Each of the links will bring you to one of the pages for the corresponding psalm setting. Some of the responses will use different verses depending on the instance. The downloadable PDFs in the links usually contain a list of other instances when the same responsorial verse will be used.
Here is a list in chronological order by psalm reference:
- Psalm 1:1-4.6 Happy the one who has placed their trust in the Lord
- Psalm 8:4-9 How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth
- Psalm 14:2-5 The just will live in the presence of the Lord
- Psalm 15:1-2 Show us, Lord, the path of life
- Psalm 15:5. 8-11 Preserve me God, I take refuge in you
- Psalm 16:1 5-6 I shall be filled, when I awake with the sight of your glory, O Lord
- Psalm 17:2-4 I love you, Lord, my strength
- Psalm 18:8-10 15 Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life
- Psalm 18:8-11 Seek the Lord, you who are poor, and your hearts will revive
- Psalm 18:8-11 You, Lord, have the message of eternal life (John 6:69)
- Psalm 21:8-9 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
- Psalm 21:26-28 You, Lord, are my praise in the great assembly
- Psalm 22 The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want
- Psalm 23:1-6 Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord
- Psalm 23:7-10 Who is the king of glory? It is the Lord
- Psalm 24:4-5 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul
- Psalm 24-4-9 Lord, make me know your ways
- Psalm 24-4-9 Remember your mercy, Lord
- Psalm 24-4-9 Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant
- Psalm 26:1 I am sure I shall see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living
- Psalm 26 The Lord is my light and my help
- Psalm 28:1-4 The Lord will bless his people with peace
- Psalm 29:2 I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me
- Psalm 30:2 Father, into your hands I commend my spirit
- Psalm 31:1-2 Forgive, Lord, the guilt of my sin
- Psalm 31:1-2 You are my refuge, O Lord; you fill me with the joy of salvation
- Psalm 32:1 May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you
- Psalm 32:2-3 This poor man called; the Lord heard him
- Psalm 32:4-6 Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own
- Psalm 33:2-3 Taste and see that the Lord is good
- Psalm 33:2-9 From all my terrors the Lord set me free/The Angel of the Lord rescues those who revere him
- Psalm 39:2 Here I am Lord! I come to do your will
- Psalm 39:2-4 Lord, come to my aid!
- Psalm 41:3 Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God
- Psalm 46:2-3 God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast
- Psalm 50:3-4 I will leave this place and go to my father
- Psalm 50:3-4 A pure heart create for me, O God
- Psalm 50:3-6 Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned
- Psalm 61:2-3 In God alone is my soul at rest
- Psalm 62:2-6 For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God
- Psalm 64:10-14 Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop
- Psalm 65:1-7 Cry out with joy to God all the earth
- Psalm 66:2-3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you
- Psalm 67:4-7 In your goodness, O God, you prepared a home for the poor
- Psalm 68:8-10 In your great love, answer me, O God
- Psalm 68:14 Seek the Lord, you who are poor, and your hearts will revive
- Psalm 70:1-6 From my mother’s womb you have been my help
- Psalm 70:1-6 My lips will tell of your help
- Psalm 71:1-2 In his days justice shall flourish and peace till the moon fails
- Psalm 77:7 Never forget the deeds of the Lord
- Psalm 79:2-3 God of hosts, bring us back; let you face shine on us and we shall be saved
- Psalm 84:9-14 Let us see, O Lord, your mercy and give us your saving help
- Psalm 85:5-6 O Lord, you are good and forgiving
- Psalm 88:2-3 I will sing for ever of your love, O Lord
- Psalm 88:2-5 His dynasty will last for ever
- Psalm 89:3-6 O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next
- Psalm 90:1-2 Be with me, O Lord, in my distress
- Psalm 91:2-3 It is good to give you thanks, O Lord
- Psalm 92:1-2 The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed
- Psalm 94:1-2 O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts
- Psalm 95:1 Give the Lord glory and power
- Psalm 95:1-3 Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples
- Psalm 96:1-2 The Lord is king, most high above all the earth
- Psalm 97:1-4 The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations
- Psalm 97:5-9 The Lord comes to rule the peoples with fairness
- Psalm 99:1-3, 5 We are his people, we are the sheep of his flock
- Psalm 102:1-4 The Lord is compassion and love
- Psalm 102:1-4 The Lord is compassion and love, slow to anger and rich in mercy
- Psalm 103:1 Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth
- Psalm 109:1-4 You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old
- Psalm 111:4-9 The good man is a light in the darkness for the upright
- Psalm 112:1-2 Praise the Lord, who raises ‘up’ the poor
- Psalm 114:1-6 I will walk in the presence of the Lord, in the land of the living
- Psalm 114:1-6 I will walk in the presence of the Lord, in the land of the living
- Psalm 115:12-13 The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ
- Psalm 116 Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News
- Psalm 117:24 This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad
- Psalm 117:1 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.
- Psalm 118:1-2 They are happy who follow God’s law!
- Psalm 118:57 Lord how I love your law!
- Psalm 120 Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth
- Psalm 121:1-5 I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’
- Psalm 121:1-2, 4-5, 6-9 I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’
- Psalm 122 r.2 Our eyes are on the Lord till he show us his mercy
- Psalm 125 What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad
- Psalm 127:1-5 r.1 O blessed are those who fear the Lord
- Psalm 129 With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption
- Psalm 130 Keep my soul in peace before you, O Lord.
- Psalm 136 O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!
- Psalm 137:1-3 Your love, O Lord, is eternal, discard not the work of your hands
- Psalm 137:1-3. 6-8 On the day I called, you answered me, O Lord
- Psalm 137:1-5 Before the angels I will bless you, O Lord
- Psalm 138:1-3 I thank you for the wonder of my being
- Psalm 144:1-2 I will bless your name for ever, O God my King
- Psalm 144:2-3 The Lord is close to all who call him
- Psalm 144:8-9. 15-18 You open wide your hand, O Lord, you grant our desires
- Psalm 145:6-10 My soul, give praise to the Lord
- Psalm 145:6-10 Come, Lord, and save us
- Psalm 145:7-10 How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven
- Psalm 146:1-6 Praise the Lord who heals the broken-hearted
- Psalm 147:12-15 Praise the Lord, Jerusalem
- Exodus 15:1-6, 17-18 I will sing to the Lord, glorious his triumph
- Isaiah 12:2-6 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation
- Isaiah 12:2-6 Sing and shout for joy for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel
- Daniel 3:52-56 To you glory and praise forevermore
Our Psalm Re-write Project
With the introduction of the new Lectionary, the Catholic Church across England, Wales and Scotland now uses the Abbey Psalms & Canticles in the Mass, instead of the long-familiar Grail translation.
We are in the midst of the arduous task of revising or rewriting this entire catalogue of Responsorial Psalms to accord with this new translation.
If you, your school, or your parish have found value in this resource over the years, we would be grateful for any financial support you are able to give to help us fund this work, so that we can continue to offer these psalms settings as a gift to the Church.
