Psalms 110

Which worship songs are based on Psalms 110?

  1. Heaven's Gonna Lift You Up — ApologetiX (2022) Psalms 110:1

    The song explicitly names Psalm 110 and presents Christ as exalted and enthroned in heaven, reflecting the psalm's oracle about the Lord seating the king at his right hand.

  2. Psalm 110 (He Will Shatter Kings of Men) — Brian Sauvé (2021) Psalms 110:1-7

    The entire song closely renders Psalm 110, preserving its sequence of enthronement at God's right hand, rule from Zion, willing holy followers, the Melchizedek priestly oath, judgment of rulers and nations, and the victorious king's refreshment and vindication.

  3. Jesus Before the Council and Peter’s Denial — Neal Morse (2020) Psalms 110:1

    Jesus’ declaration that he will be enthroned at God’s right hand invokes the royal and messianic image used in this psalm.

  4. Good — Karen Clark Sheard (2010) Psalms 110:1

    The second verse adapts the distinctive promise that God will place enemies beneath the recipient's feet. The song applies this royal image personally rather than preserving the psalm's original addressee.

  5. My Nemesis — Impending Doom (2007) Psalms 110:1

    The defeated enemy's reduction to a footstool closely adapts the psalm's promise that God will place enemies beneath the feet of His appointed ruler. The song applies that victory image to the defeat of its spiritual antagonist.

Psalms 110 (King James Version)

1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

3 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.

4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.