Psalms and Canticles for the Sunday Lectionary (Years A, B & C)

There are many different resources available for presenting the Psalms, including different translations, and responsorial, poetic, metrical and musical settings.

Psalms (and occasional biblical canticles) are suggested below, for use where needed.

Exact selections of verses can be adjusted locally, depending on the resources to be used.

	Year A	Year B	Year C
Christmas Sequence
Advent 1	Psalm 122	Psalm 80^1-7,17-19	Psalm 25^1-10
Advent 2	Psalm 72^1-7,18-19	Psalm 85^1-2,8-13	Luke 1^68-79
Advent 3	Psalm 146^5-10	Psalm 126	Isaiah 12^2-6
Advent 4	Luke 1^47-55	Luke 1^47-55	Luke 1^47-55
Midnight Mass	Psalm 96	Psalm 96	Psalm 96
Christmas Day	Psalm 98	Psalm 98	Psalm 98
Saint John	Psalm 138	Psalm 117	Psalm 85^8-13
The Epiphany	Psalm 72^1-4,10-15	Psalm 72^1-4,10-15	Psalm 72^1-4,10-15
Easter Sequence
Ash Wednesday	Psalm 32^1-7	Psalm 32^1-7	Psalm 32^1-7
Lent 1	Psalm 51^1-14	Psalm 25^1-10	Psalm 91^1-2,9-16
Lent 2	Psalm 121	Psalm 27	Psalm 27
Lent 3	Psalm 95	Psalm 19	Psalm 103
Lent 4	Psalm 23	Psalm 137^1-6	Psalm 34^1-8
Lent 5	Psalm 130	Psalm 119^9-16	Psalm 126
Palm Sunday	Psalm 31^9-16	Psalm 31^9-16	Psalm 31^9-16
Maundy Thursday	Psalm 116^1-2,12-17	Psalm 15	Psalm 116^10-17
Good Friday	Psalm 22	Psalm 22	Psalm 22
Easter Day	Psalm 118^1-2,14-24	Psalm 118^1-2,14-24	Psalm 118^1-2,14-24
Easter 2	Psalm 116^1-2,12-17	Psalm 33	Psalm 30
Easter 3	Psalm 150	Psalm 148	Psalm 86^1-10
Easter 4	Psalm 23	Psalm 23	Psalm 23
Easter 5	Psalm 118^1-2,14-24	Psalm 98	Psalm 67
Easter 6	Psalm 31^1-5	Psalm 67	Psalm 97
Ascension Day	Psalm 47	Psalm 47	Psalm 47
Easter 7	Psalm 68^1-10,32-35	Psalm 150	Psalm 66^8-20
Pentecost	Psalm 104^1-2,29-36	Psalm 104^1-2,29-36	Psalm 104^1-2,29-36
Trinity Sunday	Psalm 8	Psalm 29	Psalm 8
Ordinary Time
Sunday 1	Psalm 29	Psalm 29	Psalm 29
Sunday 2	Psalm 27	Psalm 139^1-5,13-18	Psalm 48
Sunday 3	Psalm 40^1-11	Psalm 36^5-10	Psalm 19
Sunday 4	Psalm 15	Psalm 25^4-10	Psalm 71^1-6
Sunday 5	Psalm 112^1-9	Psalm 147^1-11	Psalm 138
Sunday 6	Psalm 119^1-8	Psalm 30	Psalm 1
Sunday 7	Psalm 119^33-40	Psalm 41	Psalm 37^1-7
Sunday 8	Psalm 131	Psalm 103^1-13,22	Psalm 92^1-4,12-15
Sunday 9	Psalm 31^1-5,19-24	Psalm 81^1-10	Psalm 96^1-9
Sunday 10	Psalm 50^7-15	Psalm 130	Psalm 30
Sunday 11	Psalm 100	Psalm 92^1-4,12-15	Psalm 32
Sunday 12	Psalm 69^13-18	Psalm 107^1-3,23-32	Psalm 63
Sunday 13	Psalm 89^1-4,15-18	Psalm 30	Psalm 16
Sunday 14	Psalm 145^8-15	Psalm 123	Psalm 66^1-9
Sunday 15	Psalm 65^3-13	Psalm 85^8-13	Psalm 25^1-10
Sunday 16	Psalm 86^11-17	Psalm 23	Psalm 15
Sunday 17	Psalm 119^129-136	Psalm 145^10-18	Psalm 138
Sunday 18	Psalm 145^8-9,14-21	Psalm 78^23-29	Psalm 49^1-12
Sunday 19	Psalm 85^8-13	Psalm 34^1-8	Psalm 33^13-22
Sunday 20	Psalm 67	Psalm 34^9-14	Psalm 82
Sunday 21	Psalm 138	Psalm 34^15-22	Psalm 103^1-8
Sunday 22	Psalm 26^1-8	Psalm 15	Psalm 119^33-40
Sunday 23	Psalm 119^33-40	Psalm 146	Psalm 1
Sunday 24	Psalm 103^1-13	Psalm 116^1-9	Psalm 51^1-10
Sunday 25	Psalm 145^1-8	Psalm 54	Psalm 113
Sunday 26	Psalm 25^1-9	Psalm 19^7-14	Psalm 146
Sunday 27	Psalm 80^7-15	Psalm 8	Psalm 37^1-9
Sunday 28	Psalm 23	Psalm 90^12-17	Psalm 111
Sunday 29	Psalm 126	Psalm 91^9-16	Psalm 121
Sunday 30	Psalm 1	Psalm 126	Psalm 84^1-7
Sunday 31	Psalm 34^1-10	Psalm 119^1-8	Psalm 24^1-6
Sunday 32	Psalm 43	Psalm 146	Psalm 17^1-9
Sunday 33	Psalm 90	Psalm 16	Psalm 98
Sunday 34	Psalm 100	Psalm 93	Psalm 122

Table of Psalms

Christmas Sequence

Easter Sequence

Ordinary Time