¹Why do the nations rage, and the peoples mutter emptiness?

²The kings of the land take their stand, and the rulers sit in council together against Yahweh and against his anointed.

³Let us tear off their fetters, and let us throw their cords away from us.

⁴The one who sits in the heavens will laugh; the Lord will despise them.

⁵Then he will speak to them in his anger, and in his burning wrath he will terrify them.

⁶And I have anointed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.

⁷Let me recount the decree of Yahweh: he said to me, You are my son; today I have fathered you.

⁸Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, and the ends of the land your possession.

⁹You will break them with a rod of iron; like a potter's vessel you will dash them to pieces.

¹⁰And now, kings, act wisely; be disciplined, judges of the land.

¹¹Serve Yahweh in fear, and rejoice in trembling.

¹²Kiss the son, lest he be angry and you perish on the way, for his anger flares up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.