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title: "Psalm 121 (122) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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# Psalm 121 (122)

Psalm 121 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 122 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 9 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Laetatus sum in his. The desire and hope of the just for the coming of the kingdom of God, and the peace of his church.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 121 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”
2. Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.
3. Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.
4. For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.
5. For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.
6. Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.
7. Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.
8. For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you.
9. For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.

## Psalm 121 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Canticum graduum. Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.
2. Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.
3. Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.
4. Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israël, ad confitendum nomini Domini.
5. Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David.
6. Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.
7. Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis.
8. Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te.
9. Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, Nov 6, 2026: Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5
- Wed, Apr 28, 2027: Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5
- Mon, Nov 29, 2027 (computed): Monday of the First Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9
- Wed, May 17, 2028 (computed): Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5

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).