Psalms 2:4

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; Psalms 68:33

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
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 Messia...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

laugh. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. The LORD* . Primitive text was Jehovah. Altered by the Sopherim to Adonai. See App-32.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

After David has told us of the tumult and commotions, the counsels and pride, the preparation and resources the strength and efforts of his ene...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. He that sitteth in the heavens - Whose kingdom ruleth over all, and...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 h...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The contrast between Jehovah in His majesty and the puny plotters is dramatically introduced.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
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 specifyi...
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:...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 conve...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 ] Vi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 thron...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Enemies of Messiah. 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people ima...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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, ca...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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...
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...
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 tog...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 2:1-2 . Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel tog...
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 tog...
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 o...
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 it...
The Biblical Illustrator

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh. .. and vex them in His sore displeasure. First a laugh then a smite The heathen and the people, the...
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 alwa...
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 Act...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision, mocking at them, deriding them, for their futile attempts to put Hi...
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...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Prefatory Psalms Psalms 1:1-6 , Psalms 2:1-12 , and Psalms 3:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. Y...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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