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title="Psalm 1">◄</a> Psalm 2 <a href="../psalms/3.htm" title="Psalm 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Why are the nations so angry?</p><p class="line2">Why do they waste their time with futile plans?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The kings of the earth prepare for battle;</p><p class="line2">the rulers plot together</p><p class="line1">against the LORD</p><p class="line2">and against his anointed one.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Let us break their chains,” they cry,</p><p class="line2">“and free ourselves from slavery to God.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But the one who rules in heaven laughs.</p><p class="line2">The Lord scoffs at them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then in anger he rebukes them,</p><p class="line2">terrifying them with his fierce fury.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne</p><p class="line2">in Jerusalem,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> on my holy mountain.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The king proclaims the LORD’s decree:</p><p class="line1">“The LORD said to me, ‘You are my son.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">Today I have become your Father.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,</p><p class="line2">the whole earth as your possession.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You will break<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> them with an iron rod</p><p class="line2">and smash them like clay pots.’”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now then, you kings, act wisely!</p><p class="line2">Be warned, you rulers of the earth!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Serve the LORD with reverent fear,</p><p class="line2">and rejoice with trembling.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Submit to God’s royal son,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> or he will become angry,</p><p class="line2">and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—</p><p class="line1">for his anger flares up in an instant.</p><p class="line2">But what joy for all who take refuge in him!</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">on Zion.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:7a </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Son;</span><span class="ft"> also in 2:12.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:7b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Today I reveal you as my son.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">rule.</span><span class="ft"> Compare Rev 2:27.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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