Psalm

Yahweh Gives Authority to His Messiah

Of David. A psalm.[a]

110 
A declaration of Yahweh to my lord,

“Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion;

rule in the midst of your enemies.

Your people will volunteer[b] in the day of your power.[c]

In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,

you will have the dew of your youth.[d]

Yahweh has sworn and he will not change his mind,

“You are a priest forever

according to the manner of Melchizedek.”

O Lord, at your right hand

he will shatter kings in the day of his anger.

He will judge among the nations;

he will fill them with corpses.

He will shatter the rulers[e] of many countries.

He will drink from the stream by the road;

therefore he will lift up his head.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
  2. Psalm 110:3 Literally “will be freewill offerings”; see the related verbal form in Judg 5:2
  3. Psalm 110:3 Or “day of your army,” or “day of battle”
  4. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of this verse is obscure
  5. Psalm 110:6 Literally “head”