Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word
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Passage sections 1 ▾
The LORD Said to My Lord poetry 110:1–110:7
Themes 8 ▾
Messianic Promise 1, 4 Ascension 1, 5 Kingship of Christ 1, 5 Holiness 3 Kingdom of God 3 High Priesthood of Christ 4 Priesthood 4 Judgment 5
People 1 ▾
Melchizedek Patriarchal 4
Notes & cruxes 1 ▾
The Identity of Melchizedek Interpretive Crux 4
Speakers 1 ▾
David human 1-7
Prophecies 11 ▾
Seated at the Right Hand of God 1 David Calls Him Lord 1 Seated at the Right Hand (Psalm 110) 1 Enemies Made His Footstool 1 Exalted at God's Right Hand 1 David Calls the Messiah Lord 1 Priest After the Order of Melchizedek 4 Ever Living to Make Intercession 4 Priest-King After Melchizedek 4 Melchizedek as Type of Christ 4 High Priest Intercedes Eternally 4
Typology 3 ▾
Melchizedek → Christ as Priest-King 4 Melchizedek as type of Christ 4 Melchizedek as Priest-King Prefiguring Christ 4
Historic voices 15 ▾
Catechism of the Catholic Church 2× 1, 4 City of God 4× 1-2, 4 1 Clement (Letter to the Corinthians) 1× 1 Commentary on the Book of Psalms 1× 1-4 Contra Celsum (Against Celsus) 1× 1 Heidelberg Catechism 1× 1-2 Church History (Historia Ecclesiastica) 1× 1 Against Praxeas 1× 1 Summa Theologica 3× 2, 9-10 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible 1× 1-7 Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament 1× 1, 3, 5 Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 1× 1, 5 On the Incarnation 2× 1 Expositions on the Psalms 1× 1-2, 4 Dialogue with Trypho 1× 1
Manuscript witnesses 5 ▾
Codex Sinaiticus Aleph c. AD 330-360 Codex Vaticanus B c. AD 300-325 Codex Alexandrinus A c. AD 400-440 Aleppo Codex (Crown of Aleppo) c. AD 930 Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) AD 1008
Cross-references 83 ▾
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What is Psalms 110 about?

A Psalm of David reaches the height of the Psalter's hope with the oracle, 'The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.' David hears God address one whom David himself calls Lord, a king enthroned at God's right hand who will rule in the midst of His enemies and lead a willing people in the day of His power. This King is also a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, sworn by an oath the LORD will not repent, who will judge the nations and be lifted up in triumph. Quoted more than any other psalm in the New Testament and pressed by the Lord Himself upon His questioners, this song shows David's greater Son as the priest-king at God's right hand, the crown of every promise the Psalter has voiced.

Historical backdrop

These are the songbook of a nation, sung across a thousand years of Israel's worship, from Moses in the wilderness to the exiles returned from Babylon. They were carried from the tabernacle to Solomon's temple to the second temple rebuilt under Persia, set to the lyre and the harp and the clash of cymbals in the courts of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 110
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Psalms 110
The Church Fathers on Psalms 110
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Psalms 110

Psalms Chapter 110
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1Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
5The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6He will judge among the nations, He will fillthe placeswith dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
7He will drink of the brook in the way: Therefore will he lift up the head.
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What is Psalms 110 about?

A Psalm of David reaches the height of the Psalter's hope with the oracle, 'The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.' David hears God address one whom David himself calls Lord, a king enthroned at God's right hand who will rule in the midst of His enemies and lead a willing people in the day of His power. This King is also a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, sworn by an oath the LORD will not repent, who will judge the nations and be lifted up in triumph. Quoted more than any other psalm in the New Testament and pressed by the Lord Himself upon His questioners, this song shows David's greater Son as the priest-king at God's right hand, the crown of every promise the Psalter has voiced.