Psalm 110

A Psalm of David.
¹The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
²The Lord sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your enemies!
³Your people will offer themselves freely
on the day of your power,
in holy garments;
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.
⁴The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”
⁵The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
⁶He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs
over the wide earth.
⁷He will drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.

Verse 1 tells us that this is a Psalm composed by David. David then states that the LORD (a translation of Yahweh, the one true God) speaks to “my Lord.” The king of the nation speaks of God enthroning a higher king than him, someone who David would refer to as “Lord”.

Who could this higher king be?

How could he be David’s heir and yet be greater than David?

The New Testament quotes this psalm more than any other. Consider turning to some of these passages and seeing how the New Testament authors understood these words of David.

Matt 22:44; 26:64; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42; Acts 2:22-36; 1 Cor 15:25; Eph 1:20-22; Col 3:1; Heb 1:3; 1:13; 2:8; 7; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1 Peter 3:22