OEBcth - Psalms - 2

2:1  Why this turmoil of nations, this futile plotting of peoples,

2:2  with kings of the earth conspiring, and rulers consulting together, against the Lord and against his anointed,

2:3  to snap their bonds and fling their cords away?

2:4  He whose throne is in heaven laughs, the Lord mocks them.

2:5  Then he speaks to them in his wrath, and in his hot anger confounds them.

2:6  “This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.”

2:7  I will tell of the Lord’s decree. He said to me: “You are my son, this day I became your father.

2:8  Only ask, and I make you the heir of the nations, and lord of the world to its utmost bounds.

2:9  You will break them with sceptre of iron, shatter them like pottery.”

2:10  So now, you kings, be wise: be warned, you rulers of earth.

2:11  Serve the Lord in awe, kiss his feet with trembling,

2:12  lest, angry, he hurl you to ruin; for soon will his fury blaze. Happy all who take refuge in him.