“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Parallel translations
- WEB “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
- KJV Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- NKJV “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.”
- NASB “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
- NLT For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.”
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Quick answer
In answer to the rebellion, God declares He has installed His own King on Zion. His purposes cannot be overturned by human plotting.
Overview
The Lord's decisive reply to the conspiring nations is that He has already enthroned His King on His holy hill. Though spoken first of the Davidic king in Jerusalem, this finds its true fulfillment in Christ, enthroned at God's right hand. God's kingdom stands secure regardless of how fiercely the world rages against it.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 14:1Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Matt 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Eph 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Ps 48:1–2A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- Ps 110:1–2A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Heb 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- Ps 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Dan 7:13–14In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
- Ps 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Ps 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
- Ps 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- Ps 50:2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
- Ps 89:36–37his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- Acts 2:34–36For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
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