| 1 | Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? |
| 2 | Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: |
| 3 | `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.` |
| 4 | He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them. |
| 5 | Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: |
| 6 | `And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.` |
| 7 | I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth. |
| 8 | Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth. |
| 9 | Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.` |
| 10 | And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth, |
| 11 | Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. |
| 12 | Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him! |
