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Psalm 142:8
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 142:8
New Catholic Bible
8 Set me free from my prison,[a]
so that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will assemble around me
because of your great generosity to me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 142:8 Prison: a word that may denote actual imprisonment or may be a metaphor for the psalmist’s desperate plight characterized by adversity and isolation (see Ps 107:10; Isa 42:7). Assemble around me: the Greek and Syriac translate this phrase as “hope [or wait] around me” (see Job 36:2). All the friends of God are united in praise and joy (see Pss 22:26; 34:4; 64:11; 107:42).
