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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 2:1
Hebrew
לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גוֹיִם וּלְאֻמִּים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק׃lamah-rageshv-gvoyim-vle'umiym-yehegv-riyq
KJV: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
AKJV: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
ASV: Why do the nations rage,
YLT: Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
Exposition: Psalms 2:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:2
Hebrew
יִתְיַצְּבוּ ׀ מַלְכֵי־אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נֽוֹסְדוּ־יָחַד עַל־יְהוָה וְעַל־מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃yiteyatzevv- -malekhey-'eretz-vervozeniym-nvosedv-yachad-'al-yehvah-ve'al-meshiychvo
KJV: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
AKJV: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
ASV: The kings of the earth set themselves,
YLT: Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:
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Psalms 2:2
Psalms 2:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 2:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:3
Hebrew
נְֽנַתְּקָה אֶת־מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵימוֹ וְנַשְׁלִיכָה מִמֶּנּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ׃nenateqah-'et-mvoservoteymvo-venasheliykhah-mimenv-'avoteymvo
KJV: Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
AKJV: Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
ASV: Let us break their bonds asunder,
YLT: `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
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Psalms 2:3
Psalms 2:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 2:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:4
Hebrew
יוֹשֵׁב בַּשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׂחָק אֲדֹנָי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃yvoshev-vashamayim-yishechaq-'adonay-yile'ag-lamvo
KJV: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
AKJV: He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
ASV: He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh:
YLT: He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
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Psalms 2:4
Psalms 2:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 2:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:5
Hebrew
אָז יְדַבֵּר אֵלֵימוֹ בְאַפּוֹ וּֽבַחֲרוֹנוֹ יְבַהֲלֵֽמוֹ׃'az-yedaver-'eleymvo-ve'afvo-vvacharvonvo-yevahalemvo
KJV: Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
AKJV: Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
ASV: Then will he speak unto them in his wrath,
YLT: Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:
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Psalms 2:5
Psalms 2:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 2:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:6
Hebrew
וַאֲנִי נָסַכְתִּי מַלְכִּי עַל־צִיּוֹן הַר־קָדְשִֽׁי׃va'aniy-nasakhetiy-malekhiy-'al-tziyvon-har-qadeshiy
KJV: Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
AKJV: Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion.
ASV: Yet I have set my king
YLT: `And I--I have anointed My King, Upon Zion--My holy hill.'
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Psalms 2:6
Psalms 2:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Zion
Exposition: Psalms 2:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:7
Hebrew
אֲסַפְּרָה אֶֽל חֹק יְֽהוָה אָמַר אֵלַי בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ׃'asaferah-'el-choq-yehvah-'amar-'elay-veniy-'atah-'aniy-hayvom-yelidetiykha
KJV: I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
AKJV: I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.
ASV: I will tell of the decree:
YLT: I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou art , I to-day have brought thee forth.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 2:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 2:7
Psalms 2:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Son
Exposition: Psalms 2:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:8
Hebrew
שְׁאַל מִמֶּנִּי וְאֶתְּנָה גוֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶךָ וַאֲחֻזָּתְךָ אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃she'al-mimeniy-ve'etenah-gvoyim-nachalatekha-va'achuzatekha-'afesey-'aretz
KJV: Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
AKJV: Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
ASV: Ask of me, and I will givetheethe nations for thine inheritance,
YLT: Ask of Me and I give nations--thy inheritance, And thy possession--the ends of earth.
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Psalms 2:8
Psalms 2:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 2:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:9
Hebrew
תְּרֹעֵם בְּשֵׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל כִּכְלִי יוֹצֵר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם׃tero'em-veshevet-varezel-khikheliy-yvotzer-tenafetzem
KJV: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
AKJV: You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
ASV: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;
YLT: Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'
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Psalms 2:9
Psalms 2:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 2:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:10
Hebrew
וְעַתָּה מְלָכִים הַשְׂכִּילוּ הִוָּסְרוּ שֹׁפְטֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ve'atah-melakhiym-hashekhiylv-hivaserv-shofetey-'aretz
KJV: Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
AKJV: Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.
ASV: Now therefore be wise, O ye kings:
YLT: And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
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Psalms 2:10
Psalms 2:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 2:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:11
Hebrew
עִבְדוּ אֶת־יְהוָה בְּיִרְאָה וְגִילוּ בִּרְעָדָֽה׃'ivedv-'et-yehvah-veyire'ah-vegiylv-vire'adah
KJV: Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
AKJV: Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
ASV: Serve Jehovah with fear,
YLT: Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
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Psalms 2:11
Psalms 2:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 2:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 2:12
Hebrew
נַשְּׁקוּ־בַר פֶּן־יֶאֱנַף ׀ וְתֹאבְדוּ דֶרֶךְ כִּֽי־יִבְעַר כִּמְעַט אַפּוֹ אַשְׁרֵי כָּל־חוֹסֵי בֽוֹ׃nasheqv-var-fen-ye'enaf- -veto'vedv-derekhe-khiy-yive'ar-khime'at-'afvo-'asherey-khal-chvosey-vvo
KJV: Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
AKJV: Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
ASV: Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way,
YLT: Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 2:12Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 2:12
Psalms 2:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 2:12
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 2:12
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Son
Exposition: Psalms 2:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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This chapter now surfaces commentary as quoted witness material with an explicit citation trail. The index below gathers the canonical references and named authorities detected inside the commentary layer for faster academic review.
Direct commentary witnesses
0
Generated editorial witnesses
12
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Psalms 2:1
- Psalms 2:2
- Psalms 2:3
- Psalms 2:4
- Psalms 2:5
- Psalms 2:6
- Psalms 2:7
- Psalms 2:8
- Psalms 2:9
- Psalms 2:10
- Psalms 2:11
- Psalms 2:12
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Zion
- Son
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Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 2:1
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 2:1
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness