Psalm 113

This article is about Psalm 113 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 113 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalms 114–115.

Psalm 113
"Praise ye the Lord, O ye servants of the Lord"
Beginning of the "Hallelujah"
in the Graduale Triplex, 1979
Other name
  • Psalm 112 (Vulgate)
  • "Laudate pueri Dominum"
LanguageHebrew (original)

Psalm 113 is the 113th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Praise ye the Lord, O ye servants of the Lord". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible,[1] and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In Latin, it is known as 'Laudate pueri Dominum".[2]

In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the bible and in the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 112.

The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. In Judaism, it is the first of the six psalms comprising the Hallel, a prayer of praise and thanksgiving recited on Rosh Chodesh (the first day of the Hebrew month) and Jewish holidays. In Catholicism, it is one of the psalms included in the vespers service. It has been set to music often, notably by Claudio Monteverdi in his Vespro della Beata Vergine of 161

  1. ^ Mazor 2011, p. 589.
  2. ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 112 (113) Archived 22 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net