Psalms 2:8

Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

In Context

7I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.

9Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

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Cross References

Psalms 72:8And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

Psalms 89:27I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

John 17:4I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do [it].

Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:8-10

The Triumphs of Messiah. 7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. We have heard what the kings of the earth have to say against Christ's kingdom, and have heard it gainsaid by him that sits in heaven; let us now hear what the… Read the whole commentary →

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