Chapter 2

  Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing?  

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  The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Yahweh, and against his anointed, saying,  

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  'Let us break their bonds apart, And cast away their cords from us.'  

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  He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.  

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  Then he will speak to them in his anger, And terrify them in his wrath:  

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  'Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion.'  

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  I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, 'You are my son. Today I have become your father.  

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  Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.  

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  You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'  

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  Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.  

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  Serve Yahweh with fear, And rejoice with trembling.  

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  Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. Psalm 3 A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom, his son.  

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