Psalms 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	VULGATA
1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?	1 Quare fremuerunt gentes, et populi meditati sunt inania ?
2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:	2 Astiterunt reges terræ, et principes convenerunt in unum adversus Dominum, et adversus christum ejus.
3 “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”	3 Dirumpamus vincula eorum, et projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum.
4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.	4 Qui habitat in cælis irridebit eos, et Dominus subsannabit eos.
5 Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.	5 Tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua, et in furore suo conturbabit eos.
6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.	6 Ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion, montem sanctum ejus, prædicans præceptum ejus.
7 The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.	7 Dominus dixit ad me : Filius meus es tu ; ego hodie genui te.
8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.	8 Postula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hæreditatem tuam, et possessionem tuam terminos terræ.
9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.	9 Reges eos in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringes eos.
10 And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.	10 Et nunc, reges, intelligite ; erudimini, qui judicatis terram.
11 Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.	11 Servite Domino in timore, et exsultate ei cum tremore.
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.	12 Apprehendite disciplinam, nequando irascatur Dominus, et pereatis de via justa.
13 Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.	13 Cum exarserit in brevi ira ejus, beati omnes qui confidunt in eo.