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Psalm 67 (68)

Psalm 67 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 68 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 36 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

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Bp. Challoner’s summary

Exurgat Deus. The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel.

Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summary

Psalm 67, Catholic Public Domain Version

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  1. Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself.

    In finem. Psalmus cantici ipsi David.

  2. 2

    May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face.

    Exsurgat Deus, et dissipentur inimici ejus; et fugiant qui oderunt eum a facie ejus.

  3. 3

    Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.

    Sicut deficit fumus, deficiant; sicut fluit cera a facie ignis, sic pereant peccatores a facie Dei.

  4. 4

    And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.

    Et justi epulentur, et exsultent in conspectu Dei, et delectentur in lætitia.

  5. 5

    Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face,†

    Cantate Deo; psalmum dicite nomini ejus: iter facite ei qui ascendit super occasum. Dominus nomen illi; exsultate in conspectu ejus. Turbabuntur a facie ejus,

  6. 6

    the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place.

    patris orphanorum, et judicis viduarum; Deus in loco sancto suo.

  7. 7

    It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.†

    Deus qui inhabitare facit unius moris in domo; qui educit vinctos in fortitudine, similiter eos qui exasperant, qui habitant in sepulchris.

  8. 8

    O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert,

    Deus, cum egredereris in conspectu populi tui, cum pertransires in deserto,

  9. 9

    the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel.

    terra mota est, etenim cæli distillaverunt, a facie Dei Sinai, a facie Dei Israël.

  10. 10

    You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.†

    Pluviam voluntariam segregabis, Deus, hæreditati tuæ; et infirmata est, tu vero perfecisti eam.

  11. 11

    Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.†

    Animalia tua habitabunt in ea; parasti in dulcedine tua pauperi, Deus.

  12. 12

    The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue.†

    Dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus, virtute multa.

  13. 13

    The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils.†

    Rex virtutum dilecti, dilecti; et speciei domus dividere spolia.

  14. 14

    If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold.†

    Si dormiatis inter medios cleros, pennæ columbæ deargentatæ, et posteriora dorsi ejus in pallore auri.

  15. 15

    When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon.†

    Dum discernit cælestis reges super eam, nive dealbabuntur in Selmon.

  16. 16

    The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain.†

    Mons Dei, mons pinguis: mons coagulatus, mons pinguis.

  17. 17

    So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.†

    Ut quid suspicamini, montes coagulatos? mons in quo beneplacitum est Deo habitare in eo; etenim Dominus habitabit in finem.

  18. 18

    The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.†

    Currus Dei decem millibus multiplex, millia lætantium; Dominus in eis in Sina, in sancto.

  19. 19

    You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God.†

    Ascendisti in altum, cepisti captivitatem, accepisti dona in hominibus; etenim non credentes inhabitare Dominum Deum.

  20. 20

    Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.

    Benedictus Dominus die quotidie: prosperum iter faciet nobis Deus salutarium nostrorum.

  21. 21

    Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.†

    Deus noster, Deus salvos faciendi; et Domini, Domini exitus mortis.

  22. 22

    So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.

    Verumtamen Deus confringet capita inimicorum suorum, verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis suis.

  23. 23

    The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea,†

    Dixit Dominus: Ex Basan convertam, convertam in profundum maris:

  24. 24

    so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same.

    ut intingatur pes tuus in sanguine; lingua canum tuorum ex inimicis, ab ipso.

  25. 25

    O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place.†

    Viderunt ingressus tuos, Deus, ingressus Dei mei, regis mei, qui est in sancto.

  26. 26

    The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels.†

    Prævenerunt principes conjuncti psallentibus, in medio juvencularum tympanistriarum.

  27. 27

    In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel.†

    In ecclesiis benedicite Deo Domino de fontibus Israël.

  28. 28

    In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

    Ibi Benjamin adolescentulus, in mentis excessu; principes Juda, duces eorum; principes Zabulon, principes Nephthali.

  29. 29

    Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.†

    Manda, Deus, virtuti tuæ; confirma hoc, Deus, quod operatus es in nobis.

  30. 30

    Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you.

    A templo tuo in Jerusalem, tibi offerent reges munera.

  31. 31

    Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars.†

    Increpa feras arundinis; congregatio taurorum in vaccis populorum: ut excludant eos qui probati sunt argento. Dissipa gentes quæ bella volunt.

  32. 32

    Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.†

    Venient legati ex Ægypto; Æthiopia præveniet manus ejus Deo.

  33. 33

    Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God.

    Regna terræ, cantate Deo; psallite Domino; psallite Deo.

  34. 34

    He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue.†

    Qui ascendit super cælum cæli, ad orientem: ecce dabit voci suæ vocem virtutis.

  35. 35

    Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.

    Date gloriam Deo super Israël; magnificentia ejus et virtus ejus in nubibus.

  36. 36

    God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God.

    Mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis; Deus Israël ipse dabit virtutem et fortitudinem plebi suæ. Benedictus Deus!

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)

Bishop Challoner’s notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750). They comment on its older English wording, which can differ from the CPDV above; the verse numbers are matched to the CPDV.

  1. Verse 5

    Super occasum. St. Gregory understands it of Christ, who after his going down, like the sun, in the west, by his passion and death, ascended more glorious, and carried all before him. St. Jerome renders it, who ascendeth, or cometh up, through the deserts.

  2. Verse 7

    That is, agreeing in faith, unanimous in love, and following the same manner of discipline. It is verified in the servants of God, living together in his house, which is the church. 1 Tim. 3. 15.-- Ibid.

  3. Verse 7

    The power and mercy of God appears in his bringing out of their captivity those that were strongly bound in their sins: and in restoring to his grace those whose behaviour had been most provoking; and who by their evil habits were not only dead, but buried in their sepulchres.

  4. Verse 10

    the manna, which rained plentifully from heaven, in favour of God's inheritance, that is, of his people Israel: which was weakened indeed under a variety of afflictions, but was made perfect by God; that is, was still supported by divine providence, and brought on to the promised land. It agrees particularly to the church of Christ his true inheritance, which is plentifully watered with the free rain of heavenly grace; and through many infirmities, that is, crosses and tribulations, is made perfect, and fitted for eternal glory.

  5. Verse 11

    “In it” … That is, in this church, which is thy fold and thy inheritance, shall thy animals, thy sheep, dwell: where thou hast plentifully provided for them.

  6. Verse 12

    Evangelizantibus. That is, to the preachers of the gospel; who receiving the word from the Lord, shall with great power and efficacy preach throughout the world the glad tidings of a Saviour, and of eternal salvation through him.

  7. Verse 13

    That is, the mighty King, the Lord of hosts, is of the beloved, of the beloved; that is, is on the side of Christ, his most beloved son: and his beautiful house, viz., the church, in which God dwells forever, shall by her spiritual conquests divide the spoils of many nations. The Hebrew (as it now stands pointed) is thus rendered, The kings of armies have fled, they have fled, and she that dwells at home (or the beauty of the house) shall divide the spoils.

  8. Verse 14

    (intermedios cleros), Viz., in such dangers and persecutions, as if your enemies were casting lots for your goods and persons: or in the midst of the lots, (intermedios terminos, as St. Jerome renders it,) that is, upon the very bounds or borders of the dominions of your enemies: you shall be secure nevertheless under the divine protection; and shall be enabled to fly away, like a dove, with glittering wings and feathers shining like the palest and most precious gold; that is, with great increase of virtue, and glowing with the fervour of charity.

  9. Verse 15

    That is, pastors and rulers over his church, viz., the apostles and their successors. Then by their ministry shall men be made whiter than the snow which lies on the top of the high mountain Selmon.

  10. Verse 16

    “The mountain of God” … The church, which, Isa. 2. 2, is called The mountain of the house of the Lord upon the top of mountains. It is here called a fat and a curdled mountain; that is to say, most fruitful, and enriched by the spiritual gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost.

  11. Verse 17

    Why do you suppose or imagine there may be any other such curdled mountains? You are mistaken: the mountain thus favoured by God is but one; and this same he has chosen for his dwelling for ever.

  12. Verse 18

    “The chariot of God” … Descending to give his law on mount Sina: as also of Jesus Christ his Son, ascending into heaven, to send from thence the Holy Ghost, to publish his new law, is attended with ten thousands, that is, with an innumerable multitude of joyful angels.

  13. Verse 19

    Carrying away with thee to heaven those who before had been the captives of Satan; and receiving from God the Father gifts to be distributed to men; even to those who were before unbelievers.

  14. Verse 21

    The Lord alone is master of the issues, by which we may escape from death.

  15. Verse 23

    I will cast out my enemies from their rich possessions, signified by Basan, a fruitful country; and I will drive them into the depth of the sea: and make such a slaughter of them, that the feet of my servants may be dyed in their blood, etc.

  16. Verse 25

    Thy ways, thy proceedings, by which thou didst formerly take possession of the promised land in favour of thy people; and shalt afterwards of the whole world, which thou shalt subdue to thy Son.

  17. Verse 26

    The apostles, the first converters of nations; attended by numbers of perfect souls, singing the divine praises, and virgins consecrated to God.

  18. Verse 27

    “From the fountains of Israel” … From whom both Christ and his apostles sprung. By Benjamin, the holy fathers on this place understand St. Paul, who was of that tribe, named here a youth, because he was the last called to the apostleship. By the princes of Juda, Zabulon, and Nephthali, we may understand the other apostles, who were of the tribe of Juda; or of the tribes of Zabulon, and Nephthali, where our Lord began to preach, Matt. 4. 13, etc.

  19. Verse 29

    Give orders that thy strength may be always with us.

  20. Verse 31

    “Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds” … or the wild beasts, which lie hid in the reeds. That is, the devils, who hide themselves in order to surprise their prey. Or by wild beasts, are here understood persecutors, who, for all their attempts against the Church, are but as weak reeds, which cannot prevail against them who are supported by the strength of the Almighty. The same are also called the congregation of bulls (from their rage against the Church) who assemble together all their kine, that is, the people their subjects, to exclude if they can, from Christ and his inheritance, his constant confessors, who are like silver tried by fire.

  21. Verse 32

    It is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, and by name of the Egyptians and Ethiopians.

  22. Verse 34

    From mount Olivet, which is on the east side of Jerusalem.-- Ibid.

  23. Verse 34

    That is, he will make his voice to be a powerful voice: by calling from death to life, such as were dead in mortal sin: as at the last day he will by the power of his voice call all the dead from their graves.

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