Psalms 2:1
לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גוֹיִם וּלְאֻמִּים יֶהְגּוּ ־ רִֽיק ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
In Context
2יִתְיַצְּבוּ ׀ מַלְכֵי ־ אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נֽוֹסְדוּ ־ יָחַד עַל ־ יְהוָה וְעַל ־ מְשִׁיחֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 21:11פִּרְיָמוֹ מֵאֶרֶץ תְּאַבֵּד וְזַרְעָם מִבְּנֵי אָדָֽם ׃
Psalms 46:7הָמוּ גוֹיִם מָטוּ מַמְלָכוֹת נָתַן בְּקוֹלוֹ תָּמוּג אָֽרֶץ ׃
Psalms 74:23אַל ־ תִּשְׁכַּח קוֹל צֹרְרֶיךָ שְׁאוֹן קָמֶיךָ עֹלֶה תָמִֽיד ׃
Psalms 83:4עַֽל ־ עַמְּךָ יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד וְיִתְיָעֲצוּ עַל ־ צְפוּנֶֽיךָ ׃
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 →