Yes - it was before the foundation of the world. Time is of the essence. It's both what we have and what we don't have. And we don't understand that it all might evaporate by vacuum decay in a quantum fluctuation. We wouldn't know and it would be painless - but the universe could be rolled up, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. This mode of ending the world is briefly explored in the delightful book, The End of Everything (Astrophysically speaking) by Katie Mack.
Several of these psalms 110-117 have elements suitable to treatment as chorales. A portion of Psalms 110 is reprised at the end of parts 2 and 3 of this work. Chorales are praise. I said in the earlier post that prophet and storyteller alike should shake us from any lingering complacency. But why should we praise? Because that's where the psalms are leading us. Qohelet promises that we will be led to judgment. You can hear my reading of this lesson from evensong two weeks ago at the link. The promise in the psalms is that this judgement will be right. Somebody has to get the truth right.
Psalms 110
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| The incipit for Psalms 110 |
Syllables: 143. Words: 65. Roots: 53. Root Recurrence: 32%. Average per verse: 3.
| לְדָוִ֗ד מִ֫זְמ֥וֹר נְאֻ֤ם יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לַֽאדֹנִ֗י שֵׁ֥ב לִֽימִינִ֑י עַד־אָשִׁ֥ית אֹ֝יְבֶ֗יךָ הֲדֹ֣ם לְרַגְלֶֽיךָ |
1 Of David a psalm, an oracle of Yahweh to my Lord. Sit at my right hand, till I set your enemies as your footstool. | |
| a ldvid mzmor naum ihvh ladoni wb limini yd-awit aoibiç hdom lrgliç |
5 11 12 |
l/dvd m/zmr nam ihvh l/adn\i wb l/imn\i yd a/wit aib\ic hdm l/rgl\ic |
| מַטֵּֽה־עֻזְּךָ֗ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְ֭הוָה מִצִּיּ֑וֹן רְ֝דֵ֗ה בְּקֶ֣רֶב אֹיְבֶֽיךָ |
2 Yahweh will send the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule within and among your enemies. | |
| b m'th-yuzç iwlk ihvh mxion rdh bqrb aoibiç |
11 8 |
m+h yz\c i/wlk ihvh m/xivn rdh b/qrb aib\ic |
| עַמְּךָ֣ נְדָבֹת֮ בְּי֪וֹם חֵ֫ילֶ֥ךָ בְּֽהַדְרֵי־קֹ֭דֶשׁ מֵרֶ֣חֶם מִשְׁחָ֑ר לְ֝ךָ֗ טַ֣ל יַלְדֻתֶֽיךָ |
3 Your people are willing in the day of your weal. In the honour of holiness from the womb of the dawn, yours is the dew of your childhood. | |
| g ymç ndbot biom kilç bhdri-qodw mrkm mwkr lç 'tl ildutç |
10 9 7 |
ym\c ndb\t b/ivm kil\c b/hdr\i qdw m/rkm m/wkr l\c +l ild\tic |
| נִשְׁבַּ֤ע יְהוָ֨ה ׀ וְלֹ֥א יִנָּחֵ֗ם אַתָּֽה־כֹהֵ֥ן לְעוֹלָ֑ם עַל־דִּ֝בְרָתִ֗י מַלְכִּי־צֶֽדֶק |
4 Yahweh has sworn and without a sigh, You are a priest forever, by the word of Melchizedek. | |
| d nwby ihvh vla iinkm ath-cohn lyolm yl-dbrti mlci-xdq |
16 7 |
n/wby ihvh v/la i/nkm ath chn l/yvlm yl dbr\ti mlc\i xdq |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י עַל־יְמִֽינְךָ֑ מָחַ֖ץ בְּיוֹם־אַפּ֣וֹ מְלָכִֽים |
5 My Lord is at your right hand. He will wound kings in the day of his anger. | |
| h adonii yl-iminç mkx biom-apo mlcim |
7 9 |
adn\i yl imn\c mkx b/ivm ap\v mlc\im |
| יָדִ֣ין בַּ֭גּוֹיִם מָלֵ֣א גְוִיּ֑וֹת מָ֥חַץ רֹ֝֗אשׁ עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ רַבָּֽה |
6 He will advocate among the nations, a fullness of bodies. He will wound exceedingly a head on earth. | |
| v idin bgoiim mla gvviiot mkx raw yl-arx rbh |
10 8 |
i/din b/gvi\m mla gv\ivt mkx raw yl arx rbh |
| מִ֭נַּחַל בַּדֶּ֣רֶךְ יִשְׁתֶּ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן יָרִ֥ים רֹֽאשׁ |
7 ♪g He will imbibe from the torrent in the way. Therefore he will lift a head high. | |
| z mnkl bdrç iwth yl-cn irim raw |
8 5 |
m/nkl b/drc i/wth yl cn i/rim raw |
| 1 | [Matthew 22:44, Acts 2:34-35, Hebrews 1:13, 10:12-13, 1 Peter 3:22] |
| 3 | weal, חיל (kil), or wealth or force, both of which I have used in other verses. The חיל of Egypt is destroyed in the sea. The parallels expressing womb and youth suggests a birthing image. The archaic weal (e.g. as in common weal) can be used to mean both wealth and hurt as in the birth process. |
| 4 | [Hebrews 5:6, 7:17, 21] |
| Word / Gloss | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Vs | Stem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
יהוה Yahweh | ▒ | 1 | יהוה | ||||||||
לאדני to my lord | ▒ | 1 | אדון | ||||||||
לימיני at my right hand | ▒ | 1 | ימן | ||||||||
איביך your enemies | ▒ | 1 | איב | ||||||||
יהוה Yahweh | ▒ | 2 | יהוה | ||||||||
איביך your enemies | ▒ | 2 | איב | ||||||||
ביום in the day of | ▒ | 3 | יום | ||||||||
יהוה Yahweh | ▒ | 4 | יהוה | ||||||||
על by | ▒ | 4 | על | ||||||||
מלכי Melchi- | ▒ | 4 | מלך | ||||||||
אדני my Lord | ▒ | 5 | אדון | ||||||||
על is at | ▒ | 5 | על | ||||||||
ימינך your right hand | ▒ | 5 | ימן | ||||||||
מחץ he will wound | ▒ | 5 | מחץ | ||||||||
ביום in the day of | ▒ | 5 | יום | ||||||||
מלכים kings | ▒ | 5 | מלך | ||||||||
מחץ he will wound | ▒ | 6 | מחץ | ||||||||
ראש a head | ▒ | 6 | ראש | ||||||||
על on | ▒ | 6 | על | ||||||||
על -- | ▒ | 7 | על | ||||||||
ראש a head | ▒ | 7 | ראש |
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