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Psalm 24:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 24:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 For he founded it on the seas
and established[a] it on the rivers.
3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4 One who has clean hands and a pure heart,[b]
who does not turn his mind to vanities
or swear an oath in order to deceive.
Footnotes
- Psalm 24:2 Founded . . . established: a metaphor taken from the founding of a city. Extra-biblical records indicate that temples were regarded as microcosms of the created world; hence language applicable to temples was also applicable to the earth.
- Psalm 24:4 Clean hands . . . pure heart: those who do no evil and think no evil. Jesus said that the “pure of heart . . . will see God” (Mt 5:8).
