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he will shatter heads over the whole earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/110.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/110.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/110.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill <i>the places</i> with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/110.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill <i>the places</i> with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/110.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will judge among the nations, He will fill <i>them</i> with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/110.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/110.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He will judge among the nations, He will fill <i>them</i> with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/110.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He will render justice among the nations, He will fill <i>them</i> with corpses, He will crush the head <i>that is</i> over <i>the</i> wide earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/110.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] among the nations; He will fill them with corpses, He will crush the chief men over a broad country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/110.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses; he will crush leaders over the entire world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/110.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses; He will crush leaders over the entire world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/110.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He will judge among the nations, He will fill the places with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/110.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He will judge the nations and crack their skulls, leaving piles of dead bodies all over the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/110.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill the places with dead bodies; he shall strike through the head in many countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/110.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He will pass judgment on the nations and fill them with dead bodies. Throughout the earth he will crush [their] heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/110.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He will pass judgment on the nations and fill the battlefield with corpses; he will defeat kings all over the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/110.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He will execute judgment against the nations, filling graves with corpses. He will utterly destroy leaders far and wide.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/110.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/110.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/110.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will shatter the head throughout a vast territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/110.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He will judge among the heathen, he will fill the places with the dead bodies; he will wound the heads over many countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/110.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/110.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He judges among the nations, "" He has completed the carcasses, "" Has struck the head over the mighty earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/110.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/110.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He shall judge in the nations; he filled with dead bodies: he crushed the head over much land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/110.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of the many. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/110.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 109:6>He will judge between the nations; he will fill up ruination. He will shatter heads in the land of the many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/110.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Who judges nations, heaps up corpses, crushes heads across the wide earth, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/110.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter heads over the wide earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/110.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He will judge among the nations, he will count the slain; he will cut off the heads of many on earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/110.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He will judge the nations and he will give a full supply of corpses and will cut off the heads of many in the Earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/110.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with the dead bodies, He crusheth the head over a wide land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/110.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill up <i>the number of</i> corpses, he shall crush the heads of many on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/110-6.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=14239" 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">5</span>The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1777.htm" title="1777: yā·ḏîn (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To judge. Or duwn; a primitive roy a straight course, i.e. Sail direct.">He will judge</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: bag·gō·w·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mā·lê (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">heaping up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1472.htm" title="1472: ḡə·wî·yō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A body, corpse. Prolonged for gevah; a body, whether alive or dead.">the dead;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4272.htm" title="4272: mā·ḥaṣ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy.">He will crush</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rōš (N-ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">the leaders</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.">far</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bāh (Adj-fs) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">and wide.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.…<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="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a></span><br />And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3-6</a></span><br />“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. / For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come. / I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Jeremiah 25:31-33</a></span><br />The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD. / This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.” / Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-19.htm">Revelation 14:19-20</a></span><br />So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. / And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-12.htm">Joel 3:12-14</a></span><br />Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side. / Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great. / Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-3</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-21</a></span><br />And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-8.htm">Zephaniah 3:8</a></span><br />Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm">Habakkuk 3:12</a></span><br />You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-14.htm">Revelation 16:14-16</a></span><br />These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. / “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.” / And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16</a></span><br />For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. / For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Jeremiah 46:10</a></span><br />For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Revelation 11:18</a></span><br />The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Isaiah 11:4</a></span><br />but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:8</a></span><br />And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.</p><p class="hdg">judge</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">1 Samuel 2:10</a></b></br> The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Isaiah 2:4</a></b></br> And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-3.htm">Isaiah 11:3</a></b></br> And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:</p><p class="hdg">fill</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-8</a></b></br> For the indignation of the LORD <i>is</i> upon all nations, and <i>his</i> fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Isaiah 43:2-4</a></b></br> When thou passest through the waters, I <i>will be</i> with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Isaiah 66:16,17</a></b></br> For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many… </p><p class="hdg">wound</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/68-21.htm">Psalm 68:21</a></b></br> But God shall wound the head of his enemies, <i>and</i> the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a></b></br> And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Habakkuk 3:13</a></b></br> Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, <i>even</i> for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. 