1 Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? YLT — Psalm 2:1
2 Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: YLT — Psalm 2:2
3 ’Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.’ YLT — Psalm 2:3
4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them. YLT — Psalm 2:4
5 Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: YLT — Psalm 2:5
6 ’And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.’ YLT — Psalm 2:6
7 I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, ‘My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth. YLT — Psalm 2:7
8 Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth. YLT — Psalm 2:8
9 Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.’ YLT — Psalm 2:9
10 And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth, YLT — Psalm 2:10
11 Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. YLT — Psalm 2:11
12 Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him! YLT — Psalm 2:12