at first let me salute Charles Spurgeon whose writings profoundly influences this work, as it did Psalms 1.

For me this is a word in season as I considered the doom and gloom that our society faces plagued by violence on every hand. Oh what glorious Hope!

Psalms 2

1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD,
against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my kings upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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 shall break them with a rod of iron; thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed ,ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all that put their trust in Him.

That human hatred against the God of our salvation has been evident since Herod , Pontious Pilate and the following of Israeli's of that time is no new thing under the sun, girths me up to appreciate that a look a history demonstrates that God exacts upon his urserpers their just recompense.

1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD,
against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Surely Its most peculiar that mere mortals should try to bear arms against their God - even as heathens raging , roaring like the sea , tossed to and fro ,with restless waves, as the ocean in a storm ; and then we mark the people in their hearts imagining a vain thing against God. When there is much rage there is generally some folly, and in this case there is an excess of it .The kings of the earth set themselves,- in determined malice they set themselves in apposition against God. Huddled together they bind their forces in wicked craft , deliberately to proclaim earthly strategies and formulas- fully aware of its evil ,selfish ,selfserving base but dressed in the usual camouflage of righteousness ( the very thing they are bent on distorting.)

The crafty nature of Kings and their nations ,to bring into derision the things of God serves as it should to spur the child of God to take hold of their God given abilities and let God's anointing manifest in their lives to posess the land in every arena .That the violent taketh the kingdom by force means we must be more efforted in our pursuits of excellence, more studied to show ourselves approved!

Let us break their bands asunder----that is -let us be without shame be free to commit all manner of abominations -let us make the rules and then let us make men to accept us and further to give us respect for even the laws will be changed ( by us to protect us)-and cast away their cords from us.- for even the righteousness of God's children will not save them in earthly judgments says the wicked, as if they would snap to pieces and destroy the mandates of God.......Oh you kings, do you think yourselves Samsons? However mad the resolutions to revolt from God , it is one that man has persevered in ever since his creation , and he continues in it to today. But lo.. Gods presence and coming will be a refiner's fire, and like Fuller's soap , and the day therof shall burn even as an oven -take Heed you earthly wise thou heavenly foolish .

Thou earth continues to love not her rightful monarch's but recurringly choose the ways of the usurper -in that day of awesome settlement Jehovah's power to give the kingdom to his Begotten will stand Tall in testimony to His ever miraculous working power! To the graceless neck the yoke of Christ is intolerable, but to the saved sinner it is easy and light. We may judge ourselves by this-do we love the yoke , or do we wish to cast it off from us?

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

That men would dare to try to rule over others without God's guidance is as atrocious as giving your child to prisoners to be raised. There need be a standard of righteousness as there need be a spirit (Holy Spirit ) to guide man .

What does God say ? Mark the quiet dignity of the omnipotent One , and the contempt that He pours upon the princes and their raging people . He has not taken the trouble to rise up and do battle with them-He despises them , He knows how absurd , how irrational , how futile are their attempts against Him -He therefore laughs at them.

5Then shall he speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6Yet have I set my kings upon my holy hill of Zion.

After he has laughed then He speaks ; he needs not smite; the breath of His lips are enough.At the moment that their power is at its height , and their fury most violent , then shall His Word go forth against them.

God laughs at those that seek to defy Him ."Yet" says He '" despite your malice , despite your tumultuous gatherings , despite the wisdom of your counsels, despite the craft of your lawgivers, yet have I set my king upon the holy hill of Zion

God's Anointed is appointed-God has already done that which the enemy seeks to prevent. Jesus sits upon the throne of power in the midst of HIS church.
In him is Zion"s best safeguard; let her citizens be glad in it.

"Thy walls are strength, and at thy gates

a guard of heavenly warriors waits

Nor shall thy deep foundations move

Fixed on his counsels and his love.

Thy foes in vain designs engage;

Against his throne in vain they rage,

Like rising waves , with angry roar,

That dash and die upon the shore."

7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8Ask of me ,and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9Thou shall break them with a rod of iron; thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.The Psalms wears something of a dramatic form , for now another person is introduced as speaking. We have looked into the counsel-chamber of the wicked , and to the throne of god, and now we behold the anointed declaring the rights of Sovereignty, and warning the traitors of their doom. Thou art My Son; -is noble proof of the glorious divinity of our Immanuel. "For unto which of the angels at any time ,Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee .What a mercy to have a divine Redeemer in which to rest our confidence!"Ask of me even as a King to a favored one. Here he declares that his very enemies are his inheritance (as is the wealth of the wicked laid up for the just). To their face he declares this decree, and Lo ! here cries the Anointed One , as He holds aloft in that once

pierced hand the sceptre of his power" He hath given me this , not only the right to be king , but the power to conquer." Yes! Jehovah hath given to his Anointed a  rod of iron with which he shall break rebellious nations in pieces , and despite their imperial strength, they shall be but as potters vessels, easily dashed into shivers , when the rod of iron is in the hand of the omnipotent Son of God. those who will not bend must break. potters' vessels are not to be restored if dashed in pieces , and the ruin of sinners will be hopeless if Jesus shall smite them .

"Ye sinners seek his Grace ,

Whose wrath ye cannot bear ;

Fly to the shelter of his cross ,

And find salvation there."

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed ,ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all that put their trust in Him.

As the scene again changes counsel is given to those who have taken counsel to rebel . They are exhorted to obey, and give the kiss of homage and affection to him whom they have hated.

Be wise --It is always wise to be instructed especially when that instruction tends to the salvation of the soul. Be wise now therefore delay no longer , but let good reason weigh with you. Your warfare cannot succeed, therefore desist and yield cheerfully to him who will make you bow if you refuse his yoke.O how wise, how infinitely wise is obedience to Jesus , and how dreadful is the folly of those who continue to be his enemies! Serve the Lord with fear

-let reverence and humility be mingled with your service.

rejoice with trembling--there must be holy fear mixed with Christian joy. This is a sacred compound , yielding a sweet smell , and we must see to it that we burn no other upon the altar.Fear without joy, is a torment; and joy, without holy fear is would be presumption .It is an awful thing to perish in the midst of sin , in the very way of rebellion ; and yet how easily could his wrath destroy us suddenly. It needs not that his anger be heated seven times hotter; let the fuel kindle but a little , and we are consumed . Take heed sinner man, "our God is a consuming fire." Note the benediction with which the psalm closes-Blessed are all that put their trust in Him.Have we a share in this blessedness ? Do we trust in him ?Our faith may be slender as a spiders thread; but if it be real , we are in our measure blessed. The more we trust the more fully shall we know this blessedness. We may therefore close the psalm with the prayer of the apostles " Lord increase our faith"

Oh that man would seek to know the Savior- there is joy unspeakable in His presence Blessed forever is the King of Kings , The Lord of Lords.-the one true God.

again I salute Charles Haddon Spurgeon from the book Treasury of David whence reading my heart was filled with holy joy as the pictured exposition took on brilliance and satisfied my soul; selah?