Psalms 110:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. ”

• Psalms 110:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The Lord said unto my Lord - In the Hebrew, “Spake Jehovah to my Lord.” The word יהוה Yahweh is the incommunicable name of God. It is never given to a created being. The other word translated...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  "A Psalm of David." The (a) 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 s...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CX. We may with some confidence refer this Ps. to 141 B.C., when Simon the Maccabee prince was accepted by the people as supreme Governor, though he was not a descendant of David, and as High Pries...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65. of David. Relating to the true David, and interpreted of Him and by Him. See note below. The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Quoted in Matthew 22:41-...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Jehovah said to my Lord (320) What is here stated might to some extent be applied to the person of David, inasmuch as he neither ascended the royal throne illegally, nor did he find his w...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 684 THE PERSON AND OFFICES OF CHRIST Psalms 110:1-7 . 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 t...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord said unto my Lord - Jehovah said unto my Adoni. That David's Lord is the Me...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The kingdom, the priesthood, the conquest, and the passion of Christ. A Psalm of David. Title. מזמור לדוד ledavid mizmor. — It is universally agreed, that this psalm was composed by David:...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Though His reign on earth shall then openly begin, He shall, as God, no less than now, continue to sit on His heavenly throne, which he mounted at His ascension. Acts 2:31-35 goes upon the suppos...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Lit. 'Oracle of Jehovah to my lord.' The Psalmist seems to hear God addressing the king, whom Jehovah invites to a seat at His right hand, the place of honour. Our Lord applies this v. in the Messian...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The Lord said... — The usual prophetic phrase, generally translated, “Thus saith,” &c. (See Note, Psalms 36:1 .) The psalmist may possibly be quoting an old prophetic saying, but, according t...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 110:1-7 Does our Lord's attribution of this psalm to David foreclose the question of its authorship for those who accept His authority? Many, who fully recognise and reverently bow to that...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Our Priest-King at God's Right Hand Psalms 110:1-7 Luther describes this psalm as “the true, high, main psalm of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.” Our Lord attributed it to David, in the power of...

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• Psalms 110:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This psalm is purely Messianic, and was always considered to be so. When Jesus quoted it in His conversation with the rulers, it is perfectly evident that they looked upon it in that light. It is equ...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS In this glorious Psalm, and in the Spirit of prophecy, the sacred writer celebrates the person, kingdom, priesthood, prophetical office, and character of the Lord Jesus. The whole of this p...

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• Psalms 110:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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....

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• Psalms 110:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Psalms 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 Psalm of David ] Concerning Christ, saith R. Obadiah, and so...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The Lord said unto my Lord נאם יהוה לאדני, neum Jehovah ladoni, the saying , or decree , that is, I record the saying or decree of Jehohovah to my Lord , that is, to his Son the Messiah, whom I...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Messiah's Dominion. A psalm of David.       1 The L ORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make th...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  PSALM 110 THE ARGUMENT That the penman of this Psalm was not Eliezer, Abraham's servant, who writ it upon the occasion of Abraham's victory over those kings, Ge 14 , (as some of the later Jews hav...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION I. A Messianic prophecy . 1. From internal evidence. 2. From the unanimous consent of Jewish expositors. 3. From the testimony of Christ ( Matthew 22:41 , &c.; Mark 12:35 )....

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• Psalms 110:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

  The Lord said unto my Lord The importance of Psalm 110 is attested by the remarkable prominence given to it in the New Testament . (1) It affirms the deity of Jesus, thus answering those wh...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 110:1-19 . 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...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Of David, or of any other mere man, this psalm cannot be understood. Of the Messiah, and only of him, it was understood in the ancient church. The rabbi Joden, as in Poole's Synopsis, cites rabbi Chi...

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• Psalms 110:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool The King who is also Priest The title ascribes this psalm to David, which is confirmed by its in...

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• Psalms 110:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ACCORDING to the recent criticism, which calls itself "advanced," this psalm is the composition of an unknown prophet, addressed to his earthly sovereign, communicating to him certa...

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• Psalms 110:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Lord said unto my Lord, literally, "Declaration of Jehovah to my Lord," David here recording what he, in the spirit, heard Jehovah, the God of heaven, say to his Lord, the Messiah, Sit Thou at M...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:25 ; 1 Peter 3:22 ; Acts 2:34 ; Ephesians 1:20-22 ; Hebrews 1:13 ; Hebrews 1:3 ; Hebrews 10:12 ; Hebrews 10:13 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Luke 22:41 ; Mark 12:35-37 ; Mark 16:19 ;...

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• Psalms 110:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The Lord — God the father. Said — Decreed it from eternity, and in due time published this decree, and actually executed it; which he did when he raised up Christ from the dead, and brought him int...

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