Psalms 110:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. ”

• Psalms 110:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion - The scepter of thy power; that with which thou shalt rule. It will be given to thee by Yahweh; and it will be given to thee, as it were,...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of (b) 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 preachi...

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• Psalms 110:2 - 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 110:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the rod of Thy strength . Thy strong staff. Genitive of Character, App-17. The reference is to the ancestral staff, marking the priest as well as the prince, and handed down here to Messiah, David's...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  2 Jehovah shall send out of Zion the scepter of thy power. The Psalmist not only confirms, in different terms, what he stated above, but also adds, that Christ’s kingdom shall be vastly exte...

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• Psalms 110:2 - 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 110:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. The rod of thy strength - The Gospel - the doctrine of Christ crucified; which is the powerful scepte...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The Lord shall send the rod— It is plain, that by making but two periods of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th verses of the psalm, which is confessed on all hands to be prophetical of the Messiah's reign, the...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion - i:e., thy strong rod. Not a sceptre...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  A fragment of an ode of victory to a priestking—'Worthy,' says Luther,' to be set in a frame of gold and diamonds.' A truly Messianic Ps., finding its fulfilment in the triumphs of Christ in the worl...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Send . — The verb should be here rendered stretch, as in Genesis 22:10 ; Genesis 48:14 , and frequently of stretching out the hand, often with hostile intent. The poet here speaks in his own per...

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• Psalms 110:2 - 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 110:2 - 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 110:2 - 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 110:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here comes in a blessed promise made to the person of Christ, as the mediator and head of his church. The expression of the rod of his strength, probably means the sovereignty of his word, which firs...

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• Psalms 110:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion ,.... His royal and powerful sceptre, called the sceptre of righteousness, Psalms 45:6 and is no other than the Gospel, the power of God un...

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• Psalms 110:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Ver. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength ] That is, the gospel, that sceptre of Christ'...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The Lord shall send Or, send forth, the rod of thy strength Thy strong or powerful rod: that is, thy sceptre or kingly power, Isaiah 10:24 ; Jeremiah 48:17 . But then, as the kingdom of Chris...

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• Psalms 110:2 - 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 110:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Send; or, send forth , into the world. The rod of thy strength ; thy strong or powerful rod, by a usual Hebraism. And the rod is put for his sceptre, or kingly power, as it is Isaiah 10:24 Je...

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• Psalms 110:2 - 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 110:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 110:2 We have here the very heart of the Christian character set forth as being willing consecration; then we have the work which Christian men have to do, and the spirit in which they are...

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• Psalms 110:2 - 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 110:2 - 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 110:2 - 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 110:2 - 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 110:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Psalm of Christ, Our King and High Priest. A psalm of David, altogether prophetic in character, setting before the Church of the Old Testament the Messiah as the Lord of David. No other psalm, n...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:23 ; 1 Corinthians 1:24 ; 1 Peter 1:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 2 Corinthians 10:4 ; 2 Corinthians 10:5 ; Acts 2:34-37 ; Exodus 7:19 ; Exodus 8:5 ; Ezekiel 47:1 ; Isaiah 2:...

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• Psalms 110:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The rod — Thy strong or powerful rod, and the rod is put for his scepter, or kingly power: but as the kingdom of Christ is not carnal, but spiritual, so this scepter is nothing else but his word. Z...

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