Psa02

Psalms – Chapter 2

1Why do the nations protest
and the peoples conspire in vain?

2Kings on earth rise up
and princes plot together
against the LORD and against his anointed one:

3“Let us break their shackles
and cast off their chains from us!”

4The one enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord derides them,

5Then he speaks to them in his anger,
in his wrath he terrifies them:

6“I myself have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”

7I will proclaim the decree of the LORD,
he said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.

8Ask it of me,
and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
and, as your possession, the ends of the earth.

9With an iron rod you will shepherd them,
like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.”

10And now, kings, give heed;
take warning, judges on earth.

11Serve the LORD with fear;
exult with trembling,
Accept correction
lest he become angry and you perish along the way
when his anger suddenly blazes up.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him!

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THE REVISED NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)