PdPS crystallizes with orthorhombic symmetry, space group Pbcn (DI~) and lattice constants a= 13"3045 (37), b= 5"6777 (5), e= 5"6932 (5),~, Z= 8. The structure was determined from single-crystal counter data by Patterson and Fourier methods. Full-matrix least-squares refinements with ellipsoidal thermal parameters resulted in a conventional R value of 0.040 for 1194 structure amplitudes greater than three standard deviations. The distinction between the P and S atoms was made by analogy with isostructural PdPSe for which the ordering of the P and Se atoms was determined from powder patterns. Palladium is in square-planar coordination of two P and two S atoms. The P and S atoms may be considered as forming [S-P-P-S] 4-polyanions. Phosphorus is tetrahedrally coordinated to one P, one S, and two Pd atoms. The S atom can be described as being tetrahedrally coordinated by two Pd atoms, one P atom, and a lone electron pair as fourth ligand. A puckered net of pentagons forms the basic building element of the structures of most late transition-metal dipnictides and dichalcogenides. These structures can be characterized by the relative orientation of the nets and by the kind of bonds formed between them. Strong two-electron bonds connect the nets in the pyrite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, pararammelsbergite and PdP2 type structures. In PdS2 the nets are held together mainly by the interaction of the lone pair of S of one layer with the Pd atom of another layer. PdPS forms double nets, thus combining the bonding characteristics of PdP2 and PdS2.