Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

Chapter 4: Psalms 60–80

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Psalm 67 with Augustine – The Blessing of God May God be gracious to us and bless us (v. 1). Let us bless the Lord, and let God bless us. When God blesses us, we grow, and when we bless the Lord, we grow, both are profitable to us. He is not increased by our blessing, nor is he lessened by our cursing. The one who curses the Lord is lessened. The one who blesses the Lord grows. And make his face shine on us. God does not shine his face as if we had ever been without light, but he shines it upon us, so that what was hidden from us is opened, and that which was hidden, is illuminated. How can we draw him to ourselves? By living well, by doing well. Let past things not please us and present things not hold us. Let us not refuse to listen. So we are not kept back by the past, so that we are not entangled by the present, so that we are not prevented from meditating on future things, let us reach forth toward those things which are ahead. Let us forget things past (Phil 3:13). And that for which we work now, for which we groan now, of which now we speak, which in part, however small, we perceive, and are not able to receive, we shall receive. We shall thoroughly enjoy it in the resurrection of the righteous.