Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The purpose here declared, in its execution, involves their overthrow.
Yet--literally, "and," in an adversative sense.
I have set--anointed, or firmly placed, with allusion in the Hebrew to "casting an image in a mould." The sense is not materially varied in either case.
my king--appointed by Me and for Me (Numbers 27:18).
upon my holy hill of Zion--Zion, selected by David as the abode of the ark and the seat of God's visible residence (1 Kings 8:1); as also David, the head of the Church and nation, and type of Christ, was called holy, and the Church itself came to be thus named (Psalms 9:11; Psalms 51:18; Psalms 99:2; Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 18:7, etc.).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Psalms 2:1
Psalms 3:3
Psalms 3:4
Psalms 4:1
Psalms 5:7
Psalms 9:11
Psalms 11:4
Psalms 15:1
Psalms 20:6
Psalms 24:3-4
Psalms 35:7-8
Psalms 46:4
Psalms 47:8-9
Psalms 110:2
Proverbs 8:23
Song of Solomon 3:11
Isaiah 9:7
Isaiah 42:3
Isaiah 52:7
Jeremiah 3:17
Jeremiah 30:9
Ezekiel 17:22
Ezekiel 34:23
Ezekiel 34:26
Daniel 7:13
Hosea 1:11
Acts 4:25
1 Corinthians 15:24
Hebrews 1:5
Hebrews 1:9
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