Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
- BSB “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- 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 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
- Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
- Eph 1:22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
- Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Ps 48:1–2Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- Ps 110:1–2The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Heb 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Ps 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
- Dan 7:13–14I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
- Ps 132:13–14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Ps 89:27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
- Ps 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- Phil 2:9–11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
- Ps 89:36–37His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
- Acts 2:34–36For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
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