Psalms 2
1 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot 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 take a stand, 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’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
4 He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, —My Lord, will mock at them:
He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
5 Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:
Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
6 Yet, I, have installed my king, —on Zion my holy mountain.
“Yet I have set my King on 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 tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
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 will give the nations for your inheritance, 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:
Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, 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!
Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
