2:1  Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

2:2  The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, `saying',

2:3  Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

2:4  He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

2:5  Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:

2:6  Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.

2:7  I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.

2:8  Ask of me, and I will give `thee' the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

2:9  Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

2:10  Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

2:11  Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

2:12  Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him. Psalm 3 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.