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| The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
| Book I |
| II |
| The Reign of Jehovah’s Anointed |
| [1] | WHY do the nations rage, 1 And the peoples meditate a vain thing? |
| [2] | The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying, |
| [3] | Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us. |
| [4] | He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision. |
| [5] | Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex 2 them in his sore displeasure: |
| [6] | Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion. |
| [7] | I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. |
| [8] | Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. |
| [9] | Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. |
| [10] | Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. |
| [11] | Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. |
| [12] | Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will 3 soon be kindled. Blessed 4 are all they that take refuge in him. |
| Note 1. Or, tumultuously assemble. [back] |
| Note 2. Or, trouble. [back] |
| Note 3. Or, may. [back] |
| Note 4. Or, Happy. [back] |
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