Chapter 109

Christ's exaltation, and everlasting priesthood.

1. 1

   A psalm of David.

2. 2

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

3. 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. 4

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

5. 5

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

6. 6

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

7. 7

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