Bethany Lutheran Church

Psalms scholar Dr. Saleska writes, “Psalm 2 puts us in the middle of a power dispute. Who has power and who does not? What does power look like? Who gets to exercise it? Whose side are you on?” Sound familiar?!  As followers of Jesus, these ancient words can help form our prayers as we wrestle with the same questions. Psalm 2 (ESV)Why do the nations rage    and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth set themselves,    and the rulers take counsel together,    against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,“Let us burst their bonds apart    and cast away their cords from us.”He who sits in the heavens laughs;    the Lord holds them in derision.Then he will speak to them in his wrath,    and terrify them in his fury, saying,“As for me, I have set my King    on Zion, my holy hill.”I will tell of the decree:The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;    today I have begotten you.Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,    and the ends of the earth your possession.You shall break them with a rod