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 nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?

2 disrumpamus vincula eorum et proiciamus a nobis iugum ipsorum

Kings of the earth station themselves, and princes have been united together, against YHWH, and against His Messiah:

3 qui habitat in caelis inridebit eos et Dominus subsannabit eos

“Let us draw off Their cords, And cast Their thick bands from us.”

4 tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua et in furore suo conturbabit eos

He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, The Lord mocks at them.

5 ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius praedicans praeceptum eius

Then He speaks to them in His anger, and in His wrath He troubles them:

6 Dominus dixit ad me filius meus es tu ego hodie genui te

“And I have anointed My King, On Zion—My holy hill.”

7 postula a me et dabo tibi gentes hereditatem tuam et possessionem tuam terminos terrae

I declare concerning a statute: YHWH said to me, “You [are] My Son, today I have brought You forth.

8 reges eos in virga ferrea tamquam vas figuli confringes eos

Ask of Me and I give nations [as] Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth [for] Your possession.

9 et nunc reges intellegite erudimini qui iudicatis terram

You rule them with a scepter of iron, You crush them as a vessel of a potter.”

10 servite Domino in timore et exultate ei in tremore

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

11 adprehendite disciplinam nequando irascatur Dominus et pereatis de via iusta

Serve YHWH with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

12 cum exarserit in brevi ira eius beati omnes qui confidunt in eo

Kiss the Chosen One [[or Son]], lest He is angry, And you perish [from] the way, When His anger burns but a little, O the blessedness of all trusting in Him!