Psalms 110 (YLT)

Chapter Text

110:1 A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.'

110:2 The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies.

110:3 Thy people <FI>are<Fi> free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

110:4 Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou <FI>art<Fi> a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'

110:5 The Lord on thy right hand smote kings In the day of His anger.

110:6 He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth.

110:7 From a brook in the way he drinketh, Therefore he doth lift up the head!

Study Lenses

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

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