INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 110 A Psalm of David. This psalm was written by David, as the title shows, and which is confirmed by our Lord Jesus Christ, Matthew 22:43 and by the Apostle Peter, Acts 2:34 and was not written by anyone of the singers concerning him, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; nor by Melchizedek, nor by Eliezer the servant of Abraham,...
The Lord said unto my Lord,.... The Targum is, "the Lord said in his Word.'' Galatinus (q) says the true Targum of Jonathan has it, "the Lord said to his Word;'' and produces an authority for it. These are the words of Jehovah the Father to his Son the Messiah; the "Adon", or Lord, spoken of in Isaiah 6:1, the one Lord Jesus, and only Potentate;...
This psalm is pure gospel; it is only, and wholly, concerning Christ, the Messiah promised to the fathers and expected by them. It is plain that the Jews of old, even the worst of them, so understood it, however the modern Jews have endeavoured to pervert it and to rob us of it; for when the Lord Jesus proposed a question to the Pharisees upon the...
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. You do not need a comment upon this Psalm when you remember how our Lord himself applied it to himself. It is David speaking concerning the Son of David,...
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Here we see the Christ,-whom we just now saw as risen from the dead, and acknowledged as the Son of God,-seated upon the throne: “Jehovah said unto my Adonai, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. This is the Messiah, this is Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords. Where are his subjects?
Ver. 1. The LORD said unto thy Lord. —Jehovah said unto my Adonai: David in spirit heard the solemn voice of Jehovah speaking to the Messiah from of old. What wonderful intercourse there has been between the Father and the Son! From this secret and intimate communion springs the covenant of grace and all its marvellous arrangements. All the great...
The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion,.... His royal and powerful sceptre, called the sceptre of righteousness, Psalms 45:6 and is no other than the Gospel, the power of God unto salvation; and which is mighty through him, for the reducing souls to the obedience of Christ; when it comes with power, and works effectually. This was...
The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. No sooner was Christ ascended into heaven than, out of the midst of his Church,-the earthly Zion,-the scepter of his power was stretched forth, and its might was displayed amongst the sons of men. Witness what happened on the day of Pentecost, which...
Thy people shall be willing in the day of that power..... Or, in the day of thine army (s). When thou musterest thy forces, sendest forth thy generals, the apostles and ministers of the word, in the first times of the Gospel; when Christ went forth working with them, and their ministry was attended with signs, and miracles, and gifts of the Holy...
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. Christ, like the rising sun, shall not come alone in his brightness, but, as with the sun we see an innumerable company of sparkling dewdrops, so shall the forces of Christ be as numerous as the drops of...
Thy people shall be willing- They shall be willingness itself- Psa_110:3. In the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. That is, as soon as the ascended Christ began his reign in heaven, and the power of his Church begin to be felt on earth, there was a willing people coming...
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. A willing people shall make up the forces of this great King, and upon them the freshness of the morning shall rest.
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent,.... What he swore about, and did not repent of, was the priesthood of Christ, as follows; and which shows the importance of it, since when Jehovah swears, as it is by himself, because he can swear by no greater; so it is about matters of great moment only that are sworn to by the Lord, as this of the...
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. That is, a priestly king, a kingly priest — priest and king united in one person.
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. That is, a priest without predecessor or successor,-a priest who was at the same time a king,-a priest of the Most High God, who was greater even than Abraham, the friend of God. Jesus our Lord is not a priest after the order of Aaron, for he came...
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. King and priest. None other of the house of David save our Lord Jesus Christ could claim the union of these two offices. In Christ we have a King and a priest, as also with Melchisedec of old, a great type of Jesus.
The Lord at thy right hand,.... These words are either directed to Christ, at whose right hand the Lord was to help and assist him, Psalms 16:8 or to the church, consisting of the Lord's willing people, at whose right hand he is to save them; is ready to help them, and is a present help to them in time of need, Psalms 109:31 or rather to Jehovah...
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. Life power shall stand against our coming Lord; when he once comes to the battle, the victory shall be sure.