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II

[a]You set a table before me
    in front of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;(A)
    my cup overflows.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:5 You set a table before me: this expression occurs in an exodus context in Ps 78:19. In front of my enemies: my enemies see that I am God’s friend and guest. Oil: a perfumed ointment made from olive oil, used especially at banquets (Ps 104:15; Mt 26:7; Lk 7:37, 46; Jn 12:2).

26 Though my flesh and my heart fail,
    God is the rock of my heart, my portion forever.

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20 (A)Then the Lord said to Aaron:[a] You shall not have any heritage in their land nor hold any portion among them; I will be your portion and your heritage among the Israelites.

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  1. 18:20 The priests and Levites were forbidden to own hereditary land such as the other Israelites possessed; therefore in the allotment of the land (chap. 34) they did not receive any portion of it. Certain cities, however, were assigned to them for their residence; cf. 35:1–8.

24 The Lord is my portion, I tell myself,
    therefore I will hope in him.(A)

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