Psalm 110

The Priestly King

A psalm of David.

This is the declaration of the Lord
to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.”(A)
The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion.
Rule[a] over your surrounding[b] enemies.(B)
Your people will volunteer
on your day of battle.[c](C)
In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of your youth belongs to you.[d](D)
The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“You are a priest forever
according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”(E)

The Lord is at your right hand;
he will crush kings on the day of his anger.(F)
He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;(G)
he will crush leaders over the entire world.(H)
He will drink from the brook by the road;(I)
therefore, he will lift up his head.(J)

Footnotes

  1. 110:2 One Hb ms, LXX, Tg read You will rule
  2. 110:2 Lit Rule in the midst of your
  3. 110:3 Lit power
  4. 110:3 Hb obscure

A Davidic psalm

A Priestly Ruler

110 A declaration from the Lord[a] to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
        until I make your enemies your footstool.”

When the Lord extends your mighty scepter from Zion,
    rule in the midst of your enemies.
Your soldiers[b] are willing volunteers on your day of battle;
    in majestic holiness, from the womb,
        from the dawn, the dew of your youth belongs to you.
The Lord took an oath and will never recant:
    “You are a priest forever,
        after the manner of Melchizedek.”

The Lord is at your right hand;
    he will utterly destroy kings in the time of his wrath.

He will execute judgment against the nations,
    filling graves[c] with corpses.
        He will utterly destroy leaders far and wide.
He will drink from a stream on the way,
    then hold his head high.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:1 So MT; LXX reads The Lord said
  2. Psalm 110:3 Lit. people
  3. Psalm 110:6 The Heb. lacks graves