| 1 | Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense? |
| 2 | The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ: |
| 3 | "Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us." |
| 4 | He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them. |
| 5 | Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury. |
| 6 | Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts. |
| 7 | The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you. |
| 8 | Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession. |
| 9 | You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter's vessel. |
| 10 | And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth. |
| 11 | Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling. |
| 12 | Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. |
| 13 | Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him. |
