Psalm 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,
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way;
for his wrath is quickly kindled.

Happy are all who take refuge in him.