Tree of Life Version
Psalms 2:7
7I will declare the decree of Adonai. 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
5So He will speak to them in His anger, and terrify them in His fury: 6“I have set up My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.” I will declare the decree of Adonai. He said to me: “You are My Son— today I have become Your Father. 8Ask Me, and I will give the nations as Your inheritance, and the far reaches of the earth as Your possession. 9You shall break the nations with an iron scepter. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s jar.”
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אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה אֶֽ֫ל חֹ֥ק יְֽהוָ֗ה אָמַ֘ר אֵלַ֥י בְּנִ֥י אַ֑תָּה אֲ֝נִ֗י הַיּ֥וֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 2:7
- Psalms 148:6He set them in place forever and ever. He made a decree that will never pass away.
- Job 23:13He is unchangeable, and who can change Him? Whatever His soul desires, He does.
- Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, from ancient time, what is yet to come, saying, “My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all that I please.”
- Matthew 3:17And behold, a voice from the heavens said, “This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased!”
- Matthew 8:29And they screamed, “What’s between You and us, Ben-Elohim? Have You come here to torment us, before the appointed time?”
- Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
- Matthew 17:5While He was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice from out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Acts 13:33For God has fulfilled this promise to the children—to us—by raising up Yeshua, as it is also written in the second psalm: ‘You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.’
- Romans 1:4He was appointed Ben-Elohim in power according to the Ruach of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. He is Messiah Yeshua our Lord.
- Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father”? And again, “I will be to Him a Father, and He will be to Me a Son”?
- Hebrews 3:6But Messiah, as Son, is over God’s house—and we are His house, if we hold firm to our boldness and what we are proud to hope.
- Hebrews 5:5So also Messiah did not glorify Himself to be made Kohen Gadol; rather, it was God who said to Him, “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
- Psalms 89:27He will call to Me: ‘You are my Father, my God and the rock of my salvation.’
- John 1:14And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We looked upon His glory, the glory of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 3:16“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but 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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