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[1] Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?
[2] The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ;
[3] saying, Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.
[4] He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.
[5] Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury.
[6] But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain,
[7] declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee.
[8] Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.
[9] Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel.
[10] Now therefore understand, ye kings: be instructed, all ye that judge the earth.
[11] Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling.
[12] Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye should perish from the righteous way: whensoever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him.
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