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Psalm 2:5
Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
3“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
4He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
5Then 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.”
7I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
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The turn from heaven’s laughter to angry speech makes God’s response to rebellion frightening, as his words declare a King whom resistance cannot displace.
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Isaiah 11:4but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with …Both passages present speech as an instrument of judgment: God’s words terrify in the psalm, and the judge’s mouth strikes in Isaiah.
Revelation 19:15Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press …Both passages join wrath with judgment against resistance to divine rule, with speech in the psalm and a sword from the mouth in Revelation.
Psalm 21:9You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.Both psalms describe the LORD’s wrath against opponents, though Psalm 21 adds the consuming image of fire.
Psalm 110:5–6The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.Both psalms portray the Lord’s wrath confronting rulers: terror marks Psalm 2, while Psalm 110 speaks of kings being crushed.
Psalm 78:49–50He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.Both passages describe God’s anger falling upon people, with terror in Psalm 2 and trouble in Psalm 78.
Luke 19:27But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”Psalm 2 threatens rebels with God’s wrath; the king in Luke’s parable orders the execution of enemies who refused his reign.
Revelation 11:18The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to …Both passages describe God’s wrath answering hostile nations; Revelation also names judgment of the dead and reward for God’s servants.
Psalm 2:12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.Both verses warn of wrath within the same psalm; its closing verse also declares blessing for those who take refuge in him.
Job 36:18Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.Both mention wrath, but Job warns against being enticed into it, while the psalm describes God’s anger against rebels.
Isaiah 66:6A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that repays his enemies what they deserve.Both passages describe the LORD’s audible response to enemies: terrifying speech in the psalm and a voice of repayment in Isaiah.
Zechariah 1:15I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”Both passages name God’s anger toward nations, though Zechariah specifies their role in adding to calamity.
Isaiah 25:11He will spread out his hands in the middle of it, like one who swims spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled together with the craft of his …Both portray human strength failing before divine judgment, though Isaiah describes humbled pride and the psalm describes terror at God’s wrath.
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Human defiance does not unsettle God’s rule. His answer is frightening: he speaks in wrath and declares that his King is established on Zion.
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