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title: "Psalm 42 (43) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/42/
description: "Psalm 42 (Psalm 43 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Judica me, Deus. The prophet aspireth after the temple and altar of God."
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# Psalm 42 (43)

Psalm 42 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 43 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 5 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Judica me, Deus. The prophet aspireth after the temple and altar of God.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 42 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

Verse numbers follow the CPDV.

1. A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.
2. For you are God, my strength. Why have you rejected me? And why do I walk in sadness, while the adversary afflicts me?
3. Send forth your light and your truth. They have guided me and led me, to your holy mountain and into your tabernacles.
4. And I will enter, up to the altar of God, to God who enlivens my youthfulness. To you, O God, my God, I will confess upon a stringed instrument.
5. Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.

## Psalm 42 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Psalmus David. Judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab homine iniquo et doloso erue me.
2. Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea: quare me repulisti? et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus?
3. Emitte lucem tuam et veritatem tuam: ipsa me deduxerunt, et adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua.
4. Et introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui lætificat juventutem meam. Confitebor tibi in cithara, Deus, Deus meus.
5. Quare tristis es, anima mea? et quare conturbas me? Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi, salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Mar 1, 2027: Monday of the Third Week of Lent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4
- Sat, Mar 27, 2027: Holy Saturday — the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4
- Mon, Apr 19, 2027: Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 42:2-3; 43:3, 4
- Fri, Sep 24, 2027 (computed): Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 43:1, 2, 3, 4

2 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). 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).