TRANSLATION
"The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of
the Lord does valiantly
I shall not die, but live; and declare the works of the Lord.
The Lord has chastened me severely
But He has not given me over to death.
Open to me the gates of righteousness
I will go through them and I will praise the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord through which the righteous shall enter.
I will praise you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord's doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Save now, I pray, O Lord,
O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
We have blessed you from the house of the Lord."
DESCRIPTION
This marginal illustration portrays Christ riding a white donkey
over a cloth that youths place before him. Behind Christ is St.
Peter. Men wait for Christ, waving Palm branches in front of a
tall building. It is similar to the Entrance to Jerusalem illustrating
Psalm 8:3, but differs from that illustration by lacking both the
military figure standing on the top of the buildings and the crowds
surrounding Jesus. The textual basis for this illustration is Mat.
21:9 and Mark 11:9, in which the Psalm is quoted by Jesus. A red
inscription above the illustration states "The Palm-bearing" and "Jesus
Christ."
LITURGICAL USE
Liturgically, Psalm 117:26 is used as a prokimeinon verse for
January 6 and as a koinonikon for Palm Sunday.
