Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

Chapter 6: Psalms 102–119:32

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Christ will first be attacked by many enemies until the end of the world. That is why the psalmist says, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!” (v. 2). ——— The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath. He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth (vv. 5–6). These words describe the defense of the church in this life and afterward a total deliverance. If we compare this to the present dangers and miseries of the church, which has been protected through all time, a more brilliant point has been made: even if devils, political and religious empires, kingdoms, the hatred of ungodly nations, and the fury of heretics and false religions try to destroy the church, the Messiah will still protect and preserve her. Finally, when all these enemies have been suppressed and the empires of the world destroyed, then will she be entirely free.