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As the psalms are a microcosm of the Old Testament, so the Expositions of the Psalms can be seen as a microcosm of Augustinian thought. In the Book of Psalms are to be found the history of the people of Israel, the theology and spirituality of the Old Covenant, and a treasury of human experience expressed in prayer and poetry. So too does the work of expounding the psalms recapitulate and focus...

5. What have they to say, now that they have been given such firm reassurance? Therefore we shall not be afraid when the world rocks. Such a short time before, they were anxious, but now they know they are safe, and after overwhelming troubles they find themselves established in great tranquillity. Christ had been asleep for them, and that was why they were apprehensive, but when Christ woke up, he commanded the winds, and they died down, as we have just heard in
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