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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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 2:3

Psalms 2:3. Let us break their bands asunder That is, the laws of the Lord and his Anointed; the bands or yokes which they design to put upon our necks, that they may bring us into subjection. The laws of God and Christ, though easy and pleasant in themselves, and to all good men, Matthew 11:29-30; 1 John 5:3; yet are very grievous and burdensome to corrupt nature, and carnal, wicked men. And cast away their cords from us The same thing expressed with more emphasis. Let us not only break... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 2:4

Psalms 2:4. He that sitteth in the heavens As the judge upon his tribunal, weighing the actions of men, and as the king of the whole earth upon his royal throne; who, without moving from his place, can with one word or look destroy all his enemies. His sitting (or dwelling, as Dr. Waterland renders ושׁב , josheb, here) in the heavens is opposed to their being and reigning on the earth, (Psalms 2:2,) and is mentioned here, as in other places of Scripture, as an evidence both of God’s... 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 2:2

set themselves = take their stand. take counsel together = have gathered by appointment. So the Septuagint and Aramaean. Compare Psalms 48:4 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Anointed = Messiah. So Psalms 18:50 ; Psalms 20:6 ; Psalms 28:8 ; Psalms 84:9 ; Psalms 89:38 , Psalms 89:51 ; Psalms 132:10 , Psalms 132:17 . In Daniel 9:25 , Daniel 9:26 , rendered Messiah. saying. The Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 ) correctly supplied. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 2:4

laugh. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . The LORD* . Primitive text was Jehovah. Altered by the Sopherim to Adonai. See App-32 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 2:2

"The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us."This passage is without any doubt whatever a reference to Almighty God the Father and his Son the Messiah. As Albert Barnes effectively stated it:"The idea here is that it was the purpose of Jehovah and his Anointed to establish a dominion over men, and that it was equally the purpose of the kings... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 2:4

"He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision. Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure."The alternate reading for "vex" in our version is "trouble." Has this come to pass? Indeed it has! In my lifetime, a mighty nation, the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, the U.S.S.R., in effect declared war upon God and his Anointed; but God has indeed spoken unto that nation in His wrath! read more

Thomas Coke

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

Psalms 2:2. The kings of the earth set themselves, &c.— Or, Rise up, and the rulers assemble together. Chandler renders it, Set themselves in opposition, and instigate each other. This gives a very strong and significant meaning, as David's enemies urged and instigated each other in their opposition to him. Or, if we apply it to David, in his great successor the Messiah, it answers to real facts; the Jewish priests, elders, and council, instigating false witness to accuse him, Pilate to... read more

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