Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

Chapter 5: Psalms 81–101

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flourishing, and if such thoughts caused your feet to slip in the path of God, this psalm speaks to you. He will repay them for their sins (v. 23). Therefore let the righteous bear with the ungodly. Let the temporary suffering of the righteous bear with the temporary freedom of the wicked; for “the righteous person will live by his faithfulness” (Hab 2:4). But if we live by faith, let us believe that we will inherit rest after our present toil, and that they will suffer eternal torments after their present honors. And if faith works by love, let us love our enemies also, and as far as we can, have the will to profit them. For then we will prevent their injuring us.