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Psalm 65:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 65:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 burdened by its sinful deeds.
Too heavy for us are our sins,
and only you can blot them out.[a]
5 Blessed[b] is the one whom you choose
and invite to dwell in your courts.
We will be filled with the good things of your house,
of your holy temple.
6 Through your awesome deeds[c] of righteousness,
you respond to us, O God, our Savior;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the far-off islands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 65:4 Blot them out: or “make atonement for them.” God forgives sins when his people repent and observe his rules for pardon (as he did for the Israelites who observed the Day of Atonement—see Lev 16:20-30).
- Psalm 65:5 Blessed: see note on Ps 1:1. Good things of your house: see note on Ps 36:9.
- Psalm 65:6 Awesome deeds: God’s creative acts as reflected in the beauty and bounty of Nature and his saving acts as seen in the deliverance of Israel from Egypt and its establishment in the Promised Land (see Pss 106:22; 145:6; Deut 10:21; 2 Sam 7:23; Isa 64:3).
