God’s Word Translation
Psalms 2:7
7I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.
Psalms 2:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
- New International Version (NIV)I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
Context of Psalms 2:7
5Then he speaks to them in his anger. In his burning anger he terrifies them by saying, 6“I have installed my own king on Zion, my holy mountain.” I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. 8Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your own possession. 9You will break them with an iron scepter. You will smash them to pieces like pottery.”
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אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה אֶֽ֫ל חֹ֥ק יְֽהוָ֗ה אָמַ֘ר אֵלַ֥י בְּנִ֥י אַ֑תָּה אֲ֝נִ֗י הַיּ֥וֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 2:7
- Psalms 148:6He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break.
- Job 23:13“But God is one of a kind. Who can make him change his mind? He does whatever he wants!
- Isaiah 46:10From the beginning I revealed the end. From long ago I told you things that had not yet happened, saying, “My plan will stand, and I’ll do everything I intended to do.”
- Matthew 3:17Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love—my Son with whom I am pleased.”
- Matthew 8:29They shouted, “Why are you bothering us now, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before it is time?”
- Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”
- Matthew 17:5He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them. Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I love and with whom I am pleased. Listen to him!”
- Acts 13:33God has fulfilled the promise for us, their descendants, by bringing Jesus back to life. This is what Scripture says in the second psalm: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’
- Romans 1:4In his spiritual, holy nature he was declared the Son of God. This was shown in a powerful way when he came back to life.
- Hebrews 1:5God never said to any of his angels, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” And God never said to any of his angels, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son.”
- Hebrews 3:6But Christ is a faithful son in charge of God’s household. We are his household if we continue to have courage and to be proud of the confidence we have.
- Hebrews 5:5So Christ did not take the glory of being a chief priest for himself. Instead, the glory was given to him by God, who said, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.”
- Psalms 89:27Yes, I will make him the firstborn. He will be the Most High to the kings of the earth.
- John 1:14The Word became human and lived among us. We saw his glory. It was the glory that the Father shares with his only Son, a glory full of kindness and truth.
- John 3:16God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.
Commentaries on Psalms 2:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I will declare the decree - These words are supposed to have been spoken by the Messiah. I will declare to the world the decree, the purpose of God to redeem them by my blood, and to sanctify them by my Spirit. My death shall prove that the required atonement has been made; my resurrection shall prove that this atonement has been accepted. Thou art my Son - Made man, born of a woman by the creative energy of the Holy Ghost, that thou mightest feel and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I will declare the decree - We have here another change in the speaker. The Anointed One is himself introduced as declaring the great purpose which was formed in regard to him, and referring to the promise which was made to him, as the foundation of the purpose of Yahweh Psalm 2:6 to set him on the hill of Zion. The first strophe or stanza Psalm 2:1-3 is closed with a statement made by the rebels of their intention or design; the second Psalm 2:4-6 with a…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 The kingdom of the Messiah is founded upon an eternal decree of God the Father. This our Lord Jesus often referred to, as what he governed himself by. God hath said unto him, Thou art my Son, and it becomes each of us to say to him, Thou art my Lord, my Sovereign'. The Son, in asking the heathen for his inheritance, desires their happiness in him; so that he pleads for them, ever lives to do so, and is able to save to the uttermost, and he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7today I have become Your Father: In the ancient Near East, people often believed in a father-son relationship between gods and kings. In Israel, the Lord adopted kings as his sons. God set David apart as his most excellent and exalted son (Psalm 89:27). All descendants of David were the Lord’s representatives or agents. Jesus is an eternal member of the Godhead (the one God who exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; John 1:1). He is also a descendant of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The king thus constituted declares the fundamental law of His kingdom, in the avowal of His Sonship, a relation involving His universal dominion. this day have I begotten thee--as 2Sa 7:14, "he shall be My son," is a solemn recognition of this relation. The interpretation of this passage to describe the inauguration of Christ as Mediatorial King, by no means impugns the Eternal Sonship of His divine nature. In Ac 13:33, Paul's quotation does not imply…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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