I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
- KJV I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
- NKJV “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
- NASB ¶“I will announce the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have fathered You.
- NLT The king proclaims the Lord’s decree: “The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your Father.
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Quick answer
The King recounts God's decree declaring him God's Son. This sonship is the foundation of the King's authority.
Overview
The enthroned King proclaims the covenant decree: 'You are my son.' For the Davidic king this signaled a special covenant relationship, but the New Testament applies it directly to Jesus at His baptism, transfiguration, and especially His resurrection (Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5). 'Today I have become your father' is read of Christ's being declared and installed as the eternal Son in power.
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Fulfillment
- Matt 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
Cross-references · 18
- Heb 5:5So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
- Acts 13:33He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
- Heb 1:5–6For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
- Matt 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Matt 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Ps 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
- Rom 1:4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
- John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Matt 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- Heb 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- Heb 5:8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
- Matt 8:29“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
- Isa 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Ps 148:6He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
- Job 23:13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
- Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
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