{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:58:19.688Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":12},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 2 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 2](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/2 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}