Psalm 110

God's great King will rule from Zion

¹The Lord said to my Lord ,[#110:1 The is God's own name. ‘My ’ means ‘My master’. Jesus used the words from this psalm to show that the Messiah was greater than King David, because David called him ‘my ’. See Matthew 22:43-44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42-43. Peter also used these words when he spoke to many people after Jesus had died. See Acts 2:34-35.]

‘Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies.

Then you will be able to put your feet on them.’

²The Lord will give you great authority,

as you rule from Zion .

You will rule over all your enemies

that are around you.

³When you go to fight your enemies,

your people will be happy to fight beside you.

As the sun rises on the day of battle ,

your young men will be there,

on the hills round Zion.

⁴The Lord has made a strong promise.

He will not change it.

He has promised, ‘You will be a priest for ever,

in the same way that Melchizedek was my priest.’

⁵The Lord is standing at your right side.

When he becomes angry,

he will knock down kings!

⁶He will punish the nations ,

so that dead bodies cover the ground.

He will destroy kings everywhere on the earth.

⁷He will drink from a stream at the side of the road.

With new strength , he will lift up his head.