Thank you so much, God bless you. This is something i have been trying to understand for a while and you have given me the clarification i needed. May the Lord be with you always.
Psalms 110 is a difficult psalm to interpret, even for the Jews of Jesus' day, as Jesus demonstrates in Matthew 22. However, when we examine the Psalm itself, it is evident that David isn't talking about himself. Psalms 110:1: "The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool." Who is "The Lord" at the beginning of the psalm? In this context, it is God Himself (the Father), as God the Father is often referred to as Lord (master) in scripture and it is clear that that is who David is referring to. Who is 'my'? That is David, for David is the one speaking. Who then is the second 'Lord'? It can't be the God the Father, for the Father doesn't speak to Himself. It also can't be David, for otherwise David would have said, 'The Lord said to me'. Who was 'the Lord' of King David? Nobody on earth, for David was king. It had to be someone in Heaven. We've already ruled out God the Father, so who else could it have been? Well, the psalm doesn't identify Him, but this person must be God as well for Him to be referred to as Lord of David. But we don't have to wonder who this was, because the New Testament clearly identifies Him as Jesus. Acts 2:22-36: "22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know - 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. 25 For David says concerning Him: 'I foresaw the Lord always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.' 29 "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore 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. 34 "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."' 36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." Peter quotes Psalms 110:1 in Acts 2:34-35 and directly applies it to Jesus. Jesus directly applied it to Himself in Matthew 22, making the point that not only is he the Messiah, the fulfillment of Psalms 110, but he God because He is Lord of David, preexisting him. Yes, David had this psalm written to be read by the Levites in the temple, but his goal was to point them to the Messiah, not himself. So, even though Psalms 110 may be confusing, the Holy Spirit makes it quite clear in the New Testament through the Apostles. I hope this helps you in your studies. Thanks for the comment.
