(KJV) Psalm 21

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⥃The Triumphant Messiah [ Acts 4:23–31 ]

[1] Why2 do the heathen rage3, and the people4 imagine5 a vain thing?6 [2] The kings7 of the earth set themselves, and the rulers8 take counsel together, against the Lord9, and against his anointed10, [saying], [3] Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.11 [4] He that12 sitteth in the heavens shall laugh13: the Lord shall have them in derision. [5] Then14 shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex15 them in his sore16 displeasure. [6] Yet17 have I set18 my19 king upon my holy hill of Zion. [7] I will declare the decree20: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou21 [art] my Son; this22 day have I begotten thee. [8] Ask23 of me, and I24 shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession. [9] Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.25 [10] Be wise26 no27w therefore, O ye kings: be instructed28, ye judges of the earth. [11] Serve29 the Lord with fear, and rejoice30 with trembling. [12] Kiss31 the Son32, lest he be angry, and33 ye perish34 [from] the way, when35 his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed36 [are] all they that put their trust in him.

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  1. Ps 2:1, The kingdom of Christ; Ps 2:10, Kings are exhorted to accept it. ↩

  2. Ps 18:42, Ps 46:6, Ps 83:4-8; Isa 8:9; Luke 18:32; Acts 4:25 ↩

  3. or, tumultuously assemble, Luke 22:1-2, Luke 22:5, Luke 22:22-23; Acts 16:22, Acts 17:5-6, Acts 19:28-32 ↩

  4. Matt 21:38; John 11:49-50; Acts 5:33; Rev 17:14 ↩

  5. Heb. meditate ↩

  6. am 2963, bc 1042 ↩

  7. Ps 2:10, Ps 48:4, Ps 110:5; Matt 2:16; Luke 13:31, Luke 23:11-12; Acts 12:1-6; Rev 17:12-14 ↩

  8. Matt 26:3, Matt 26:59, Matt 27:1; Acts 4:5-8 ↩

  9. Exod 16:7; Prov 21:30; John 15:23; Acts 9:4 ↩

  10. Ps 45:7, Ps 89:20; Isa 61:1; John 1:41, John 3:34; Acts 10:38; Heb 1:9 ↩

  11. Jer 5:5; Luke 19:14, Luke 19:27; 1Pet 2:7-8 ↩

  12. Ps 11:4, Ps 68:33, Ps 115:3; Isa 40:22, Isa 57:15, Isa 66:1 ↩

  13. Ps 37:13, Ps 53:5, Ps 59:8; 2Kgs 19:21; Prov 1:26 ↩

  14. Ps 50:16-22; Isa 11:4, Isa 66:6; Matt 22:7, Matt 23:33-36; Luke 19:27, Luke 19:43-44; Rev 1:16, Rev 19:15 ↩

  15. or, trouble ↩

  16. Ps 110:5-6; Zech 1:15 ↩

  17. Ps 45:6, Ps 89:27, Ps 89:36-37, Ps 110:1-2; Isa 9:6-7; Dan 7:13-14; Matt 28:18; Acts 2:34-36, Acts 5:30-31; Eph 1:22; Phil 2:9-11 ↩

  18. Heb. anointed ↩

  19. etc. Heb. Zion, the hill of my holiness, Ps 48:1-2, Ps 50:2, Ps 78:68, Ps 132:13-14; Heb 12:22; Rev 14:1 ↩

  20. or, for a decree, Ps 148:6; Job 23:13; Isa 46:10 ↩

  21. Matt 3:17, Matt 8:29, Matt 16:16, Matt 17:5; Acts 8:37, Acts 13:33; Rom 1:4; Heb 1:5, Heb 3:6; Heb 5:5, Heb 5:8 ↩

  22. Ps 89:27; John 1:14, John 1:18, John 3:16; Heb 1:6 ↩

  23. John 17:4-5 ↩

  24. Ps 22:27, Ps 72:8; Dan 7:13 ↩

  25. Ps 21:8-9, Ps 89:23, Ps 110:5-6; Isa 30:14, Isa 60:12; Jer 19:11; Dan 2:44; Matt 21:44; Rev 2:26-27, Rev 12:5 ↩

  26. Jer 6:8; Hos 14:9 ↩

  27. Ps 45:12, Ps 72:10-11; Isa 49:23, Isa 52:15, Isa 60:3, Isa 60:10-11 ↩

  28. Ps 82:1-8 ↩

  29. Ps 89:7; Heb 12:28-29 ↩

  30. Ps 95:1-8, Ps 97:1, Ps 99:1, Ps 119:120; Phil 2:12; Heb 4:1-2, Heb 12:25 ↩

  31. Gen 41:40, Gen 41:43-44; 1Sam 10:1; 1Kgs 19:18; Hos 13:2; John 5:23 ↩

  32. Ps 2:7 ↩

  33. etc. Or, "and ye lose the way," or, "and ye perish in the way." The LXX, and Vulgate have, "and ye perish from the righteous way:" and the Syriac, "and ye perish from his way." ↩

  34. Ps 1:6; John 14:6 ↩

  35. Ps 2:5; 2Thess 1:8-9; Rev 6:16-17, Rev 14:9-11 ↩

  36. Ps 40:4, Ps 84:12, Ps 146:3-5; Prov 16:20; Isa 26:3-4, Isa 30:18; Jer 17:7; Rom 9:33; Rom 10:11; Eph 1:12; 1Pet 1:21, 1Pet 2:6 ↩