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Psalms 2

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¹Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? ²The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying, ³Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us. ⁴He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision. ⁵Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure: ⁶Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion. ⁷I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. ⁸Ask of me, and I will givetheethe nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. ⁹Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. ¹⁰Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. ¹¹Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. ¹²Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.