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 <div class="label">110</div><div class="s1">Psalm 110#sn Psalm 110. In this royal psalm the psalmist announces God&#8217;s oracle to the Davidic king. The first part of the oracle appears in v. 1, the second in v. 4. In vv. 2-3 the psalmist addresses the king, while in vv. 5-7 he appears to address God.</div><div class="s2">A psalm of David.</div><div class="p">1 Here is the Lord&#8217;s proclamation#tn The word &#1504;&#1456;&#1488;&#1467;&#1501; (n&#255;&#8217;um) is used frequently in the OT of a formal divine announcement through a prophet. to my lord:#sn My lord. In the psalm&#8217;s original context the speaker is an unidentified prophetic voice in the royal court. In the course of time the psalm is applied to each successive king in the dynasty and ultimately to the ideal Davidic king. NT references to the psalm understand David to be speaking about his &#8220;lord,&#8221; the Messiah. (See Matt 22:43-45; Mark 12:36-37; Luke 20:42-44; Acts 2:34-35).</div><div class="p">&#8220;Sit down at my right hand#tn To sit at the &#8220;right hand&#8221; of the king was an honor (see 1 Kgs 2:19). In Ugaritic myth (CTA 4 v. 108-10) the artisan god Kothar-and Khasis is described as sitting at the right hand of the storm god Baal. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 61-62.sn The Lord&#8217;s invitation to the Davidic king to sit down at his right hand reflects the king&#8217;s position as the Lord&#8217;s vice-regent. until I make your enemies your footstool!&#8221;#sn When the Lord made his covenant with David, he promised to subdue the king&#8217;s enemies (see 2 Sam 7:9-11; Ps 89:22-23).</div><div class="p">2 The Lord#tn Since the Lord is mentioned in the third person (note the use of the first person in v. 1), it is likely that these are the psalmist&#8217;s words to the king, not a continuation of the oracle per se. extends#tn The prefixed verbal form is understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing, though it could be taken as future. your dominion#tn Heb &#8220;your strong scepter,&#8221; symbolic of the king&#8217;s royal authority and dominion. from Zion.</div><div class="p">Rule in the midst of your enemies!</div><div class="p">3 Your people willingly follow you#tn Heb &#8220;your people, free will offerings.&#8221; Perhaps the people, in their willingness to volunteer, are compared metaphorically to freewill offerings. Following the LXX, some revocalize the text and read &#8220;with you is nobility.&#8221; when you go into battle.#tn Heb &#8220;in the day of your power.&#8221;</div><div class="p">On the holy hills#tc Heb &#8220;in splendor of holiness.&#8221; The plural construct form &#1492;&#1463;&#1491;&#1456;&#1512;&#1461;&#1497; (hadrey, from &#1492;&#1464;&#1491;&#1463;&#1512;, hadar, &#8220;splendor&#8221;) occurs only here; it may indicate degree or perhaps refer by metonymy to garments (see Pss 29:2 and 96:9, where the phrase &#1492;&#1463;&#1491;&#1456;&#1512;&#1463;&#1514; &#1511;&#1465;&#1491;&#1462;&#1513;&#1473; [hadrat qodesh] refers to &#8220;holy attire&#8221;). If one retains the reading of the MT, this phrase should probably be taken with the preceding line. However, because of the subsequent references to &#8220;dawn&#8221; and to &#8220;dew,&#8221; it is better to emend the text to &#1492;&#1463;&#1512;&#1456;&#1512;&#1461;&#1497; &#1511;&#1465;&#1491;&#1462;&#1513;&#1473; (harrey qodesh, &#8220;mountains of holiness&#8221;), a reading found in many medieval Hebrew mss and in some other ancient witnesses (see Joel 2:2; Ps 133:3, as well as L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 80). The &#8220;mountains of holiness&#8221; are probably the hills surrounding Zion (see Ps 87:1; 125:2; 133:3). at sunrise#tn Heb &#8220;from the womb of dawn.&#8221; The Hebrew noun &#1512;&#1462;&#1495;&#1462;&#1501; (rekhem, &#8220;womb&#8221;) is probably used here metonymically for &#8220;birth.&#8221; The form &#1502;&#1460;&#1513;&#1473;&#1456;&#1495;&#1464;&#1512; (mishkhar) occurs only here and should be emended to &#1513;&#1473;&#1463;&#1495;&#1463;&#1512; (shakhar, &#8220;dawn&#8221;) with the mem (&#1502;) being understood as dittographic (note the final mem [&#1501;] on the preceding word). The phrase &#8220;womb [i.e., &#8220;birth&#8221;] of dawn&#8221; refers to sunrise. the dew of your youth#sn The point of the metaphor is not entirely clear. The dew may symbolize the king&#8217;s youthful vitality or, more likely (note the parallelism), may refer to his army of strong, youthful warriors. belongs to you.#tn Heb &#8220;to you [is].&#8221;</div><div class="p">4 The Lord makes this promise on oath#tn Or &#8220;swears, vows.&#8221; and will not revoke it:#tn Or &#8220;will not change his mind.&#8221; The negated Niphal imperfect of &#1504;&#1464;&#1495;&#1463;&#1501; (nakham) is a way of marking an announcement as an irrevocable decree. See 1 Sam 15:29; Ezek 24:14, as well as R. B. Chisholm, &#8220;Does God &#8216;Change His Mind&#8217;?&#8221; BSac 152 (1995): 387-99.