Dixit Dominus.
Christ’s exaltation and everlasting priesthood.
109:1. A psalm for David. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my
right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.
109:2. The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion:
rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
109:3. 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.
109:4. The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest
for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
109:5. The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his
wrath.
109:6. He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall
crush the heads in the land of many.
109:7. He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he
lift up the head.