| Psalm 112 | |
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| "Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD" | |
.jpg) Beginning of a setting in Latin by Carlo Cotumacci | |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 112 | |
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| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 112 is the 112th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 111. In Latin, it is known as Beatus vir qui timet Dominum.[1] It is a psalm "in praise of the virtuous".[2] This psalm, along with Psalm 111, is acrostic by phrase,[3] that is, each 7-9 syllable phrase begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order.
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. Musical settings abound, as the psalm was a common part of Vespers, such as Monteverdi's 1610 Vespro della Beata Vergine and Mozart's Vesperae de Dominica and Vesperae solennes de confessore (K. 339). Górecki composed Beatus Vir as an extended work for baritone, choir and orchestra in 1979.
- ^ "Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 111 (112)". Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), sub-heading to Psalm 111
- ^ Pratico, Gary (2001), "Basics of Bible Hebrew", p.6