Psalm 2 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

Library Home>Psalm 2 (JND)

Go

Verse 2

Articles on

Psalm 2

Psa. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

+

1

Whym do the heathen ηragen, and the people θimagine a vain thing?

m

Acts 4:25‑26• ²⁵who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?
²⁶The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ. (Acts 4:25‑26)

n

Psa. 46:6• ⁶The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted. (Psa. 46:6)

η

or, tumultuously assemble.

θ

meditate.

More on:

+

Heathen

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+

1-9: The kingdom of Christ.

10-12: Kings are exhorted to accept it.

A.M. 2963.

B.C. 1042.

Why.

Psa. 18:42• ⁴²And I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets. (Psa. 18:42)

;

Psa. 46:6• ⁶The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted. (Psa. 46:6)

;

Psa. 83:4‑8• ⁴They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
⁵For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.
⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;
⁷Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre;
⁸Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah. (Psa. 83:4‑8)

;

Isa. 8:9• ⁹Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces! (Isa. 8:9)

;

Luke 18:32• ³²for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon. (Luke 18:32)

;

Acts 4:25• ²⁵who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things? (Acts 4:25)

rage.

or, tumultuously assemble.

Luke 22:1‑2,5,22‑23• ¹Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, drew nigh,
²and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
⁵And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money.
²²and the Son of man indeed goes as it is determined, but woe unto that man by whom he is delivered up.
²³And *they* began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this. (Luke 22:1‑2,5,22‑23)

;

Acts 16:22• ²²And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them. (Acts 16:22)

;

Acts 17:5‑6• ⁵But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to themselves certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
⁶and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These men that have set the world in tumult, are come here also, (Acts 17:5‑6)

;

Acts 19:28‑32• ²⁸And having heard this, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
²⁹And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.
³⁰But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;
³¹and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
³²Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together. (Acts 19:28‑32)

people.

Matt. 21:38• ³⁸But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance. (Matt. 21:38)

;

John 11:49‑50• ⁴⁹But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing
⁵⁰nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish. (John 11:49‑50)

;

Acts 5:33• ³³But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them. (Acts 5:33)

;

Rev. 17:14• ¹⁴These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they that are with him called, and chosen, and faithful. (Rev. 17:14)

imagine.

Heb. meditate.

• With ch. 1 this forms an introduction to the Psalms. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• Submission to the Christ, as the depositary of this government in God's counsels at the close of this time of trial, is the subject of the second. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 1-4” by J.N. Darby)

• The second Psalm announces the establishment of Christ's earthly triumph and royalty in Zion, when the heathen shall be given Him for an inheritance. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 1-4” by J.N. Darby)

• The counsels of God as to the Messiah, made known by decree, and fulfilled by power, in spite of the counsels of men. (“Psalms 2” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

+

1

Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoplesc meditate a vain thing?

JND Translation Notes

+

c

Leummim, a general word for "the races of mankind."