New English Translation
Psalms 110:7
7From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.
Psalms 110:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
- New International Version (NIV)He will drink from a brook along the way, and so he will lift his head high.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head.
Context of Psalms 110:7
5O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger. 6He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield. From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head.
Read all of Psalms 110Psalms 110:7 word by word
מִ֭נַּחַל בַּדֶּ֣רֶךְ יִשְׁתֶּ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן יָרִ֥ים רֹֽאשׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 110:7
- Psalms 102:9For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,
- Judges 7:5So he brought the men down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.”
- Job 21:20Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.
- Isaiah 53:12So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
- Jeremiah 23:15So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.’”
- Matthew 20:22Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
- Matthew 26:42He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”
- John 18:11But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
- Isaiah 53:11Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. “My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.
- Luke 24:26Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
- Philippians 2:7but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.
- Hebrews 2:9but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.
- 1 Peter 1:11They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.
- Psalms 3:3But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.
- Psalms 27:6Now I will triumph over my enemies who surround me! I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! I will sing praises to the Lord!
- Jeremiah 52:31In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, Evil-Merodach, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.
Commentaries on Psalms 110:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He shall drink of the brook in the way - He shall have sore travail, and but little ease and refreshment: but he shall still go on from conquering to conquer. Therefore shall he lift up the head - Or his head. He shall succeed in all his enterprises, and at last be peaceably settled in his ample dominions. But these verses, as well as the former, may be applied to our Lord. The fifth verse may be an address to Jehovah: Adonai at thy right hand, O Jehovah…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7He shall drink of the brook in the way - The design here seems to be to represent the Messiah as a victorious king and conqueror pursuing his enemies. In the previous verse the psalmist had represented him under the image of one engaged in battle, and slaying his enemies with a great slaughter. He here represents him as pursuing those who should escape from the battle, and as pursuing them without fainting or exhaustion. He is like one who finds abundant…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7God’s messianic ruler wins victory with renewed strength, like a traveler who drinks from streams along the way (Psalm 110:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. As a conqueror, "faint, yet pursuing" [Jud 8:4], He shall be refreshed by the brook in the way, and pursue to completion His divine and glorious triumphs.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 110
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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