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Psalm 2 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Notes on this text (2)
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?
1 Not in this translation
2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.
1 Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
3 Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.
2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.
3 “Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his rage.
4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.
5 Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
7 The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
6 “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.
7 I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
10 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.
10 Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.
11 Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.
12 Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Cross references (13)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.

  1. 1 Acts 4:25–26; Revelation 17:14; Psalm 46:6; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 83:4–8
  2. 2 Acts 4:25–26; Revelation 17:14; Psalm 46:6; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 83:4–8
  3. 3 Matthew 26:59; Matthew 27:1; Revelation 17:12–14; Luke 23:11–12; Psalm 45:7
  4. 4 Jeremiah 5:5; Luke 19:14; Luke 19:27; 1 Peter 2:7–8
  5. 5 Psalm 37:13; Psalm 59:8; Proverbs 1:26; Isaiah 40:22; Psalm 11:4
  6. 6 Isaiah 11:4; Revelation 19:15; Psalm 21:9; Psalm 110:5–6; Psalm 78:49–50
  7. 7 Revelation 14:1; Matthew 28:18; Isaiah 9:6–7; Psalm 45:6; Ephesians 1:22
  8. 8 Hebrews 5:5; Acts 13:33; Hebrews 1:5–6; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5
  9. 9 Psalm 22:27; Psalm 89:27; Psalm 72:8; John 17:4–5; Daniel 7:13
  10. 10 Revelation 2:26–27; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15; Psalm 89:23; Isaiah 30:14
  11. 11 Hosea 14:9; Isaiah 60:10–11; Isaiah 52:15; Psalm 45:12; Psalm 82:1–8
  12. 12 Philippians 2:12; Hebrews 12:25; Hebrews 12:28–29; Psalm 119:119–120; Psalm 89:7
  13. 13 Psalm 40:4; John 5:23; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 84:12; Isaiah 30:18

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm II)

    (ver. 1). "The kings of the earth have stood up, and the rulers taken counsel together, against the Lord, and against His Christ" (ver. 2). It is said, "why?" as if it were said, in vain.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 2:11 Polycarp of Smyrna, Epistle to the Philippians (The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians)

    "Wherefore, girding up your loins," "serve the Lord in fear" and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude, and "believed in Him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, and gave Him glory," and a throne at His right hand.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 2:8 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XXI)

    … Christ are human beings, who from various and diverse nations come together into one cohort of faith, as the Father promised Him, saying, "Ask of Me, and I will give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession." And as from the multitude of his sons the prophets of the Lord [afterwards] arose, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 2:11 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VII, Chapters XX–XXI)

    And the face of that pure speech appeared to me one and the same; and I learned to "rejoice with trembling." So I commenced, and found that whatsoever truth I had there read was declared here with the recommendation of Thy grace; that he who sees may not so glory as if he had not received not only that which …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  5. Quotes verse 2:7 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VII)

    … but that He is also the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, they admit not; being of a contrary mind to their own Prophets, who in the Divine Scriptures affirm, The Lord said unto me, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten thee.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)