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| [1]Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? |
[1]Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? |
| [2]Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: |
[2]Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: |
| [3]`Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.' |
[3]`Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.' |
| [4]He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them. |
[4]He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them. |
| [5]Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: |
[5]Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: |
| [6]`And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.' |
[6]`And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.' |
| [7]I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth. |
[7]I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth. |
| [8]Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth. |
[8]Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth. |
| [9]Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.' |
[9]Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.' |
| [10]And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth, |
[10]And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth, |
| [11]Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. |
[11]Serve ye Jehovah with fear, 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! |
[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! |