Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 2:6
6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalms 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- New International Version (NIV)“I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.”
Context of Psalms 2:6
4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them. 5Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury: “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.” 7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. 8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Read all of Psalms 2Psalms 2:6 word by word
וַ֭אֲנִי נָסַ֣כְתִּי מַלְכִּ֑י עַל־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן הַר־קָדְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 2:6
- Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
- Psalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Daniel 7:13In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
- Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Acts 2:34For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
- Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- Philippians 2:9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- Psalms 50:2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
- Psalms 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- Revelation 14:1Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Commentaries on Psalms 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion - Here the Gospel shall be first preached; here the kingdom of Christ shall be founded; and from hence shall the doctrine of the Lord go out into all the earth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Yet have I set my king - The word “yet” is merely the translation of the conjunction “and.” It is rendered in the Vulgate “but autem;” and so in the Septuagint, ́ de It would be better rendered perhaps by the usual word “and:” “And I have set or constituted my king,” etc. This is properly to be regarded as the expression of God himself; as what he says in reply to their declared purposes Psalm 2:3, and as what is referred to in Psalm 2:5. The meaning…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6My King: The Lord himself appoints and establishes his anointed ruler. The word anointed means chosen and set apart by God for a special purpose.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The purpose here declared, in its execution, involves their overthrow. Yet--literally, "and," in an adversative sense. I have set--anointed, or firmly placed, with allusion in the Hebrew to "casting an image in a mould." The sense is not materially varied in either case. my king--appointed by Me and for Me (Nu 27:18). upon my holy hill of Zion--Zion, selected by David as the abode of the ark and the seat of God's visible residence (1Ki 8:1); as also…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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