Psalms 2

¹Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense

²The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ

³“Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.

⁴He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them

⁵Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury

⁶Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts

⁷The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you

⁸Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession

⁹You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel

¹⁰And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth

¹¹Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling

¹²Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just

¹³Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him