“Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.”
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.
- BSB “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- 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
Cross-references · 17
- Rev 14:1I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
- Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
- Eph 1:22He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
- Isa 9:6–7For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Ps 48:1–2A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Ps 110:1–2A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- Heb 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
- Ps 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
- Dan 7:13–14I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Ps 132:13–14For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
- Ps 89:27I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
- Ps 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
- Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
- Ps 89:36–37His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
- Acts 2:34–36For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,
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