Psalm 2: the Messiah's triumph and kingdom.

1 why do the nation's rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?

2 the kings of the earth set themselves,
And the ruler's 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 h...  more