I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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
This Psalm wears something of a dramatic form, for now another person is introduced as speaking. We have looked into the council-chamber of the wicked, and to the throne of God, and now we behold the Anointed declaring his rights of sovereignty, and warning the traitors of their doom.
The Messiah's kingdom rests on an eternal decree of God the Father, not a sudden resolve but the result of divine wisdom before all worlds. This decree the Son governed Himself by throughout His undertaking: This is the will of Him that sent Me, and this commandment have I received of My Father.
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Commenting on Psalm 2:7-9