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it is you who said by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant: "Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?
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The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers have gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'
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For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
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to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
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And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
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