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Psalm 107:18-20
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 107:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 All types of food became loathsome to them,
and they were nearing the gates of death.[a]
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their anguish,
and he rescued them from their distress.
20 He sent forth his word[b] and healed them,
saving them from the grave.
Footnotes
- Psalm 107:18 Gates of death: metaphorical description for death (see Pss 9:14; 88:4) in keeping with the ancient custom of picturing the realm of death as a city in the netherworld with a series of gates that prevented return to the land of the living (see Job 38:17; Mt 16:18).
- Psalm 107:20 The word is here personified as God’s messenger of healing and deliverance from the grave (see Ps 147:15; Job 33:23ff; Wis 16:12; Isa 55:11; Mt 8:8; Jn 1:1).
