110:1
<> The {a} LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.(a) Jesus Christ in Mt 22:44 gives the interpretation of this, and shows that this cannot properly be applied to David but to himself.
110:2
The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of {b} Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.(b) And then it will stretch through all the world: and this power chiefly stands in the preaching of his word.
110:3
Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of {c} thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.(c) By the word your people will be assembled into your Church...increase will be...anointed wonderful... drops of the...
110:4
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of {d} Melchizedek.(d) As Melchizedek the figure of Christ was both a King and Priest, so this effect cannot be accomplished on any king save only Christ.
110:6
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill [the places] with the dead bodies; he shall wound the {e} heads over many countries.(e) No power will be able to resist him.
110:7
He shall {f} drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.(f) Under this comparison of a captain that is so eager to destroy his enemies that he will not scarce drink by the way, he shows how God will destroy his enemies.