Psalms 2:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 2:4

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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ASV

He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

WEB

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

YLT

He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

DBT

He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.

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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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21 verses on the floor

Psalms 37:13
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Psalms 59:8
But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Isaiah 40:22
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Psalms 123:1
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

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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

God laughs at them as a company of fools. He has them, and all their attempts, in derision, and therefore the virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised them, Isa. xxxvii. Sinners' follies are the just sport of God's infinite wisdom and power; and those attempts of the kingdom of Satan which in our eyes are formidable in his are despicable.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

If God hath said unto him, " Thou art my Son, " it becomes each of us to say to him, "Thou art my Lord, my sovereign." Further, to satisfy us that his kingdom is well-grounded upon his sonship, we are here told what his sonship is grounded on: This day have I begotten thee, which refers both to his eternal generation itself, for it is quoted ( Heb. i.

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PSA 2:4PSA 37:13 PRO 1:26
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 2:4PRO 1:26 PSA 37:13
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 2:4PSA 11:4 ISA 66:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 2:4PSA 11:4 PSA 103:19
PSA 2:4PSA 11:4 PSA 18:6
PSA 2:4ISA 40:22 PRO 8:27
PSA 2:4PSA 11:4 HAB 2:20
PSA 2:4PRO 1:26 PRO 10:24

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