Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom
Psalms chapter 2
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Why do the seethe with rage, and the peoples what will come to nothing?The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers conspire together -- against , and against ,“Let’s tear off their ,” they say. “Let’s throw off their ropes.”The one enthroned in the heavens . looks at them with amusement.Then he speaks to them in his , and in his burning anger he them:“I myself have my king on , .”I will proclaim Yahweh’s : He said to me, “You are my . Today, .”Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your -- the farthest edges of the earth as your .You will shatter them with an . You will smash them like a .So now, you kings -- . Take this as a warning, you rulers of the earth. Yahweh with . Celebrate with ., or he will be angry and you will be destroyed along the way -- for his fury can ignite in an instant. But for all who in him.