Psalms 2:4 · KJV
“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.”
— Psalms 2:4
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. {vex: or, trouble}
Psalms 2 — Context
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, {saying},
3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. {vex: or, trouble}
6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. {set: Heb. anointed} {upon...: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness}
Cross References
Psalms 37:13
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Psalms 59:8
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Isaiah 40:22
{It is} he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof {are} as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: {It is...: or, Him that}
Psalms 11:4
The LORD {is} in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne {is} in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; I dwell in the high and holy {place}, with him also {that is} of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Psalms 115:3
But our God {is} in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Psalms 53:5
There were they in great fear, {where} no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth {against} thee: thou hast put {them} to shame, because God hath despised them. {were...: Heb. they feared a fear}