Psalm 2:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 2:10

Psalms 2:10 . Be wise now therefore Understand your true interest while you have time and space for repentance and submission; O ye kings You and your people. Be instructed, ye judges Or rulers, you and those that are ruled by you. But he speaks of and to kings and rulers only, 1st, Because they most need the admonition, as presuming upon their own power and greatness; and thinking it below them to submit to him: 2d, Because their authority and example would have great influence on... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 2:1-12

Psalms 2:0 God’s rulerThere is no title to this psalm, though Acts 4:25 indicates that the writer was David. The psalm was probably written to celebrate some great national occasion such as the coronation of a king. It was a reminder to the king, the people and the enemy nations that the Israelite king was, in a sense, God’s son, the one through whom God exercised his rule (2 Samuel 7:11-16; cf. Exodus 4:22). Through him God would overpower all opposition and establish his rule on the earth.In... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 2:10

Be wise. Figure of speech Apostrophe. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 2:10

"Now therefore be wise, O ye kings:Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling."The kings, rulers and judges of mankind should indeed be the spiritual leaders of the people, fearing God and showing by their example that allegiance and service which all men owe to their Creator. However, as this Psalm indicates, it is precisely this class of men who all too often have led the rebellion against God and His Christ.It is the conceit and egotism of men... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 2:10

Psalms 2:10. Be instructed— Or, Be reformed. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:10

10-12. kings . . . judges—For rulers generally (Psalms 148:11), who have been leaders in rebellion, should be examples of penitent submission, and with fear for His terrible judgments, mingled with trust in His mercy, acknowledge— read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 2:1-12

Psalms 2In this "second psalm" (Acts 13:33), one of the most frequently quoted in the New Testament, David (Acts 4:25) exhorted the pagan nations surrounding Israel to forsake their efforts to oppose the Lord and His anointed king. He urged them to submit to the authority of the Son whom God has ordained to rule them (cf. 2 Samuel 10). The first and second psalms were always united as one in the rabbinical traditions. [Note: See Peter C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50, p. 59.] This is a royal psalm and,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 2:10

In view of the inevitability of judgment for rebellion, David exhorted the nations to submit before the wrath of the great King led Him to smite them. The leaders of these nations would be wise to bow in submission not only to David, but, what is more important, to the King behind him in heaven. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 2:10-12

4. The psalmist’s exhortation 2:10-12 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 2:1-12

The historical situation of this Ps. cannot now be recovered. It may refer to some threatened rebellion of subject kings in the early days of Solomon, or to some similar movement under one of the later kings; but it is impossible to give it any precise date. This, however, is of the less importance, as the leading feature of the Ps. is its application to the Messianic King—the ideal ruler of Israel. Some writers deny that it had any historical setting, and hold that it refers exclusively to the... read more

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