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Psalm 2
(Psalms 2) "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a
vain thing? {2} The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers
take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed,
saying, {3} Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their
cords from us. {4} He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the
Lord shall have them in derision. {5} Then shall he speak unto them in
his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. {6} Yet have I set my
king upon my holy hill of Zion.
One has to wonder what the author of this Psalm thought it meant. Was
it written at a time when Israel’s hegemony under David was being
challenged by, say, Ammon and other allies? (2 Samuel 10:1 ff.) It is
plain enough that David’s men prevailed against the Syrians and the
Ammonites on this occasion. God was establishing the fact that David was
His king in Zion.
But it is plain enough as one reads forward that there is rather more
to the Psalm than that. It goes messianic immediately. The expression,
"Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee," is cited twice in
Hebrews and applied to Christ. (Hebrews 1:5, 5:5-8)
{7} I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art
my Son; this day have I begotten thee. {8} Ask of me, and I shall give
thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the
earth for thy possession. {9} Thou shalt break them with a rod of
iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
See Revelation 12:5 and 2:26.
{10} Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of
the earth. {11} Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
{12} Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him."
The Son seems clearly a reference to Jesus, the Son of God who is to
rule the whole world. The author of the Psalm may well have thought of
David, but the idea of the Son is transcendent. |
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