Psalm 2

GOD’S WORD Translation

2 Why do the nations gather together?
Why do their people devise useless plots?
² Kings take their stands.
Rulers make plans together
against the Lord and against his Messiah ^[a] by saying,
³ “Let’s break apart their chains
and shake off their ropes.”

⁴ The one enthroned in heaven laughs.
The Lord makes fun of them.
⁵ Then he speaks to them in his anger.
In his burning anger he terrifies them by saying,
⁶ “I have installed my own king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

⁷ I will announce the Lord’s decree.
He said to me:
“You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.
⁸ Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance
and the ends of the earth as your own possession.
⁹ You will break them with an iron scepter.
You will smash them to pieces like pottery.”

¹⁰ Now, you kings, act wisely.
Be warned, you rulers of the earth!
¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
¹² Kiss the Son, or he will become angry
and you will die on your way
because his anger will burst into flames.
Blessed is everyone who takes refuge in him.