Psalm 110

Praise to the Coming Messiah, In the Day of Battle

 

A Psalm of David. Dominion Given to the King

1   The Lord said to my Lord:

                   “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
 

 2   The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,

        “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”  

 3   Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power…

        In holy array, from the womb of the dawn—

        Your youth are to You as the  dew.   

4   The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,

        “You are priest forever—according to the order of Melchizedek.”

 5   The Lord is at Your right hand, He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.  

 6   He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses—

        He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.

 7   He will drink from the brook by the wayside…

         Therefore He will lift up His head.
 

Your troops will be willing on the day of battle—

Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn,

Your young men will come to you like the dew.   Psalm 110:3

[Alternative translation]
 

Our God is a God of battle.  David’s Lord, the Messiah, is seated at the Father’s right hand—in the place of authority, until the consummation of the ages.  At that time the Lord will send David’s Lord the Messiah, to make his enemies subject to Him. A footstool pictures complete subjugation... with His scepter the Messiah will rule over His enemies. 

David looks forward to the day when, “Your young men will be willing on the day of battle”—

God is asking us at this time to be His “freewill offerings”… for the coming spiritual battle.
He is asking for one thing only, ourselves.  He desires that we seek Him now.  

What is more beautiful than a drop of dew as it is touched by the sun’s first ray in the morning?  We must give ourselves over to Him fully; we are the army He seeks out of the darkness and into the new light – our day of rebirth.    

David's prayer is a heavy one, but necessary.  In faith we may ask, “Accept me O Lord, as a freewill offering in Your day of battle.”