--- title: "Psalm 137 (138) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/137/ description: "Psalm 137 (Psalm 138 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Confitebor tibi. Thanksgiving to God for his benefits." --- # Psalm 137 (138) Psalm 137 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 138 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. > Confitebor tibi. Thanksgiving to God for his benefits. > > — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary ## Psalm 137 (Catholic Public Domain Version) 1. Of David himself. O Lord, I will confess to you with my whole heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth. I will sing psalms to you in the sight of the Angels. 2. I will adore before your holy temple, and I will confess your name: it is above your mercy and your truth. For you have magnified your holy name above all. 3. On whatever day that I will call upon you: hear me. You will multiply virtue in my soul. 4. May all the kings of the earth confess to you, O Lord. For they have heard all the words of your mouth. 5. And let them sing in accordance with the ways of the Lord. For great is the glory of the Lord. 6. For the Lord is exalted, and he looks with favor on the humble. But the lofty he knows from a distance. 7. If I wander into the midst of tribulation, you will revive me. For you extended your hand against the wrath of my enemies. And your right hand has accomplished my salvation. 8. The Lord will provide retribution on my behalf. O Lord, your mercy is forever. Do not disdain the works of your hands. ## Psalm 137 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592) 1. Ipsi David. Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo, quoniam audisti verba oris mei. In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi; 2. adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum, et confitebor nomini tuo: super misericordia tua et veritate tua; quoniam magnificasti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum. 3. In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me; multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem. 4. Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ, quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui. 5. Et cantent in viis Domini, quoniam magna est gloria Domini; 6. quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit, et alta a longe cognoscit. 7. Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me; et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam, et salvum me fecit dextera tua. 8. Dominus retribuet pro me. Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum; opera manuum tuarum ne despicias. ## Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va. - CCC ¶ 304: The Creator ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) - CCC ¶ 214: I Believe in God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) ## The saints - “Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left.” — St. Patrick, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 5) ## Read at Mass (US) - Thu, Feb 18, 2027: Thursday of the First Week in Lent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 - Tue, May 4, 2027: Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 - Wed, Sep 29, 2027 (computed): Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5 - Sun, Feb 6, 2028 (computed): Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 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).