Expositions on the Psalms

Saint Augustine of Hippo · the golden age of the Fathers · 146 parts

Parts

• Psalm C · 18 paragraphsPsalm C.
• Psalm CI · 18 paragraphsPsalm CI.
• Psalm CII · 44 paragraphsPsalm CII.
• Psalm CIII · 33 paragraphsPsalm CIII. 1. …“Bless the Lord, O my soul! and all that is within me, His holy Name” (ver. 1). I suppose that he speaketh not of what is within the…
• Psalm CIV · 49 paragraphsPsalm CIV. 1. …“Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Let the soul of us all, made one in Christ, say this. “O Lord my God, Thou art magnified exceedingly!”…
• Psalm CIX · 27 paragraphsPsalm CIX.
• Psalm CL · 12 paragraphsPsalm CL.
• Psalm CV · 36 paragraphsPsalm CV.
• Psalm CVI · 39 paragraphsPsalm CVI.
• Psalm CVII · 18 paragraphsPsalm CVII.
• Psalm CVIII · 4 paragraphsPsalm CVIII.
• Psalm CX · 16 paragraphsPsalm CX. 1. …This Psalm is one of those promises, surely and openly prophesying our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; so that we are utterly unable to…
• Psalm CXI · 11 paragraphsPsalm CXI.
• Psalm CXII · 10 paragraphsPsalm CXII.
• Psalm CXIII · 6 paragraphsPsalm CXIII. 1. …When ye hear sung in the Psalms, “Praise the Lord, ye children” (ver. 1); imagine not that that exhortation pertaineth not unto you,…
• Psalm CXIV · 12 paragraphsPsalm CXIV.
• Psalm CXL · 18 paragraphsPsalm CXL.
• Psalm CXLI · 19 paragraphsPsalm CXLI. 1. …The Psalm which we have just sung is in many parts somewhat obscure. When by the help of the Lord what has been said shall begin to…
• Psalm CXLII · 14 paragraphsPsalm CXLII. 1. …“With my voice have I cried unto the Lord” (ver. 1). It were enough to say, “with voice:” not for nothing perhaps has “my” been…
• Psalm CXLIII · 14 paragraphsPsalm CXLIII. 1. …The title of the Psalm is, “To David himself, when his son was pursuing him.” We know from the Books of Kings that this…
• Psalm CXLIV · 14 paragraphsPsalm CXLIV.
• Psalm CXLIX · 22 paragraphsPsalm CXLIX.
• Psalm CXLV · 24 paragraphsPsalm CXLV. 1. …The title is, “Praise, to David himself.” Praise to Christ Himself. And since He is called David, who came to us of the seed of…
• Psalm CXLVI · 15 paragraphsPsalm CXLVI. 1. …Behold the Psalm soundeth; it is the voice of some one (and that some one are ye, if ye will), of some one encouraging his soul to…
• Psalm CXLVII · 40 paragraphsPsalm CXLVII.
• Psalm CXLVIII · 20 paragraphsPsalm CXLVIII.
• Psalm CXV · 14 paragraphsPsalm CXV.
• Psalm CXVI · 16 paragraphsPsalm CXVI.
• Psalm CXVII · 2 paragraphsPsalm CXVII.
• Psalm CXVIII · 23 paragraphsPsalm CXVIII. 1. …We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which meaneth, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words,…
• Psalm CXX · 12 paragraphsPsalm CXX.
• Psalm CXXI · 10 paragraphsPsalm CXXI. 1. …Let them “lift up their eyes to the hills whence cometh their help” (ver. 1). What meaneth, The hills have been lightened? The San of…
• Psalm CXXII · 15 paragraphsPsalm CXXII.
• Psalm CXXIII · 11 paragraphsPsalm CXXIII. 1. …Let this singer ascend; and let this man sing from the heart of each of you, and let each of you be this man, for when each of you…
• Psalm CXXIV · 11 paragraphsPsalm CXXIV.
• Psalm CXXIX · 11 paragraphsPsalm CXXIX.
• Psalm CXXV · 15 paragraphsPsalm CXXV.
• Psalm CXXVI · 13 paragraphsPsalm CXXVI. 1. …How man had come into captivity, let us ask the Apostle Paul.…For he saith: “For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am carnal,…
• Psalm CXXVII · 14 paragraphsPsalm CXXVII.
• Psalm CXXVIII · 11 paragraphsPsalm CXXVIII.
• Psalm CXXX · 9 paragraphsPsalm CXXX.
• Psalm CXXXI · 10 paragraphsPsalm CXXXI.
