Psalms 2
Chapter 2 of 150
1 Why do the nations protest and the peoples conspire in vain?
2 Kings on earth rise up and princes plot together against the Lord and against his anointed one:
3 “Let us break their shackles and cast off their chains from us!”
4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord derides them,
5 Then he speaks to them in his anger, in his wrath he terrifies them:
6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
7 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord, he said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.
8 Ask it of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and, as your possession, the ends of the earth.
9 With an iron rod you will shepherd them, like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.”
10 And now, kings, give heed; take warning, judges on earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear; exult with trembling, Accept correction lest he become angry and you perish along the way when his anger suddenly blazes up. Blessed are all who take refuge in him!