Psalms 2:1 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 2:1

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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ASV

Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

WEB

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

YLT

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

DBT

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

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Messianic PsalmsWhy do the heathen rage — the Messianic inauguration psalm.

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Psalms 33:10
The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Acts 4:25–26
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Revelation 17:14
These 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 are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Psalms 46:6
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

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(2.) They can hope for no good success in opposing so powerful a kingdom, with which they are utterly unable to contend. It is a vain thing; when they have done their worst Christ will have a church in the world and that church shall be glorious and triumphant. It is built upon a rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It is certain that all who are enemies to Christ, whatever they pretend, are enemies to God himself; they have hated both me and my Father, John xv. The great author of our holy religion is here called the Lord's anointed, or Messiah, or Christ, in allusion to the anointing of David to be king.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Promises made to Christ, ver. 7-9. Counsel given to all, to submit to him, ver. 10-12.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Quotation Acts 4:25
'Why did the heathen rage' — the gathered believers in prayer ('by the mouth of thy servant David'). Royal psalm.
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Genre Form Sibling Psalms 110:1
both royal psalms; the two most-cited messianically in the NT; shared enthronement form.
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Quoted in ACT 4:25
'Why did the heathen rage' — the believers' prayer ('who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said')

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