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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 110:2

Verse Psalms 110:2. The rod of thy strength] The Gospel - the doctrine of Christ crucified; which is the powerful sceptre of the Lord that bought us; is quick and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword; and is the power of God to salvation to all them that believe.

The kingdom of our Lord was to be founded in Zion, and thence, by gradual conquests, to be extended over the whole earth. It was in Zion the preaching of the Gospel first began; and it is by the Gospel that Christ rules, even in the midst of his enemies; for the Gospel extends a moralizing influence over multitudes who do not receive it to their salvation.

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See also Psalms 110:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD SHALL SEND THE ROD OF THY STRENGTH OUT OF ZION - The scepter of thy power; that with which thou shalt rule. It will be given to thee by Yahweh; and it will be given to thee, as it were, “out...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE ROD OF THY STRENGTH. Thy strong staff. Genitive of Character, App-17. The reference is to the ancestral staff, marking the priest as well as the prince, and handed down here to Messiah, David's so...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. THE LORD SHALL SEND THE ROD OF THY STRENGTH OUT OF ZION - i:e., thy strong rod. Not a sceptre, but...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SEND] better, 'stretch.. (saying), Rule thou,' etc....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SEND. — The verb should be here rendered _stretch,_ as in Genesis 22:10; Genesis 48:14, and frequently of stretching out the hand, often with hostile intent. The poet here speaks in his own person, ad...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַטֵּֽה ־עֻזְּךָ֗ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְ֭הוָה מִ צִּיֹּ֑ון...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of (b) Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. (b) And then it will stretch through all the world: and this power chiefly stands in the preachin...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sought out. Exquisite, or designed for our benefit. He saw that all was good, (Genesis i. 31.) though He could have made them better. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here comes in a blessed promise made to the person of Christ, as the mediator and head of his church. The expression of the rod of his strength, probably means the sovereignty of his word, which first...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2_Jehovah shall send out of Zion the scepter of thy power. _The Psalmist not only confirms, in different terms, what he stated above, but also adds, that Christ’s kingdom shall be vastly extended, bec...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD SHALL SEND THE ROD OF THY STRENGTH OUT OF ZION,.... His royal and powerful sceptre, called the sceptre of righteousness, Psalms 45:6 and is no other than the Gospel, the power of God unto sa...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Ver. 2. _The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength_] That is, the gospel, that sceptre of Christ's...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord shall send_ Or, _send forth, the rod of thy strength _ Thy strong or powerful rod: that is, thy sceptre or kingly power, Isaiah 10:24; Jeremiah 48:17. But then, as the kingdom of Christ is n...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord shall send the rod, the scepter, OF THY STRENGTH, stretching it out in the conquering power of His might, OUT OF ZION, extending His Church on all sides, among all nations. The conquest of th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEND; or, _send forth_, into the world. _The rod of thy strength_; thy strong or powerful rod, by a usual Hebraism. And the rod is put for his sceptre, or kingly power, as it is Isaiah 10:24 Jeremiah...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 110:2 LORD H3068 send H7971 (H8799) rod H4294 strength H5797 Zion H6726 Rule H7287 (H8798) midst...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 110:2 We have here the very heart of the Christian character set forth as being willing consecration; then we have the work which Christian men have to do, and the spirit in which they are to...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 110:1. This is a royal psalm (see also Psalms 2:1; Psalms 18:1

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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!...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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....

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Peter 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The rod — Thy strong or powerful rod, and the rod is put for his scepter, or kingly power: but as the kingdom of Christ is not carnal, but spiritual, so this scepter is nothing else but his word. Zion...

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