Psalms 2

1 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.

Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

3 Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.

'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

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

Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:

6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'

7 The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.

8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.

9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

10 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.

And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.

Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.

Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!