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title: "Psalm 53 (54) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/53/
description: "Psalm 53 (Psalm 54 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Deus, in nomine tuo. A prayer for help in distress."
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# Psalm 53 (54)

Psalm 53 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 54 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.

> Deus, in nomine tuo. A prayer for help in distress.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 53 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David,
2. when the Ziphites had arrived and they said to Saul, “Has not David been hidden with us?”
3. Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me in your virtue.
4. O God, listen to my prayer. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
5. For strangers have risen up against me, and the strong have sought my soul. And they have not set God before their eyes.
6. For behold, God is my helper, and the Lord is the protector of my soul.
7. Turn back the evils upon my adversaries, and ruin them by your truth.
8. I will freely sacrifice to you, and I will confess your name, O God, because it is good.
9. For you have quickly rescued me from all tribulation, and my eye has looked down upon my enemies.

## Psalm 53 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In finem, in carminibus. Intellectus David,
2. cum venissent Ziphæi, et dixissent ad Saul: Nonne David absconditus est apud nos?
3. Deus, in nomine tuo salvum me fac, et in virtute tua judica me.
4. Deus, exaudi orationem meam; auribus percipe verba oris mei.
5. Quoniam alieni insurrexerunt adversum me, et fortes quæsierunt animam meam, et non proposuerunt Deum ante conspectum suum.
6. Ecce enim Deus adjuvat me, et Dominus susceptor est animæ meæ.
7. Averte mala inimicis meis; et in veritate tua disperde illos.
8. Voluntarie sacrificabo tibi, et confitebor nomini tuo, Domine, quoniam bonum est.
9. Quoniam ex omni tribulatione eripuisti me, et super inimicos meos despexit oculus meus.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Sep 4, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 54:3-4, 6 and 8
- Sun, Sep 19, 2027 (computed): Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 54:3-4, 5, 6 and 8

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).