Psalms 2:1
Why do the heathen rage, And the nations meditate a vain thing?
Noyes Bible
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 spread a net of mischief against thee; They devised plots against thee, but they did not prevail.
Psalms 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. [[Pause.]]
Psalms 74:23Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries,—The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!
Psalms 83:4“Come,” say they, “let us blot them out from the number of the nations, That the name of Israel may no more be remembered!”
Matthew 21:38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.
Luke 22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, was drawing near;
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 →