Psalm 2:4 ASV

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 2:1-6

Of the Eternal Sonship of the Messiah. The Futile Rage Of The Nations. That the entire psalm is Messianic is clearly shown by the quotation Acts 4:25-Ezekiel :, together with the explanation there added: "For of a truth against Thy holy Child Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed,. . the people. . were gathered together," v. 27. Cf Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5. v. 1. Why do the heathen rage, the nations seething, surging, with resentful murmurings, and the people imagine a vain thing? The inspired... 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 2:1-9

Christ Versus the Antichrist Psalms 1:1-6 ; Psalms 2:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Satan an adept at counterfeits. As we enter into our study in the Psalms, we must first get the great message of the Psalms before us. The Lord Himself began with Moses and with all the Prophets and expounded in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. He also affirmed that all things written in Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning Himself, must be fulfilled. Christ therefore is 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 2:4-6

God Will Laugh At Man’s Folly And Exalt His Anointed. ‘He who sits in the heavens will laugh, The Lord will have them in derision, Then will he speak to them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure (‘fiery wrath’). “Yet have I set my king, Upon my holy hill of Zion”.’ But God will laugh at the folly of man in thinking that they can dismiss Him. For in spite of their opposition as so vividly described above He will yet set His King upon His holy hill of Zion. It is true that when the... 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 2:4

He that sitteth, as the Judge upon his tribunal, and as the King of the whole world upon his royal throne; who, without stirring from his place, can with one look or word destroy all his enemies. In the heavens: this is opposed to their being and reigning upon earth, Psalms 2:2, and is mentioned here, as it is in other places of Scripture, as an evidence both of God’s clear and certain knowledge of all things that are done below, as is noted, Psalms 11:4, and of his sovereign and irresistible... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 2:1-12

INTRODUCTION“It is quite impossible now to say what the event was which occasioned this poem. The older interpreters referred it to David, and the attacks made upon him by the Philistines (2 Samuel 5:0). But though the poem was occasioned by some national event, we must not confine its application to that event, nor need we even suppose that the singer himself did not feel that his words went beyond their first occasion. He begins to speak of an earthly king, and his wars with the nations of... read more