시편 2:2 미드라쉬: Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition), Midrash Tehillim, Midrash Tanchuma & Esther Rabbah

There are others who taught the saying of R. Isaac in the following connection: We are taught that R. Jose said: "In the future heathens will come to convert themselves." But do we then accept proselytes? Have we not taught that no proselytes will be accepted in the days of Messiah? So also was it in the days of David and Solomon that no proselytes were accepted. We must therefor say that the proselytes, however, attached themselves unto Israel, although they were not admitted, as R. Jose says that in the future idolaters will come and embrace Judaism and will lay Tephilin on their heads and arms, fringes on their dresses, m'zuzas on their doors. But as soon as they will see the war of Gog and Magog, and will question them: "With whom do you want to fight?" Whereto the answer will be: "With the Lord and his Messiah [as it reads (Ps. 2, 2) Against the Lord and his anointed], each of the nations will remove the above, and go away; and the Holy One will smile upon them. It is here that R. Isaac said "There is no smiling with the Lord, but on that day." But did not R. Juda say in the name of Rab: "There are twelve hours in a day, three hours of which the Holy One, praised be He! is occupied with the Torah. Three hours, He judges the whole world, and seeing that it is liable to be destroyed, He rises from the chair of judgment and sits down on the chair of mercy. The next three hours, He supports the whole world with food, from the very largest creature to the smallest one. And the last three hours, He plays with the leviathan, as it reads (Ps. 104, 26) Leviathan, whom Thou hast made to sport therein." Said R. Nachman b. Isaac: "With His creatures He smiles, but upon them He will smile only on that day."

“[Why do] kings of the earth take their stand, and governors assemble” (Psalms 2:2); that they come against the Holy One, blessed be He, and the Holy One, blessed be He, says to them, “I [am the butt of] their mocking song” (Lamentations 3:63). [Ultimately this means that] I will break them. [How can we infer that He will break them from the fact that He is the butt of their mocking song? It’s because the word for mocking song contains the letters מ-ג-ן], like that which is said, “who delivers your enemies into your hand” (Genesis 14:20) [and the word for delivery is מִגֵּן]. In the time to come, the King-Messiah will be told, “Such-and-such a country is rebelling against you.” And he will say, “Let the swarm of locusts come, and it will destroy it,” as it is said, “He shall strike down a land with the rod of his mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of his lips.” (Isaiah 11:4) [i.e., the verbal curse of the Messiah will be sufficient to bring their destruction]. When they see their great affliction they will come and bow down to the King-Messiah, as it is said, “They shall bow to you, face to the ground” (Isaiah 49:23).

“Against God and His anointed one” (Psalms 2:2). This can be compared to a mighty warrior who lived in a certain city. When an army came [to conquer] that city they were afraid of that mighty warrior, and they say, “What shall we do? Let us kill the mighty warrior [first], and afterwards let us confront the city. So too [with the nations in Psalms 2, who first of all attack God, and only then turn their attention to His anointed one]. Rabbi Berechia said, in the name of Rabbi Levi, the wicked are cursed because they set up a plot against Israel, and each and every one says that my plot is better than your plot. Esau said, “Cain was foolish, because he killed Abel within the lifetime of his father, and didn’t realize that his father would [continue] to be fruitful and multiply. I won’t do that, rather “may the days of mourning for my father come soon [and I will kill my brother Jacob]” (Genesis 27:41).” Pharoah said, “Esau was foolish, that he said this, and he didn’t realize that his brother would be fruitful and multiply in the lifetime of his father. I won’t do that, rather, while they’re still babies on the birthstools of their mothers, I will strike them,” as it is said, “every boy that is born you shall throw into the Nile” (Exodus 1:22). The wicked Haman said, “Pharoah was foolish, that he said this, and he didn’t realize that the girls would marry men, and they would be fruitful and multiply. I won’t do that, rather [I plan] “to destroy, massacre, and exterminate [all the Jews, young and old, children and women, on a single day]” (Esther 3:13).” Gog and Magog are destined to say that their predecessors “were foolish, because they surrounded Israel with their plots, and they didn’t realize that they had a patron in heaven. I won’t do that, rather I will first wage war against their patron, and then I will return [to wage war] against Israel,” as it is written, “against God and His anointed one” (Psalms 2:2) [i.e., against God first]. And the Holy One, blessed be He, will say to them, “Gog and Magog! You are coming to wage war against me!? How many platoons do I have before me [i.e., at my disposal]? And how many [heavenly] flames, lightning bolts, and torches? And [yet] I will go out to wage war against you [myself].” As it is said, “God goes out [to battle] like a warrior, whipping up rage” (Isaiah 42:13). What is written [about that day]? “God shall be sovereign over all the earth; [on that day, God shall be one, and His name shall be one]” (Zechariah 14:9).