Psalms 110:6 meaning and explanation

He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

Psalms 110:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 110 is a royal psalm of David, and in verse 6 the speaker describes the victorious king whom God has installed at His right hand. The language is that of ancient Near Eastern warfare poetry: the king acts as God's agent in judgment, and the imagery of heaping up the dead and crushing leaders conveys total victory over hostile nations, not a literal instruction for readers.

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