Kiss — In token of your subjection and adoration; whereof this was a sign among the eastern nations. The son — The son of God. Ye perish — Be taken out of the way by death or destruction. Wrath — The least degree of his anger is terrible.
Verse Psalms 2:12. _KISS THE SON, LEST HE BE ANGRY_] It is remarkable that the word son (בר _bar_, a Chaldee word) is not found in any of the versions except the _Syriac_, nor indeed any thing equival...
KISS THE SON - Him whom God hath declared to be his Son Psalms 2:7, and whom, as such, he has resolved to set as King on his holy hill Psalms 2:6. The word “kiss” here is used in accordance with Orien...
Psalms 2 THE REJECTED KING _ 1. The rejection and the coming confederacy (Psalms 2:1)_ 2. Jehovah's attitude and interference (Psalms 2:4) 3. The coming of the King and his inheritance ...
II. MESSIAH'S REIGN. Also without a title. Here we have a distinctly Messianic Ps., put in this place, possibly, as an introduction to other Messianic Pss. which follow. Messianic it is in the stricte...
KISS. submit to, or be ruled by. Hebrew. _nashak._ Occurs thirty-two times (first in Genesis 27:26; Genesis 27:27). Always so rendered except 1 Chronicles 12:2;...
The poet speaks, drawing the lesson from the great truths which have been set forth. There is a better way. Submission may avert destruction. The leaders of the nations are exhorted to be wise in time...
_Kiss the Son_ According to this rendering the exhortation to serve Jehovah is followed by an exhortation to pay homage to His representative. For the _kiss_of homage cp. 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Kings 19:18;...
KISS THE SON— The _Son_ primarily denotes David himself; but the character is more especially applicable to his great successor, who is the Son of God, in a more appropriate and much higher sense than...
PSALMS 2 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Messiah's Reign in Zion Assured. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 2:1-3, A Conspiracy against Jehovah and His Anointed Foretold. Stanza II., Psalms 2:4-6, Jehovah's Counter...
_KISS THE SON, LEST HE BE ANGRY, AND YE PERISH FROM THE WAY, WHEN HIS WRATH IS KINDLED BUT A LITTLE. BLESSED ARE ALL THEY THAT PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM._ Kiss the Son. Adore is derived from kissing wit...
2:12 little. (k-20) Or 'for soon his anger burneth.' trust (l-27) 'Take refuge,' as Psalms 61:4 . same root word as 'refuge,' in Psalms 14:6 , &c., and 'trust' in 2 Samuel 22:3 ....
The historical situation of this Ps. cannot now be recovered. It may refer to some threatened rebellion of subject kings in the early days of Solomon, or to some similar movement under one of the late...
KISS THE SON] This is a difficult passage. The translation of the AV is only got by assuming that the Psalmist has chosen the Aramaic word for 'Son' instead of the Hebrew. LXX renders, 'Lay hold of in...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
KISS THE SON. — This familiar translation must be surrendered. It has against it the weight of all the ancient versions except the Syriac. Thus the Chaldaic has, “receive instruction “; LXX., followed...
נַשְּׁקוּ ־בַ֡ר פֶּן ־יֶאֱנַ֤ף ׀ וְ תֹ֬אבְדוּ...
Psalms 2:1 VARIOUS unsatisfactory conjectures as to a historical basis for this magnificent lyric have been made, but none succeeds in specifying events which fit with the situation painted in it. The...
GOD'S SON UPON HIS THRONE Psalms 2:1 This is one of the sublimest of the Psalms, and can find its fulfillment only in our Lord. See Acts 4:25; Acts 13:33; H
This is the psalm of Jehovah's King. It is impossible to fix the event for which it was written and to which it first referred. The wider application is perfectly patent. To whatsoever king the words...
(h) Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye (i) perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him. (h) In a sign of homage. (i) When th...
Discipline. Chaldean, "doctrine." St. Jerome, "adore purely." Protestants, "kiss the Son, lest he be angry," &c. (Haydock) --- Houbigant, "adore the son, lest he be angry, and you perish. For he comes...
Who can complain after so gracious, so kind, and tender an entreaty, if neglecting so great salvation, they should lose it? Gracious Lord, I would approach thee with reverence and godly fear. I would...
