Psalm 25:6, 7bc, 17–18, 20–21

A Catholic funeral reading (responsorial psalm), with the full text in the King James Version and the Douay-Rheims.

Reads in about 1 minute6 versesCatholic: Responsorial Psalm

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King James Version

1. 6Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
2. 7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
3. 17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
4. 18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
5. 20O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
6. 21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Douay-Rheims

Psalm 24 in the Douay-Rheims numbering.

1. 6Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world.
2. 7The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
3. 17The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities.
4. 18See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins.
5. 20Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee.
6. 21The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.

Most Catholic parishes in the US read the New American Bible. Read Psalm 25 in the NABRE at usccb.org.

Where this reading is used

• Catholic: Responsorial Psalm (Lectionary for Mass, no. 1013)

Scripture: King James Version (1769 text) and Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (Project Gutenberg #1581); both public domain. Citation as listed in the Lectionary for Mass.