Psalms 110 (LSB)

Chapter Text

110:1 Of David. A Psalm. Yahweh says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”

110:2 Yahweh will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Have dominion in the midst of Your enemies.”

110:3 Your people will offer themselves freely in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, The dew of Your youthfulness will be Yours.

110:4 Yahweh has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

110:5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His anger.

110:6 He will render justice among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will crush the head that is over the wide earth.

110:7 He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "david", "psalm", "yahweh", "says", "lord", "right", "hand", and "until". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "david" and "psalm", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local LSB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "david" and "psalm" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "david" and "psalm" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.