Psalms 2:6
“And I have anointed My King, || On Zion—My holy hill.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
In Context
5Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:
7I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.
Cross References
Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, [is for] all time and forever, || A scepter of uprightness || [Is] the scepter of Your kingdom.
Psalms 50:2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
Psalms 89:27I also appoint him firstborn, || Highest of the kings of the earth.
Psalms 110:1A PSALM OF DAVID. A declaration of YHWH to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand, || Until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Isaiah 9:6For a Child has been born to us, || A Son has been given to us, || And the dominion is on His shoulder, || And He calls His Name || Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, || Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
Ezekiel 17:22Thus said Lord YHWH: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, || And I have set [it], || I crop a tender one from the top of its tender shoots, || And I have planted [it] on a high and lofty mountain.
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 →