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Psalm 2 Geneva Bible (1599)

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Notes on this text (2)
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1 Why doe the heathen rage, and the people murmure in vaine?
1 Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
2 The Kings of the earth band themselues, and the princes are assembled together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
3 Let vs breake their bands, and cast their cordes from vs.
3 “Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
4 But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.
4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
5 Then shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath, and vexe them in his sore displeasure, saying,
5 Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
6 Euen I haue set my King vpon Zion mine holy mountaine.
6 “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
7 I will declare the decree: that is, the Lord hath said vnto me, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee.
7 I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
8 Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession.
8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
9 Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
10 Be wise nowe therefore, ye Kings: be learned ye Iudges of the earth.
10 Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serue the Lord in feare, and reioyce in trembling.
11 Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kisse the sonne, least he be angry, and ye perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne. blessed are all that trust in him.
12 Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Cross references (12)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Acts 4:25–26; Revelation 17:14; Psalm 46:6; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 83:4–8
  2. 2 Matthew 26:59; Matthew 27:1; Revelation 17:12–14; Luke 23:11–12; Psalm 45:7
  3. 3 Jeremiah 5:5; Luke 19:14; Luke 19:27; 1 Peter 2:7–8
  4. 4 Psalm 37:13; Psalm 59:8; Proverbs 1:26; Isaiah 40:22; Psalm 11:4
  5. 5 Isaiah 11:4; Revelation 19:15; Psalm 21:9; Psalm 110:5–6; Psalm 78:49–50
  6. 6 Revelation 14:1; Matthew 28:18; Isaiah 9:6–7; Psalm 45:6; Ephesians 1:22
  7. 7 Hebrews 5:5; Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5–6; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5
  8. 8 Psalm 22:27; Psalm 89:27; Psalm 72:8; John 17:4–5; Daniel 7:13
  9. 9 Revelation 2:26–27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15; Psalm 89:23; Isaiah 30:14
  10. 10 Hosea 14:9; Isaiah 60:10–11; Isaiah 52:15; Psalm 45:12; Psalm 82:1–8
  11. 11 Philippians 2:12; Hebrews 12:25; Hebrews 12:28–29; Psalm 119:119–120; Psalm 89:7
  12. 12 Psalm 40:4; John 5:23; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 84:12; Isaiah 30:18

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm II)

    (ver. 1). "The kings of the earth have stood up, and the rulers taken counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Christ" (ver. 2). It is said, "why?" as if it were said, in vain.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 2:11 Polycarp of Smyrna, Epistle to the Philippians (The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians)

    "Wherefore, girding up your loins," "serve the Lord in fear" and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude, and "believed in Him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, and gave Him glory," and a throne at His right hand.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 2:8 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XXI)

    … Christ are human beings, who from various and diverse nations come together into one cohort of faith, as the Father promised Him, saying, "Ask of Me, and I will give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession." And as from the multitude of his sons the prophets of the Lord [afterwards] arose, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 2:11 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VII, Chapters XX–XXI)

    And the face of that pure speech appeared to me one and the same; and I learned to "rejoice with trembling." So I commenced, and found that whatsoever truth I had there read was declared here with the recommendation of Thy grace; that he who sees may not so glory as if he had not received not only that which …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  5. Quotes verse 2:7 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VII)

    … but that He is also the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, they admit not; being of a contrary mind to their own Prophets, who in the Divine Scriptures affirm, The Lord said unto me, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten thee.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)