3Or, tumultuously assemble,
2: 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,
2: 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
2: 4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: 4Jehovah will have them in derision.
4Sopherim changed to the Lord
2: 5 Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And 5vex them in his sore displeasure:
5Or, trouble
2: 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
2: 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
2: 8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
2: 9 Thou shalt 6break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
6So Massoretic. But Sept., Aram. read shepherd them Vg. reads rule them
2: 10 Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
2: 11 Serve Jehovah with awe, And rejoice with trembling.
2: 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath 7will soon be kindled. 8Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
7Or, may soon be kindled.
8Or, Happy
