Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

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Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

Psalm 30 with Augustine – Giver of Eternal Joy I will exalt you, LORD, for you have lifted me out of the depths (v. 1). I will praise your high Majesty. You did not let my enemies gloat over me , those who have so often tried to oppress me with various persecutions throughout the world. LORD, my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me (v. 2). Lord, my God, I have cried to you, and I no longer carry around a body weakened and sick by mortality. You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit (v. 3). You have saved me from deep darkness, and the lowest swamp of corruptible flesh. When you hid your face, I was dismayed (v. 7), for you have sometimes turned away your face from the sinner, and I became troubled, when you held back from me your illuminating knowledge. But now you turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy (v. 11). You have torn off the veil of my sins, the sadness of my mortality; and have wrapped me with the first robe, with eternal joy.