Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
Vulgate

Psalms 109

1David psalmus dixit Dominus Domino meo sede a dextris meis donec ponam inimicos tuos scabillum pedum tuorum 2virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum 3tecum principium in die virtutis tuae in splendoribus sanctorum ex utero ante luciferum genui te 4iuravit Dominus et non paenitebit eum tu es sacerdos in aeternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech 5Dominus a dextris tuis confregit in die irae suae reges 6iudicabit in nationibus implebit cadavera conquassabit capita in terra multorum 7de torrente in via bibet propterea exaltabit caput

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