Psalms 110
GENEVAPsalms 110:1
110:1 [A Psalm of David.] The \ LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
(a) Jesus Christ in Matthew 22:44 gives the interpretation of this, and shows that this cannot properly be applied to David but to himself.
Psalms 110:2
110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of \ Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
(b) And then it will stretch through all the world: and this power chiefly stands in the preaching of his word.
Psalms 110:3
110:3 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.
(c) By the word your people will be assembled into your Church…increase will be…anointed wonderful… drops of the…
Psalms 110:4
110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of \ Melchizedek.
(d) As Melchizedek the figure of Christ was both a King and Priest, so this effect cannot be accomplished on any king save only Christ.
Psalms 110:6
110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill [the places] with the dead bodies; he shall wound the \ heads over many countries.
(e) No power will be able to resist him.
Psalms 110:7
110:7 He shall \ drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
(f) Under this comparison of a captain that is so eager to destroy his enemies that he will not scarce drink by the way, he shows how God will destroy his enemies.