Psalms 2:6
6. The purpose here declared, in its execution, involves their overthrow.
Yet—literally, "and," in an adversative sense. I have set—anointed, or firmly placed, with allusion in the Hebrew to "casting an image in a mould." The sense is not materially varied in either case. my king—appointed by Me and for Me (Nu 27:18). upon my holy hill of Zion—Zion, selected by David as the abode of the ark and the seat of God's visible residence (1Ki 8:1); as also David, the head of the Church and nation, and type of Christ, was called holy, and the Church itself came to be thus named (Ps 9:11; 51:18; 99:2; Isa 8:18; 18:7, &c.).Psalms 3:4
4. cried . . . heard—Such has been my experience. The latter verb denotes a gracious hearing or answering.
out of—or, "from." his holy hill—Zion (Ps 2:6). His visible earthly residence.Psalms 5:7
7. But—as in Ps 2:6, literally, "and."
house— (1Ch 9:23), the tabernacle. temple—literally, "palace," applied to God's residence, the Holy of Holies (1Sa 3:3; 2Sa 22:7); the inner part of the tabernacle. toward—not in; the high priest alone was allowed to enter.
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