Psalm 2:12 NLT,NIV,ESV

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 2:12

Discipline. Chaldean, "doctrine." St. Jerome, "adore purely." Protestants, "kiss the Son, lest he be angry," &c. (Haydock) --- Houbigant, "adore the son, lest he be angry, and you perish. For he comes forward, and shortly his wrath will be enkindled." This version seems to be judicious: that of the Vulgate is less energetic, but come to the same end, as those who adore the Messias, must follow his doctrine. (Berthier) --- Lord and just is not in [the] Hebrew. (Haydock) --- The way or... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 2:10-12

10-12 Whatever we rejoice in, in this world, it must always be with trembling, because of the uncertainty of all things in it. To welcome Jesus Christ, and to submit to him, is our wisdom and interest. Let him be very dear and precious; love him above all, love him in sincerity, love him much, as she did, to whom much was forgiven, and, in token of it, kissed his feet, Luke 7:38. And with a kiss of loyalty take this yoke upon you, and give up yourselves to be governed by his laws, disposed of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 2:7-12

The Divine Announcement. It is the Anointed of Jehovah, Jesus Christ Himself, who now speaks in person. v. 7. I will declare the decree, make known, express for a statute, publish as a resolution: The Lord, the great Jehovah, the almighty God of the heavens, hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son, standing in the relation of essential Sonship to God; this day, in the great, eternal today, in the timeless period of eternity, have I begotten Thee, Christ being generated out of the essence of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 2:1-12

Psalms 2:01 Why do the heathen rage,And the people imagine a vain thing?2 The kings of the earth set themselves,And the rulers take counsel together,Against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,3 Let us break their bands asunder,And cast away their cords from us.4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:The Lord shall have them in derision.5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath,And vex them in his sore displeasure.6 Yet have I set my KingUpon my holy... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 2:1-12

God’s Son upon His Throne Psalms 2:1-12 This is one of the sublimest of the Psalms, and can find its fulfillment only in our Lord. See Acts 4:25 ; Acts 13:33 ; Hebrews 1:5 ; Hebrews 5:5 ; Revelation 2:27 . The mold in which the psalm is cast is highly dramatic. The determined hate of the peoples, Psalms 2:1-3 Rage conveys the idea of gesticulations and cries of frenzy. For Psalms 2:2 , see Luke 23:12-13 ; Acts 4:25-26 . The divine tranquillity, Psalms 2:4-6 The scene shifts to heaven. In... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 2:1-12

This is the psalm of Jehovah's King. It is impossible to fix the event for which it was written and to which it first referred. The wider application is perfectly patent. To whatsoever king the words first applied, the singer was looking to the ideal King, and his song has found fulfilment in Christ. It is very interesting to notice how this psalm is interwoven with the thinking of the New Testament. To study it carefully, we must, first of all, discover the speakers in each case. The... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Psalms 2:1-12

The Prefatory Psalms Psalms 1:1-6 , Psalms 2:1-12 , and Psalms 3:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the key that unlocks the whole Book. Let us enter into this Psalm by the way of the 24th of Luke; there it says that "all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning Me." These words tell us that the chief personage of the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 2:10-12

The Call For Response. ‘Now therefore be wise, O you kings, Be instructed you judges of the earth, Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with trembling, Kiss the son, lest he be angry, And you perish in the way, For his wrath will blaze forth quickly. Blessed are all those who put their trust in him.’ And so the call comes to us today, as it came to the men in David’s day. Let all who take authority on earth recognise their need to serve YHWH with godly fear and awe, and even in their times of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 2:1-12

II. Messiah’ s Reign.— Also without a title. Here we have a distinctly Messianic Ps., put in this place, possibly, as an introduction to other Messianic Pss. which follow. Messianic it is in the strictest sense of the word, for it does not look forward to a dynasty of Davidic kings ( cf. Jeremiah 23:4 ff., Ezekiel 34:23), or to the direct intervention of Yahweh, as 2 Is. and Malachi do. Rather the Kingdom of God is to be founded and maintained by an anointed King who is the Son of God and His... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 2:12

Kiss, in token of your subjection and adoration; whereof this was a sign among the Eastern nations, as is manifest both from Scripture, as 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Kings 19:18; Hosea 13:2, and from heathen authors. Submit to his person and government. The Son, to wit, the Son of God, as appears from Psalms 2:7, called here the Son, by way of eminency, and in a singular manner; which agrees much better to Christ than to David, who is never particularly called by this name. And ye perish from the way,... read more