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2:1  Why do the nations plan rebellion? Why do people make their useless plots?
2:2  Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the Lord and against the king he chose.
2:3  “Let us free ourselves from their rule,” they say; “let us throw off their control.”
2:4  From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs and mocks their feeble plans.
2:5  Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury.
2:6  “On Zion, my sacred hill,” he says, “I have installed my king.”
2:7  “I will announce,” says the king, “what the Lord has declared. He said to me: ‘You are my son; today I have become your father.
2:8  Ask, and I will give you all the nations; the whole earth will be yours.
2:9  You will break them with an iron rod; you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.’”
2:10  Now listen to this warning, you kings; learn this lesson, you rulers of the world:
2:11  Serve the Lord with fear; tremble
2:12  and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.