2 Why do the nations ^[a]rage,
And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
² The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,
³ Let us break their bonds asunder,
And cast away their cords from us.
⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh:
The Lord will have them in derision.
⁵ Then will he speak unto them in his wrath,
And ^[b]vex them in his sore displeasure:
⁶ Yet I have set my king
Upon my holy hill of Zion.
⁷ I will tell of the decree:
Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son;
This day have I begotten thee.
⁸ Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance,
And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.