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title: "Psalm 112 (113) – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin · Bless"
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# 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.

> 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.
2. Blessed is the name of the Lord, from this time forward and even forever.
3. From the rising of the sun, even to its setting, praiseworthy is the name of the Lord.
4. The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory is high above the heavens.
5. Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high,
6. and who gazes upon the humble things in heaven and on earth?
7. He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth,
8. so that he may place him with the leaders, with the leaders of his people.
9. He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.

## Psalm 112 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Alleluja. Laudate, pueri, Dominum; laudate nomen Domini.
2. Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.
3. A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini.
4. Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super cælos gloria ejus.
5. Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat,
6. et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra?
7. Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem:
8. ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui.
9. Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum lætantem.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 2143: The Name of the Lord is Holy ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, May 14, 2027: St. Matthias, Apostle — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
- Sat, Sep 11, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5 and 6-7
- Wed, Aug 16, 2028 (computed): Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
- Sun, Sep 24, 2028 (computed): Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8

1 more date through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. Mass citations number the Psalms in the Hebrew way.

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