Dixit Dominus is a psalm setting by George Frideric Handel. It uses the Latin text of Psalm 110, which begins with the words Dixit Dominus.
George Frideric Handel c. 1710
Psalm 110 is the 110th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The LORD said unto my Lord". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagin
Dixit Dominus (Handel)
…Dixit Dominus is a psalm setting by George Frideric Handel (catalogued as HWV 232). It uses the Latin text of Psalm 110 (Vulgate 109), which begins with the words Dixit Dominus ("The Lord Said"). The work was completed in April 1707 while Handel was living in Italy. It…
Introduction to Vespers and beginning of the psalm, "Dixit Dominus", in a Book of Hours
The altar of the Dominican church at Friesach, Austria, showing Abraham meeting Melchizedek
Francesco Durante – Dixit Dominus