Psalm 2

²⁵You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

²⁶The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

¹⁴They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

⁶Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

¹¹Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

⁴saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

⁵For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—

³⁸But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

⁵⁹Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

¹When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

¹²The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast.

¹³These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.

¹¹And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

¹²That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.

⁷You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

³⁰There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the Lord.

⁵I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

¹⁴But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

²⁷And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

⁷To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

⁸and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

¹³but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

⁸But You, O Lord, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.

²⁶in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

²²He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

⁴The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

¹⁵For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

⁴but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

¹⁵And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

⁹You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the Lord will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

⁵The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

⁶He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

⁴⁹He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels.

⁵⁰He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

²⁷And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

¹Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

⁶For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

⁷Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

⁶Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

²²And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

¹A Psalm of David. The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

²The Lord extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

⁵So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”

³³He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

⁵For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?

⁶And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

¹⁷And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

⁵While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

²⁷I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

²⁷I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

⁸May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

⁴I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

⁵And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

¹³In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

²⁶And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

²⁷He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.

⁵And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

¹⁵And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

²³I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

¹⁴It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”

⁵The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

⁶He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

⁹Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

¹⁰Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.

¹¹Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

¹⁵so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

¹²The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

¹A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

²“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

¹⁰May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

¹¹May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

¹²Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

²⁵See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

²⁸Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

²⁹“For our God is a consuming fire.”

¹¹⁹All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

⁷In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

¹Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

²For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

⁴Blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

²³so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

⁸Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

¹²O Lord of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

¹⁸Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the Lord is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

²⁰Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.