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Psalms 23

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 On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place?

4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

8 Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

10 Who is this King of Glory? the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.

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 24:1 in modern Bibles
    Read the Fathers

    • “For "the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.”

      Quoted in First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Clement of Rome (c. AD 96), Chapter LIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “For "the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all that dwell therein.”

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

  2. Psalm 24:6 in modern BiblesCCC 2582
    Read the Catechism
    • CCC 2582 “Elijah is the "father" of the prophets, "the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of…”
  3. Psalm 24:7 in modern BiblesCCC 559
    Read the Catechism and Fathers
    • CCC 559 “How will Jerusalem welcome her Messiah? Although Jesus had always refused popular attempts to make him king, he chooses the time and…”

    • “The Lord, strong and mighty.”

      Quoted in First Apology, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 155), Chapter LI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “Moreover, some of you venture to expound the prophecy which runs, Lift up your gates, ye rulers; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, that the King of glory may enter,”

      Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter LXXXV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “rulers; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting gates; and the King of glory shall enter;”

      Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CXXVII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  4. Psalm 24:8 in modern BiblesCCC 269 CCC 559
    Read the Catechism
    • CCC 269 “The Holy Scriptures repeatedly confess the universal power of God. He is called the "Mighty One of Jacob", the "LORD of hosts",…”
    • CCC 559 “How will Jerusalem welcome her Messiah? Although Jesus had always refused popular attempts to make him king, he chooses the time and…”
  5. Psalm 24:9 in modern BiblesCCC 269 CCC 559
    Read the Catechism
    • CCC 269 “The Holy Scriptures repeatedly confess the universal power of God. He is called the "Mighty One of Jacob", the "LORD of hosts",…”
    • CCC 559 “How will Jerusalem welcome her Messiah? Although Jesus had always refused popular attempts to make him king, he chooses the time and…”
  6. Psalm 24:10 in modern BiblesCCC 269 CCC 559
    Read the Catechism
    • CCC 269 “The Holy Scriptures repeatedly confess the universal power of God. He is called the "Mighty One of Jacob", the "LORD of hosts",…”
    • CCC 559 “How will Jerusalem welcome her Messiah? Although Jesus had always refused popular attempts to make him king, he chooses the time and…”
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