Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
1A Davidic psalm. This is the declaration of the LORD to my Lord:" Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool." | 1A psalm of David. Here is the LORD's proclamation to my lord: "Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!" |
2The LORD will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion. Rule over Your surrounding enemies. | 2The LORD extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies! |
3Your people will volunteer on Your day of battle. In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, the dew of Your youth belongs to You. | 3Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you. |
4The LORD has sworn an oath and will not take it back:" Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek." | 4The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: "You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek." |
5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His anger. | 5O sovereign LORD, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger. |
6He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses; He will crush leaders over the entire world. | 6He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield. |
7He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore, He will lift up His head. | 7From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head. |
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