Psalms 2

1 Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

2 Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His anointed:

3 'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

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

4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.

5 Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:

Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:

6 'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'

'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'

7 I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.

I will tell of the decree: the LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee.

8 Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.

Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'

10 And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

11 Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12 Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!

Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled. Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.