Psalms 110
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PSALM 110
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of David.
1The Lord did say unto my Lord,
Sit thou at my right hand,
Until I make thy foes a stool,
whereon thy feet may stand.
2The Lord shall out of Sion send
the rod of thy great pow'r:
In midst of all thine enemies
be thou the governor.
3A willing people in thy day
of pow'r shall come to thee,
In holy beauties from morn's womb;
thy youth like dew shall be.
4The Lord himself hath made an oath,
and will repent him never,
Of th' order of Melchisedec
thou art a priest for ever.
5The glorious and mighty Lord,
that sits at thy right hand,
Shall, in his day of wrath, strike through
kings that do him withstand.
6He shall among the heathen judge,
he shall with bodies dead
The places fill: o'er many lands
he wound shall ev'ry head.
7The brook that runneth in the way
with drink shall him supply;
And, for this cause, in triumph he
shall lift his head on high.
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Psalms 110
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Psalm 110
David wrote this psalm.
The Lord's great King #110:1 This is a royal psalm. It tells us what God promised to the great king that he has chosen to rule the world.
1The Lord God said to my Lord, #110:1 The Lord is God's own name. ‘My Lord’ means ‘My master’. Jesus used the words from this psalm to show that the Messiah was greater than King David, because David called him ‘my Lord’. See Matthew 22:43-44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42-43. Peter also used these words when he spoke to many people after Jesus had died. See Acts 2:34-35.
‘Sit at my right side #110:1 The right side is where the powerful, important person would sit. until I win against your enemies.
Then you will be able to put your feet on them.’
2The Lord will give you great authority,
as you rule from Zion. #110:2 Zion is God's special place where he rules. On earth, it was part of Jerusalem where they built the temple. But heaven is also God's special home, where he rules the world.
You will rule over all your enemies
that are round you.
3When you go to fight your enemies,
your people will be happy to fight beside you.
As the sun rises on the day of battle,
your young men will be there,
on the hills round Zion. #110:3 This verse is difficult to understand in the Hebrew language.
4The Lord has made a strong promise.
He will not change it.
He has promised, ‘You will be a priest for ever,
in the same way that Melchizedek was my priest.’ #110:4 Melchizedek was both a king and a priest, like Jesus. See Genesis 14:18-20. Later, the Israelite priests had to be Levites, so they were not the right family to be kings. Jesus was not a Levite, but he was a priest like Melchizedek.
5The Lord is standing at your right side.
When he becomes angry,
he will knock down kings!
6He will punish the nations,
so that dead bodies cover the ground.
He will destroy kings everywhere on the earth.
7He will drink from a stream at the side of the road.
With new strength, he will lift up his head.
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