Movement |
Type and voice |
Text (English) |
Text (Latin) |
1 |
Chorus |
The Lord said unto my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot-stool. |
Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum. |
2 |
Aria (alto solo) |
The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies. |
Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion: dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum. |
3 |
Aria (soprano solo) |
In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will offerings with an holy worship. From the womb before the morning star have I begotten thee. |
Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae splendoribus sanctorum. Ex utero ante luciferum genui te. |
4 |
Chorus |
The Lord swore, and will not repent: |
Juravit Dominus et non poenitebit eum: |
5 |
Chorus |
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech. |
Tu es sacerdos in aeternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech. |
6 |
Soloists and chorus |
The Lord upon thy right hand, shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath. |
Dominus a dextris tuis, confregit in die irae suae reges. |
7 |
Chorus |
He shall judge the nations, fill the places with destruction, and shatter the skulls in the land of the many. |
Judicabit in nationibus, Implebit ruinas, conquassabit capita in terra multorum. |
8 |
Soprano duet and chorus |
He shall drink of the brook in the way, therefore shall he lift up his head. |
De torrente in via bibet, propterea exaltabit caput. |
9 |
Chorus |
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now; and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. |
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. |