Psalm 2:4 (WEB)
He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
Fathers and councils · 6
Augustine of Hippo
““He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall have them in derision” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But the imagination of the Jews, and of those who are like them, was vain, since the result was not such as they contemplated, but turned out adverse to themselves; and ‘at both of them He that sitteth in the heaven shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.’” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 4.
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John Chrysostom
“Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.” ( Ps. ii. 4, 5.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“The Lord saw them and had them in derision, reserving my poor self and them for judgment to come.” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 4.
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Tertullian
“How did God smile, how was the evil one cut asunder, while Job with mighty equanimity kept scraping off the unclean overflow of his own ulcer, while he sportively replaced the vermin that brake out thence, in the same caves and feeding-places of his pitted flesh!” — editor's note: Compare Ps. ii. 4.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For the Holy Spirit has sung, “I will look to the heavens, the works of Thy hands;” and, “He who created the heavens dwells in the heavens;” and, “Heaven is Thy throne.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 4, xi. 5, ciii. 19.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 14.