A Messianic Psalm—The heathen shall rage against the Lord’s anointed—The Lord speaks of his Son whom he has begotten.

1 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2 - The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the L ORD, and against his anointed, saying,

3 - Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

4 - He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord shall have them in derision.

5 - Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6 - Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

7 - I will declare the decree: the L ORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten thee.

8 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 - Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

10 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

11 - Serve the L ORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12 - Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.