Psalm 2

New King James Version

The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom^(A)

2 Why ^(B)do the ^[a]nations ^[b]rage,
And the people plot a ^[c]vain thing?
²The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the ^(C)rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His ^(D)Anointed,^[d] saying,
³“Let ^(E)us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”

⁴He who sits in the heavens ^(F)shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
⁵Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:
⁶“Yet I have ^[e]set My King
^[f]On My holy hill of Zion.”

⁷“I will declare the ^[g]decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
^(G)‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
⁸Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
⁹^(H)You shall ^[h]break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

¹⁰Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
¹¹Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
¹²^[i]Kiss the Son, lest ^[j]He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When ^(I)His wrath is kindled but a little.
^(J)Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

Footnotes

Psalm 2:1 Gentiles
Psalm 2:1 throng tumultuously
Psalm 2:1 worthless or empty
Psalm 2:2 Christ, Commissioned One, Heb. Messiah
Psalm 2:6 Lit. installed
Psalm 2:6 Lit. Upon Zion, the hill of My holiness
Psalm 2:7 Or decree of the Lord: He said to Me
Psalm 2:9 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. rule (cf. Rev. 2:27)
Psalm 2:12 LXX, Vg. Embrace discipline; Tg. Receive instruction
Psalm 2:12 LXX the Lord

Philippians 2:5-11

New King James Version

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

⁵^(A)Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶who, ^(B)being in the form of God, did not consider it ^[a]robbery to be equal with God, ⁷^(C)but ^[b]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form ^(D)of a bondservant, and ^(E)coming in the likeness of men. ⁸And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and ^(F)became ^(G)obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. ⁹^(H)Therefore God also ^(I)has highly exalted Him and ^(J)given Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰^(K)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹and ^(L)that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.