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Psalm 144:13-15
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 144:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 May our barns be filled
with every kind of crop.
May our sheep increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields,[a]
14 and may our cattle be well fed.[b]
May there be no breach in our walls,
no going into exile,
no cries of distress in our streets.
15 Blessed are the people for whom this is true;
blessed[c] are the people whose God is the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:13 Material abundance is a gift of God (see Lev 26:5; Deut 7:13).
- Psalm 144:14 May our cattle be well fed: other possible translations are: “may our oxen be heavy with flesh,” or “may our oxen be heavy with young,” or “may our chieftains be firmly established.”
- Psalm 144:15 Blessed are the people who experience the Lord’s ability to save, protect, and bless. Blessed: see note on Ps 1:1.
