Bible Strands
Psalms 110:5
The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses a divinely appointed king-priest, declaring His active presence and judgment immediately after swearing an oath of eternal priesthood.
The words — מָחַ֖ץ (ma.Chatz) literally means "he shatters" or "crushes," and מְלָכִֽים\׃ (me.la.Khim) means "kings," specifying the targets of divine action.
The thread — The day of wrath against rulers appears in Romans 2:5 and Revelation 6:15, while the Lord's position at the right hand is echoed in Psalm 16:8.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize that earthly power is subject to God's sovereign judgment, directing trust away from human rulers and toward His ultimate authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Cross-references
- Romans 2:5 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Psalms 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Revelation 6:15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Revelation 17:12 The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast.
- Psalms 68:14 When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
- Psalms 2:2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
- Mark 16:19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand 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
- Acts 7:55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
- Revelation 11:18 The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”