1 A Canticle Psalm. In dedication to the house of David. 2 I will extol you, Lord, for you have sustained me, and you have not allowed my enemies to delight over me. 3 O Lord my God, I have cried out to you, and you have healed me. 4 Lord, you led my soul away from Hell. You have saved me from those who descend into the pit. 5 Sing a psalm to the Lord, you his saints, and confess with remembrance of his holiness. 6 For wrath is in his indignation, and life is in his will. Toward evening, weeping will linger, and toward morning, gladness. 7 But I have said in my abundance: “I will never be disturbed.” 8 O Lord, in your will, you made virtue preferable to beauty for me. You turned your face away from me, and I became disturbed. 9 To you, Lord, I will cry out. And I will make supplication to my God. 10 What use would there be in my blood, if I descend into corruption? Will dust confess to you or announce your truth? 11 The Lord has heard, and he has been merciful to me. The Lord has become my helper. 12 You have turned my mourning into gladness for me. You have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy. 13 So then, may my glory sing to you, and may I not regret it. O Lord, my God, I will confess to you for eternity.
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Psalm 29 (30) Catholic Public Domain Version
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Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 25:2; Daniel 4:37; Psalm 35:19; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 13:4
- 2 Psalm 25:2; Daniel 4:37; Psalm 35:19; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 13:4
- 3 Psalm 103:3–4; 2 Kings 20:5; Psalm 147:3; Psalm 6:2; Exodus 15:26
- 4 Psalm 16:10; Psalm 86:13; Isaiah 38:17–18; Jonah 2:4–6; Psalm 28:1
- 5 Psalm 97:12; Revelation 4:8; Psalm 132:9; Psalms 148:14–149:1; 1 Chronicles 16:4
- 6 Isaiah 54:7–8; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Psalm 126:5–6; Matthew 5:4; John 16:20–22
- 7 2 Corinthians 12:7; Luke 12:19; Psalm 119:117; Psalm 16:8; Daniel 4:30
- 8 Psalm 104:29; Psalm 143:7; Psalm 30:5; Deuteronomy 31:17; Job 10:12
- 9 Philippians 4:6–7; Psalm 34:6; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 77:1–2; 1 Corinthians 12:8–9
- 10 Psalm 6:5; Isaiah 38:18; Psalm 115:17–18; Psalm 118:17; Psalm 88:10–12
- 11 Psalm 54:4; Psalm 143:7–9; Psalm 143:1; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 27:7
- 12 Jeremiah 31:4; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Jeremiah 31:13–14; Isaiah 25:8; 2 Chronicles 20:12
- 13 Psalm 145:2; Psalm 146:1–2; Psalm 44:8; Luke 19:40; Psalm 16:9
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 30.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; to the end that my glory may sing to thee, and that I be not pricked." What is this, "That I be not pricked?" That there be not that which shall goad my conscience.
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