Psalm 34: 2-3, 17-19, 23

Our responsorial this week comes from Psalm 34, a thanksgiving psalm in acrostic form, each line beginning with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This structure is symbolic: it suggests completeness, as if the psalmist is offering praise “from A to Z.”

The psalm proclaims that the Lord is close to the brokenhearted and delivers the just, echoing Sirach’s assurance that the cry of the lowly reaches God.

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