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When you go to fight your enemies,
    your people will be happy to fight beside you.
As the sun rises on the day of battle,
    your young men will be there,
    on the hills round Zion.[a]
The Lord has made a strong promise.
    He will not change it.
He has promised, ‘You will be a priest for ever,
    in the same way that Melchizedek was my priest.’[b]
The Lord is standing at your right side.
When he becomes angry,
    he will knock down kings!

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Footnotes

  1. 110:3 This verse is difficult to understand in the Hebrew language.
  2. 110:4 Melchizedek was both a king and a priest, like Jesus. See Genesis 14:18-20. Later, the Israelite priests had to be Levites, so they were not the right family to be kings. Jesus was not a Levite, but he was a priest like Melchizedek.

Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,(A)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.[a](B)

The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(C)
“You are a priest forever,(D)
    in the order of Melchizedek.(E)

The Lord is at your right hand[b];(F)
    he will crush kings(G) on the day of his wrath.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
  2. Psalm 110:5 Or My lord is at your right hand, Lord