Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

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Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

peace, for righteousness and peace love one another. Everyone wants peace, but not all act righteously. Love righteousness, too. If you do not love the friend of peace, peace will not love you or come to you. The LORD will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest (v. 12). He will give you the sweetness of doing righteousness, so that righteousness will delight you, when previously unrighteousness delighted you. You who delighted in drunkenness will rejoice in sobriety. You who rejoiced in theft will seek to give to one who has less. You who delighted in entertainment will delight in prayer. You who delighted in frivolous and dirty songs will delight in singing hymns to God; in running to church, you who ran to the theatre. Where does that sweetness come from? God will give what is good.