Psalm 2:1 Why are the nations so angry? Why are the people muttering empty thoughts?
Psalm 2:2 The kings of the land[1] take their stand; And the rulers join together in a league against Yahveh and his messiah.
Psalm 2:3 “Let’s break their yokes, and throw their harness ropes off of us.”
Psalm 2:4 The one sitting in the sky[2] laughs; the master ridicules them.
Psalm 2:5 Then he will speak to them angrily, terrifying them in his fury.
Psalm 2:6 “I personally have set up my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
Psalm 2:7 I am announcing Yahveh’s decree. He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father.”
Psalm 2:8 “Ask of me, and I will give nations as your inheritance and ends of the land as your possession.”
Psalm 2:9 “You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like pottery.”
Psalm 2:10 Kings should show insight[3] now; judges[4] of the land should take warning.
Psalm 2:11 Serve Yahveh with fear and celebrate as you tremble.
Psalm 2:12 Get things in order with the Son, or he will be angry, and you will be destroyed on your journey. His anger may ignite at any moment. All who take refuge in him are fortunate.
[1]אֶרֶץ = land, ground. Psalm 2:2, 8, 10; 7:5; 8:1, 9; 10:16, 18; 12:6; 16:3; 17:11; 18:7; 19:4; 21:10; 22:27, 29; 24:1; 25:13; 27:13; 33:5, 8, 14; 34:16; 35:20; 37:3, 9, 11, 22, 29, 34; 41:2.
[2]שָׁמַיִם = sky. Psalm 2:4; 8:1, 3, 8; 11:4; 14:2; 18:9, 13; 19:1, 6; 20:6; 33:6, 13; 36:5.
[3]שָׂכַל = show insight. Psalm 2:10; 14:2; 32:8; 36:3; 41:1; 53:2; 64:9; 94:8; 101:2; 106:7; 119:99.
[4]שָׁפַט = judge. Psalm 2:10; 7:8, 11; 9:4, 8, 19; 10:18; 26:1; 35:24; 37:33.
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ACST 61- The Advents
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, May 19, 2016
The Advents
The PSALMS shelf in my library
