Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

110 (A)The Lord says to my Lord:
    (B)“Sit at my right hand,
(C)until I make your enemies your (D)footstool.”

The Lord sends forth (E)from Zion
    (F)your mighty scepter.
    (G)Rule in the midst of your enemies!
(H)Your people will (I)offer themselves freely
    on the day of your (J)power,[a]
    in (K)holy garments;[b]
from the womb of the morning,
    the dew of your youth will be yours.[c]
(L)The Lord has (M)sworn
    and will (N)not change his mind,
(O)“You are (P)a priest (Q)forever
    after the order of (R)Melchizedek.”

The Lord is at your (S)right hand;
    he will (T)shatter kings on (U)the day of his wrath.
He will (V)execute judgment among the nations,
    (W)filling them with corpses;
he will (X)shatter chiefs[d]
    over the wide earth.
He will (Y)drink from the brook by the way;
    therefore he will lift up his head.

Notas al pie

  1. Psalm 110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
  2. Psalm 110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
  3. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  4. Psalm 110:6 Or the head

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.

Notas al pie

  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