Psalms 2

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

Therefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

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 stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ;

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

[saying], Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.

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

He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

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

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

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

But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain,

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

declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, You are my Son, today have I begotten you.

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

Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen [for] your inheritance, and the ends of the earth [for] your possession.

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

You shall rule them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel.

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

Now therefore understand, you kings: be instructed, all you that judge the earth.

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

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him 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!

Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you should perish from the righteous way: whenever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him.