Ps. 110:0 THE ARGUMENT That the penman of this Psalm was not Eliezer, Abraham’s servant, who writ it upon the occasion of Abraham’s victory over those kings, Gen.

The Lord; God the Father, the first person in the Trinity, to whom accordingly the original of all things, and especially of the work of man’s redemption by Christ, is ascribed. Said; decreed or appointed it from eternity, and in due time published this decree, as is noted, Ps.

Send; or, send forth, into the world. The rod of thy strength; thy strong or powerful rod, by a usual Hebraism. And the rod is put for his sceptre, or kingly power, as it is Isa. 10:24, Jer. 48:17, Ezek. 7:10–11, Ezek. 19:11–12.

Thy people; thy subjects. Shall be willing, Heb. willingnesses, i.e. most willing, as such plural words are frequently used, as Ps. 5:10, Ps. 21:7. Or, free-will offerings, as the word properly signifies; whereby he may intimate the difference between the worship of the Old Testament and that of…

Hath sworn; which he did not in the Aaronical priesthood, Heb. 7:21, but did it here, partly because the thing was new and strange, and might seem incredible, because God had already erected another, and that an everlasting priesthood, Num.

The Lord; either, 1. God the Father, whose words and oath he last mentioned, Ps. 110:4. So this is an apostrophe of the psalmist to Christ, Thy God and Father is at thy right hand, to wit, to defend and assist thee, as that phrase is used, Ps. 16:8, Ps. 109:31, and elsewhere. See Poole “Ps. 110:1”.

Shall judge; either, 1. Conquer and govern them; or rather, 2. Condemn and punish them, as it is explained in the following clauses, and as this word is used, Gen. 15:14, Rom. 2:1–2, 1 Pet. 4:6, and elsewhere.

He shall drink of the brook in the way: this may be understood either, 1. Properly, to express the fervency and diligence of the Messias in the prosecution of his business; who having routed and destroyed the main body of his enemies’ forces, pursues those that fled with such eagerness, that he…