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title: "Psalm 3 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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# Psalm 3

Psalm 3 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows has the same number, 3, in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 9 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Domine, quid multiplicati. The prophet's danger and delivery from his son Absalom: mystically, the passion and resurrection of Christ.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 3 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Psalm of David. When he fled from the face of his son, Absalom.
2. Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? Many rise up against me.
3. Many say to my soul, “There is no salvation for him in his God.” Pause
4. But you, Lord, are my supporter, my glory, and the one who raises up my head.
5. I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, and he has heard me from his holy mountain. Pause
6. I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.
7. I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.
8. For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. You have broken the teeth of sinners.
9. Salvation is of the Lord, and your blessing is upon your people. Pause

## Psalm 3 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Psalmus David, cum fugeret a facie Absalom filii sui.
2. Domine, quid multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me? Multi insurgunt adversum me;
3. multi dicunt animæ meæ: Non est salus ipsi in Deo ejus.
4. Tu autem Domine, susceptor meus es, gloria mea, et exaltans caput meum.
5. Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi; et exaudivit me de monte sancto suo.
6. Ego dormivi, et soporatus sum; et exsurrexi, quia Dominus suscepit me.
7. Non timebo millia populi circumdantis me. Exsurge, Domine; salvum me fac, Deus meus.
8. Quoniam tu percussisti omnes adversantes mihi sine causa; dentes peccatorum contrivisti.
9. Domini est salus; et super populum tuum benedictio tua.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Tue, Nov 16, 2027 (computed): Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
- Mon, Jan 31, 2028 (computed): St. John Bosco, Priest — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. 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).