Psalms 2:1-8

¹Wherefore do nations rage, and people meditate a vain thing?

²The kings of the earth raise themselves up, and rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed:

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

⁴He who dwelleth in the heavens will laugh: the Lord will hold them in derision.

⁵Then will he speak unto them in his anger, and in his displeasure will he terrify them.

⁶Saying, Yet have I appointed my king upon Zion my holy mount.

⁷I will announce the decree, the Lord hath said unto me, “My son art thou: I have indeed this day begotten thee.

⁸Ask it of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the uttermost ends of the earth.