Tuesday 19 December 2023

#Psalmtweet #Psalter 110:1

 This is the first of eight consecutive psalms that support my oratorio, Unleashing Leviathan. Score is here.

Remember the only other oracle in the Psalter: Psalm 36

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

This is the psalm that closes Day one of Unleashing Leviathan.
The lines lend themselves to a chorale treatment.
For further description of this psalm, see here.




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