John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 2:6
Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. Or, "behold, I have set", &c.; so Noldius by Zion is meant the church of God, especially under the Gospel dispensation; see Hebrews 12:22 ; so called, because, as Zion was, it is the object of God's love and choice, the place of his habitation and residence; where divine worship is observed, and the word and ordinances of God administered; and where the Lord distributes his blessings of grace; and which is the perfection of beauty,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 2:1-6
We have here a very great struggle about the kingdom of Christ, hell and heaven contesting it; the seat of the war is this earth, where Satan has long had a usurped kingdom and exercised dominion to such a degree that he has been called the prince of the power of the very air we breathe in and the god of the world we live in. He knows very well that, as the Messiah's kingdom rises and gets ground, his falls and loses ground; and therefore, though it will be set up certainly, it shall not be... read more