Here is the psalm of the day: one psalm for today, the same for everyone who opens this page. Tap the button to read and pray the whole psalm, look back at the psalms of the last days, or draw a psalm at random. Below are psalms for particular needs and a list of all 150.
How to pray a psalm
The psalms are the prayers that Jesus himself prayed. Five minutes with one psalm is enough.
- Read it aloud, slowly. The psalms were written to be spoken and sung.
- Stop at the line that speaks to you. It may be a line of praise, or a cry for help, or a question.
- Make it your own. Say that line again as your prayer, for yourself or for someone who needs it today.
- Finish with the Glory Be, as the Church does at the end of every psalm.
Some psalms are angry or sad. Pray them too: on a good day you lend your voice to someone who is suffering.
The psalm at Mass today
The psalm on this page is for personal prayer. The responsorial psalm of today’s Mass follows the lectionary and is different each day; you will find it with today’s Mass readings. How the psalm is sung or said at Mass is explained in our guide to the responsorial psalm.
Psalms for what you need today
- Psalms for anxiety
- Psalms for comfort
- Psalms for strength
- Psalms for protection
- Psalms for healing
- Psalms for guidance
- Psalms of praise
- Psalms of thanksgiving
- The seven penitential psalms
How the psalm of the day is chosen
- One psalm for each date, the same for everyone, changing at midnight where you are.
- All 150 psalms take their turn before any psalm comes back, so in five months you have met every one.
- The numbers are those of most modern Bibles (the Hebrew numbering). Each psalm page gives the full text from the Douay-Rheims Bible and notes the older Catholic number where it differs.
All 150 psalms
- Psalm 1: Blessed Is the Man
- Psalm 2: You Are My Son, Today I Have Begotten You
- Psalm 3: You, O Lord, Are My Shield
- Psalm 4: In Peace I Will Lie Down and Sleep
- Psalm 5: Give Ear to My Words, O Lord
- Psalm 6: O Lord, Rebuke Me Not in Your Anger
- Psalm 7: O Lord My God, in You I Take Refuge
- Psalm 8: O Lord, Our Lord, How Admirable Is Thy Name
- Psalm 9: I Will Praise You, Lord, With My Whole Heart
- Psalm 10: Why, O Lord, Do You Stand Afar Off?
- Psalm 11: In the Lord I Take Refuge
- Psalm 12: The Words of the Lord Are Pure Words
- Psalm 13: How Long, O Lord?
- Psalm 14: The Fool Says in His Heart, There Is No God
- Psalm 15: Lord, Who May Dwell in Your Tent?
- Psalm 16: You Are My Inheritance, O Lord
- Psalm 17: Keep Me as the Apple of Your Eye
- Psalm 18: I Love You, Lord, My Strength
- Psalm 19: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
- Psalm 20: May the Lord Answer You in the Day of Trouble
- Psalm 21: In Your Strength the King Rejoices
- Psalm 22: My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
- Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd
- Psalm 24: Lift Up Your Gates
- Psalm 25: To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul
- Psalm 26: I Will Wash My Hands in Innocence
- Psalm 27: The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation
- Psalm 28: The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield
- Psalm 29: The Voice of the Lord Is Upon the Waters
- Psalm 30: I Will Praise You, Lord, for You Have Rescued Me
- Psalm 31: Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit
- Psalm 32: Blessed Are They Whose Sins Are Forgiven
- Psalm 33: Rejoice in the Lord, O You Just
- Psalm 34: I Will Bless the Lord at All Times
- Psalm 35: Fight Against Those Who Fight Me
- Psalm 36: In Your Light We See Light
- Psalm 37: Delight in the Lord
- Psalm 38: Rebuke Me Not, O Lord, in Your Anger
- Psalm 39: Lord, Let Me Know My End
- Psalm 40: Here I Am, Lord, I Come to Do Your Will
- Psalm 41: Blessed Is He Who Considers the Poor
- Psalm 42: As the Deer Longs for Running Streams
- Psalm 43: Judica Me, Deus
- Psalm 44: Awake, O Lord! Why Do You Sleep?
- Psalm 45: The Queen Stands at Your Right Hand
- Psalm 46: Be Still and Know That I Am God
- Psalm 47: Clap Your Hands, All You Nations
- Psalm 48: Great Is the Lord
- Psalm 49: No One Can Ransom Himself
- Psalm 50: Offer to God a Sacrifice of Praise
- Psalm 51: Have Mercy on Me, O God
- Psalm 52: Like a Green Olive Tree in the House of God
- Psalm 53: The Fool Says There Is No God
- Psalm 54: God Is My Helper, the Lord Upholds My Life
- Psalm 55: Cast Your Burden on the Lord
- Psalm 56: You Have Kept Count of My Tears
- Psalm 57: In the Shadow of Your Wings I Take Refuge
- Psalm 58: A Cry Against Unjust Judges
- Psalm 59: Deliver Me From My Enemies, O My God
- Psalm 60: With God We Shall Do Valiantly
- Psalm 61: Lead Me to the Rock That Is Higher Than I
- Psalm 62: In God Alone Is My Soul at Rest
- Psalm 63: O God, You Are My God, for You I Long
- Psalm 64: Hear My Voice, O God, Protect My Life
- Psalm 65: A Hymn Becomes You, O God, in Sion
- Psalm 66: Shout Joyfully to God, All the Earth
- Psalm 67: May God Have Mercy on Us and Bless Us
- Psalm 68: Let God Arise, Let His Enemies Be Scattered
- Psalm 69: Save Me, O God, the Waters Have Come Up to My Neck
- Psalm 70: O God, Come to My Assistance
- Psalm 71: Do Not Cast Me Off in My Old Age
- Psalm 72: All Kings Shall Adore Him
- Psalm 73: God Is the Strength of My Heart and My Portion For Ever
- Psalm 74: Why, O God, Have You Cast Us Off For Ever?
