Psalms 2:1-9 ▼

1 Why are the nations restless And the peoples plotting in vain?

2 The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers conspire together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

3 “Let’s tear their shackles apart And throw their ropes away from us!”

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.

5 Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying,

6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

7 “I will announce the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have fathered You.

8 ‘Ask it of Me, and I will certainly give the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession.

9 ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”