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Psalm 119:152-154
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 119:152-154
New Catholic Bible
152 Long have I known your decrees
and that you have established them forever.
Resh
153 [a]See my suffering and deliver me,
for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me;[b]
let me live in accord with your word.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:153 The lament becomes more intense as the psalmist prays for deliverance, mercy, and life. By protesting his innocence, bringing up his affliction, and mentioning the perfidy of the wicked, he seeks to move God to act, for he alone can preserve the psalmist’s full enjoyment of covenant life. The fidelity and righteousness of God’s word sustain the psalmist in his belief of total vindication.
- Psalm 119:154 Redeem me: or “Be my redeemer” (see Pss 19:15; 69:19; 72:13f).