Psalm 109

Christ's exaltation and everlasting priesthood.

Does this psalm differ from what you were expecting? Don't be confused. There are two systems for arranging the psalms: the Septuagint and the Masoretic. We use the Septuagint system here. In the Masoretic system, which is used in most modern Bible translations, this psalm is called Psalm 110, and the previous psalm is known as Psalm 109.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 A psalm for David.

The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.
2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
3 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee.
4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
5 The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many.
7 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Psalmus David.

Dixit Dominus Domino meo:
Sede a dextris meis,
donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.
2 Virgam virtutis tuæ emittet Dominus ex Sion:
dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum.
3 Tecum principium in die virtutis tuæ
in splendoribus sanctorum:
ex utero, ante luciferum, genui te.
4 Juravit Dominus, et non pœnitebit eum:
Tu es sacerdos in æternum
secundum ordinem Melchisedech.
5 Dominus a dextris tuis;
confregit in die iræ suæ reges.
6 Judicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas;
conquassabit capita in terra multorum.
7 De torrente in via bibet;
propterea exaltabit caput.

Transcribed as part of the Clementine Vulgate Project
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