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Verse Psalms 2:10. _BE WISE - O YE KINGS_] An exhortation of the
Gospel to the rulers of all kingdoms, nations, and states, to whom it
may be sent. All these should listen to its maxims, be governed b...
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BE WISE NOW, THEREFORE, O YE KINGS - This is to be understood as the
language of the psalmist. See introduction to the psalm, Section 3. It
is an exhortation addressed to the rulers and princes whom t...
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Psalms 2
THE REJECTED KING
_ 1. The rejection and the coming confederacy (Psalms 2:1)_
2. Jehovah's attitude and interference (Psalms 2:4)
3. The coming of the King and his inheritance ...
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II. MESSIAH'S REIGN. Also without a title. Here we have a distinctly
Messianic Ps., put in this place, possibly, as an introduction to
other Messianic Pss. which follow. Messianic it is in the stricte...
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BE WISE. Figure of speech _Apostrophe._ App-6....
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_Be wise now therefore Now therefore_should stand first, as in R.V.,
emphatically introducing the conclusion to be drawn from the
statements of the preceding verses.
_kings … judges of the earth_ Not...
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The poet speaks, drawing the lesson from the great truths which have
been set forth. There is a better way. Submission may avert
destruction. The leaders of the nations are exhorted to be wise in
time...
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BE INSTRUCTED— Or, _Be reformed._...
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PSALMS 2
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Messiah's Reign in Zion Assured.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 2:1-3, A Conspiracy against Jehovah and His Anointed
Foretold. Stanza II., Psalms 2:4-6, Jehovah's Counter...
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_BE WISE NOW THEREFORE, O YE KINGS: BE INSTRUCTED, YE JUDGES OF THE
EARTH._
Be wise ... O ye kings - offers of grace ever accompanying threats
against sinners in this day of God's long-suffering.
N...
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2:10 wise, (i-7) Or 'consider well.'...
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BE WISE] The obvious lesson from the truths stated in the preceding w....
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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 late...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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וְ֭ עַתָּה מְלָכִ֣ים הַשְׂכִּ֑ילוּ
הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ שֹׁ֣פְטֵי...
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Psalms 2:1
VARIOUS 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...
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GOD'S SON UPON HIS THRONE
Psalms 2:1
This is one of the sublimest of the Psalms, and can find its
fulfillment only in our Lord. See Acts 4:25; Acts 13:33; H
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This is the psalm of Jehovah's King. It is impossible to fix the event
for which it was written and to which it first referred. The wider
application is perfectly patent. To whatsoever king the words...
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(g) Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the
earth.
(g) He exhorts all rulers to repent in time....
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And. Here the prophet may address kings, unless the Father or the
Messias continue to speak. It is evident these words are not to be
understood of David's dominions alone. Fear and joy keep the Christ...
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Who can complain after so gracious, so kind, and tender an entreaty,
if neglecting so great salvation, they should lose it? Gracious Lord,
I would approach thee with reverence and godly fear. I would...
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David having, as a preacher of the judgments of God, set forth the
vengeance which God would take upon his enemies proceeds now, in the
character of a prophet and teacher, to exhort the unbelieving to...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 1 AND 2.
In Psalms 1, however, we have simply the godly remnant on the earth. I
say remnant, for the subject of the psalm is spoken of as
characterized by indivi...
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BE WISE NOW THEREFORE, O YE KINGS,.... This address is made not so
much to the kings of the earth in David's time, as to those who would
be under the Gospel dispensation, and times of the Messiah; and...
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Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the
earth.
Ver. 10. _Be wise now therefore, O ye kings_] Redeem your own sorrows
by trembling at God's judgments, while they hang in the...
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_Be wise now therefore_ Understand your true interest while you have
time and space for repentance and submission; _O ye kings_ You and
your people. _Be instructed, ye judges_ Or rulers, you and those...
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The Divine Announcement.
It is the Anointed of Jehovah, Jesus Christ Himself, who now speaks in
person....
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Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye judges of the
earth! The rulers of the earth should show sense, the men whose
business it is to dispense judgment, all those occupying positions of...
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10-12 Whatever we rejoice in, in this world, it must always be with
trembling, because of the uncertainty of all things in it. To welcome
Jesus Christ, and to submit to him, is our wisdom and interes...
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BE WISE; understand your true interest. Now, whilst you have time and
space for repentance and submission. O YE KINGS; you and your people.
But he speaks of and to kings only; partly, because they mos...
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Psalms 2:10 wise H7919 (H8685) kings H4428 instructed H3256 (H8734)
judges H8199 (H8802) earth H776
Be
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THE CALL FOR RESPONSE.
‘Now therefore be wise, O you kings,
Be instructed you judges of the earth,
Serve YHWH with fear,
And rejoice with trembling,
Kiss the son, lest he be angry,
And you peris...
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Psalms 2
I. The Psalm opens abruptly; here is no prelude; it is an utterance of
amazement, begotten in the soul and breaking from the lips of one who
looks out upon the nations and generations of man....
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Psalms 2:1. _Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain
thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, sayi...
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Psalms 2:1. _Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain
thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, sayi...
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Psalms 2:1. _Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain
thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together against the LORD, and against his anointed, sayin...
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CONTENTS: The psalm of the king; rejected, established and finally
reigning.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, kings of earth.
CONCLUSION: The kings of earth are ever setting themselves in array
against God...
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This psalm, by a constant succession of the rabbins, is applied to
Christ. If it have any bearing on David's enemies, for the eyes of
prophets were often directed from objects near, to those which are...
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_Be wise now therefore, O ye kings._
HEAVENLY WISDOM
Wisdom is the mind’s eye, by which she wyeth into all the secrets of
nature and mysteries of State, and discerneth between good and evil,
and prud...
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_Why do the heathen rage?_
THE PROPHETICAL ELEMENT IN THE PSALM
But though the poem was occasioned by some national event, we must not
confine its application to that event, nor need we even suppose...
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INTRODUCTION
“It is quite impossible now to say what the event was which
occasioned this poem. The older interpreters referred it to David, and
the attacks made upon him by the Philistines (2 Samuel 5...
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EXPOSITION
HERE we have again a psalm without a title, and, so far, we are left
to conjecture its age and author. The Jews, however, have always
regarded it as Davidical; and there is evidence in Scri...
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The second psalm deals with the Kingdom Age. The glorious Kingdom Age
when Jesus reigns upon the earth. A Messianic psalm.
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? For the
kings...
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Hosea 14:9; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 52:15; Isaiah 60:10; Isaiah 60:11;...
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THE PREFATORY PSALMS
Psalms 1:1, _Psalms 2:1, and Psalms 3:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you
wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the ke...
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Now — While you have time for repentance and submission....