Psalms 2:6

“Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion.] Or, “behold, I have set”, etc. so Noldius by Zion is meant the church of God, especially under the Gospel dispensation; (see <581222>Hebrews 12:22 <661401>Revelation 14:1); so called, because, as Zion was, it is the object of God’s love and choice, the place of his habitation and residence; where divine worship is observed, and the word and ordinances of God administered; and where the Lord distributes his blessings of grace; and which is the perfection of beauty, through Christ’s comeliness put upon her; and will be the joy of the whole earth: it is strongly fortified by the power and grace of God, and is immovable and impregnable, being…”

“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 (Num 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 (Kg1 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 (Psa 9:11; Psa 51:18; Psa 99:2; Isa 8:18; Isa 18:7, &c.).”

“Yet have I set my king - The word “yet” is merely the translation of the conjunction “and.” It is rendered in the Vulgate “but ...autem;” and so in the Septuagint, δέ de. It would be better rendered perhaps by the usual word “and:” “And I have set or constituted my king,” etc. This is properly to be regarded as the expression of God himself; as what he says in reply to their declared purposes Psalms 2:3, and as what is referred to in Psalms 2:5. The meaning is, he would speak to them in his anger, and say, “In spite of all your purposes and all your opposition, I have set my king on the hill of Zion.” That is, they had their plans and God had his; they meant to cast off his authority, and…”

“Yet - Notwithstanding all their artifices and combinations. My king - Who ruleth in my stead, and according to my will, and for my glory. Zion - Over my church and people. Zion strictly taken, was an hill on the north part of Jerusalem, where there was a strong fort, called the city of David, but in a more large sense it is put for the city of Jerusalem, for the temple of Jerusalem, built upon the hill of Moriah, which was either a part of mount Sion, or adjoining to it; for the church of the Jews, and for the Christian church. Psalms 2:7”

“2:6 my chosen king: The Lord establishes his anointed ruler.”

“Yet: Psa 45:6, Psa 89:27, Psa 89:36, Psa 89:37, Psa 110:1, Psa 110:2; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Dan 7:13, Dan 7:14; Mat 28:18; Act 2:34-36, Act 5:30, Act 5:31; Eph 1:22; Phi 2:9-11 set: Heb. anointed my: etc. Heb. Zion, the hill of my holiness, Psa 48:1, Psa 48:2, Psa 50:2, Psa 78:68, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Heb 12:22; Rev 14:1 Psalms 2:7”