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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...

from whom all things come, and through whom we exist; and one Lord, our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things come, and in whom we exist (1 Cor 8:5–6). So if those beings are not our gods, whose are they? Another psalm gives the answer: the gods of the heathen are demons, but the Lord made the heavens (Ps 95(96):5). The Holy Spirit could hardly have given you a more splendid or more succinct reminder through the prophet of your God, your Lord; for it would not have amounted to much if that psalm
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