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Psalm 119:164-166
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 119:164-166
New Catholic Bible
164 Seven times[a] a day I praise you
for your righteous judgments.
165 Those who love your law have great peace;[b]
they encounter no stumbling blocks.
166 I await your salvation, O Lord,
and I carry out your precepts.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:164 Seven times: a Hebrew idiom for “many times” (see Ps 12:7; Gen 4:24; Prov 24:16; Mt 18:21f; Lk 17:4).
- Psalm 119:165 The godly have peace, for, even surrounded by adversity, they are confident of God’s loving care and his promise that they will not stumble (see Prov 4:12; 1 Jn 2:10). Great peace: i.e., complete security and well-being (see Ps 37:11; Isa 26:3, 12; 32:17; 54:13; 57:19).
