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.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
Clementine Vulgate

Psalms 112

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

Clementine Vulgate (1592). Public domain or openly licensed historic text.