Psalms 2

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

Why doe the heathen rage, and the people murmure in vaine?

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

The Kings of the earth band themselues, and the princes are assembled together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

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

Let vs breake their bands, and cast their cordes from vs.

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

But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.

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

Then shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath, and vexe them in his sore displeasure, saying,

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

Euen I haue set my King vpon Zion mine holy mountaine.

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

I will declare the decree: that is, the Lord hath said vnto me, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee.

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

Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession.

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

Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell.

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

Be wise nowe therefore, ye Kings: be learned ye Iudges of the earth.

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

Serue the Lord in feare, and reioyce in trembling.

12 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.

Kisse the sonne, least he be angry, and ye perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne. blessed are all that trust in him.