Psalms 2:4
He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
In Context
3'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
5Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:
Cross References
2 Kings 19:21this [is] the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: 'Trampled on thee — laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head — Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?
Psalms 37:13The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.
Psalms 59:8And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
Psalms 68:33To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong voice.
Psalms 123:1A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens.
Isaiah 40:22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them 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 →