1 Why did the nations rage, and the people imagine vain things?
2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the LORD, and against his Christ,
3 saying, "Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us."
4 He who dwells in the heavens will laugh them to scorn, and the LORD will mock them.
5 Then he will speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury.
6 But I have been made king by him on Zion, his holy mountain,
7 declaring the ordinance of the LORD: the LORD said to me, "You are my son, today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
9 You will shepherd them with an iron rod; you will dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel."
10 Now therefore understand, you kings; be instructed, all you who judge the earth:
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling.
12 Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord should be angry, and you perish from the righteous way,
whenever his wrath might be suddenly kindled; blessed are all they who trust in him.