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¹Why do the nations conspire,

and the peoples plot in vain?

²The kings of the earth set themselves,

and the rulers take counsel together,

against the LORD and his anointed, saying,

³‘Let us burst their bonds asunder,

and cast their cords from us.’

⁴He who sits in the heavens laughs;

the LORD has them in derision.

⁵Then he will speak to them in his wrath,

and terrify them in his fury, saying,

⁶‘I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.’

⁷I will tell of the decree of the LORD:

He said to me, ‘You are my son;

today I have begotten you.

⁸Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,

and the ends of the earth your possession.

⁹You shall break them with a rod of iron,

and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.’

¹⁰Now therefore, O kings, be wise;

be warned, O rulers of the earth.

¹¹Serve the LORD with fear,

with trembling ¹²kiss his feet,

or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way;

for his wrath is quickly kindled.

Happy are all who take refuge in him.