Created Friday 21 June 2013
(20) Psalm 2
"Waarom woel die nasies en bedink die volke nietige dinge?
Die konings van die aarde staan gereed, en die vorste hou saam raad teen die HERE en teen sy Gesalfde en sê: 'Laat ons hulle bande stukkend ruk en hulle toue van ons afwerp!'
Hy wat in die hemel woon, lag; die Here spot met hulle.
Dan sal Hy hulle aanspreek in sy toorn, en in sy grimmigheid sal Hy hulle verskrik: 'Ek tog het my Koning gesalf oor Sion, my heilige berg.'
Ek wil vertel van die besluit: Die HERE het aan My gesê: 'U is my Seun, vandag het Ek self U gegenereer. Eis van My, en Ek wil nasies gee as u erfdeel en die eindes van die aarde as u besitting. U sal hulle verpletter met 'n ysterstaf, U sal hulle stukkend slaan soos 'n erdepot.'
Wees dan nou verstandig, o konings; laat julle waarsku, o regters van die aarde!
Dien die HERE met vrees, en juig met bewing.
Kus die Seun, dat Hy nie toornig word en julle op die weg vergaan nie; want gou kan sy toorn ontvlam. Welgeluksalig is almal wat by Hom skuil!"
"Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
“Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
“As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him."
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