Psalm 2:6-8

The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

6 "As for me, I have y set my King
on z Zion, my a holy hill."

7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, b "You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
 8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and c the ends of the earth your possession.

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 8:23
    Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
  2. Cross References
    2 Samuel 5:7
    Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
    Psalms 110:2
    The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 3:4
    I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
    Psalms 15:1
    O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
    Psalms 43:3
    Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
    Psalms 99:9
    Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!
  4. Cross References
    Romans 1:4
    And was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
    Acts 13:33
    This he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, "'You are my Son, today I have begotten you.
    Hebrews 1:5
    For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?
    Hebrews 5:5
    So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you".
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 72:8
    May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
    Psalms 89:27
    And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
    Daniel 7:14
    And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
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