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Psalms 103:7

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"He made His ways known unto Moses" [Psalm 103:7]. ...For the Law was given with this view, that the sick might be convinced of his infirmity, and pray for the physician. This is the hidden way of God. Thou hadst long ago heard, "Who healeth all thine infirmities." Their infirmities were as yet hidden in the sick; the five books were given to Moses: the pool was surrounded by five porches; he brought forth the sick, that they might lie there, that they might be made known, not that they might be healed. …

Exposition on Psalm 103 ↗