Psalms 2

¹ Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?

² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and his anointed, saying,

³ "Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us."

⁴ He who sits in the heavens laughs; the LORD has them in derision.

⁵ Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,

⁶ "I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill."

⁷ I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my son, today I have begotten you.

⁸ Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

⁹ You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

¹⁰ Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

¹¹ Serve the LORD with fear, with trembling

¹² kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.