1 W hy have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

Why are the nations so shaken up and the people planning foolish things?

2 S tation themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

The kings of the earth stand in a line ready to fight, and all the leaders are against the Lord and against His Chosen One.

3 ` Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

They say, “Let us break their chains and throw them away from us.”

4 H e who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

He Who sits in the heavens laughs. The Lord makes fun of them.

5 T hen doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:

Then He will speak to them in His anger and make them afraid, saying,

6 ` And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.'

“But as for Me, I have set My King on Zion, My holy mountain.”

7 I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou, I to-day have brought thee forth.

I will make known the words of the Lord. He said to Me, “You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.

8 A sk of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth.

Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for you to own. The ends of the earth will belong to You.

9 T hou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

You will break them using a piece of iron. And they will be broken in pieces like pots of clay.”

10 A nd now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

So, kings, be wise. Listen, you rulers of the earth.

11 S erve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

Serve the Lord with fear, and be full of joy as you shake in fear.

12 K iss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!

Kiss the Son. Be afraid that He may be angry and destroy you in the way. For His anger is quick. Happy are all who put their trust in Him.