Psalms 2:8

Ask me to give you the nations, so that they belong to you to rule over them permanently, and I will give them to you. Even the most remote nations will be yours.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

In Context

7And his king says, “I will proclaim what Yahweh has decreed. He said to me, ‘ It is as though you are my son; today I have declared to everyone that it is as though [MET] I am your father.

9You will defeat them completely [MET]; you will destroy them like people smash a clay pot with an iron rod [SIM].’”

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Cross References

Psalms 72:8I hope/desire that the kings of Israel will rule the people in all the area from one sea in the east to another in the west, and from the Euphrates River to the most remote/distant places on earth.

Psalms 89:27I will give him the rights/privileges that a man’s firstborn son has [MET]; he will be the greatest king on the earth.

John 17:4I have honored you here on this earth by completing all the work that you gave me to do.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:8-10

The Triumphs of Messiah. 7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. We have heard what the kings of the earth have to say against Christ's kingdom, and have heard it gainsaid by him that sits in heaven; let us now hear what the… Read the whole commentary →

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