Psalms 2:4
He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
In Context
3“Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”
5Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the Lord has spoken about him: The virgin daughter of Zion has spurned and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind your back.
Psalms 37:13And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
Psalms 59:8God has spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Shechem, and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernacles.
Psalms 68:33Let the poor see and rejoice. Seek God, and your soul will live.
Psalms 123:1A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:
Isaiah 40:22He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.
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 →