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Psalms 113

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation

1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.

2 For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?

3 But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.

4 The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.

5 They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.

6 They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.

7 They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.

8 Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.

9 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

10 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

11 They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.

13 He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.

14 May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.

15 Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

16 The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

17 The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.

18 But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.

This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text. The Catechism uses modern verse numbers and psalm numbers (one higher than Douay-Rheims for most psalms), so these are listed by chapter.

  1. Psalm 115:3 in modern BiblesCCC 268 CCC 303
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    • CCC 268 “of all the divine attributes, only God's omnipotence is named in the Creed: to confess this power has great bearing on our…”
    • CCC 303 “The witness of Scripture is unanimous that the solicitude of divine providence is concrete and immediate; God cares for all, from the…”

    • “… all their power by the breath of His mouth." But that He did Himself make all things freely, and as He pleased, again David says, "But our God is in the heavens above, and in the earth; He hath made all things whatsoever He pleased.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter VIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  2. Psalm 115:15 in modern BiblesCCC 216 CCC 287
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    • CCC 216 “God's truth is his wisdom, which commands the whole created order and governs the world. God, who alone made heaven and earth,…”
    • CCC 287 “The truth about creation is so important for all of human life that God in his tenderness wanted to reveal to his…”
  3. Psalm 115:16 in modern BiblesCCC 326
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    • CCC 326 “The Scriptural expression "heaven and earth" means all that exists, creation in its entirety. It also indicates the bond, deep within creation,…”
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