Psalms 2:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, ”

Psalms 2:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The kings of the earth - This verse is designed to give a more specific form to the general statement in Psalms 2:1 . In the first verse the psalmist sees a general commotion among the nations a...
Psalms 2:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 stri...
Psalms 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

set themselves . take their stand. take counsel together . have gathered by appointment. So the Septuagint and Aramaean. Compare Psalms 48:4 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Anointed ....
Psalms 2:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying , Against his anointed - על משיחיה al Meshichiah, "Against his Messiah...
Psalms 2:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The kings of the earth set themselves, &c.— Or, Rise up, and the rulers assemble together. Chandler renders it, Set themselves in opposition, and instigate each other. This gives a very str...
Psalms 2:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Set themselves - implying their determined attitude in array "...
Psalms 2:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 lat...
Psalms 2:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Set themselves — i.e., with hostile intent, as in Jeremiah 46:4 , where the same word is used of warriors: “Stand forth with your helmets.” Rulers. — Properly, grave dignitaries. Take cou...
Psalms 2:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 2:1-12 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...
Psalms 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Son upon His Throne Psalms 2:1-12 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 ;...
Psalms 2:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 2:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Not only the rabble, and the common people, join in the confederacy against God and his Christ, but the kings and potentates. 'Herod and Pontius Pilate, of a truth, ' said the apostle. And how many s...
Psalms 2:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The kings of the earth set themselves ,.... Rose and stood up in great wrath and fury, and presented themselves in an hostile manner, and opposed the Messiah: as Herod the great, king of Judea, who...
Psalms 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying], Ver. 2. The kings of the earth set themselves ] Or, stand up, a...
Psalms 2:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The kings of the earth So called by way of contempt, and to show their madness in opposing the God of heaven. Herod the Great, Herod the Tetrarch, Pilate and other princes and magistrates, with or...
Psalms 2:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Enemies of Messiah. 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set...
Psalms 2:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The kings; either those mentioned 2Sa 5 2Sa 8 ; or rather Herod the Great, and the other Herod, and Pilate, and others with or after them. Of the earth; so called in way of contempt, and to show...
Psalms 2:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Nations In Rebellion Against YHWH and Against His Anointed One Psalms 2:1-3 ‘Why do the nations rage, And the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the...
Psalms 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 Samue...
Psalms 2:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Psalms 2:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 2:1-3 . 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,...
Psalms 2:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ar...
Psalms 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 supp...
Psalms 2:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 4:25-26 , together with the explanation there ad...
Psalms 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:38 ; Acts 12:1-6 ; Acts 4:5-8 ; Acts 9:4 ; Exodus 16:7 ; Hebrews 1:9 ; Isaiah 61:1 ; John 1:41 ; John 15:23 ; John 3:34 ; Luke 13:31 ; Luke 23:11 ; Luke 23:12 ; Matthew 2:16 ;...
Psalms 2:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Christ Versus the Antichrist Psalms 1:1-6 ; Psalms 2:1-9 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...
Psalms 2:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The kings — Herod, and Pilate and others with or after them. Earth — So called in way of contempt and to shew their madness in opposing the God of heaven. Set — The word denotes the combination of...

Psalms 2:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 2:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 2:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 2:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 2:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 2:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 2:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 2:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 2:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 2:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 2:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 2:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 2:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes