Old Testament · Psalms

Psalms 2

The LORD and His Anointed

(Acts 4:23–31)

1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate emptiness?
2The kings of the earth set themselves, and rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed:
3"Let us tear off their bonds, and let us cast from us their cords."
4He who sits in the heavens laughs; my Lord^a derides them.
5Then he speaks to them in his anger, and in his burning wrath he terrifies them:
6"And I, I have set my king upon Zion, my holy mountain."
7I will recount the statute^b of the LORD: he said to me, "You are my son; I, today, have begotten you.
8Ask of me, and I will give nations as your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as your possession.
9You shall break them with a rod of iron; like a vessel of a potter you shall shatter them."
10And now, O kings, be wise; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
11Serve^c the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12Kiss the son, lest he be angry and you perish in the way, for his anger kindles in a little while. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.