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Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — YHWH addresses the Davidic king, following the command to rule among his enemies (v. 2), describing the character of his people when the day of battle comes.
The words — נְדָבֹת (n'davot) is the noun form of the root נדב, "freewill offering"; the people are not conscripted but given as voluntary gifts on the day of battle.
The thread — Judges 5:2 praises the LORD when "the people volunteer" in Israel; Titus 2:14 speaks of a people zealous for good works, purified for God's own possession.
Why it lands — The verse defines the king's army not by compulsion but by willingness, asking the reader to reckon with what it costs to be a voluntary offering rather than a coerced subject.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Cross-references
- Judges 5:2 “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- Hebrews 13:21 equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Titus 2:14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
- Ephesians 1:4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Revelation 7:9 After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
- Psalms 96:9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.
- Acts 2:33 Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- Acts 4:30 as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
- Acts 21:20 When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.