UST PSA Chapter 2

2 Foreign kingdoms are scheming,

and people groups are planning, but it is useless.

2 Earthly kings prepare to revolt,

the rulers plot together to fight

against Yahweh and against his chosen king.

3 They shout, “We should break free from the shackles that they control us with.

We should throw aside the ropes that they rule over us with!”

4 But the heavenly ruler sneers at them;

the Lord ridicules those rulers.

5 Then he speaks to them angrily.

He terrifies them by showing them how furious he is.

6 Yahweh says, “It is I who has made my king rule in Zion,

which is my sacred hill.”

7 Yahweh’s king says, “I will proclaim what Yahweh has decreed.

Yahweh said to me, ‘You are my son;

today I have become your father.

8 Request this from me:

ask to inherit the nations,

ask to own the whole earth even the farthest parts.

I will give them to you.

9 You will strike them with an iron rod

and they will shatter into small pieces as if they were a clay pot.”

10 So then, you kings should act wisely!

All rulers on the earth should allow Yahweh and his king to correct them!

11 Worship Yahweh respectfully.

Be joyful and afraid while you are worshipping him!

12 Swear to be truly loyal to his son

otherwise, he may become angry

and suddenly kill you

because he can become angry quickly.

But all those who ask him to protect them are fortunate.