A Summer of Psalms

Psalm 110


Of David. A Psalm.
1 The Lord says to my lord,
   ‘Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.’


2 The Lord sends out from Zion
   your mighty sceptre.
   Rule in the midst of your foes.
3 Your people will offer themselves willingly
   on the day you lead your forces
   on the holy mountains.*
From the womb of the morning,
   like dew, your youth* will come to you.
4 The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,
   ‘You are a priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.’*


5 The Lord is at your right hand;
   he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will execute judgement among the nations,
   filling them with corpses;
he will shatter heads
   over the wide earth.
7 He will drink from the stream by the path;
   therefore he will lift up his head.



Clockwise from top: The Great Psalms Scroll from Qumran (1stc.); Cathach of St. Columbia Psalter (Ireland, 7th c.); Vespasian Psalter (England, 8th c.); Ps 27 from the Utrecht Psalter (Netherlands, 9th c.); Ps 89 from the Genevan Psalter (16th c.); Kiev Psalter (14thc.).