Psalm 110

God’s Faithful Messiah// Genesis 14:17–24; Hebrews 5:1–10

A Psalm of David.

¹Yahweh said to my Lord:

“Sit at My right hand

until I make Your enemies

a footstool for Your feet.”

• PS 110:1[PROPHECY]David's Lord sits at God's right hand until His enemies are His footstool → MT 22:43-45; ACTS 2:34-35; HEB 1:3; HEB 1:13; HEB 8:1; HEB 10:12-13; HEB 12:2; 1PE 3:22
• PS 110:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 22:44
• PS 110:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MT 26:64
• PS 110:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MK 12:36
• PS 110:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MK 14:62
• PS 110:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → LK 20:42-43
• PS 110:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → LK 22:69
• PS 110:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 2:34-35
• PS 110:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → 1CO 15:25-27
• PS 110:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → EPH 1:20
• PS 110:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → COL 3:1
• PS 110:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 1:13
• PS 110:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → HEB 10:12-13
• PS 110:1[NOTE]SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND. Yahweh speaks to David's Lord. Jesus asked the Pharisees how the Messiah could be David's son if David calls Him Lord, Matthew 22:41 to 45. It is the Old Testament verse the New Testament quotes or points to most often.

²Yahweh extends Your mighty scepter from Zion:

“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

• PS 110:2[PROPHECY]'The rod of Your strength out of Zion' → Rev 2:27; 12:5

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.

⁴Yahweh has sworn

and will not change His mind:

“You are a priest forever

in the order of Melchizedek.”

• PS 110:4[PROPHECY]A priest forever in the order of Melchizedek → HEB 5:6; HEB 5:10; HEB 6:20; HEB 7:17; HEB 7:21
• PS 110:4[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 5:6
• PS 110:4[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 7:17
• PS 110:4[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → HEB 7:21
• PS 110:4[NOTE]MELCHIZEDEK. The priest king of Salem who blessed Abraham, Genesis 14:18 to 20. Hebrews 5 to 7 builds its case for Jesus as High Priest on this verse. A Dead Sea Scroll about him is shown in Hebrews: see The Melchizedek Scroll.

⁵The Lord is at Your right hand;

He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

• PS 110:5[PROPHECY]The Lord at God's right hand would crush kings and judge the nations → STILL TO COMEMEDIUM

⁶He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead;

He will crush the leaders far and wide.

⁷He will drink from the brook by the road;

therefore He will lift up His head.

• PS 110:7[PROPHECY]'He shall drink of the brook by the way; therefore He shall lift up His head' → JN 19:30; Phil 2:8-9MEDIUM