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Psalms 2:6
6For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on 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
4But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them. 5Then in anger he rebukes them, terrifying them with his fierce fury. For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.” 7The king proclaims the Lord’s decree: “The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your Father. 8Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as 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, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.
- Psalms 89:27I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.
- Psalms 110:1The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.”
- Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Daniel 7:13As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient One and was led into his presence.
- Matthew 28:18Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
- Acts 2:34For David himself never ascended into heaven, yet he said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand
- Acts 5:30The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead after you killed him by hanging him on a cross.
- Ephesians 1:22God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church.
- Philippians 2:9Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names,
- Psalms 48:1How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise, in the city of our God, which sits on his holy mountain!
- Psalms 50:2From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance.
- Psalms 78:68He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.
- Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home.
- Hebrews 12:22No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering.
- Revelation 14:1Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 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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