Psalm 2:8-12 WEB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 2:11

They should respond like the righteous by worshipping (serving), reverencing (fearing), rejoicing, and trembling before Him. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 2:12

"Kissing" the son (NIV) is an act of submissive homage to the king (cf. 1 Kings 19:20; Hosea 13:2). [Note: See Chisholm, p. 266, n. 16, for discussion of the textual problem involving "son."] The custom of kissing the pope’s ring pictures the same thing. The human king and the Lord enjoy close association in this whole psalm. Their wrath and their pleasure are different only in the spheres in which they operate, the local and the cosmic. The nations would serve the Lord as they served His son,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 2:1-12

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 later kings; but it is impossible to give it any precise date. This, however, is of the less importance, as the leading feature of the Ps. is its application to the Messianic King—the ideal ruler of Israel. Some writers deny that it had any historical setting, and hold that it refers exclusively to the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 2:9

(9) Thou shalt break.—The LXX. translated, “thou shalt pasture them,” understanding by the rod (Heb., shevet), as in Leviticus 27:32, a shepherd’s crook. (Comp. Ezekiel 20:37; Micah 7:14.) Elsewhere the rod is a sceptre (Psalms 125:3); in Proverbs 22:15 it is a rod of correction. The use to be made of it—to dash the nations in pieces, as one breaks a potter’s vessel—points to the latter of these significations here.“Then shalt thou bring full lowWith iron sceptre bruised, and them disperseLike... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 2:12

(12) Kiss the Son.—This familiar translation must be surrendered. It has against it the weight of all the ancient versions except the Syriac. Thus the Chaldaic has, “receive instruction “; LXX., followed by Vulg., “lay hold of discipline.” Symmachus and Jerome render “pay pure adoration.”Aquila has “kiss with discernment.” Bar, in the sense of “son,” is common in Chaldee, and is familiar to us from the Aramaic patronymics of the New Testament: e.g., Bar-Jonas, Bar-nabas, &c. The only place... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 2:1-12

Missions: Promises and Prophecies Psalms 2:0 Diocletian's medal is still existing, on which he had caused to be inscribed that the name of Christians had been extinguished. The Council of Constance in 1414 met to burn Huss, to lay a solemn curse on Wycliffe's memory, and to put an end to schism. James I., after the Hampton Court Conference, said of the Puritans: 'I shall make them conform themselves, or I will harry them out of this land, or else do worse'. Ranavàlona I. undertook to blot out... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 2:1-12

Psalms 2:1-12VARIOUS 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 it. The banded enemies are rebels, and the revolt is widespread; for the "kings of the earth" is a very comprehensive, if we may not even say a universal, expression. If taken in connection with "the uttermost parts of the earth" (Psalms 2:8), which are the King’s rightful dominion, it implies a sweep... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 2:1-12

Psalms 2:0 The Rejected King 1. The rejection and the coming confederacy (Psalms 2:1-3 ) 2. Jehovah’s attitude and interference (Psalms 2:4-6 ) 3. The coming of the King and his inheritance (Psalms 2:7-9 ) 4. Warning and exhortation (Psalms 2:10-12 ) Psalms 2:1-3 . The rejection of the perfect Man, the Son of God, by man, is here revealed. It is the first psalm quoted in the New Testament. See Acts 4:25-28 . In this quotation it is applied to the Jews and Gentiles gathered together... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 2:8

2:8 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. read more