Psalms 2:7 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 2:7

I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

KJV

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ASV

I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.

WEB

I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

YLT

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou art , I to-day have brought thee forth.

DBT

I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.

About this book

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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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Hebrews 1:5
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Hebrews 5:5
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
Acts 13:33
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Matthew 3:17
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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): Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. This scripture the apostle quotes ( Heb. i. 5 ) to prove that Christ has a more excellent name than the angels, but that he obtained it by inheritance,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Consider, (1.) The certain ruin we run upon if we refuse and reject Christ: " Kiss the Son; for it is at your peril if you do not." [1.] "It will be a great provocation to him. Do it, lest he be angry. " The Father is angry already; the Son is the Mediator that undertakes to make peace; if we slight him, the Father's wrath abides upon us ( John iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The interpretation of this passage to describe the inauguration of Christ as Mediatorial King, by no means impugns the Eternal Sonship of His divine nature. In Ac 13:33, Paul's quotation does not imply an application of this passage to the resurrection; for "raised up" in Ac 13:32 is used as in Ac 2:30;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The decree - The will and appointment of God concerning this. My son - Which tho' it may in some sort be said to, or of David, yet much more properly belongs to Christ, who is commonly known by this title both in the Old and New Testament, and to whom this title is expressly appropriated by the holy ghost, who is the best interpreter of his own words, Acts xiii, 33 Heb. i, 5.

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

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Quotation Hebrews 1:5
same line — Hebrews, Son superior to angels (w/ 2Sa 7:14).
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Quotation Acts 13:33
'Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee' — Paul at Antioch ('as it is written in the second psalm').
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Quotation Formula:Gegraptai Acts 13:33
'as it is written in the SECOND psalm' — cites by canonical location (an ordered, numbered Psalter).
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Quotation Hebrews 5:5
same line — Hebrews, Christ's high-priestly appointment.
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Quoted in ACT 13:33
'Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee' ('as it is written in the second psalm')
Quoted in HEB 1:5
'Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee' (Son superior to angels, w/ 2Sa 7:14)
Quoted in HEB 5:5
'Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee' (Christ's high-priestly appointment)
Quoted in ACT 13:33
hos kai en to psalmo gegraptai to deutero ('as it is written in the SECOND psalm') — a formula that cites by canonical LOCATION, evidence of an ordered, numbered Psalter

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PSA 2:7MAT 3:17 ISA 42:1
PSA 2:7MAT 3:17 MAT 12:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 2:7MAT 3:17 MRK 9:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 2:7MAT 3:17 MAT 17:5
PSA 2:7MAT 3:17 LUK 9:35
PSA 2:7MAT 17:5 MAT 3:17
PSA 2:7MAT 17:5 DEU 18:15
PSA 2:7ACT 13:33 HEB 5:5

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