Psalm 110 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Psalm 110

Assurance of Victory for God’s Priest-King

Of David. A Psalm.

1 The Lord says to my lord,
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.”(A)

2 The Lord sends out from Zion
your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your foes.(B)
3 Your people will offer themselves willingly
on the day you lead your forces
on the holy mountains.[a]
From the womb of the morning,
like dew, your youth[b] will come to you.(C)
4 The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”[c](D)

5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.(E)
6 He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter heads
over the wide earth.(F)
7 He will drink from the stream by the path;
therefore he will lift up his head.(G)

Footnotes

  1. 110.3Heb mss Symmachus Jerome: MT in holy splendor
  2. 110.3Cn: Heb the dew of your youth
  3. 110.4Or forever, a rightful king by my edict

Cross references

  1. 110.1 : Mt 22.44; Mk 12.36; Lk 20.42; Acts 2.34; 1 Cor 15.25
  2. 110.2 : Ps 2.9; 45.6
  3. 110.3 : Judg 5.2; Ps 96.9
  4. 110.4 : Heb 5.6, 10; 6.20; 7.11, 15, 21
  5. 110.5 : Ps 2.5, 12; 16.8; Rom 2.5; Rev 11.18
  6. 110.6 : Ps 68.21; Isa 2.4; 66.24
  7. 110.7 : Ps 27.6