Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

Psalm 2

Psalm 2:¹ Why do the nations (Gentiles) rage (throng tumultuously),
And the people (the Jews) plot a vain (hopeless and empty) thing? (By trying to kill and keep the Son of God dead and in the grave).

Psalm 2:² The kings of the earth (Gentiles: Rome) set themselves,
And the (Jewish) rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) and against His Anointed, (the Christ, Commissioned One, Heb. Messiah) saying,

Psalm 2:³ “Let us break Their bonds (the bonds of the Godhead) in pieces
And cast away their cords (yoke of authority) from us.”

Psalm 2:⁴ He who sits in the heavens shall laugh (in contempt);

Psalm 2:⁴  (Therefore) The Lord (‘ăḏōnāy) shall hold them in derision (chaos and utter confusion).

Psalm 2:⁵ Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure.

Psalm 2:⁶ “Yet I (God) have “set” (Lit. poured out) My King (Jesus)
On My holy hill of Zion (Lit. Upon Zion, the hill of My holiness, Jerusalem).”

• “Set”: Literally: Poured Out
• POURED OUT:
  At Jesus’ first advent on earth, His soul was poured out in anguish praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, at His trials, and then being crucified.
  • Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me.
  • Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
• When Jesus returns for His second advent, He will once again be poured out but with a difference, He will be established/set/poured out by the Father’s authority to rule. He will not be elected by men; He will be selected by the Father and He will reign with an unbending rod of iron.

Psalm 2:⁷ “I will declare (or count) the decree (or prescribed limit, boundary):
The Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) has said to Me (‘ēl),
‘You (Jesus Yeshua, the Messiah), are My Son (bēn – heir),
Today I have begotten You.

• “Begotten” means to bring forth/reveal and refers to 1) Jesus’ birth as a man, 2) Jesus’ resurrection as the Son of God, 3) Jesus’ return as the Kinsman Redeemer, and 4) Jesus’ rule as King of kings. It is associated with being “Born Again”: To die to one’s self, to be raised to serve, and to live faithfully unto God.
  • The Birth: (Jesus as a man)
    • John 1:14 [The Word Becomes Flesh] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • The Resurrection: (Jesus’ resurrection as the Son of God)
    • Acts 13:33 God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.’
  • The Return (Judgment): (Jesus’ Return as the Kinsman Redeemer)
    • John 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
  • The Reign: (Jesus’ Return as the King of kings)
    • John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Psalm 2:⁸ Ask of Me (the Father), and I will give You (Jesus) the (gentile) nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.

Psalm 2:9 You (the Messiah Jesus) shall break (also scatter) them (the sinners in Zion) with a rod (scepter) of iron (unyielding); You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

Psalm 2:¹⁰ Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

Psalm 2:¹¹ Serve [the Alef and Tav/the Alpha and Omega] the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

• A Hidden Treasure in two untranslated Hebrew letters ‘ēṯ H853 immediately following the Hebrew word “Serve” in Psalm 2:11: They are the The Alef and Tav (in Greek it would be Alpha and Omega). Forgotten and invisible until someone finds them while studying Psalm chapter 2 in Hebrew.
• If included in the English translation the verse would read:
  “Serve the Alpha and Omega, the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

• h853 אֶת־  אֵת ‘ēṯ
  
• The root meaning of ēṯ is H226 ‘ôṯ – a “sign, signal, token, ensign, standard, miracle, proof”
  • a distinguishing mark, banner, remembrance, miraculous sign, omen, warning

Psalm 2:¹² Kiss the Son (“bar” meaning “heir”), lest He (the Lord Jesus) be angry, and you perish in the way (in the course of your actions), when His wrath is kindled but a little.

• The definition of the Hebrew word for “kiss” (nāšaq h5401) is EITHER to touch gently OR to equip with armed men.
  
  • Judas made the wrong decision with the wrong kind of a “kiss”, the kiss of betrayal bringing with him the armed men of the high priest.
    
    • Luke 22:47-48 [Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane] And while He was still speaking, behold, a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him.
      But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
      
    • Mark 14:21 The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.
      
• Literally “Wrath” is a flaring nose like a snorting bull. Even a “little wrath” can cause a king to perish.

Blessed are all those who put their trust (faith) in Him.

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