Psalms 110

1 Yahweh said to my lord [the king], “Sit [here], close to me, in the place of highest honor [MTY] until I [completely defeat] your enemies [MET] [and] make [them like] a stool for your feet!”

A psalm of David. Yahweh says to my master, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”

2 Yahweh [also said to him], “I will extend your power as king from Jerusalem [to other lands]; you will rule over all your enemies.

Yahweh will hold out the scepter of your strength from Zion; rule among your enemies.

3 On the day that you lead your armies into battle, many of your people will volunteer [to join your army]. Like the dew refreshes the earth early in the morning, young men will [encourage you by] coming to help you.”

Your people will follow you in holy garments of their own free will on the day of your power; from the womb of the dawn your youth will be to you like the dew.

4 Yahweh has made a solemn promise, and he will never change his mind; he has said to the king, “You will be a priest forever [serving Yahweh] like Melchizedek did.”

Yahweh has sworn, and will not change: “You are a priest forever, after the manner of Melchizedek.”

5 Yahweh stands [in the place of highest honor] your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat [many kings].

The Lord is at your right hand. He will kill kings on the day of his anger.

6 He will judge and punish the people of [many] nations; he will fill the land with their corpses. He will crush the heads of other kings all over the earth.

He will judge the nations; he will fill the battlegrounds with dead bodies; he will kill the leaders in many countries.

7 But my lord the king will drink from streams near the road; he will be refreshed after defeating his enemies.

He will drink of the brook along the road, and then he will lift his head up high after victory.