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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. Therefore the ungodly do not rise in the place of judgment. Obviously not, because they are whirled away from the face of the earth like dust. Rightly did the psalm say that the very thing the proud crave, namely, to exercise judgment, is taken away from them. The point is made more clearly in the following clause: nor sinners in the assembly of the just. It is usual that what is said in the first half of a verse should be repeated more
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