Psalmorum 110

1 David psalmus dixit Dominus Domino meo sede a dextris meis donec ponam inimicos tuos scabillum 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 tuae 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 tuae 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 paenitebit eum tu es sacerdos in aeternum 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 irae suae reges

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

6 iudicabit in nationibus implebit cadavera 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.