New King James Version
Psalms 110:3
3Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth.
Psalms 110:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
- New International Version (NIV)Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When you go to war, your people will serve you willingly. You are arrayed in holy garments, and your strength will be renewed each day like the morning dew.
Context of Psalms 110:3
1The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” 2The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth. 4The Lord has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” 5The Lord is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.
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עַמְּךָ֣ נְדָבֹת֮ בְּי֪וֹם חֵ֫ילֶ֥ךָ בְּֽהַדְרֵי־קֹ֭דֶשׁ מֵרֶ֣חֶם מִשְׁחָ֑ר לְ֝ךָ֗ טַ֣ל יַלְדֻתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- willingנְדָבָהnedâbâh · voluntarinessH5071
- in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of thy powerחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
- in the beautiesהָדָרhâdâr · gloryH1926
- of holinessקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- from the wombרֶ֫חֶםrechem · wombH7358
- of the morningמִשְׁחָרmishchâr · dawnH4891
- thou hast the dewטַלţal · dewH2919
- of thy youthיַלְדוּתyaldûth · youthH3208
Cross-references for Psalms 110:3
- Psalms 22:27All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You.
- Judges 5:2“When leaders lead in Israel, When the people willingly offer themselves, Bless the Lord!
- Acts 2:41Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
- Romans 11:2God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
- 2 Corinthians 8:1Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia:
- Philippians 2:13for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
- Hebrews 13:21make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Acts 1:8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
- Acts 2:33Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
- Acts 4:30by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
- Acts 19:20So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
- Galatians 1:15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace,
- Psalms 96:9Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.
- Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
- Ephesians 1:4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
Commentaries on Psalms 110:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power - This verse has been wofully perverted. It has been supposed to point out the irresistible operation of the grace of God on the souls of the elect, thereby making them willing to receive Christ as their Savior. Now, whether this doctrine be true or false it is not in this text, nor can it receive the smallest countenance from it. There has been much spoken against the doctrine of what is called free…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Thy people - All who are given to thee; all over whom thou art to rule. This verse has been variously translated. The Septuagint renders it, “With thee is the beginning in the day of thy power, in the splendor of thy saints, from the womb, before the light of the morning have I begotten thee.” So the Latin Vulgate. Luther renders it, “After thy victory shall thy people willingly bring an offering to thee, in holy adorning: thy children shall be born to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3The kingdom will expand and increase, beginning from Jerusalem, until all enemies are conquered.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Thy people ... willing--literally, "Thy people (are) free will offerings"; for such is the proper rendering of the word "willing," which is a plural noun, and not an adjective (compare Ex 25:2; Psa 54:6), also a similar form (Jud 5:2-9). in the day of thy power--Thy people freely offer themselves (Ro 12:1) in Thy service, enlisting under Thy banner. in the beauties of holiness--either as in Psa 29:2, the loveliness of a spiritual worship, of which the…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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