1 [A psalm by David.] The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit in the highest position in heaven until I make your enemies your footstool."

2 The LORD will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. Rule your enemies who surround you.

3 Your people will volunteer when you call up your army. Your young people will come to you in holy splendor like dew in the early morning.

4 The LORD has taken an oath and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest."

5 The Lord is at your right side. He will crush kings on the day of his anger.

6 He will pass judgment on the nations and fill them with dead bodies. Throughout the earth he will crush [their] heads.

7 He will drink from the brook along the road. He will hold his head high.