Psalms 109:5
The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dominus a dextris tuis ; confregit in die iræ suæ reges.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κύριος ἐκ δεξιῶν σου συνέθλασεν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλεῖς·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 110:5
- אֲדֹנָ֥י עַל יְמִֽינְךָ֑ מָחַ֖ץ בְּיוֹם אַפּ֣וֹ מְלָכִֽים
Haydock's commentary
The Lord. He speaks to God the Father concerning the Messias, (Menochius) or God assisted the sacred humanity. (St. Chrysostom)
In the Godhead the persons are equal. The Father is at the right of the Son, as He is at his Father's, ver. i. (St. Augustine) (Calmet)
Yet it seems more probable, that the discourse is addressed to the first person. (Berthier)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CX
12. “The Lord on Thy right hand” ( ver. 5 ). The Lord had said, “Sit Thou on My right hand;” now the Lord is on His right hand, as if they changed seats.…That very Christ, the “Lord on Thy right hand,” unto whom Thou hast sworn, and it will not repent Thee: what doth He, Priest for evermore? What doth He, who is at the right hand of God, and intercedeth for us, like a priest entering into the inner places, and into the holy of holies, into the mysteries of heaven, He alone being without sin, and therefore easily purifying from sins. …