Bible Strands
Psalms 2:7
I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The king installed on Zion (v. 6) speaks, recounting Yahweh's word directed to him. He is the one who received the declaration, now testifying to it.
The words — חֹק (chok, H2706) carries the sense of a fixed, binding decree or ordinance — not a casual utterance but an established, authoritative pronouncement.
The thread — The New Testament applies this line to Christ: Hebrews 5:5, Acts 13:33, and Hebrews 1:5 all cite it as the divine word conferring sonship on the Son.
Why it lands — Sonship here is conferred by Yahweh at a specific moment ("today"), not self-claimed or inherited by nature; the reader is asked to hold the Davidic king and the Christological application in the same sentence without collapsing one into the other.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 5:5 So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
- Acts 13:33 He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
- Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
- Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Matthew 17:5 While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Psalms 89:27 I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
- Romans 1:4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
- John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.