Many a reputable scholar continues to propagate the theory that the 2^nd lord in Psalm 110.1 is Adonai (Deity) and not adoni (non-Deity), i.e., “Yahweh says to my Adonai.”

This amazing, misleading claim throws doubt on the vowel points of the Hebrew Masoretic Text (MT) first introduced c. 1000AD.

This attack on scripture is nothing new.

The preeminent Hebrew scholar of the 19th century at Cambridge, Rev. Dr. Samuel Lee, wrote that Psalm 110.1 “exhibits a Jewish gloss [i.e., a corruption] probably as old as the times of our Lord.”

But translations of the Old Testament before the MT clearly differentiate the 2 Lords of the Psalm.

1^st century Aramaic adoni, Judg. 6.15:

• ܒܥܐ ܐܢܐ ܡܢܟ ܡܪܝ – Peshitta

Aramaic bi Adonai, Judg. 13.8:

• ܒܒܥܘ ܡܪܝܐ – Peshitta

4^th century Old Greek adoni = kurie mou, Judg. 6.15:

• εν εμοι κυριε μου – Codex Vaticanus
• εν εμοι κυριε μου – Codex Sinaiticus

Old Greek Adonai = kurie:

• εν εμοι κυριε – Codex Alexandrinus

Latin adoni = domine mi, Judg. 6.15:

• in me, domine mi – Old Latin
• obsecro, domine mi – Vulgate

Adonai = domine:

• in me, domine – Old Latin

NOTE: Targums are continued to be used in Judaism and many manuscripts are just as old, if not older, than the Dead Sea Scrolls. As a matter of fact, some were found in Qumran.