- Psalm 75: We Give Thanks to You, O God
- Psalm 76: In Judea God Is Known
- Psalm 77: I Cried Aloud to God
- Psalm 78: He Gave Them the Bread of Heaven
- Psalm 79: Remember Not Our Former Iniquities
- Psalm 80: Stir Up Your Might and Come to Save Us
- Psalm 81: He Fed Them With the Finest Wheat
- Psalm 82: I Said, You Are Gods
- Psalm 83: O God, Do Not Keep Silent
- Psalm 84: How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
- Psalm 85: Show Us, O Lord, Your Mercy
- Psalm 86: Incline Your Ear, O Lord, and Answer Me
- Psalm 87: Glorious Things Are Said of You, O City of God
- Psalm 88: The Darkest Psalm
- Psalm 89: For Ever I Will Sing the Goodness of the Lord
- Psalm 90: Lord, You Have Been Our Refuge
- Psalm 91: The Psalm of Protection
- Psalm 92: It Is Good to Give Thanks to the Lord
- Psalm 93: The Lord Is King, Robed in Majesty
- Psalm 94: Your Consolations Gladdened My Soul
- Psalm 95: Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord
- Psalm 96: Sing to the Lord a New Song
- Psalm 97: The Lord Is King, Let the Earth Rejoice
- Psalm 98: Sing to the Lord a New Song, for He Has Done Marvelous Deeds
- Psalm 99: Holy Is the Lord Our God
- Psalm 100: Sing Joyfully to God
- Psalm 101: I Will Walk With Integrity of Heart
- Psalm 102: Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Let My Cry Come to You
- Psalm 103: Bless the Lord
- Psalm 104: Send Forth Your Spirit
- Psalm 105: Seek His Face Evermore
- Psalm 106: We Have Sinned With Our Fathers
- Psalm 107: Give Thanks to the Lord
- Psalm 108: My Heart Is Ready, O God
- Psalm 109: O God, Do Not Be Silent
- Psalm 110: The Lord Said to My Lord
- Psalm 111: The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom
- Psalm 112: Blessed Is the Man Who Fears the Lord
- Psalm 113: Praise the Lord, You Servants
- Psalm 114: When Israel Went Out of Egypt
- Psalm 115: Not to Us, O Lord
- Psalm 116: What Shall I Render to the Lord?
- Psalm 117: Praise the Lord, All You Nations
- Psalm 118: This Is the Day the Lord Has Made
- Psalm 119: Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
- Psalm 120: In My Distress I Cried to the Lord
- Psalm 121: I Lift Up My Eyes to the Mountains
- Psalm 122: I Rejoiced When They Said to Me, Let Us Go to the House of the Lord
- Psalm 123: To You I Lift Up My Eyes
- Psalm 124: Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord
- Psalm 125: Those Who Trust in the Lord Are Like Mount Sion
- Psalm 126: The Lord Has Done Great Things for Us
- Psalm 127: Unless the Lord Builds the House
- Psalm 128: Blessed Are All Who Fear the Lord
- Psalm 129: Often They Have Attacked Me From My Youth
- Psalm 130: Out of the Depths
- Psalm 131: Like a Weaned Child With Its Mother
- Psalm 132: Arise, O Lord, You and the Ark of Your Holiness
- Psalm 133: How Good and Pleasant It Is When Brothers Live in Unity
- Psalm 134: Bless the Lord Through the Night
- Psalm 135: Praise the Name of the Lord, You His Servants
- Psalm 136: His Mercy Endures For Ever
- Psalm 137: By the Rivers of Babylon
- Psalm 138: In the Sight of the Angels I Will Sing Your Praise
- Psalm 139: You Have Searched Me and Known Me
- Psalm 140: Rescue Me, Lord, From Evil Men
- Psalm 141: Let My Prayer Rise Like Incense
- Psalm 142: Bring My Soul Out of Prison
- Psalm 143: Teach Me to Do Your Will
- Psalm 144: Blessed Be the Lord, My Rock
- Psalm 145: I Will Extol You, My God and King
- Psalm 146: Praise the Lord, My Soul
- Psalm 147: Praise the Lord, Jerusalem
- Psalm 148: Praise the Lord From the Heavens
- Psalm 149: Sing to the Lord a New Song in the Assembly of the Saints
- Psalm 150: Praise the Lord in His Holy Places
Frequently asked questions
Is the psalm of the day the same as the psalm at Mass?
No. The Mass has its own psalm for every day, chosen to answer the first reading. This page gives one psalm a day for your own prayer.
How many psalms are there?
There are 150 psalms in the Bible. See how many psalms there are for the two ways of numbering them.
Which is the shortest psalm, and which the longest?
Psalm 117 is the shortest, with two verses. Psalm 119 is the longest, with 176 verses.
Which psalm should I pray when I cannot sleep?
Psalm 4 is the Church’s night psalm: “In peace I will lie down and sleep.” Psalm 91 and Psalm 121 are prayed for protection.