Psalm 2 Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Coronation of the Son

2 Why^(A) do the nations rage^(B)
and the peoples plot in vain?^(C)
²The kings of the earth take their stand,^(D)
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and his Anointed One:^[a]^(E)
³‘Let’s tear off their chains
and throw off their ropes.’^(F)

⁴The one enthroned^[b] in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.^(G)
⁵Then he speaks to them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath:^(H)
⁶‘I have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.’^(I)

⁷I will declare the Lord’s decree.
He said to me, ‘You are my Son;^[c]
today I have become your Father.^(J)
⁸Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance
and the ends of the earth your possession.^(K)
⁹You will break them with an iron sceptre;
you will shatter them like pottery.’^(L)

¹⁰So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.
¹¹Serve the Lord with reverential awe
and rejoice with trembling.^(M)
¹²Pay homage to^[d] the Son or he will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,^[e]^(N)
for his anger may ignite at any moment.^(O)
All who take refuge in him are happy.^(P)

Footnotes

2:2 Or anointed one
2:4 Lit who sits
2:7 Or son, also in v. 12
2:12 Lit Kiss
2:12 Lit perish in the way

Cross references

2:1–2 : Ac 4:25–26
2:1 : Is 17:12–13
2:1 : Ps 83:2–3
2:2 : Jr 49:19; 50:44
2:2 : 1Sm 2:10; 12:3,5; 2Sm 22:51; Ps 18:50; 20:6; 28:8
2:3 : Is 58:6; Jr 5:5; Nah 1:13
2:4 : Ps 37:13; 59:8
2:5 : Ps 90:7
2:6 : Ps 48:2; Is 24:23
2:7 : Mt 3:17; Lk 3:22; Ac 13:33; Heb 1:5; 5:5
2:8 : Jos 23:4; Ps 111:6
2:8–9 : Ps 89:23; Rv 2:26–27; 12:5; 19:15
2:11 : Heb 12:28
2:12 : Jn 3:18
2:12 : 2Th 1:7–8
2:12 : Ps 5:11; 34:8,22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)