Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
David speaks from hard experience: many conspired to keep him from the throne, and by mere reason he might have despaired. But he knew himself appointed by God, unsought and unforeseen, and so he steeled himself against the whole world with confidence in His power alone.
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Commenting on Psalm 2:1-12
After he has laughed he shall speak; he needs not smite; the breath of his lips is enough. At the moment when their power is at its height, and their fury most violent, then shall his Word go forth against them.
Commenting on Psalm 2:5
Satan knows that as Christ's kingdom rises, his falls, so he wages war without mercy. But mark the paradox: never were false philosophies or tyrannies resisted so fiercely as Christ's doctrine and rule. That violence proves it came from heaven, for the opposition plainly came from hell.
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Commenting on Psalm 2:1-6