The 150 Psalms

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[b]Psalms 6:[/b]

1  Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave.
2  O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.
3  Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
4  And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long?
5  Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake.
6  For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?
7  I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.
8  My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.
9  Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
10  The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.
11  Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.

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[b]Psalms 7:[/b]

1  The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini.
2  O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
3  Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
4  O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:
5  If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.
6  Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.
7  Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded:
8  and a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high.
9  The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.
10  The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought: and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God.
11  Just is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of heart.
12  God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?
13  Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword: he hath bent his bow and made it ready.
14  And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.
15  Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.
16  He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.
17  His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.
18  I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

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I've enjoyed this as well . . . and will continue with you

(I've also added reading the psalms, ordered, I think, in the monastic cycle so that all of them are read in the course of a week, to my personal devotions . . . not that I've read all of them in one week . . . or even in three)

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Psalm 8 DOUAY-RHEIMS

Domine, Dominus noster. God is wonderful in his works; especially in mankind, singularly exalted by the incarnation of Christ.

1 Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David.

[color="#FF00FF"][size=1]The presses... In Hebrew, Gittith, supposed to be a musical instrument.[/size][/color]

2 O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
3 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
4 For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
5 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
6 Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:
7 And hast set him over the works of thy hands.
8 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover, the beasts also of the fields.
9 The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.
10 O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!


Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.

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From the preface to "The Psalms New Catholic Version" A St. Joseph Edition - Catholic Book Publishing (2002, 2004)

Variations in Numbering

The Psalter contains 150 Psalms in the Hebrew and the Latin Vulgate. Their numbering, however, is slightly different since the Vulgate joins Pss 9 and 10 of the Hebrew into a single psalm, and again 114 and 115 of the Hebrew into a single psalm, while dividing 116 and 147 of the Hebrew into two psalms. The numbering is as follows:

Hebrew . . . . . . . . . . Vulgate
1-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:1-21
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:22-39
11-113 . . . . . . . . . . 10-112
114 . . . . . . . . . . . . 113:1-8
115 . . . . . . . . . . . . 113:9-26
116:1-9 . . . . . . . . . 114
116:10-19 . . . . . . . . 115
117-146 . . . . . . . . . 116-145
147:1-11 . . . . . . . . 146
147:12-20 . . . . . . . . 147
148-150 . . . . . . . . . 148-150

Most Catholic translations after 1943 (in accord with the recommendation of Pope Pius XII in his ground breaking encyclical [i]Divino Afflante Spiritu[/i] to translate from the original languages - Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek - instead of the Latin Vulgate) make use of the Hebrew numbering of the Psalms. Those completed before 1943 usually have the Vulgate numbering. This fact is important especially when Catholics desire to locate the Psalms used in the Liturgy.

. . .

However, there is also a second difference in numbering - the enumeration of the verses. All by 35 of the Psalms begin with "superscriptions" (sometimes called "titles"). These contain the name of the supposed author of the psalm, the circumstances of its composition, a note about its liturgical use, and obscure phrases about its melody or its musical accompaniment. Most Catholic Bibles have traditionally assigned a verse number to these superscriptions. In some, however, these superscriptions are not assigned a number.

This means that, in most cases, the numbers that give the references for psalm verses used in the Liturgy are at least one digit higher than the corresponding verses in versions that do not number the superscriptions. . . .

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[b]Psalms 9:[/b]

1  Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.
2  I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.
3  I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.
4  When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
5  For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
6  Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
7  The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise.
8  but the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:
9  and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.
10  And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.
11  And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
12  Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:
13  For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
14  Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.
15  Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
16  I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
17  The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
18  The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.
19  For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
20  Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
21  Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.

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[b]Psalms 10:[/b]
1  Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
2  Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
3  For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
4  The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:
5  God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.
6  For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
7  His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
8  He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.
9  His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.
10  In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
11  For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.
12  Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.
13  Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.
14  Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.
15  Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
16  The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.
17  The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.
18  To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.

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Psalm 10 DOUAY-RHEIMS

In Domino confido. The just man's confidence in God in the midst of persecutions.

1 Unto the end. A psalm to David.

2 In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow.
3 For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
4 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?
5 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.
6 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul.
7 He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone, and storms of winds, shall be the portion of their cup.
8 For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness.

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[b]Psalms 11:[/b]

1  Unto the end. A psalm for David.
2  In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?
3  For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
4  For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?
5  The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.
6  The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.
7  He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.
8  For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness.

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[b]Psalms 12:[/b]

1  Unto the end; for the octave, a psalm for David.
2  Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.
3  They have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.
4  May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
5  Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?
6  By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I win set him in safety; I will deal confidently in his regard.
7  The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth refined seven times.
8  Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us.: and keep us from this generation for ever.
9  The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou best multiplied the children of men.

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[b]Psalms 13:[/b]


1  Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?
2  How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?
3  How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
4  Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death:
5  lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:
6  but I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

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[b]Psalms 14:[/b]

1  Unto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his heart: There is no God, They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: there is none that doth good, no not one.
2  The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God.
3  They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they acted deceitfully; the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways: and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.
4  Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread ?
5  They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.
6  For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope.
7  Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad.

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[b]Psalms 15:[/b]

1  A psalm of David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill?
2  He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:
3  He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.
4  In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not;
5  he that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things shall not be moved for ever.

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Psalm 15 DOUAY-RHEIMS
Conserva me, Domine. Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death.

1 The inscription of a title to David himself.

Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.
[color="#808080"][size=1]The inscription of a title... That is, of a pillar or monument, steylographia: which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most worthy to be engraved on an everlasting monument.
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2 I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
3 To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.
4 Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.
5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.
7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night.
8 I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
9 Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption.
11 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.

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[b]Psalms 16:[/b]

1  The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put trust in thee.
2  I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
3  To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.
4  Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.
5  The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
6  The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.
7  I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover my reins also have corrected me even till night.
8  I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
9  Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy holy one to see corruption.
11  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.