Psalms 2
1 Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?
Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
2 Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:
The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, —against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:
3 “Let us draw off Their cords, And cast Their thick bands from us.”
Let us break asunder their bonds, —and cast from us their cords!
4 He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, The Lord mocks at them.
He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, —My Lord, will mock at them:
5 Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:
Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:
6 “And I have anointed My King, On Zion—My holy hill.”
Yet, I, have installed my king, —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.
Let me tell of a decree, —Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:
8 Ask of Me and I give nations [as] Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession.
Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:
9 You rule them with a scepter of iron, You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”
Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, —as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
10 And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:
11 Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult 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!
Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger, —How happy are all who seek refuge in him!
