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Psalm 22 (23)

Psalm 22 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 23 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 6 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

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Bp. Challoner’s summary

Dominus regit me. God's spiritual benefits to faithful souls.

Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summary

Psalm 22, Catholic Public Domain Version

  1. A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me.†

    Psalmus David. Dominus regit me, et nihil mihi deerit:

  2. 2

    He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment.

    in loco pascuæ, ibi me collocavit. Super aquam refectionis educavit me;

  3. 3

    He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name.

    animam meam convertit. Deduxit me super semitas justitiæ propter nomen suum.

  4. 4

    For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.

    Nam etsi ambulavero in medio umbræ mortis, non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es. Virga tua, et baculus tuus, ipsa me consolata sunt.

  5. 5

    You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is!

    Parasti in conspectu meo mensam adversus eos qui tribulant me; impinguasti in oleo caput meum: et calix meus inebrians, quam præclarus est!

  6. 6

    And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.

    Et misericordia tua subsequetur me omnibus diebus vitæ meæ; et ut inhabitem in domo Domini in longitudinem dierum.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)

Bishop Challoner’s notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750). They comment on its older English wording, which can differ from the CPDV above; the verse numbers are matched to the CPDV.

  1. Verse 1

    In Hebrew, Is my shepherd, viz., to feed, guide, and govern me.

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