Psalm 113
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, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in the Latin translation in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 112 in a slightly different numbering system. In Latin, it is known as "Laudate pueri Dominum". The psalm is 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 1610. Text. Hebrew Bible version. Following is the Hebrew text of Psalm 113: (one of the Hallel psalms 113 to 118) refers to the leaving of Egypt, but all the psalms are  divinely inspired writings by King David. Musical settings. This psalm has been set to music often, as it is one of the psalms included in vespers, typically set in Latin as "Laudate pueri Dominum". Claudio Monteverdi wrote a setting in his "Vespro della Beata Vergine", published in 1610. Mozart set the text in his two vespers compositions, "Vesperae solennes de Dominica", K. 321, and Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339. Individual settings of the psalm include two by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (H.149, H.203, H.203 a), five by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 600–603. Handel set it twice, a setting in F major  which is his earliest extant autograph which may have been written as early as 1701/02 in Halle, HWV 236, and a setting composed in D major in Rome in 1707, HWV 237. Jan Dismas Zelenka wrote two settings, both for a single soloist, trumpet and orchestra, ZWV 81 (1729) and ZWV 82 (1725). In 1830, Mendelssohn set the psalm as one of 3 Motets for female choir and organ, Op. 39, No. 2. In 1863, Bruckner set the psalm in German, Psalm 112 "Alleluja! Lobet den Herrn, ihr Diener", WAB 35.