George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 110:4
Remembrance. He has delivered us from captivity, as he did our ancestors from the Egyptians bondage, Isaias lxiii. 11. (Calmet)
Remembrance. He has delivered us from captivity, as he did our ancestors from the Egyptians bondage, Isaias lxiii. 11. (Calmet)
Verse Psalms 110:4. _THE LORD HATH SWORN_] Has most firmly purposed, and will most certainly perform it, feeling himself bound by his _purpose_, as an _honest man_ would by his _oath_. _AND WILL NOT...
THE LORD HATH SWORN - He has confirmed the appointment of the Messiah by a solemn oath, or as by an oath. That is, It is as sure and fixed as if he had taken an oath. Compare Hebrews 6:13. The “time,”...
Psalms 110 The Psalm of the King-Priest _ 1. His person, exaltation and waiting (Psalms 110:1)_ 2. His manifestation and His glory (Psalms 110:2) 3. His judgment and His glory ...
CX. We may with some confidence refer this Ps. to 141 B.C., when Simon the Maccabee prince was accepted by the people as supreme Governor, though he was not a descendant of David, and as High Priest,...
SWORN. Corresponding with "said" (Psalms 110:1). THOU: i.e. Messiah (David's son and Lord), not David himself, who was not of the tribe of Levi. THOU ART, &C. Quoted in Hebrews 5:6; Hebrews 7:17. Af
DISCOURSE: 684 THE PERSON AND OFFICES OF CHRIST Psalms 110:1. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy streng...
THOU ART A PRIEST FOR EVER— The Jews have, either through design or haste, corrupted this text in such a manner that all its force with respect to its application to Christ is lost; for the literal ve...
PSALMS 110 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Revelation, THROUGH DAVID TO his lord, the Messiah. ANALYSIS (See the lines prefixed to the Stanzas of the Psalm.) (Lm.) By DavidPsalm. (1. David records a Revelati...
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. THE LORD HATH SWORN, AND WILL NOT REPENT, THOU ART A PRIEST FOREVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZED...
A fragment of an ode of victory to a priestking—'Worthy,' says Luther,' to be set in a frame of gold and diamonds.' A truly Messianic Ps., finding its fulfilment in the triumphs of Christ in the world...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ MELCHIZEDEK PSALMS 110 The *Pharisees met together. Jesus asked them a question. He said, "What do you think about the *Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to h...
AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK. — This follows the LXX. and Vulg. Better, _after the manner of_ since there could have been with the psalmist no intention of contrasting this priesthood with that of A...
נִשְׁבַּ֤ע יְהוָ֨ה ׀ וְ לֹ֥א יִנָּחֵ֗ם אַתָּֽה...
Psalms 110:1 Does our Lord's attribution of this psalm to David foreclose the question of its authorship for those who accept His authority? Many, who fully recognise and reverently bow to that author...
OUR PRIEST-KING AT GOD'S RIGHT HAND Psalms 110:1 Luther describes this psalm as “the true, high, main psalm of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.” Our Lord attributed it to David, in the power of the Hol...
This psalm is purely Messianic, and was always considered to be so. When Jesus quoted it in His conversation with the rulers, it is perfectly evident that they looked upon it in that light. It is equa...
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of (d) Melchizedek. (d) As Melchizedek the figure of Christ was both a King and Priest, so this effect cannot be...
The prophet having celebrated Christ in his kingly office, here extols him in his priestly character. Christ is indeed, and so the prophet described him ages before his advent, a Priest upon his thron...
_THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK_ The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.’ Psalms 110:4 Set apart from before all worlds for His priestly work,...
4_Jehovah hath sworn _This verse is a satisfactory proof that the person here spoken of is none other than Christ. When the Jews, with the view of mystifying this prediction, render the term כוהן, _ch...
Psalms 110, though of the very highest interest, is in application so simple that it needs but brief comment. The despised and poor man, hated for his love, is David's Lord, and called to sit at the r...
THE LORD HATH SWORN, AND WILL NOT REPENT,.... What he swore about, and did not repent of, was the priesthood of Christ, as follows; and which shows the importance of it, since when Jehovah swears, as...
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Ver. 4. _The Lord hath sworn, &c._] Christ's priestly office, as well as his kingly, is here des...
_The Lord hath sworn_ He did not swear in constituting the Aaronical priesthood, Hebrews 7:21, but did here, that it might appear to all mankind that this priesthood was made irrevocable, which that o...
A PSALM OF CHRIST, OUR KING AND HIGH PRIEST. A psalm of David, altogether prophetic in character, setting before the Church of the Old Testament the Messiah as the Lord of David. No other psalm, no ot...
The Lord, Jehovah of heaven, HATH SWORN, in a solemn oath, AND WILL NOT REPENT, the words of His oath being directed to the Messiah, THOU ART A PRIEST FOREVER, throughout eternity, AFTER THE ORDER OF...
HATH SWORN; which he did not in the Aaronical priesthood, HEBREWS 7:21, but did it here, partly because the thing was new and strange, and might seem incredible, because God had already erected anothe...
Psalms 110:4 LORD H3068 sworn H7650 (H8738) relent H5162 (H8735) priest H3548 forever H5769 order H1700 Melchizedek
REPENT (_ See Scofield) - (Zechariah 8:14). _...
Psalms 110:4 Set apart from before all worlds for His priestly work, Christ in due time occupied His office. Consider Him in His wonderful exercise of its functions, which are threefold: to sacrifice...
Psalms 110:1. _The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool._ Here we see the Christ,-whom we just now saw as risen from the dead, and acknowledged...
Psalms 110:1. _The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine...
Psalms 110:1. _The LORD said unto my Lord._ Or Jehovah said unto my Adonai. Psalms 110:1. _Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy str...
CONTENTS: The Messiah promised to the fathers and expected by them. CHARACTERS: God, David, Christ. CONCLUSION: Christ is the rightful Lord whose title is incontestable. He will certainly come to ta...
Of David, or of any other mere man, this psalm cannot be understood. Of the Messiah, and only of him, it was understood in the ancient church. The rabbi Joden, as in Poole's Synopsis, cites rabbi Chij...
_Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek._ CHRIST, OUR PRIEST I. Divine authorization to priesthood. 1. The Divine oath has a reference to Christ, for it is the Divine authorizati...
_The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool _ THE KING WHO IS ALSO PRIEST The title ascribes this psalm to David, which is confirmed by its inter...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 110:1. This is a royal psalm (see also Psalms 2:1; Psalms 18:1
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 110:2 The next section looks to the Davidic king’s successful rule over God’s people, even under threat from hostile forces: RULE IN THE MIDST OF YOUR ENEMIES!...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 110:4 A PRIEST FOREVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK. Melchizedek was king of Salem (Jerusalem) and a priest of God Most High (Genesis 14:18). He met
INTRODUCTION I. A MESSIANIC PROPHECY. 1. From internal evidence. 2. From the unanimous consent of Jewish expositors. 3. From the testimony of Christ (Matthew 22:41, &c.; Mark 12:35). 4. From the si...
EXPOSITION ACCORDING to the recent criticism, which calls itself "advanced," this psalm is the composition of an unknown prophet, addressed to his earthly sovereign, communicating to him certain Divin...
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool (Psalms 110:1). This immediately gives to us the indication that this is one of those Messianic psalms....
Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 5:6; Hebrews 6:13; Hebrews 6:20; Hebrews 7:11;
Sworn — That this priesthood might be made sure and irrevocable....