Psalms 110:5
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Study Note
Study Note
The second oracle of Psalm 110 declares that 'the Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath' — the Messiah-King is joined by the divine warrior executing eschatological judgment. This verse sits within Psalm 110's extraordinary concentration of royal and priestly imagery: the king is invited to sit at God's right hand (110:1), installed as Melchizedek-priest (110:4), and now joined by the divine warrior. Psalm 110:1 is the most quoted Old Testament verse in the New Testament, and verse 5's judgment imagery informs Revelation 19:11-16's vision of the rider on the white horse executing judgment with a sword. The 'day of his wrath' language connects this psalm to the prophetic tradition of the 'Day of the Lord.'
Other Translations
The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
The Lord on thy right hand smote kings In the day of His anger.
In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.
Cross References
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, …
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a …
I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up …
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee …
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.