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title: "Psalm 116 (117) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/116/
description: "Psalm 116 (Psalm 117 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Laudate Dominum. All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy…"
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# Psalm 116 (117)

Psalm 116 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 117 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are both verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Laudate Dominum. All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy and truth. Alleluia.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 116 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Alleluia. All nations, praise the Lord. All peoples, praise him.
2. For his mercy has been confirmed over us. And the truth of the Lord remains for all eternity.

## Psalm 116 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Alleluja. Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes; laudate eum, omnes populi.
2. Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, et veritas Domini manet in æternum.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Jan 25, 2027: Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 117:1bc, 2
- Fri, Apr 16, 2027: Friday of the Third Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 117:1bc, 2
- Sat, Jul 3, 2027 (computed): St. Thomas, Apostle — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 117:1bc, 2
- Tue, Jan 25, 2028 (computed): Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 117:1bc, 2

4 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). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. 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).