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title: "Psalm 62 (63) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 62 (Psalm 63 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Deus Deus meus, ad te. The prophet aspireth after God."
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# Psalm 62 (63)

Psalm 62 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 63 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.

> Deus Deus meus, ad te. The prophet aspireth after God.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 62 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea.
2. O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.
3. By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory.
4. For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise.
5. So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name.
6. Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips.
7. When I have remembered you on my bed in the morning, I will meditate on you.
8. For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings.
9. My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.
10. Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.
11. They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes.
12. Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.

## Psalm 62 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Psalmus David, cum esset in deserto Idumææ.
2. Deus, Deus meus, ad te de luce vigilo. Sitivit in te anima mea; quam multipliciter tibi caro mea!
3. In terra deserta, et invia, et inaquosa, sic in sancto apparui tibi, ut viderem virtutem tuam et gloriam tuam.
4. Quoniam melior est misericordia tua super vitas, labia mea laudabunt te.
5. Sic benedicam te in vita mea, et in nomine tuo levabo manus meas.
6. Sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea, et labiis exsultationis laudabit os meum.
7. Si memor fui tui super stratum meum, in matutinis meditabor in te.
8. Quia fuisti adjutor meus, et in velamento alarum tuarum exsultabo.
9. Adhæsit anima mea post te; me suscepit dextera tua.
10. Ipsi vero in vanum quæsierunt animam meam: introibunt in inferiora terræ;
11. tradentur in manus gladii: partes vulpium erunt.
12. Rex vero lætabitur in Deo; laudabuntur omnes qui jurant in eo: quia obstructum est os loquentium iniqua.

## The saints

- “Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in Thee.” — St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, I.1, c. 400 (On this theme: verse 1)

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Nov 8, 2026: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
- Thu, Jul 22, 2027 (computed): St. Mary Magdalene — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
- Sun, Jun 25, 2028 (computed): Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
- Sat, Jul 22, 2028 (computed): St. Mary Magdalene — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9

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).