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title: "Psalm 102 (103) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 102 (Psalm 103 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Benedic, anima. Thanksgiving to God for his mercies."
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# Psalm 102 (103)

Psalm 102 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 103 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 22 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Benedic, anima. Thanksgiving to God for his mercies.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 102 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me.
2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses.
3. He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities.
4. He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with mercy and compassion.
5. He satisfies your desire with good things. Your youth will be renewed like that of the eagle.
6. The Lord accomplishes mercies, and his judgment is for all who patiently endure injuries.
7. He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel.
8. The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.
9. He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity.
10. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, and he has not repaid us according to our iniquities.
11. For according to the height of the heavens above the earth, so has he reinforced his mercy toward those who fear him.
12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us.
13. As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.
14. For he knows our form. He has called to mind that we are dust.
15. Man: his days are like hay. Like the flower of the field, so will he flourish.
16. For the spirit in him will pass away, and it will not remain, and he will know his place no longer.
17. But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity, and even unto eternity, upon those who fear him. And his justice is with the sons of the sons,
18. with those who serve his covenant and have been mindful of his commandments by doing them.
19. The Lord has prepared his throne in heaven, and his kingdom will rule over all.
20. Bless the Lord, all you his Angels: powerful in virtue, doing his word, in order to heed the voice of his discourse.
21. Bless the Lord, all his hosts: his ministers who do his will.
22. Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

## Psalm 102 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Ipsi David. Benedic, anima mea, Domino, et omnia quæ intra me sunt nomini sancto ejus.
2. Benedic, anima mea, Domino, et noli oblivisci omnes retributiones ejus.
3. Qui propitiatur omnibus iniquitatibus tuis; qui sanat omnes infirmitates tuas:
4. qui redimit de interitu vitam tuam; qui coronat te in misericordia et miserationibus:
5. qui replet in bonis desiderium tuum; renovabitur ut aquilæ juventus tua:
6. faciens misericordias Dominus, et judicium omnibus injuriam patientibus.
7. Notas fecit vias suas Moysi; filiis Israël voluntates suas.
8. Miserator et misericors Dominus: longanimis, et multum misericors.
9. Non in perpetuum irascetur, neque in æternum comminabitur.
10. Non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, neque secundum iniquitates nostras retribuit nobis.
11. Quoniam secundum altitudinem cæli a terra, corroboravit misericordiam suam super timentes se;
12. quantum distat ortus ab occidente, longe fecit a nobis iniquitates nostras.
13. Quomodo miseretur pater filiorum, misertus est Dominus timentibus se.
14. Quoniam ipse cognovit figmentum nostrum; recordatus est quoniam pulvis sumus.
15. Homo, sicut fœnum dies ejus; tamquam flos agri, sic efflorebit:
16. quoniam spiritus pertransibit in illo, et non subsistet, et non cognoscet amplius locum suum.
17. Misericordia autem Domini ab æterno, et usque in æternum super timentes eum. Et justitia illius in filios filiorum,
18. his qui servant testamentum ejus, et memores sunt mandatorum ipsius ad faciendum ea.
19. Dominus in cælo paravit sedem suam, et regnum ipsius omnibus dominabitur.
20. Benedicite Domino, omnes angeli ejus: potentes virtute, facientes verbum illius, ad audiendam vocem sermonum ejus.
21. Benedicite Domino, omnes virtutes ejus; ministri ejus, qui facitis voluntatem ejus.
22. Benedicite Domino, omnia opera ejus: in omni loco dominationis ejus, benedic, anima mea, Domino.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 102: Christ - The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 304: The Creator ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 329: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Our sins are grains of sand beside the great mountain of the mercy of God.” — St. John Vianney, Sermon on Sin, c. 1850 (On this theme: verse 12)
- “The Lord is on the throne of my heart; He rules, He governs.” — St. Philip Neri, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 19)

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Dec 9, 2026: Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10
- Wed, Feb 3, 2027: Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a
- Sat, Feb 27, 2027: Saturday of the Second Week of Lent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12
- Sat, May 22, 2027: Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18

14 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Mass citations number the Psalms in the Hebrew way.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).