Psalms 109 (DRB)

Chapter Text

109:1 A psalm for David. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

109:2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

109:3 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.

109:4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

109:5 The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

109:6 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many.

109:7 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "psalm", "david", "lord", "said", "thou", "right", and "hand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "psalm" and "david", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "psalm" and "david" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "psalm" and "david" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.