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PSALM II
_This Psalm treats of the opposition raised, both by Jew and_
_Gentile, against the kingdom of Christ_, 1-3.
_Christ's victory, and the confusion of his enemies_, 4-6.
_The promulgation...
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WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE - “Why do nations make a noise?” Prof.
Alexander. The word “heathen” here - גוים _gôyim_ - means
properly “nations,” with out respect, so far as the word is
concerned, to the...
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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 ...
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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...
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THE SECOND PSALM OF EACH BOOK HAS TO DO WITH THE ENEMY. See App-10.
WHY. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Repeat at beginning of
Psalms 2:2. Compare Acts 4:25; Acts 4:26.
HEATHEN. nations. Note...
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_Why_ The Psalmist gazes on the great tumult of the nations mustering
for war, till the sight forces from him this question of mingled
astonishment and indignation. Their insurrection is at once cause...
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The muster of the nations and its design....
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_The kingdom of Christ: kings are exhorted to accept it._
THE Jewish rabbis expound this Psalm (as Raschi informs us in his
comment on the first verse) of king Messiah; though he himself
explains it i...
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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...
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_WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE, AND THE PEOPLE IMAGINE A VAIN THING?_
Why - expressing indignant astonishment and horror.
THE PAGAN - the Gentile nations х_ GOWYIM_ (H1471)], as
distinguished from the Je...
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2:1 peoples (c-12) _ Leummim_ , a general word for 'the races of
mankind.'...
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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...
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THE HEATHEN] RY 'the nations,' i.e. the Gentile or non-Jewish peoples.
Rage] better, 'plot together.'...
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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...
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WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE? — Better, _Why_ _did nations band
together,_ or _muster?_ The Hebrew occurs only here as a verb, but
derivatives occur in Pss. 4:14, Psalms 64:2: in the first, of a
_festive c...
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לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גֹויִ֑ם וּ֝
לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ...
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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...
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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
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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...
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Why do the (a) heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
(a) The conspiracy of the Gentiles, the murmuring of the Jews and
power of kings cannot prevail against Christ....
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Raged. Hebrew, "come together with tumult," (Symmachus) "loud cries,"
like a furious army, composed of several nations. (Haydock) --- Why
have the Philistines, &c., assembled to obstruct my reign? or...
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CONTENTS
This glorious Psalm is all over gospel, and speaks of nothing but of
God, and his Christ, from beginning to end. The Holy Ghost, by his
servants Peter and John, in one Scripture, and by his...
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_THE IDEAL KING_
‘Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?’
Psalms 2:1
This psalm is full of that great national hope of the Jews concerning
Him that was to come. The noblest ki...
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WE know how many conspired against David, and endeavored to prevent
his coming to the throne, and from their hostile attempts, had he
judged according to the eye of sense and reason, he might have bee...
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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...
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WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE,.... Or "the nations"; which some understand
of the Jews, who are so called, Genesis 17:5; because of their various
tribes; and of their rage against the Messiah there have bee...
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Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Ver. 1. _Why do the heathen rage?_] WHY? or for what reason? The
psalm beginneth abruptly, with an angry interrogation; _q.d._ What?
are...
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_Why do the heathen rage?_ Hebrew, גוים, _goim, the nations_,
namely, 1st, Those bordering on Judea in David's time, who raged
against him, when exalted to the throne of Judah and Israel, 2 Samuel
5:6...
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OF THE ETERNAL SONSHIP OF THE MESSIAH.
The Futile Rage Of The Nations.
That the entire psalm is Messianic is clearly shown by the quotation
Acts 4:25, together with the explanation there added: "For...
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Why do the heathen rage, the nations seething, surging, with resentful
murmurings, AND THE PEOPLE IMAGINE A VAIN THING? The inspired poets
indignation and contempt is immediately expressed in the rhet...
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RAGE:
Or, tumultuously assemble?
IMAGINE:
_ Heb._ mediate...
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1-6 We are here told who would appear as adversaries to Christ. As
this world is the kingdom of Satan, unconverted men, of every rank,
party, and character, are stirred up by him to oppose the cause...
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PSALM 2 THE ARGUMENT The penman of this Psalm was David, as is
affirmed, ACTS 4:25. As for the matter or subject of it, it may seem
to have some respect unto David, and to his advancement to and
settl...
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Psalms 2:1 nations H1471 rage H7283 (H8804) people H3816 plot H1897
(H8799) vain H7385
Why -...
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THE NATIONS IN REBELLION AGAINST YHWH AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED ONE
Psalms 2:1
‘Why do the nations rage,
And the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers...
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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....
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Psalms 2:1
This Psalm belongs to the class called Messianic. It is a psalm full
of that great national hope of the Jews concerning Him that was to
come. The noblest kind of national hope, the highest...
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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...
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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, sayi...
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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, sayi...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 16:22; Acts 17:5; Acts 17:6; Acts 19:28; Acts 4:25;...
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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...
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CHRIST VERSUS THE ANTICHRIST
Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Satan an adept at counterfeits. As we enter into our study in the
Psalms, we must first get the great message of the Psalms...
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Heathen — Who did so against David, 2 Samuel 5:6, 2 Samuel 5:17; 1
Chronicles 14:8, and against Christ, Luke 18:32;...