Psalms 2:4
Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
In Context
3Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.
5Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
Psalms 37:13He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.
Psalms 59:8\59:7\See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
Psalms 68:33\68:32\Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise to the Lord; (Selah.)
Psalms 123:1A Song of the going up. To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
Isaiah 40:22It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:2-7
The Enemies of Messiah. 1 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 king upon my holy hill of Zion. We have… Read the whole commentary →