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Psalm 119:128-130
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 119:128-130
New Catholic Bible
128 That is why I regard all your commandments as right
and despise every way that is false.
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129 [a]Wonderful are your statutes;
therefore, I willingly observe them.
130 The explanation[b] of your words gives light
and imparts understanding to the simple.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:129 God’s word illumines so that even those not experienced in the realities of life (the simple; see Ps 116; Prov 1:4) may gain wisdom (see Ps 19:8). The psalmist longs to receive, understand, and put it into practice. So great is his zeal for God’s law that he weeps over the continuance of rebellion and transgression on the part of evildoers.
- Psalm 119:130 The law is a luminous sanctuary that fills souls with its clarity (see Ps 73:16f) when it is explained to them. Explanation: literally, “opening.”
