The Lord speaks to my Lord: sit at my right hand, until I will make your enemies your footstool. The Lord will send you a rod of power from Zion, and rule in the midst of your enemies. It began with You in the day of Your power, in the brightness of Your saints, from the womb before the Virgin I gave birth to You. The Lord swears and will not repent: You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. The Lord crushed the king at Your right hand in the day of His wrath. He will judge the nations, he will bring about the fall, he will crush the heads of many on the earth. He drinks from the stream on the way, for this reason he lifts up his head. The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!” The Lord will give You the rod of power from the heights of Zion, and rule over Your enemies! Thou shalt show might in the day of Thy glory, in the radiance of Thy saints. “From My womb before the dawn of the universe You were born.”
The Lord swore and will not renounce His words: “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek!” The Lord has cast down kings before You in the day of His wrath; He will judge the nations, cover the earth with the bodies of the fallen, crush the heads of His enemies; He will drink from the stream along His path; and He will lift His forehead high.
Psalm 110
Alleluia.
Alleluia, 110.
I will confess to You, Lord, with all my heart in the council of the righteous and the assembly. The great work of the Lord is perfect in all His wills. Confession and splendor are His work, and His righteousness endures forever. Memory has created His miracles, the Lord is merciful and generous. He will give food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever. To proclaim the strength of His works to His people, to give them the inheritance of a tongue. The works of His hands are truth and judgment, all His commandments are true, established for ever and ever, created in truth and righteousness. He sent deliverance to His people: His covenant forever. Holy and awesome is His name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, but understanding is good for all who create. His praise endures forever. I will glorify You, Lord, with all my heart in the council and assembly of the righteous. Great are the works of the Lord, wonderful are all His deeds; Glory and splendor are in His works, and His righteousness endures forever. He made His miracles memorable. The Lord is merciful and generous.
He gave food to those who feared Him; remembers His covenant forever; He showed His power to His people and gave them the wealth of the pagans. The works of His hands are full of truth and righteousness, His commandments are immutable, Established forever, created in truth and righteousness. He sent deliverance to His people, He commanded His covenant forever. Holy and awesome is His name. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; everyone who lives in it is given a bright mind. The glory of God endures forever.
Psalm 111
Alleluia, Haggeevo and Zechariah.
Alleluia, Haggeevo and Zechariah, 111.
Blessed is the man, fear the Lord; he will greatly delight in His commandments. His seed will be strong on the earth, the family of the upright will be blessed: glory and wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will endure forever. A light appears in the darkness for the upright, merciful and generous, and righteous. A good man is generous and giving: he will arrange his words in judgment, for he will not move forever. For eternal memory there will be a righteous man. He will not fear evil from hearing; his heart is ready to trust in the Lord. His heart being strengthened, it will not fear until it looks upon its enemies. Spend it upon the poor, so that his righteousness endures forever and ever, his horn will be exalted in glory. The sinner will see and become angry, he will grind his teeth and melt, the sinner’s desire will perish. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord; he loves His commandments. His descendants will be strong on earth, the race of the righteous will be blessed; Glory and wealth are in his house, and his righteousness endures from age to age. The light of the righteous has shone in the darkness. The righteous is merciful and generous. A kind person lends generously; he will be justified at the Judgment and will never be shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever. He will not be afraid of bad rumors. His heart is ready to trust in the Lord; his heart is unshakable, he will not be afraid, looking at his enemies. He squandered his property and gave it to the poor; his righteousness will endure from century to century; his dignity will rise in glory. The sinner will see this and become angry, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; his hopes will perish.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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Psalm 112
Alleluia.
Alleluia, 112.
Praise the Lord, children, praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from now on and forever. From the east of the sun to the west, praise is the name of the Lord. The Lord is high above all nations: His glory is above the heavens. Who is the Lord our God? He who lives on high and who is humble in heaven and on earth, who raises up the poor from the earth and raises up the wretched from the rotting place, makes him a prince, a prince of his people, inhabiting barrenness in the mother's house, I rejoice in the children.
Praise the Lord, youths, praise the name of the Lord! Blessed be the name of the Lord from now on and forever! From east to west let them praise the name of the Lord. The Lord is exalted above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God? He lives on the heights, And looks upon the humble in heaven and on earth. He lifts up the poor from the earth, raises the wretched out of the mud, and places him with princes, with the princes of His people; He will settle the barren woman in His house, like a mother rejoicing over her children.
Psalm 113
Alleluia.
Alleluia, 113.