Psalms 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 Serue the Lord in feare, and reioyce in trembling.

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

12 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.

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.