Psalms 2:4
He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
In Context
3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion has despised you, and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
Psalms 37:13The LORD shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.
Psalms 59:8But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the heathen in derision.
Psalms 68:33To him that rides upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he does send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
Psalms 123:1Unto you lift I up mine eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens.
Isaiah 40:22It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as 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 →