Psalm 2. Quare fremuerunt gentes?

1. WHY do the heathen so furiously rage together? *
   and why do the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together *
   against the Lord, and against his Anointed:
3. Let us break their bonds asunder, *
   and cast away their cords from us.
4. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: *
   the Lord shall have them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, *
   and vex them in his sore displeasure:
6. Yet have I set my King *
   upon my holy hill of Sion.
7. I will rehearse the decree; *
   the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
8. Desire of me, and I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance, *
   and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, *
   and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; *
    be instructed, ye that are judges of the earth.
11. Serve the Lord in fear, *
    and rejoice unto him with reverence.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way, if his wrath be kindled, yea but a little. *
    Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.