Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

Chapter 8: Psalms 131–150

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He gives food to every creature (v. 25). Finally, he speaks of the fatherly provision of God that extends not only to humans, but to every living creature. We have no reason to be surprised at his kindness and fatherly provision for his own people, since God even stoops to care for cattle, donkeys of the field, the crow, and the sparrow. Humans are worth far more than animals! The psalmist reasons from the lesser to the greater. If God cares for animals, how much greater is the mercy which he shows to his own children.