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title: "Psalm 146 (147:1–11) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 146 (Hebrew 147:1–11) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Laudate Dominum. An exhortation to praise God for his benefits."
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# Psalm 146 (147:1–11)

Psalm 146 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is the first part of Psalm 147 (147:1–11) in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 11 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Laudate Dominum. An exhortation to praise God for his benefits.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 146 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
2. The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3. He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
4. He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.
5. Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
6. The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
7. Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.
8. He covers heaven with clouds, and he prepares rain for the earth. He produces grass on the mountains and herbs for the service of men.
9. He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.
10. He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man.
11. The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy.

## Psalm 146 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Alleluja. Laudate Dominum, quoniam bonus est psalmus; Deo nostro sit jucunda, decoraque laudatio.
2. Ædificans Jerusalem Dominus, dispersiones Israëlis congregabit:
3. qui sanat contritos corde, et alligat contritiones eorum;
4. qui numerat multitudinem stellarum, et omnibus eis nomina vocat.
5. Magnus Dominus noster, et magna virtus ejus, et sapientiæ ejus non est numerus.
6. Suscipiens mansuetos Dominus; humilians autem peccatores usque ad terram.
7. Præcinite Domino in confessione; psallite Deo nostro in cithara.
8. Qui operit cælum nubibus, et parat terræ pluviam; qui producit in montibus fœnum, et herbam servituti hominum;
9. qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum.
10. Non in fortitudine equi voluntatem habebit, nec in tibiis viri beneplacitum erit ei.
11. Beneplacitum est Domino super timentes eum, et in eis qui sperant super misericordia ejus.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Dec 5, 2026: Saturday of the First Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
- Sun, Feb 7, 2027: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
- Sat, Dec 4, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the First Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
- Sat, Dec 9, 2028 (computed): Saturday of the First Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

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).