the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Psalms 109:21-31; ; Psalms 110:1-7
The afflicted and poor Man (i.e. Christ) asks, "Do thou for me, for thy name’s sake" (vv. 21, 22; cf. John 12:28). "That they may know that this is thy hand . . ." (v. 27). God owed it to His own glory to deliver the One who was calling upon Him. This is what we find in Psalms 110:1-7. How it stands out in contrast to the picture of the Man of sorrows being humbled! That Man, as it says in a hymn, is "now exalted by God Himself, in the heavenly places by the majesty of God". The LORD had stood at the right hand of the poor Man to save Him (Psalms 109:31); that was in the past. Now, in glory, God has seated Him at His right hand (v. 1; Ephesians 1:20). V. 5 promises that, later still, "the Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the days of his wrath". His enemies in Psalms 109:1-31 will be made a footstool for His feet: their reduction to slavery will form part of His glory.
This Psalms 110:1-7 is quoted eight times in the New Testament. It serves in actual fact as the thread to guide us through the whole Epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 7:17; Hebrews 10:13 . . .).
Finally, to those promises made to the Messiah is added one which concerns His walk on the earth (v. 7). Christ, as a man, would find down here some rare moments of refreshment, suited to encourage and strengthen His soul (e.g. Luke 7:9; Luke 7:44; Luke 9:20; Luke 10:21; Luke 10:39; Luke 23:42; . . .).
