Psalms 2
The nations and their leaders conspire against God and his anointed one, seeking to break free from their authority. However, God ridicules their efforts and asserts his power, declaring that he has appointed his son as king over Zion. This king is given authority over the nations and is instructed to rule them with strength, and the kings of the earth are warned to serve God with fear and obedience. Those who trust in God will be blessed, while those who resist will face his wrath.
1Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense2The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ3"Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.4He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them5Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury6Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts7The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you8Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession9You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel10And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth11Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him
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