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Psalm 147:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 147:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 He fixes the number of the stars
and assigns a name to each.[a]
5 Great is our Lord and awesome in power;
his wisdom is without limit.[b]
6 The Lord sustains the poor
but humbles the wicked in the dust.[c]
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:4 See Gen 15:5; Isa 40:26; Bar 3:34f. In this connection, scholars cite the Wisdom of Ahiqar (VIII, 116): “Numerous are the stars of heaven, and no one knows their names.”
- Psalm 147:5 See Ps 48:2; Job 36:22, 26; Isa 40:28; Jer 51:15.
- Psalm 147:6 See Pss 37:9-10; 145:20; 146:9; 1 Sam 2:7f; Job 5:11; Lk 1:52.
