Psalms 2:1
Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 21:11\21:10\Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Psalms 46:7\46:6\The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.
Psalms 74:23Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
Psalms 83:4\83:3\They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
Matthew 21:38But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.
Luke 22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:1
As the foregoing psalm was moral, and showed us our duty, so this is evangelical, and shows us our Saviour. Under the type of David's kingdom (which was of divine appointment, met with much opposition, but prevailed at last) the kingdom of the Messiah, the Son of David, is prophesied of, which is the primary intention and scope of the psalm; and I think there is less in it of the type, and more of the anti-type, than in any of the gospel psalms, for there is nothing in it but what is applicable to Christ, but some… Read the whole commentary →