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title: "Psalm 128 (129) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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# Psalm 128 (129)

Psalm 128 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 129 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 8 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Saepe expugnaverunt. The church of God is invincible: her persecutors come to nothing.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 128 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Canticle in steps. They have often fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say:
2. they have often fought against me from my youth, yet they could not prevail over me.
3. The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity.
4. The just Lord will cut the necks of sinners.
5. Let all those who hate Zion be confounded and turned backwards.
6. Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up:
7. with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom.
8. And those who were passing by have not said to them: “The blessing of the Lord be upon you. We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.”

## Psalm 128 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Canticum graduum. Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Israël;
2. sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.
3. Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.
4. Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.
5. Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.
6. Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit:
7. de quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.
8. Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos. Benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.

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