Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 110:3-4
2. The rule of Messiah 110:3-4 read more
Psalm 110
Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 110:4
Yahweh has made an affirmation in the most definite way possible and will not change His mind (cf. 2 Samuel 7:13; Psalms 89:3; Psalms 89:28-29; Psalms 89:34-35; Psalms 132:11). [Note: On the subject of God changing His mind, see Thomas L. Constable, "What Prayer Will and Will Not Change," in Essays in Honor of J. Dwight Pentecost, pp. 99-113; and Robert B. Chisholm Jr., "Does God ’Change His Mind’?" Bibliotheca Sacra 152:608 (October-December 1995):387-99.] Messiah will be a priest forever in... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 110:5-7
3. The victory of Messiah 110:5-7Messiah’s victory over His enemies will be great. David saw Messiah presently seated at God the Father’s right hand (cf. Hebrews 8:1; Hebrews 10:12). In the future He will wage war (cf. Joel 3:2; Joel 3:11-14; Revelation 16:16; Revelation 19:13-15). Messiah drinking by a brook pictures Him renewing His strength. Yahweh will exalt Messiah because of His victorious conquest. [Note: See Allen, Rediscovering Prophecy, pp. 173-94.] Later revelation helps us... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 110:1-7
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, and quoted Matthew 22:43; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42; Acts 2:34; Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 5:6: see Intro.1. Lit. ’Oracle of Jehovah to my lord.’ The Psalmist seems to hear God addressing the king, whom Jehovah invites to a seat at His right hand, the place of honour. Our Lord applies this v. in the... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 110
CX.At the first sight the authorship and purpose of this psalm are, for a Christian expositor, not only placed beyond the necessity of conjecture, but even removed from the region of criticism, by the use made of its first verse by our Lord, and the emphatic manner in which He quotes it as the Divinely inspired utterance of David (Matthew 22:41-45; Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44). But it is now, even among the most orthodox, an admitted fact that, in matters of literature and criticism, our Lord... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 110:1
(1) The Messiah; and, if so, with a prophetic consciousness of His Divinity, or, at least, His superiority as a Prince over all other princes. (2) David himself: this is, of course, inconsistent with the Davidic authorship of the psalm. (3) Solomon. (4) Hezekiah. (5) Joshua son of Josedech. (6) One of the priest-kings of the Asmonean dynasty.We now come to the words of the oracle: “Sit thou at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.”Commentators have sought in the customs of... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 110:2
(2) 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, addressing the King, to whom the oracle has just been announced.Rod of thy strength—i.e., the sceptre, which is the emblem of royal power and sway. (See Jeremiah 48:17.) The word “staff” is different from that rendered “rod,” in Psalms 2:9; and the image is not, as there, necessarily of a weapon of... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 110:3
(3) This difficult verse runs, literally, Thy people willingnesses (or, willing offerings) in the day of thy force in holy attire, from the womb of morning dew of thy youth.The first clause is tolerably clear. The word rendered force means either “strength” or “an army;” and the noun willingnesses appears as a verb in Judges 5:9, to express the alacrity with which the northern clans mustered for battle. We may therefore translate: Thy people will be willing on thy muster-day.As to the next... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 110:4
(4) After the order of Melchizedek.—This follows the LXX. and Vulg. Better, after the manner of since there could have been with the psalmist no intention of contrasting this priesthood with that of Aaron, as there naturally was when the Aaronic order had come to an end or was visibly doomed to extinction.The previous history of Israel itself offered no example of the formal union of kingly and priestly offices in one person. It first appears in idea in Zechariah 6:12-13; in actual fact in the... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 110:3
When Messiah comes to rule over His enemies, His people will willingly join in His reign (cf. Judges 5:2). They will be holy, in contrast to the unholy whom Messiah will subdue. They will be as youthful warriors, namely, strong and energetic. They will be as the dew in the sense of being fresh, numerous, and a blessing from God. The expression "from the womb of the dawn" probably signifies their early appearance during Messiah’s reign. Later revelation identifies these people as faithful... read more