A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
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- WEB A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- KJV The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- NKJV The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
- NASB The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- NLT The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.”
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The LORD invites David's 'Lord' to sit at His right hand until all enemies are subdued. Jesus cites this as proof of the Messiah's divine lordship and exaltation.
Overview
Psalm 110 is the most quoted psalm in the New Testament. David, by the Spirit, hears Yahweh address One whom David calls 'my Lord,' showing the Messiah is greater than David himself (Matthew 22:41-45). The session at God's right hand is fulfilled in Christ's ascension and reign (Acts 2:34-35; Hebrews 1:13), where He awaits the final defeat of every enemy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 20
- Heb 10:12–13But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- 1 Cor 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Luke 20:42–43For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- Heb 1:13Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
- Mark 12:35–37While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
- Heb 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Eph 1:20–22which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Matt 22:42–46“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.
- Heb 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Matt 26:64“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
- Acts 2:34–35For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Ps 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- Heb 8:1The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
- Col 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Mark 16:19After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Ps 45:6–7Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Ps 2:6–9“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- Ps 8:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
- Luke 22:41And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
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