Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
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Why do the nations rebel and the peoples plot in vain?
2 Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:
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The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and His Anointed One:
3 `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
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"Let us tear off their chains and free ourselves from their restraints."
4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
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The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord ridicules them.
5 Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:
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Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath:
6 `And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.'
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"I have consecrated My King on Zion, My holy mountain."
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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I will declare the Lord's decree: He said to Me, "You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
8 Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth.
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Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.
9 Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'
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You will break them with a rod of iron; You will shatter them like pottery."
10 And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
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So now, kings, be wise; receive instruction, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
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Serve the Lord with reverential awe, and rejoice with trembling.
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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Pay homage to the Son, or He will be angry, and you will perish in your rebellion, for His anger may ignite at any moment. All those who take refuge in Him are happy.
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