Psalms 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will declare the decree:d the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. ”

Psalms 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will declare the decree - We have here another change in the speaker. The Anointed One is himself introduced as declaring the great purpose which was formed in regard to him, and referring to t...
Psalms 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I will declare the (d) decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this (e) day have I begotten thee. (d) To show that my calling to the kingdom is from God. (e) That is to say, concerni...
Psalms 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the . for a. Thou art my Son. Quoted in Acts 13:33 . Hebrews 1:5 ; Hebrews 5:5 . This is the Divine formula for anointing. Compare Matthew 3:17 , for Prophet; Matthew 17:5 , for Priest; and...
Psalms 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. I will declare, etc. David, to take away all pretense of ignorance from his enemies, assumes the office of a preacher in order to publish the decree of God; or at least he protests that h...
Psalms 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. I will declare the decree - These words are supposed to have been spoken by the Messiah. I wil...
Psalms 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will declare the decree— Or, I will tell of a decree. David having introduced God as declaring that he would speak to the confusion of his enemies, and convince them that he had made him king i...
Psalms 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. The Messiah-King, so appointed by God, reiterates in His own words what already had been...
Psalms 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will declare. — The anointed king now speaks himself, recalling the covenant made with him by Jehovah at his coronation. I will tell. — Better, Let me speak concerning the appointment. The w...
Psalms 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is not this Jesus speaking in answer to what Jehovah the Father had said before? As soon as God had declared that he had set his King upon his holy hill of Zion, the Son of God comes forward to decla...
Psalms 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will declare the decree ,.... These are the words of Jehovah's Anointed and King, exercising his kingly office, according to the decree and commandment of the Father: for these words refer not to...
Psalms 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ver. 7. I will declare the decree ] That irrevocable decree of the Father, for the setting...
Psalms 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will declare Or publish , that all people concerned may take notice of it and submit to it, if they would escape the divine judgments which will be executed on the refractory and disobedient; t...
Psalms 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Triumphs of Messiah. 7 I will declare the decree: the L ORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I...
Psalms 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will declare, or publish , that all people concerned may take notice of it, and submit to it upon their peril. Publication or promulgation is essential to all laws or statutes. The decree, or,...
Psalms 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 ea...
Psalms 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I will declare the decree, make known, express for a statute, publish as a resolution: The Lord, the great Jehovah, the almighty God of the heavens, hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son, standing i...
Psalms 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:33 ; Acts 8:37 ; Hebrews 1:5 ; Hebrews 1:6 ; Hebrews 3:6 ; Hebrews 5:5 ; Hebrews 5:8 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Job 23:13 ; John 1:14 ; John 1:18 ; John 3:16 ; Matthew 16:16 ; Matthew 17:...
Psalms 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The decree — The will and appointment of God concerning this. My sin — Which tho' it may in some sort be said to, or of David, yet much more properly belongs to Christ, who is commonly known by thi...

Psalms 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 2:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 2:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 2:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes