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| Psalms 2:1 | Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing? | Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? |
| Psalms 2:2 | The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Yahweh, and against his anointed, saying, | The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, |
| Psalms 2:3 | "Let us break their bonds apart, And cast away their cords from us." | Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us. |
| Psalms 2:4 | He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. | Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them. |
| Psalms 2:5 | Then he will speak to them in his anger, And terrify them in his wrath: | Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled: |
| Psalms 2:6 | "Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion." | But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion. |
| Psalms 2:7 | I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father. | I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being. |
| Psalms 2:8 | Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. | Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand. |
| Psalms 2:9 | You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." | They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel. |
| Psalms 2:10 | Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth. | So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth. |
| Psalms 2:11 | Serve Yahweh with fear, And rejoice with trembling. | Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour, |
| Psalms 2:12 | Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. Psalm 3 A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom, his son. | For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him. |
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