OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 110:1

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The LORD says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

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Verse 1. Alleluia. This psalm consists of praise, and is alphabetical, (Bert.) the sixteen first letters being found at the head of each hemistic, to verse 8; and in the 9th and 10th, we find the six last Hebrew letters, which is also the case in the following psalm. Bible.—In some Latin copies, we also find the same title in both, as they may relate to the captives. Calmet.—The Church thanks God for the institution of the Eucharist, and so forth Saint Augustine Euseb.—Praise. Lit. “confess to.” Bible.—Congregation. Where there are few or many together, ( Calmet.) in private for my own sake, and in public for edification. Worthington.

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