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Psalm 2:3-11 English Standard Version (ESV)

3. “Let us burst their bonds apartand cast away their cords from us.”

4. He who sits in the heavens laughs;the Lord holds them in derision.

5. Then he will speak to them in his wrath,and terrify them in his fury, saying,

6. “As for me, I have set my Kingon Zion, my holy hill.”

7. I will tell of the decree:The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;today I have begotten you.

8. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,and the ends of the earth your possession.

9. You shall break them with a rod of ironand dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

10. Now therefore, O kings, be wise;be warned, O rulers of the earth.

11. Serve the Lord with fear,and rejoice with trembling.