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title: "Psalm 32 (33) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 32 (Psalm 33 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Exultate, justi. An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him."
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# Psalm 32 (33)

Psalm 32 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 33 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 22 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Exultate, justi. An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 32 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Psalm of David. Exult in the Lord, you just ones; together praise the upright.
2. Confess to the Lord with stringed instruments; sing psalms to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.
3. Sing to him a new song. Sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.
4. For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are in faith.
5. He loves mercy and judgment. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
6. By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:
7. gathering together the waters of the sea, as if in a container, placing the depths in storage.
8. Let all the earth fear the Lord, and may all the inhabitants of the world quake before him.
9. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
10. The Lord scatters the counsels of the nations. Moreover, he reproves the thoughts of the people, and he rejects the counsels of the leaders.
11. But the counsel of the Lord remains for eternity, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his inheritance.
13. The Lord has looked down from heaven. He has seen all the sons of men.
14. From his well-prepared dwelling place, he has gazed upon all who dwell on the earth.
15. He has formed the hearts of each one of them; he understands all their works.
16. The king is not saved by great power, nor will the giant be saved by his many powers.
17. The horse is false safety; for he will not be saved by the abundance of his powers.
18. Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him and on those who hope in his mercy,
19. so as to rescue their souls from death and to feed them during famine.
20. Our soul remains with the Lord. For he is our helper and protector.
21. For in him, our heart will rejoice, and in his holy name, we have hoped.
22. Let your mercy be upon us, O Lord, just as we have hoped in you.

## Psalm 32 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Psalmus David. Exsultate, justi, in Domino; rectos decet collaudatio.
2. Confitemini Domino in cithara; in psalterio decem chordarum psallite illi.
3. Cantate ei canticum novum; bene psallite ei in vociferatione.
4. Quia rectum est verbum Domini, et omnia opera ejus in fide.
5. Diligit misericordiam et judicium; misericordia Domini plena est terra.
6. Verbo Domini cæli firmati sunt, et spiritu oris ejus omnis virtus eorum.
7. Congregans sicut in utre aquas maris; ponens in thesauris abyssos.
8. Timeat Dominum omnis terra; ab eo autem commoveantur omnes inhabitantes orbem.
9. Quoniam ipse dixit, et facta sunt; ipse mandavit et creata sunt.
10. Dominus dissipat consilia gentium; reprobat autem cogitationes populorum, et reprobat consilia principum.
11. Consilium autem Domini in æternum manet; cogitationes cordis ejus in generatione et generationem.
12. Beata gens cujus est Dominus Deus ejus; populus quem elegit in hæreditatem sibi.
13. De cælo respexit Dominus; vidit omnes filios hominum.
14. De præparato habitaculo suo respexit super omnes qui habitant terram:
15. qui finxit sigillatim corda eorum; qui intelligit omnia opera eorum.
16. Non salvatur rex per multam virtutem, et gigas non salvabitur in multitudine virtutis suæ.
17. Fallax equus ad salutem; in abundantia autem virtutis suæ non salvabitur.
18. Ecce oculi Domini super metuentes eum, et in eis qui sperant super misericordia ejus:
19. ut eruat a morte animas eorum, et alat eos in fame.
20. Anima nostra sustinet Dominum, quoniam adjutor et protector noster est.
21. Quia in eo lætabitur cor nostrum, et in nomine sancto ejus speravimus.
22. Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos, quemadmodum speravimus in te.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 292: The Creator ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 703: God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Dec 21, 2026: Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21
- Tue, Mar 30, 2027: Tuesday in the Octave of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22
- Sat, Apr 10, 2027: Saturday of the Second Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
- Sun, May 23, 2027: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22

16 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).