Psalms 2

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

Quare fremuerunt Gentes, et populi meditati sunt inania? Astiterunt reges terræ, et principes convenerunt in unum adversus Dominum, et adversus Christum eius.

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

Dirumpamus vincula eorum: et proiiciamus a nobis iugum ipsorum.

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

Qui habitat in cælis irridebit eos: et Dominus subsannabit eos.

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

Tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua, et in furore suo conturbabit eos.

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

Ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, prædicans præceptum eius.

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

Dominus dixit ad me: Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te.

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

Postula a me, et dabo tibi Gentes hereditatem tuam, et possessionem tuam terminos terræ.

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

Reges eos in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringes eos.

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

Et nunc reges intelligite: erudimini qui iudicatis terram.

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

Servite Domino in timore: et exultate ei cum tremore.

11 Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

Apprehendite disciplinam nequando irascatur Dominus, et pereatis de via iusta.

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!

Cum exarserit in brevi ira eius, beati omnes, qui confidunt in eo.