Psalm 110

[Elizabeth]

Psalm 110 last verse

The L-rd is at your right; He crushes on the day of His anger, kings. He will judge the nations that are filled with corpses, He will crush the leader of the mighty land. From a river along the way He shall drink - therefore he may (proudly) lift (his) head.


Any ideas what is going on in this verse regarding the river and drinking from it along the way?

[alon]

Feb 1, 2019 6:44:43 GMT -8 Elizabeth said:

Psalm 110 last verse

The L-rd is at your right; He crushes on the day of His anger, kings. He will judge the nations that are filled with corpses, He will crush the leader of the mighty land. From a river along the way He shall drink - therefore he may (proudly) lift (his) head.


Any ideas what is going on in this verse regarding the river and drinking from it along the way?

This is a tough one, but I'll take a stab at it:. It's prophetic of the end times, so there is a lot of metaphor.

Psalm 110  (ESV) Sit at My Right Hand   A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,                                                               God speaking (metaphorically) o Yeshua?                                    
until I make your enemies your footstool.”                                  Until the time is right and you are sent to conquer those who reject you
2 The Lord sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter.                                                                 A symbol of power and majesty
Rule in the midst of your enemies!                                             It's time to go forth≈
3 Your people will offer themselves freely
on the day of your power,[Or on the day you lead your forces]     Those who have accepted Him will freely go as He directs
in holy garments;[some manuscripts on the holy mountains]       Dressed probably in new garments, possibly in glorified bodies
from the womb of the morning,                                                 
the dew of your youth will be yours.                                           Possessing the health of a young person? Us? Yeshua?
4 The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”                                                  This speaks directly of Yeshua
5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.                               God is with Yeshua as He destroys kings/kingdoms
6 He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs[Or the head]
over the wide earth.                                                                   Those who rejected Yeshua will face judgement, and many will perish
7 He will drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.                                                 To lower your head to drink from a brook in safety, you must have taken it and sufficiently
                                                                                                destroyed the enemy so they are no longer a threat, therefore He lifts His head after safely
                                                                                                drinking from what is now His newly acquired brook

Sandwiched between a Psalm which is a cry for help and another which is praise for the Lord's works this Psalm is the assurance that His works of redeeming the world will come. This is just how I see it. So don't take it as the final word on this. 

Dan C