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Psa. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Acts 4:25‑26• ²⁵who by [the] Holy Spirit, [by the] mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did Gentiles rage and peoples meditate vain things?
²⁶The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Anointed. (Acts 4:25‑26)

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Psa. 46:6• ⁶Nations raged, kingdoms were moved:{HR}He uttered his voice; the earth melteth. (Psa. 46:6)

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or, tumultuously assemble.

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meditate.

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Ministry on This Verse

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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 bruise them as dust before the wind,{HR}And as mire of the streets I pour them out. (Psa. 18:42)

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Psa. 46:6• ⁶Nations raged, kingdoms were moved:{HR}He uttered his voice; the earth melteth. (Psa. 46:6)

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Psa. 83:4‑8• ⁴They said, Come, and we will cut them off from [being] a nation,{HR}And let the name of Israel be remembered no more.
⁵For they have heartily consulted together;{HR}Against thee do they make a covenant:
⁶The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites,{HR}Moab and the Hagarenes;
⁷Gebal and Ammon and Amalek;{HR}Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
⁸Asshur also is joined with them;{HR}They are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah. (Psa. 83:4‑8)

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

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

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Acts 4:25• ²⁵who by [the] Holy Spirit, [by the] mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did Gentiles rage and peoples meditate 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 Passover was drawing nigh,
²and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill him, for they were afraid of the people.
⁵And they rejoiced and engaged to give him money;
²²and the Son of man indeed goeth according to that which 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)

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Acts 16:22• ²²And the crowd rose up together against them; and the praetors rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods. (Acts 16:22)

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Acts 17:5‑6• ⁵But the Jews, having been stirred up to jealousy, took unto them certain wicked men of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city in confusion, and besetting the house of Jason, sought to bring them out to the people.
⁶And not having found them they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the city-rulers, crying out, these that have turned the world upside down are come hither also, (Acts 17:5‑6)

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Acts 19:28‑32• ²⁸And when they heard they were filled with wrath and kept crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
²⁹And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theatre,
³⁰having seized together Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travelers.
³¹And when Paul was minded to enter unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. And some of the Asiarchs also, being his friends, sent unto him and urged him not to adventure himself into the theatre.
³²Different ones therefore kept crying somewhat different things; for the assembly was in confusion, and the mass knew not wherefore they were come together. (Acts 19:28‑32)

people.

Matt. 21:38• ³⁸But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance. (Matt. 21:38)

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

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Acts 5:33• ³³And when they heard, they were cut [to the heart] and took counsel. (Acts 5:33)

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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 those 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

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

JND Translation Notes

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Why have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?