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Psalm 65:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 65:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 for you answer our prayers.
To you all flesh must come,[a]
4 burdened by its sinful deeds.
Too heavy for us are our sins,
and only you can blot them out.[b]
5 Blessed[c] 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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 65:3 To you all flesh must come: i.e., all humankind will come to God. It recalls the universalism of the psalmists (see Pss 64:10; 66:1, 4, 8; 67:4-6) and of Isaiah (see Isa 17:12; 26:15; 66:19, 23).
- 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.
