‘instead of a spirit of faintheartedness,’ the Three have rendered ‘instead of a faint spirit.’ For having driven out from us the faint and sullen spirit of faintheartedness, he has given us the mantle of glory. And the saints dwelling in Zion especially lamented, seeing the impiety of its inhabitants. From these was that great Simeon who was also divinely warned ‘not to see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ,’ from these were the prophetess Anna and many others, who lamented the lawlessness of the Jews and awaited the salvation of God; for these he ended their mourning by appearing. And they shall be called generations of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for glory. That is, these who are chosen from Zion, the twelve, the seventy, the one hundred and twenty, the five hundred, the three thousand, the many myriads. So also the blessed David says: ‘This is the generation of those who seek the Lord.’ But the Three, instead of ‘generations of righteousness,’ have rendered ‘the strong of righteousness, a plant of the Lord to be glorified.’ For as certain best generals of piety, traveling about the inhabited world, they overthrew impiety and, becoming the first plants of the Lord, they planted the desert.