Psalm 2
The two kingdoms. This struggle be tween the kings of the earth and God’s Anointed announces the Book of Revelation. God has come among us. His presence is a challenge to those who would like to be lords of the earth. There will be no lasting peace here below.
1 Why do the nations conspire?
Why do the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth brace themselves
and the rulers together take their stand
against the Lord and his anointed.
3 They say, “Let us break their bonds!
Let us cast away their chains!”
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord looks at them in derision.
5 Then in anger he speaks to them,
terrifying them in the fury of his wrath:
6 “Behold the king I have installed,
in Zion, upon my holy hill!”
7 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord.
He said to me: “You are my son.
This day I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me and I will give you
the nations for your inheritance,
the ends of the earth for your possession.
9 You shall rule them with iron scepter
and shatter them as a potter’s vase.”
10 Now therefore, learn wisdom, O kings;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear
and fall at his feet;
lest he be angry and you perish
when his anger suddenly flares.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him!
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Comments Psalms, Chapter 2
Verses 6-9 are like an oracle of God warning all nations that he himself has crowned his Son in Zion, the holy hill of Jeru salem. He asks every king to submit. This king is, of course, the Messiah, “God’s Anointed” (we call him the Christ). His cause is that of the innumerable poor who await his justice throughout the entire world.
The kings of the earth, the rulers are not the only ones who persecute, but all those who wield power over people’s minds, who create public opinion among the masses, and the mafias, the powers of darkness. God confronts them and with him the victorious Anointed One who is called the Son.