Psalm 15

Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death.

Does this psalm differ from what you were expecting? Don't be confused. There are two systems for arranging the psalms: the Septuagint and the Masoretic. We use the Septuagint system here. In the Masoretic system, which is used in most modern Bible translations, this psalm is called Psalm 16, and the previous psalm is known as Psalm 15.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 The inscription of a title to David himself.

Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee. The inscription of a title... That is, of a pillar or monument, steylographia: which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most worthy to be engraved on an everlasting monument.
2 I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
3 To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.
4 Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.
5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.
7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night.
8 I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
9 Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption.

11 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Tituli inscriptio, ipsi David.

Conserva me, Domine, quoniam speravi in te.
2 Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu,
quoniam bonorum meorum non eges.
3 Sanctis qui sunt in terra ejus,
mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis.
4 Multiplicatæ sunt infirmitates eorum:
postea acceleraverunt.
Non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus,
nec memor ero nominum eorum per labia mea.
5 Dominus pars hæreditatis meæ, et calicis mei:
tu es qui restitues hæreditatem meam mihi.
6 Funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris;
etenim hæreditas mea præclara est mihi.
7 Benedicam Dominum qui tribuit mihi intellectum;
insuper et usque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei.
8 Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper:
quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.
9 Propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exsultavit lingua mea;
insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe.
10 Quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno,
nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem.
Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ;
adimplebis me lætitia cum vultu tuo:
delectationes in dextera tua usque in finem.

Transcribed as part of the Clementine Vulgate Project
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