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title: "Psalm 61 (62) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 61 (Psalm 62 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Nonne Deo. The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God…"
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# Psalm 61 (62)

Psalm 61 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 62 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 13 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Nonne Deo. The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God, and serve him.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 61 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Unto the end. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
2. Will my soul not be subject to God? For from him is my salvation.
3. Yes, he himself is my God and my salvation. He is my supporter; I will be moved no more.
4. How is it that you rush against a man? Every one of you puts to death, as if you were pulling down a ruined wall, leaning over and falling apart.
5. So, truly, they intended to reject my price. I ran in thirst. They blessed with their mouth and cursed with their heart.
6. Yet, truly, my soul will be subject to God. For from him is my patience.
7. For he is my God and my Savior. He is my helper; I will not be expelled.
8. In God is my salvation and my glory. He is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.
9. All peoples gathered together: trust in him. Pour out your hearts in his sight. God is our helper for eternity.
10. So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy. The sons of men are liars in the scales, so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.
11. Do not trust in iniquity, and do not desire plunder. If riches flow toward you, do not be willing to set your heart on them.
12. God has spoken once. I have heard two things: that power belongs to God,
13. and that mercy belongs to you, O Lord. For you will repay each one according to his works.

## Psalm 61 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In finem, pro Idithun. Psalmus David.
2. Nonne Deo subjecta erit anima mea? ab ipso enim salutare meum.
3. Nam et ipse Deus meus et salutaris meus; susceptor meus, non movebor amplius.
4. Quousque irruitis in hominem? interficitis universi vos, tamquam parieti inclinato et maceriæ depulsæ.
5. Verumtamen pretium meum cogitaverunt repellere; cucurri in siti: ore suo benedicebant, et corde suo maledicebant.
6. Verumtamen Deo subjecta esto, anima mea, quoniam ab ipso patientia mea:
7. quia ipse Deus meus et salvator meus, adjutor meus, non emigrabo.
8. In Deo salutare meum et gloria mea; Deus auxilii mei, et spes mea in Deo est.
9. Sperate in eo, omnis congregatio populi; effundite coram illo corda vestra: Deus adjutor noster in æternum.
10. Verumtamen vani filii hominum, mendaces filii hominum in stateris, ut decipiant ipsi de vanitate in idipsum.
11. Nolite sperare in iniquitate, et rapinas nolite concupiscere; divitiæ si affluant, nolite cor apponere.
12. Semel locutus est Deus; duo hæc audivi: quia potestas Dei est,
13. et tibi, Domine, misericordia: quia tu reddes unicuique juxta opera sua.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 10: They are so vain and light, that if they are put into the scales, they will be found to be of no weight; and to be mere lies, deceit, and vanity. Or, They are liars in their balances, by weighing things by false weights, and preferring the temporal before the eternal.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Sep 6, 2027 (computed): Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 62:6-7, 9
- Wed, Oct 13, 2027 (computed): Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 62:2-3, 6-7, 9

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).