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Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
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The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,—against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:
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Let us break asunder their bonds,—and cast from us their cords!
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He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,—My Lord, will mock at them:
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Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:
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Yet, I, have installed my king,—on Zion my holy mountain.
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Let me tell of a decree,—Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:
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Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:
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Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,—as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
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Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:
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Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:
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Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger,—How happy are all who seek refuge in him!