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The Psalms · Hebrew 113

Psalm 112 (113)

Psalm 112 in the Vulgate numbering Bless follows is Psalm 113 in Hebrew numbering (the NABRE, RSV and KJV). Here are all 9 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

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Bp. Challoner’s summary

Laudate, pueri. God is to be praised for his regard to the poor and humble. Alleluia.

Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summary

Psalm 112, Catholic Public Domain Version

  1. Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.

    Alleluja. Laudate, pueri, Dominum; laudate nomen Domini.

  2. 2

    Blessed is the name of the Lord, from this time forward and even forever.

    Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

  3. 3

    From the rising of the sun, even to its setting, praiseworthy is the name of the Lord.

    A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini.

  4. 4

    The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory is high above the heavens.

    Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super cælos gloria ejus.

  5. 5

    Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high,

    Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat,

  6. 6

    and who gazes upon the humble things in heaven and on earth?

    et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra?

  7. 7

    He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth,

    Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem:

  8. 8

    so that he may place him with the leaders, with the leaders of his people.

    ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui.

  9. 9

    He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.

    Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum lætantem.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)

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