• Psalm CXXXII · 33 paragraphsPsalm CXXXII.
• Psalm CXXXIII · 8 paragraphsPsalm CXXXIII.
• Psalm CXXXIV · 4 paragraphsPsalm CXXXIV.
• Psalm CXXXIX · 27 paragraphsPsalm CXXXIX. 1. …Our Lord Jesus Christ speaketh in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He maketh Himself one with…
• Psalm CXXXV · 18 paragraphsPsalm CXXXV.
• Psalm CXXXVI · 14 paragraphsPsalm CXXXVI.
• Psalm CXXXVII · 12 paragraphsPsalm CXXXVII. 1. …But to-day we have sung, “By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion” (ver. 1).… 2. Observe “the…
• Psalm CXXXVIII · 16 paragraphsPsalm CXXXVIII.
• Psalm I · 9 paragraphsSt. Augustin on the Psalms. ———————————— Psalm I.
• Psalm II · 12 paragraphsPsalm II.
• Psalm III · 19 paragraphsA psalm of David, when he fled from the face of Abessalon his son.
• Psalm IV · 16 paragraphsTo the end, a psalm song to David.
• Psalm IX · 29 paragraphsPsalm IX.
• Psalm L · 60 paragraphsPsalm L.
• Psalm LI · 41 paragraphsPsalm LI.
• Psalm LII · 27 paragraphsPsalm LII.
• Psalm LIII · 16 paragraphsPsalm LIII.
• Psalm LIV · 19 paragraphsPsalm LIV.
• Psalm LV · 45 paragraphsPsalm LV.
• Psalm LVI · 34 paragraphsPsalm LVI.
• Psalm LVII · 23 paragraphsPsalm LVII.
• Psalm LVIII · 29 paragraphsPsalm LVIII.
• Psalm LX · 23 paragraphsPsalm LX.
• Psalm LXI · 13 paragraphsPsalm LXI.
• Psalm LXII · 34 paragraphsPsalm LXII.
• Psalm LXIII · 24 paragraphsPsalm LXIII.
• Psalm LXIV · 23 paragraphsPsalm LXIV.
• Psalm LXIX · 57 paragraphsPsalm LXIX.
• Psalm LXV · 31 paragraphsPsalm LXV.
• Psalm LXVI · 36 paragraphsPsalm LXVI.
• Psalm LXVII · 24 paragraphsPsalm LXVII.
• Psalm LXVIII · 65 paragraphsPsalm LXVIII.
• Psalm LXX · 17 paragraphsPsalm LXX.
• Psalm LXXI · 57 paragraphsPsalm LXXI.
• Psalm LXXII · 33 paragraphsPsalm LXXII.
• Psalm LXXIII · 41 paragraphsPsalm LXXIII.
• Psalm LXXIV · 39 paragraphsPsalm LXXIV.
• Psalm LXXIX · 27 paragraphsPsalm LXXIX.
• Psalm LXXV · 24 paragraphsPsalm LXXV. 1. …The Title of this Psalm thus speaketh: “At the end, corrupt not.” What is, “corrupt not?” That which Thou hast promised, perform. But…
• Psalm LXXVI · 26 paragraphsPsalm LXXVI.
• Psalm LXXVII · 31 paragraphsPsalm LXXVII.
• Psalm LXXVIII · 68 paragraphsPsalm LXXVIII.
• Psalm LXXX · 21 paragraphsPsalm LXXX. 1. …If perchance things obscure demand the office of an interpreter, those things which are evident ought to require of me the office of…
• Psalm LXXXI · 27 paragraphsPsalm LXXXI.
• Psalm LXXXII · 10 paragraphsPsalm LXXXII.
• Psalm LXXXIII · 16 paragraphsPsalm LXXXIII.
• Psalm LXXXIV · 27 paragraphsPsalm LXXXIV.
• Psalm LXXXIX · 65 paragraphsPsalm LXXXIX.
• Psalm LXXXV · 24 paragraphsPsalm LXXXV. 1. …Its title is, “A Psalm for the end, to the sons of Core.” Let us understand no other end than that of which the Apostle speaks: for,…
• Psalm LXXXVI · 48 paragraphsPsalm LXXXVI.
• Psalm LXXXVII · 20 paragraphsPsalm LXXXVII.
• Psalm LXXXVIII · 26 paragraphsPsalm LXXXVIII.
• Psalm V · 25 paragraphsPsalm V.
• Psalm VI · 25 paragraphsTo the end, in the hymns of the eighth, a psalm to David.
• Psalm VII · 39 paragraphsA psalm to David himself, which he sung to the Lord, for the words of Chusi, son of Jemini.
