I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

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

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

Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and trouble them in his sore displeasure.

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

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

Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thy inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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.

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

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

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,