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Ordinary Time · Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36a, 37 (cf. 33) or  Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (9a)

I Will Praise God's Name in Song; The Law of the Lord Is Perfect

July 16, 2028

The Stormy Sea, Gustave Courbet
The Stormy Sea, Gustave Courbet, 1870Musée d'Orsay, Paris
A wave standing up across the whole width of the picture under a sky the same weight as the water.Rescue me out of the mire; may I not sink. Let not the flood engulf me nor the abyss swallow me.Gustave CourbetCourbet, who painted the Normandy coast in thick slabs of paint laid on with a knife.Musée d'Orsay, ParisThe Musée d'Orsay, Paris.Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 10:25-37Lk 10:25-37
Second ReadingCol. 1:15-20Col 1:15-20
First ReadingDeut. 30:10-14Dt 30:10-14
Responsorial PsalmPs. 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36a, 37 (cf. 33)Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36a, 37 (cf. 33) orPs. 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (9a)Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (9a)

Overview & Insights

"For the Lord hears the poor, and does not spurn his own in their bondage." (Psalm 69:34)

Psalm 69 turns from lament to praise, confident that God hears the poor and will restore them, offered here as the response to Deuteronomy's promise that God's word is near. The alternate, Psalm 19:8-11, praises the perfect, refreshing law of the Lord that this reading has just described as reachable.

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Take it further: Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36a, 37 (cf. 33) or  Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (9a)

Commentary

Psalm 69 CommentaryPs 69 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks through the psalmist's turn from lament to praise.

Psalm 69:14 CommentariesPs 69:14 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentary on the cry for deliverance and praise.

Psalm 69 (Barnes' Notes)Ps 69 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Detailed notes on the psalm's structure and themes.

Psalm 19:8 CommentariesPs 19:8 Commentaries BibleHub

Covers the alternate psalm's praise of the perfect law.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 69 (Hebrew/English)Ps 69 (Hebrew/English) Sefaria

Hebrew text alongside translation for the psalm.

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