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Psalms Chapter 2

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Psalms

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The psalmist declares that the Lord has anointed his servant king to rule over Israel and to bring judgment on the nations that oppose him. He warns that those who rebel against the king will be punished, and the king's authority is established by God's favor. The chapter emphasizes the king's role as God's instrument of justice and the consequences of defying him.

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(1) Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
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Psalms 18:42Psalms 46:6Psalms 83:4Psalms 83:5Psalms 83:6Psalms 83:7Psalms 83:8Isaiah 8:9Luke 18:32Acts 4:25Luke 22:1Luke 22:2

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Acts 4:25I Samuel 1:8

(2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
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Psalms 2:10Psalms 48:4Psalms 110:5Matthew 2:16Luke 13:31Luke 23:11Luke 23:12Acts 12:1Acts 12:2Acts 12:3Acts 12:4Acts 12:5

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Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:25II Samuel 17:14

(3) Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
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Jeremiah 5:5Luke 19:14Luke 19:27I Peter 2:7I Peter 2:8

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II Kings 24:2Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23Zechariah 11:14

(4) He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
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Psalms 11:4Psalms 68:33Psalms 115:3Isaiah 40:22Isaiah 57:15Isaiah 66:1Psalms 37:13Psalms 53:5Psalms 59:8II Kings 19:21Proverbs 1:26

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Psalms 148:4

(5) Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
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Psalms 50:16Psalms 50:17Psalms 50:18Psalms 50:19Psalms 50:20Psalms 50:21Psalms 50:22Isaiah 11:4Isaiah 66:6Matthew 22:7Matthew 23:33Matthew 23:34

(6) Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
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Psalms 45:6Psalms 89:27Psalms 89:36Psalms 89:37Psalms 110:1Psalms 110:2Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 9:7Daniel 7:13Daniel 7:14Matthew 28:18Acts 2:34

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Psalms 68:15I Kings 16:24

(7) I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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Psalms 148:6Job 23:13Isaiah 46:10Matthew 3:17Matthew 8:29Matthew 16:16Matthew 17:5Acts 8:37Acts 13:33Romans 1:4Hebrews 1:5Hebrews 3:6

(8) Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
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John 17:4John 17:5Psalms 22:27Psalms 72:8Daniel 7:13

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Ezekiel 46:18Ezekiel 44:28Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Numbers 27:7

(9) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
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Psalms 21:8Psalms 21:9Psalms 89:23Psalms 110:5Psalms 110:6Isaiah 30:14Isaiah 60:12Jeremiah 19:11Daniel 2:44Matthew 21:44Revelation 2:26Revelation 2:27

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Daniel 2:40Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23Jeremiah 51:21Isaiah 45:2Jeremiah 15:12

(10) Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
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Jeremiah 6:8Hosea 14:9Psalms 45:12Psalms 72:10Psalms 72:11Isaiah 49:23Isaiah 52:15Isaiah 60:3Isaiah 60:10Isaiah 60:11Psalms 82:1Psalms 82:2

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Proverbs 21:11

(11) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
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Psalms 89:7Hebrews 12:28Hebrews 12:29Psalms 95:1Psalms 95:2Psalms 95:3Psalms 95:4Psalms 95:5Psalms 95:6Psalms 95:7Psalms 95:8Psalms 97:1

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Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28

(12) Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
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Genesis 41:40Genesis 41:43Genesis 41:44I Samuel 10:1I Kings 19:18Hosea 13:2John 5:23Psalms 1:6John 14:6Psalms 2:5II Thessalonians 1:8II Thessalonians 1:9

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Leviticus 10:6Deuteronomy 11:17Job 32:2Deuteronomy 7:22Deuteronomy 32:27Proverbs 6:10

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