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Psalm 139:19-24
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 139:19-24
New Catholic Bible
19 [a]If only you would slay the wicked, O God,
and the bloodthirsty would leave me![b]
20 They blaspheme your name
and treacherously rise up against you.[c]
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord,
and loathe those who rise up against you?
22 My hatred for them is unlimited;
I regard them as my personal enemies.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart;[d]
test me and understand my thoughts.
24 See if I follow an evil way,
and guide me on the way to eternity.
Footnotes
- 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.
- Psalm 139:20 And . . . against you: the Hebrew is uncertain here.
- Psalm 139:23 Heart: see note on Ps 4:8.
