The heathen rage : Psalm 2
GENTILES (גּוֹיִם, goyim; ἒθνος, ethnos). A word of Latin origin meaning, “belonging to a people.” The Hebrew and Greek words translated as Gentiles mean “people” or “nations.” Bible translations selectively use Gentiles to designate non-Jews.
The Anointed Leaders. The offices of prophet, priest, and king were those associated with anointing in the nation of Israel. Prophets were sometimes, but not invariably, inducted by official anointing (1 Kgs 19:16). They could be referred to as God’s anointed ones (1 Chr 16:22; Ps 105:15). At the institution of the levitical priesthood, all the priests were anointed to their offices, the sons of Aaron as well as Aaron himself (Ex 40:12–15; Nm 3:3). Afterward, anointing was not repeated at the consecration of ordinary priests, but was especially reserved for the high priest (Ex 29:29; Lv 16:32).
Before they had a king of their own, the Israelites were aware of anointing as a mode of inaugurating kings (Jgs 9:8, 15). Anointing became a divinely ordained rite accompanying induction of all the kings of Judah and Israel (2 Kgs 9:1–6; 11:12) from Saul onward (1 Sm 10:1; 1 Kgs 1:39). David’s anointing took place in three stages (1 Sm 16:1, 13; 2 Sm 2:4; 5:1–5). “The Lord’s anointed” or some similar phrase became a common designation for Hebrew kings (1 Sm 12:3, 5; 2 Sm 1:14, 16; Ps 89:38, 51; Lam 4:20).
Let us break their bands asunder,
BANDS—(1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Ps. 2:3); (3) uniting together Christ’s body the church (Col. 2:19; 3:14; Eph. 4:3); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezek. 34:27; Isa. 28:22; 52:2); (5) of brotherhood (Ezek. 37:15–28); (6) no bands to the wicked in their death (Ps. 73:4; Job 21:7; Ps. 10:6). Also denotes chains (Luke 8:29); companies of soldiers (Acts 21:31); a shepherd’s staff, indicating the union between Judah and Israel (Zech. 11:7).
And cast away their cords from us.
The Lord shall ihave them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath
1 a: the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
b: a state of being derided
2: an object of ridicule or scorn