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Psalm 119:65-67
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 119:65-67
New Catholic Bible
65 [a]You have dealt kindly with your servant
in accord with your word, O Lord.
66 Grant me good judgment and knowledge,
for I place my trust in your precepts.
67 Before I was afflicted[b] I went astray,
but now I observe your word.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:65 The psalmist ascribes goodness to God in his past and present dealings, to the positive values of the trials God sent him, and to the ultimate value of God’s law and divine teaching.
- Psalm 119:67 Afflicted: through God’s doing (see note on vv. 25-32).
