| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the LORD and against his anointed one. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3“Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from slavery to God.” |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Then in anger he rebukes them, terrifying them with his fierce fury. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.” |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The king proclaims the LORD’s decree: “The LORD said to me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your Father. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’” |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Serve the LORD with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities— for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him! |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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