Psalms 2

1 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, —against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

3 Let us break asunder their bonds, —and cast from us their cords!

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

4 He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, —My Lord, will mock at them:

He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.

5 Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6 Yet, I, have installed my king, —on Zion my holy mountain.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

7 Let me tell of a decree, —Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:

I will declare the decree: the LORD has said unto me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.

8 Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:

Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

9 Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, —as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.

You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10 Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:

Be wise now therefore, O all of you kings: be instructed, all of you judges of the earth.

11 Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12 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!

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and all of you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.