Psalms 2

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

Why do the heathen rage, And the nations meditate a vain thing?

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

Why do the kings of the earth rise up, And the princes combine together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed king?

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

“Let us break their bonds asunder; Let us cast away from us their fetters!”

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

He that sitteth in heaven will laugh; The Lord will have them in derision.

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 wrath, And confound them in his hot displeasure.

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

“I myself have anointed my king, Upon Zion, my holy hill!”

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

I will declare the decree of Jehovah: He hath said to me, “Thou art my son; This day I have 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 thee 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,

Be wise, therefore, O ye kings! Be admonished, ye rulers of the earth!

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

Be subject to Jehovah with awe, And fear 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!

Kiss the son, lest He be angry, and ye perish in your way; For soon shall his wrath be kindled. Happy are all they who seek refuge in him.