Prayers

Penitential

The 7 penitential psalms (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, 142 — Vulgate) as a devotion of repentance and supplication for mercy.

Psalm 6 — Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me First of the Seven Penitential Psalms — O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation.
Psalm 31 — Beati quorum remissæ sunt iniquitates Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven — quoted by St Paul in Romans 4.
Psalm 37 — Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me Third of the Seven Penitential Psalms — the wounds of the body are the image of the wounds of the soul.
Miserere — Psalm 50 The Penitential Psalm par excellence — composed by David after the prophet Nathan denounced his sin.
Psalm 101 — Domine, exaudi orationem meam Fifth of the Seven Penitential Psalms — supplication of the just in tribulation, applied to the Lord's Passion.
De profundis — Psalm 129 Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord — the Church's great psalm for the dead.
Psalm 142 — Domine, exaudi orationem meam Last of the Seven Penitential Psalms — enter not into judgment with thy servant.