Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
Clementine Vulgate
Psalms 111
1Alleluja, reversionis Aggi et Zachari. [Beatus vir qui timet Dominum: in mandatis ejus volet nimis. 2Potens in terra erit semen ejus; generatio rectorum benedicetur. 3Gloria et diviti in domo ejus, et justitia ejus manet in sculum sculi. 4Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis: misericors, et miserator, et justus. 5Jucundus homo qui miseretur et commodat; disponet sermones suos in judicio: 6quia in ternum non commovebitur. 7In memoria terna erit justus; ab auditione mala non timebit. Paratum cor ejus sperare in Domino, 8confirmatum est cor ejus; non commovebitur donec despiciat inimicos suos. 9Dispersit, dedit pauperibus; justitia ejus manet in sculum sculi: cornu ejus exaltabitur in gloria. 10Peccator videbit, et irascetur; dentibus suis fremet et tabescet: desiderium peccatorum peribit.]
Clementine Vulgate (1592). Public domain or openly licensed historic text.