Jacques Marchant thus paraphrases the 110th Psalm: “At the ascension it was said unto Him, _Sit Thou on My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool_. That is, Do Thou, who art exalted above all creatures, share with Me My kingdom until all Thine enemies are subjected unto Thee, till the kingdom of the predestinate is filled, and Thy victory has attained to its perfection. And here by the fulfilling of the kingdom of predestination, and the conquering of foes, and the extension of empire, this is signified, that in the consummation of the age, He will return again into the world, that the subjection of every thing to Him may be made manifest in all the world. Wherefore the Psalmist adds, _The Lord shall send the rod of Thy power out of Sion: be Thou ruler, even in the midst among Thine enemies_. That is, the sceptre of Thy royal power, the sceptre of strength, shalt Thou begin to extend and pass on from the city and mount of Sion, even unto the ends of the earth, by Thy Apostolic messengers; so that Thou mayest rule even in the midst of Thy enemies and false brethren, Jews, heathen, and heretics. In the end of the age, however, Thy kingdom will be exalted perfectly over Thine enemies, when Thou shalt send forth the sceptre of virtue, the banner of Thy cross out of the Heavenly Sion, that Thy foes may be entirely subjected beneath Thy feet. Then he adds: _In the day of Thy power shall the people offer Thee freewill offerings with an holy worship_, when the kingdom will be Thine, and Thine the only principality.” The Vulgate varies so much from our English Version in this third verse, that Marchant’s paraphrase cannot apply to it, and I shall therefore pass on to the fifth verse: “_The Lord upon Thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of His wrath_. Christ our Lord sitting at Thy right hand shall break all the power of kings who have persecuted the Church. Then shall the Neroes, Maximinians, and Deciuses be thrust down into hell. _He shall judge among the heathen; He shall fill the places with the dead bodies_: He shall then exercise judgment over all nations, and, having condemned the wicked, shall perfect and consummate their last extermination. Then shall the _places_ of hell be filled with impious men, and with devils thrust down thither and there enclosed; and that because _He shall smite in sunder the heads over divers countries_, breaking down the proud, and bringing them into confusion before all the world. “And would you know why He is given such power to judge the nations and trample upon kings and haughty men? _He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall He lift up His head._ Because, forsooth, in this way and mortal life, which glides by as a brook, He drank the turbid water, bearing our infirmities, by His Passion descending into the very depths of the stream; therefore, because of this so great humility, hath God highly exalted Him, making Him the Judge of all.