Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?
The kings(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(C) saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

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12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
    for false witnesses(A) rise up against me,
    spouting malicious accusations.

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12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

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11 Ruthless witnesses(A) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.

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11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

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for people who are wicked and deceitful(A)
    have opened their mouths against me;
    they have spoken against me with lying tongues.(B)

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For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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