Psalms 2
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?
1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His anointed:
2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD , and against his anointed, saying ,
3'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'
3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.
4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:
5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'
6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7I will tell of the decree: the LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee.
7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.
8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled. Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.
12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
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