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“But Iוַאֲנִיhave installedנָסַכְתִּיmy kingמַלְכִּיonעַלZion,צִיּוֹןmy holyקָדְשִׁיmountain.”הַר
Psalms 2:6
Study it in the app““But I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.””
Kings and nations conspire, and the one in the heavens laughsProvidenceGod installs his king on Zion and calls him his sonThe Kingdom of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 2:6, word by word
- have installedנָסַכְתִּיnasachti
install
To install someone in his place of authority.
Where else “nasachti” appears- my kingמַלְכִּmalki
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malki” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- my holyקָדְשִׁkadshi
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
Translation note
“I have installed”: the Hebrew verb means “to pour out”; here, to consecrate a king.
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and with his burning wrath he will dismay them:
6 · This verse (above)
7I will recount the statute: YHWH said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.