Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 110:7

"He will drink of the brook in the way: Therefore will he lift up the head." — Psalms 110:7 (ASV)

Drink ... lift up. —The victorious leader, faint yet pursuing (Judges 8:4), pauses at the stream that crosses his path, and then refreshed, with head once more erect, continues his pursuit of the foe.

Such is undoubtedly the meaning of this verse, and we need not suppose a sudden change of subject, as some critics do, as if the picture representing a thirsty warrior were unworthy of Jehovah.

Poetry knows nothing of such timidity. With the grand scene of Isaiah 63:1-6, of the hero stained with blood, we need not hesitate to admit this further detail, so true to life—even if we did not have images of a still more commonplace type in Psalm 60 and Psalm 108.