Psalms 110 (WEB)

Chapter Text

110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

110:2 Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.

110:3 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.

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

110:5 The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.

110:6 He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

110:7 He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

Study Lenses

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

The local WEB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "yahweh" and "says" 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 "yahweh" and "says" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.