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Psalm 110 [Douay 109]

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Psalm 110 in modern numbering

1 The LORD says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

2 The LORD will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.

3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

4 The LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

7 He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text. The Catechism uses modern verse numbers and psalm numbers (one higher than Douay-Rheims for most psalms), so these are listed by chapter.

  1. Psalm 110:1 in modern BiblesCCC 659
    Read the Catechism and Fathers
    • CCC 659 “So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right…”

    • “Ask of Me, and I will give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession." And again He saith to Him, "Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”

      Quoted in First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Clement of Rome (c. AD 96), Chapter XXXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “saith, "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”

      Quoted in The Letter of Barnabas, Unknown author (early 2nd century), Chapter XII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “With Thee is the government in the day of Thy power, in the beauties of Thy saints: from the womb of morning have I begotten Thee.”

      Quoted in First Apology, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 155), Chapter XLV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  2. Psalm 110:3 in modern Bibles
    Read the Fathers

    • “And then, what is said by David, In the splendours of Thy holiness have I begotten Thee from the womb, before the morning star.”

      Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter LXIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “… exclaimed before His crucifixion: The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the Scribes and Pharisees, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.' And David predicted that He would be born from the womb before sun and moon,”

      Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter LXXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  3. Psalm 110:4 in modern BiblesCCC 1537
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    • CCC 1537 “The word order in Roman antiquity designated an established civil body, especially a governing body. Ordinatio means incorporation into an ordo. In…”

    • “The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek,”

      Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter LXIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “And I have explained that the Lord swore, after the order of Melchizedek,”

      Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter CXVIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

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