Eugene Peterson in the Message Bible translates Psalm 2:3-4 very creatively. He says that when the God deniers and Messiah defiers conspire to free themselves from God, God laughs at them. God finds it amusing when people say foolish things about the existence of God. When people rebel against God they only find themselves in a vicious spiral that leads to chaos and confusion. But if we make a run for God we will never regret it.
Psalm 2 is a macroscopic look at the Lord as king, lawmaker and judge of all the Nations. While the other side of the coin is Psalm 1 which is a microscopic look at the Blessed life of individual people who delight in the Torah. These are two dominant streams of voices that flow through the entire book of Psalms. The love for God’s law leads us to reverent awe in our relationship with God and a boldness to face the Nations and power cartels of the world that deny God
This Psalm is used as a royal blessing during the coronation of the Davidic descendants. Later in the New Testament it is viewed as a Messianic Psalm (Psalm 2:7), where God renews his covenant with the people and declares Christ as the beloved son, begotten son, the chosen one, who will continue the Davidic line forever (Matt 3:17; 17:5; Acts 13:33).
Psalm 1 (Psalm 1:1-2) begins and Psalm 2 (Psalm 2:12) ends with a beatitude. When they are combined together it says, Blessed are all those who delight in God’s word and find refuge in God.
Prayer:
Lord you are our refuge and strength. May we grow to love and serve you all the days of our life.
Amen.
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Serve the LORD with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling.Psalm 2:11
Serve the Lord with fear - A general direction to all men. Fear God with that reverence which is due to his supreme majesty. Serve him as subjects should their sovereign, and as servants should their master.
Rejoice with trembling - If ye serve God aright, ye cannot but be happy; but let a continual filial fear moderate all your joys. Ye must all stand at last before the judgment-seat of God; watch, pray, believe, work, and keep humble.
In Psalm 2:7 - “I have begotten you” refers to the birth about which Isaiah speaks, “Who will tell about his generation?” He is Light from Light, Almighty from Almighty, true God from true God, from whom, and through whom, and in whom all things exist.
We shall not greatly err in our summary of this sublime Psalm if we call it THE PSALM OF MESSIAH THE PRINCE; for it sets forth, as in a wondrous vision, the tumult of the people against the Lord's anointed, the determinate purpose of God to exalt his own Son, and the ultimate reign of that Son over all his enemies. Let us read it with the eye of faith, beholding, as in a glass, the final triumph of our Lord Jesus Christ over all his enemies.
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