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Psalm 119:143-145
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 119:143-145
New Catholic Bible
143 I am afflicted by anguish and distress,
but your precepts are my delight.
144 Your statutes are forever righteous;
grant me understanding and I will live.
Qoph
145 [a]I call out to you with my whole heart;
answer me, O Lord, so that I may observe your decrees.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:145 The psalmist urgently presents his lament before the Lord to be delivered from adversity. So intense is his longing for this salvation that he prays through the night watches. Even though his foes hunt him down, the Lord is near and will rescue him, for the psalmist keeps the law.
