Psalms 2:8 - Exposition

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. A very small part of the heathen were the inheritance of David, and therefore the Messiah only can be spoken of in this verse. Before Messiah "all kings" were to "fall down; all nations to do him service" ( Psalms 72:11 ; comp. Isaiah 49:22 ; Isaiah 60:3 , Isaiah 60:4 ; Matthew 28:19 , etc.). And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession (comp. Isaiah 52:10 ; Jeremiah 16:19 ; Micah 5:4 ; Zechariah 9:10 ; Acts 13:47 ).