Psalms 2

1 Whi gnastiden with teeth hethene men; and puplis thouyten veyn thingis?

Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?

2 The kyngis of erthe stoden togidere; and princes camen togidere ayens the Lord, and ayens his Crist?

The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.

3 Breke we the bondis of hem; and cast we awei the yok of hem fro vs.

Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.

4 He that dwellith in heuenes schal scorne hem; and the Lord schal bimowe hem.

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

5 Thanne he schal speke to hem in his ire; and he schal disturble hem in his stronge veniaunce.

Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his rage.

6 Forsothe Y am maad of hym a kyng on Syon, his hooli hil; prechynge his comaundement.

But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

7 The Lord seide to me, Thou art my sone; Y haue gendrid thee to dai.

The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.

8 Axe thou of me, and Y schal yyue to thee hethene men thin eritage; and thi possessioun the termes of erthe.

Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou schalt gouerne hem in an yrun yerde; and thou schalt breke hem as the vessel of a pottere.

Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

10 And now, ye kyngis, vndurstonde; ye that demen the erthe, be lerud.

And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.

11 Serue ye the Lord with drede; and make ye ful ioye to hym with tremblyng.

Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.

12 Take ye lore; lest the Lord be wrooth sumtyme, and lest ye perischen fro iust waie. Whanne his `ire brenneth out in schort tyme; blessed ben alle thei, that tristen in hym.

Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.