Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.

The throne had six steps and a footstool of gold, which were attached to the throne, and on each side of the seat were armrests and two lions standing beside the armrests,

Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!

Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

“Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!”

The Humble and Contrite in Spirit

Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity

How the Lord in his anger has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! He has cast down from heaven to earth the splendour of Israel; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

until I make your enemies your footstool.’

until I make your enemies your footstool.’

“‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

And to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.