The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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 he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
- 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
- Luke 20:42–43David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
- Heb 1:13But which of the angels has he told at any time, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?”
- Mark 12:35–37Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
- Heb 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Eph 1:20–22which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
- Matt 22:42–46saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”
- Heb 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Matt 26:64Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
- Acts 2:34–35For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,
- 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
- Ps 8:6You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
- Heb 8:1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
- Col 3:1If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- Mark 16:19So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Ps 45:6–7Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
- Ps 2:6–9“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
- Ps 8:1For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
- Luke 22:41He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed,
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