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29-502: Nicasius was a Roman cognomen, whose variants include Nicasio , Nicaise , and Necaise . It can refer to: Saints [ edit ] Nicasius of Rheims (5th century) Nicasius of Dijon (4th century) Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia (3rd century), martyrs Nicasius of Sicily (Nicasio Burgio, Nicasius Martyr, Nicasius de Burgio) (died 1187), martyred Knight Hospitaller Other [ edit ] Nicasio, California ,

58-619: A census designated place in Marin County Nicasius le Febure Nycasius de Clibano ( fl.  1457–1497 ) Nicasius Russell (died 1646), goldsmith to Anne of Denmark Nicasio Silverio (born 1930), Cuban swimmer Nicasius, first bishop of Rouen ( c.  250 ) Alberto Nicasio (1902–1980), Argentinian artist Juan Nicasio (born 1986), Dominican baseball pitcher Nicasius de Vries (born 1995), Dutch racing driver Viviane Nicaise (born 1952), Belgian cartoonist and colorist Topics referred to by

87-495: A choice for use at Noonday Prayer, a service that is based on the minor hours of Terce, Sext, and None. A complete English version of Psalm 119 from the King James Bible was completed by Frederick Steinruck, Michael Misiaszek, and Michael Owens. In Protestant Christianity , various metrical settings of Psalm 119 have been published, including "O God, My Strength and Fortitude" by Thomas Sternhold , which appeared in

116-747: A sinner, and defend me by thy intercession from this disease. Amen. A Benedictine abbey [fr] in Reims was later named in his honour. Psalms 119 Psalm 119 is the 119th psalm of the Book of Psalms , beginning in the English of the King James Version : "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord". The Book of Psalms is in the third section of the Hebrew Bible ,

145-586: A sub-heading for each stanza, although biblical commentator C. S. Rodd considers this practice "misleading" because it suggests that "each stanza expresses a special theme". Psalm 119 is one of several acrostic poems found in the Bible. Its 176 verses are divided into 22 stanzas, one for each of the 22 characters that make up the Hebrew alphabet . In the Hebrew text, each of the eight verses of each stanza begins with

174-529: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nicasius of Rheims Sources placing his death in 407 credit him with prophesying the invasion of France by the Vandals . He notified his people of this vision, telling them to prepare. When asked if the people should fight or not, Nicasius responded, "Let us abide the mercy of God and pray for our enemies. I am ready to give myself for my people." Later, when

203-711: Is one of about a dozen alphabetic acrostic poems in the Bible. Its 176 verses are divided into twenty-two stanzas, one stanza for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet ; within each stanza, each of the eight verses begins (in Hebrew) with that letter. The name of God (Yahweh/Jehovah) appears twenty-four times. Employed in almost every verse of the psalm is a synonym for the Torah, such as dabar ("word, promise"), mishpatim ("rulings"), etc. Rodd identifies 8 such words, generally translated as 'law', 'promise', 'word', 'statutes', 'commandments', 'ordinances', 'decrees', and 'precepts' in

232-513: The Eastern Orthodox Church . There is a tradition that King David used this psalm to teach his young son Solomon the alphabet—but not just the alphabet for writing letters: the alphabet of the spiritual life. The Rule of Saint Benedict assigned this psalm to four minor canonical hours on Sundays and three on Mondays. The sections corresponding to the first four letters of the 22-letter Hebrew alphabet are used at Prime ,

261-531: The Khetuvim , and a book of the Christian Old Testament . The psalm, which is anonymous, is referred to in Hebrew by its opening words, "Ashrei temimei derech" ("happy are those whose way is perfect"). In Latin, it is known as "Beati inmaculati in via qui ambulant in lege Domini". The psalm is a hymn psalm and an acrostic poem, in which each set of eight verses begins with a letter of

290-498: The New Revised Standard Version . But he considers it "unlikely" that all eight words were originally to be found in every stanza, as some scholars have suggested. The acrostic form and the use of the Torah words are the framework of an elaborate prayer. The grounds for the prayer are established in the first two stanzas ( alef and beth ): the Torah is held up as a source of blessing and right conduct, and

319-579: The Roman Rite Mass , portions of Psalm 119 are used a responsorial psalm on Sundays 6 and 17 of Year A of the three-year cycle of Sunday readings, on Saturday of the first week in Lent and on the third Monday in Eastertide. It is also used on five days of Year I of the two-year cycle of Ordinary Time weekday readings and 15 days of Year II. A portion is also used on the feast of a Doctor of

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348-748: The Authorized King James Version of 1611 were written with influences of Latin and German medieval theological scholarship—forms that greatly differ from the standard modern-day renditions. Some printed editions (such as the Jewish Publication Society's The Holy Scriptures , the New International Version and the Legacy Standard Bible ) also show the actual Hebrew letters along with these subheadings. Letter Psalm 119

377-639: The Church . In the Church of England 's Book of Common Prayer , this psalm is appointed to be read in sections between the 24th and 26th days of the month. In the Daily Office lectionary of the Episcopal Church , the psalm is read in sections between the week after Easter and the week after Pentecost . . The Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer also includes a portion of Psalm 119 as

