Chiasm
Psalm 2:5–12
Psalm 2:5–123 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 2:5-6 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- B 2:7 I will declare the decree: Yahweh hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
- C 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
- D 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
- C' 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
- C 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
- B' 2:11 Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
- B 2:7 I will declare the decree: Yahweh hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
- A' 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.