# Psalm 2 (New King James Version)
The Messiah's Triumph and Kingdom

##### Chapter 2
###### 1 Why do the nations rage,  
And the people plot a vain thing?  

###### 2 The kings of the earth set themselves,  
And the rulers take counsel together,  
Against the Lord and against His Anointed, _saying,_  

###### 3 "Let us break Their bonds in pieces  
And cast away Their cords from us."

###### 4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;  
The Lord shall hold them in derision.  

###### 5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,  
And distress them in His deep displeasure:  

###### 6 "Yet I have set My King  
On My holy hill of Zion."

###### 7 "I will declare the decree:  
The Lord has said to Me,  
'You _are_ My Son,  
Today I have begotten You.  

###### 8 Ask of Me, and I will give _You_  
The nations _for_ Your inheritance,  
And the ends of the earth _for_ Your possession.  

###### 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron;  
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.' "

###### 10 Now therefore, be wise, O kings;  
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.  

###### 11 Serve the Lord with fear,  
And rejoice with trembling.  

###### 12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,  
And you perish _in_ the way,  
When His wrath is kindled but a little.  
Blessed _are_ all those who put their trust in Him.