Psalm 2:7-12 “I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your father. Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 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.”

The New Testament makes plain who this passage is ultimately pointing to:

Hebrews 1:5 “For to which of the angels did he say at any time, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father?’ and again, ‘I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?’”

Hebrews 5:5 “Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was. So also Christ didn’t glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’”

It makes the last words more ominous: “Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled.“

We have a choice to make. An eternal choice. Jesus is in charge. He is king! We must submit to and worship Him.

Ephesians 1:20-22 “according to that working of the strength of his might which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule, authority, power, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,”

For additional worship: Psalm 2 (Kiss the Son) featuring Shane Heilman

Additional notes: Just as we are to “meditate” (Psalm 1:2) on the word of God, the peoples “plot” (Psalm 2:1) against God. It’s the same root word!