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title: "Psalm 134 (135) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 134 (Psalm 135 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Laudate nomen. An exhortation to praise God: the vanity of idols."
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# Psalm 134 (135)

Psalm 134 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 135 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 21 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Laudate nomen. An exhortation to praise God: the vanity of idols.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 134 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Alleluia. Praise the name of the Lord. You servants, praise the Lord.
2. You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God:
3. praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing psalms to his name, for it is sweet.
4. For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.
5. For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God is before all gods.
6. All things whatsoever that he willed, the Lord did: in heaven, on earth, in the sea, and in all the deep places.
7. He leads clouds from the ends of the earth. He has created lightnings in the rain. He has produced winds from his storehouses.
8. He struck the first-born of Egypt, from man even to cattle.
9. He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt: upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants.
10. He has struck many nations, and he has slaughtered strong kings:
11. Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
12. And he gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance for his people Israel.
13. Your name, O Lord, is in eternity. Your memorial, O Lord, is from generation to generation.
14. For the Lord will judge his people, and he will be petitioned by his servants.
15. The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
16. They have a mouth, and do not speak. They have eyes, and do not see.
17. They have ears, and do not hear. For neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18. Let those who make them become like them, along with all who trust in them.
19. Bless the Lord, O house of Israel. Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.
20. Bless the Lord, O house of Levi. You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord.
21. The Lord is blessed from Zion, by those who dwell in Jerusalem.

## Psalm 134 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Alleluja. Laudate nomen Domini; laudate, servi, Dominum:
2. qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri.
3. Laudate Dominum, quia bonus Dominus; psallite nomini ejus, quoniam suave.
4. Quoniam Jacob elegit sibi Dominus; Israël in possessionem sibi.
5. Quia ego cognovi quod magnus est Dominus, et Deus noster præ omnibus diis.
6. Omnia quæcumque voluit Dominus fecit, in cælo, in terra, in mari et in omnibus abyssis.
7. Educens nubes ab extremo terræ, fulgura in pluviam fecit; qui producit ventos de thesauris suis.
8. Qui percussit primogenita Ægypti, ab homine usque ad pecus.
9. Et misit signa et prodigia in medio tui, Ægypte: in Pharaonem, et in omnes servos ejus.
10. Qui percussit gentes multas, et occidit reges fortes:
11. Sehon, regem Amorrhæorum, et Og, regem Basan, et omnia regna Chanaan:
12. et dedit terram eorum hæreditatem, hæreditatem Israël populo suo.
13. Domine, nomen tuum in æternum; Domine, memoriale tuum in generationem et generationem.
14. Quia judicabit Dominus populum suum, et in servis suis deprecabitur.
15. Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
16. Os habent, et non loquentur; oculos habent, et non videbunt.
17. Aures habent, et non audient; neque enim est spiritus in ore ipsorum.
18. Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, et omnes qui confidunt in eis.
19. Domus Israël, benedicite Domino; domus Aaron, benedicite Domino.
20. Domus Levi, benedicite Domino; qui timetis Dominum, benedicite Domino.
21. Benedictus Dominus ex Sion, qui habitat in Jerusalem.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 269: The Almighty ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

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