Psalm 2

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