PSALM 139 ... Our Lord Jesus Christ speaketh in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He maketh Himself one with us; as it is said, "they twain shall be one flesh." Wherefore also the Lord saith in the Gospel, speaking of marriage,...
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Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 132 – 138
PSALM 132 It was right indeed, most beloved, that we should rather hear our Brother,(6) my colleague, when present before all of us. And just now he refused not, but put us off; for he extorted from me that he might now listen to me, on the condition that I also may...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 120 – 131
PSALM 120 The Psalm which we have just heard chanted, and have responded to with our voices, is short, and very profitable. Ye will not long toil in hearing, nor will ye toil fruitlessly in working. For it is, according to the title prefixed to it, "A song of...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 119
PSALM 119 Aleph. From its commencement, dearly beloved, doth this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desireth not. ... And therefore this is the lesson which he teacheth, who saith, "Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 114 – 118
PSALM 114 The river Jordan, when they were entering across it into the land of promise, when touched by the feet of the priests who bore the Ark, stood still from above with bridled stream, while it flowed down from below, where it ran on into the sea, until the whole...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 104 – 113
PSALM 104 ... "Bless the Lord, O my soul." Let the soul of us all, made one in Christ, say this. "O Lord my God, Thou art magnified exceedingly!" (ver. 1). Where art Thou magnified? "Confession and beauty Thou hast put on." Confess ye, that ye may be beautified, that...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 99 – 103
Augustine on Psalms 99-103 PSALM 99 Beloved brethren, it ought already to be known to you, as sons of the Church, and well. instructed in the school of Christ through all the books of our ancient fathers, who wrote the words of God and the great things of God, that...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 93 – 98
Augustine on Psalms 93-98 PSALM 93 ... It is entitled, "The Song of praise of David himself, on the day before the Sabbath, when the earth was rounded." Remembering then what God did through all those days, when He made and ordained all things, from the first up to...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 89 – 92
Augustine on Psalms 89-92 PSALM 89 Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own...
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 85 – 88
Augustine on Psalms 85-88 PSALM 85 ... Its title is, "A Psalm for the end, to the sons of Core."(3) Let us understand no other end than that of which the Apostle speaks: for, "Christ is the end of the law."(4) Therefore when at the head of the title of the Psalm he...