Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 2:8
Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the (f) uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.
(f) Not only the Jews but the Gentiles also.
Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the (f) uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.
(f) Not only the Jews but the Gentiles also.
Verse Psalms 2:8. _ASK OF ME, AND I SHALL GIVE THEE_] Here a _second_ branch of Christ's office as Saviour of the world is referred to; viz., his _mediatorial_ office. Having died as an _atoning sacr...
ASK OF ME - That is, of God. This is a part of the “decree” or purpose, as mentioned in Psalms 2:7. That decree embraced not only the design to constitute him as his Son, in the sense that he was to b...
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...
ASK OF ME. Referring not to this present dispensation of grace, but to coming dispensation of judgment. I SHALL GIVE, &C. Quoted in Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15....
Jehovah has acknowledged the king as His own: and now the king takes up Jehovah's declaration, and appeals to the Divine decree of sonship, and the promise of world-wide dominion....
_Ask of me_ Inheritance is the natural right of sonship. Yet even the son must plead the promise and claim its fulfilment. Dominion over the nations is not expressly mentioned in 2 Samuel 7; but cp. P...
ASK OF ME, &C.— This, as it refers to David, denotes God's promise to extend his dominion over all the neighbouring states and princes that opposed him, around all the borders of Judaea; and this prom...
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...
_ASK OF ME, AND I SHALL GIVE THEE THE HEATHEN FOR THINE INHERITANCE, AND THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH FOR THY POSSESSION._ For God's King and Son nothing short of the whole earth is a proper domi...
2:8 earth. (g-21) _ Erets_ , 'land,' but the plural 'ends' seems to involve the meaning 'earth.' see 1 Samuel 2:8 ,1 Samuel 2:10 ; Psalms 72:8 ;...
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...
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...
שְׁאַ֤ל מִמֶּ֗נִּי וְ אֶתְּנָ֣ה גֹ֭ויִם נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ...
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...
_Ask. The Messias must be invested with human nature, and merit all graces for man. When did David ask for such an extensive dominion? (Berthier) --- But Christ's kingdom extends over the world. His C...
Reader, do not overlook the chief scope of this beautiful Psalm, in God's setting his King upon his holy hill in Zion, namely, that it is to show his Mediatorial Kingdom. As the Son of God, the kingdo...
8._Ask of me. _Christ, it is true, besought his Father (John 17:5) to “glorify him with the glory which he had with him before the world was;” yet the more obvious meaning is, that the Father will den...
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...
ASK OF ME,.... Jehovah is either here again introduced speaking, or these words are a continuation of the Son's account of what his Father said unto him; which do not suppose any superiority in the on...
Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession. Ver. 8. _Ask of me, and I will give thee_] All things are conveyed t...
_Ask of me_ Claim or demand it of me as thy right by my promise, and thy birth and purchase; _the heathen for thine inheritance_ To be possessed and enjoyed by thee in the manner of an inheritance, na...
Ask of Me, the Son should freely demand of the Father, for the Fathers love would withhold nothing from the Son of His eternal begetting, AND I SHALL GIVE THEE THE HEATHEN FOR THINE INHERITANCE AND TH...
The Divine Announcement. It is the Anointed of Jehovah, Jesus Christ Himself, who now speaks in person....
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...
ASK OF ME; claim or demand it of me, as thy right by my promise, and thy birth and purchase. FOR THINE INHERITANCE; to be possessed and enjoyed by thee in a manner of an inheritance, to wit, constantl...
Psalms 2:8 Ask H7592 (H8798) give H5414 (H8799) nations H1471 inheritance H5159 ends H657 earth H776 possession...
‘I will declare the decree of YHWH. He said to me, “You are my son, Today I have begotten you.” “Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the ear...
GOD'S OFFER TO HIS ANOINTED ONE. “Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. You will break them with a rod of iron,...
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, sayi...
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...
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...
_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...
_Ask of Me, and I shall give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance._ THE CHURCH AROUSED TO THE MISSIONARY WORK I. The Lord’s intercession, in reference to missionary enterprise. The great object of...
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 2:8 The Gentile NATIONS of the earth will find blessing in the heir of David who makes them his subjects (see Genesis 22:18; also...
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...
Daniel 7:13; John 17:4; John 17:5; Psalms 22:27; Psalms 72:8...
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...
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...
Earth — Not only the Jewish nation, but the whole world....