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 Juravit 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 Judicabit 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.