Psalms 2

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

Quare fremuerunt gentes, et populi meditati sunt inania? Astiterunt reges terræ, et principes convenerunt in unum adversus Dominum, et adversus christum ejus.

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

Dirumpamus vincula eorum, et projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum.

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

Qui habitat in cælis irridebit eos, et Dominus subsannabit eos.

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

Tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua, et in furore suo conturbabit eos.

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

Ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion, montem sanctum ejus, prædicans præceptum ejus.

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

Dominus dixit ad me: Filius meus es tu; ego hodie genui te.

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

Postula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hæreditatem tuam, et possessionem tuam terminos terræ.

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

Reges eos in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringes eos.

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

Et nunc, reges, intelligite; erudimini, qui judicatis terram.

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

Servite Domino in timore, et exsultate ei cum tremore.

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

Apprehendite disciplinam, nequando irascatur Dominus, et pereatis de via justa.

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!

Cum exarserit in brevi ira ejus, beati omnes qui confidunt in eo.