Psalms 2:1
Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
Psalms 46:7Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.
Psalms 74:23Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
Psalms 83:4They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
Matthew 21:38But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
Luke 22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread, which [is] called the passover, drew nigh,
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 →