Psalm 2

1  Why do the gentiles rage, And the peoples meditate emptiness?

2  The sovereigns of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against יהוה and against His Mashiaḥ,

3  "Let us tear apart Their bonds, And throw away Their ropes from us."

4  He who is sitting in the shamayim laughs, יהוה mocks at them.

5  Then He speaks to them in His wrath, And troubles them in His rage,

6  "But I, I have put My Sovereign on Tsiyon, My qodesh mountain."

7  "I inscribe for a law: יהוה has said to Me, ‘You are My Bĕn, Today I have brought You forth.

8  ‘Ask of Me, and I make the gentiles Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth Your possession.

9  ‘Break them with a rod of iron, Dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.' "

10  And now, be wise, O sovereigns; Be instructed, you rulers of the earth.

11  Serve יהוה with reverence, And rejoice with trembling.

12  Kiss the Bĕn, lest He be enraged, And you perish in the way, For soon His wrath is to be kindled. Baruḵ are all those taking refuge in Him.