< Psalms 2 >
1 Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?
2 Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:
3 “Let us draw off Their cords, And cast Their thick bands from us.”
4 He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, The Lord mocks at them.
5 Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:
6 “And I have anointed My King, On Zion—My holy hill.”
7 I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.
8 Ask of Me and I give nations [as] Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession.
9 You rule them with a scepter of iron, You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”
10 And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
11 Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice 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!