Psalm 2 Sunday Readings 1
Why do
the nations throng, * and the peoples number their troops?
Why do kings of the earth take their stand,
* and the princes make common cause
against Yahweh * and against his
anointed?
“Let us snap their bonds, * and throw off
their yoke.”
The Enthroned laughs down from heaven; *
the Lord makes fun of them.
He drives away their lieutenants in his
anger, * and in his fury terrifies them.
But I have been anointed his king *
on Zion his holy mountain.
Let me recite the decree of
Yahweh; * he said to me:
“You are my son; * this day I have
given you birth.
Ask me for wealth and I will give it; *
the nations will be yours, * your domain the ends of the earth.
You will break them with a iron rod, *
shatter them like a pot of clay.”
And now, kings, watch out; * take warning,
you rulers of the earth.
Serve Yahweh with reverence, * and live
in trembling, mortal men!
lest he grow angry and your assembly perish,
* for his anger flares up quickly.
Happy
are all * who trust in him.