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href="/bsb/psalms/110.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/110.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: &#8220You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/110.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/110.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/110.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/110.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou <i>art</i> a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/110.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn And will not relent, “You <i>are</i> a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/110.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/110.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, &#8220You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/110.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, “Thou art a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/110.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/110.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/110.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn an oath and will not take it back: “You are a priest forever according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/110.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn an oath and will not take it back:&#8221 Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/110.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/110.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD has made a promise that will never be broken: "You will be a priest forever, just like Melchizedek." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/110.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/110.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD has taken an oath and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/110.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD made a solemn promise and will not take it back: "You will be a priest forever in the priestly order of Melchizedek." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/110.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD took an oath and will never recant: "You are a priest forever, after the manner of Melchizedek."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/110.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: ?You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/110.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: "You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/110.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/110.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/110.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/110.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH has sworn, and does not relent, “You [are] a priest for all time, "" According to the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/110.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, 'Thou art a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/110.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah sware and he will not lament, Thou a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedeck.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/110.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/110.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 109:4>The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/110.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not waver: “You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/110.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/110.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn, and will not lie, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/110.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH swore and will not lie: "You are Priest to eternity in the likeness of Melchizedek.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/110.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent: 'Thou art a priest for ever After the manner of Melchizedek.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/110.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/110-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=14224" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/110.htm">God's Faithful Messiah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7650.htm" title="7650: niš·ba‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; propr. To be complete, but used only as a denominative from sheba'; to seven oneself, i.e. Swear.">has sworn</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: yin·nā·ḥêm (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">change His mind:</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh- (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">“You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: ḵō·hên (N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">are a priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: lə·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/1700.htm" title="1700: diḇ·rā·ṯî (N-fsc) -- A cause, reason, manner. Feminine of dabar; a reason, suit or style.">the order</a> <a href="/hebrew/4442.htm" title="4442: mal·kî- (Prep) -- My king is right, an early king of Salem. From melek and tsedeq; king of right; Malki-Tsedek, an early king in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4442.htm" title="4442: ṣe·ḏeq (N-proper-ms) -- My king is right, an early king of Salem. From melek and tsedeq; king of right; Malki-Tsedek, an early king in Palestine.">of Melchizedek.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-17.htm">Hebrews 7:17</a></span><br />For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm">Hebrews 5:6</a></span><br />And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-21.htm">Hebrews 7:21</a></span><br />but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Genesis 14:18-20</a></span><br />Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High— / and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, / and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-20.htm">Hebrews 6:20</a></span><br />where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-1.htm">Hebrews 7:1-3</a></span><br />This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, / and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” / Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-11.htm">Hebrews 7:11</a></span><br />Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-15.htm">Hebrews 7:15-16</a></span><br />And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, / one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-24.htm">Hebrews 7:24-25</a></span><br />But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood. / Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26-28</a></span><br />Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. / Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself. / For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/6-13.htm">Zechariah 6:13</a></span><br />Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-10.htm">Hebrews 5:10</a></span><br />and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">Hebrews 8:1</a></span><br />The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11</a></span><br />But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-12.htm">Hebrews 10:12-14</a></span><br />But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. / Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, / because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD has sworn, and will not repent, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.