Psalm 110
110
Sit at My Right Hand
A Psalm of David.
1 # Cited Matt. 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42, 43; Acts 2:34, 35 The Lord says to my Lord:
# Cited Heb. 1:13; [Matt. 26:64; Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2] “Sit at my right hand,
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Heb. 10:13; [1 Cor. 15:25; Eph. 1:22; Heb. 2:8; 1 Pet. 3:22] until I make your enemies your #[Ps. 8:6; 18:38; Josh. 10:24]footstool.”
2The Lord sends forth #[Ps. 68:35] from Zion
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Jer. 48:17; Ezek. 19:14; [Ps. 45:6] your mighty scepter.
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Ps. 72:8; [Dan. 7:13, 14] Rule in the midst of your enemies!
3 #
Judg. 5:2; Neh. 11:2 Your people will #[Ex. 35:29] offer themselves freely
on the day of your #[Isa. 13:3, 4] power,#110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
in #[Rev. 19:14]; See 1 Chr. 16:29holy garments;#110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.#110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
4 # Cited Heb. 7:21 The Lord has #Ps. 132:11; Heb. 6:17, 18 sworn
and will #Num. 23:19 not change his mind,
# Cited Heb. 5:6; 7:17, 21; [Heb. 6:20] “You are #Zech. 6:13 a priest #Heb. 7:24, 28; [John 12:34] forever
after the order of #Gen. 14:18Melchizedek.”
5The Lord is at your #See Ps. 16:8 right hand;
he will #[Ps. 68:14] shatter kings on #Rom. 2:5; Rev. 6:17; [Ps. 2:5, 12]the day of his wrath.
6He will #Isa. 2:4; Joel 3:12; Mic. 4:3 execute judgment among the nations,
# See Ezek. 39:17-19; Rev. 19:17, 18 filling them with corpses;
he will #[Ps. 68:21]shatter chiefs#110:6 Or the head
over the wide earth.
7He will #[Judg. 7:5, 6]drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.
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Psalms 110
110
God Appoints the King both King and Priest
1A psalm of David.
The Lord says to my lord:#The Lord says to my lord: a polite form of address of an inferior to a superior, cf. 1 Sm 25:25; 2 Sm 1:10. The court singer refers to the king. Jesus in the synoptic gospels (Mt 22:41–46 and parallels) takes the psalmist to be David and hence “my lord” refers to the messiah, who must be someone greater than David. Your footstool: in ancient times victorious kings put their feet on the prostrate bodies of their enemies.
“Sit at my right hand,
while I make your enemies your footstool.”#The Lord says to my lord: a polite form of address of an inferior to a superior, cf. 1 Sm 25:25; 2 Sm 1:10. The court singer refers to the king. Jesus in the synoptic gospels (Mt 22:41–46 and parallels) takes the psalmist to be David and hence “my lord” refers to the messiah, who must be someone greater than David. Your footstool: in ancient times victorious kings put their feet on the prostrate bodies of their enemies.#Mt 22:44; Acts 2:34–35; 1 Cor 15:25; Heb 1:13; 8:1; 10:12–13; 1 Pt 3:22.
2The scepter of your might:
the Lord extends your strong scepter from Zion.
Have dominion over your enemies!
3Yours is princely power from the day of your birth.
In holy splendor before the daystar,
like dew I begot you.#Ps 2:7; 89:27; Is 49:1.
4The Lord has sworn and will not waver:
“You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek.”#Melchizedek: Melchizedek was the ancient king of Salem (Jerusalem) who blessed Abraham (Gn 14:18–20); like other kings of the time he performed priestly functions. Heb 7 sees in Melchizedek a type of Christ.#Ps 89:35; 132:11; Gn 14:18; Heb 5:6; 7:21.
5At your right hand is the Lord,
who crushes kings on the day of his wrath,#Ps 2:9; Rev 2:27; 12:5; 19:15.
6Who judges nations, heaps up corpses,
crushes heads across the wide earth,
7#Who drinks from the brook by the wayside: the meaning is uncertain. Some see an allusion to a rite of royal consecration at the Gihon spring (cf. 1 Kgs 1:33, 38). Others find here an image of the divine warrior (or king) pursuing enemies so relentlessly that he does not stop long enough to eat and drink.Who drinks from the brook by the wayside
and thus holds high his head.#Ps 3:4.
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