# Psalms 2.7

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 5. Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure: 6. Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
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> **7. I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.**
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> 8. Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations 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. (Psalms 2:5-9, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 5. Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath: 6. “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
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> **7. I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.**
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> 8. Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 9. You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” (Psalms 2:5-9, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. <sup>vex: or, trouble</sup> 6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. <sup>set: Heb. anointed</sup> <sup>upon: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness</sup>
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> **7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. <sup>the decree: or, for a decree</sup>**
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> 8. Ask of me, and I 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. (Psalms 2:5-9, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 5. Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: 6. 'And I, I have anointed My King, Upon Zion, My holy hill.'
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> **7. I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.**
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> 8. Ask of Me and I give nations, thy inheritance, And thy possession, the ends of earth. 9. Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.' (Psalms 2:5-9, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous)
- **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion)
- **Location:** Israel, various periods
- **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [H1121 - ben](/codex/h1121-ben/), *ben* (Strong's H1121). Also appears in: [Genesis 3](/codex/genesis-3/), [Genesis 4.26](/codex/genesis-4-26/), [Genesis 6.2](/codex/genesis-6-2/).
- [H3068 - YHWH](/codex/h3068-yhwh/), *YHWH* (Strong's H3068). Also appears in: [Genesis 2.4](/codex/genesis-2-4/), [Genesis 2.7](/codex/genesis-2-7/), [Genesis 2.16-17](/codex/genesis-2-16-17/).

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Liar Lunatic or Lord](/codex/liar-lunatic-or-lord/)

**Concepts:**

- [Old Testament Christology](/codex/old-testament-witness-to-the-deity-of-christ/)
- [Two Powers in Heaven](/codex/two-powers-in-heaven/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G3439 - monogenes](/codex/g3439-monogenes/)
- [G3962 - pater](/codex/g3962-pater/)
- [G5207 - huios](/codex/g5207-huios/)
- [H0001 - ab](/codex/h0001-ab/)
- [H1121 - ben](/codex/h1121-ben/)

**Passages:**

- [2 Samuel 7.14](/codex/2-samuel-7-14/)

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