• Psalm VIII · 23 paragraphsTo the end, for the wine-presses, a psalm of David himself.
• Psalm X · 19 paragraphs“Why, O Lord,” saith he, “hast Thou withdrawn afar off?” (ver. 1). Then he who thus inquired, as if all on a sudden he understood, or as if he asked,…
• Psalm XC · 25 paragraphsPsalm XC.
• Psalm XCI · 37 paragraphsPsalm XCI.
• Psalm XCII · 20 paragraphsPsalm XCII. 1. …We are not Christians, except on account of a future life: let no one hope for present blessings, let no one promise himself the…
• Psalm XCIII · 12 paragraphsPsalm XCIII. 1. …It is entitled, “The Song of praise of David himself, on the day before the Sabbath, when the earth was founded.” Remembering then…
• Psalm XCIV · 40 paragraphsPsalm XCIV.
• Psalm XCIX · 23 paragraphsPsalm XCIX.
• Psalm XCV · 17 paragraphsPsalm XCV.
• Psalm XCVI · 25 paragraphsPsalm XCVI.
• Psalm XCVII · 26 paragraphsPsalm XCVII. 1. …This Psalm is entitled, “A Psalm of David’s, when his land was restored.” Let us refer the whole to Christ, if we wish to keep the…
• Psalm XCVIII · 15 paragraphsPsalm XCVIII.
• Psalm XI · 20 paragraphsTo the end, a psalm of David himself.
• Psalm XII · 11 paragraphsTo the end, for the eighth, a psalm of David.
• Psalm XIII · 7 paragraphsUnto the end, a psalm of David.
• Psalm XIV · 10 paragraphsTo the end, a psalm of David himself.
• Psalm XIX · 16 paragraphsTo the end, a psalm of David himself.
• Psalm XL · 40 paragraphsPsalm XL.
• Psalm XLI · 20 paragraphsTo the people, on the Feast of the Martyrs.
• Psalm XLII · 30 paragraphsPsalm XLII.
• Psalm XLIII · 13 paragraphsPsalm XLIII.
• Psalm XLIV · 29 paragraphsPsalm XLIV.
• Psalm XLV · 45 paragraphsPsalm XLV.
• Psalm XLVI · 27 paragraphsPsalm XLVI.
• Psalm XLVII · 21 paragraphsPsalm XLVII.
• Psalm XLVIII · 25 paragraphsPsalm XLVIII.
• Psalm XV · 6 paragraphsA psalm of David himself.
• Psalm XVI · 11 paragraphsThe inscription of the title, of David himself.
• Psalm XVII · 15 paragraphsA prayer of David himself.
• Psalm XVIII · 52 paragraphsTo the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself.
• Psalm XX · 11 paragraphsTo the end, a psalm of David.
• Psalm XXI · 15 paragraphsTo the end, a psalm of David himself.
• Psalm XXII · 33 paragraphsTo the end, for the taking up of the morning, a psalm of David.
• Psalm XXIII · 7 paragraphsA psalm of David himself.
• Psalm XXIV · 11 paragraphsA psalm of David himself, on the first day of the week.
• Psalm XXIX · 12 paragraphsA psalm of David himself, of the consummation of the tabernacle.
• Psalm XXV · 23 paragraphsTo the end, a psalm of David himself.
• Psalm XXVI · 13 paragraphsOf David himself.
• Psalm XXVII · 15 paragraphsOf David himself, before he was anointed.
• Psalm XXVIII · 10 paragraphsOf David himself.
• Psalm XXX · 14 paragraphsTo the end, the psalm of the canticle of the dedication of the house, of David himself.
• Psalm XXXI · 26 paragraphsTo the end, a psalm of David himself, an ecstasy.
• Psalm XXXII · 12 paragraphsTo David himself; for understanding.
• Psalm XXXIII · 23 paragraphsPsalm XXXIII.
• Psalm XXXIV · 32 paragraphsA psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, and he sent him away, and he departed.
• Psalm XXXIX · 36 paragraphsPsalm XXXIX.
• Psalm XXXV · 36 paragraphsPsalm XXXV. 1. …The title of it causeth us no delay, for it is both brief, and to be understood not difficult, especially to those nursed in the…
• Psalm XXXVI · 24 paragraphsPsalm XXXVI. 1. …“The ungodly hath said in himself that he will sin: there is no fear of God before his eyes” (ver. 1). Not of one man, but of a race…
• Psalm XXXVIII · 45 paragraphsA psalm to David himself, on the remembrance of the Sabbath.