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1 Why do the Goyim rage,
and the Amim (peoples) imagine a vain thing?
2 The Malchei Eretz rise up in rebellion,
and the rulers take counsel together
against Hashem and against His Moshiach, saying,
3 Let us break their chains asunder,
and cast away their fetters from us.
4 He that sitteth enthroned in Shomayim laughs;
Adonoi hath them in derision.
5 Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath,
and distress them in His hot displeasure.
6 I have set Malki (My King)
upon Tziyon, My Har Kodesh.
7 I will declare the chok (decree):
Hashem hath said unto me,
Thou art Beni (My Son);[a]
HaYom (today) I have begotten thee.
8 Ask of Me, and I shall give thee the Goyim for thine nachalah,
and the uttermost parts of ha'aretz for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt rule them with a shevet barzel;
thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potterʼs vessel.
10 Have seichel now therefore, O ye Melachim;
be warned, ye Shoftei Aretz.
11 Serve Hashem with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Bar (Ben, Son),[b] lest he be angry,
and ye perish from the Derech,
for his wrath can flare up in a moment.