Psalms

Psalm 2

1The kingdom of Christ. 10Kings are exhorted to accept it.


1WHY do athe heathen 1rage, and the people 2imagine a vain thing?

1Or, tumultuously assemble.

2Heb. meditate.

a Ps. 46.6. 2Sa. 5.17; 8; 10; 12; 15; 20. Ac. 4.25-28. Lu. 18.32. Is. 8.9,10. Mat. 21.38. Re. 17.14; 20.9.

2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, bagainst the LORD, and against chis anointed, saying ,

b Ro. 1.30; 8.7,8. Pr. 21.30. Job 9.4,13. c 1Sa. 2.10. Ps. 45.7. Is. 61.1. Jn. 1.41; 3.34.

3Let dus break their bands *asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

*asunder-apart, into pieces/parts.

d Je. 5.5. Lu. 19.14.

4eHe that sitteth in the heavens fshall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

e Ps. 11.4; 115.3. Is. 57.15; 66.1. f Ps. 37.13; 59.8. Pr. 1.26. 2Ki. 19.21. Is. 37.22.

5Then gshall he speak unto them in his wrath, and 3vex them in his *sore displeasure.

3Or, trouble.

*sore-very great or severe.

g Is. 11.4; 65.14. Mat. 22.7. Lu. 19.27,43,44.

6Yet hhave I 4set my king 5upon my holy hill of Zion.

4Heb. anointed.

5Heb. upon Zion the hill of my holiness.

h Ac. 5.31. Ps. 45.6; 110.1-7. Da. 7.10-14. Mat. 28.18. 1Ti. 6.15. Ep. 1.22.

7I will declare 6the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, iThou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

6Or, for a decree.

i Mat. 3.17; 17.5. Ac. 13.33. Ro. 1.4. He. 1.5; 5.5.

8jAsk of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the *uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

*uttermost-outermost.

j Ps. 22.27-31; 72.8; 89.21-37. Da. 7.13,14. He. 7.25.

9kThou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

k Re. 2.27; 19.15. Da. 2.44. Re. 6.12-17; 16; 19. Mat. 22.14. Is. 30.14. Je. 19.11.

10Be lwise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

l Is. 26.9; 52.15; 60.3,10,11,16; 49.23. Je. 6.8. Ps. 72.10,11; 45.12.

11mServe the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

m He. 12.28,29. Mat. 17.5. Jn. 5.22,23. Ps. 89.7; 95.1-7; 96-100.

12nKiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled obut a little. pBlessed are all they that put their trust in him.

n Jn. 5.23. 1Sa. 10.1. 1Ki. 19.18. Job 31.27. Ho. 13.2. o Mat. 22.7. Re. 6.12-17; 16.1-21. 2Th. 1.9. Re. 14.9-11. p Pr. 16.20. Is. 30.18; 26.3,4. Je. 17.7. Ro. 9.33; 10.11. 1Pe. 2.6. Ps. 7.1; 34.8; 40.4; 84.12; 146.5.