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title: "Psalm 135 (136) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 135 (Psalm 136 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Confitemini Domino. God is to be praised for his wonderful works."
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# Psalm 135 (136)

Psalm 135 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 136 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 27 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Confitemini Domino. God is to be praised for his wonderful works.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 135 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is eternal.
2. Confess to the God of gods, for his mercy is eternal.
3. Confess to the Lord of lords, for his mercy is eternal.
4. He alone performs great miracles, for his mercy is eternal.
5. He made the heavens with understanding, for his mercy is eternal.
6. He established the earth above the waters, for his mercy is eternal.
7. He made the great lights, for his mercy is eternal:
8. the sun to rule the day, for his mercy is eternal:
9. the moon and the stars to rule the night, for his mercy is eternal.
10. He struck Egypt along with their first-born, for his mercy is eternal.
11. He led Israel away from their midst, for his mercy is eternal:
12. with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, for his mercy is eternal.
13. He divided the Red Sea into separate parts, for his mercy is eternal.
14. And he led out Israel through the middle of it, for his mercy is eternal.
15. And he shook off Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his mercy is eternal.
16. He led his people through the desert, for his mercy is eternal.
17. He has struck great kings, for his mercy is eternal.
18. And he has slaughtered strong kings, for his mercy is eternal:
19. Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his mercy is eternal:
20. and Og, king of Bashan, for his mercy is eternal.
21. And he granted their land as an inheritance, for his mercy is eternal:
22. as an inheritance for his servant Israel, for his mercy is eternal.
23. For he was mindful of us in our humiliation, for his mercy is eternal.
24. And he redeemed us from our enemies, for his mercy is eternal.
25. He gives food to all flesh, for his mercy is eternal.
26. Confess to the God of heaven, for his mercy is eternal.
27. Confess to the Lord of lords, for his mercy is eternal.

## Psalm 135 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Alleluja. Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
2. Confitemini Deo deorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
3. Confitemini Domino dominorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
4. Qui facit mirabilia magna solus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
5. Qui fecit cælos in intellectu, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
6. Qui firmavit terram super aquas, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
7. Qui fecit luminaria magna, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus:
8. solem in potestatem diei, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
9. lunam et stellas in potestatem noctis, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
10. Qui percussit Ægyptum cum primogenitis eorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
11. Qui eduxit Israël de medio eorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus,
12. in manu potenti et brachio excelso, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
13. Qui divisit mare Rubrum in divisiones, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
14. et eduxit Israël per medium ejus, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
15. et excussit Pharaonem et virtutem ejus in mari Rubro, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
16. Qui traduxit populum suum per desertum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
17. Qui percussit reges magnos, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
18. et occidit reges fortes, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus:
19. Sehon, regem Amorrhæorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
20. et Og, regem Basan, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus:
21. et dedit terram eorum hæreditatem, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
22. hæreditatem Israël, servo suo, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
23. Quia in humilitate nostra memor fuit nostri, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus;
24. et redemit nos ab inimicis nostris, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
25. Qui dat escam omni carni, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.
26. Confitemini Deo cæli, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus. Confitemini Domino dominorum, quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: By this invitation to praise the Lord, thrice repeated, we profess the Blessed Trinity, One God in three distinct Persons, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Jul 17, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 136:1 and 23-24, 10-12, 13-15
- Fri, Aug 13, 2027 (computed): Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22 and 24

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).