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The Lord Appoints a King

A psalm of David.

110 ·The Lord said [L Utterance/Oracle of the Lord] to my Lord,
    “Sit at my right ·side [L hand]
    until I put your enemies under your ·control [L feet; Matt. 22:44; 26:64; Mark 12:36; 16:19; Luke 20:42–44; 22:59; Acts 2:34–35; Rom. 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:25; Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3, 13; 8:1; 10:12–13; 12:2].”
The Lord will ·enlarge [L send] ·your kingdom [L the scepter of your strength; C symbol of royal power] beyond ·Jerusalem [L Zion; C location of the Temple],
    and ·you will rule over [L give you dominion in the midst of] your enemies.
Your people will ·join [freely offer themselves to] you on ·your day of battle [L the day of your power/army].
    You have been dressed in ·holiness [splendor of holiness] from ·birth [L the womb of dawn];
    you have the ·freshness of a child [L dew of your youth].

The Lord has made a promise
    and will not ·change his mind [waver].
He said, “You are a priest forever,
    a priest like Melchizedek [C in reference to an ancient priest-king in Jerusalem; ultimately fulfilled in Christ; Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6; 7:17, 21].”

The Lord is ·beside you to help you [L by your right hand].
    ·When he becomes angry [L In the day of his anger], he will ·crush [shatter] kings.
He will judge those nations, filling them with ·dead bodies [corpses];
    he will ·defeat rulers [L crush/shatter heads] ·all over the [L throughout the wide] world.
·The king [or The Lord; L He] will drink from the brook on the way.
    Then he will ·be strengthened [L lift up his head].

Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

The Lord says(A) to my lord:[a]

“Sit at my right hand(B)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”(C)

The Lord will extend your mighty scepter(D) from Zion,(E) saying,
    “Rule(F) in the midst of your enemies!”
Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,(G)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.[b](H)

The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(I)
“You are a priest forever,(J)
    in the order of Melchizedek.(K)

The Lord is at your right hand[c];(L)
    he will crush kings(M) on the day of his wrath.(N)
He will judge the nations,(O) heaping up the dead(P)
    and crushing the rulers(Q) of the whole earth.
He will drink from a brook along the way,[d]
    and so he will lift his head high.(R)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:1 Or Lord
  2. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
  3. Psalm 110:5 Or My lord is at your right hand, Lord
  4. Psalm 110:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.