Psalm 112, Catholic Public Domain Version
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.
Alleluja. Laudate, pueri, Dominum; laudate nomen Domini.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high,
Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat,
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and who gazes upon the humble things in heaven and on earth?
et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra?
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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:
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so that he may place him with the leaders, with the leaders of his people.
ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui.
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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)