Salme 2

1 Hvorfor fnyser Hedninger, hvi pønser Folkefærd på hvad fåfængt er?

Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

2 Jordens Konger rejser sig, Fyrster samles til Råd mod HERREN og mod hans Salvede:

The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:

3 "Lad os sprænge deres Bånd og kaste Rebene af os!"

“Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”

4 Han, som troner i Himlen, ler, Herren, han spotter dem.

He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

5 Så taler han til dem i Vrede, forfærder dem i sin Harme:

Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.

6 "Jeg har dog indsat min Konge på Zion, mit hellige Bjerg!"

Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

7 Jeg kundgør HERRENs Tilsagn. Han sagde til mig: "Du er min Søn, jeg har født dig i Dag!

The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

8 Bed mig, og jeg giver dig Hedningefolk til Arv og den vide Jord i Eje;

Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.

9 med Jernspir skal du knuse dem og sønderslå dem som en Pottemagers Kar!"

You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.

10 Og nu, I Konger, vær kloge, lad eder råde, I Jordens Dommere,

And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.

11 tjener HERREN i Frygt, fryd jer med Bæven!

Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.

12 Kysser Sønnen, at ikke han vredes og I forgår! Snart blusset hans Vrede op. Salig hver den, der lider på ham!

Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.