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Why are the nations in an uproar? * Why do the peoples mutter empty threats?

Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt, and the princes plot together, * against the and against his Anointed?

“Let us break their yoke,” they say; * “let us cast off their bonds from us.”

He whose throne is in heaven is laughing; * the Lord has them in derision.

Then he speaks to them in his wrath, * and his rage fills them with terror.

“I myself have set my king * upon my holy hill of Zion.”

Let me announce the decree of the : * he said to me, “You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.

Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance * and the ends of the earth for your possession.

You shall crush them with an iron rod * and shatter them like a piece of pottery.”

And now, you kings, be wise; * be warned, you rulers of the earth.

Submit to the with fear, * and with trembling bow before him;

Lest he be angry and you perish; * for his wrath is quickly kindled.