406-484: The Hebrew alphabet, in the midday canonical hour on each day of the four-week cycle except on Monday of the first week (when the second half of Psalm 19 (18), which is similar in theme, is used instead) and on Friday of the third week (when the Passion Psalm 22 (21) is used). In addition, a section of Psalm 119 is used at Saturday Lauds in weeks 1 and 3, and another section at Vespers of Saturday of week 1. In

435-620: The Hebrew alphabet. The theme of the verses is the prayer of one who delights in and lives by the Torah , the sacred law. Psalms 1 , 19 and 119 may be referred to as "the psalms of the Law". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 118 . With 176 verses, it is the longest psalm as well as

464-733: The Hebrew text of the Psalm with vowels alongside an English translation based upon the JPS 1917 translation (now in the public domain ). The English version in the King James Bible can be seen at Psalm 119 . Versions that mark the original section divisions also include the Geneva Bible , American Standard Version , the New International Version and the New King James Version . The Good News Translation has

493-548: The Roman Empire, and identification of 6th century outbreaks of the disease. From his supposed survival of smallpox, Nicasius became the patron saint of smallpox victims. One prayer ran: In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, may the Lord protect these persons and may the work of these virgins ward off the smallpox. St. Nicaise had the smallpox and he asked the Lord [to preserve] whoever carried his name inscribed. O St. Nicaise! Thou illustrious bishop and martyr, pray for me,

522-440: The Torah and the psalmist's loyalty to it. The first and fifth verses in a stanza often state the same theme followed by a statement of opposition, affliction or conflict, and the final (eighth) verse tends to be a transition introducing the next stanza. Several dozen prayers are incorporated into the Psalm, e.g. "Open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of your law." Themes include opposition by man, affliction, delight in

551-513: The area, according to some sources even leaving the treasure they had already gathered. Accounts of his martyrdom credit him with being among the cephalophores ("head-carriers") like Saint Denis . Nicasius was said to have been reciting Psalm 119 : he was then decapitated as he reached the verse Adhaesit pavimento anima mea ("My soul is attached unto dust") and then continued reciting Vivifica me Domine secundum verbum tuum ("Revive me, Lord, with your words") even after his head had fallen to

580-468: The barbarians were at the gates of the city, he decided to attempt to slow them down so that more of his people could escape. He was killed by the Vandals either at the altar of his church or in its doorway. He was killed with Jucundus, his lector, Florentius, his deacon, and Eutropia, his virgin sister. After the killing of Nicasius and his colleagues, the Vandals are said to have been frightened away from

609-399: The following sets of three sections at Terce , Sext and None on Sundays. The remaining sections, corresponding to the last nine letters of the Hebrew alphabet, are assigned to Terce, Sext and None on Mondays. The 1568 Roman Breviary of Pope Pius V has Psalm 119 recited in its entirety every day: the sections corresponding to the first four letters of the Hebrew alphabet at Prime, and

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638-570: The ground. He was sometimes depicted in art walking with the upper part of his head and its mitre in his hand. Sources placing his death in 451 record similar acts but concerning the Huns rather than the Vandals. These sources – but not those concerning the Vandals – further relate that Nicasius survived a bout of smallpox . This claim has been made more credible by research showing a long history of smallpox in Egypt, suggestions of its spread through

667-461: The law and the goodness of God, which sometimes run into each other: "I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me" (v. 75), or "If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction" (v. 92). It ends with an appeal to God to seek his servant who strayed. The psalm (118 in the Septuagint ) figures prominently in the worship of

696-455: The longest chapter in the Bible. The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish , Orthodox, Catholic , Lutheran , Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music. British politician William Wilberforce recited the entire psalm while walking back from Parliament, through Hyde Park , to his home. In Judaism , Psalm 119 has the monikers Alpha-Beta and Temanya Apin (Aramaic: "eight faces"). The following table shows

725-522: The names of all the Hebrew letters, in a red typeface, can be seen in this circa 1455 Gutenberg edition of the Latin Vulgate; in which someone also added by hand the Hebrew letters Aleph through Zayin in the margin. Each of the 22 sections of 8 verses is subheaded with the name of a letter in the Hebrew alphabet. These subheadings are spelled very differently in the various Bible text versions, even in translations. Their antiquated spellings shown in

754-719: The others in sets of six sections each at Terce, Sext and None, respectively. In the 1910 reform of the Roman Breviary by Pope Pius X , Psalm 119 is recited on Sundays and major feasts, divided as in the arrangement of Pius V. Since the reform of the Roman Rite liturgy in the wake of the Second Vatican Council , the Liturgy of the Hours has a section of Psalm 119, corresponding to a single letter of

783-410: The psalmist pledges to dedicate himself to the law. The prayer proper begins in the third stanza ( gimel , v. 17). Like many other psalms, it includes dramatic lament (e.g. verses 81–88), joyous praise (e.g. verses 45–48), and prayers for life, deliverance, and vindication (e.g. verses 132–34). What makes Psalm 119 unique is the way that these requests are continually and explicitly grounded in the gift of

812-416: The same Hebrew letter. This feature was not maintained in the Septuagint , except that many manuscripts have placed at the beginning of each stanza the name of the corresponding Hebrew letter (for example, ʾalef the first stanza, the last is taw). Because of this structure, the Psalm was one of the main occurrences of the Hebrew alphabet in the texts of the medieval and modern West. A Romanized version of

841-504: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nicasius . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicasius&oldid=1145954736 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

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