PSALM 2

    ¹Why are the nations aroused,

          and the peoples murmur vain things?

    ²Kings of the earth take their stand,

          and princes conspire together

              against the LORD and against His anointed.

    ³“Let us tear off their fetters,

          let us fling away their bonds!”

    ⁴He Who dwells in the heavens will laugh,

          the Master derides them.

    ⁵Then will He speak to them in His wrath,

          in His burning anger dismay them:

    ⁶“And I—I appointed My king

          on Zion, My holy mountain.”

    ⁷Let me tell as is due of the LORD.

          He said to me: “You are My son.

              I Myself today did beget you.

    ⁸Ask of me, and I shall give nations as your estate,

          and your holdings, the ends of the earth.

    ⁹You will smash them with a rod of iron,

          like a potter’s jar you will dash them.”

    ¹⁰And now, O you kings, pay mind,

          be chastened, you rulers of earth.

    ¹¹Worship the LORD in fear,

          and exult in trembling.

    ¹²With purity be armed,

          lest He rage and you be lost on the way.

    For His wrath in a moment flares up.

          Happy, all who shelter in Him.