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Psalm 119:158-160
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 119:158-160
New Catholic Bible
158 I regard the faithless with indignation[a]
because they do not observe your word.
159 Consider how I love your precepts, O Lord;
let me live in accord with your kindness.[b]
160 Every word you utter is true,
and all your righteous judgments[c] are everlasting.
Shin
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:158 I regard the faithless with indignation: i.e., they are people who have broken the covenant relationship and whose words and acts are unreliable (see Ps 25:3; Isa 48:8; Jer 5:11; Mal 2:10f).
- Psalm 119:159 Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5.
- Psalm 119:160 The word (word . . . righteous judgments) of the Lord is a source of life that never languishes because it is fed by infinite truth that continues forever. Therefore, it can never be exhausted no matter how many drink from this life-giving fountain.
