A Psalm of David. The Lord says to my master, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

Of David, a psalm. The L rd said to "my master" [(Abraham, viz. Genesis 23:6)]: Wait for [the salvation of] My right hand, until I make our foes [(Amrafel and his company)] a footstool for your feet.

The Lord shall send thy mighty sceptre out of Żiyyon: rule in the midst of thy enemies.

The staff of your strength will the L rd send from Zion. [(When you return, fatigued, from the battle, the L rd will send you Malkitzedek, king of Shalem [Jerusalem] to bring you bread and wine [viz. Genesis 14:18])]. Rule [(in the war)] in the midst of your foes [i.e., with full assurance]!

Thy people offered themselves willingly in the majesty of their holiness, on the day of thy battle; when still the dew of thy youth was upon thee, fresh from the womb of dawn.

Your people [will come] willingly [to join you] on the day of [(gathering)] your army [viz. Genesis 14:24] in [the merit of] the resplendent holiness that [was yours almost from the time of your] falling from the womb. Yours [i.e., unto you] will be [reckoned] the dew [i.e., the just ways] of your youth.

The Lord has sworn, and will not change his mind, Thou shalt be a priest forever, after the manner of Malki-żedeq.

The L rd has sworn [(Genesis 15:1): "Do not fear, Avram, etc."], and He shall not repent [of the good that He has foretold for you, (Avram fearing punishment because of all those he had killed in the war)]. You are a Cohain forever [i.e., from you will now issue the priesthood and the royalty that had been accorded Sh'chem, by word [(viz. Genesis 14:19-20)] of Malkitzedek [(Sh'chem, viz. Rashi, Genesis 14:18)].

The Lord is at thy right hand, he crushes kings on the day of his wrath.

The L rd [who was] on your right hand [in the war] crushed [the four] kings on the day of His wrath.

He judges among the nations: their land is full of dead bodies; he will shatter heads over many countries.

He will mete out justice to the nations [(Egypt, viz. Genesis 15:14)]. [He will make of them] a heap of corpses [viz. Exodus 14:30]. He crushed the head [of Pharaoh, the head] of a great land [(Egypt, which held all the other lands in its sway [viz. Habakkuk 3:12 and Psalms 102:20])].

He will drink of the brook in the way: therefore will he lift up the head.

From the river [Nile] on the way [(where Pharaoh walked)] did he drink [(having no need of rain water)] — therefore, he raised his head [(in brazen haughtiness, viz. Ezekiel 29:3)]