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Psalm 65:2-4
New English Translation
Psalm 65:2-4
New English Translation
2 You hear prayers;[a]
all people approach you.[b]
3 Our record of sins overwhelms me,[c]
but you forgive[d] our acts of rebellion.
4 How blessed[e] is the one whom you choose,
and allow to live in your palace courts.[f]
May we be satisfied with the good things of your house—
your holy palace.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 65:2 tn Heb “O one who hears prayer.”
- Psalm 65:2 tn Heb “to you all flesh comes.”
- Psalm 65:3 tn Heb “the records of sins are too strong for me.”
- Psalm 65:3 tn Or “make atonement for.”
- Psalm 65:4 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
- Psalm 65:4 tn Heb “[whom] you bring near [so that] he might live [in] your courts.”
- Psalm 65:4 tn Or “temple.”
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