I will tell the decree; Yahweh said to me: "You are my son; today I have begotten you.

"Let us tear off their bonds, and cast their cords from us!"

Why are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain?

Then he speaks to them in his wrath, and in his fury he terrifies them:

You will break them with an iron rod. Like a potter's vessel you will shatter them."

So then, O kings, be wise. Be warned, O rulers of [the] earth.

Ask from me and I will make [the] nations your heritage, and your possession [the] ends of [the] earth.

Kiss the Son lest he be angry and you perish [on the] way, for his anger burns quickly. Blessed are all [who] take refuge in him.

"But as for me, I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

[He who] sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs. The Lord derides them.

Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

[The] kings of [the] earth establish themselves, and the rulers conspire together against Yahweh and his anointed: