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# Psalm 118 (119)

Psalm 118 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 119 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 176 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Beati immaculati. Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of the commandments of God. Alleluia.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 118 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Alleluia. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2. Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart.
3. For those who work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
4. You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently.
5. I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.
6. Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments.
7. I will confess to you with honesty of heart. In this way, I have learned the judgments of your justice.
8. I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me.
9. By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.
10. With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments.
11. I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
12. Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications.
13. With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth.
14. I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches.
15. I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.
16. I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words.
17. Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words.
18. Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.
19. I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.
20. My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times.
21. You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed.
22. Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies.
23. For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications.
24. For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel.
25. My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word.
26. I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications.
27. Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders.
28. My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words.
29. Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law.
30. I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments.
31. I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me.
32. I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart.
33. O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it.
34. Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart.
35. Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.
36. Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice.
37. Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way.
38. Station your eloquence with your servant, along with your fear.
39. Cut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightful.
40. Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness.
41. And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquence.
42. And I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your words.
43. And do not utterly take away the word of truth from my mouth. For in your judgments, I have hoped beyond hope.
44. And I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and ever.
45. And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.
46. And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded.
47. And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved.
48. And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications.
49. Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope.
50. This has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived me.
51. The arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your law.
52. I called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoled.
53. Faintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your law.
54. Your justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimage.
55. During the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your law.
56. This has happened to me because I sought your justifications.
57. O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law.
58. I have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
59. I have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimonies.
60. I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments.
61. The ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your law.
62. I arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justification.
63. I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments.
64. The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justifications.
65. You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
66. Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments.
67. Before I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your word.
68. You are good, so in your goodness teach me your justifications.
69. The iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heart.
70. Their heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your law.
71. It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justifications.
72. The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces.
73. Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.
74. Those who fear you will see me, and they will rejoice. For I have greatly hoped in your words.
75. I know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled me.
76. Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant.
77. Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my meditation.
78. Let the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandments.
79. Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimonies.
80. Let my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confounded.
81. My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hope.
82. My eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, “When will you console me?”
83. For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications.
84. How many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute me?
85. The iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your law.
86. All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me.
87. They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments.
88. Revive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouth.
89. O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternity.
90. Your truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firm.
91. By your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to you.
92. If your law had not been my meditation, then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliation.
93. I will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened me.
94. I am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justifications.
95. The sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimonies.
96. I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
97. How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day long.
98. By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity.
99. I have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my meditation.
100. I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments.
101. I have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your words.
102. I have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for me.
103. How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!
104. I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity.
105. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.
106. I have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justice.
107. I have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your word.
108. Make the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgments.
109. My soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your law.
110. Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments.
111. I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heart.
112. I have inclined my heart to do your justifications for eternity, as a recompense.
113. I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your law.
114. You are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hoped.
115. Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God.
116. Uphold me according to your eloquence, and I will live. And let me not be confounded in my expectation.
117. Help me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justifications.
118. You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust.
119. I have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies.
120. Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgments.
121. I have accomplished judgment and justice. Do not hand me over to those who slander me.
122. Uphold your servant in what is good. And do not allow the arrogant to slander me.
123. My eyes have failed in your salvation and in the eloquence of your justice.
124. Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your justifications.
125. I am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimonies.
126. It is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your law.
127. Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz.
128. Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way.
129. Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by them.
130. The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones.
131. I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments.
132. Gaze upon me and be merciful to me, according to the judgment of those who love your name.
133. Direct my steps according to your eloquence, and let no injustice rule over me.
134. Redeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandments.
135. Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your justifications.
136. My eyes have gushed like springs of water, because they have not kept your law.
137. You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right.
138. You have commanded justice: your testimonies and your truth even more so.
139. My zeal has caused me to pine away, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
140. Your eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved it.
141. I am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justifications.
142. Your justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truth.
143. Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my meditation.
144. Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live.
145. I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justifications.
146. I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments.
147. I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope.
148. My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence.
149. Hear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgment.
150. Those who persecute me have drawn near to iniquity, but they have been brought far from your law.
151. You are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truth.
152. I have known from the beginning about your testimonies. For you founded them in eternity.
153. See my humiliation and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your law.
154. Judge my judgment and redeem me. Revive me because of your eloquence.
155. Salvation is far from sinners, because they have not inquired about your justifications.
156. Many are your mercies, O Lord. Enliven me according to your judgment.
157. Many are those who persecute me and who trouble me. I have not turned away from your testimonies.
158. I saw the prevaricators, and I pine away. For they have not kept your word.
159. O Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercy.
160. The beginning of your words is truth. All the judgments of your justice are for eternity.
161. The leaders have persecuted me without cause. And my heart has been awed by your words.
162. I will rejoice over your eloquence, like one who has found many spoils.
163. I have held hatred for iniquity, and I have abhorred it. Yet I have loved your law.
164. Seven times a day, I uttered praise to you about the judgments of your justice.
165. Those who love your law have great peace, and there is no scandal for them.
166. I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandments.
167. My soul has kept to your testimonies and has loved them exceedingly.
168. I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight.
169. O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquence.
170. Let my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your word.
171. A hymn will burst forth from my lips, when you will teach me your justifications.
172. My tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairness.
173. Let it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandments.
174. O Lord, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my meditation.
175. My soul will live and will praise you, and your judgments will assist me.
176. I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.

## Psalm 118 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Alleluja. Beati immaculati in via, qui ambulant in lege Domini.
2. Beati qui scrutantur testimonia ejus; in toto corde exquirunt eum.
3. Non enim qui operantur iniquitatem in viis ejus ambulaverunt.
4. Tu mandasti mandata tua custodiri nimis.
5. Utinam dirigantur viæ meæ ad custodiendas justificationes tuas.
6. Tunc non confundar, cum perspexero in omnibus mandatis tuis.
7. Confitebor tibi in directione cordis, in eo quod didici judicia justitiæ tuæ.
8. Justificationes tuas custodiam; non me derelinquas usquequaque.
9. In quo corrigit adolescentior viam suam? in custodiendo sermones tuos.
10. In toto corde meo exquisivi te; ne repellas me a mandatis tuis.
11. In corde meo abscondi eloquia tua, ut non peccem tibi.
12. Benedictus es, Domine; doce me justificationes tuas.
13. In labiis meis pronuntiavi omnia judicia oris tui.
14. In via testimoniorum tuorum delectatus sum, sicut in omnibus divitiis.
15. In mandatis tuis exercebor, et considerabo vias tuas.
16. In justificationibus tuis meditabor: non obliviscar sermones tuos.
17. Retribue servo tuo, vivifica me, et custodiam sermones tuos.
18. Revela oculos meos, et considerabo mirabilia de lege tua.
19. Incola ego sum in terra: non abscondas a me mandata tua.
20. Concupivit anima mea desiderare justificationes tuas in omni tempore.
21. Increpasti superbos; maledicti qui declinant a mandatis tuis.
22. Aufer a me opprobrium et contemptum, quia testimonia tua exquisivi.
23. Etenim sederunt principes, et adversum me loquebantur; servus autem tuus exercebatur in justificationibus tuis.
24. Nam et testimonia tua meditatio mea est, et consilium meum justificationes tuæ.
25. Adhæsit pavimento anima mea: vivifica me secundum verbum tuum.
26. Vias meas enuntiavi, et exaudisti me; doce me justificationes tuas.
27. Viam justificationum tuarum instrue me, et exercebor in mirabilibus tuis.
28. Dormitavit anima mea præ tædio: confirma me in verbis tuis.
29. Viam iniquitatis amove a me, et de lege tua miserere mei.
30. Viam veritatis elegi; judicia tua non sum oblitus.
31. Adhæsi testimoniis tuis, Domine; noli me confundere.
32. Viam mandatorum tuorum cucurri, cum dilatasti cor meum.
33. Legem pone mihi, Domine, viam justificationum tuarum, et exquiram eam semper.
34. Da mihi intellectum, et scrutabor legem tuam, et custodiam illam in toto corde meo.
35. Deduc me in semitam mandatorum tuorum, quia ipsam volui.
36. Inclina cor meum in testimonia tua, et non in avaritiam.
37. Averte oculos meos, ne videant vanitatem; in via tua vivifica me.
38. Statue servo tuo eloquium tuum in timore tuo.
39. Amputa opprobrium meum quod suspicatus sum, quia judicia tua jucunda.
40. Ecce concupivi mandata tua: in æquitate tua vivifica me.
41. Et veniat super me misericordia tua, Domine; salutare tuum secundum eloquium tuum.
42. Et respondebo exprobrantibus mihi verbum, quia speravi in sermonibus tuis.
43. Et ne auferas de ore meo verbum veritatis usquequaque, quia in judiciis tuis supersperavi.
44. Et custodiam legem tuam semper, in sæculum et in sæculum sæculi.
45. Et ambulabam in latitudine, quia mandata tua exquisivi.
46. Et loquebar in testimoniis tuis in conspectu regum, et non confundebar.
47. Et meditabar in mandatis tuis, quæ dilexi.
48. Et levavi manus meas ad mandata tua, quæ dilexi, et exercebar in justificationibus tuis.
49. Memor esto verbi tui servo tuo, in quo mihi spem dedisti.
50. Hæc me consolata est in humilitate mea, quia eloquium tuum vivificavit me.
51. Superbi inique agebant usquequaque; a lege autem tua non declinavi.
52. Memor fui judiciorum tuorum a sæculo, Domine, et consolatus sum.
53. Defectio tenuit me, pro peccatoribus derelinquentibus legem tuam.
54. Cantabiles mihi erant justificationes tuæ in loco peregrinationis meæ.
55. Memor fui nocte nominis tui, Domine, et custodivi legem tuam.
56. Hæc facta est mihi, quia justificationes tuas exquisivi.
57. Portio mea, Domine, dixi custodire legem tuam.
58. Deprecatus sum faciem tuam in toto corde meo; miserere mei secundum eloquium tuum.
59. Cogitavi vias meas, et converti pedes meos in testimonia tua.
60. Paratus sum, et non sum turbatus, ut custodiam mandata tua.
61. Funes peccatorum circumplexi sunt me, et legem tuam non sum oblitus.
62. Media nocte surgebam ad confitendum tibi, super judicia justificationis tuæ.
63. Particeps ego sum omnium timentium te, et custodientium mandata tua.
64. Misericordia tua, Domine, plena est terra; justificationes tuas doce me.
65. Bonitatem fecisti cum servo tuo, Domine, secundum verbum tuum.
66. Bonitatem, et disciplinam, et scientiam doce me, quia mandatis tuis credidi.
67. Priusquam humiliarer ego deliqui: propterea eloquium tuum custodivi.
68. Bonus es tu, et in bonitate tua doce me justificationes tuas.
69. Multiplicata est super me iniquitas superborum; ego autem in toto corde meo scrutabor mandata tua.
70. Coagulatum est sicut lac cor eorum; ego vero legem tuam meditatus sum.
71. Bonum mihi quia humiliasti me, ut discam justificationes tuas.
72. Bonum mihi lex oris tui, super millia auri et argenti.
73. Manus tuæ fecerunt me, et plasmaverunt me: da mihi intellectum, et discam mandata tua.
74. Qui timent te videbunt me et lætabuntur, quia in verba tua supersperavi.
