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The Lord has sworn and will not waver:
    “You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek.”[a](A)
At your right hand is the Lord,
    who crushes kings on the day of his wrath,(B)
Who judges nations, heaps up corpses,
    crushes heads across the wide earth,

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Footnotes

  1. 110:4 Melchizedek: Melchizedek was the ancient king of Salem (Jerusalem) who blessed Abraham (Gn 14:18–20); like other kings of the time he performed priestly functions. Hb 7 sees in Melchizedek a type of Christ.

The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(A)
“You are a priest forever,(B)
    in the order of Melchizedek.(C)

The Lord is at your right hand[a];(D)
    he will crush kings(E) on the day of his wrath.(F)
He will judge the nations,(G) heaping up the dead(H)
    and crushing the rulers(I) of the whole earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:5 Or My lord is at your right hand, Lord