1 A psalm for David. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.
2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
3 With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee.
4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
5 The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many.
7 He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
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Today's Verse
Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Verse Of The DayDavid's plea that God act 'for thy name's sake' rests on the same patient trust described in Job 37:7, before the psalm turns to the messianic hope of Psalms 110.
