Psalms 2
1 Whi gnastiden with teeth hethene men; and puplis thouyten veyn thingis?
[Quare fremuerunt gentes, et populi meditati sunt inania? Astiterunt reges terræ, et principes convenerunt in unum adversus Dominum, et adversus christum ejus.
2 The kyngis of erthe stoden togidere; and princes camen togidere ayens the Lord, and ayens his Crist?
Dirumpamus vincula eorum, et projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum.
3 Breke we the bondis of hem; and cast we awei the yok of hem fro vs.
Qui habitat in cælis irridebit eos, et Dominus subsannabit eos.
4 He that dwellith in heuenes schal scorne hem; and the Lord schal bimowe hem.
Tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua, et in furore suo conturbabit eos.
5 Thanne he schal speke to hem in his ire; and he schal disturble hem in his stronge veniaunce.
Ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion, montem sanctum ejus, prædicans præceptum ejus.
6 Forsothe Y am maad of hym a kyng on Syon, his hooli hil; prechynge his comaundement.
Dominus dixit ad me: Filius meus es tu; ego hodie genui te.
7 The Lord seide to me, Thou art my sone; Y haue gendrid thee to dai.
Postula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hæreditatem tuam, et possessionem tuam terminos terræ.
8 Axe thou of me, and Y schal yyue to thee hethene men thin eritage; and thi possessioun the termes of erthe.
Reges eos in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringes eos.
9 Thou schalt gouerne hem in an yrun yerde; and thou schalt breke hem as the vessel of a pottere.
Et nunc, reges, intelligite; erudimini, qui judicatis terram.
10 And now, ye kyngis, vndurstonde; ye that demen the erthe, be lerud.
Servite Domino in timore, et exsultate ei cum tremore.
11 Serue ye the Lord with drede; and make ye ful ioye to hym with tremblyng.
Apprehendite disciplinam, nequando irascatur Dominus, et pereatis de via justa.
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.
Cum exarserit in brevi ira ejus, beati omnes qui confidunt in eo.]
