Psalms 2

Psalm 2

¹Why do the nations gather together?

Why do their people devise useless plots?

²Kings take their stands.

Rulers make plans together

against the Lord and against his Messiah by saying,

³“Let’s break apart their chains

and shake off their ropes.”

⁴The one enthroned in heaven laughs.

The Lord makes fun of them.

⁵Then he speaks to them in his anger.

In his burning anger he terrifies them by saying,

⁶“I have installed my own king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

⁷I will announce the Lord ’s decree.

He said to me:

“You are my Son.

Today I have become your Father.

⁸Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance

and the ends of the earth as your own possession.

⁹You will break them with an iron scepter.

You will smash them to pieces like pottery.”

¹⁰Now, you kings, act wisely.

Be warned, you rulers of the earth!

¹¹Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

¹²Kiss the Son, or he will become angry

and you will die on your way

because his anger will burst into flames.

Blessed is everyone who takes refuge in him.