Psalm 2:1-6

Good News Translation

God's Chosen King

2 ^(A)Why do the nations plan rebellion?
    Why do people make their useless plots?
²Their 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.”

⁴From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs
    and mocks their feeble plans.
⁵Then he warns them in anger
    and terrifies them with his fury.
⁶“On Zion,^[a] my sacred hill,” he says,
    “I have installed my king.”

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Footnotes

Psalm 2:6 The term “Zion” (originally a designation for “David's City,” the Jebusite stronghold captured by King David's forces) was later extended in meaning to refer to the hill on which the Temple stood.