Psalms 2

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

Why this turmoil of nations, this futile plotting of peoples,

2 Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:

with kings of the earth conspiring, and rulers consulting together, against the Lord and against his anointed,

3 “Let us draw off Their cords, And cast Their thick bands from us.”

to snap their bonds and fling their cords away?

4 He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, The Lord mocks at them.

He whose throne is in heaven laughs, the Lord mocks them.

5 Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:

Then he speaks to them in his wrath, and in his hot anger confounds them.

6 “And I have anointed My King, On Zion—My holy hill.”

‘This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.’

7 I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.

I will tell of the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ‘You are my son, this day I became your father.

8 Ask of Me and I give nations [as] Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession.

Only ask, and I make you the heir of the nations, and lord of the world to its utmost bounds.

9 You rule them with a scepter of iron, You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”

You will break them with sceptre of iron, shatter them like pottery.’

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

So now, you kings, be wise: be warned, you rulers of earth.

11 Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

Serve the Lord in awe, kiss his feet with trembling,

12 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!

lest, angry, he hurl you to ruin; for soon will his fury blaze. Happy all who take refuge in him.