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Psalm 110:3
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
1A Psalm by David. The LORD says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
2The LORD will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
4The LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
5The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
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Willing people appear in holy array within a psalm of rule and enemies, joining readiness to serve with the weight of belonging to God's appointed ruler.
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Judges 5:2“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, LORD!Both passages describe people offering themselves willingly in a setting of leadership and conflict.
Psalm 29:2Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Worship the LORD in holy array.The phrase “in holy array” appears in both, linking the people's readiness in Psalm 110 with worship in Psalm 29.
Hebrews 13:21make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory …Both concern people serving under divine authority; Hebrews emphasizes God's work in them, while the psalm depicts their willing readiness.
Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.Both describe a people belonging to a ruler or redeemer, marked by holiness and readiness to serve.
2 Peter 1:3seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and …The psalm links the ruler's power with holy array; Peter speaks of divine power providing for life and godliness.
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.Holiness marks the people in both texts: holy array in the psalm and God's call to sanctification in Thessalonians.
Ephesians 1:4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,Both associate belonging with holiness: the ruler's people appear in holy array, and those chosen in Christ are to be holy.
Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.Willing service is the shared thread: the psalm depicts people offering themselves, while Philippians names God as the source of willing obedience.
Leviticus 1:3“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be …Both use offering language, though Leviticus concerns an animal brought before the LORD and the psalm concerns people offering themselves.
Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing …Both depict a people in distinctive clothing: holy array in the psalm and white robes before the throne and the Lamb.
Exodus 35:5‘Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD’s offering: gold, silver, bronze,Willingness marks both offerings: the psalm's people offer themselves, while Exodus asks those with a willing heart to bring materials.
Psalm 96:9Worship the LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.Both use “in holy array,” connecting the people's appearance before the ruler with worship before the LORD.
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The dew and morning language is hard to pin down. The people's willingness is clear: they offer themselves to the ruler whose strength comes from YHWH.
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