The Book of Psalms — Liber Psalmorum
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Psalm 112
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Alleluja. |
Alleluia. |
(Alleluia.) |
1 Laudate, pueri, Dominum; laudate nomen Domini. |
1 Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord. |
1 Praise the Lord, you that are his servants, praise the name of the Lord together. |
2 Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum. |
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever. |
2 Blessed be the Lord’s name at all times, from this day to all eternity; |
3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini. |
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise. |
3 from the sun’s rise to the sun’s setting let the Lord’s name be praised continually. |
4 Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super cælos gloria ejus. |
4 The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens. |
4 The Lord is sovereign king of all the nations; his glory is high above the heavens. |
5 Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat, |
5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: |
5 Who is like the Lord our God, so high above us, |
6 et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra? |
6 and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth? |
6 that stoops to regard both heaven and earth, |
7 Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem: |
7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill: |
7 lifting up the poor from the dust he lay in, raising the beggar out of his dung-hill, |
8 ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui. |
8 That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people. |
8 to find him a place among the princes, the princes that rule over his people? |
9 Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum lætantem. |
9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children. |
9 He gives the barren woman a home to dwell in, a mother rejoicing in her children. |