Psalms 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?	1 Why do the nations protest and the peoples grumble in vain?
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 Kings on earth rise up and princes plot together against the LORD and his anointed:
3 “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”	3 "Let us break their shackles and cast off their chains!"
4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.	4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord derides them,
5 Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.	5 Then speaks to them in anger, terrifies them in wrath:
6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.	6 "I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain."
7 The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.	7 I will proclaim the decree of the LORD, who said to me, "You are my son; today I am your father.
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 Only ask it of me, and I will make your inheritance the nations, your possession the ends of the earth.
9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.	9 With an iron rod you shall shepherd them, like a clay pot you will shatter them."
10 And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.	10 And now, kings, give heed; take warning, rulers on earth.
11 Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.	11 Serve the LORD with fear; with trembling bow down in homage, Lest God be angry and you perish from the way in a sudden blaze of anger. Happy are all who take refuge in God!
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.
13 Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.