Psalms 110

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Psalms 110 is the 110th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The LORD said unto my Lord". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalms 109. In Latin, it is known as Dixit Dominus.
Some will say that "Psalm 110 delivers again. Here we see the covenant of redemption, God's eternal plan, and the appointment of Christ to his office. In these poetic words we see Christ's Kingdom, his church, his enemies, his humiliation, his exaltation, and triumph."
In Matthew 22:44 *The LORD(Κύριος/Kyrios Nominative^[1] case)^[2] said unto my Lord(Κυρίῳ/Kyriō Dative^[3] case)^[2], Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?* This verse that is based on what David said in Psalms 110 was written in the Hebrew as "LORD(Yëhovah)^[4] said unto my Lord (Adonia)^[5]". Jesus was addressing, and evidently Matthew, together were sharing something about who is who in relationship to their origins.^[6]
Throughout the Hebrew Bible adoni^[5] refers to a human or angelic "master" or "lord". Since David wrote this psalm in the third person, to be sung by the Levites in the Temple in Jerusalem, from a Jewish perspective the Levites would be saying that "the Lord spoke to my master".


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[1] ¶ The LORD^[4] said unto my Lord (adonia)^[5] , Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

[2] The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

[3] Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

[4] The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

[5] The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

[6] He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

↑ The nominative case refers to the noun or pronoun that appears as the subject of the verb in a particular sentence. In other words, the 'nominative case' denotes that the specific noun or pronoun is the subject of the sentence.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Template:2926
↑ The dative case is used to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Template:03038
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Template:0113
↑ Barnes' Notes on the Bible. "How is this doctrine that he is "descended" from David consistent with what David says when he calls him "lord?" How can your opinion be reconciled with that? That declaration of David is recorded in Psalms 110:1. A "lord" or master is a superior. The word here does not necessarily imply divinity, but only superiority. David calls him his superior, his lord, his master, his lawgiver, and expresses his willingness to obey him. If the Messiah was to be merely a descendant of David, as other men descended from parents if he was to have a human nature only if he did not exist when David wrote - with what propriety could he, then, call him his lord?

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