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[a]Into your hands I commend my spirit;(A)
    you will redeem me, Lord, God of truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:6 Into your hands I commend my spirit: in Lk 23:46 Jesus breathes his last with this Psalm verse. Stephen in Acts 7:59 alludes to these words as he is attacked by enemies. The verse is used as an antiphon in the Divine Office at Compline, the last prayer of the day.

59 As they were stoning Stephen,(A) he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”[a]

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  1. 7:59 Compare Lk 23:34, 46.