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title: "Psalm 131 (132) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 131 (Psalm 132 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Memento, Domine. A prayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to David."
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# Psalm 131 (132)

Psalm 131 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 132 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 18 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Memento, Domine. A prayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to David.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 131 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Canticle in steps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness,
2. how he swore to the Lord, how he made a vow to the God of Jacob:
3. I shall not enter into the tabernacle of my house, nor climb into the bed where I lie down;
4. I shall not give sleep to my eyes, nor slumber to my eyelids
5. and rest to my temples, until I find a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
6. Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We discovered it in the fields of the forest.
7. We will enter into his tabernacle. We will adore in the place where his feet stood.
8. Rise up, O Lord, into your resting place. You and the ark of your sanctification.
9. Let your priests be clothed with justice, and let your saints exult.
10. For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your Christ.
11. The Lord has sworn the truth to David, and he will not disappoint: I will set upon your throne from the fruit of your lineage.
12. If your sons will keep my covenant and these, my testimonies, which I will teach to them, then their sons will sit upon your throne even forever.
13. For the Lord has chosen Zion. He has chosen it as his dwelling place.
14. This is my resting place, forever and ever. Here I will dwell, for I have chosen it.
15. When blessing, I will bless her widow. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16. I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will rejoice with great joy.
17. There, I will produce a horn to David. There, I have prepared a lamp for my Christ.
18. I will clothe his enemies with confusion. But my sanctification will flourish over him.

## Psalm 131 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Canticum graduum. Memento, Domine, David, et omnis mansuetudinis ejus:
2. sicut juravit Domino; votum vovit Deo Jacob:
3. Si introiero in tabernaculum domus meæ; si ascendero in lectum strati mei;
4. si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem,
5. et requiem temporibus meis, donec inveniam locum Domino, tabernaculum Deo Jacob.
6. Ecce audivimus eam in Ephrata; invenimus eam in campis silvæ.
7. Introibimus in tabernaculum ejus; adorabimus in loco ubi steterunt pedes ejus.
8. Surge, Domine, in requiem tuam, tu et arca sanctificationis tuæ.
9. Sacerdotes tui induantur justitiam, et sancti tui exsultent.
10. Propter David servum tuum non avertas faciem christi tui.
11. Juravit Dominus David veritatem, et non frustrabitur eam: De fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam.
12. Si custodierint filii tui testamentum meum, et testimonia mea hæc quæ docebo eos, et filii eorum usque in sæculum sedebunt super sedem tuam.
13. Quoniam elegit Dominus Sion: elegit eam in habitationem sibi.
14. Hæc requies mea in sæculum sæculi; hic habitabo, quoniam elegi eam.
15. Viduam ejus benedicens benedicam; pauperes ejus saturabo panibus.
16. Sacerdotes ejus induam salutari, et sancti ejus exsultatione exsultabunt.
17. Illuc producam cornu David; paravi lucernam christo meo.
18. Inimicos ejus induam confusione; super ipsum autem efflorebit sanctificatio mea.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 6: When I was young, and lived in Bethlehem, otherwise called Ephrata, I heard of God's tabernacle and ark, and had a devout desire of seeking it; and accordingly I found it at Cariathiarim, the city of the woods: where it was till it was removed to Jerusalem. See 1 Par. 13.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Thu, Jan 27, 2028 (computed): Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 132:1-2, 3-5, 11, 12, 13-14
- Mon, Feb 7, 2028 (computed): Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 132:6-7, 8-10

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).