Corpus Psalterium · Vol. V
Psalm CX (110)
Cantillated — Dialogical Royal Oracle
Paul Whitehorn
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Psalm 110 in Hebrew and English, and the words as they are sung.
A Psalm by David.
Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
לְדָוִ֗ד מִ֫זְמ֥וֹר נְאֻ֤ם יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לַֽאדֹנִ֗י שֵׁ֥ב לִֽימִינִ֑י עַד־אָשִׁ֥ית אֹ֝יְבֶ֗יךָ הֲדֹ֣ם לְרַגְלֶֽיךָ׃
Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
מַטֵּֽה־עֻזְּךָ֗ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְ֭הוָה מִצִּיּ֑וֹן רְ֝דֵ֗ה בְּקֶ֣רֶב אֹיְבֶֽיךָ׃
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
עַמְּךָ֣ נְדָבֹת֮ בְּי֪וֹם חֵ֫ילֶ֥ךָ בְּֽהַדְרֵי־קֹ֭דֶשׁ מֵרֶ֣חֶם מִשְׁחָ֑ר לְ֝ךָ֗ טַ֣ל יַלְדֻתֶֽיךָ׃
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
נִשְׁבַּ֤ע יְהוָ֨ה ׀ וְלֹ֥א יִנָּחֵ֗ם אַתָּֽה־כֹהֵ֥ן לְעוֹלָ֑ם עַל־דִּ֝בְרָתִ֗י מַלְכִּי־צֶֽדֶק׃
The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
אֲדֹנָ֥י עַל־יְמִֽינְךָ֑ מָחַ֖ץ בְּיוֹם־אַפּ֣וֹ מְלָכִֽים׃
He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
יָדִ֣ין בַּ֭גּוֹיִם מָלֵ֣א גְוִיּ֑וֹת מָ֥חַץ רֹ֝֗אשׁ עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ רַבָּֽה׃
He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
מִ֭נַּחַל בַּדֶּ֣רֶךְ יִשְׁתֶּ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן יָרִ֥ים רֹֽאשׁ׃
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: World English Bible (public domain). Verse numbers follow the English Bible; the Hebrew numbering is shown beneath where it differs.
Right Hand (Midnight Pursuit)
Hear what the LORD
says to my master
Take the seat
on My right
while I lay your rivals
flat
as a rest
for your feet
Out of Zion
the LORD sends
your scepter of power
Go on
and reign
right among your enemies
Your people
step up gladly
the day your forces march
dressed in sacred glory
Out of dawn's own womb
your young strength
falls fresh
like morning dew
The LORD made a vow
and He won't
change His mind
Priest for the ages
Priest for the ages
Priest for the ages
like Melchizedek
the righteous king
The Lord
beside you
breaks kings apart
on the day
His anger burns
He brings the nations
to judgment
the valleys fill
with the slain
He crushes the ruler
of the wide land
He drinks
from a brook
along the way
and then
He raises
His head
The LORD made a vow
and He won't
change His mind
Priest for the ages
Priest for the ages
Priest for the ages
like Melchizedek
the righteous king
and then
He raises
His head
Lyrics by Paul Whitehorn: a singable English rendering of the Hebrew, as sung on this recording.
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