Psalms 2:6

"Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:"

Key Reflection

In the psalm, God speaks of His judgment against rebellious nations, promising to speak to them with anger and terrify them in wrath. For the original audience, this imagery would evoke fearsome divine retribution reminiscent of ancient Near Eastern myths where gods punished those who defied their authority. The language invokes the powerful and terrifying presence of a sovereign God intent on enforcing his will.

From the Scholars: 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,δέde. It would be better rendered perhaps by the usual word “and:” “And I have set or constituted my king,” etc. This is properly to be regarded as the expression of God himself; as what he says in reply to their declared purposesPsalms 2:3, and as what is referred to inPsalms 2:5.

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