40. Air (bass) – Why do the nations so furiously rage together: and why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed.
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| Psalm 2:1–2 |
| לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק | 1 ♪g Why such a throng of nations? and tribes in empty muttering? | |
| a lmh rgwu goiim ulaumim ihgu-riq | 6 6 | lmh rgw\v gvi\m v/lam\im ih/g\v riq |
| 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: | |
| b itiixbu mlci-arx vroznim nosdu-ikd yl-ihvh vyl-mwiko | 12 8 | it/ixb\v mlc\i arx v/rvzn\im nv/sd\v ikd yl ihvh v/yl mwk\v |
The psalm continues on from psalm 1. The music shows it by beginning on a note other than the tonic. Seventy-five verses in the poetry books have this form. Verse 2 continues verse 1. Its musical shape is unique. There are a number of repeated phrase shapes in this psalm. No one has yet performed it with the music of the deciphering key.
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