Psalms 2

Treated in 25 passages across the library.

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  1. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The tests of love to God cites Psa. ii. 3

    …hate His laws. “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us” (Psa. ii. 3). God’s precepts are compared to cords, they bind men to their good behaviour; but the…

  2. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The First Stage cites Psalm 2:12

    …not aside again, lest thou “perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.” Psalm 2:12.

  3. The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds · Ochorus Originals

    Pray Ye the Lord of the Harvest cites PSALM 2:8

    …heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. PSALM 2:8 Where this must be read with care Three cautions belong here. First, Bounds sometimes…

  4. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites Ps. ii. 6

    …ruler, Acts ii. 36. He is made a king; God sets him his king on his holy hill of Zion, Ps. ii. 6; and he is crowned with honour and dignity, after he had been “made a little lower than…

  5. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Ps. ii. 3

    …counsels,” saith the Lord, “and I will take order that it shall come to nought.” And, Ps. ii. 3, 4, when men are deep at their plots and contrivances, God is said to have them in…

  6. Communion with God · John Owen

    How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Ps. ii. 7

    …dead;” Rom. i. 4, God saying to him, “Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee,” Ps. ii. 7. And this his absolution doth Christ express his confidence of, Isa. l. 5–9. And he was…

  7. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The best things work for good to the godly cites Psalm ii. 9

    …and breaks the confidence of adversaries. “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron” (Psalm ii. 9). There is rage in the enemy, malice in the devil, but power in God. How easily can He…

  8. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Prefatory Address to King Francis cites Psalm 2:9

    …magnificent predictions of the prophets respecting his kingdom (Dan. 2:34; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 2:9). Our adversaries, indeed, clamorously maintain that our appeal to the word of God is a…

  9. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 6 — Redemption for Man Lost to Be Sought in Christ cites Psalm 2:12

    …Accordingly, exhorting the righteous to fear Him, he bids them “Kiss the Son,” (Psalm 2:12). Corresponding to this is the passage in the Gospel, “He that honoureth not the Son…

  10. With Christ in the School of Prayer · Andrew Murray

    Prayer in Harmony with the Being of God cites Ps. ii. 7

    …42. ‘Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten Thee. Ask of me, and I shall give Thee.’—Ps. ii. 7, 8. IN the New Testament we find a distinction made between faith and knowledge. ‘To one…

  11. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 11 — The Difference Between the Two Testaments cites Ps. 2:8

    …been given for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession (Ps. 2:8), that he may rule without distinction “from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends…

  12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 15 — Three Things Briefly to Be Regarded in Christ cites Ps. 2:2–4

    …off the yoke of God and his anointed, and says, that kings and nations rage “in vain,” (Ps. 2:2–4), because he who sitteth in the heaven is strong enough to repel their assaults, assuring…

  13. The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson · Ochorus Originals

    The Life of Prayer cites PSALM 2:8

    …heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. PSALM 2:8 He regarded that as an invitation extended to the church, and he took it literally. The…

  14. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Reproof of such as sin against this merciful disposition in Christ. Of quenching the Spirit cites Psalm ii. 9

    …not come under his sceptre of mercy, shall be crushed in pieces by his sceptre of power, Psalm ii. 9. Though he will graciously tender and maintain the least spark of true grace, yet where…

  15. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Christ's government shall be openly victorious cites Psalm ii. 9

    …so will he dash all those pieces of earth which rise up against him as a potter’s vessel, Psalm ii. 9. Was there ever any fierce against God and prospered? Job ix. 4; No, doubtless the rage…

  16. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Be encouraged to go on cheerfully, with confidence of prevailing cites Psalm ii. 8

    …xi. 25, but Christ, that hath the utmost parts of the earth given him for his possession, Psalm ii. 8, will gather all the sheep his Father hath given him into one fold, that there may be one…

  17. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Of Evil Angels cites Ps. 2:6–7

    …Some have, not improbably, supposed, that when God published “the decree” (mentioned Ps. 2:6–7) concerning the kingdom of his only-begotten Son to be over all creatures, these…

  18. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Christ Is All cites Psalm ii. 8

    …away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Matt. xxiv. 30; Rev. xi. 15; Psalm ii. 8; Phil. ii. 10, 11; Dan. vii. 14.) (f) There is a day coming when all men shall be judged.…

  19. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Psa 2:2

    …him? Hence all the attempts of the wicked against God are foolish, and prove abortive. Psa 2:2, 4. ‘The kings of the earth set themselves against the Lord and against his anointed. He…

  20. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Trinity cites Psa 2:12

    …4:44, much more must we. Deut 27:10. Obey God the Son. ‘Kiss the Son, lest he be angry.’ Psa 2:12. Kiss him with a kiss of obedience. Christ’s commands are not grievous. I John 5:3.…

  21. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Kingly Office cites Psa 2:2

    …him to be king. ‘I have set my king upon my holy hill: I will declare the decree.’ Psa 2:2, 7. God has anointed and sealed him to his regal office. ‘Him has God the Father sealed.’…

  22. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Exaltation cites Psa 2:12

    …submit to him as to the Lord or Judge. ‘Kiss the Son’ with a kiss of love and loyalty. Psa 2:12. We must not only cast ourselves into Christ’s arms to be saved by him, but we must cast…

  23. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Resurrection cites Psa 2:2

    …He is described with seven eyes. Zech 3:3, to denote his wisdom; and a rod of iron, Psa 2:2, to denote his power. He is so wise that he cannot be deluded, and so strong that he…

  24. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 20 — Of Civil Government cites Psalm 2:10

    …O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth;” “Kiss the Son, lest he be angry” (Psalm 2:10, 12), he does not order them to lay aside their authority and return to private life, but…

  25. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    August cites Psa 2:1-3

    …the New Testament (Act 13:33; Heb 1:5). There are four strophes of three verses each. In Psa 2:1-3, the nations are depicted as assembling and planning revolt. A widespread conspiracy has…