Psalms 2
1 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?
2 The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, —against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:
Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:
3 Let us break asunder their bonds, —and cast from us their cords!
“Let us draw off Their cords, And cast Their thick bands from us.”
4 He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, —My Lord, will mock at them:
He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, The Lord mocks at them.
5 Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:
Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:
6 Yet, I, have installed my king, —on Zion my holy mountain.
“And I have anointed My King, On Zion—My holy hill.”
7 Let me tell of a decree, —Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:
I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.
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 give nations [as] Your inheritance, And the ends 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 rule them with a scepter of iron, You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”
10 Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:
And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
11 Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:
Serve YHWH 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 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!
