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Psalms 2:6
6“I have installed my king on Zion, 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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.”
Context of Psalms 2:6
4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. 5He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” 7I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, “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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 2:6
- Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
- Psalms 89:27And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
- Psalms 110:1The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”
- Isaiah 9:6For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Daniel 7:13“In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a 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 to heaven, and yet he said, “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
- Acts 5:30The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross.
- Ephesians 1:22And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
- Philippians 2:9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
- Psalms 48:1Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, 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 dwelling, saying,
- Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,
- Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and there before me was 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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