Psalms 2:4
He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, || The Lord mocks at them.
Literal Standard 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 draw off Their cords, || And cast Their thick bands from us.”
5Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21this [is] the word that YHWH spoke concerning him: Trampled on you—laughed at you || Has the virgin daughter of Zion; Shaken the head behind you || Has the daughter of Jerusalem!
Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs at him, || For He has seen that his day comes.
Psalms 59:8And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, || You mock at all the nations.
Psalms 68:33To Him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, || Behold, He gives with His voice a strong voice.
Psalms 123:1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have lifted up my eyes to You, || O dweller in the heavens.
Isaiah 40:22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, || And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, || He who is stretching out the heavens as a thin thing, || And spreads them as a tent to dwell in.
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 →