Psalms 2:3-12

³They shout, “We should free ourselves from their control MET; we should not let them rule over us any longer!”

⁴But Yahweh, the one who sits on his throne in heaven, laughs at them; he ridicules those rulers.

⁵Then, because he is angry with them, he rebukes them. He causes them to be terrified when they realize that he will furiously punish them.

⁶Yahweh says, “I have installed my king on Zion, my sacred hill in Jerusalem.”

⁷And his king says, “I will proclaim what Yahweh has decreed. He said to me, ‘ It is as though you are my son; today I have declared to everyone that it is as though MET I am your father.

⁸Ask me to give you the nations, so that they belong to you to rule over them permanently, and I will give them to you. Even the most remote nations will be yours.

⁹You will defeat them completely MET; you will destroy them like people smash a clay pot with an iron rod SIM.’”

¹⁰So then, you kings and other rulers on the earth, act wisely! Heed what Yahweh is warning you!

¹¹Serve Yahweh, fervently revering him; Rejoice about what he has done for you, but tremble before him!

¹²Bow down humbly before his son! If you do not do that, Yahweh will be angry, and he will suddenly get rid of you. Do not forget that he can very quickly show that he is very angry! But he is very pleased with all those who request him to protect them MET.