Psalms, Chapter 2

1. Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?    2. The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, -- against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying] :    3. Let us break asunder their bonds, -- and cast from us their cords!    4. He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, -- My Lord, will mock at them:    5. Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:    6. Yet, I, have installed my king, -- on Zion my holy mountain.    7. Let me tell of a decree, -- Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:    8. Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:    9. Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, -- as a potter's vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.    10. Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:    11. Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:    12. Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger, -- How happy are all who seek refuge in him!