1 A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath. 2 It is good to confess to the Lord and to sing psalms to your name, O Most High: 3 to announce your mercy in the morning, and your truth throughout the night, 4 upon the ten strings, upon the psaltery, with a canticle, upon stringed instruments. 5 For you, O Lord, have delighted me with your doings, and I will exult in the works of your hands. 6 How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts have been made exceedingly deep. 7 A foolish man will not know these things, and a senseless one will not understand: 8 when sinners will have risen up like grass, and when all those who work iniquity will have appeared, that they shall pass away, age after age. 9 But you, O Lord, are the Most High for all eternity. 10 For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies will perish, and all those who work iniquity will be dispersed. 11 And my horn will be exalted like that of the single-horned beast, and my old age will be exalted in fruitful mercy. 12 And my eye has looked down upon my enemies, and my ear will hear of the malignant rising up against me. 13 The just one will flourish like the palm tree. He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon. 14 Those planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of the house of our God. 15 They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, and they will endure well, 16 so that they may announce that the Lord our God is righteous and that there is no iniquity in him.
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Psalm 91 (92) Catholic Public Domain Version
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- 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 (16)
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 147:1; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 107:21–22; Ephesians 5:19; Psalm 135:3
- 2 Psalm 147:1; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 107:21–22; Ephesians 5:19; Psalm 135:3
- 3 Lamentations 3:22–23; Psalm 89:1–2; John 1:17; Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 42:8
- 4 Psalm 33:2; Psalm 68:25; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Nehemiah 12:27; 2 Chronicles 23:5
- 5 2 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 126:3; Psalm 8:6; Isaiah 65:13–14; Luke 1:47
- 6 Romans 11:33–34; Isaiah 55:8–9; Psalm 40:5; Psalm 139:17; Psalm 145:3–4
- 7 1 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 73:22; Psalm 94:8; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 49:10
- 8 Psalm 37:38; Psalm 73:18–20; Psalm 37:35–36; 1 Peter 1:24; Psalm 37:1–2
- 9 Psalm 83:18; Exodus 18:11; Daniel 4:34–35; Psalm 102:26–27; Acts 12:22–24
- 10 Psalm 37:20; Psalm 89:10; Matthew 7:23; Psalm 21:8–9; Psalm 68:1–2
- 11 Psalm 23:5; Psalm 89:17; Psalm 45:7; 2 Corinthians 1:21; Psalm 75:10
- 12 Psalm 54:7; Psalm 91:8; Psalm 59:10; Psalm 112:8; Psalm 37:34
- 13 Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 1:3; Psalm 104:16; Psalm 52:8; Hosea 14:5–6
- 14 2 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 61:3; Ephesians 3:17; Isaiah 60:21; Romans 6:5
- 15 Isaiah 46:4; Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 71:18; John 15:2–5; Philippians 1:11
- 16 Psalm 18:2; Romans 9:14; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 62:6; Job 34:10
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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: 92.
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).
This Psalm is that from which the Devil dared to tempt our Lord Jesus Christ: let us therefore attend to it, that thus armed, we may be enabled to resist the tempter, not presuming in ourselves, but in Him who before us was tempted, that we might not be overcome when tempted.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… endowed with senses, compacted with limbs, beautified with form, and, for its general good and safety, hast introduced all vital energies--Thou commandest me to praise Thee for these things, "to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praise unto Thy name, O Most High;" for Thou art a God omnipotent and good, though Thou hadst done nought but these …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
He is called good, as the Father is good, and He who was begotten of the Good is good, and to the Spirit His goodness is essence. He is called upright, as "the Lord is upright," in that He is Himself truth, and is Himself Righteousness, having no divergence nor leaning to one side or to the other, on account …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
Let us all hasten to attain to it, full of fruit and of good works; and thus, planted in the house of the Lord we shall flourish in the court of our God, in our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and power for ever and ever.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)