REFLECTIONS HERE Reader, let you and I pause over this sweet gospel Psalm, and contemplate in the person and victories of Jesus, the glorious Mediator, and head of his church and people, and the sure...
David expresses yet more distinctly what kind of fear and service God requires. Since it is the will of God to reign by the hand of his Son, and since he has engraved on his person the marks and insig...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 1 AND 2. In Psalms 1, however, we have simply the godly remnant on the earth. I say remnant, for the subject of the psalm is spoken of as characterized by indivi...
KISS THE SON,.... The Son of God, spoken of in Psalms 2:7; the word used is so rendered in Proverbs 31:2; and comes from another which signifies to "choose", and to "purify", or "to be pure"; hence so...
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him. Ver. 12. _Kiss the Son_] That Son of God, Psa...
_Kiss the Son_ The Son of God, in token of your subjection and adoration; of which this was a sign among the eastern nations; _lest ye perish from the way_ Be taken out of the way by death or destruct...
The Divine Announcement. It is the Anointed of Jehovah, Jesus Christ Himself, who now speaks in person....
Kiss the Son, hailing Him with the true kiss of homage, LEST HE BE ANGRY AND YE PERISH FROM THE WAY WHEN HIS WRATH IS KINDLED BUT A LITTLE. The day of wrath is near; but a little while and the anger o...
10-12 Whatever we rejoice in, in this world, it must always be with trembling, because of the uncertainty of all things in it. To welcome Jesus Christ, and to submit to him, is our wisdom and interes...
KISS, in token of your subjection and adoration; whereof this was a sign among the Eastern nations, as is manifest both from Scripture, as 1 SAMUEL 10:1 1 KINGS 19:18 HOSEA 13:2, and from heathen auth...
Psalms 2:12 Kiss H5401 (H8761) Son H1248 angry H599 (H8799) perish H6 (H8799) way H1870 wrath...
THE CALL FOR RESPONSE. ‘Now therefore be wise, O you kings, Be instructed you judges of the earth, Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with trembling, Kiss the son, lest he be angry, And you peris...
TRUST Trust is the characteristic Old Testament word for the New Testament "faith," "believe." It occurs 152 times in the Old Testament, and is the rendering of Hebrew, words signifying to take refug...
Psalms 2 I. The Psalm opens abruptly; here is no prelude; it is an utterance of amazement, begotten in the soul and breaking from the lips of one who looks out upon the nations and generations of man....
Psalms 2:1. _Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD, and against his anointed, sayin...
CONTENTS: The psalm of the king; rejected, established and finally reigning. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, kings of earth. CONCLUSION: The kings of earth are ever setting themselves in array against God...
This psalm, by a constant succession of the rabbins, is applied to Christ. If it have any bearing on David's enemies, for the eyes of prophets were often directed from objects near, to those which are...
_Kiss the Son, lest He be angry._ THE SYMBOL OF THE KISS I. Our duty. “Kiss the Son.” An expression of love. To whom? The Son of God. The testimony of our love to this person is the kiss. This outwar...
_Why do the heathen rage?_ THE PROPHETICAL ELEMENT IN THE PSALM But though the poem was occasioned by some national event, we must not confine its application to that event, nor need we even suppose...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 2:1. God made David and his descendants kings in order to fulfill the purpose for which Abraham was called: to bring blessing to all nations (Genesi
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 2:12 KISS THE SON. The Son is the heir of David (v. Psalms 2:7). The kiss denotes religious homage, which the Davidic king deserves (v....
INTRODUCTION “It is quite impossible now to say what the event was which occasioned this poem. The older interpreters referred it to David, and the attacks made upon him by the Philistines (2 Samuel 5...
EXPOSITION HERE we have again a psalm without a title, and, so far, we are left to conjecture its age and author. The Jews, however, have always regarded it as Davidical; and there is evidence in Scri...
The second psalm deals with the Kingdom Age. The glorious Kingdom Age when Jesus reigns upon the earth. A Messianic psalm. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? For the kings...
1 Kings 19:18; 1 Peter 1:21; 1 Peter 2:6; 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 The
THE PREFATORY PSALMS Psalms 1:1, _Psalms 2:1, and Psalms 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the ke...