110 The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”2 The Lord sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your enemies!
3 Your people will offer themselves freely
on the day of your power,[a]
in holy garments;[b]
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.[c]
4 The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”5 The Lord is at your right hand;
— Psalm 110, English Standard Version
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs[d]
over the wide earth.
7 He will drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.
And here’s your weekly dose of Scripturally correct sermons to get your Sunday off to the right start:
Psalm 110 is one of the most important and fascinating connections between the Old and New Testaments. Jews therefore attack the standard Christian interpretation of this passage, and in particular of the very first verse, because they believe that Christians have corrupted the standard understanding of the text:
And here are Christian counterarguments to that:
I leave it to you to make up your own mind. In this context, though, it is very useful to compare two different and highly faithful translations of the Bible, side-by-side. I strongly prefer comparing the ESV with the NET, as both are extremely precise translations of the original text (though neither is perfect – there is no such thing as a “perfect” translation, especially when it comes to the Word of God).
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For side by side comparisons, the STEP Bible is a high utility tool.
https://www.stepbible.org/?q=reference=Ps.110|version=ESV|version=NETfull&options=HVGUN&display=COLUMN_COMPARE
Hundreds of translations, comparisons, vocabulary/concordance functions built into the sentences. Very customizable and free to use.
In a single translation that has effective indexing (such as ESV) you can tell the difference between the word LORD (Yahweh) and Lord (Adonai) just by hovering the mouse over it:
https://www.stepbible.org/?q=version=ESV|reference=Ps.110&options=VNGUVH&display=COLUMN_COMPARE
The author of Hebrews is a far better judge of what is Jewish messianic fulfillment than I am, and he’s firmly in the ‘this is Jesus’ camp of interpretation. I’m going in that direction.