Psalm 2. God’s Chosen King

Why do the nations plan rebellion?
Why do people make their useless plots?

2 Their kings revolt,
their rulers plot together against the Lord
and against the king he chose.

3 “Let us free ourselves from their rule,” they say;
“let us throw off their control.”

4 From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs
and mocks their feeble plans.

5 Then he warns them in anger
and terrifies them with his fury.

6 “On Zion,my sacred hill,” he says,
“I have installed my king.”

7 “I will announce,” says the king, “what the Lord has declared.
He said to me: ‘You are my son;
today I have become your father.

8 Ask, and I will give you all the nations;
the whole earth will be yours.

9 You will break them with an iron rod;
you will shatter them in pieces…