The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool?
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
Saying, The Lord said, &c. From this verse Christ clearly proves that the Messiah was not a mere Prayer of Manasseh , as the Pharisees believed, but that He was David"s God, and therefore his Lord. The meaning therefore is as if David said, "The Lord God hath said to my Lord, even Christ, Sit on My right hand, in that after the Death and Resurrection of Christ He will raise Him up, and exalt Him above all powers and principalities, and will set Him next to Himself in Heaven, that He may reign with the most perfect happiness, glory, and authority over all created things."
The Heb. for said is × ××, neum, i.e, pronounced, spoken prophetically, decreed by the Lord concerning David"s Lord, and therefore something fixed, certain, immutable. For neum Isaiah , by metathesis, the same as Amen, or sure and faithful. And the meaning Isaiah , that "God the Father from eternity hath firmly and inviolably decreed concerning Christ His Song of Solomon , not as He is God, but in that He became Inc...
And not even at this does He stop, but in order to move them to fear, He adds what follows also, saying, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool; that at least in this way He might gain them over.
