Psalms 2:4
He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, 1 And the Lord shall mock them. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
In Context
3Saying, Let us break through their bonds, 1 And cast away their yoke from us. 1
5Then shall he speak to them in his anger, 1 And trouble them in his fury. 1
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word which the Lord has spoken against him; The virgin daughter of Zion has made light of thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
Psalms 37:13While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: 1 And they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, 1 And devised deceits all the day. 1
Psalms 59:8God has spoken in his holiness; 1 I will rejoice, and divide Shechem, 1 And measure out the Valley of Tents. 1
Psalms 68:33Let the poor see and rejoice; 1 Seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live. 1
Psalms 123:1A Song of Degrees. 1 If it had not been that the Lord was among us, 1 Let Israel now say; 1
Isaiah 40:22It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out 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 →