Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Psalms 2:1 - 2:6

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Psalms 2:1 - 2:6


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Of the Eternal Sonship of the Messiah.

The Futile Rage Of The Nations.

That the entire psalm is Messianic is clearly shown by the quotation Act_4:25-26, together with the explanation there added: "For of a truth against Thy holy Child Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed,. . the people. . were gathered together," v. 27. Cf Act_13:33; Heb_1:5.

v. 1. Why do the heathen rage,
the nations seething, surging, with resentful murmurings, and the people imagine a vain thing? The inspired poets indignation and contempt is immediately expressed in the rhetorical question: What madness for them to act thus!

v. 2. The kings of the earth set themselves,
sitting together in conspiracy, and the rulers take counsel together, all the earths greatest dignitaries consulting with one another in sullen rebellious activity, against the Lord, Jehovah, the great Ruler of the earth, and against His Anointed, the singular High Priest and Prophet of Jehovah, the Messiah, anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power above all His fellows, Psa_45:7; Act_10:38, saying,

v. 3. Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.
The wicked of all times resent the kingly dignity and power, the government, of Jesus Christ; they consider the bearing of His gentle burden, Mat_11:30, as a tying with bands, as an imprisoning with cords. They want to live in the unbridled licentiousness of their hearts. But how does the, Lord regard this rebellion of the nations and of their rulers?

v. 4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision,
mocking at them, deriding them, for their futile attempts to put Him from the throne of His majesty in the heavens. His mocking is a sign of the unshakable safety of His dominion and of His contempt for the puny creatures who desire to dethrone Him. At the same time His patience will come to an end at the period determined by Him.

v. 5. Then,
on the great day of wrath and Judgment, shall He speak unto them in His wrath, in the white heat of His just anger, and vex them in His sore displeasure, trouble, terrify, and utterly overthrow them in the greatest destruction of all. So much the Lord says for the consolation of His children, who suffer much on account of the enmity of the unbelievers. In addition to this the Lord opposes one word of majesty to the puny endeavors of the enemies.

v. 6. Yet have I set My King,
Messiah, Christ, the Anointed of the Lord, the King with everlasting sovereignty and power, upon My holy hill of Zion. Originally denoting the hill where the Temple stood, this word came to signify the place of Gods merciful presence and especially His holy Christian Church, the communion of saints. Christ, firmly established, enthroned in the heavens, of equal power and majesty with the Father from eternity, is at the same time in the midst of His Church, Psa_46:5, which He endows with the blessings of His salvation, which He governs with His Word and Spirit.