75. Cognovi, Domine, quia æquitas judicia tua, et in veritate tua humiliasti me.
76. Fiat misericordia tua ut consoletur me, secundum eloquium tuum servo tuo.
77. Veniant mihi miserationes tuæ, et vivam, quia lex tua meditatio mea est.
78. Confundantur superbi, quia injuste iniquitatem fecerunt in me; ego autem exercebor in mandatis tuis.
79. Convertantur mihi timentes te, et qui noverunt testimonia tua.
80. Fiat cor meum immaculatum in justificationibus tuis, ut non confundar.
81. Defecit in salutare tuum anima mea, et in verbum tuum supersperavi.
82. Defecerunt oculi mei in eloquium tuum, dicentes: Quando consolaberis me?
83. Quia factus sum sicut uter in pruina; justificationes tuas non sum oblitus.
84. Quot sunt dies servi tui? quando facies de persequentibus me judicium?
85. Narraverunt mihi iniqui fabulationes, sed non ut lex tua.
86. Omnia mandata tua veritas: inique persecuti sunt me, adjuva me.
87. Paulominus consummaverunt me in terra; ego autem non dereliqui mandata tua.
88. Secundum misericordiam tuam vivifica me, et custodiam testimonia oris tui.
89. In æternum, Domine, verbum tuum permanet in cælo.
90. In generationem et generationem veritas tua; fundasti terram, et permanet.
91. Ordinatione tua perseverat dies, quoniam omnia serviunt tibi.
92. Nisi quod lex tua meditatio mea est, tunc forte periissem in humilitate mea.
93. In æternum non obliviscar justificationes tuas, quia in ipsis vivificasti me.
94. Tuus sum ego; salvum me fac: quoniam justificationes tuas exquisivi.
95. Me exspectaverunt peccatores ut perderent me; testimonia tua intellexi.
96. Omnis consummationis vidi finem, latum mandatum tuum nimis.
97. Quomodo dilexi legem tuam, Domine! tota die meditatio mea est.
98. Super inimicos meos prudentem me fecisti mandato tuo, quia in æternum mihi est.
99. Super omnes docentes me intellexi, quia testimonia tua meditatio mea est.
100. Super senes intellexi, quia mandata tua quæsivi.
101. Ab omni via mala prohibui pedes meos, ut custodiam verba tua.
102. A judiciis tuis non declinavi, quia tu legem posuisti mihi.
103. Quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua! super mel ori meo.
104. A mandatis tuis intellexi; propterea odivi omnem viam iniquitatis.
105. Lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum, et lumen semitis meis.
106. Juravi et statui custodire judicia justitiæ tuæ.
107. Humiliatus sum usquequaque, Domine; vivifica me secundum verbum tuum.
108. Voluntaria oris mei beneplacita fac, Domine, et judicia tua doce me.
109. Anima mea in manibus meis semper, et legem tuam non sum oblitus.
110. Posuerunt peccatores laqueum mihi, et de mandatis tuis non erravi.
111. Hæreditate acquisivi testimonia tua in æternum, quia exsultatio cordis mei sunt.
112. Inclinavi cor meum ad faciendas justificationes tuas in æternum, propter retributionem.
113. Iniquos odio habui, et legem tuam dilexi.
114. Adjutor et susceptor meus es tu, et in verbum tuum supersperavi.
115. Declinate a me, maligni, et scrutabor mandata Dei mei.
116. Suscipe me secundum eloquium tuum, et vivam, et non confundas me ab exspectatione mea.
117. Adjuva me, et salvus ero, et meditabor in justificationibus tuis semper.
118. Sprevisti omnes discedentes a judiciis tuis, quia injusta cogitatio eorum.
119. Prævaricantes reputavi omnes peccatores terræ; ideo dilexi testimonia tua.
120. Confige timore tuo carnes meas; a judiciis enim tuis timui.
121. Feci judicium et justitiam: non tradas me calumniantibus me.
122. Suscipe servum tuum in bonum: non calumnientur me superbi.
123. Oculi mei defecerunt in salutare tuum, et in eloquium justitiæ tuæ.
124. Fac cum servo tuo secundum misericordiam tuam, et justificationes tuas doce me.
125. Servus tuus sum ego: da mihi intellectum, ut sciam testimonia tua.
126. Tempus faciendi, Domine: dissipaverunt legem tuam.
127. Ideo dilexi mandata tua super aurum et topazion.
128. Propterea ad omnia mandata tua dirigebar; omnem viam iniquam odio habui.
129. Mirabilia testimonia tua: ideo scrutata est ea anima mea.
130. Declaratio sermonum tuorum illuminat, et intellectum dat parvulis.
131. Os meum aperui, et attraxi spiritum: quia mandata tua desiderabam.
132. Aspice in me, et miserere mei, secundum judicium diligentium nomen tuum.
133. Gressus meos dirige secundum eloquium tuum, et non dominetur mei omnis injustitia.
134. Redime me a calumniis hominum ut custodiam mandata tua.
135. Faciem tuam illumina super servum tuum, et doce me justificationes tuas.
136. Exitus aquarum deduxerunt oculi mei, quia non custodierunt legem tuam.
137. Justus es, Domine, et rectum judicium tuum.
138. Mandasti justitiam testimonia tua, et veritatem tuam nimis.
139. Tabescere me fecit zelus meus, quia obliti sunt verba tua inimici mei.
140. Ignitum eloquium tuum vehementer, et servus tuus dilexit illud.
141. Adolescentulus sum ego et contemptus; justificationes tuas non sum oblitus.
142. Justitia tua, justitia in æternum, et lex tua veritas.
143. Tribulatio et angustia invenerunt me; mandata tua meditatio mea est.
144. Æquitas testimonia tua in æternum: intellectum da mihi, et vivam.
