Psalm 119:39-41

New Catholic Bible

³⁹Let me escape the disgrace that I dread,
for your judgments are good.
⁴⁰See, I long for your commandments;
in your righteousness preserve my life.

Waw

⁴¹^[a]Let your kindness^[b] descend on me, O Lord,
your salvation in accord with your promise.

Psalm 119:41 Here the psalmist, as it were, gives Christians what is needed for them to fulfill their desire to “proclaim [the Lord’s] word with all boldness” (Acts 4:29). In order to be spoken, the word must first be appropriated (v. 41), trusted (v. 42f), obeyed (v. 44), sought (v. 45), and loved (v. 47f).
Psalm 119:41 Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5.

New Catholic Bible (NCB)