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Psalm 139:17-19
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 139:17-19
New Catholic Bible
17 How precious to me are your designs, O God!
How vast in number they are!
18 If I were to attempt to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,[a]
I am still with you.
19 [b]If only you would slay the wicked, O God,
and the bloodthirsty would leave me![c]
Footnotes
- Psalm 139:18 When I awake: in this context, these words may express a glimpse of the resurrection on the part of the psalmist, as in Ps 17:15 (see note there).
- Psalm 139:19 God is all-holy and opposes the wicked, whom he punishes for their wrongdoing. He leads the psalmist and the righteous in the way of God (the way to eternity: see Pss 1:6; 5:9; 73:18; 143:10; and note on 16:9-11) and not in the way of idolaters (the evil way: see Ps 16:4; Isa 48:5).
- Psalm 139:19 See notes on Pss 5:11; 35.
