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Psalm 110:7

He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

5The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
6He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
7He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
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A drink from a brook follows scenes of crushed kings and dead bodies, making the raised head a striking close to this psalm of the Lord’s judgment.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 3:3But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.Both passages describe a lifted head; Psalm 3 names the LORD as the one who lifts the speaker’s head.
Psalm 27:6Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.Both describe a head lifted in a setting involving enemies, with Psalm 27 continuing into sacrifice and praise.
Judges 7:5–6Both passages depict drinking water, though Judges describes how Gideon separates people by the way they drink.
Hebrews 2:9–10But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of …The raised head and the crown suggest honor; Hebrews names Jesus’ suffering and death, which the brook verse does not mention.
Matthew 26:42Again, a second time he went away and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”Drinking links the passages, though the psalm names a brook and Jesus speaks of a cup while submitting to his Father’s desire.
John 18:11Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”Both speak of drinking; John identifies Jesus’ cup as given by the Father, while the psalm describes water along the way.
1 Peter 1:11searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would …The raised head offers a broad link with glory, though Peter names Christ’s sufferings and the psalm describes a drink.
Philippians 2:7–11but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.The connection is broad: drinking depicts bodily life in the psalm, while Philippians speaks of Christ taking human likeness.
Jeremiah 23:15Therefore the LORD of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for from the prophets …Both mention drinking water in passages about judgment, though Jeremiah specifies poisoned water imposed on Jerusalem’s prophets.
Matthew 20:22But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am …The shared action is drinking, though Matthew’s cup belongs to Jesus’ challenge to his disciples and the psalm names a brook.
Jeremiah 52:31In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of …Both use the phrase “lift up his head” or “lifted up the head,” with Jeremiah describing Jehoiachin’s release from prison.
Isaiah 53:11–12After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear …The connection is broad: a drink precedes a raised head here, while suffering precedes light and satisfaction in Isaiah.
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Read Psalm 110:5–7 aloud, keeping the brook in context

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Encouragement

The closing picture is of a raised head after a drink along the way. In this severe account of the Lord’s judgment, the final figure remains undefeated.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).