George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 110:3
Is praise. Or worthy of praise, and magnificent. (Worthington)
Is praise. Or worthy of praise, and magnificent. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 110:3. _THY PEOPLE_ SHALL BE _WILLING IN THE DAY OF THY POWER_] This verse has been wofully perverted. It has been supposed to point out the irresistible operation of the grace of God on...
THY PEOPLE - All who are given to thee; all over whom thou art to rule. This verse has been variously translated. The Septuagint renders it, “With thee is the beginning in the day of thy power, in the...
Psalms 110 The Psalm of the King-Priest _ 1. His person, exaltation and waiting (Psalms 110:1)_ 2. His manifestation and His glory (Psalms 110:2) 3. His judgment and His glory ...
CX. We may with some confidence refer this Ps. to 141 B.C., when Simon the Maccabee prince was accepted by the people as supreme Governor, though he was not a descendant of David, and as High Priest,...
SHALL BE. Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "[shall offer] themselves for voluntary offerings, in the day that Thou warrest". WILLING. freewill offerings, as in Exodus 35:29; Exodus 36:3. 1Ch 29:9, 1 Ch...
DISCOURSE: 684 THE PERSON AND OFFICES OF CHRIST Psalms 110:1. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy streng...
FROM THE WOMB OF THE MORNING, &C.— _Thou hast shone like the morning from thy very birth; thy youth has been covered with dew._ Ross. 98: sed vid. Hiller, part 2: p. 26. Nold. p. 1029. Or, _The dew of...
THE LORD SHALL SEND THE ROD— It is plain, that by making but two periods of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th verses of the psalm, which is confessed on all hands to be prophetical of the Messiah's reign, the Jew...
PSALMS 110 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Revelation, THROUGH DAVID TO his lord, the Messiah. ANALYSIS (See the lines prefixed to the Stanzas of the Psalm.) (Lm.) By DavidPsalm. (1. David records a Revelati...
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. THY PEOPLE SHALL BE WILLING IN THE DAY OF THY POWER. T...
110:3 willing (d-5) Or 'voluntary-offerings,' 'shall offer themselves willingly.' power, (e-11) Or 'forces (army).' youth. (f-29) Or '... splendour, from the womb of the morning. To thee shall be the...
A fragment of an ode of victory to a priestking—'Worthy,' says Luther,' to be set in a frame of gold and diamonds.' A truly Messianic Ps., finding its fulfilment in the triumphs of Christ in the world...
THY PEOPLE, etc.] better, 'Thy people offer themselves in the day of thy mustering,' i.e. of the army for battle. IN THE BEAUTIES OF HOLINESS] Many scholars, with slight change in Heb., render, 'on th...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ MELCHIZEDEK PSALMS 110 The *Pharisees met together. Jesus asked them a question. He said, "What do you think about the *Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to h...
This difficult verse runs, literally, _Thy people willingnesses_ (or_, willing offerings_)_ in the day of thy force in holy attire, from the womb of morning dew of thy youth._ The first clause is tole...
עַמְּךָ֣ נְדָבֹת֮ בְּ יֹ֪ום חֵ֫ילֶ֥ךָ בְּֽ הַ
Psalms 110:1 Does our Lord's attribution of this psalm to David foreclose the question of its authorship for those who accept His authority? Many, who fully recognise and reverently bow to that author...
OUR PRIEST-KING AT GOD'S RIGHT HAND Psalms 110:1 Luther describes this psalm as “the true, high, main psalm of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.” Our Lord attributed it to David, in the power of the Hol...
This psalm is purely Messianic, and was always considered to be so. When Jesus quoted it in His conversation with the rulers, it is perfectly evident that they looked upon it in that light. It is equa...
Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of (c) thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. (c) By the word your people will be assembled into...
Numberless beauties appear, in this verse, like the constellations of the heavenly borders, to call upon our notice. First, the promise made concerning the people of Christ. Here we find that Christ h...
3_Thy people shall come _(324) In this verse the Psalmist sets forth the honors of Christ’s kingdom in relation to the number of his subjects, and their prompt and cheerful obedience to his commands....
