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# Psalm 23 (24)

Psalm 23 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 24 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 10 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Domini est terra. Who are they that shall ascend to heaven: Christ's triumphant ascension thither.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 23 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.
2. For he has founded it upon the seas, and he has prepared it upon the rivers.
3. Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord? And who will stand in his holy place?
4. The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.
5. He will receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God, his Savior.
6. This is the generation that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.
7. Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.
8. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord who is strong and powerful; the Lord powerful in battle.
9. Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.
10. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of virtue. He himself is the King of Glory.

## Psalm 23 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Prima sabbati. Psalmus David. Domini est terra, et plenitudo ejus; orbis terrarum, et universi qui habitant in eo.
2. Quia ipse super maria fundavit eum, et super flumina præparavit eum.
3. Quis ascendet in montem Domini? aut quis stabit in loco sancto ejus?
4. Innocens manibus et mundo corde, qui non accepit in vano animam suam, nec juravit in dolo proximo suo:
5. hic accipiet benedictionem a Domino, et misericordiam a Deo salutari suo.
6. Hæc est generatio quærentium eum, quærentium faciem Dei Jacob.
7. Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevamini, portæ æternales, et introibit rex gloriæ.
8. Quis est iste rex gloriæ? Dominus fortis et potens, Dominus potens in prælio.
9. Attollite portas, principes, vestras, et elevamini, portæ æternales, et introibit rex gloriæ.
10. Quis est iste rex gloriæ? Dominus virtutum ipse est rex gloriæ.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 2628: Blessing and Adoration ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2582: In the Old Testament ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 559: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 269: The Almighty ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Nov 1, 2026: All Saints — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
- Mon, Nov 23, 2026: Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
- Thu, Jan 28, 2027: St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
- Tue, Feb 2, 2027: Presentation of the Lord — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10

11 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).