Psalms 2:1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
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Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Psalms 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 74:23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms 83:4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Matthew 21:38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Luke 22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
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 →