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The Psalms · Hebrew 29

Psalm 28 (29)

Psalm 28 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 29 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 11 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version.

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Bp. Challoner’s summary

Afferte Domino. An invitation to glorify God, with a commemoration of his mighty works.

Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summary

Psalm 28, Catholic Public Domain Version

Verse numbers follow the CPDV.

No Latin for this chapter: the Vulgate edition Bless uses numbers its verses differently here.

  1. A Psalm of David, at the completion of the tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord the sons of rams.

  2. 2

    Bring to the Lord, glory and honor. Bring to the Lord, glory for his name. Adore the Lord in his holy court.

  3. 3

    The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of majesty has thundered. The Lord is over many waters.

  4. 4

    The voice of the Lord is in virtue. The voice of the Lord is in magnificence.

  5. 5

    The voice of the Lord shatters the cedars. And the Lord will shatter the cedars of Lebanon.

  6. 6

    And it will break them into pieces, like a calf of Lebanon, and in the same way as the beloved son of the single-horned beast.†

  7. 7

    The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire.

  8. 8

    The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. And the Lord will quake the desert of Kadesh.

  9. 9

    The voice of the Lord is preparing the stags, and he will reveal the dense woods. And in his temple, all will speak his glory.

  10. 10

    The Lord causes the great flood to dwell. And the Lord will sit as King in eternity.

  11. 11

    The Lord will give virtue to his people. The Lord will bless his people in peace.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain

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 6

    In Hebrew, shall make them to skip like a calf. The psalmist here describes the effects of thunder (which he calls the voice of the Lord) which sometimes breaks down the tallest and strongest trees; and makes their broken branches skip, etc. All this is to be understood mystically of the powerful voice of God's word in his church; which has broken the pride of the great ones of this world, and brought many of them meekly and joyfully to submit their necks to the sweet yoke of Christ.

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