Psalm 2, punctuated.

Reading the psalms again, and punctuating my prior translation, but reading in Greek and hopefully learning a bit over the next year about Greek. Here's Psalm 2 in my usual literal translation from the Hebrew. I am no longer leaving untransliterated words in the English. So the Divine Name is rendered as Yahweh. I am also paying too little attention to the Greek - but I will be looking for semiticisms in the Greek, such as are pointed out in this rather good lecture by Steven Notley.

The music first:

Psalms 2		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק	1	g	Why such a throng of nations? and tribes in empty muttering?	3e	4B	6 6
יִ֥תְיַצְּב֨וּ ׀ מַלְכֵי־אֶ֗רֶץ וְרוֹזְנִ֥ים נֽוֹסְדוּ־יָ֑חַד עַל־יְ֝הוָה וְעַל־מְשִׁיחֽוֹ	2	f	They station themselves, these sovereigns of earth, these rule-makers reasoning as one, over Yahweh and over his anointed:	3e	4A	12 8
נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה אֶת־מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה מִמֶּ֣נּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ	3		Let us snap their bonds, and kiss good-bye to their cords.	3e	4B	8 11
יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׂחָ֑ק אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ	4		The one sitting in the heavens, he laughs. My Lord derides them.	3e	4B	7 7
אָ֤ז יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֵ֣ימוֹ בְאַפּ֑וֹ וּֽבַחֲרוֹנ֥וֹ יְבַהֲלֵֽמוֹ	5	C	Then he will speak to them in his anger, and in his burning vex them.	3e	4C	10 10
וַ֭אֲנִי נָסַ֣כְתִּי מַלְכִּ֑י עַל־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן הַר־קָדְשִֽׁי	6	g	I myself have offered as libation my own king, on Zion, my holy hill.	3e	4B	8 6
אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה אֶֽ֫ל חֹ֥ק יְֽהוָ֗ה אָמַ֘ר אֵלַ֥י בְּנִ֥י אַ֑תָּה אֲ֝נִ֗י הַיּ֥וֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ	7		I will recount the decree. Yahweh promised to me: You are my son. I myself this day gave birth to you.	3e	4A	5 10 8
שְׁאַ֤ל מִמֶּ֗נִּי וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה ג֭וֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗ אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ	8		Ask me and I give the nations as your legacy, and as yours to hold fast, the ends of the earth.	3e	4C	15 8
תְּ֭רֹעֵם בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם	9	g	You will injure them with an iron sceptre. Like fashioned vessels, you will smash them.	3e	4B	8 7
וְ֭עַתָּה מְלָכִ֣ים הַשְׂכִּ֑ילוּ הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ שֹׁ֣פְטֵי אָֽרֶץ	10	g	So now, you sovereigns, let there be insight. Be warned you who judge on earth.	3e	4B	9 7
עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה בְּיִרְאָ֑ה וְ֝גִ֗ילוּ בִּרְעָדָֽה	11		Serve Yahweh in fear, and rejoice in trembling.	3e	4B	8 6
נַשְּׁקוּ־בַ֡ר פֶּן־יֶאֱנַ֤ף ׀ וְתֹ֬אבְדוּ דֶ֗רֶךְ כִּֽי־יִבְעַ֣ר כִּמְעַ֣ט אַפּ֑וֹ אַ֝שְׁרֵ֗י כָּל־ח֥וֹסֵי בֽוֹ	12		Kiss, each of you - pure lest he be angry and you perish in the way, for he kindles as a hint of his anger. Happy are all who take refuge in him.	3e	4C	19 6

People are used to seeing kiss here, but equip yourself with purity would also be a reasonable rendering. It is unfortunate that people use texts as if they were weapons as proof-texts. No one,  especially not the 'inspired' needs to prove their point with a weapon.

Selected recurring words

Word / Gloss	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	VSS	Stem
* גוים nations	░							1	גוי
* מלכי these sovereigns of		░						2	מלך
* ארץ earth			░					2	ארץ
* מוסרותימו their bonds				░				3	יסר
* ממנו bye to					░			3	מן
* באפו in his anger						░		5	אף
* ואני myself							░	6	אני
* מלכי my own king		░						6	מלך
* אני myself							░	7	אני
* ממני me					░			8	מן
* גוים the nations as	░							8	גוי
* ארץ the earth			░					8	ארץ
* מלכים you sovereigns		░						10	מלך
* הוסרו be warned				░				10	יסר
* ארץ earth			░					10	ארץ
* אפו his anger						░		12	אף