</p><p class="hdg">Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-34.htm">Psalm 89:34-36</a></b></br> My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm">Hebrews 5:6</a></b></br> As he saith also in another <i>place</i>, Thou <i>art</i> a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Hebrews 6:13-18</a></b></br> For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, … </p><p class="hdg">will not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a></b></br> God <i>is</i> not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do <i>it</i>? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?</p><p class="hdg">thou</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Genesis 14:18</a></b></br> And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he <i>was</i> the priest of the most high God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/6-13.htm">Zechariah 6:13</a></b></br> Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/6-20.htm">Hebrews 6:20</a></b></br> Whither the forerunner is for us entered, <i>even</i> Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/107-1.htm">Age</a> <a href="/psalms/106-20.htm">Change</a> <a href="/psalms/109-19.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/107-18.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Melchisedek</a> <a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Melchizedek</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-17.htm">Melchiz'edek</a> <a href="/psalms/109-14.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/psalms/50-21.htm">Order</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-28.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/psalms/90-13.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/psalms/105-9.htm">Sworn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/111-5.htm">Age</a> <a href="/psalms/126-1.htm">Change</a> <a href="/psalms/111-3.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/119-132.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm">Melchisedek</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm">Melchizedek</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm">Melchiz'edek</a> <a href="/psalms/111-5.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/psalms/116-14.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">Order</a> <a href="/psalms/132-9.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/psalms/135-14.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/psalms/119-106.htm">Sworn</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 110</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/110-1.htm">The kingdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/110-4.htm">The priesthood</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/110-5.htm">The conquest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/110-7.htm">And the passion of Christ</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/110.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/110.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The LORD has sworn</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the certainty and divine authority behind the statement. In biblical context, when God swears an oath, it signifies an unchangeable and eternal decree. This is seen in other scriptures such as <a href="/hebrews/6-17.htm">Hebrews 6:17-18</a>, where God's oath is described as a guarantee of His promises. The use of "LORD" (YHWH) highlights the covenantal name of God, underscoring His faithfulness and sovereignty.<p><b>and will not change His mind:</b><br>This assures the immutability of God's purpose. In <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a>, it is stated that God is not like humans who change their minds. This phrase reinforces the idea that God's plans are steadfast and reliable. Theologically, it speaks to the doctrine of God's immutability, meaning His nature and promises remain constant throughout time.<p><b>“You are a priest forever</b><br>This part of the verse introduces the concept of an eternal priesthood, which is unique in the biblical narrative. Unlike the Levitical priesthood, which was temporary and hereditary, this priesthood is perpetual. This is a prophetic reference to Jesus Christ, who is described in <a href="/hebrews/7-24.htm">Hebrews 7:24-25</a> as having a permanent priesthood, able to save completely those who come to God through Him.<p><b>in the order of Melchizedek.”</b><br>Melchizedek is a mysterious figure who appears in <a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Genesis 14:18-20</a> as the king of Salem and priest of God Most High. His priesthood is significant because it predates the Levitical priesthood and is not based on lineage. This order is characterized by righteousness and peace, as seen in the meaning of Melchizedek's name and title. In <a href="/hebrews/7.htm">Hebrews 7</a>, Melchizedek is used as a type of Christ, illustrating the superiority and eternal nature of Jesus' priesthood. This connection highlights the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy in the New Testament revelation of Christ's role as both king and priest.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who makes an unchangeable oath.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_messiah.htm">The Messiah (Implied)</a></b><br>The one addressed in this verse, identified as a priest forever, pointing to Jesus Christ in the New Testament.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/melchizedek.htm">Melchizedek</a></b><br>A mysterious figure from Genesis, king of Salem and priest of God Most High, who blesses Abraham.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David (Implied Author)</a></b><br>Traditionally considered the author of this Psalm, speaking prophetically about the Messiah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_order_of_melchizedek.htm">The Order of Melchizedek</a></b><br>A unique priestly order, distinct from the Levitical priesthood, characterized by eternal and royal priesthood.