Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

Chapter 6: Psalms 102–119:32

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Psalm 117 with Cassiodorus – TheWholeWorld Praises Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples (v. 1). Collective praise is expressed together by all the faithful, and is seen to be fitting for the entire church assembled from different parts of the world. All nations in common are exhorted among the people so that none at the Lord’s judgment may claim that they were not included. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever (v. 2). The reason why the Lord must be praised throughout the world is because he has fulfilled his promises made through the holy prophets by his coming to us. His mercy towards Christians is confirmed and will never be changed, for he who granted it, as we rightly believe, protects us. This tiny psalm is enclosed in the most spacious conciseness. What more expansive feeling can be spoken than that the Creator must be praised all over the world?

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