📖🕯 Holy Bible – Psalms 2 with Matthew Henry Commentary at the end.

<p><strong>📖 This chapter is about: </strong> Threatenings against the enemies of Christ&#39;s kingdom, Promise to Christ as the Head of this kingdom, Counsel to all, to espouse its interests.</p> <p><strong>🕯 How does this apply today?: </strong>&quot;The truths and precepts of Christianity are against ambitious projects and worldly lusts.&quot; ~ Matthew Henry</p> <p>&quot;Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.&quot; ~ 1 John 2:15-17 (NIV)</p> <p><strong>📖 About the book:</strong> David was the penman of most of the Book of Psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost; and no part of the Old Testament is more frequently quoted or referred to in the New. Every psalm either points directly to Christ, in his person, his character, and offices; or may lead the believer&#39;s thoughts to Him. And the psalms are the language of the believer&#39;s heart, whether mourning for sin, thirsting after God, or rejoicing in Him. Whether burdened with affliction, struggling with temptation, or triumphing in the hope or enjoyment of deliverance; whether admiring the Divine perfections, thanking God for his mercies, mediating on his truths, or delighting in his service; they form a Divinely appointed standard of experience, by which we may judge ourselves. Their value, in this view, is very great, and the use of them will increase with the growth of the power of true religion in the heart. By the psalmist&#39;s expressions, the Spirit helps us to pray. If we make the psalms familiar to us, whatever we have to ask at the throne of grace, by way of confession, petition, or thanksgiving, we may be assisted from thence. Whatever dev