Psalms Chapter 2 verse 7 Holy Bible
I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
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I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.
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I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; *I* this day have begotten thee.
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I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.
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I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou `art', I to-day have brought thee forth.
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Psalms 2 : 7 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - I will declare the decree. It is best to suppose that Messiah here takes the word, and maintains it to the end of ver. 9, when the psalmist resumes in his own person. Messiah "declares," or publishes, a "decree," made by God the Father in the beginning of all things, and communicated by him to the Son, whereby he made known the relationship between them, and invested the Son with sovereign power over the universe. The Lord hath said unto me; rather, said unto me (see the Revised Version). It was said, once for all, at a distant date. Thou art my Son. Not "one of my sons,,' but "my Son;" i.e. my one Son, my only one - "my Son" κατ ἐξοχήν (comp. Psalm 89:27; Hebrews 1:5). This day have I begotten thee. If it be asked, "Which day?" the answer would seem to be, the day when Christ commenced his redemptive work: then the Father "committed all judgment" - "all dominion over creation" to the Son" (John 5:22), gave him, as it were, a new existence, a new sphere, the throne of the world, and of all that is or that ever will be, in it (see 'Speaker's Commentary,' ad loc.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) I will declare.--The anointed king now speaks himself, recalling the covenant made with him by Jehovah at his coronation.I will tell.--Better, Let me speak concerning the appointment. The word rendered decree in our version is derived from a root meaning to engrave, and so stands for any formal agreement, but it is usually an ordinance clearly announced by a prophet or some other commissioned interpreter of the Divine will, and consecrated and legalised by mutual adoption by king and people.The Lord hath.--Better, Jehovah said unto me: that is, at that particular time, the day which the great event made the new birthday, as it were, of the monarch, or perhaps of the monarchy. From the particular prince, of whose career, if we could identify him with certainty, this would be the noblest historical memorial, the Psalmist--if, indeed, any one historic personage was in his thought at all--let his thoughts and hopes range, as we certainly may, on to a larger and higher fulfilment. The figure of an ideal prince who was always about to appear, but was never realised in any actual successor on the throne, may possibly, by the time of this psalm, have assumed its great place in the nation's prophetic hopes. Certainly the whole line of tradition claims the passage in a Messianic sense. (See Note, Psalm 2:2; and in New Testament Commentary, Note to Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 5:5. For the king, spoken of as God's son, see Psalm 89:26-27, and comp. 2Samuel 7:14.) . . .