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Psalms 2:6

Psalms 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. Or, "behold, I have set", &c. so Noldius by Zion is meant the church of God, especially under the Gospel dispensation; see Heb 12:22; so called,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Yet have I set my king - The word “yet” is merely the translation of the conjunction “and.” It is rendered in the Vulgate “but ...autem;” and so in the Septuagint, δέ de. It would be better rendered…

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

Yet have I set R.V., Yet I have set. The first stanza ended with the defiant words of the rebels: the second stanza ends with the answer of Jehovah. The sentence is elliptical, and the pronoun is…