Psalms 2

1 Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

Quare fremuerunt Gentes, et populi meditati sunt inania? Astiterunt reges terræ, et principes convenerunt in unum adversus Dominum, et adversus Christum eius.

2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ;

Dirumpamus vincula eorum: et proiiciamus a nobis iugum ipsorum.

3 [saying], Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.

Qui habitat in cælis irridebit eos: et Dominus subsannabit eos.

4 He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

Tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua, et in furore suo conturbabit eos.

5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury.

Ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, prædicans præceptum eius.

6 But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain,

Dominus dixit ad me: Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te.

7 declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee.

Postula a me, et dabo tibi Gentes hereditatem tuam, et possessionem tuam terminos terræ.

8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth [for] thy possession.

Reges eos in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringes eos.

9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel.

Et nunc reges intelligite: erudimini qui iudicatis terram.

10 Now therefore understand, ye kings: be instructed, all ye that judge the earth.

Servite Domino in timore: et exultate ei cum tremore.

11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling.

Apprehendite disciplinam nequando irascatur Dominus, et pereatis de via iusta.

12 Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye should perish from the righteous way: whensoever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him.

Cum exarserit in brevi ira eius, beati omnes, qui confidunt in eo.