Psalms 95, 97-99, 101, 110, 144
I hope that in reading the Psalms yesterday and today we recognize that the LORD is the ultimate King, sovereign over all of creation. He is working out His purposes, with the Lord Jesus Christ sitting at His right hand. (Acts 2:33-34; Rom. 8:34; Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3,13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; I Peter 3:22)
The LORD says to my Lord:
Psalm 110:1
“Sit at My right hand,
until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
According to our custom, the right of sitting is offered to one who, like a victor returning from having accomplished a great deed, deserves to be seated for the sake of honor. And so the Man Jesus Christ, Who overcame the devil by His suffering and unlocked the underworld by His resurrection, returning to heaven like a Victor after having accomplished a great deed, hears from God the Father, “Sit at My right hand.”
Maximus of Turin
That is reality, but do we live accordingly? Do we honor Christ the King in how we live and what we say? Do we submit to His authority?
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I want to comment on Psalm 95. I went back to last year’s comments and noticed that Fred and Carol both had it as favorite and one that was sung by a friend for them (without the last several verses). In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, this psalm was sung regularly on Sunday mornings in all Episcopal churches I attended as a child and young adult. At that time, Holy Communion was only once a month and the rest of the time we had Morning Prayer, and the Venite as it was called (short for Venite, exultemus Domino) was an integral part of that service — usually the first canticle sung. As a result, it is one that I have memorized.