Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 110:5
The Lord — God the son; the Lord, who is at thy right — hand. Strike — Shall destroy all those kings who are obstinate enemies to him.
The Lord — God the son; the Lord, who is at thy right — hand. Strike — Shall destroy all those kings who are obstinate enemies to him.
Verse Psalms 110:5. _THE LORD AT THY RIGHT HAND_] Here _Venema_ thinks the Psalm speaks of _David_. As Jesus is at the right hand of God, so he will be at thy hand, giving thee all the support and com...
THE LORD AT THY RIGHT HAND - See the notes at Psalms 16:8. SHALL STRIKE THROUGH KINGS - The Hebrew word here rendered “shall strike,” - from מחץ _mâchats_ - means “to shake, to agitate”; and then, “t...
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,...
THE LORD*. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ changed Jehovah to Adonai. See App-32....
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...
THE LORD AT THY RIGHT HAND— This is to be understood of the Messiah, instated in his regal power at the right hand of his Father; and not of the Father himself as his helper and defender, as Psalms 16...
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...
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. THE LORD AT THY RIGHT HAND SHALL STRIKE THROUGH KINGS IN THE DAY OF HIS WRATH - the description of the final and decis...
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...
THE LORD] i.e. Jehovah. The v. describes the victory of the king. SHALL STRIKE] RM 'hath stricken.'...
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...
THE LORD AT THY RIGHT HAND. — We are naturally tempted to understand this as still of the king whom the first verse placed at Jehovah’s right hand. But the word for Lord here is _Adonai,_ which is now...
אֲדֹנָ֥י עַל ־יְמִֽינְךָ֑ מָחַ֖ץ בְּ יֹום ־אַ
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...
Food. Manna in the desert, and what is necessary for us who were in distress in Babylon, Psalm cvi. 5. In the spiritual sense, (Calmet) He has given us Jesus Christ, (St. Augustine) or the holy Euchar...
This is a most interesting verse; for as the Lord will make his people willing in the day of his power, and support his friends; so will he subdue his enemies. The year, which is the year of his redee...
5._The Lord at thy right hand _In these words David celebrates the dreadful nature of that power which Christ possesses for the dispersion and destruction of his enemies; and by this means he affirms,...
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...
THE LORD AT THY RIGHT HAND,.... These words are either directed to Christ, at whose right hand the Lord was to help and assist him, Psalms 16:8 or to the church, consisting of the Lord's willing peopl...
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. Ver. 5. _The Lord at thy right hand_] Before, Christ was at the Father's right hand; here, the Father at his; this is to...
_The Lord at thy right hand_ This, it seems, is to be understood of the Messiah, instated in his regal power at the right hand of his Father; and not of the Father himself, as his helper and defender,...
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...
The Lord at Thy right hand, the Messiah Himself, possessed of the full divine Godhead, also according to His human nature, SHALL STRIKE THROUGH KINGS IN THE DAY OF HIS WRATH, crushing them, treading e...
THE LORD; either, 1. God the Father, whose words and oath he last mentioned, PSALMS 110:4. So this is an apostrophe of the psalmist to Christ, Thy God and Father is at thy right hand, to wit, to defen...
Psalms 110:5 Lord H136 hand H3225 execute H4272 (H8804) kings H4428 day H3117 wrath H639 at thy -...
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._ Here we see the Christ,-whom we just now saw as risen from the dead, and acknowledged...
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...
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...
_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 110:5 The final section takes up a common messianic theme of the OT. The ultimate heir of David will conquer the Gentile leaders, so that all people can serve their new king, the...
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....
Acts 2:34; Acts 7:55; Acts 7:56; Ezekiel 38:18; Ezekiel 38:19;...