< Psalms 2 >

1 Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
Why are the nations in turmoil, and why do the peoples make plots that will fail?
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 take their stand together and the rulers conspire together against Yahweh and against his Messiah, saying,
3 'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
“Let us tear off the shackles they put on us and throw off their chains.”
4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
He who sits in the heavens will sneer at them; the Lord mocks them.
5 Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:
Then he will speak to them in his anger and terrify them in his rage, saying,
6 'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'
“I myself have anointed my king on 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 announce a decree of Yahweh. He said to me, “You are my son! This day I have become your father.
8 Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.
Ask me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance and the farthermost regions 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 will break them with an iron rod; like a jar of a potter, you will smash them to pieces.”
10 And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
So now, you kings, be warned; be corrected, you rulers of the earth.
11 Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
Worship Yahweh in 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!
Kiss the son or he will be angry with you, and you will die in the way when his anger burns for just a moment. How blessed are all those who seek refuge in him.

< Psalms 2 >