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Psalms
2
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1
Why do the nations gather together? Why do their people devise useless plots?
(GWT)
Psalms
2
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2
Kings take their stands. Rulers make plans together against the LORD and against his Messiah by saying,
(GWT)
Psalms
2
:
3
"Let's break apart their chains and shake off their ropes."
(GWT)
Psalms
2
:
4
The one enthroned in heaven laughs. The Lord makes fun of them.
(GWT)
Psalms
2
:
5
Then he speaks to them in his anger. In his burning anger he terrifies them by saying,
(GWT)
Psalms
2
:
6
"I have installed my own king on Zion, my holy mountain."
(GWT)
Psalms
2
:
7
I will announce the LORD's decree. He said to me: "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.
(GWT)
Psalms
2
:
8
Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your own possession.
(GWT)
Psalms
2
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9
You will break them with an iron scepter. You will smash them to pieces like pottery."
(GWT)
Psalms
2
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10
Now, you kings, act wisely. Be warned, you rulers of the earth!
(GWT)
Psalms
2
:
11
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
(GWT)
Psalms
2
:
12
Kiss the Son, or he will become angry and you will die on your way because his anger will burst into flames. Blessed is everyone who takes refuge in him.