I have been studying the following Psalm for one of my classes.
It has been amazing to learn more about the Psalms.
Psalms has the full range of human emotion and it was meant for us as a prayer book.
I don’t know how to use it like that yet, but it has been a great exercise to dwell in one Psalm for the semester.
Here it is:
Psalm 2
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.
Psalm 2
The Reign of the LORD’s Anointed
1Why do the nations rage[a]
and the peoples plot in vain?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
3″Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
4He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6″As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
7I will tell of the decree:
The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
9You shall break[b] them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
10Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11Serve the LORD with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12Kiss 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.
Footnotes:
Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble
Psalm 2:9 Revocalization yields (compare Septuagint) You shall rule
Salmos 2 (Nueva Versión Internacional)
Copyright © 1999 by International Bible Society.
Salmos 2
1 ¿Por qué se sublevan las naciones,
y en vano conspiran los pueblos?
2 Los reyes de la tierra se rebelan;
los gobernantes se confabulan contra el Señor
y contra su *ungido.
3 Y dicen: «¡Hagamos pedazos sus cadenas!
¡Librémonos de su yugo!»
4 El rey de los cielos se ríe;
el Señor se burla de ellos.
5 En su enojo los reprende,
en su furor los intimida y dice:
6 «He establecido a mi rey
sobre *Sión, mi santo monte.»
7 Yo proclamaré el decreto del Señor:
«Tú eres mi hijo», me ha dicho;
«hoy mismo te he engendrado.
8 Pídeme,
y como herencia te entregaré las naciones;
¡tuyos serán los confines de la tierra!
9 Las gobernarás con puño[a] de hierro;
las harás pedazos como a vasijas de barro.»
10 Ustedes, los reyes, sean prudentes;
déjense enseñar, gobernantes de la tierra.
11 Sirvan al Señor con temor;
con temblor ríndanle alabanza.
12 Bésenle los pies,[b] no sea que se enoje
y sean ustedes destruidos en el camino,
pues su ira se inflama de repente.
¡*Dichosos los que en él buscan refugio!
Footnotes:
Salmos 2:9 2:9 puño. Lit. cetro.
Salmos 2:12 2:12 Bésenle los pies. Texto de difícil traducción.
Wandering Thoughts 2 