Psalms 2 — parallel

2:1

Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

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2:2

The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ;

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2:3

[saying], Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.

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2:4

He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

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2:5

Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury.

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2:6

But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain,

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2:7

declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee.

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2:8

Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth [for] thy possession.

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2:9

Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel.

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2:10

Now therefore understand, ye kings: be instructed, all ye that judge the earth.

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2:11

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling.

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2:12

Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye should perish from the righteous way: whensoever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him.

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