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Psalms 110:1-7

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 other prophecy, is quoted so often in the New Testament as this psalm. Cf Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42; Acts 2:34; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Hebrews 1:13; 1 Peter 3:22. Compare also Psalms 45:6, where the same idea is brought out.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM CX _The Messiah sits in his kingdom at the right hand of God, his_ _enemies being subdued under him_, 1, 2. _The nature and extent of his government_, 3. _His everlasting priesthood_, 4. Hi...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD SAID UNTO MY LORD - In the Hebrew, “Spake Jehovah to my Lord.” The word יהוה _Yahweh_ is the incommunicable name of God. It is never given to a created being. The other word translated “Lord...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. OF DAVID. Relating to the true David, and interpreted of Him and by Him. See note below. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. Quoted in Matthew 22:41; Acts 2:3...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _The kingdom, the priesthood, the conquest, and the passion of Christ._ A Psalm of David. _TITLE._ מזמור לדוד _LEDAVID MIZMOR._— It is universally agreed, that this psalm was composed by David: and...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Though His reign on earth shall then openly begin, He shall, as God, no less than now, continue to sit on His heavenly throne, which he mounted at His ascension. Acts 2:31 goes upon the supposition t...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    110:1 said (c-5) As Genesis 22:16 ; Psalms 36:1 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Lit. 'Oracle of Jehovah to my lord.' The Psalmist seems to hear God addressing the king, whom Jehovah invites to a seat at His right hand, the place of honour. Our Lord applies this v. in the Messiani...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD SAID... — The usual prophetic phrase, generally translated, “Thus saith,” &c. (See Note, Psalms 36:1.) The psalmist may possibly be quoting an old prophetic saying, but, according to the usu...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְ דָוִ֗ד מִ֫זְמֹ֥ור נְאֻ֤ם יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לַֽ אדֹ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    "A Psalm of David." The (a) LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (a) Jesus Christ in (Matthew 22:44) gives the interpretation of this, and show...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Alleluia. This psalm consists of praise, and is alphabetical, (Berthier) the sixteen first letters being found at the head of each hemistic, to ver. 8; and in the 9th and 10th, we find the six last He...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS In this glorious Psalm, and in the Spirit of prophecy, the sacred writer celebrates the person, kingdom, priesthood, prophetical office, and character of the Lord Jesus. The whole of this po...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1_Jehovah said to my Lord _(320) What is here stated might to some extent be applied to the person of David, inasmuch as he neither ascended the royal throne illegally, nor did he find his way to it b...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD SAID UNTO MY LORD,.... The Targum is, "the Lord said in his Word.'' Galatinus q says the true Targum of Jonathan has it, "the Lord said to his Word;'' and produces an authority for it. Th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 110:1 «A Psalm of David. » The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. _A Psalm of David_] Concerning Christ, saith R. Obadiah, and so say...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord said unto my Lord_ נאם יהוה לאדני, _neum Jehovah ladoni, the saying_, or _decree_, that is, I record the saying or decree _of Jehohovah to my Lord_, that is, to his Son the Messiah, whom I a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PSALM 110 THE ARGUMENT That the penman of this Psalm was not Eliezer, Abraham's servant, who writ it upon the occasion of Abraham's victory over those kings, GE 14, (as some of the later Jews have dev...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 110:1 Psalm H4210 David H1732 LORD H3068 said H5002 (H8803) Lord H113 Sit H3427 (H8798) hand...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    THE LORD SAID UNTO MY LORD The importance of Psalm 110 is attested by the remarkable prominence given to it in the New Testament . (1) It affirms the deity of Jesus, thus answering those who deny th...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 110:1. This is a royal psalm (see also Psalms 2:1; Psalms 18:1

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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....

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:25; 1 Peter 3:22; Acts 2:34; Ephesians 1:20;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The Lord — God the father. Said — Decreed it from eternity, and in due time published this decree, and actually executed it; which he did when he raised up Christ from the dead, and brought him into h...

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