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title: "Psalm 78 (79) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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# Psalm 78 (79)

Psalm 78 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 79 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.

> Deus, venerunt gentes. The church in time of persecution prayeth for relief. It seems to belong to the time of the Machabees.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 78 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the Gentiles have entered into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple. They have set Jerusalem as a place to tend fruit trees.
2. They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.
3. They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one who would bury them.
4. We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and mockery to those who are around us.
5. How long, O Lord? Will you be angry until the end? Will your zeal be kindled like a fire?
6. Pour out your wrath among the Gentiles, who have not known you, and upon the kingdoms that have not invoked your name.
7. For they have devoured Jacob, and they have desolated his place.
8. Do not remember our iniquities of the past. May your mercies quickly intercept us, for we have become exceedingly poor.
9. Help us, O God, our Savior. And free us, Lord, for the glory of your name. And forgive us our sins for the sake of your name.
10. Let them not say among the Gentiles, “Where is their God?” And may your name become known among the nations before our eyes. For the retribution of your servants’ blood, which has been poured out:
11. may the groans of the shackled enter before you. According to the greatness of your arm, take possession of the sons of those who have been killed.
12. And repay our neighbors sevenfold within their sinews. It is the reproach of the same ones who brought reproach against you, O Lord.
13. But we are your people and the sheep of your pasture: we will give thanks to you in all ages. From generation to generation, we will announce your praise.

## Psalm 78 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Psalmus Asaph. Deus, venerunt gentes in hæreditatem tuam; polluerunt templum sanctum tuum; posuerunt Jerusalem in pomorum custodiam.
2. Posuerunt morticina servorum tuorum escas volatilibus cæli; carnes sanctorum tuorum bestiis terræ.
3. Effuderunt sanguinem eorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Jerusalem, et non erat qui sepeliret.
4. Facti sumus opprobrium vicinis nostris; subsannatio et illusio his qui in circuitu nostro sunt.
5. Usquequo, Domine, irasceris in finem? accendetur velut ignis zelus tuus?
6. Effunde iram tuam in gentes quæ te non noverunt, et in regna quæ nomen tuum non invocaverunt:
7. quia comederunt Jacob, et locum ejus desolaverunt.
8. Ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum; cito anticipent nos misericordiæ tuæ, quia pauperes facti sumus nimis.
9. Adjuva nos, Deus salutaris noster, et propter gloriam nominis tui, Domine, libera nos: et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter nomen tuum.
10. Ne forte dicant in gentibus: Ubi est Deus eorum? et innotescat in nationibus coram oculis nostris ultio sanguinis servorum tuorum qui effusus est.
11. Introëat in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum; secundum magnitudinem brachii tui posside filios mortificatorum:
12. et redde vicinis nostris septuplum in sinu eorum; improperium ipsorum quod exprobraverunt tibi, Domine.
13. Nos autem populus tuus, et oves pascuæ tuæ, confitebimur tibi in sæculum; in generationem et generationem annuntiabimus laudem tuam.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 431: Jesus ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, May 26, 2027: St. Philip Neri, Priest — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 79:8, 9, 11 and 13
- Fri, Oct 1, 2027 (computed): St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9
- Mon, Mar 13, 2028 (computed): Monday of the Second Week of Lent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 79:8, 9, 11 and 13
- Tue, Aug 1, 2028 (computed): St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 79:8, 9, 11 and 13

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).