Psalms 2:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. ”

Psalms 2:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 w...
Psalms 2:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Psalms 2:8 - 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 2:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ....
Psalms 2:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 Fath...
Psalms 2:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Ask of me, and I shall give thee - Here a second branch of Christ's...
Psalms 2:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 th...
Psalms 2:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 kingd...
Psalms 2:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 2:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Psalms 2:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, n...
Psalms 2:8 - 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 2:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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, cons...
Psalms 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Divine Announcement. It is the Anointed of Jehovah, Jesus Christ Himself, who now speaks in person.
Psalms 2:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 7:13 ; John 17:4 ; John 17:5 ; Psalms 22:27 ; Psalms 72:8
Psalms 2:8 - 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 2:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Earth — Not only the Jewish nation, but the whole world.

Psalms 2:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 2:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 2:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 2:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 2:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 2:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 2:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 2:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 2:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 2:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 2:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 2:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 2:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 2:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 2:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 2:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 2:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 2:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes