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Psalm 110:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 110:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 The Lord has sworn,
and he will not retract his oath:
“You are a priest forever[a]
according to the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord stands forth at your right hand;[b]
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He[c] will judge the nations,
filling their land with corpses
and crushing rulers throughout the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 110:4 The prophet-psalmist pronounces a second divine oracle, guaranteed by an oath. The Lord makes his king his chief priest for life, according to the order and image of Melchizedek. There are three main points of resemblance between Melchizedek and Christ. Both are kings as well as priests, both offer bread and wine to God, and both have their priesthood directly from God (see Gen 14:18; Heb 7). For a prophetic vision of the glorious union of the Messiah-Priest, see Zec 6:13; for the New Testament application, see Heb 5:6-10; 7:22. Forever: perhaps alluded to in Jn 12:34.
- Psalm 110:5 The Lord stands forth at your right hand: when the king goes out to battle, the Lord, as the Master of the universe, is right with him, and crushing the foes.
- Psalm 110:6 He: the Messiah-King. Filling their land with corpses: gory imagery symbolizing full victory (see Ps 2:9; Rev 19:11-21) when God’s judgment comes to pass.
