Psalms – Chapter 109

Old Testament7 Verses

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

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

3With 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.

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

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

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

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

Reflection for Today

Catholic exegesis approaches Psalms Chapter 109 with reverence, seeking both the literal sense and the spiritual meaning ordered to Christ.

Catholic theology recognizes that prayer, praise, and the full range of human emotion before God is not an abstract idea but a reality encountered in prayer, sacraments, and charity. This chapter contributes to that vision by stressing justice, charity, and the common good.

Consider praying with this chapter again at day's end, offering God gratitude for one insight received. The Church encourages daily contact with Scripture (CIC 113) so that Christ's mind may be formed in us.

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