Psalm 2:1-4 KJV

Psalms · chapter 2 · verses 1–4

¹Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? ²The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, ³Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. ⁴He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.Psalm 2:1-4 · King James Version

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1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.

5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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Commentary

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…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6

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Key words (Strong's)

togetheryachadproperly, a unitH3162 →
heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
imaginehâgâhto murmurH1897 →
counselyâçadto setH3245 →
sittethyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
heavensshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
peoplelᵉʼôma communityH3816 →
rulersrâzanprobably to be heavyH7336 →

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Psalm 2:1-4 KJV

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