Psalm 2
A Psalm for a Royal Coronation
1 Why do the nations protest
and the peoples conspire in vain?(A)
2 Kings on earth rise up
and princes plot together
against the Lord and against his anointed one:(B)
3 “Let us break their shackles
and cast off their chains from us!”(C)
4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord derides them,(D)
5 Then he speaks to them in his anger,
in his wrath he terrifies them:
6 “I myself have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”
7 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord,
he said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.(E)
8 Ask it of me,
and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
and, as your possession, the ends of the earth.
9 With an iron rod you will shepherd them,
like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.”(F)
10 And now, kings, give heed;
take warning, judges on earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear;
exult with trembling,
Accept correction
lest he become angry and you perish along the way
when his anger suddenly blazes up.(G)
Blessed are all who take refuge in him!
Footnotes
- Psalm 2
- 2:2
Cross references
- 2:1 : Rev 11:18.
- 2:2 : Ps 83:6.
- 2:3 : Ps 149:8.
- 2:4 : Ps 37:13; 59:9; Wis 4:18.
- 2:7 : Ps 89:27; 110:2–3; Is 49:1.
- 2:9 : Rev 2:27; 12:5; 19:15.
- 2:11 : Ps 34:9; 146:5; Prv 16:20.
