Christ rising and ascending into heaven sitteth on the right hand of God: 2. beginning in Jerusalem reigneth in the Church of the whole earth. 4. useth the Priesthood of Melchisedech's order to the end of the world. 6. and shall judge the world.Christ rising and ascending into heauen sitteth on the right hand of God: 2. beginning in Ierusalem reigneth in the Church of the whole earth. 4. vseth the Priesthood of Melchisedechs order to the end of the world. 6. and shal iudge the world.✦
A psalm of David. Our Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand: till I make thine enemies, thy footstool of thy feet.A psalm of David. Our Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand: till I make thine enemies, thy footstool of thy feet.A psalme of Dauid. OVR aLord sayd bto my Lord: Sitte on my right hand: ctil I make thine enemies, thy footestoole of thy feete.Psalmus David. Dixit Dominus Domino meo : Sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.
2Our Lord will send forth the rod of thy strength from Sion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.Our Lord will send forth the rod of thy strength from Sion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.Our Lord wil sendforth the rod of thy strength dfrom Sion: rule thou in the middes of thine enemies.Virgam virtutis tuæ emittet Dominus ex Sion : dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum.
3With thee the beginning in the day of thy strength, in the brightness of holy things: from the womb before the day luciferum: the morning star, Venus at dawn I begat thee.With thee the beginning in the day of thy strength, in the brightness of holy things: from the womb before the day luciferum: the morning star, Venus at dawn I begat thee.With thee ethe beginning in the day fof thy strength, in gthe brightnes of holie thinges: from the wombe hbefore the day starre I begat thee.Tecum principium in die virtutis tuæ in splendoribus sanctorum : ex utero, ante luciferum, genui te.
4Our Lord swore, and it shall not pœnitebit: cause him regret, make him change his purpose; not feel penitential remorse him: Thou art a Priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.Our Lord swore, and it shall not pœnitebit: cause him regret, make him change his purpose; not feel penitential remorse him: Thou art a Priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.Our Lord sware, and it shal not repent him: Thou art a Priest kfor euer according to lthe order of Melchisedech.Juravit Dominus, et non pœnitebit eum : Tu es sacerdos in æternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech.¶
5Our Lord on thy right hand, Douay: hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.Our Lord on thy right hand, hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.Our Lord on thy righthand, mhath broken kinges in the day of his wrath.Dominus a dextris tuis ; confregit in die iræ suæ reges.
6He shall judge in nations, he shall fill ruins, he shall crush the heads in the land of many.He shall judge in nations, he shall fill ruins, he shall crush the heads in the land of many.He nshal iudge in nations, he oshal fil ruines, he pshal crush the heads in the land of manie.Judicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas ; conquassabit capita in terra multorum.
7Of the torrente: a running brook by the wayside, not a violent rushing flood in the way he shall drink: therefore shall he exalt the head.Of the torrente: a running brook by the wayside, not a violent rushing flood in the way he shall drink: therefore shall he exalt the head.qOf the torrent in the way he shal drinke: rtherfore shal he exalt the head.De torrente in via bibet ; propterea exaltabit caput.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
4A Priest for ever. In two respects Christ is a Priest for ever: in that from the first instant of his Incarnation he was, and remaineth a Priest, now also in heaven: and all other Priests are his ministerial vicars, not successors. So that all priestly functions, which they do, he by them doth the same, as the principal Priest. Whereupon saith S. Paul ( 1. Cor 4. ) So let a man think of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and dispensers of the mysteries of God. Secondly Christ daily offering Sacrifice by the hands of his Priests, doth continually pacify God's wrath, in behalf of those sinners, for whom it is duly applied, even to the end of the world. Whereas the Priesthood of Aaron, and of all others in the old Testament, ceased by their deaths, both in the office, and in the effect.A Priest for euer. In two respectes Christ is a Priest for euer: in that from the first instant of his Incarnation he was, and remaneth a Priest, now also in heauen: and al other Priestes are his ministerial vicares, not successors. So that al priestly functions, which they doe, he by them doth the same, as the principal Priest. Wherupon saith S. Paul ( 1. Cor 4. ) So let a man thincke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and dispensers of the mysteries of God. Secondly Christ dayly offering Sacrifice by the handes of his Priestes, doth continually pacifie Gods wrath, in behalf of those sinners, for whom it is duly applied, euen to the end of the world. Wheras the Priesthood of Aaron, and of al others in the old Testament, ceassed by their deathes, both in the office, and in the effect.
4According to the order of Melchisedech. As Melchisedech, king of peace and justice, without father, mother, or genealogy, expressed in holy Scriptures, or otherwise known to the world, was Priest of the Highest, offered bread and wine, an unbloody sacrifice; communicating with both Chananeites and Hebrews, blessed Abraham, and took tithes of him and his subjects: so Christ the true King of peace and justice, without father of his humanity, without mother of his Divinity, the Son of God, of ineffable genealogy, born of a virgin in his humanity, the Priest of God, offereth Sacrifice ( not only bloody on the Cross, but also ) unbloody in the forms of bread and wine, continueth the same by the ministry of other Priests, maketh all nations partakers thereof, blesseth them and receiveth of them all dutiful and religious service, as of his subjects.According to the order of Melchisedech. As Melchisedech, king of peace and iustice, without father, mother, or genealogie, expressed in holie Scriptures, or otherwise knowen to the world, was Priest of the Hieghest, offered bread and wine, an vnbloudie sacrifice; communicating with both Chananeites and Hebrewes, blessed Abraham, and tooke tithes of him and his subiectes: so Christ the true King of peace & iustice, without father of his humanity, without mother of his Diuinitie, the Sonne of God, of ineffable genealogie, borne of a virgin in his humanitie, the Priest of God, offereth Sacrifice ( not only bloudie on the Crosse, but also ) vnbloudie in the formes of bread and wine, continueth the same by the ministerie of other Priestes, maketh al nations parrakers therof, blesseth them and receiueth of them al dutiful and religious seruice, as of his subiectes.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition. Also available: Plantin Louvain (Latin).