Psalm 110:4-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 The Lord has sworn and will not waver:
“You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek.”[a](A)
5 At your right hand is the Lord,
who crushes kings on the day of his wrath,(B)
6 Who judges nations, heaps up corpses,
crushes heads across the wide earth,
7 [b]Who drinks from the brook by the wayside
and thus holds high his head.(C)
Footnotes
- 110:4 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. Hb 7 sees in Melchizedek a type of Christ.
- 110:7 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.
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