Psalms 2:6
“As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
God is Sovereign
In Psalm 2 we have the prophetic words of the King of Israel, as well as the King of the Universe, God. In the above passage we see that God is speaking and declares the HE has “set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” Zion is Jerusalem and God has “set” the king He wants in authority in Jerusalem. This verse speaks to the sovereign rule of God over nations; in this case, over Israel. Note what will be written in a later Psalm:
Psalms 75:7
but it is God who executes judgment,
putting down one and lifting up another.
Note, also, what Daniel recorded:
Daniel 2:21-22
He changes times and seasons;
he removes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those who have understanding;
he reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with him.
Authority in this world is set by God. No king, ruler or leader is where they are without God’s approval and God’s appointment. We can rest in assurance that no matter the system of governance, we can be assured that God is ultimately in charge and God, supremely, works His plans through the systems man believes he has created. God has “set” His king ... we can rest in this blessed truth.
Note:
Proverbs 20:24 (ESV)
A man's steps are from the LORD;
how then can man understand his way?
Proverbs 21:1 (ESV)
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD;
he turns it wherever he will.
Lamentations 3:37-39
Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
Judges 9:23 (ESV)
And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
God’s sovereignty can even prevent movement, plans.
2 Chronicles 11:4 (ESV)
‘Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and returned and did not go against Jeroboam.
Deuteronomy 32:39 (ESV)
“‘See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Romans 8:28 (ESV)
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Proverbs 16:33 (ESV)
The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the LORD.
Job 42:2 (ESV)
“I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
Jeremiah 5:20-22 (ESV)
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob;
proclaim it in Judah:
21 “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes, but see not,
who have ears, but hear not.
22 Do you not fear me? declares the LORD.
Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea,
a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
Exodus 4:11 (ESV)
Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
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