Psalms 2:4
He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
In Context
3“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
Psalms 37:13The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
Psalms 59:8But you, LORD, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.
Psalms 68:33to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.
Isaiah 40:22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like 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 →