On the Humanity of Jesus Christ, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Dec 30, 2021

Psalm 110 is used with some frequency in the Liturgy of the Hours at Evening Prayer, and I have always stumbled over its final verse. Here is the text from the RSV-CE (verse 6 is not included in Evening Prayer):

¹The LORD says to my lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
till I make your enemies your footstool.”
²The LORD sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your foes!
³Your people will offer themselves freely
on the day you lead your host
upon the holy mountains.
From the womb of the morning
like dew your youth will come to you.
⁴The LORD has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest for ever
after the order of Melchiz’edek.”
⁵The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
⁶He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs
over the wide earth.
⁷He will drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.

One understands why verse 6 is not used in the Breviary; …

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