Psalm 2
Why do the nations rage
The heathen rage and kings of the earth conspire against the Lord and his anointed; God sets his King on Zion, declares him his Son, and grants him the nations as his inheritance.
12 verses. The 2nd of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying,
3“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
4He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
7I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
8Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
9You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
10Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Matthew Henry on Psalm 2
5,857 words, in 3 passages.
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.