Skip to content

Psalms 2:3

Psalms 2:3
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

My Notes

Commentary

Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Let us break their bands asunder,.... These are not the words of the apostles, nor of the saints in Gospel times, encouraging one another, notwithstanding the rage and opposition of Jews and Gentiles…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Let us break their bands asunder - The bands of Yahweh and of his Anointed. They who are engaged in this combination or conspiracy regard Yahweh and his Anointed as one, and as having one object - to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 2:1-6

We have here a very great struggle about the kingdom of Christ, hell and heaven contesting it; the seat of the war is this earth, where Satan has long had a usurped kingdom and exercised dominion to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The words of the kings and rulers exhorting one another to cast off the yokeof subjection. Bands are the fastenings by which the yoke was secured upon the neck (Jer 27:2; Jer 30:8; Nah 1:13; &c.):…

Cross References

Related passages throughout Scripture