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# Psalm 56 (57)

Psalm 56 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 57 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 12 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Miserere mei, Deus. The prophet prays in his affliction, and praises God for his delivery.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 56 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into a cave.
2. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you. And I will hope in the shadow of your wings, until iniquity passes away.
3. I will cry out to God Most High, to God who has been kind to me.
4. He sent from heaven and freed me. He has surrendered into disgrace those who trampled me. God has sent his mercy and his truth.
5. And he has rescued my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men: their teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.
6. Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.
7. They prepared a snare for my feet, and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, yet they have fallen into it.
8. My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm.
9. Rise up, my glory. Rise up, psaltery and harp. I will arise in early morning.
10. I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. I will compose a psalm to you among the nations.
11. For your mercy has been magnified, even to the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.
12. Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.

## Psalm 56 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum fugeret a facie Saul in speluncam.
2. Miserere mei, Deus, miserere mei, quoniam in te confidit anima mea. Et in umbra alarum tuarum sperabo, donec transeat iniquitas.
3. Clamabo ad Deum altissimum, Deum qui benefecit mihi.
4. Misit de cælo, et liberavit me; dedit in opprobrium conculcantes me. Misit Deus misericordiam suam et veritatem suam,
5. et eripuit animam meam de medio catulorum leonum. Dormivi conturbatus. Filii hominum dentes eorum arma et sagittæ, et lingua eorum gladius acutus.
6. Exaltare super cælos, Deus, et in omnem terram gloria tua.
7. Laqueum paraverunt pedibus meis, et incurvaverunt animam meam. Foderunt ante faciem meam foveam, et inciderunt in eam.
8. Paratum cor meum, Deus, paratum cor meum; cantabo, et psalmum dicam.
9. Exsurge, gloria mea; exsurge, psalterium et cithara: exsurgam diluculo.
10. Confitebor tibi in populis, Domine, et psalmum dicam tibi in gentibus:
11. quoniam magnificata est usque ad cælos misericordia tua, et usque ad nubes veritas tua.
12. Exaltare super cælos, Deus, et super omnem terram gloria tua.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: Suffer me not to be destroyed.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, Apr 30, 2027: Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 57:8-9, 10 and 12
- Fri, Jan 21, 2028 (computed): St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 57:2, 3-4, 6 and 11
- Fri, May 19, 2028 (computed): Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 57:8-9, 10 and 12

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).