詩篇 2:2-6 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 2:3

Let us break their bands asunder. Wicked men always feel God's rule and his Law to be restraints. They chafe at them, fret against them, and, in the last resort—so far as their will goes—wholly throw them off. And cast away their cords from us. "Bands" and "cords" are the fetters that restrain prisoners. The rebels determine to burst them, and assert their absolute freedom. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 2:4

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh . God "laughs" at the vain and futile efforts of man to escape from the control of his laws and throw off his dominion (comp. Psalms 37:13 ; Psalms 59:8 ). It is impossible that these efforts should succeed. Men must obey God willingly, or else unwillingly. The Lord (Adonay in the ordinary Hebrew text, but a large number of manuscripts have Jehovah) shall have them in derision. "Laughter" and "derision" are, of course, anthropo-morphisms. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 2:5

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath . "Then" ( אָז ) means "after a time"—"presently" ('Speaker's Commentary'), when the fitting period has arrived. "He shall speak"—not in articulate words, not by a voice from heaven, not even by a commissioned messenger, but by accomplished facts. Christ does rule; Christ does reign; he sits a King in heaven, and is acknowledged as a King upon earth. In vain was all the opposition of the Jews, in vain persecution after persecution by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 2:6

Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion ; literally, and as for me, I have set my King upon Zion, the mount of my holiness. The words are uttered by Jehovah, and must refer to the Anointed One of Psalms 2:2 . This Anointed One God has set up as King upon Zion, his holy mountain. Without denying some reference to David, the type, we must regard the Anti-type, Christ, as mainly pointed at. Christ is set up for ever as King in the heavenly Jerusalem ( Revelation 21:2-7 ; ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:2

The kings of the earth - This verse is designed to give a more specific form to the general statement in Psalms 2:1. In the first verse the psalmist sees a general commotion among the nations as engaged in some plan that he sees must be a vain one; here he describes more particularly the cause of the excitement, and gives a nearer view of what is occurring. He now sees kings and rulers engaged in a specific and definite plot against Yahweh and against His Anointed. The word “kings” here is a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:3

Let us break their bands asunder - The bands of Yahweh and of his Anointed. They who are engaged in this combination or conspiracy regard Yahweh and his Anointed as one, and as having one object - to set up a dominion over the world. Hence, they take counsel against both; and, with the same purpose and design, endeavor to cast off the authority of each. The word “bands” here refers to the restraints imposed by their authority. The figure is probably taken from fastening a yoke on oxen, or the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:4

He that sitteth in the heavens - God, represented as having his home, his seat, his throne in heaven, and thence administering the affairs of the world. This verse commences the second strophe or stanza of the psalm; and this strophe Psalms 2:4-6 corresponds with the first Psalms 2:1-3 in its structure. The former describes the feelings and purposes of those who would cast off the government of God; this describes the feelings and purposes of God in the same order, for in each case the psalmist... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:5

Then shall he speak unto them - That is, this seeming indifference and unconcern will not last forever. He will not always look calmly on, nor will he suffer them to accomplish their purposes without interposing. When he has shown how he regards their schemes - how impotent they are, how much they are really the objects of derision, considered as an attempt to cast off his authority - he will interpose and declare his own purposes - his determination to establish his king on the hill of Zion.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:6

Yet have I set my king - The word “yet” is merely the translation of the conjunction “and.” It is rendered in the Vulgate “but ...autem;” and so in the Septuagint, δέ de. It would be better rendered perhaps by the usual word “and:” “And I have set or constituted my king,” etc. This is properly to be regarded as the expression of God himself; as what he says in reply to their declared purposes Psalms 2:3, and as what is referred to in Psalms 2:5. The meaning is, he would speak to them in his... read more

Joseph Benson

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

Psalms 2:2. The kings of the earth So called by way of contempt, and to show their madness in opposing the God of heaven. Herod the Great, Herod the Tetrarch, Pilate and other princes and magistrates, with or after them, are chiefly intended; set themselves Hebrew, יתיצבו , jithjatzebu, set themselves in opposition, as Chandler renders it. The word expresses their firm purpose and professed hostility, together with the combination of their counsels and forces. And the rulers take... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 2:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:6

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

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