Psalms 2
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Why this turmoil of nations, this futile plotting of peoples,
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with kings of the earth conspiring, and rulers consulting together, against the Lord and against his anointed,
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to snap their bonds and fling their cords away?
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He whose throne is in heaven laughs, the Lord mocks them.
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Then he speaks to them in his wrath, and in his hot anger confounds them.
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“This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.”
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I will tell of the Lord’s decree. He said to me: “You are my son, this day I became your father.
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Only ask, and I make you the heir of the nations, and lord of the world to its utmost bounds.
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You will break them with sceptre of iron, shatter them like pottery.”
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So now, you kings, be wise: be warned, you rulers of earth.
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Serve the Lord in awe, kiss his feet with trembling,
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lest, angry, he hurl you to ruin; for soon will his fury blaze. Happy all who take refuge in him.
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