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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...

satisfied(Mt 5:6). If you know God is good because he gave you those things, how much more blessed will you be when he has given you himself? You desired so much from him; but, I beg you, desire himself. Those other things are not really more delightful than he is. They cannot bear comparison with him. When a person has received good things from God and finds joy in them, yet puts God before all he has received, that person calls upon God in truth. Ask yourself what you would do if God wished to take away
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