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The Book of Psalms Psalm 61

Douay-Rheims · Challoner revision

Challoner’s heading

Nonne Deo.

Psalm 61 in the Vulgate numbering this edition follows; Psalm 62 in the Hebrew numbering of most modern Bibles.

1Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David. 2Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation. 3For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be moved no more. 4How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence. 5But they have thought to cast away my price; I ran in thirst: they blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart. 6But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: for from him is my patience. 7For he is my God and my saviour: he is my helper, I shall not be moved. 8In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God. 9Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts before him. God is our helper for ever. 10But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive. 11Trust not in iniquity, and cover not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them. 12God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God, 13And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man according to his works.
Psalm 61 of 150

Text: the Douay-Rheims Bible in Bishop Challoner’s revision, public domain, from Project Gutenberg ebook 8300, set unaltered — 150 psalms and 2,528 verses, checked for gaps. Challoner’s own notes are left out, as in the gospels; the summary at the head of each psalm is his and is labelled as his. Psalms are numbered as in the Latin Vulgate, which differs by one from the Hebrew numbering of most modern Bibles for most of the book; each psalm gives both.