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He who sitsיוֹשֵׁבin the heavensבַּשָּׁמַיִםlaughs;יִשְׂחָקAdonaiאֲדֹנָיmocksיִלְעַגthem.לָמוֹ
Psalms 2:4
Study it in the app“He who sits in the heavens laughs; Adonai mocks them.”
Kings and nations conspire, and the one in the heavens laughsProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 2:4, word by word
- He who sitsיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- laughsיִשְׂחָקyischak
mock
To mock someone.
Where else “yischak” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- mocksיִלְעַגyilag
mock
To laugh at someone with contempt, to make him look ridiculous.
Where else “yilag” appears
The context
3“Let us tear apart their bonds and cast away from us their ropes.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and with his burning wrath he will dismay them: