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Ps 2:8 King James Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The hopes of the rebels are thus overthrown, and not only so; the kingdom they opposed is destined to be coextensive with the earth.

heathen--or, "nations" (Psa 2:1).

and the uttermost parts of the earth-- (Psa 22:27); denotes universality.
 
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27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.