| New International Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Of David. A psalm. The LORD says to my lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." | 1The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” |
| 2The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, "Rule in the midst of your enemies!" | 2The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies! |
| 3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning's womb. | 3Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. |
| 4The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." | 4The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.” |
| 5The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath. | 5The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. |
| 6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. | 6He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth. |
| 7He will drink from a brook along the way, and so he will lift his head high. | 7He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head. |
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