145. Clamavi in toto corde meo: exaudi me, Domine; justificationes tuas requiram.
146. Clamavi ad te; salvum me fac: ut custodiam mandata tua.
147. Præveni in maturitate, et clamavi: quia in verba tua supersperavi.
148. Prævenerunt oculi mei ad te diluculo, ut meditarer eloquia tua.
149. Vocem meam audi secundum misericordiam tuam, Domine, et secundum judicium tuum vivifica me.
150. Appropinquaverunt persequentes me iniquitati: a lege autem tua longe facti sunt.
151. Prope es tu, Domine, et omnes viæ tuæ veritas.
152. Initio cognovi de testimoniis tuis, quia in æternum fundasti ea.
153. Vide humilitatem meam, et eripe me, quia legem tuam non sum oblitus.
154. Judica judicium meum, et redime me: propter eloquium tuum vivifica me.
155. Longe a peccatoribus salus, quia justificationes tuas non exquisierunt.
156. Misericordiæ tuæ multæ, Domine; secundum judicium tuum vivifica me.
157. Multi qui persequuntur me, et tribulant me; a testimoniis tuis non declinavi.
158. Vidi prævaricantes et tabescebam, quia eloquia tua non custodierunt.
159. Vide quoniam mandata tua dilexi, Domine: in misericordia tua vivifica me.
160. Principium verborum tuorum veritas; in æternum omnia judicia justitiæ tuæ.
161. Principes persecuti sunt me gratis, et a verbis tuis formidavit cor meum.
162. Lætabor ego super eloquia tua, sicut qui invenit spolia multa.
163. Iniquitatem odio habui, et abominatus sum, legem autem tuam dilexi.
164. Septies in die laudem dixi tibi, super judicia justitiæ tuæ.
165. Pax multa diligentibus legem tuam, et non est illis scandalum.
166. Exspectabam salutare tuum, Domine, et mandata tua dilexi.
167. Custodivit anima mea testimonia tua, et dilexit ea vehementer.
168. Servavi mandata tua et testimonia tua, quia omnes viæ meæ in conspectu tuo.
169. Appropinquet deprecatio mea in conspectu tuo, Domine; juxta eloquium tuum da mihi intellectum.
170. Intret postulatio mea in conspectu tuo; secundum eloquium tuum eripe me.
171. Eructabunt labia mea hymnum, cum docueris me justificationes tuas.
172. Pronuntiabit lingua mea eloquium tuum, quia omnia mandata tua æquitas.
173. Fiat manus tua ut salvet me, quoniam mandata tua elegi.
174. Concupivi salutare tuum, Domine, et lex tua meditatio mea est.
175. Vivet anima mea, et laudabit te, et judicia tua adjuvabunt me.
176. Erravi sicut ovis quæ periit: quære servum tuum, quia mandata tua non sum oblitus.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 2465: Living in the Truth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2465: Living in the Truth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1785: The Formation of Conscience ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 215: I Believe in God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “We speak to Him when we pray; we hear Him when we read the divine sayings.” — St. Ambrose, Exposition of Psalm 118, c. 387 (On this verse: verse 18)
- “Reading the Holy Scriptures confers two benefits: it trains the mind to understand them, and it turns man's attention from the follies of the world and leads him to the love of God.” — St. Isidore of Seville, Sentences, III.8, c. 620 (On this theme: verse 9)
- “The best reader is one who awaits the meaning of what is written from the words themselves rather than imposes it.” — St. Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity, II.2, c. 360 (On this theme: verse 18)
- “If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.” — St. Isidore of Seville, Sentences, III.8, c. 620 (On this theme: verse 97)
- “Jesus is honey in the mouth, melody in the ear, jubilation in the heart.” — St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on the Song of Songs, 20, c. 1136 (On this theme: verse 103)
- “The Scriptures are shallow enough for a lamb to wade in and deep enough for an elephant to swim.” — St. Jerome, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 105)
- “The Holy Scriptures grow with the one who reads them.” — St. Gregory the Great, Homilies on Ezekiel, I.7, c. 593 (On this theme: verse 130)
- “Let nothing be preferred to the Work of God.” — St. Benedict of Nursia, Rule of St. Benedict, ch. 43, c. 530 (On this theme: verse 164)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 2: “His testimonies” … The commandments of God are called his testimonies, because they testify his holy will unto us. Note here, that in almost every verse of this psalm (which in number are 176) the word and law of God, and the love and observance of it, is perpetually inculcated, under a variety of denominations, all signifying the same thing.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, Nov 13, 2026: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 119:1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 18
- Fri, Nov 20, 2026: Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131
- Thu, Jan 28, 2027: St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church — Alleluia, Psalm 119:105
- Tue, Feb 9, 2027: Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Psalm 119:36, 29b

32 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).