--- title: "Psalm 26 (27) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/26/ description: "Psalm 26 (Psalm 27 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Dominus illuminatio. David's faith and hope in God." --- # Psalm 26 (27) Psalm 26 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 27 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 14 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them. > Dominus illuminatio. David's faith and hope in God. > > — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary ## Psalm 26 (Catholic Public Domain Version) 1. A Psalm of David, before he was sealed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? 2. Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen. 3. If entrenched armies were to stand together against me, my heart would not fear. If a battle were to rise up against me, I would have hope in this. 4. One thing I have asked of the Lord, this I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, so that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple. 5. For he has hidden me in his tabernacle. In the day of evils, he has protected me in the hidden place of his tabernacle. 6. He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord. 7. Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me. 8. My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord. 9. Do not turn your face away from me. In your wrath, do not turn aside from your servant. Be my helper. Do not abandon me, and do not despise me, O God, my Savior. 10. For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up. 11. O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my enemies. 12. Do not surrender me to the souls of those who trouble me. For unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity has lied to itself. 13. I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. 14. Wait for the Lord, act manfully; and let your heart be strengthened, and remain with the Lord. ## Psalm 26 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592) 1. Psalmus David, priusquam liniretur. Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea: quem timebo? Dominus protector vitæ meæ: a quo trepidabo? 2. Dum appropiant super me nocentes ut edant carnes meas, qui tribulant me inimici mei, ipsi infirmati sunt et ceciderunt. 3. Si consistant adversum me castra, non timebit cor meum; si exsurgat adversum me prælium, in hoc ego sperabo. 4. Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram, ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitæ meæ; ut videam voluptatem Domini, et visitem templum ejus. 5. Quoniam abscondit me in tabernaculo suo; in die malorum protexit me in abscondito tabernaculi sui. 6. In petra exaltavit me, et nunc exaltavit caput meum super inimicos meos. Circuivi, et immolavi in tabernaculo ejus hostiam vociferationis; cantabo, et psalmum dicam Domino. 7. Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam, qua clamavi ad te; miserere mei, et exaudi me. 8. Tibi dixit cor meum: Exquisivit te facies mea; faciem tuam, Domine, requiram. 9. Ne avertas faciem tuam a me; ne declines in ira a servo tuo. Adjutor meus esto; ne derelinquas me, neque despicias me, Deus salutaris meus. 10. Quoniam pater meus et mater mea dereliquerunt me; Dominus autem assumpsit me. 11. Legem pone mihi, Domine, in via tua, et dirige me in semitam rectam, propter inimicos meos. 12. Ne tradideris me in animas tribulantium me, quoniam insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui, et mentita est iniquitas sibi. 13. Credo videre bona Domini in terra viventium. 14. Expecta Dominum, viriliter age: et confortetur cor tuum, et sustine Dominum. ## Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va. - CCC ¶ 2730: Humble Vigilance of Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) - cf. CCC ¶ 239: The Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) ## The saints - “Late have I loved Thee, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new; late have I loved Thee.” — St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, X.27, c. 400 (On this theme: verse 4) - “I look at Him and He looks at me.” — St. John Vianney, Catechism on Prayer, c. 1850 (On this theme: verse 4) - “Let me seek You in desiring You; let me desire You in seeking You. Let me find You in loving You; let me love You in finding You.” — St. Anselm, Proslogion, ch. 26, 1078 (On this theme: verse 8) ## Read at Mass (US) - Wed, Nov 4, 2026: St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 - Fri, Dec 4, 2026: Friday of the First Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 - Fri, Feb 5, 2027: St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc - Mon, Mar 22, 2027: Monday of Holy Week — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 10 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).