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1 Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
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1 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
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2 Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:
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2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One.
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3 `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
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3 "Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."
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4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
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4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
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5 Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:
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5 Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
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6 `And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.'
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6 "I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill."
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7 I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.
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7 I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father.
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8 Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth.
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8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
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9 Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'
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9 You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."
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10 And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
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10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
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11 Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
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11 Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.
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12 Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!
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12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
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