The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 Why the big noise, nations? Why the mean plots, peoples?
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Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 Earth-leaders push for position, Demagogues and delegates meet for summit talks, The God-deniers, the Messiah-defiers:
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The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 "Let's get free of God! Cast loose from Messiah!"
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Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 Heaven-throned God breaks out laughing. At first he's amused at their presumption;
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He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then he gets good and angry. Furiously, he shuts them up:
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Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 "Don't you know there's a King in Zion? A coronation banquet Is spread for him on the holy summit."
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Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 Let me tell you what God said next. He said, "You're my son, And today is your birthday.
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I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 What do you want? Name it: Nations as a present? continents as a prize?
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Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 You can command them all to dance for you, Or throw them out with tomorrow's trash."
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Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 So, rebel-kings, use your heads; Upstart-judges, learn your lesson:
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Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Worship God in adoring embrace,
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Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss Messiah! Your very lives are in danger, you know; His anger is about to explode, But if you make a run for God - you won't regret it!
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Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
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