Psalm 2 - God’s Promise to His Anointed

Why do the nations conspire,
  and the peoples plot in vain?
 2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
  and the rulers take counsel together,
  against the Lord and his anointed, saying,
 3 “Let us burst their bonds asunder,
  and cast their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
  the Lord has them in derision.
 5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
  and terrify them in his fury, saying,
 6 “I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

7 I will tell of the decree of the Lord:
 He said to me, “You are my son;
  today I have begotten you.
 8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
  and the ends of the earth your possession.
 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron,
  and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
  be warned, O rulers of the earth.
 11 Serve the Lord with fear,
  with trembling 12 kiss his feet,[a]
 or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way;
  for his wrath is quickly kindled.

Happy are all who take refuge in him.

Footnotes
 

a. Psalm 2:12 Cn: Meaning of Heb of verses 11b and 12a is uncertain

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