Psalm 2 says the one enthroned in heaven laughs and holds the rebels in derision Psalm 2:4. It then says God speaks in wrath and declares that he has set his king on Zion Psalm 2:5–6.
In Psalm 2:4–6 the scene shifts from noisy human plotting to heaven’s calm response. The one enthroned in heaven treats the rebels as ridiculous, not threatening. After the laughter comes a direct address: God speaks with hot anger and makes them afraid. Psalm 2 opens with nations and rulers banding together against the LORD and his anointed (verses 1–3). Verses 4–6 answer that rebellion by contrasting earth’s commotion with heaven’s settled rule: the heavenly king is seated, unmoved, and able to mock the pretensions below.
These verses contrast earth’s noisy resistance (earlier in the psalm) with heaven’s settled rule. God is pictured as already enthroned (“sits in the heavens”), which signals stability rather than alarm. The rebels are treated as laughable, not as a serious threat (verse 4).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Psalms 2:4, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
4He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.