The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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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.”
- BSB 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.”
- 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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Quick answer
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
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- Heb 10:12–13But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
- 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
- Luke 20:42–43And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- Heb 1:13But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
- Mark 12:35–37And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
- Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Eph 1:20–22Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
- Matt 22:42–46Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
- Heb 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Matt 26:64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
- Acts 2:34–35For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
- Ps 8:6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
- Heb 8:1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
- Col 3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
- Mark 16:19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
- Ps 45:6–7Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
- Ps 2:6–9Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Ps 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Luke 22:41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
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