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Psalms 109
Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation
1 A psalm for David. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.
2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
3 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee.
4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
5 The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many.
7 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he lift up the 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.
- Psalm 110:1 in modern BiblesCCC 659
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- 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
- Psalm 110:3 in modern Bibles
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“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
- 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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