# Psalm 2 
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1. Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 
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2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, 
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3. “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 
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4. He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 
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5. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, 
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6. “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” 
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7. I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. 
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8. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. 
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9. You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” 
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10. Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. 
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11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 
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12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. 

(ESV)