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Psalms 2:4

Psalms 2:4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh,.... At the rage and tumult of the Heathen; at the vain imaginations of the people; at the opposition of the kings of the earth; at the mad counsel of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He that sitteth in the heavens - God, represented as having his home, his seat, his throne in heaven, and thence administering the affairs of the world. This verse commences the second strophe or…

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

Psalms 2:4-6

The poet-seer draws aside the veil, and bids us look from earth to heaven. There the supreme Ruler of the world sits enthroned in majesty. With sovereign contempt He surveys these petty plottings, and…