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# Psalm 15 (16)

Psalm 15 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 16 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.

> Conserva me, Domine. Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 15 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. The inscription of a title: of David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, because I have hoped in you.
2. I have said to the Lord: “You are my God, so you have no need of my goodness.”
3. As for the saints, who are in his land: he has made all my desires wonderful in them.
4. Their infirmities have been multiplied; after this, they acted more quickly. I will not gather for their convocations of blood, nor will I remember their names with my lips.
5. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. It is you who will restore my inheritance to me.
6. The lots have fallen upon me with clarity. And, indeed, my inheritance has been very clear to me.
7. I will bless the Lord, who has bestowed understanding upon me. Moreover, my temperament has also corrected me, even through the night.
8. I have made provision for the Lord always in my sight. For he is at my right hand, so that I may not be disturbed.
9. Because of this, my heart has been joyful, and my tongue has exulted. Moreover, even my body will rest in hope.
10. For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
11. You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your countenance. At your right hand are delights, even to the end.

## Psalm 15 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Tituli inscriptio, ipsi David. Conserva me, Domine, quoniam speravi in te.
2. Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu, quoniam bonorum meorum non eges.
3. Sanctis qui sunt in terra ejus, mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis.
4. Multiplicatæ sunt infirmitates eorum: postea acceleraverunt. Non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus, nec memor ero nominum eorum per labia mea.
5. Dominus pars hæreditatis meæ, et calicis mei: tu es qui restitues hæreditatem meam mihi.
6. Funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris; etenim hæreditas mea præclara est mihi.
7. Benedicam Dominum qui tribuit mihi intellectum; insuper et usque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei.
8. Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.
9. Propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exsultavit lingua mea; insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe.
10. Quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno, nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem. Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ; adimplebis me lætitia cum vultu tuo: delectationes in dextera tua usque in finem.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 627: Jesus Christ Was Buried ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: “The inscription of a title” … That is, of a pillar or monument, staylographia: which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most worthy to be engraved on an everlasting monument.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Mar 27, 2027: Holy Saturday — the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11
- Mon, Mar 29, 2027: Monday in the Octave of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
- Thu, May 13, 2027: Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
- Sat, Aug 14, 2027 (computed): St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 11

8 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).