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title: "Psalm 22 (23) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/22/
description: "Psalm 22 (Psalm 23 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Dominus regit me. God's spiritual benefits to faithful souls."
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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.

> 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.
2. He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment.
3. He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name.
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.
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!
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.

## Psalm 22 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Psalmus David. Dominus regit me, et nihil mihi deerit:
2. in loco pascuæ, ibi me collocavit. Super aquam refectionis educavit me;
3. animam meam convertit. Deduxit me super semitas justitiæ propter nomen suum.
4. Nam etsi ambulavero in medio umbræ mortis, non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es. Virga tua, et baculus tuus, ipsa me consolata sunt.
5. Parasti in conspectu meo mensam adversus eos qui tribulant me; impinguasti in oleo caput meum: et calix meus inebrians, quam præclarus est!
6. Et misericordia tua subsequetur me omnibus diebus vitæ meæ; et ut inhabitem in domo Domini in longitudinem dierum.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1293: The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing frighten thee; all things are passing, God never changes. Patience obtains all things; whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.” — St. Teresa of Ávila, Bookmark prayer, 16th c. (On this theme: verse 1)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: In Hebrew, Is my shepherd, viz., to feed, guide, and govern me.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Nov 2, 2026: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
- Wed, Nov 11, 2026: St. Martin of Tours, Bishop — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 23:1b-3a, 3bc-4, 5, 6
- Sun, Nov 22, 2026: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6
- Wed, Dec 2, 2026: Wednesday of the First Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

13 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). 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).