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Psalm 119:153-155
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 119:153-155
New Catholic Bible
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.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked[c]
because they do not consider your decrees.
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).
- Psalm 119:155 The godless haunt the psalmist, for they flaunt the commandments of the Lord. The wicked: see note on v. 21 (“the arrogant”).
