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Psalms 110:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh (YHWH) addresses a human figure he calls "my Lord" (adoni), issuing a command of enthronement. David is the superscription's author, but the speaker within the verse is God himself.
The words — שֵׁ֥ב (shev), "sit," is a divine imperative directed at a man; it is the single verb that carries the verse's authority.
The thread — Luke 20:42, 1 Corinthians 15:25, and Hebrews 10:12 all apply this verse to the Messiah, linking his sitting at God's right hand to the subjugation of all enemies.
Why it lands — A human being is placed in a position of authority that Yahweh himself bestows, and the reader must reckon with what it means that this figure's enemies are reduced to a footstool.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
A Psalm of David. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 10:12 But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Luke 20:42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- Hebrews 1:13 Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
- Mark 12:35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
- Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Ephesians 1:20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Acts 2:34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- Matthew 22:42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.