 Augustine had a profound love and veneration for all scripture, but the Psalms had a special place in his heart. He tells us how at Kasasiyakam, he spent many happy and intense hours meditating on them. What cries, my God, did I send up to You when I read the Psalms of David, songs of faith, sounds of piety, that shut the door on a pride-soulened spirit? What cries did I send up to You when I sang those Psalms? How they set me aflame for You, how I was afire to recite them, if I could, all over the world, against the arrogance of man? And indeed they are sung throughout the world, and no one can hide away from Your warmth.