Psalm 2

Revised Geneva Translation

2 Why do the heathen rage, and the people murmur in vain?

² The kings of the Earth stand together. And the Princes are assembled together against the LORD, and against His Christ.

³ Let us break their bands and cast their cords from us.

⁴ But he who dwells in the heavens shall laugh. The LORD shall hold them in derision.

⁵ Then shall He speak to them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure, saying,

⁶ “I have set My King upon Zion, My Holy Mountain.”

⁷ “I will declare the decree. The LORD has said to me, ‘You are My Son. This day have I begotten You.

⁸ “Ask of Me, and I shall give You the heathen for Your inheritance, and the ends of the Earth for Your possession.

⁹ “You shall crush them with a scepter of iron; and break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’”

¹⁰ Be wise now, therefore, you kings. Be learned, you judges of the Earth.

¹¹ Serve the LORD in fear; and rejoice in trembling.

¹² Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish on the way when His wrath shall suddenly burn. Blessed are all who trust in Him. A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.