Psalms · 7 verses
Psalms 110
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The poem ends with a conqueror who has just crushed leaders far and wide stopping for a drink from a roadside brook—and, for reasons left gloriously unexplained, lifting up His head.
The throne, the scepter, and the oathvv. 1–4
David’s psalm opens with the LORD speaking to “my Lord,” placing Him at the LORD’s right hand while enemies are made a footstool. From Zion, the mighty scepter goes out, and the people appear willingly on the day of battle, dressed in holy splendor from the womb of the dawn. Then comes the solemn oath: this ruler is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
The day of wrath, and the little brookvv. 5–7
The Lord remains at the ruler’s right hand and crushes kings in the day of His wrath. The nations are judged, the dead heaped up, and leaders crushed far and wide—an admirably uncompromising piece of royal scenery. Then the whole vision stoops to the roadside: He drinks from a brook, and therefore lifts up His head. The psalm supplies the brook, the drink, and the therefore, but not the explanation.
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Ps 110:1A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Ps 110:2The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
Ps 110:3Your 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.
Ps 110:4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Ps 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
Ps 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
Ps 110:7He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 128 passages were voted onto 7 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 1Hebrews 10:12–13But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- 11 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- 1Luke 20:42–43For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- 1Hebrews 1:13Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
- 1Mark 12:35–37While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
- 1Ephesians 1:20–22which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- 1Acts 2:34–35For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- 1Matthew 22:42–46“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.
- 1Matthew 26:64“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
- 11 Peter 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- 1Psalms 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- 1Colossians 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- 4Hebrews 7:17For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- 4Hebrews 5:6And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- 4Hebrews 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.’”
- 4Genesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
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