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Psalm 110 Summary

The LORD Said to My Lord

The most-quoted OT text in the NT. The LORD declares to David lord: sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool. You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. Jesus uses it to probe how David son is also David Lord. The psalm is the foundation of NT high-priest Christology.

Key themes

MessiahKingshipPriesthoodEnthronement

Key verses

Psalms 110:1

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Psalms 110:4

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Psalms 110:5-6

The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

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