Psalms 110, though of the very highest interest, is in application so simple that it needs but brief comment. The despised and poor man, hated for his love, is David's Lord, and called to sit at the r...
THY PEOPLE SHALL BE WILLING IN THE DAY OF THAT POWER..... Or, in the day of thine army s. When thou musterest thy forces, sendest forth thy generals, the apostles and ministers of the word, in the fir...
Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. Ver. 3. _Thy people shall be willing_] All Christ's su...
_Thy people_ Thy subjects; _shall be willing_ Hebrew, נדבת, _nedaboth, willingnesses_, that is, _most willing_, as such plural words frequently signify, or shall be _free-will-offerings_, as the word...
A PSALM OF CHRIST, OUR KING AND HIGH PRIEST. A psalm of David, altogether prophetic in character, setting before the Church of the Old Testament the Messiah as the Lord of David. No other psalm, no ot...
Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power, literally, "willingnesses" or "willing sacrifices" whenever He wants to mobilize them, whenever He wants them to carry forward His will, to spread...
FROM THE WOMB OF THE MORNING, THOU HAST: Or, more then the womb of the morning, thou shalt have, etc....
THY PEOPLE; thy subjects. SHALL BE WILLING, Heb. _willingnesses_, i.e. most willing, as such plural words are frequently used, as PSALMS 5:10, PSALMS 21:7. Or, _free-will offerings_, as the word prope...
Psalms 110:3 people H5971 volunteers H5071 day H3117 power H2428 beauties H1926 holiness H6944 womb H7358 morning H4891
Psalms 110:3 I. Everything young and fresh, everything bright and smiling, everything buoyant and happy, may be traced to the perpetual youth of Godhead, which streams forth for ever and ever, impregn...
Psalms 110:1. _The LORD said unto my Lord._ Or Jehovah said unto my Adonai. Psalms 110:1. _Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy str...
Psalms 110:1. _The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine...
Psalms 110:1. _The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool._ Here we see the Christ,-whom we just now saw as risen from the dead, and acknowledged...
CONTENTS: The Messiah promised to the fathers and expected by them. CHARACTERS: God, David, Christ. CONCLUSION: Christ is the rightful Lord whose title is incontestable. He will certainly come to ta...
Of David, or of any other mere man, this psalm cannot be understood. Of the Messiah, and only of him, it was understood in the ancient church. The rabbi Joden, as in Poole's Synopsis, cites rabbi Chij...
_Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power._ CHRIST SUBDUES A PEOPLE TO HIMSELF The glory of a king consists in the multitude of his people. Messiah is a king, but He is described as ruling...
_The Lord shall send the rod of Thy strength out of Zion: rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies._ MESSIAH’S SCEPTRE AND KINGDOM The kingship of Christ is a twofold kingship. It is essential and it...
_The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool _ THE KING WHO IS ALSO PRIEST The title ascribes this psalm to David, which is confirmed by its inter...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 110:1. This is a royal psalm (see also Psalms 2:1; Psalms 18:1
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 110:2 The next section looks to the Davidic king’s successful rule over God’s people, even under threat from hostile forces: RULE IN THE MIDST OF YOUR ENEMIES!...
INTRODUCTION I. A MESSIANIC PROPHECY. 1. From internal evidence. 2. From the unanimous consent of Jewish expositors. 3. From the testimony of Christ (Matthew 22:41, &c.; Mark 12:35). 4. From the si...
EXPOSITION ACCORDING to the recent criticism, which calls itself "advanced," this psalm is the composition of an unknown prophet, addressed to his earthly sovereign, communicating to him certain Divin...
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool (Psalms 110:1). This immediately gives to us the indication that this is one of those Messianic psalms....
1 Thessalonians 4:7; 2 Corinthians 13:4; 2 Corinthians 8:12; 2 Corinthians 8:1;...
People — Thy subjects, shall offer thee as their king and Lord, not oxen or sheep, but themselves, their souls and bodies, as living sacrifices, and as freewill — offerings, giving up themselves to th...