Psalms 2:4
What meaning of the psalms 2:4 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 2:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision."
What does Psalms 2:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision."
Verse Psalms 2:4. _HE THAT SITTETH IN THE HEAVENS_] Whose kingdom ruleth over all, and is _above_ all might and power, human and diabolical. _Shall laugh_. Words spoken after the manner of men; shall...
HE THAT SITTETH IN THE HEAVENS - God, represented as having his home, his seat, his throne in heaven, and thence administering the affairs of the world. This verse commences the second strophe or stan...
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 (Psalms 2:7...
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...
LAUGH. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. THE LORD*. Primitive text was Jehovah. Altered by the _Sopherim_ to Adonai. See App-32....
_He that sitteth in the heavens_ Enthroned in majesty (Psalms 123:1), but withal watching and controlling the course of events upon the earth (Psalms 11:4; Psalms 103:19; Psalms 113:4 ff.; Revelation...
HE THAT SITTETH, &C.— Or, _He that dwelleth._ This is spoken of God, (after the manner of men,) to denote his utter contempt of the opposition of his enemies; the perfect ease with which he was able t...
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 Counte...
_HE THAT SITTETH IN THE HEAVENS SHALL LAUGH: THE LORD SHALL HAVE THEM IN DERISION._ The scene passes from earth to heaven, from Antichrist and his confederate hosts to Yahweh on His throne above, lau...
2:4 Lord (e-10) _ Adonai_ ....
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...
HE THAT SITTETH. — Here the psalm, with a sublimity truly Hebrew, turns from the wild confusion on earth to the spectacle of God looking down with mingled scorn and wrath on the fruitless attempts of...
יֹושֵׁ֣ב בַּ † שָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׂחָ֑ק אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י יִלְעַג ־לָֽמֹו׃...
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; Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 5:5; Revelation 2:27....
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...
Them, who continue rebellious, Proverbs i. He speaks thus to shew that we deserve derision. (Haydock) --- Quod nos derisu digna faciamus. (St. Jerome) --- Yet he will convert many, (Worthington) even...
What is here said of the sovereignty of Jehovah, of sitting in the heavens, of speaking in his wrath, of laughing, and the like, is intended to convey, by expressions of this nature, is best adapted t...
After David has told us of the tumult and commotions, the counsels and pride, the preparation and resources the strength and efforts of his enemies, in opposition to all these he places the power of G...
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 indiv...
HE THAT SITTETH IN THE HEAVENS SHALL LAUGH,.... At the rage and tumult of the Heathen; at the vain imaginations of the people; at the opposition of the kings of the earth; at the mad counsel of the ru...
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Ver. 4. _He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh at them_] _Videt, ridet._ He seeth and smileth, he looketh and la...
_He that sitteth in the heavens_ As the judge upon his tribunal, weighing the actions of men, and as the king of the whole earth upon his royal throne; who, without moving from his place, can with one...
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...
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...
HE THAT SITTETH, as the Judge upon his tribunal, and as the King of the whole world upon his royal throne; who, without stirring from his place, can with one look or word destroy all his enemies. IN T...
Psalms 2:4 sits H3427 (H8802) heavens H8064 laugh H7832 (H8799) Lord H136 derision H3932 (H8799) He that - Psalms 11:4, Psalms 68:33, Psalms 115:3; Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 57:15,...
GOD WILL LAUGH AT MAN'S FOLLY AND EXALT HIS ANOINTED. ‘He who sits in the heavens will laugh, The Lord will have them in derision, Then will he speak to them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore...
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...
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...
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 (Genesis 12:1). At a time when G...
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 Scr...
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...
2 Kings 19:21; Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 66:1; Proverbs 1:26; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 115:3; Psalms 37:13; Psalms 53:5; Psalms 59:8;...
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...
Sitteth — As the king of the whole world. Heavens — As an evidence both of God's clear and certain knowledge of all things that are done below, and of his sovereign and irresistible power. Laugh — Sha...