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Psalm 002 General Notes

Type of psalm

Psalm 2 is usually considered a royal psalm because it is about the king. It was probably first sung when a new person became the king. It is often thought to be about the Messiah because of verse 6 and 7 reference the Son of God. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sonofgod)

Special concepts in this chapter

Yahweh's protection

The main theme of this psalm is that God is protecting and empowering the king he has appointed and that it is useless for the foreign nations to oppose God and his king.

Important figures of speech in this chapter

Metaphor

"Today I have begotten you" is a metaphor meaning that God acknowledges the king as his special person. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

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• Psalms 2:1 << | >>