The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
- BSB The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- NKJV The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.
- NASB The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
- NLT The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you. He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.
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Quick answer
The Lord stands at the Messiah's right hand and will shatter kings on the day of His wrath. The reigning King will execute decisive judgment.
Overview
Having sat at God's right hand (v. 1), the Messiah now has the Lord at His right hand as ally in battle. The 'day of his wrath' points to the certain judgment the exalted King will bring upon all rebellious powers. This sober note balances grace with justice, fulfilled in Christ's final triumph over every hostile authority (Revelation 19:11-16).
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- Rom 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Ps 16:8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Rev 6:15–17And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
- Rev 17:12–14And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
- Ps 68:14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
- Rev 19:11–21And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
- Acts 7:55–56But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
- Acts 2:34–36For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- 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.
- Rev 11:18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
- Ps 2:2–6The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
- Ps 149:7–9To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
- Ps 21:8–9Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Rev 20:8–9And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
- Zech 9:13–15When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
- Ezek 38:18–19And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
- Ps 110:1The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Ps 2:9–12Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Ps 68:30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
- Zech 9:9–10Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- Ps 45:4–5And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
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