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In biblical context, judgment often refers to God's righteous assessment and punishment of nations based on their actions and adherence to His laws. This is consistent with the role of the Messiah as a judge, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/11-3.htm">Isaiah 11:3-4</a>, where the Messiah judges with righteousness. The concept of God judging nations is also found in <a href="/joel/3-12.htm">Joel 3:12</a> and <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-32</a>, where all nations are gathered for judgment. This reflects the universal scope of God's authority and the accountability of all peoples to His standards.<p><b>heaping up the dead</b><br>This imagery suggests a decisive and overwhelming victory over the enemies of God. In ancient warfare, the aftermath of battle often involved the piling up of the slain, symbolizing total defeat. This phrase can be seen as a prophetic depiction of the ultimate triumph of God's justice over evil. It echoes the imagery found in <a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Ezekiel 39:11-12</a>, where the dead are buried after God's victory over Gog. Theologically, it underscores the seriousness of divine judgment and the finality of God's victory over sin and rebellion.<p><b>He will crush the leaders far and wide</b><br>The crushing of leaders signifies the dismantling of earthly powers and authorities that oppose God's rule. This is reminiscent of the prophecy in <a href="/daniel/2-44.htm">Daniel 2:44</a>, where God's kingdom will crush all other kingdoms. The phrase "far and wide" emphasizes the extensive reach of this judgment, indicating that no leader or nation is beyond the scope of God's authority. This can also be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over all powers, as described in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24-25</a>, where Christ will put all enemies under His feet. This reflects the messianic expectation of a ruler who will establish God's justice and peace universally.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The divine figure who empowers the king to execute judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_king/messiah.htm">The King/Messiah</a></b><br>Traditionally understood as a reference to the Messiah, who is given authority to judge and rule.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Represents the collective groups of people and governments that stand in opposition to God's rule.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/l/leaders/rulers.htm">Leaders/Rulers</a></b><br>Those in positions of power who are judged and defeated by the Messiah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_judgment.htm">The Day of Judgment</a></b><br>An eschatological event where divine justice is executed.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_justice.htm">The Certainty of Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's judgment is assured and will be executed in His perfect timing. Believers can trust in His justice even when earthly systems fail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_authority_of_the_messiah.htm">The Authority of the Messiah</a></b><br>Jesus, as the Messiah, holds ultimate authority over all nations and leaders. This should encourage believers to submit to His lordship in every area of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_righteous_living.htm">The Call to Righteous Living</a></b><br>Knowing that judgment is certain, Christians are called to live righteously and align their lives with God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_the_final_victory.htm">Hope in the Final Victory</a></b><br>The imagery of victory over the nations provides hope for believers that evil will not prevail, and God's kingdom will be established in fullness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/engagement_in_spiritual_warfare.htm">Engagement in Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Believers are reminded of the spiritual battle against forces opposed to God's kingdom and are called to stand firm in faith.<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/where_is_psalm_110's_conquest_fulfilled.htm">Psalm 110 portrays a victorious king judging entire nations. Where is the documented historical fulfillment of such a worldwide conquest?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_records_support_multiple_gods_in_psalm_82.htm">What archaeological or historical records support or refute the idea of multiple divine beings implied in Psalm 82?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_david_wear_an_ephod_legally.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:27, David wears an ephod traditionally reserved for priests--how do we explain this apparent merging of royal and priestly roles without violating Mosaic Law?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_79_6_call_for_wrath.htm">Why does Psalm 79:6 call for God's wrath on foreign nations when other passages emphasize God's compassion for all peoples?</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>(6) <span class= "bld">He shall judge.</span>--Comp. <a href="/psalms/9-8.htm" title="And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.">Psalm 9:8</a>, &c.<p><span class= "bld">He shall fill.</span>--The construction is peculiar, and in the Hebrew for <span class= "ital">heathen </span>and <span class= "ital">corpses </span>there is a play on words. A slight change in the vowel pointing gives a better construction than is obtained by understanding any word as the Authorised Version does, and critics generally: <span class= "ital">He judges among the heathen fulness of corpses. </span>At first the poet meant to write, "He judges among the heathen fulness of judgment" (comp. <a href="/job/36-17.htm" title="But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.">Job 36:17</a>), but, for the sake of the play on the sound, changed his words to "fulness of corpses."<p><span class= "bld">He shall wound the heads.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">crushes a head over a vast land, </span>where "head" means, as in <a href="/judges/7-16.htm" title="And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.">Judges 7:16</a>; <a href="/judges/7-20.htm" title="And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow with: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.">Judges 7:20</a>, a band or host of men. The picture is of a vast battle-field with heaps of slain. Others understand, "the chief or master of a wide land." (Comp. <a href="/habakkuk/3-14.htm" title="You did strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.">Habakkuk 3:14</a>, "head of his villages.") . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/110.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He shall judge among the heathen</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. execute the royal office not only over Israel, but over the nations of the earth generally (comp. <a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Psalm 7:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/9-9.htm">Psalm 9:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/96-10.htm">Psalm 96:10</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">He shall fill the places with the dead bodies</span>; rather, <span class="accented">he shall fill the earth with dead bodies</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. with the corpses of those whom he has slain while executing judgment. <span class="cmt_word">He shall wound the heads over many countries</span>. Thus translated, the clause merely repeats ver. 5. Perhaps a better rendering is that of Dr. Kay, "He shall smite him that is head over the wide earth" - either Satan or "the central power of the whole confederacy of evil." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/110-6.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">He will judge</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדִ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1777.htm">Strong's 1777: </a> </span><span class="str2">A straight course, sail direct</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּ֭גּוֹיִם</span> <span class="translit">(bag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heaping up</span><br /><span class="heb">מָלֵ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(mā·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the dead;</span><br /><span class="heb">גְוִיּ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·wî·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1472.htm">Strong's 1472: </a> </span><span class="str2">A body, corpse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He will crush</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֥חַץ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ḥaṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4272.htm">Strong's 4272: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dash asunder, to crush, smash, violently plunge, to subdue, destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the leaders</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹ֝֗אשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(rōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">far</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">and wide.</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/110-6.htm">Psalm 110:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/110-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 110:6 He will judge among the nations (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/110-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 110:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 110:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/110-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 110:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 110:7" /></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>