1. WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?
2. The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say, [Acts 4:25-27.]
3. Let us break Their bands [of restraint] asunder and cast Their cords [of control] from us.
4. He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].