Psalms 2
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Psalm 2
1Why do the nations rant?
Why do the peoples rave uselessly?
2The earth’s rulers take their stand;
the leaders scheme together
against the LORD and
against his anointed one.
3“Come!” they say.
“We will tear off their ropes
and throw off their chains!”
4The one who rules in heaven laughs;
my Lord makes fun of them.
5But then God speaks to them angrily;
then he terrifies them with his fury:
6“I hereby appoint my king on Zion,
my holy mountain!”
7I will announce the LORD’s decision:
He said to me, “You are my son,
today I have become your father.
8Just ask me,
and I will make the nations your possession;
the far corners of the earth will be your property.
9You will smash them with an iron rod;
you will shatter them like a pottery jar.”
10So kings, wise up!
Be warned, you rulers of the earth!
11Serve the LORD reverently—
trembling, 12kiss his feet#2.12 Correction; Heb uncertain; MT rejoice with trembling, kiss the son (but with son in Aram, not Heb)
or else he will become angry,
and your way will be destroyed
because his anger ignites in an instant.
But all who take refuge in the LORD are truly happy!
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Psalm 2
2
The Reign of the Lord's Anointed
1 #
Acts 4.25,26. Why do the heathen rage,
and the people imagine a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,
3Let us break their bands asunder,
and cast away their cords from us.
4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:
the Lord shall have them in derision.
5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath,
and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6Yet have I set my King
upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 #
Acts 13.33; Heb 1.5; 5.5. I 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 shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 #
Rev 2.26,27; 12.5; 19.15. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;
thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings:
be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11Serve the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
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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