the Father is worded so as to echo an important royal psalm that was used for the enthronement of the Davidic kings. Psalm 2 begins by observing that the kings and leaders of the nations conspire against the Lord and His “anointed” (Ps. 2:1–2). But the Lord responds to their schemes with laughter and confirms the status of His anointed one, saying, “I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill” (v. 6). Then the anointed one responds, saying, “I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, ‘You
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