Psalms 110:2

2. The Lord shall send Jehovah shall send, not Adonoh. It declares what Jehovah will do through Adonah, or what Adonah or Messiah shall do in Jehovah’s name.

Rod of thy strength The sceptre of Messiah, representing the strength and sovereignty of Jehovah’s government.

Out of Zion The Church, the seat both of theocratic and Messianic dominion. Here the gospel was planted, and from hence it was spread abroad among the nations. Luke 24:46-47; Acts 2:0. The Jews referred this verse to Messiah. “According to Bereshith Rabba, on Genesis 38:18, the sceptre of the kingdom which the Lord sends out of Zion is the King Messiah, of whom Isaiah (Isaiah 11:1,) speaks: ‘There shall go forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse.’ So according to Bammidbar Rabba, ‘the rod of Aaron is preserved that it may be in the hand of King Messiah, which is the meaning of the rod of strength.’” Perowne.

Rule thou Have thou dominion. The address is to Adonah, Christ, and the imperative form of the verb, whether uttered by Jehovah or as a prediction of the psalmist, expresses the certain investiture of divine government in Christ, as in Psalms 2:7-8; Psalms 2:12; Psalms 72:8.

In the midst of thine enemies Christ’s willing people are not associated in one compact nationality, or commonwealth, defined by geographical limits, but dispersed throughout the world and intermixed with the enemies of the cross. Still he maintains his Church amidst the hostile nations, ruling the latter with a rod of iron, as in Psalms 2:7-8; Psalms 2:12; Psalms 72:8