Psalms 2:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Psalms 2:1 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:25-26
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? …
Revelation 17:14
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Psalms 46:6
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psalms 21:11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Psalms 83:4-8
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. …

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Bigotry Inspiration Intolerance, Religious Jesus, the Christ Martyrdom Persecution

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

We have here a very great struggle about the kingdom of Christ, hell and heaven contesting it; the seat of the war is this earth, where Satan has long had a usurped kingdom and exercised dominion to such a degree that he has been called the prince of the power of the very air we breathe in and the god of the world we live in. He knows very well that, as the Messiah’s kingdom rises and gets ground,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 2:1-12. The number and authorship of this Psalm are stated (Ac 4:25; 13:33). Though the warlike events of David’s reign may have suggested its imagery, the scenes depicted and the subjects presented can only find a fulfilment in the history and character of Jesus Christ, to which, as above cited and in He 1:5; 5:5, the New Testament writers most distinctly testify. In a most animated and highl…