Psalm 110

1 The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

2 The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

4 The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

7 He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.

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Chapter summary

The psalm the New Testament quotes most.

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The psalm the New Testament quotes most. 'Jehovah saith unto my lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool': Jesus' own riddle to the Pharisees (how is Messiah David's son and David's Lord?), the apostles' Ascension text. Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power, in holy array. Then the second oracle: 'Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek', the backbone of Hebrews 5–7. He shall judge among the nations; he shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore will he lift up the head.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview

Top cross-references8 chapters ▾

Hebrews 72 verses
- Hebrews 7:17For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 7:21but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- Read Hebrews 7 →
Hebrews 101 verse
- Hebrews 10:12But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- Read Hebrews 10 →
1 Corinthians 151 verse
- 1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Read 1 Corinthians 15 →
Luke 201 verse
- Luke 20:42For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
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4 more chapters this one speaks with

Judges 51 verse
- Judges 5:2“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- Read Judges 5 →
Hebrews 131 verse
- Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Read Hebrews 13 →
Titus 21 verse
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
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Hebrews 51 verse
- Hebrews 5:6And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Read Hebrews 5 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.