Psalm 110 :: New International Version (NIV)

(Mat 22:44; Act 2:34, 35 )

Psa 110:1Of David. A psalm. The LORD says to my lord:[fn] “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

Psa 110:2

Psa 110:2The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”

Psa 110:3

Psa 110:3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.[fn]

Psa 110:4

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

Psa 110:5

Psa 110:5The Lord is at your right hand[fn]; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

Psa 110:6

Psa 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

Psa 110:7

Psa 110:7He will drink from a brook along the way,[fn] and so he will lift his head high.

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NIV Footnotes

(110:1)

Or Lord

(110:3)

The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

(110:5)

Or My lord is at your right hand, LORD

(110:7)

The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

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