--- title: "Psalm 96 (97) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/psalms/96/ description: "Psalm 96 (Psalm 97 in Hebrew numbering) in the CPDV, with the Latin Vulgate. Dominus regnavit. All are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and…" --- # Psalm 96 (97) Psalm 96 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 97 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. > Dominus regnavit. All are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and reign of Christ. > > — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary ## Psalm 96 (Catholic Public Domain Version) 1. This is to David, when his land was restored to him. The Lord has reigned, let the earth exult. Let the many islands rejoice. 2. Clouds and mist are all around him. Justice and judgment are corrections from his throne. 3. A fire will precede him, and it will enflame his enemies all around. 4. His lightnings have enlightened the whole world. The earth saw, and it was shaken. 5. The mountains flowed like wax before the face of the Lord, before the face of the Lord of all the earth. 6. The heavens announced his justice, and all peoples saw his glory. 7. May all those who adore graven images be confounded, along with those who glory in their false images. All you his Angels: Adore him. 8. Zion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Judah exulted because of your judgments, O Lord. 9. For you are the Most High Lord over all the earth. You are greatly exalted above all gods. 10. You who love the Lord: hate evil. The Lord watches over the souls of his holy ones. He will free them from the hand of the sinner. 11. The light has risen for the just, and joy for the upright of heart. 12. Rejoice in the Lord, you just ones, and confess to the memory of his sanctuary. ## Psalm 96 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592) 1. Huic David, quando terra ejus restituta est. Dominus regnavit: exsultet terra; lætentur insulæ multæ. 2. Nubes et caligo in circuitu ejus; justitia et judicium correctio sedis ejus. 3. Ignis ante ipsum præcedet, et inflammabit in circuitu inimicos ejus. 4. Illuxerunt fulgura ejus orbi terræ; vidit, et commota est terra. 5. Montes sicut cera fluxerunt a facie Domini; a facie Domini omnis terra. 6. Annuntiaverunt cæli justitiam ejus, et viderunt omnes populi gloriam ejus. 7. Confundantur omnes qui adorant sculptilia, et qui gloriantur in simulacris suis. Adorate eum omnes angeli ejus. 8. Audivit, et lætata est Sion, et exsultaverunt filiæ Judæ propter judicia tua, Domine. 9. Quoniam tu Dominus altissimus super omnem terram; nimis exaltatus es super omnes deos. 10. Qui diligitis Dominum, odite malum: custodit Dominus animas sanctorum suorum; de manu peccatoris liberabit eos. 11. Lux orta est justo, et rectis corde lætitia. 12. Lætamini, justi, in Domino, et confitemini memoriæ sanctificationis ejus. ## Bishop Challoner's notes Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording. - Verse 2: The coming of Christ in the clouds with great terror and majesty to judge the world, is here prophesied. ## Read at Mass (US) - Mon, Jan 11, 2027: Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 97:1 and 2b, 6 and 7c, 9 - Fri, Aug 6, 2027 (computed): Transfiguration of the Lord — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 - Fri, Aug 27, 2027 (computed): St. Monica — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 97:1 and 2b, 5-6, 10, 11-12 - Sat, Oct 9, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 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).