(REFLECTIONS ON Psalm 110:1-7, Psalm 111:1-10)

Psalm 110 is the single most quoted psalm in the New Testament. It is a very unique psalm speaking of the Messiah, a future descendant of David, which is mind-blowing if we believe that this is a psalm written by David as noted in the New Testament.

David, wrote about the Lord, his descendant, before the Lord, the Messiah, came to the world as Jesus. Let us be amazed as we try to wrap our heads around this. David writes,

Psalm 110

1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” (NASB)

The Lord (God) says to my Lord (Christ, the Messiah, the descendant of David). How can this be? It can be if we believe that Christ, the Messiah, before being born the baby Jesus, was already with God before He came as flesh and blood to the world.

Christ, the Messiah, fulfilled in flesh and blood as the one we know as Jesus, was before David, with David, and after David. That is what is so amazing about God’s plan of salvation, it was, is, and is to be. Yes, Jesus was born at a specific time and a specific place, but the Christ, the Messiah, was with the Lord, and was David’s Lord.

Christ, the Messiah, was before David because as we read in verse 4,

“You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” The priest, Melchizedek appeared in Genesis 14, before David. And thus Christ was before David, was David’s Lord, and was after David as well (refer to Hebrews 5, 6, 7 for more information about Melchizedek).

And that is why moving on to Psalm 111, we “Praise the Lord!” We praise the Lord because of His works, His works beginning with Creation and continuing through history.

Psalm 111

2 Great are the works of the Lord; They are studied by all who delight in them. 3 Splendid and majestic is His work, and His righteousness endures forever.

7 The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are sure.

Let us study the works of the Lord. Let us study and realize how great His works are. Let us see His works, are not works like human works, but they span across space and time, from beginning to end, showing us that all was planned, all was executed, all according to His will.

The works of His hands are truth and justice. And His truth and justice in one statement, “The Lord said to my Lord,” give us confidence, faith, trust and hope in Him.

Pastor Michael Lu
Enduring Word Bible Commentary: Psalm 110
Enduring Word Bible Commentary: Psalm 111