Psalms 2
1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?
2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:
3 “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”
“Let us draw off Their cords, And cast Their thick bands from us.”
4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.
He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, The Lord mocks at them.
5 Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.
Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:
6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
“And I have anointed My King, On Zion—My holy hill.”
7 The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.
8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
Ask of Me and I give nations [as] Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession.
9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
You rule them with a scepter of iron, You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”
10 And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
11 Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.
Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with 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.
Kiss the Chosen One [[or Son]], lest He is angry, And you perish [from] the way, When His anger burns but a little, O the blessedness of all trusting in Him!
