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Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms 2:1 — KJV
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Psalms 2:1
King James Version (KJV)
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— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Psalms 2:1
Theological / DevotionalWhy do the heathen? The psalm begins abruptly with a picture of violent confusion. The word for “heathen” means properly “nations”; it was applied to the idolatrous nations surrounding Israel. Luther paraphrased the question of the psalmist thus: “How can they succeed, who set themselves against Jehovah and against His Christ?”
Rage. Heb. ragash. This word occurs only here (the Aramaic form is found in Dan. 6:6, 11, 15) and means “to be in tumult.”
The people. According to the laws of Hebrew parallelism, the word expresses the same idea as “the heathen.”
Imagine. Heb. hagah (see on Ps. 1:2). These sinner deliberate on something that cannot be accomplished. All their purposes against God’s government are certain to fail.
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