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title: "Psalm 79 (80) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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# Psalm 79 (80)

Psalm 79 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 80 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 20 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Qui regis Israel. A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemorating God's former favours.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 79 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.
2. The One who reigns over Israel: Be attentive. For you lead Joseph like a sheep. The One who sits upon the cherubim: Shine forth
3. in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Awaken your power and draw near, so as to accomplish our salvation.
4. Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
5. O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?
6. How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?
7. You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.
8. O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.
9. You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it.
10. You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth.
11. Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.
12. It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.
13. So then, why have you destroyed its walls, so that all those who pass by the way gather its grapes?
14. The wild boar of the forest has trampled it, and a single wild beast has laid waste to it.
15. Turn back, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard;
16. and complete what your right hand has planted, and look upon the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.
17. Whatever has been set on fire and dug under will perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
18. Let your hand be over the man on your right, and over the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.
19. For we do not depart from you, and you will revive us. And we will invoke your name.
20. O Lord, God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.

## Psalm 79 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In finem, pro iis qui commutabuntur. Testimonium Asaph, psalmus.
2. Qui regis Israël, intende; qui deducis velut ovem Joseph. Qui sedes super cherubim, manifestare
3. coram Ephraim, Benjamin, et Manasse. Excita potentiam tuam, et veni, ut salvos facias nos.
4. Deus, converte nos, et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus.
5. Domine Deus virtutum, quousque irasceris super orationem servi tui?
6. cibabis nos pane lacrimarum, et potum dabis nobis in lacrimis in mensura?
7. Posuisti nos in contradictionem vicinis nostris, et inimici nostri subsannaverunt nos.
8. Deus virtutum, converte nos, et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus.
9. Vineam de Ægypto transtulisti: ejecisti gentes, et plantasti eam.
10. Dux itineris fuisti in conspectu ejus; plantasti radices ejus, et implevit terram.
11. Operuit montes umbra ejus, et arbusta ejus cedros Dei.
12. Extendit palmites suos usque ad mare, et usque ad flumen propagines ejus.
13. Ut quid destruxisti maceriam ejus, et vindemiant eam omnes qui prætergrediuntur viam?
14. Exterminavit eam aper de silva, et singularis ferus depastus est eam.
15. Deus virtutum, convertere, respice de cælo, et vide, et visita vineam istam:
16. et perfice eam quam plantavit dextera tua, et super filium hominis quem confirmasti tibi.
17. Incensa igni et suffossa, ab increpatione vultus tui peribunt.
18. Fiat manus tua super virum dexteræ tuæ, et super filium hominis quem confirmasti tibi.
19. Et non discedimus a te: vivificabis nos, et nomen tuum invocabimus.
20. Domine Deus virtutum, converte nos, et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 17: So this vineyard of thine, almost consumed already, must perish, if thou continue thy rebukes.
- Verse 18: Christ.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Nov 29, 2026: First Sunday of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
- Mon, Nov 29, 2027 (computed): Monday of the First Week of Advent — Alleluia, See Psalm 80:4
- Sat, Dec 11, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the Second Week of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19
- Sun, Dec 19, 2027 (computed): Fourth Sunday of Advent — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19

4 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

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).