Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

252

Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

who has engaged with them. Hear the Apostle saying, “our struggle is not against flesh and blood:” (Eph 6:12) as though he would say: Do not hate people. Do not think of them as enemies. Do not think they are hurting you. These people who you fear are flesh and blood. Set me free from my prison (v. 7), bring me out of distress. For to one who rejoices, even a prison is wide; to one in sorrow, a field is narrow. Therefore he prays to be brought out of distress. For though hope grows, yet in reality at present he suffers. It is not the body that weighs down the soul or makes the prison, but the corruption of the body. Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name.