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_unchangeable_oath_of_god.htm">The Unchangeable Oath of God</a></b><br>God's promises are irrevocable and trustworthy. Believers can have confidence in His eternal plan and purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_eternal_priesthood_of_christ.htm">The Eternal Priesthood of Christ</a></b><br>Jesus' priesthood is not temporary or limited like the Levitical priests. He intercedes for us eternally, providing a secure foundation for our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_unique_role_of_melchizedek.htm">The Unique Role of Melchizedek</a></b><br>Understanding Melchizedek helps us appreciate the uniqueness of Christ's priesthood, which combines both kingly and priestly functions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_in_christ.htm">The Fulfillment in Christ</a></b><br>Jesus fulfills the Old Testament prophecies and types, affirming the unity and reliability of Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_under_christ's_priesthood.htm">Living Under Christ's Priesthood</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to live in the reality of Christ's eternal intercession, drawing near to God with confidence.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_110.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 110</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_eternal_melchizedek_order.htm">In Psalm 110:4, what historical or archaeological evidence exists for an eternal “order of Melchizedek” priesthood? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_melchizedek_a_real_figure_without_lineage.htm">If Melchizedek “had neither father nor mother” (Hebrews 7:3), how can he be considered a real historical figure without any trace of parentage or lineage? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_hebrews_7_mention_melchizedek.htm">Why does Hebrews 7 establish a priesthood “in the order of Melchizedek” (Hebrews 7:17), which appears to undermine the Levitical priesthood mandated in the Old Testament? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_melchizedek_in_religious_texts.htm">Who is Melchizedek in religious texts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/110.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">After the order of Melchizedek.</span>--This follows the LXX. and Vulg. Better, <span class= "ital">after the manner of </span>since there could have been with the psalmist no intention of contrasting this priesthood with that of Aaron, as there naturally was when the Aaronic order had come to an end or was visibly doomed to extinction.<p>The previous history of Israel itself offered no example of the formal union of kingly and priestly offices in one person. It first appears in idea in <a href="/context/zechariah/6-12.htm" title="And speak to him, saying, Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:">Zechariah 6:12-13</a>; in actual fact in the pontificate of Jonathan (<a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/10-21.htm" title="So in the seventh month of the hundred and sixtieth year, at the feast of the tabernacles, Jonathan put on the holy robe, and gathered together forces, and provided much armour.">1 Maccabees 10:21</a>). It is true that the royal and priestly <span class= "ital">functions </span>were sometimes united, especially in the case of David, and in <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm" title="And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.">2Samuel 8:18</a>, David's sons are called "priests" (in English version, "chief rulers;" margin, or <span class= "ital">princes</span>)<span class= "ital">. </span>It was therefore necessary to go back to Melchizedek, in whom history recognised this sanctioned and formal union (<a href="/genesis/14-18.htm" title="And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.">Genesis 14:18</a>). For the various points brought out in the Epistle to the Hebrews 6, 7, see <span class= "ital">New Testament Commentary.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/110.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent</span>. "A fresh revelation" (Cheyne). David, admitted into the councils of the Most High, has been made aware that the Messiah is, by God's decree, to be both King and Priest. God has "sworn" this, and will certainly not draw back from his oath. <span class="cmt_word">Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek</span>. Not, like ordinary priests, a priest for a few years, or for a lifetime, but a priest forever and ever (<span class="hebrew">לעולם</span>) - seeing "he ever liveth to make intercession for us" (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>). And a priest "after the order of Melchizedek." Not, that is, after the order of Aaron, who was a priest and nothing more, but after that of Melchizedek, the elder priesthood, which combined the offices of priest and king (see <a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm">Hebrews 5:6-10</a>; <a href="/hebrews/7-1.htm">Hebrews 7:1-10, 20-28</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/110-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֨ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has sworn</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁבַּ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(niš·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7650.htm">Strong's 7650: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seven oneself, swear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">change His mind:</span><br /><span class="heb">יִנָּחֵ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(yin·nā·ḥêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are a priest</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹהֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(ḵō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעוֹלָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the order</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּ֝בְרָתִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(diḇ·rā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1700.htm">Strong's 1700: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cause, reason, manner</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Melchizedek.”</span><br /><span class="heb">צֶֽדֶק׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣe·ḏeq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4442.htm">Strong's 4442: </a> </span><span class="str2">Melchizedek -- 'my king is right', an early king of Salem</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/110-4.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 110:4 Yahweh has sworn and will not change (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/110-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 110:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 110:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/110-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 110:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 110:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>