When I read Psalm 2, I am reminded God is in charge. No matter how much we may strive to do things our way, God’s will is always going to prevail. That leaves me with some very difficult choices. When things happen that I am not happy about, I can become bitter and angry about the situation and so strive against the will of God, or I can submit and recognize that He alone is the maker of heaven and earth.
The author of this Psalm understood this. That becomes plain and obvious when he writes near the end of the Psalm “Worship the Lord with reverence And rejoice with trembling.”
My prayer would be that I would grasp to some extent the awesome power of God and so be willing to subject myself to His benevolent ways.
Psalm 2 (NASB95)
1 Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!” 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them. 5 Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying, 6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” 7 “I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 8 ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. 9 ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’ ” 10 Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. 11 Worship the Lord with reverence And rejoice with trembling. 12 Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!