Psalmorum 2

1 psalmus David quare fremuerunt gentes et populi meditati sunt inania adstiterunt reges terrae et principes convenerunt in unum adversus Dominum et adversus christum eius diapsalma

Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

2 disrumpamus vincula eorum et proiciamus a nobis iugum ipsorum

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

3 qui habitat in caelis inridebit eos et Dominus subsannabit eos

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

4 tunc loquetur ad eos in ira sua et in furore suo conturbabit eos

He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.

5 ego autem constitutus sum rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum eius praedicans praeceptum eius

Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:

6 Dominus dixit ad me filius meus es tu ego hodie genui te

'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'

7 postula a me et dabo tibi gentes hereditatem tuam et possessionem tuam terminos terrae

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.

8 reges eos in virga ferrea tamquam vas figuli confringes eos

Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.

9 et nunc reges intellegite erudimini qui iudicatis terram

Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'

10 servite Domino in timore et exultate ei in tremore

And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,

11 adprehendite disciplinam nequando irascatur Dominus et pereatis de via iusta

Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

12 cum exarserit in brevi ira eius beati omnes qui confidunt in eo

Kiss 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!