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title: "Psalm 4 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 4 in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Cum invocarem. The prophet teacheth us to flee to God in tribulation, with confidence in him."
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# Psalm 4

Psalm 4 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows has the same number, 4, 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.

> Cum invocarem. The prophet teacheth us to flee to God in tribulation, with confidence in him.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 4 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David.
2. When I called upon him, the God of my justice heeded me. In tribulation, you have enlarged me. Have mercy on me, and heed my prayer.
3. Sons of men, how long will you be dull in heart, so that whatever you love is in vain, and whatever you seek is false? Pause
4. And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.
5. Be angry, and do not be willing to sin. The things that you say in your hearts: be sorry for them on your beds. Pause
6. Offer the sacrifice of justice, and hope in the Lord. Many say, “Who reveals to us what is good?”
7. The light of your countenance, Lord, has been sealed upon us. You have given joy to my heart.
8. By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.
9. In peace itself, I will sleep and I will rest.
10. For you, O Lord, have established me singularly in hope.

## Psalm 4 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In finem, in carminibus. Psalmus David.
2. Cum invocarem exaudivit me Deus justitiæ meæ, in tribulatione dilatasti mihi. Miserere mei, et exaudi orationem meam.
3. Filii hominum, usquequo gravi corde? ut quid diligitis vanitatem, et quæritis mendacium?
4. Et scitote quoniam mirificavit Dominus sanctum suum; Dominus exaudiet me cum clamavero ad eum.
5. Irascimini, et nolite peccare; quæ dicitis in cordibus vestris, in cubilibus vestris compungimini.
6. Sacrificate sacrificium justitiæ, et sperate in Domino. Multi dicunt: Quis ostendit nobis bona?
7. Signatum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Domine: dedisti lætitiam in corde meo.
8. A fructu frumenti, vini, et olei sui, multiplicati sunt.
9. In pace in idipsum dormiam, et requiescam;
10. quoniam tu, Domine, singulariter in spe constituisti me.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: Or, as St. Jerome renders it, victori, to him that overcometh: which some understand of the chief musician; to whom they suppose the psalms, which bear that title, were given to be sung: we rather understand the psalms thus inscribed to refer to Christ, who is the end of the law, and the great conqueror of death and hell, and to the New Testament.-- Ibid.
- Verse 1: in carminibus. In the Hebrew, it is neghinoth, supposed by some to be a musical instrument, with which this psalm was to be sung.-- Ibid.
- Verse 1: That is, inspired to David himself, or to be sung.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Apr 11, 2027: Third Sunday of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9
- Tue, Jun 13, 2028 (computed): St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 4:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). 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).