--- title: "Psalm 117 (118) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/117/ description: "Psalm 117 (Psalm 118 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Confitemini Domino. The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils…" --- # Psalm 117 (118) Psalm 117 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 118 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 29 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them. > Confitemini Domino. The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ. Alleluia. > > — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary ## Psalm 117 (Catholic Public Domain Version) 1. Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever. 2. Let Israel now say: For he is good, for his mercy is forever. 3. Let the house of Aaron now say: For his mercy is forever. 4. Let those who fear the Lord now say: For his mercy is forever. 5. In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord. And the Lord heeded me with generosity. 6. The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me. 7. The Lord is my helper. And I will look down upon my enemies. 8. It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in man. 9. It is good to hope in the Lord, rather than to hope in leaders. 10. All the nations have surrounded me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them. 11. Surrounding me, they closed in on me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them. 12. They surrounded me like a swarm, and they burned like fire among the thorns. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them. 13. Having been pushed, I was overturned so as to fall. But the Lord took me up. 14. The Lord is my strength and my praise. And he has become my salvation. 15. A voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the just. 16. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. The right hand of the Lord has exalted me. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. 17. I will not die, but I will live. And I will declare the works of the Lord. 18. When chastising, the Lord chastised me. But he has not delivered me over to death. 19. Open the gates of justice to me. I will enter them, and I will confess to the Lord. 20. This is the gate of the Lord. The just will enter by it. 21. I will confess to you because you have heard me. And you have become my salvation. 22. The stone which the builders have rejected, this has become the head of the corner. 23. By the Lord has this been done, and it is a wonder before our eyes. 24. This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us exult and rejoice in it. 25. O Lord, grant salvation to me. O Lord, grant good prosperity. 26. Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. 27. The Lord is God, and he has enlightened us. Establish a solemn day amid a dense crowd, even to the horn of the altar. 28. You are my God, and I will confess to you. You are my God, and I will exalt you. I will confess to you, for you have heeded me. And you have become my salvation. 29. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever. ## Psalm 117 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592) 1. Alleluja. Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus. 2. Dicat nunc Israël: Quoniam bonus, quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus. 3. Dicat nunc domus Aaron: Quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus. 4. Dicant nunc qui timent Dominum: Quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus. 5. De tribulatione invocavi Dominum, et exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus. 6. Dominus mihi adjutor; non timebo quid faciat mihi homo. 7. Dominus mihi adjutor, et ego despiciam inimicos meos. 8. Bonum est confidere in Domino, quam confidere in homine. 9. Bonum est sperare in Domino, quam sperare in principibus. 10. Omnes gentes circuierunt me, et in nomine Domini, quia ultus sum in eos. 11. Circumdantes circumdederunt me, et in nomine Domini, quia ultus sum in eos. 12. Circumdederunt me sicut apes, et exarserunt sicut ignis in spinis: et in nomine Domini, quia ultus sum in eos. 13. Impulsus eversus sum, ut caderem, et Dominus suscepit me. 14. Fortitudo mea et laus mea Dominus, et factus est mihi in salutem. 15. Vox exsultationis et salutis in tabernaculis justorum. 16. Dextera Domini fecit virtutem; dextera Domini exaltavit me: dextera Domini fecit virtutem. 17. Non moriar, sed vivam, et narrabo opera Domini. 18. Castigans castigavit me Dominus, et morti non tradidit me. 19. Aperite mihi portas justitiæ: ingressus in eas confitebor Domino. 20. Hæc porta Domini: justi intrabunt in eam. 21. Confitebor tibi quoniam exaudisti me, et factus es mihi in salutem. 22. Lapidem quem reprobaverunt ædificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli. 23. A Domino factum est istud, et est mirabile in oculis nostris. 24. Hæc est dies quam fecit Dominus; exsultemus, et lætemur in ea. 25. O Domine, salvum me fac; o Domine, bene prosperare. 26. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini: benediximus vobis de domo Domini. 27. Deus Dominus, et illuxit nobis. Constituite diem solemnem in condensis, usque ad cornu altaris. 28. Deus meus es tu, et confitebor tibi; Deus meus es tu, et exaltabo te. Confitebor tibi quoniam exaudisti me, et factus es mihi in salutem. 29. Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus. ## Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va. - CCC ¶ 1808: The Human Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) - CCC ¶ 587: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) - CCC ¶ 756: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) - cf. CCC ¶ 559: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) ## Read at Mass (US) - Thu, Dec 3, 2026: St. Francis Xavier, Priest — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a - Sat, Dec 26, 2026: St. Stephen, First Martyr — Alleluia, Psalm 118:26a, 27a - Sat, Mar 27, 2027: Holy Saturday — the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 - Sun, Mar 28, 2027: The Resurrection of the Lord — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 20 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).