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title: "Psalm 46 (47) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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# Psalm 46 (47)

Psalm 46 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 47 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.

> Omnes gentes, plaudite. The Gentiles are invited to praise God for the establishment of the kingdom of Christ.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 46 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Unto the end. A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
2. All nations, clap your hands. Shout joyfully to God with a voice of exultation.
3. For the Lord is exalted and terrible: a great King over all the earth.
4. He has subjected the peoples to us and subdued the nations under our feet.
5. He has chosen us for his inheritance: the splendor of Jacob, whom he has loved.
6. God ascends with jubilation, and the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.
7. Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms. Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.
8. For God is the King of all the earth. Sing psalms wisely.
9. God will reign over the peoples. God sits upon his holy throne.
10. The leaders of the peoples have been gathered together by the God of Abraham. For the strong gods of the earth have been exceedingly exalted.

## Psalm 46 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In finem, pro filiis Core. Psalmus.
2. Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus; jubilate Deo in voce exsultationis:
3. quoniam Dominus excelsus, terribilis, rex magnus super omnem terram.
4. Subjecit populos nobis, et gentes sub pedibus nostris.
5. Elegit nobis hæreditatem suam; speciem Jacob quam dilexit.
6. Ascendit Deus in jubilo, et Dominus in voce tubæ.
7. Psallite Deo nostro, psallite; psallite regi nostro, psallite:
8. quoniam rex omnis terræ Deus, psallite sapienter.
9. Regnabit Deus super gentes; Deus sedet super sedem sanctam suam.
10. Principes populorum congregati sunt cum Deo Abraham, quoniam dii fortes terræ vehementer elevati sunt.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Jan 23, 2027: Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
- Fri, May 7, 2027: Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
- Sat, May 8, 2027: Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 47:2-3, 8-9, 10
- Sun, May 9, 2027: Seventh Sunday of Easter — Ascension — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9

3 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).