Psalms 112
Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel
Psalms chapter 112 is given here in full, verse by verse, in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), with the Greek text of the Septuagint set beneath each verse. The text follows the Septuagint tradition received throughout the Orthodox Church.
5 patristic excerpts are attached to this chapter, from Saint Augustine of Hippo.
Psalms 112
1(113) Alleluia. Praise the Lord, you servants of his, praise, the name of the Lord.Ἀλληλούϊα. Αἰνεῖτε παῖδες Κύριον, αἰνεῖτε τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου.
2Let the name of the Lord be blessed, from this present time and for ever.Εἴη τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου εὐλογημένον ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.
3From the rising of the sun to his setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised.Ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου μέχρι δυσμῶν, αἰνετὸν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου.
4The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is above the heavens.Ὑψηλὸς ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὁ Κύριος, ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ.
5Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places,Τίς ὡς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν; ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν,
6and yet looks upon the low things in heaven, and on the earth:καὶ τὰ ταπεινὰ ἐφορῶν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ·
7who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill;ὁ ἐγείρων ἀπὸ γῆς πτωχὸν, καὶ ἀπὸ κοπρίας ἀνυψῶν πένητα,
8to set him with princes, even with the princes of his people:τοῦ καθίσαι αὐτὸν μετὰ ἀρχόντων, μετὰ ἀρχόντων λαοῦ αὐτοῦ·
9who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.ὁ κατοικίζων στείραν ἐν οἴκῳ, μητέρα ἐπὶ τέκνοις εὐφραινομένην.
The Fathers on Psalms 112
Saint Augustine of Hippo comments on this chapter. Each excerpt below is drawn from the full text held in the Fathers Library; follow the link on any entry to read the whole work.
On Psalms 112:1–3Saint Augustine of Hippo1. …When ye hear sung in the Psalms, “Praise the Lord, ye children” (ver. 1); imagine not that that exhortation pertaineth not unto you, because having already passed the youth of the body, ye are either blooming in the prime of manhood, or growing gray with the honours of old age: for unto all of you the Apostle saith, “Brethren, be not children in understanding; howbeit, in malice be ye children, but in…
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On Psalms 112:4Saint Augustine of Hippo3. “The Lord is high above all heathen” (ver. 4). The heathen are men: what wonder if the Lord be above all men? They see with their eyes those whom they worship high above themselves to shine in heaven, the sun and moon and stars, creatures which they serve while they neglect the Creator. But not only “is the Lord high above all heathen;” but “His glory” also “is above the heavens.” The heavens look up unto Him…
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On Psalms 112:5–6Saint Augustine of Hippo4. “Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath His dwelling so high; and yet beholdeth the humble?” (ver. 5). Any one would think that He dwelleth in the lofty heavens, whence He may behold the humble things on earth; but “He beholdeth the humble things that are in heaven and earth” (ver. 6): what then is His high dwelling, whence He beholdeth the humble things that are in heaven and earth? Are the humble…
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On Psalms 112:7–8Saint Augustine of Hippo6. “He taketh up the destitute out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire” (ver. 7); “that He may set Him with the princes, even with the princes of His people” (ver. 8). Let not then the heads of the exalted disdain to be humble, beneath the Lord’s right hand. For though the faithful steward of the Lord’s money be placed together with the princes of the people of God, although he be destined to sit on…
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On Psalms 112:9Open Psalms 112 in the interactive reader Switch translations, hear the chapter read aloud, tap any verse for its patristic commentary, and study the Greek word by word.Saint Augustine of Hippo7. What then, brethren, if we have already heard of those humble things which are in heaven, lifted up from the mire, that they might be set with the princes of the people; have we by consequence heard nothing of the humble things which the Lord beholdeth on the earth? For those friends who will judge with their Lord are fewer, while those whom they receive into everlasting habitations are more in number. For…
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