Psalms 110

1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

Of David, a psalm. This said the Lord concerning my lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, till I set your foot on the neck of your foes.’

2 The LORD will send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

On Zion the Lord is wielding your sceptre of might, and charges you to rule over the foes that surround you.

3 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.

The day that you march to battle your people will follow you gladly young warriors in holy array, like dew-drops, born of the morning.

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

The Lord has sworn and will not repent, ‘As for you, you are priest for ever as Melchizedek was.’

5 The LORD at thy right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

By your side will the Lord shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

6 He will judge among the heathen, he will fill [the places] with the dead bodies; he will wound the heads over many countries.

He will execute judgment filling the valleys with dead, the broad fields with shattered heads.

7 He will drink of the brook in the way: therefore will he lift up the head.

He will drink of the brook by the way, and march onward with uplifted head.