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Psalms 110
Seven dense verses, and one of the most quoted psalms in the New Testament. It opens with an oracle: "The LORD says to my Lord, Sit at my right hand" — a king enthroned beside God while enemies become a footstool. Verse 4 adds a second sworn oracle that fuses two offices rarely held together: this figure is both king and "a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek," the mysterious king-priest of Salem from Genesis 14. Watch how the psalm moves from enthronement to a battlefield where kings are crushed.
- 1
The LORD says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- 2
The LORD will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
- 3
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have 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 among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
- 7
He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
Two oracles, two offices
The psalm is built on two divine speeches. The first (v.1) seats the king at God's right hand; the second (v.4) is sealed with an oath God "will not change" — installing a priesthood older than Aaron's, tied to Melchizedek rather than the Levite line.
The closing image is strange and earthy: amid crushing kings and heaping bodies (vv.5-6), the victor "will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head" (v.7). A pause at a stream, then renewed pursuit.
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