Study of Psalms: Psalm 110

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Study Questions – Psalm 110

1.   Identify the three persons mentioned in the opening verses. (110:0-1)

2.  (C) How does Jesus explain Psalm 110:1 to the Pharisees? Why do you think that Jesus quoted from this psalm to explain the Christ (Messiah)? (Matt 22:41-45)

3.  Who does the LORD invite to sit at His right hand? Why does David call him “my Lord”? (110:1) 

4.  (P) Who is David’s Lord?  (A) Who is your Lord?

5.  For how long is the Lord to sit at the right hand of the LORD? (Ps 110:1)

6.  From where will the LORD stretch forth His strong scepter? What will He say? (110:2)

7.  What has the LORD sworn and will not change His mind? (110:4)

8.  (P) Who is the priest? (cf. Heb 7:20-22)

9.  What is the order of His priesthood? (110:4)

10.  (C) What else does the Bible reveal about Melchizedek? (Gen 14:18; Heb 5:6-10, 6:20; 7:1, 10-11; 15-17)

11.  (D!) What does a designated priest in the order of Melchizedek, rather than in the previous priestly order of Levite, signify?  (cf. Heb 7:11-22)

12.  Who is at the right hand of the LORD? Who will He shatter in the day of His wrath? When will he shatter them? (110:5)

13. List the verbs and descriptions that follow “He will”. (110:6-7)

14. From where will the Lord judge? Who will He shatter over a broad country? (110:6b)

15.  From what will He drink? (110:7)

16.  (P) What do the following verses say about the One who is sitting at the right and of God? (Acts 2:34; Eph 1:20; Col 3:1; Heb 1:13; 8:1)

17.  What do you learn about God from Ps 110?

18.  What attribute(s) of God are revealed in Ps 110?

Write a prayer in response to Ps 110.

Psalm 110 (NASB)

Psa. 110:0   A Psalm of David.

Psa. 110:1    The LORD says 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.

Psa. 110:4    The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, 

“You are a 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.