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"My king on Zion"

Purpose: To call the rebellious kings of the earth to submit to YHWH and his king.

Content: Serve YHWH and submit to his king!

Message: YHWH's anointed king will rule the world.

Author: Anonymous

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-|Background Ideas=<ul><li>Lesser kings (vassals) frequently rebelled against greater rulers (suzerains; Ringgren 1983), especially when the greater kingdom experienced a change in kingship (Walton 2009, 320). In the Neo-Assyrian period (7th-early 10th centuries BC), accounts of withstanding a rebellion were a regular part of inscriptions and palace decorations which served to confirm the divine appointment of a king (Radner 2016, 46, 54).</li><li>YHWH made a covenant with David in which he promised to establish his dynasty forever (2 Sam. 7:12-16; cf. Ps. 89:4-5).</li><li>The Davidic king is God's "son" (cf. 2 Sam. 7:14) in the sense that he is in a special relationship with God, representing God's authority and resembling his attributes.</li><li>Firstborn sons inherit their father's property. The son of God, therefore, stands to inherit the whole earth (cf. Ps. 89:27-28).</li><li>YHWH chose Zion, "the city of David" (2 Sam. 5:7), as his holy mountain (Ps. 132:13-14).</li><li>God's holy mountain is the meeting place between heaven and earth (Kim 2014:355).</li></ul>
+|Background Ideas=<ul><li>YHWH made a covenant with David and his descendants (2 Sam 7:12-16; cf. Ps 89:4-5), saying, "I will raise up your offspring after you... and I will establish his kingdom... I will be his father, and he will be my son" (2 Sam 7:12-14).</li>
+<li>Sons inherit their fathers' property (cf. Num 27:7-11; 1 Kgs 21:3; Job 42:15).</li>
+<li>YHWH chose Zion, "the city of David" (2 Sam 5:7), as his holy mountain (Ps 132:13-14).</li>
+<li>A mountain is a place where heaven (cf. v. 4a) and earth (cf. v. 2a) meet and thus a place where people experience God's presence and power (see e.g., Gen 22; Exod 3:1-2; 19; cf. Matt 17:1-8).</li>
+<li>The king is the "image" of his god, the deity's earthly representative (cf. Gen 1:26-28; cf. Garr 2013, 136-165).</li>
+<li>Lesser kings (vassals) frequently rebelled against greater rulers (suzerains; Ringgren 1983, 91-95), especially when the greater kingdom experienced a change in kingship (Hilber 2009, 320). In the Neo-Assyrian period (early 10th–7th centuries BC), accounts of withstanding a rebellion were a regular part of inscriptions and palace decorations which served to confirm the divine appointment of a king (Radner 2016, 46, 54).</li>
+<li>A kiss is "a symbol of veneration both in the secular-political and in the cultic sphere" (TDOT; cf. 1 Sam 10:1; 1 Kgs 19:18).</li></ul>
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-:1. Why have nations thronged,
+:1. Why are nations in an uproar,
-:and [why do] peoples mutter emptiness?
+:and [why] do peoples plot emptiness?
-:2. Kings of earth are standing,
+:2. [Why] do earthly kings take a stand
-:and rulers have conspired together
+:and [why] have rulers conspired together
-:against YHWH and against his anointed one.
+:against YHWH and against his anointed one?
-:3. “Let us tear off their bonds,
+:3. "Let's tear off their bonds
-:and let us throw their ropes from us.”
+:and throw their ropes away from us!"
 :4. The one enthroned in the heavens laughs.
 :The Lord mocks them.
-:5. Then he speaks to them in his wrath,
+:5. Then he speaks to them in his anger
-:and he dismays them with his anger.
+:and terrifies them in his wrath.
-:6. “But I have cast my king as my image
+:6. "But I have poured out my king
-:on Zion, my holy mountain.”
+:on Zion, my holy mountain."
-:7. Let me recount the decree.
+:7. I will tell about the decree;
 :YHWH said to me, "You are my son.
-:I have become your father today.
+:I hereby father you today.
-:8. Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance
+:8. Ask me, and I will make nations your inheritance
 :and the ends of the earth your property.
-:9. You will crush them with an iron sceptre.
+:9. You will crush them with an iron scepter.
-:You will smash them like a potter’s vessel."
+:You will smash them like clay pottery."
-:10. And now, kings, be wise.
+:10. And now, kings, wise up!
-:Accept discipline, rulers of earth.
+:Accept discipline, earthly rulers!
 :11. Serve YHWH with fear
-:and rejoice with trembling.
+:and rejoice with trembling!
-:12. Kiss the son, lest he become angry and you perish in your conduct,
+:12. Kiss the son, or else he will become angry and you will perish in your way,
-:for his anger rages easily.
+:for his anger quickly ignites.
-:Happy are all who take refuge in him.}}
+:Happy are all who take refuge in him!}}
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