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# Psalm 147 (147:12–20)

Psalm 147 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is the second part of Psalm 147 (147:12–20) in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 9 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version.

> Lauda, Jerusalem. The church is called upon to praise God for his peculiar graces and favours to his people. In the Hebrew, this psalm is joined to the foregoing. Alleluia.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 147 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

Verse numbers follow the CPDV.

1. Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
2. For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
3. He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
4. He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
5. He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
6. He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
7. He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
8. He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
9. He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 6: That is, his ice. Some understand it of hail, which is, as it were, ice, divided into particles or morsels.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, Jan 8, 2027: Friday after Epiphany — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
- Wed, Mar 3, 2027: Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20
- Mon, Aug 9, 2027 (computed): Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
- Fri, Oct 29, 2027 (computed): Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20

2 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.