Psalm 2

Psalm 2
"Why do the heathen rage"
Beginning of Psalm 2, in a miniature from the Musée Condé, representing David thanking God who appears in a halo.
Other name	"Quare fremuerunt gentes"
Text	by David
Language	Hebrew (original)

Psalm 2
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Psalm 2:11, "Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling", appears in Hebrew over the entrance to a synagogue in Sibiu, Romania
Book	Book of Psalms
Hebrew Bible part	Ketuvim
Order in the Hebrew part	1
Category	Sifrei Emet
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	19

Psalm 2 is the second psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Why do the heathen rage". In Latin, it is known as "Quare fremuerunt gentes".^[1] Psalm 2 does not identify its author with a superscription, but Acts 4:24–26 in the New Testament attributes it to David.^[2] According to the Talmud, Psalm 2 is a continuation of Psalm 1.

The psalm is a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican liturgies as well as Protestant psalmody. It has often been set to music; George Frideric Handel set nine verses in Part II of his Messiah.