Psalm 110

The Lord Appoints a King

A psalm of David.

110The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit by me at my right side

until I put your enemies under your control.”

²The Lord will enlarge your kingdom beyond Jerusalem,

and you will rule over your enemies.

³Your people will join you on your day of battle.

You have been dressed in holiness from birth;

you have the freshness of a child.

⁴The Lord has made a promise

and will not change his mind.

He said, “You are a priest forever,

a priest like Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is beside you to help you.

When he becomes angry, he will crush kings.

⁶He will judge those nations, filling them with dead bodies;

he will defeat rulers all over the world.

⁷The king will drink from the brook on the way.

Then he will be strengthened.