Why do the nations rage

Why do the nations rage (狂怒)
and the peoples (許多人民) plot (密謀) in vain (徒勞)?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD and against his Anointed (受膏者), saying,
3“Let us burst (破裂) their bonds apart
and cast away(擺脫) their cords (繩索) from us.”

外邦為什麼爭鬧？萬民為什麼謀算虛妄的事？世上的君王一齊起來。臣宰一同商議，要敵擋耶和華並他的受膏者，說：我們要掙開他們的綑綁，脫去他們的繩索。

4He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision(嘲笑).
5Then he will speak to them in his wrath (憤怒),
and terrify (使害怕)them in his fury (狂怒), saying,
6“As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”

那坐在天上的必發笑，主必嗤笑他們。那時，他要在怒中責備他們，在烈怒中驚嚇他們，說：我已經立我的君在錫安--我的聖山上了。

7I will tell of the decree (命令):
The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten (beget 生) you.
8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage(遺產),
and the ends of the earth your possession (所有物).
9You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash (猛砸) them in pieces like a potter’s vessel (容器).”

受膏者說：我要傳聖旨。耶和華曾對我說：你是我的兒子，我今日生你。你求我，我就將列國賜你為基業，將地極賜你為田產。你必用鐵杖打破他們；你必將他們如同窯匠的瓦器摔碎。

10Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned(引以為戒的), O rulers of the earth.
11Serve the LORD with fear,
and rejoice with trembling(顫抖).
12Kiss the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish (滅亡) in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled(點燃).
Blessed are all who take refuge(庇護) in him.

現在，你們君王應該醒悟！你們世上的審判官該受管教！當存畏懼事奉耶和華，又當存戰驚而快樂。當以嘴親子，恐怕他發怒，你們便在道中滅亡，因為他的怒氣快要發作。凡投靠他的，都是有福的。

(Psalms 2, Bible. 詩篇第2篇，聖經）

We know that many people conspired against David, but he believed that he had been made king by divine appointment. He encouraged himself by strong confidence in God and boasted that their attempts were all in vain because they conspired not against mortal people, but against God himself. What is so important here is that David prophesied concerning Christ. Those things which David declares concerning himself were truly predicted concerning Christ and indeed they are properly applicable to Christ. Furthermore, since Christ was anointed by God and God has begotten him, those who refuse to obey Christ himself deny the authority of God.

Here we do not see the meekness of Christ, but the wrath of Him. It is because the Psalmist tries to strike alarm into his enemy by describing vengeance that God would take upon his enemies. In the end, we see the love of Christ: Blessed are all they that put their trust in him