“Yahweh is at your right hand.
He will shatter kings
On the day of his wrath.
He will execute judgment
Among the nations.
He will fill them with corpses.
He will shatter heads
Over the wide earth.
He will drink
From the stream by the path.
Therefore he will lift up his head.”
This short psalm ends with Yahweh giving this king, probably David, the power to judge. Thus the Christian interpretation of the Messiah as king, priest, and judge would be based on this psalm. Here there is a role reversal from the first verse as Yahweh is at the king’s right hand. Now this is a king who shatters other kings on the day of wrath. He too will execute judgment on the other nations as well. He will fill their countries with corpses. He will shatter their heads on the earth. He will drink from the streams along the pathway so that he will lift up his head. Yes, this is a difficult psalm to understand, so that the Davidic Christian messianic interpretation is certainly possible.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 