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# Psalm 142 (143)

Psalm 142 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 143 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 12 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Domine, exaudi. The psalmist in tribulation calleth upon God for his delivery. The seventh penitential psalm.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 142 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Psalm of David, when his son Absalom was pursuing him. O Lord, hear my prayer. Incline your ear to my supplication in your truth. Heed me according to your justice.
2. And do not enter into judgment with your servant. For all the living will not be justified in your sight.
3. For the enemy has pursued my soul. He has lowered my life to the earth. He has stationed me in darkness, like the dead of ages past.
4. And my spirit has been in anguish over me. My heart within me has been disturbed.
5. I have called to mind the days of antiquity. I have been meditating on all your works. I have meditated on the workings of your hands.
6. I have extended my hands to you. My soul is like a land without water before you.
7. O Lord, heed me quickly. My spirit has grown faint. Do not turn your face away from me, lest I become like those who descend into the pit.
8. Make me hear your mercy in the morning. For I have hoped in you. Make known to me the way that I should walk. For I have lifted up my soul to you.
9. O Lord, rescue me from my enemies. I have fled to you.
10. Teach me to do your will. For you are my God. Your good Spirit will lead me into the righteous land.
11. For the sake of your name, O Lord, you will revive me in your fairness. You will lead my soul out of tribulation.
12. And you will scatter my enemies in your mercy. And you will destroy all those who afflict my soul. For I am your servant.

## Psalm 142 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Psalmus David, quando persequebatur eum Absalom filius ejus. Domine, exaudi orationem meam; auribus percipe obsecrationem meam in veritate tua; exaudi me in tua justitia.
2. Et non intres in judicium cum servo tuo, quia non justificabitur in conspectu tuo omnis vivens.
3. Quia persecutus est inimicus animam meam; humiliavit in terra vitam meam; collocavit me in obscuris, sicut mortuos sæculi.
4. Et anxiatus est super me spiritus meus; in me turbatum est cor meum.
5. Memor fui dierum antiquorum; meditatus sum in omnibus operibus tuis: in factis manuum tuarum meditabar.
6. Expandi manus meas ad te; anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi.
7. Velociter exaudi me, Domine; defecit spiritus meus. Non avertas faciem tuam a me, et similis ero descendentibus in lacum.
8. Auditam fac mihi mane misericordiam tuam, quia in te speravi. Notam fac mihi viam in qua ambulem, quia ad te levavi animam meam.
9. Eripe me de inimicis meis, Domine: ad te confugi.
10. Doce me facere voluntatem tuam, quia Deus meus es tu. Spiritus tuus bonus deducet me in terram rectam.
11. Propter nomen tuum, Domine, vivificabis me: in æquitate tua, educes de tribulatione animam meam,
12. et in misericordia tua disperdes inimicos meos, et perdes omnes qui tribulant animam meam, quoniam ego servus tuus sum.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1831: The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit ([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).