</div><div class="p">&#8220;You are an eternal priest#sn You are an eternal priest. The Davidic king exercised a non-Levitical priestly role. The king superintended Judah&#8217;s cultic ritual, had authority over the Levites, and sometimes led in formal worship. David himself instructed the Levites to bring the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem (1 Chr 15:11-15), joined the procession, offered sacrifices, wore a priestly ephod, and blessed the people (2 Sam 6:12-19). At the dedication of the temple Solomon led the ceremony, offering sacrifices and praying on behalf of the people (1 Kgs 8). after the pattern of#tn The phrase &#1506;&#1463;&#1500;&#1470;&#1491;&#1468;&#1460;&#1489;&#1456;&#1512;&#1464;&#1514;&#1460;&#1497; (&#8217;al-divratiy) is a variant of &#1506;&#1463;&#1500;&#1470;&#1491;&#1468;&#1460;&#1489;&#1456;&#1512;&#1464;&#1514; (&#8217;al-divrat; the final yod [&#1497;] being an archaic genitival ending), which in turn is a variant of &#1506;&#1463;&#1500; &#1491;&#1468;&#1464;&#1489;&#1463;&#1512; (&#8217;al davar). Both phrases can mean &#8220;concerning&#8221; or &#8220;because of,&#8221; but neither of these nuances fits the use of &#1506;&#1463;&#1500;&#1470;&#1491;&#1468;&#1460;&#1489;&#1456;&#1512;&#1464;&#1514;&#1460;&#1497; in Ps 110:4. Here the phrase probably carries the sense &#8220;according to the manner of.&#8221; See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 81. Melchizedek.&#8221;#sn The Davidic king&#8217;s priestly role is analogous to that of Melchizedek, who was both &#8220;king of Salem&#8221; (i.e., Jerusalem) and a &#8220;priest of God Most High&#8221; in the time of Abraham (Gen 14:18-20). Like Melchizedek, the Davidic king was a royal priest, distinct from the Aaronic line (see Heb 7). The analogy focuses on the king&#8217;s priestly role; the language need not imply that Melchizedek himself was &#8220;an eternal priest.&#8221;</div><div class="p">5 O sovereign Lord,#tn As pointed in the Hebrew text, this title refers to God (many medieval Hebrew mss read &#1497;&#1456;&#1492;&#1493;&#1464;&#1492;, yehveh, &#8220;Lord&#8221; here). The present translation assumes that the psalmist here addresses the Lord as he celebrates what the king is able to accomplish while positioned at God&#8217;s &#8220;right hand.&#8221; According to this view the king is the subject of the third person verb forms in vv. 5b-7. (2) Another option is to understand the king as the addressee (as in vv. 2-3). In this case &#8220;the Lord&#8221; is the subject of the third person verbs throughout vv. 5-7 and is depicted as a warrior in a very anthropomorphic manner. In this case the Lord is pictured as being at the psalmist&#8217;s right hand (just the opposite of v. 1). See Pss 16:8; 121:5. (3) A third option is to revocalize &#1488;&#1458;&#1491;&#1465;&#1504;&#1464;&#1497; (&#8217;adonay, &#8220;Lord&#8221;) as &#1488;&#1458;&#1491;&#1465;&#1504;&#1460;&#1497; (&#8217;adoniy, &#8220;my lord&#8221;; see v. 1). In this case one may translate, &#8220;My lord, at his [God&#8217;s] right hand, strikes down.&#8221; In this case the king is the subject of the third person verbs in vv. 5b-7. at your right hand</div><div class="p">he strikes down#tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 5-6 are understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing. Another option is to take them as rhetorical. In this case the psalmist describes anticipated events as if they had already taken place. kings in the day he unleashes his anger.#tn Heb &#8220;in the day of his anger.&#8221;</div><div class="p">6 He executes judgment#tn The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 6-7 are understood here as descriptive-dramatic or as generalizing, though they could be taken as future. against#tn Or &#8220;among.&#8221; the nations;</div><div class="p">he fills the valleys with corpses;#tn Heb &#8220;he fills [with] corpses,&#8221; but one expects a double accusative here. The translation assumes an emendation to &#1490;&#1456;&#1493;&#1460;&#1497;&#1468;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514; &#1490;&#1461;&#1488;&#1464;&#1497;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514;(&#1489;&#1468;&#1460;) &#1502;&#1460;&#1500;&#1468;&#1461;&#1488; or &#1502;&#1460;&#1500;&#1468;&#1461;&#1488; &#1490;&#1461;&#1488;&#1464;&#1497;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514; &#1490;&#1468;&#1456;&#1493;&#1460;&#1497;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514; (for a similar construction see Ezek 32:5). In the former case &#1490;&#1461;&#1488;&#1464;&#1497;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514;(ge&#8217;ayot) has accidentally dropped from the text due to homoioteleuton; in the latter case it has dropped out due to homoioarcton.</div><div class="p">he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.#tn Heb &#8220;he strikes [the verb is &#1502;&#1464;&#1495;&#1463;&#1509; (makhats), translated &#8220;strikes down&#8221; in v. 5] head[s] over a great land.&#8221; The Hebrew term &#1512;&#1463;&#1489;&#1468;&#1464;&#1492; (rabbah, &#8220;great&#8221;) is here used of distance or spatial measurement (see 1 Sam 26:13).</div><div class="p">7 From the stream along the road he drinks;</div><div class="p">then he lifts up his head.#tn Here the expression &#8220;lifts up the head&#8221; refers to the renewed physical strength and emotional vigor (see Ps 3:3) provided by the refreshing water. For another example of a victorious warrior being energized by water in the aftermath of battle, see Judg 15:18-19 (see also 1 Sam 30:11-12, where the setting is different, however).</div>
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Here is the LORD’s proclamation to my lord:
“Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!”
The LORD extends your dominion from Zion.
Rule in the midst of your enemies!
Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle.
On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:
“You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”
O sovereign LORD, at your right hand
he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.
He executes judgment against the nations;
he fills the valleys with corpses;
he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.
From the stream along the road he drinks;
then he lifts up his head.

सुनें - Psalms 110