Psalm 112

God is to be praised for his regard to the poor and humble.

Does this psalm differ from what you were expecting? Don't be confused. There are two systems for arranging the psalms: the Septuagint and the Masoretic. We use the Septuagint system here. In the Masoretic system, which is used in most modern Bible translations, this psalm is called Psalm 113, and the previous psalm is known as Psalm 112.

English (Douay-Rheims)

Alleluia.

1 Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.
4 The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high:
6 And looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:
8 That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people.
9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

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.

Transcribed as part of the Clementine Vulgate Project
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