Psalm 110 – A Promise of Victory to the King

Of David, a psalm.

110 This said the Lord concerning my lord,

‘Sit at my right hand,

till I set your foot on the neck of your foes.’

2 On Zion the Lord is wielding

your sceptre of might, and charges you

to rule over the foes that surround you.

3 The day that you march to battle

your people will follow you gladly

young warriors in holy array,

like dew-drops, born of the morning.

4 The Lord has sworn and will not repent,

‘As for you, you are priest for ever

as Melchizedek was.’

5 By your side will the Lord shatter kings

on the day of his wrath.

6 He will execute judgment

filling the valleys with dead,

the broad fields with shattered heads.

7 He will drink of the brook by the way,

and march onward with uplifted head.