Psalmorum 2
1 psalmus David quare fremuerunt gentes et populi meditati sunt inania adstiterunt reges terrae et principes convenerunt in unum adversus Dominum et adversus christum eius diapsalma
Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?
2 disrumpamus vincula eorum et proiciamus a nobis iugum ipsorum
The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.
3 qui habitat in caelis inridebit eos et Dominus subsannabit eos
Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.
4 tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua et in furore suo conturbabit eos
He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.
5 ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius praedicans praeceptum eius
Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his rage.
6 Dominus dixit ad me filius meus es tu ego hodie genui te
But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.
7 postula a me et dabo tibi gentes hereditatem tuam et possessionem tuam terminos terrae
The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
8 reges eos in virga ferrea tamquam vas figuli confringes eos
Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 et nunc reges intellegite erudimini qui iudicatis terram
Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10 servite Domino in timore et exultate ei in tremore
And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
11 adprehendite disciplinam nequando irascatur Dominus et pereatis de via iusta
Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.
12 cum exarserit in brevi ira eius beati omnes qui confidunt in eo
Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.
