Psalms 110:2
1 The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
4 The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
- KJV
- The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
- WEB
- The LORD will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
- ASV
- Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
- DARBY
- Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.
- BLB
- YHWH sends forth the rod of your strength from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies!”
- ÅB
- Ditt veldes kongestav skal Herren utstrekke fra Sion! hersk midt iblant dine fiender!
- OTB
- Herren skal strekke ut din sterke stav fra Sion og si,
«Hersk midt blant dine fiender.» - B1930
- Ditt veldes kongestav skal Herren utstrekke fra Sion! hersk midt iblandt dine fiender!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 10:4–5
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:17
Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!
Read in contextMatthew 28:18–20
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Read in contextPsalms 72:8
May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 45:5–6
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
Read in contextPsalms 2:8–9
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
Read in contextMicah 4:2
And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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