Psalms 2:1

Wherefore do nations rage, and people meditate a vain thing?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

In Context

2The kings of the earth raise themselves up, and rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed:

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Cross References

Psalms 21:11(21:12) For they directed against thee evil: they devised a mischievous purpose, which they were not able to perform.

Psalms 46:7(46:8) The Lord of hosts is with us; a defense unto us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Psalms 74:23Forget not the voice of thy adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

Psalms 83:4(83:5) They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; and the name of Israel shall be remembered no more.

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 →

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