Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

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Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

LORD our God you answered them (v. 8). The prophet here reminds those whose prayers God had heard that his grace and their faithfulness harmonized. Consequently, encouraged by their success in prayer, their descendants should call upon God, not merely pronouncing his name with their lips, but keeping his covenant with all their heart. He further reminds us that if God does not display his glory so abundantly in every age, the fault is with humans themselves, who gradually lose the faith of their ancestors. It is not strange that God should withdraw his hand when he sees faithfulness turning cold on the earth.