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Psalm 25:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 25:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 Who, then, is the man that fears the Lord?
He will be shown the path he should choose.[a]
13 He will enjoy lasting prosperity,
and his descendants will inherit the land.[b]
14 The Lord manifests himself to those who fear him,[c]
and he makes his covenant known to them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 25:12 The path he should choose: or “the path chosen for him.”
- Psalm 25:13 Inherit the land: according to the teaching of the sages, God rewards the righteous here below by bestowing on them earthly goods that he withholds from the wicked (see Ps 37:9, 29; Prov 19:23). To this is added the returned exiles’ hope for the enjoyment of the land of their ancestors (see Isa 57:13; 60:21; 65:9).
- Psalm 25:14 The Lord manifests himself to those who fear him: some translations have “The Lord manifests his secret to those who fear him,” which is to be understood as divine intimacy and friendship (see Ps 73:28; Ex 33:11; Job 29:4; Prov 3:32; Jn 15:5) united with the understanding of divine things (see Jer 16:21; 31:34; Hos 6:6).
