Psalmorum 110

1 Psalmus David. Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis: Donec ponam inimicos tuos, scabellum pedum tuorum.

Of David, a psalm. This said the Lord concerning my lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, till I set your foot on the neck of your foes.’

2 Virgam virtutis tuæ emittet Dominus ex Sion: dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum.

On Zion the Lord is wielding your sceptre of might, and charges you to rule over the foes that surround you.

3 Tecum principium in die virtutis tuæ in splendoribus sanctorum: ex utero ante luciferum genui te.

The day that you march to battle your people will follow you gladly young warriors in holy array, like dew-drops, born of the morning.

4 Iuravit Dominus, et non pœnitebit eum: Tu es sacerdos in æternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech.

The Lord has sworn and will not repent, ‘As for you, you are priest for ever as Melchizedek was.’

5 Dominus a dextris tuis, confregit in die iræ suæ reges.

By your side will the Lord shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

6 Iudicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas: conquassabit capita in terra multorum.

He will execute judgment filling the valleys with dead, the broad fields with shattered heads.

7 De torrente in via bibet: propterea exaltabit caput.

He will drink of the brook by the way, and march onward with uplifted head.