I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
- BSB I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
Fulfillment
- Matt 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Cross-references · 18
- Heb 5:5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
- Acts 13:33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
- Heb 1:5–6For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
- Matt 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Matt 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
- Ps 89:27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
- Rom 1:4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
- John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
- Matt 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
- John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- Heb 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
- Heb 5:8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
- Matt 8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- Isa 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
- Ps 148:6He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
- Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
- Acts 8:36And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
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