Psalms 2
1 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
Quare fremuerunt Gentes, et populi meditati sunt inania? Astiterunt reges terræ, et principes convenerunt in unum adversus Dominum, et adversus Christum eius.
2 The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, —against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:
Dirumpamus vincula eorum: et proiiciamus a nobis iugum ipsorum.
3 Let us break asunder their bonds, —and cast from us their cords!
Qui habitat in cælis irridebit eos: et Dominus subsannabit eos.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh, —My Lord, will mock at them:
Tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua, et in furore suo conturbabit eos.
5 Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:
Ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius, prædicans præceptum eius.
6 Yet, I, have installed my king, —on Zion my holy mountain.
Dominus dixit ad me: Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te.
7 Let me tell of a decree, —Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:
Postula a me, et dabo tibi Gentes hereditatem tuam, et possessionem tuam terminos terræ.
8 Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:
Reges eos in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringes eos.
9 Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, —as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
Et nunc reges intelligite: erudimini qui iudicatis terram.
10 Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:
Servite Domino in timore: et exultate ei cum tremore.
11 Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:
Apprehendite disciplinam nequando irascatur Dominus, et pereatis de via iusta.
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger, —How happy are all who seek refuge in him!
Cum exarserit in brevi ira eius, beati omnes, qui confidunt in eo.
