Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

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Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

greedily seek after present pleasures and advantages; but I maintain that perfect happiness is only to be found in the favor of God. This passage teaches us that those who do not, with full resolution, rest wholly in God and find satisfaction in him are miserable, even though they may have an overflowing abundance of all earthly things; while, on the other hand, the faithful, although they are tossed amidst many troubles, are truly happy when there is no other ground for it but this: that God’s fatherly face shines upon them, which turns darkness into light.