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title: "Psalm 85 (86) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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description: "Psalm 85 (Psalm 86 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Inclina, Domine. A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end."
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# Psalm 85 (86)

Psalm 85 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 86 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 17 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Inclina, Domine. A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Psalm 85 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. A Prayer of David himself. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear me. For I am needy and poor.
2. Preserve my soul, for I am holy. My God, bring salvation to your servant who hopes in you.
3. O Lord, be merciful to me, for I have cried out to you all day long.
4. Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.
5. For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.
6. Pay attention, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplication.
7. In the day of my tribulation, I cried out to you, because you heeded me.
8. There is no one like you among the gods, O Lord, and there is no one like you in your works.
9. All the nations, which you have made, will draw near and adore in your presence, O Lord. And they will glorify your name.
10. For you are great, and you perform wonders. You alone are God.
11. Lead me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth. May my heart rejoice, so that it will fear your name.
12. I will confess to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart. And I will glorify your name in eternity.
13. For your mercy toward me is great, and you have rescued my soul from the lower part of Hell.
14. O God, the iniquitous have risen up against me, and the synagogue of the powerful have sought my soul, and they have not placed you in their sight.
15. And you, Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, being patient and full of mercy and truthful.
16. Look down upon me and have mercy on me. Grant your authority to your servant, and bring salvation to the son of your handmaid.
17. Make me a sign of what is good, so that those who hate me, may look and be confounded. For you, O Lord, have helped me and consoled me.

## Psalm 85 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Oratio ipsi David. Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam et exaudi me, quoniam inops et pauper sum ego.
2. Custodi animam meam, quoniam sanctus sum; salvum fac servum tuum, Deus meus, sperantem in te.
3. Miserere mei, Domine, quoniam ad te clamavi tota die;
4. lætifica animam servi tui, quoniam ad te, Domine, animam meam levavi.
5. Quoniam tu, Domine, suavis et mitis, et multæ misericordiæ omnibus invocantibus te.
6. Auribus percipe, Domine, orationem meam, et intende voci deprecationis meæ.
7. In die tribulationis meæ clamavi ad te, quia exaudisti me.
8. Non est similis tui in diis, Domine, et non est secundum opera tua.
9. Omnes gentes quascumque fecisti venient, et adorabunt coram te, Domine, et glorificabunt nomen tuum.
10. Quoniam magnus es tu, et faciens mirabilia; tu es Deus solus.
11. Deduc me, Domine, in via tua, et ingrediar in veritate tua; lætetur cor meum, ut timeat nomen tuum.
12. Confitebor tibi, Domine Deus meus, in toto corde meo, et glorificabo nomen tuum in æternum:
13. quia misericordia tua magna est super me, et eruisti animam meam ex inferno inferiori.
14. Deus, iniqui insurrexerunt super me, et synagoga potentium quæsierunt animam meam: et non proposuerunt te in conspectu suo.
15. Et tu, Domine Deus, miserator et misericors; patiens, et multæ misericordiæ, et verax.
16. Respice in me, et miserere mei; da imperium tuum puero tuo, et salvum fac filium ancillæ tuæ.
17. Fac mecum signum in bonum, ut videant qui oderunt me, et confundantur: quoniam tu, Domine, adjuvisti me, et consolatus es me.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 2: “I am holy” … I am by my office and profession dedicated to thy service.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Feb 13, 2027: Saturday after Ash Wednesday — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
- Wed, Oct 6, 2027 (computed): Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 86:3-4, 5-6, 9-10
- Tue, Feb 1, 2028 (computed): Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
- Sat, Mar 4, 2028 (computed): Saturday after Ash Wednesday — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

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).