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.
In ordinary Roman rite, Psalm 112 is currently the reading of the fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Moreover, in the Liturgy of the Hours enacted in 1970, the psalm is still recited at Vespers of Sunday's fourth week[7] and evening of the Solemnity of the Epiphany.
Psalm 112 in Hebrew and Latin. Musurgia universalis, sive Ars magna Consoni et Dissoni, in X libros digesta, t.1
Heinrich Schütz composed a metred paraphrase of Psalm 112 in German, "Der ist fürwahr ein selig Mann", SWV 210, for the Becker Psalter, published first in 1628.
Górecki composed Beatus Vir, Op. 38, for baritone, large mixed chorus and grand orchestra in 1979.
Text
The following table shows the Hebrew text[9][10] of the Psalm with vowels, alongside the Koine Greek text in the Septuagint[11] and the English translation from the King James Version. Note that the meaning can slightly differ between these versions, as the Septuagint and the Masoretic Text come from different textual traditions.[note 1] In the Septuagint, this psalm is numbered Psalm 111.
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