Why have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed:
"Let us break their bands,{HR}And cast away their cords from us."
He who sitteth in the heavens laugheth:{HR}The Lord derideth them.
Then he speaketh unto them in his anger,{HR}And in his wrath he confoundeth them:
"Yet have I anointed my king upon Zion{HR}The mountain of my holiness."
"Let me declare the decree;{HR}Jehovah said unto me,{HR}’Thou art my Son;{HR}This day have I begotten thee.’
Ask of me, and I will give nations [for] thine inheritance,{HR}And the ends of the earth [for] thy possession.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;{HR}As a potter’s vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces."
And now, O ye kings, be wise;{HR}Be admonished, ye judges of the earth;
Serve Jehovah with fear and rejoice with trembling;
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and ye perish in the way{HR}When his anger consumeth but a little:{HR}Blessed [are] all who trust in him.