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Psalm 63:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 63:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 Your kindness[a] is a greater joy than life itself;
thus my lips will speak your praise.
5 I will bless you all my life;
with uplifted hands[b] I will call on your name.
6 My soul[c] will be satisfied as at a banquet
and with rejoicing lips my mouth will praise you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 63:4 Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5. For the Old Testament, the greatest good was earthly life; but God’s kindness is better even than life.
- Psalm 63:5 Uplifted hands: the usual posture for prayer (see Ex 9:29, 33) with palms turned upward (see also Pss 44:21; 77:3; 88:10; 119:48; 143:6; 1 Ki 8:22; Ezr 9:5; Neh 8:6; 2 Mac 3:20). The lifting up of one’s hands was also a symbol of dependence on and praise of the Lord (see Pss 28:2; 63:5; 1 Tim 2:8). Name: see note on Ps 5:12.
- Psalm 63:6 Soul: see note on Ps 6:4. As at a banquet: literally, “marrow and fat,” the preferred meats of the Palestinian Arabs and a symbol of the best of foods (see Ps 36:9).
